Slow shutter speeds - Sea Rocks

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Slow shutter speeds - Sea Rocks

Postby Reschsmooth on Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:22 pm

With the kind use of Andre's filters, I headed out on Thursday night for some attempts at very slow shutter speed images of the ocean.

Interested in your thoughts.

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Now with this one, I was hoping the full moon would stay out longer to capture its reflection on the water, but alas it was fleeting. It is apparent towards the centre of the image but not as obvious a I had hoped.

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Re: Slow shutter speeds - Sea Rocks

Postby surenj on Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:46 pm

While the slow shutter speeds are nice and apparent, I am not a fan of these compositions.

Do you have any other compos to show?
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Re: Slow shutter speeds - Sea Rocks

Postby Reschsmooth on Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:23 am

surenj wrote:While the slow shutter speeds are nice and apparent, I am not a fan of these compositions.

Do you have any other compos to show?


Not significantly different to these.
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Re: Slow shutter speeds - Sea Rocks

Postby chrisk on Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:46 pm

Reschsmooth wrote:Now with this one, I was hoping the full moon would stay out longer to capture its reflection on the water.


i dont think that would even be possible with any kind of distinguishable features unless it was a composite image.
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Re: Slow shutter speeds - Sea Rocks

Postby Reschsmooth on Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:56 pm

Rooz wrote:
Reschsmooth wrote:Now with this one, I was hoping the full moon would stay out longer to capture its reflection on the water.


i dont think that would even be possible with any kind of distinguishable features unless it was a composite image.


This was similar to what I had in mind.
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Re: Slow shutter speeds - Sea Rocks

Postby chrisk on Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:06 pm

Reschsmooth wrote:
Rooz wrote:
Reschsmooth wrote:Now with this one, I was hoping the full moon would stay out longer to capture its reflection on the water.


i dont think that would even be possible with any kind of distinguishable features unless it was a composite image.


This was similar to what I had in mind.


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Re: Slow shutter speeds - Sea Rocks

Postby zafra52 on Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:53 pm

I like the first one best. It has an eerie appeal. Before reading
your comments I thought you took them in the afternoon or
morning of a clouded day.
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Re: Slow shutter speeds - Sea Rocks

Postby surenj on Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:36 pm

Reschsmooth wrote:This was similar to what I had in mind.

Tough shot to pull off with good foreground detail.

I reckon if I was to try, I'd expose for the moon and composite the very long exposure for the foreground. Otherwise the moon will move too much. Also, you'd get some stars if present. If you use the grads the stars might be dimmed out.
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Re: Slow shutter speeds - Sea Rocks

Postby biggerry on Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:47 pm

Patrick, the first thing we all do when armed with a new effect is go out and try and master the technique/effect, this is usually done at teh expense of composition (I have been a culprit of this many a time!)

The first image is the only one where the composition rings my bell, the BW is an interestign idea, but I am left wanting to see the colour version.

Now that you have the effect sorted you can concentrate on getting a composition where teh effect compliments it rather that over powers it.
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