Alex Wise Photography

Arthur River, Tasmania.

Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40 and Cokin Z-Pro neutral density filters.

‘Golden hour’ light hitting Arthur River, Tasmania on sunset.

F.16 / 0.6 of a second.

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Lindisfarne is normally a quiet little bay that barely has a ripple, but was wild this windy evening. Captured on sunset just as a wind surfer made his way out.

Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40 and Cokin Z-Pro neutral density filters. The Cokin filters are great but can be a huge hassle when there is lots of sea spray everywhere as you’re constantly cleaning them.

5″ sec exposure at f/22

Captured not long after this image once the sun had disappeared behind the hills. Amazing the difference that a little light can make.

This was an exposure of 5 secs which was just long enough to capture the movement of water without blurring the plants in the foreground.

Wild weather on the Tasmanian West Coast.

Non existent sunset at Howrah Beach. Captured with usual shidazzle of a Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40, Cokin Z-Pro .6 and .9 graduated neutral density filters under exposing the sky to give it more oomph. It occurred to me while writing what equipment I use that it sounds terribly wanky. I try to post my equipment and retain the exif data on my images in case anyone is curious.

As the cloud slowly rolled in throughout the afternoon, I made plans to take a drive and get some photos somewhere. As I arrived at Clifton I realised I had brought my broken tripod, fantastic! I wanted to capture at least one photo of the beautiful clouds so I laid over the rocks, positioning the camera on a rock and snapped away.

This is a 1.3″ second exposure at F.13 with the Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40 and Cokin Z-Pro graduated neutral density filters to control the exposure of the sky.

Recently I wrote a small buying guide for neutral density filters that you may want to look at (click).

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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Beautiful golden light hitting Mt Wellington on sunset.