weekly HelenC's 52 for 2024. Week 17: Structure

[Boots]

Very nice!

 

[eoSimon]

Like the monochrome too.
Looks like you blurred the water - longer exposure or post processing ?
Helps to keep focus on the pier - great pic

Edit: just realised your post explained the technique

 

[SimonH]

Nicely done (as always) Helen. I want to try some long exposure stuff - I have a pier near me, but never successfully managed it. I'm guessing I'd need some ND filters and my tripod.
* starts to Google

 

[BobBCN]

Super shot. Floats my boat totally!!

 

[nog]

Very nice long exposure, sea looks great and pier looking good. Free parking as a bonus as well

 

[Kell]

Another great image.

Long exposure helps keep the focus (pardon the pun) on the pier.

 

[-Oy-]

Oh aye that’s a belter

 

[Crotal Bell]

Empty - love the way the rain is crossing the sky in the picture

Structure - very nicely done indeed.

 

[AlanDorset]

Piers are great subjects, lovely shot, left enough movement in the sea.

 

[HelenC]

Nicely done (as always) Helen. I want to try some long exposure stuff - I have a pier near me, but never successfully managed it. I'm guessing I'd need some ND filters and my tripod.
* starts to Google

Thanks Simon. Yup, you'll definitely need an ND filter and a tripod. I usually play around in bulb mode but, due to my frugality with parking I had limited time so stuck on a 10 stop ND in AV mode with an overexposure of 1 stop to get the high key effect. I think this was around a 20 second exposure. To get an even smoother effect I play around with exposures of up to 1 minute. You need to juggle with low ISO and higher apertures to achieve different effects. I really enjoy playing around with these, it's fun (well, in my book.. !). Enjoy.