![\"_MG_8650\"](\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MG_8650.jpg\")
<\/a>\n <\/p>\n
It’s mid-afternoon…<\/h2>\n\n- The sun is bright<\/li>\n
- There is a slight wind blowing the clouds<\/li>\n
- There are people and cars around<\/li>\n
- I’ve just left a meeting in Leeds…<\/li>\n
- So do I take more bright day shots of Leeds Town Hall – or do I go home….<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Then I remember I have one of these “10-stop filters” and the clouds are moving… so decide to get some long exposure shots of the city, something a little different.<\/p>\n
The Techy Bit…<\/h1>\n
A 10 stop filter is to the eye, a piece of black glass you can’t see through – a bit like a welding mask glass.<\/p>\n
Its purpose is to reduce the flow of light into a camera. Here’s how it works:-<\/p>\n
\n- A 1 stop filter stops 1\/2 the light entering the camera – so you need to double how long you expose your photo<\/strong><\/li>\n
- A 2 stop filter stops another 1\/2 the light entering the camera (so 1\/4 of the unfiltered light) – so you <\/strong>need to quardruple how long you expose your photo<\/a><\/li>\n
- So if we go on, the 10 stop needs 2^10 times the exposure – which is 1024 times more exposure time<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So if you’re shooting at 1\/100th without the filter, you’d need to shoot at 10 seconds with the filter on. <\/p>\n
What they are used for…<\/h1>\n
So you can shoot really long exposures in bright light – what does this mean?<\/p>\n
\n- Water becomes smooth and waveless<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Passing cars disappear<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Shopping centres<\/a> look odd – only people who stand perfectly still appear<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Streets look empty<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Skies look surreal – the clouds slur across the picture leaving totally alien patterns<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So I didn’t stray too far from the Town Hall – just popping around Millennium Square and back<\/p>\n
The Photos<\/h1>\n
<\/p>\n
Leeds town hall<\/a>![\"_MG_8644\"](\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MG_8644.jpg\")
Park square in Leeds <\/a> ![\"_MG_8655\"](\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MG_8655.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h2>\nLeeds town hall<\/a><\/h2>\n![\"_MG_8652\"](\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MG_8652.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h2>\nLeeds town hall<\/a><\/h2>\n![\"_MG_8640-2\"](\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MG_8640-2.jpg\")
St George’s St Leeds<\/a> ![\"_MG_8638\"](\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MG_8638.jpg\")
<\/a><\/h2>\nLeeds town hall<\/a><\/h2>\n![\"_MG_8656\"](\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MG_8656.jpg\")
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Then I remember I have one of these “10-stop filters” and the clouds are moving… so decide to get some long exposure shots of the city, something a little different.<\/p>\n
The Techy Bit…<\/h1>\n
A 10 stop filter is to the eye, a piece of black glass you can’t see through – a bit like a welding mask glass.<\/p>\n
Its purpose is to reduce the flow of light into a camera. Here’s how it works:-<\/p>\n
- \n
- A 1 stop filter stops 1\/2 the light entering the camera – so you need to double how long you expose your photo<\/strong><\/li>\n
- A 2 stop filter stops another 1\/2 the light entering the camera (so 1\/4 of the unfiltered light) – so you <\/strong>need to quardruple how long you expose your photo<\/a><\/li>\n
- So if we go on, the 10 stop needs 2^10 times the exposure – which is 1024 times more exposure time<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So if you’re shooting at 1\/100th without the filter, you’d need to shoot at 10 seconds with the filter on. <\/p>\n
What they are used for…<\/h1>\n
So you can shoot really long exposures in bright light – what does this mean?<\/p>\n
- \n
- Water becomes smooth and waveless<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Passing cars disappear<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Shopping centres<\/a> look odd – only people who stand perfectly still appear<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Streets look empty<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Skies look surreal – the clouds slur across the picture leaving totally alien patterns<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So I didn’t stray too far from the Town Hall – just popping around Millennium Square and back<\/p>\n
The Photos<\/h1>\n
<\/p>\n
Leeds town hall<\/a>
Park square in Leeds <\/a> <\/a><\/h2>\nLeeds town hall<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/h2>\nLeeds town hall<\/a><\/h2>\n
St George’s St Leeds<\/a> <\/a><\/h2>\nLeeds town hall<\/a><\/h2>\n
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- Passing cars disappear<\/strong><\/li>\n
- A 2 stop filter stops another 1\/2 the light entering the camera (so 1\/4 of the unfiltered light) – so you <\/strong>need to quardruple how long you expose your photo<\/a><\/li>\n