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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 824590" data-attributes="member: 53455">10-stop is fine for long exposures. I don’t do them very often but I have a set of 3-stop, 6-stop and 10-stop filters (plus some grads) and they cover all I ever needed.Your method of counting on your fingers is very reliable, we’ve all done it. Now, there are apps that will do it for you if you prefer.Your top photo is excellent, you are so lucky to have the ocean nearby with such an amazing tree in it! The bottom photo I am less fond of, I think the “waterfall” is not nearly spectacular nor large enough to produce anything memorable, but as far as creating a “fog” effect, it looks fine, maybe a bot too pronounced, but again it is hard to tell on such a small trickle. I understand it was just for trial, though.The photo seems a little soft overall, maybe from the filter? Or a very slight tremor in the tripod? I have found that sometimes, simply walking softly around the tripod can cause that tremor, if the ground is for some reason “resonating” a little bit ==> causes the tripod to “shake” completely imperceptibly but still enough for the result to be visible in terms of softening the photo. I had that 24-70 lens before I bought the 24-120 and I seem to remember it producing sharper shots.Good luck for your upcoming attempts! Long exposures are fun and often produce such unexpected and dreamy images.</blockquote>