Went to Cape Town to visit some famly during Christmas and managed a quick shoot on a trip to the beach with my 1 year old daughter.
It was already after 9am in the morning so the light was getting harsh and not as soft as I wanted so decided to do some long exposure shots. Used a 9 stop Hoya ND Filter together with a CPL filter to cut the glare off the water and rocks.
Editing included:
Open RAW, increase contrast a bit, opened in PS CS3, remove sensor dust, make B&W adjustment layer, duplicate B&W layer and change blending mode to overlay to increase contrast some more, curves adjustment layer, blurring of sky and water, resize and sharpen, slight glow added and vignette too. SFW
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these ultra long exposures are very much in vogue at the moment, this is definitely one of the better examples, I like the variation of shades and the mono processing, well done and good luck with it
Such a tranquil picture! But for me the straight horizon is distracting. I would have prefered no horizon line, i.e the "fog" moving into the black and the black extending to the edge of the picture. I would like to know if this is a "real" landscape somewhere and you played with exposure, or if you set this up and/or photoshopped it?
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