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Lake Wakatipu - Memories #3

Old jetty ruins on Lake Wakatipu near Queenstown on New Zealand?s South Island.

Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM lens @ 17mm, 336secs @ f/22, ISO 100, CPL, 0.6 ND Grad, NDx8, NDx400,Tripod.

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rezvane nazari 4 months ago

conceptoul photo ... its good

Ian Damerell 11 months ago

Great serene image. Love the tones here too.

mehmet demir 11 months ago

A very good long exposure.....:)

Matthew Hull 11 months ago

This photo makes me wish I was there!

Artur Ferrão 12 months ago

A perfect long exposure!
Fantastic!

Gert Klay 12 months ago

Wow Brad, now this is definitely a photo with an edge (even though there is no wrinkle, see my remarks in Critique on your last upload). I really like this one!!

iryna melnyk 12 months ago

Beautiful capture, Brad !

Samarth Chawla 12 months ago

Brilliant composition. Great idea indeed.

dedi ahyali 12 months ago

lovely view.....

nastaran 12 months ago

dreamy ,very nice

Brin 12 months ago

Simply beautiful, great work!

Jacob Tuinenga 12 months ago

Beautiful landscape, great captured.
Well done.

Sven Fennema 12 months ago

Wonderful work

Henrik Just 12 months ago

Beautiful capture, Brad !

I´m curios about all those filters and the very long exposure.
I have read your profile text and it seems that you`ve quite some experience in using filters.

My question is if you think it would have made any significant difference if you had used less filters and a shutter-speed of eg. 30 sec. ?

Congrats !

Regards

Henrik

Brad Grove Hi Henrik, I still consider myself a novice photographer. We learn with every shoot. Call this a little experimental but you are absolutely correct (in my view) that there is a point where very lengthy exposure will not improve the result. It could be argued that this is an example of such an image. If I had to shoot this again, I would simply ditch the NDx8 and use whatever exposure I needed for the prevailing light conditions with just the NDx400 and the necessary Grads (if required).

What I have found is that very lengthy exposures can result in highlighting any abnormalities or hotspots in your camera's sensor and so it sometimes requires much more work in the post processing stages (clean-up). I find that there is a difference in images shot at say 1 minute + as oppossed to 30 secs. They are just that fraction smoother. Also the colour soak can result in a more desirable affect (depending on taste and objectives).

Cheers mate.

Henrik Just Thanks for your thorough answer, Brad !

And BTW, a funny story about your broken leg here underneath ;-))

Regards

Henrik

Philip Armitage 12 months ago

I think you have done a great job here, well done. With an exposure that long you could start the camera off, pick up a fishing rod, cast, catch a trout and then return to close the shutter!

Brad Grove What actually happened was that I tripped over a rock and broke my leg. I went to hospital after calling an ambulance. I discharged myself after explaining to the hospital staff that I was half way through a long exposure photo shoot. They organised a cop car to escort me back to the lake after realising how urgent and important this shot was...

Yeh... I know, I am getting a bit carried away here but I need some sort of excuse for using such a long exposure... LOL :))