Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40 and Cokin Z-Pro neutral density filters.
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/22Captured 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.
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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