Both these photos were taken today. One as you can see was longer exposure with Lee 10 stop filter. These were taken in Newport Beach, as you can see we have rough seas today.
Which do you like most?
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john_m wrote: First one for me Alex. Seeing the waves break against the rocks adds a little something to the overall photo to me. Well done!
Nice shot!
I flat out do not understand the current fashion of using long exposures for landscape photography. Water should look like water, not fog.
old school
This is hardly a "current fashion", people have been doing this for decades.
geoffellis wrote: i disagree... i like the look of long exposures... perhaps its not reality... but why does that matter? photography is an art... why not be artistic.
same, but in this case it doesn't work as well has the faster shot. IMHO if you're gonna blur the water it as to be for a good reason.
Well I liked them both but if I had to pick... I would enjoy hanging the second one up on my wall before the first one... the longer exposure makes the picture more interesting for me and something interesting is much better then ordinary.. nice shot
Whether you agree with using long exposures via stopping filters or not, is a matter of personal preference.
Have a look at the work here from one of my flickr contacts, I like his work and you'll find many examples of long exposure landscapes/seascapes.
www.flickr.com/photos/numanoid69/
As for your shots Alex they are both good for me if I had to choose then no.1 would be it, the long exposure would be better suited in my opinion to a different composition.
Just Ned's thoughts of course.
Hope you don't mind I have an image here using 8xND to try and reduce any waves caused by fish fry etc. I haven't bothered to spot heal any flotsam but it should be done to get the full "clean" glass effect from water. Also I didn't want the dynamic cloud movement so the exposure wasn't as long as could be achieved using blocking filters
nedward50 wrote: Whether you agree with using long exposures via stopping filters or not, is a matter of personal preference.
Have a look at the work here from one of my flickr contacts, I like his work and you'll find many examples of long exposure landscapes/seascapes.
www.flickr.com/photos/numanoid69/
As for your shots Alex they are both good for me if I had to choose then no.1 would be it, the long exposure would be better suited in my opinion to a different composition.
Just Ned's thoughts of course.
Hope you don't mind I have an image here using 8xND to try and reduce any waves caused by fish fry etc. I haven't bothered to spot heal any flotsam but it should be done to get the full "clean" glass effect from water. Also I didn't want the dynamic cloud movement so the exposure wasn't as long as could be achieved using blocking filters
That is such a beautiful shot.
Oh and Alex I like #2
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I think both styles have their place, some compositions look better with the water frozen and some look better with a long exposure. In this case, the first photo looks better to me.
Good idea doing the shot both ways, giving yourself more to work with. A lot of people have "their way" that they shoot water, so they miss the opportunity to capture it a different and possibly better way.
I like the second one better because it's darker & more moody. It evokes more of an emotional response. Look at the clouds. (Unfortunately they take up less of the second composition -- it looks like you might have pointed the camera down a bit when putting the filter on?) The clouds are so much more ominous in the second image; like a storm is approaching. The whole 2nd shot seems underexposed compared to the first, lending to the moodiness.
geoffellis wrote: i disagree... i like the look of long exposures... perhaps its not reality... but why does that matter? photography is an art... why not be artistic.
There is a diference between art and being "artistic". The latter denotes applying non-specific effects to an image to make it look, somehow, different, attempting to appear original and creative without much effort. The example of a landscape shot given above gives a good description of how the NDfilter tool can be used to a specific purpose to enhance a well thought out image. In Alex second shot, contrast has been weakened throughout the image, and so has its impact. The water winds up looking like industrial effluent, and the sky cartoonish. But there is no discernible consistent intent for these various effects, and it is weak as a result, in my opinion.
Alex, excuse the forcefulness of my remarks. Your first shot is very good, in my opinion, and showing the pair is a very useful exercise.
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Nice shot! 
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