Alex Wise Photography
Photography blog featuring landscape and waterscape photography from Tasmania, Australia
B+W 110
10 sec / f.22
3 minutes / f.9
25 sec / f.14
1.6 sec / f.10
3 min / f.18
A series of photographs from Remarkable Caves, Tasmania.
Pylons at Middleton, Tasmania captured both with a 5 minute long exposure. Last set of pylons or whatever object in the water for a while I promise.
Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40 and B+W 110 neutral density filter.
Afternoon drive down south to Middleton after a friend put me onto these scattered pylons. After raining much of the day, I wasn’t getting my hopes up for a nice sunset but in the end got quite lucky with this gem.
Early morning fog surrounding the Tasman Bridge. Shot with a longish exposure to blur the water a little.
Not much swell tonight at Park Beach but luckily it was a pretty sunset. I pushed for a longer exposure (10 minutes) to give a sense there was a lot of swell and movement.
I’m slowly running out of seascape locations to photograph in Hobart so it’s always nice to come across something new.
This was shot last night at Blackmans Bay, Tasmania with a Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40, Cokin .9 ND grad and a B+W 110 filter. I love this filter as it me to push for a longer exposure (5 minutes at f.11).
It was cold tonight. I arrived much too early so setup and waited around playing Scrabble on the iPhone (best time killer). In case you’re wondering, this is how the scene looked before the sunset begun. The long exposure (10 minutes) smoothed the water whilst capturing the blur of moving clouds. It could have been photographed in a shorter exposure but I like to push for longer as it usually smoothens the water more.
A small buying guide to assist you in making the right purchases to photograph daytime long exposures. Using strong neutral density filters will allow you to shoot 1-5 minute exposures during the day depending on the conditions. If you’re bored with photography, neutral density filters are a great way to rejuvenate your hobby and get passionate again. It can be rewarding but also sometimes challenging as you’re forced to look at a scene from the perspective of how a long exposure will transform it.
f/11:130 secs
Captured in Howden, Tasmania with a Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40 and B+W 110 neutral density filter. This was processed in lightroom then exported to photoshop where I wanted to experiment with silver efex pro, a nifty tool that helps with B&W conversions.
