long exposures drawback

I agree the the image sucks. I was only demonstrating to the Duck that
the original blur was not a focus issue. Indeed I posted the original to
illustrate when long exposure should not be used.

 

Besides, HDR would not allow the soft water effect I was looking for.

 

The intent behind it was to try out a new camera.

Now that I think about it, it wasn't a long exposure: it was ten
partial exposures assembled into the one final image.

 

....but you didn't say that was your intent when you first posted the
image. Refer to one of my other responses in this thread, where I
posted this shot and gave some details. As I asked then; Is this the
sort of thing you were trying to do?
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I also maintain you are going about this incorrectly.

 

Then it was an experiment. Understood. Such superimposition is usually
used with much less partial exposures. It can actually create a nice
cinematic effect. But in this instance, I would not go for a landscape.
Go down the hill, find some boat sailing faster, and try superimposing
at the rate of one picture a quarter second, or haf second. On a
regata, it can be extremely nice.

I need holidays (OT - Sigh - LOL)

Mitch
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This one is a little more extreme; Still ISO 200, but 1/6 sec. @ f/32.
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Then we have 1/5 sec. @ f/36.
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I believe what you are doing, stopping down & using a Variable density
ND is compounding the effect forcing you to use a longer exposure time
than you actually need. Remember The main purpose of using the Var-ND
is to slow the exposure time and let you maintain a degree of control
over DoF.

 

No. While it is a nice capture, I am seeking a somewhat different look.
Open water requires a much longer exposure. When I have some time to
review, I hope I have found something near the look I am seeking.

 

I am using a Heliopan, which has ten stops. I have some exposures, where
the capture has taken over one minute. To do that in broad daylight, one
needs to stop way down. As I said earlier, I am learning an art form,
not just a craft. There is no one size fits all. There are images that
require less than 1/4 second. It's simply a matter of seeing and then
adapting my shooting style to the image I seek. I forgot to add, at
times I can be a slwo learner.

 

I don't think it's the camera, so much as the nature of what we are
trying to achieve. I should have realized, as bob Coe pointed out, that
boats in the water will move during a long exposure. Now the problem is
to take that physical fact, and make it work with us,, to create a work
of art.

 

Because not all images need to be tack sharp.