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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 824570" data-attributes="member: 50197">I've been wanting to try my hand at long exposures, with a mind to using this technique at a local beach. Here is the beach. This photo was taken at 1/6 sec. It has the look of motion, but I want to try some much longer exposures there to get that "fog" look.[ATTACH=full]410727[/ATTACH]So, I bought a 10 stop ND filter. The only moving water I know about that is convenient to test it out is a rock fountain at Cypress Gardens in the butterfly house. I went over this morning and set up before the crowds came through and tried it out. It was a success in that it gave me something of the look I was after, and my technique was  pretty much on target. I set up the tripod, composed and focused, and took a reading, all without the filter. I took the reading and counted down, yes I used my fingers, 10 stops, which came out to 128 sec. Put the filter on and locked the remote release while using my cell phone as a timer rounded off at 2 min. Here it is.[ATTACH=full]410728[/ATTACH]Exposure was close. I could have used another stop. Everything that should be, is sharp. I got the look from the water I wanted, there just wasn't enough moving water to give the full effect. I also need to go into the menu and turn off noise reduction. It took several minutes for the file to process in camera. I couldn't do anything until it finished. I shot a 2 sec image and it only took a few seconds to process. This location had fairly dim lighting this time of day. This image is merely a test of the procedure, before heading out on an hour trip before the sun comes up and walking a half mile down to the beach to set up. Any advise appreciated. I haven't done this type of thing since back when I still had hair.</blockquote>

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