{"id":12797,"date":"2022-02-21T10:35:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T10:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12797"},"modified":"2024-08-13T16:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T16:26:14","slug":"how-to-shoot-and-edit-extra-long-exposures-with-a-10-stop-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-shoot-and-edit-extra-long-exposures-with-a-10-stop-filter","title":{"rendered":"How to shoot and edit extra-long exposures with a 10-stop filter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In advance of our Manchester workshop, where I was going to show the delegates how to shoot extra long exposures, using 10 stop (or even 15 stop) neutral density filters, I popped down to the beautiful world heritage site at Saltaire. <\/span><\/p>\n

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If you’ve not been, this is the site of a Victorian Mill, run by Sir Titus Salt, and the attached village he built for the workers. It\u2019s a beautiful place to photograph and both Leeds<\/a> to Liverpool canal and the River Aire flow through the Factory site. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The image you see in this tutorial used a 10 stop filter, which means that your shutter speed is increased a thousand times. Yes, a thousand times. <\/span><\/p>\n

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So, I set up the photograph and took a test shot first – this was a one minute shot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The video tutorial<\/a> starts where I look at the histogram of the one minute photograph and realise that I can shoot for longer. The video takes it from there. <\/span><\/p>\n

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These long exposures allow more water blur and the sky to blur as the clouds drift past. You end up with a surreal, dreamy, photograph, where everything solid remains normal yet everything that moves looks completely surreal. <\/span><\/p>\n

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After that, we delve into Lightroom where I show you a couple of techniques. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Using the new select sky tools… These new select tools are probably the most powerful developments in Lightroom, well, since I can remember, because it allows intricate selections to be quickly and easily performed. <\/span><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s something that was only possible in Photoshop previously<\/span><\/p>\n

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I hope you find this tutorial useful and if you are looking to invest in neutral density filters<\/a>, then the ones I use are made by NISI, and you can get a pack of three or four filters for a reasonable price. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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