Have you ever bought a piece of equipment that at the time felt like a good idea?Only for the said piece of kit to be found gathering dust a few weeks/months later.
Well I know I have.
One such piece of kit I have is a 10 stop filter or more correctly a B+W ND 110 .
The purpose of the filter is to reduce the amount of light reaching the camera sensor by 10 Stops.
No longer will I have to haul myself out of bed at an ungodly hour or stay out until the sun gets low in the sky just to get that "wooly water" effect.
With this in mind ,last Saturday I headed to Guileen to get a few long exposure shots.
So I dusted off the B+W ND 110 ,made sure that my camera batteries were charged,made sure to bring my tripod,and most importantly put the camera remote in the bag.
The weather was pretty good for what I wanted,
Good Sunny day,incoming tide, and a nice onshore breeze.
Upon arriving at Guileen, I was pleasently surprised.
There was some really nice wave action (just what you need for interesting long exposures).
So anyways, here are a few results.....
Set the camera to Aperture Priority mode
Set you desired aperture ( e.g. F8 )
Compose the shot
Take a meter reading and note the Shutter Speed (e.g. 1/125th sec)
So 1/125th @ F8 must now be translated to the 10 stop equivalent which is 8 seconds @ F8
01. 1/60 sec
02. 1/30 sec
03. 1/15 sec
04. 1/8 sec
05. 1/4 sec
06. 1/2 sec
07. 1 sec
08. 2 sec
09. 4 sec
10. 8 sec
(You are basically doubling the exposure time for every stop)
Set camera focus to manual
Attached filter to lens
Set camera to manual mode
Dial in 8 seconds @ F8
Take picture
Check Histogram
Adjust exposure if necessary,
Take another Pic.
Enjoy!!
Well I know I have.
One such piece of kit I have is a 10 stop filter or more correctly a B+W ND 110 .
The purpose of the filter is to reduce the amount of light reaching the camera sensor by 10 Stops.
No longer will I have to haul myself out of bed at an ungodly hour or stay out until the sun gets low in the sky just to get that "wooly water" effect.
With this in mind ,last Saturday I headed to Guileen to get a few long exposure shots.
So I dusted off the B+W ND 110 ,made sure that my camera batteries were charged,made sure to bring my tripod,and most importantly put the camera remote in the bag.
The weather was pretty good for what I wanted,
Good Sunny day,incoming tide, and a nice onshore breeze.
Upon arriving at Guileen, I was pleasently surprised.
There was some really nice wave action (just what you need for interesting long exposures).
So anyways, here are a few results.....
So without the filter this is what you get
F22 1/60th ISO 100
And with the 10 Stopper this is what it looks like
F5.6 1sec ISO 200
Another Example
F22 1/50 ISO 100
F8 4Secs ISO 100
So you can see from the above shots that even on bright sunny day ,long exposures are easily achieved.
By varying ISO, or Aperature, you can determine the amount of exposure which suits your taste.
A few more shots from the day.........
F8 4Secs ISO 200
F8 4Secs ISO 100
F8 4 Secs ISO 100
F6.3 2.5 Secs ISO 100
Much longer exposure are possable with this filter, but for the effect I wanted today,exposures of between 1 and 4 seconds suited me.
In lower light conditions its possable to have exposures of minutes rather than seconds.
In summary, my method for shooting with the 10 stop filter is somthing like this.....
A sturdy tripod and a remote trigger are essentials for long exposures
Set the camera to Aperture Priority mode
Set you desired aperture ( e.g. F8 )
Compose the shot
Take a meter reading and note the Shutter Speed (e.g. 1/125th sec)
So 1/125th @ F8 must now be translated to the 10 stop equivalent which is 8 seconds @ F8
01. 1/60 sec
02. 1/30 sec
03. 1/15 sec
04. 1/8 sec
05. 1/4 sec
06. 1/2 sec
07. 1 sec
08. 2 sec
09. 4 sec
10. 8 sec
(You are basically doubling the exposure time for every stop)
Set camera focus to manual
Attached filter to lens
Set camera to manual mode
Dial in 8 seconds @ F8
Take picture
Check Histogram
Adjust exposure if necessary,
Take another Pic.
Enjoy!!
