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AlexBW · 07-15-2015, 11:06 PM - **1 Like**

This was my first attempt at a long-exposure ocean-photo, using a Neutral Density 0.9 filter. Unfortunately the sky had lost most of it's color by the time I was setup.
I would very much like some feedback on what you think of the photo, and also any general tips if you'd like to share.

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Biosaurus · 10-23-2019, 01:30 AM

Originally posted by AlexBW

This was my first attempt at a long-exposure ocean-photo, using a Neutral Density 0.9 filter. Unfortunately the sky had lost most of it's color by the time I was setup.
I would very much like some feedback on what you think of the photo, and also any general tips if you'd like to share.

looks like a painting

Shelly · 10-23-2019, 02:17 AM

AlexBW. I love the photo, its so simplistic in its creativity and colour, but I'm not in favour of long exposures, (in my opinion entirely) it takes away from the real look of natural flowing water.

**Kerrowdown** · 10-23-2019, 05:02 AM

Originally posted by AlexBW

Ocean

It's all very smooth and quite surreal.

If you want to some colour back into the sky, you could always use a coloured grad filter in PP to do that.

Bertrand3000 · 10-23-2019, 05:05 AM

I love the shot as well. Too bad for the sky to be so close of sea's color, but in a way that adds to the uniqueness of your shot.

**Archimedes the Dog** · 10-23-2019, 07:39 AM

Personally, I find the buoys distracting and would remove them, but I love the atmosphere.

ChristianRock · 10-23-2019, 11:45 AM

I quite like it but I wonder if a WB change would bring some color back?

DeadJohn · 10-23-2019, 12:22 PM

The sky color looks wrong, too much green to it. Maybe the ND filter created a color cast. Try adjusting the white balance?

**ehrwien** · 10-26-2019, 12:52 PM

Aside from the WB, I like the rocks in the foreground! Nice eyecatcher! The lighthouse is a little small, but imho it works quite well, especially with the dark line of "land" to the left of it and the lack of it to the right. For me personally, the buoy on the right is distracting because it's an overall quite minimalistic picture, with not much going on, and the buoys (the one to the left gets almost overlooked because it's so close to the dark line, but the one on the right is really drawing attention to it with not much else around it) destroy that impression a little bit. I would have perhaps gone a bit lower and cropped out a little bit of the top of the sky and a little bit of the right hand side so that the buoy there is not in the frame any more. I'm not a fan of manipulating reality in post, so I'd just live with the other buoy...
Perhaps a little shorter exposure as well?
Too bad that the colour was already gone, a little more light would have made that an amazing shot as well, but with an entirely different mood than you captured here!

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10-23-2019, 01:30 AM	#2
Biosaurus Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Hérouville Saint Clair, Normandy, France Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 143	Originally posted by AlexBW This was my first attempt at a long-exposure ocean-photo, using a Neutral Density 0.9 filter. Unfortunately the sky had lost most of it's color by the time I was setup. I would very much like some feedback on what you think of the photo, and also any general tips if you'd like to share. looks like a painting

10-23-2019, 02:17 AM	#3
Shelly Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: KwaZulu Natal Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 416	AlexBW. I love the photo, its so simplistic in its creativity and colour, but I'm not in favour of long exposures, (in my opinion entirely) it takes away from the real look of natural flowing water.

10-23-2019, 05:02 AM	#4
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,867	Originally posted by AlexBW Ocean It's all very smooth and quite surreal. If you want to some colour back into the sky, you could always use a coloured grad filter in PP to do that.

10-23-2019, 05:05 AM	#5
Bertrand3000 Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 2,009	I love the shot as well. Too bad for the sky to be so close of sea's color, but in a way that adds to the uniqueness of your shot.

10-23-2019, 07:39 AM	#6
Archimedes the Dog Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 1,146	Personally, I find the buoys distracting and would remove them, but I love the atmosphere.

10-23-2019, 11:45 AM	#7
ChristianRock Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: People's Republic of America Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,912	I quite like it but I wonder if a WB change would bring some color back?

10-23-2019, 12:22 PM	#8
DeadJohn Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: New York Posts: 4,834	The sky color looks wrong, too much green to it. Maybe the ND filter created a color cast. Try adjusting the white balance?

10-26-2019, 12:52 PM	#9
ehrwien Site Supporter Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 2,784	Aside from the WB, I like the rocks in the foreground! Nice eyecatcher! The lighthouse is a little small, but imho it works quite well, especially with the dark line of "land" to the left of it and the lack of it to the right. For me personally, the buoy on the right is distracting because it's an overall quite minimalistic picture, with not much going on, and the buoys (the one to the left gets almost overlooked because it's so close to the dark line, but the one on the right is really drawing attention to it with not much else around it) destroy that impression a little bit. I would have perhaps gone a bit lower and cropped out a little bit of the top of the sky and a little bit of the right hand side so that the buoy there is not in the frame any more. I'm not a fan of manipulating reality in post, so I'd just live with the other buoy... Perhaps a little shorter exposure as well? Too bad that the colour was already gone, a little more light would have made that an amazing shot as well, but with an entirely different mood than you captured here!

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