Alex Wise Photography

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.

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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.

Pass­ing through Mid­way Point recently, I noticed a jetty that I pho­tographed last April had been pulled down. As I’m always on the look out for old jet­ties to pho­to­graph, I came back a few days later on a wet evening. Stand­ing ankle deep in water this is a 5 minute expo­sure at f.10.

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It’s fair to say 2009 was the year of the long expo­sures for me. I’ve had a lot of fun with the Canon 5D Mark II and B+W 110 fil­ter over the year and look­ing back am sur­prised how many pho­tographs I actu­ally took.

I hope 2009 was a good year for your photography!

10 minute expo­sure at f.10 on sun­set. As usual cap­tured with a B+W 110 and Cokin neu­tral den­sity filters.

Min­i­mal­ist long expo­sure pho­to­graph of a small boat launch ramp in Dunal­ley, Tasmania.

Long expo­sure of an aban­doned jetty at Mid­way Point, Tas­ma­nia on a dull sunset.

Another from Clifton sorry! This was shot with the Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 24–70 and B+W 110. I never really use the 24–70 so was quite keen to give it a whirl and actu­ally use it more. The lens is obvi­ously a lot less wider then the 17–40 so for this image I decided on a two image stitch to get more in the shot.

3 minute exposure

And then I got drenched.

A quick shot before the weather caved in at Mar­rawah, Tas­ma­nia. I would have liked to spend a week pot­ter­ing around here, the rock for­ma­tions were beautiful.

Shot with wet feet, Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17–40, B+W 110 and Cokin neu­tral den­sity grad filters.