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Sea-Scapes – Coastal Photography – Shutter Speed Considerations

ice beach long exposure

The potential for good photographs at the seaside is endless. Whether it is rocky, craggy, sandy or pebbles, the capture of the ocean interacting with these elements is challenging and fun.

Categorized as Landscape photography, Long exposure photography, Long Exposure TechniquesTagged Filters, long exposure, Milky water effect, neutral density, seascapes, shutter speed, Silky water effect, slow shutter, timing, tripod, tv mode

Magic Cloth & Northern Lights

photographing the aurora

The main requirement for using the Magic Cloth Technique is having a long exposure, so Northern Lights photography is an obvious choice.

Categorized as Magic Cloth TechniqueTagged black card technique, Filters, long exposure, neutral density, slow shutter, stars, travel tripod

Magic Cloth Trouble shooting

Magic cloth Ice Beach

Though this technique produces some beautiful images for me, it is not without it’s issues.

Categorized as Magic Cloth TechniqueTagged basic, digital photography, DSLR, exposure, Filters, long exposure, neutral density, slow shutter, tripod

Magic Cloth and Milky Way Photography

Milky way aurora

Milky way images are stunning, but what you see on the front page of 500px is usually the result of careful camera and lens choice…

Categorized as Magic Cloth TechniqueTagged black card technique, Filters, High iso, iso noise, long exposure, milky way, neutral density, sensor noise, slow shutter, star trails, stars, tripod

Ansel Adams – magic card

Blahver at Hveravellir

In one of the last interviews with Ansel Adams he expressed excitement over the possibility of digital photography.

Categorized as Magic Cloth TechniqueTagged ansel adams, black card technique, Burn, Dodge, exposure, Filters, long exposure, neutral density, slow shutter, tripod

Suburban Northern Lights

Reykjavik suburbs Northern Lights

I advise photographers to get out of the city and away from the city lights to get the best northern lights photographs. But, seeing as I am here, I thought I would give the challenging conditions a try.

Categorized as Magic Cloth Technique, Night & Northern LightsTagged black card technique, dynamic range, Filters, High iso, long exposure, Low light photography, neutral density, slow shutter, stars, tripod

Simple Magic Cloth Technique

Snow on Vestrahorn
Vestrahorn Mountain with a 24mm Prime lens.

This very simple technique is the basic for Magic Cloth photography and this video is actually a good starting point for the beginner.

Categorized as Magic Cloth TechniqueTagged beach, black card technique, Burn, Dodge, Filters, long exposure, neutral density, slow shutter, tripod

20 second Reverse cloth technique

Diamond Ice Beach

The reverse cloth technique is useful if the middle part of a scene is notably brighter than the top part of the scene.

Categorized as Magic Cloth TechniqueTagged black card technique, Filters, long exposure, neutral density, slow shutter, tripod

Video Tutorial: Icelandic Waterfall Skutafoss

Skutafoss waterfall East Iceland

This tutorial is a demonstration of the Magic Cloth Technique to add drama to a dull sky at the SKutafoss waterfall in East Iceland.

Categorized as Magic Cloth TechniqueTagged composition, dodging & burning, exposure, Filters, long exposure, neutral density, slow shutter, tripod, video, waterfall

Long Exposure Photography Techniques – Silky Water

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Love them or your hate them, long exposure photos are a good way to understand shutter speed. this article looks at ways to give water that silky effect.

Categorized as Long exposure photography, Long Exposure TechniquesTagged beach, blur, dark filter, Filters, long exposure, milky effect, Milky water effect, ND filter, neutral density, Silky water effect, slow shutter, slow water, tripod, waterfall

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