Sunrises & Sunsets

[rpo83]

Ok, I give up. here is the Lee 10 & 6 stop filters, which increase exposure time. But HOW do they do that?!
LEE Stop Filters for Long Exposures

Great pic, I see now how its blurred the ocean but kept the pier in sharp focus. Very nice

Basically the Lee 10 stop filter is like putting a welding goggle infront of your lens, it cuts the light entering your lens by 10 stops, which is basically about 1,000 times longer than the metered speed. There are great ND Calc aps that allow you to calculate the correct exposure, as you can't meter once you fit the filter.

They are mainly used for seascape and moving water and sky shots.

This shot is from flickr, showing how you can create interesting skies...



Sky Burst by hammermad, on Flickr

ND (neutral density) filters come in many variants, these can be helpful if you want to shoot at a wide aperture say f1.8 to get shallow depth of field on a bright day.

Cheers

Steve

 

[havachat]

Welding goggles are certainly cheaper than Lee filters !

 

[NachaLuva]

Welding goggles are certainly cheaper than Lee filters !

Lol. Those filters certainly do work well, the effect is brilliant!

 

[havachat]

This morning at home.


Cold and wet !

 

[lefty]

Prevelly beach Margaret river sunset yesterday

 

[TheInterceptor]

Sunrise from my drive over the Nullabor when i picked up my Outback from Sydney

 

[Ratbag]

^, ^^ & ^^^

Gorgeous shots there, folks.

I didn't realise that there was a sunrise ... :iconwink: :lol:, but I guess that logically, if it goes down, it must come up again at some stage when I'm not looking ...

Actually, technically, there isn't a sunrise or sunset, I suppose.
Like lots of things, it isn't what it seems ...
It's our planet that's doing the burn-outs, not our sun ... :lol: .

Long may it continue ...

 

[dxd]

Taken at the time of sunset, but there wasn't one thanks to storm clouds in the west. Facing east to Cathedral Rock, Sedona, AZ, USA

cathedral_in_blue by *dxd*, on Flickr

 

[DavAmb]

Sunset from last Sunday evening. Became more and more stunning as it progressed.

The work commute's a right pain most days, but then you remember why you put up with it...

 

[NachaLuva]

Awesome!

 

[cire]

here's the sunset on the way to my parents in Arizona coming from Colorado.

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This one is taken from my front porch in Co. Springs.

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[ALMOSTunseen]

Upper Myall Lakes:

 

[kiwifoz]

Sunset while fishing on Otago harbour

Up Highcliff Rd

 

[mr terriffic]

Outback sunset over seasonal lake (Kalgoorlie WA)

Kalgoorlie freshwater lake only fills after heavy rains. Sunset and my old Fozzie.

 

[NachaLuva]

Heavy rain in Kalgoorlie, that would be interesting lol.

As usual, everyone has posted some nice pics!

 

[mr terriffic]

Kalgoorlie "lake"

The "lake" at its deepest is only chest deep and lasts for a few months. This is unusual in that it's fresh water - almost all the other water in this region is hyper-saline (anything from 4 to 30 x the salinity of sea water).

 

[lefty]

you had heavy rain in summer?

 

[mr terriffic]

you had heavy rain in summer?

Yup, we get some big rainstorms in summer. It's quite cool because Kalgoorlie is VERY flat so doesn't have much in the way of stormwater drains - hence the lower lying streets flood up to 18" - great fun making huge bow waves!:ebiggrin:

 

[lefty]

down the road from my house, mobile phone pic no edit no filter

 

[stephendean]

Sunset