Photography News Issue 30 absolutephoto.com
Technique 54
You can stack two ND or LE filters to multiply the effect, or combine regular NDs with graduated versions so highlight areas like the sky are better exposed.
Left Any moving subject will pick up blur during a long exposure, including the windblown grasses in the foreground of this 2mins view of Mount Snowdon from the Ranger Path. Here, although a 10-stop ND filter was used, a 2-stop graduated filter was also fitted to stop burn out in the sky. Below Long exposures will often enhance simple, square compositions, like the central framing of The Shard, and these boathouses on Llyn Dinas, Snowdonia (both 30secs at f/11, ISO 200).
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