I assume the milkiness of the water is due to the long exposure. Were you using a polarizer?

And photos like this one is why I love your blog so much. Absolutly stunning, very good job david. No complaints here.

I love this color.. Great Shot!!!!! How do you get all your shots to look so wonderful... *look on in amazement*

hbz: yep, the cloudiness is a consequence of the small waves. And no, I didn't use a polarizer.

Adam: magic ;-)

... more seriously, the colour shift was achieved using the Channel Mixer.

:-)

good god... what a beautiful pic!

wow. pink water! i love this! so girly! if you cut off the top of the picture it would look like something from willy wonka's factory. funky

Well, this one gets a great big Woohoo! from me. I wish the stars were a little brighter, but everything else is spectacular-- the light tower, the colorful stones, the criss-crossing of the supports... And the purple hue gives it a surreal feel. I love it!

Very clever.

OOOO!!! most beautiful photo, I seen!!!

very nice! I really like the pebbles and how clear they are! The pink and purples are beautiful! I can't wait to see tomorrow's!

Stunning picture! :)

but how do you calculate the shutter time for such a shot? :)

Magnificent, as usual. I love the mood of this picture. The "milky" water really makes this unique and lovely. Every detail in this picture is absolutely wonderful. Thanks for the share.

great photography and even greater post processing.
your photography is inspirational in so many different ways. thanks :)

Odd Christer: when it's reasonably light, on or around the new moon, I use aperture priority and set the ISO to 3200. Normally this will give me a shutter speed of around 30s or below. From there you just need to recalculate for ISO 100; each second at ISO 3200 converts to 32s at ISO 100. From there it's just a question of checking your histogram after the shot.

Another great picture. I love the cleanness and artificiality of the pier, the milkyness of the water, and the detail and variety of all the stones. I was glad to see that this shot didn't have the distracting roughness in the water that I noticed in yesterday's. The light in the distance, perfectly centered between the pier supports, completes the shot for me. I have to agree with Viking though, that the stars would be a lot nicer if they weren't so faint.

Oops, I just reread some of the later comments from yesterday and found out that was sand visible through the water. That makes more sense, given the exposure. Anyway, this is a great image and keep up the good work!

I am a frequent lurker but rare commenter. I love this shot. As soon as I saw, it just grabbed me. Thank you very much for sharing David!

Parker (and Viking): yes, it would have been good had the star trails been a bit brighter but I didn't want to use a wider aperture as I needed the foreground to be in focus too.

Nothing boring about this one at all. I think the color cast was a good choice, adds somewhat more of a romantic glow, but without your comments or the EXIF data I would have thought it was taken just after sunset on a particularly gorgeous night, at least until I noticed the star trails or blurred shoreline. Well done.

David, if I could ask you a question, how did you get your wonderful purplish color. In your notes, you mention adjusting the color temperature. But doesn't adjusting the color temperature just make the photos bluish (cooler) or reddish (warmer)? How did you manage to get that wonderful color?

After seeing your photo, I went to some of my night shots using Digital Photo Professional (Canon's digital software). I was not able to come even close. So secrets you are willing to share would be most appreciated.

Great one. Impressive colors. Awesome!!

Kevin: I've just checked the original and the colour cast was achieved in two stages. First, I used the Curves tool to boost the mid-tones in the blue channel. Second: I used the Channel Mixer to boost the red in the red channel to 130%. To be honest, there are numerous ways of achieving this sort of result and I've found the best thing to do is play around with an image until you're happy that you've got the effect you're after.

Well, the color in this one is just amazing. I wish maybe more star trails, like in the previous shot, but the softness of the water, the rocks and color (did I mention the color?) are just amazing. Let see what tomorrow brings :-)

David: Thank you for responding. :)

Beautiful shot. I think this has to be one of the longest exposures I've seen, and it's wonderful. I've had a lot of fun with night exposures as well. Unfortunately it's down around -23 C as soon as the sun goes down here right now. I look forward to seeing tomorrow's shot for comparison.

Thanks for the note David. A question for you. The light's reflection stops before it reachs the rocks. Is that jus the angle or is it caused by the 6 min exposure, meaning the water came in that far(tide), or that's where the water was still moving(waves)? Just wondering.
Again a beautiful photo. Thanks Dave.
RustyJ

Mark: the benefit of -23°C is that you'd have a really clean shot (i.e. less noise because of the cold) but I suspect your batteries would go flat quite quickly. Not to mention the fact that you'd probably freeze to death in the process ;-) As for the length of this exposure: I'm hoping for a clear night when there's no moon so I can run an exposure for about an hour. Watch this space.

RustyJ: it's probably a combination of the reflection petering out anyway and the fact that the water was still moving in that area of the image.

Totally blows me away. This is the Chromasia that brings me here each and every day. And your comment back to Adam right at the start still has me chuckling, even after reading all the other comments. Nuff said.

Beautiful series Dave.
I have just developed a set of star trail images myself (on film). This is amazing because of its tone, and yesterday's is amazing for the same reason, plus the stars so noticeable.

Question:
I do not own a 20D, I am looking into buying a 350D sometime next year, but... if these have a bulb setting, should I buy the TC-80N3 remote release? (considering it runs at ~200 US $ here);
I know it has some cool features, but, my question is if these cannot be reproduced via the traditional "bulb" on a tripod setting.
Thanks.
Looking forward to tomorrows' image

VelviaPix: I may be wrong but I think the bulb setting on the 20D requires you to keep your finger on the shutter. This just isn't practical for long exposures. Oh, and the RS-80N3 is quite a bit cheaper than the TC-80N3.

Another stunner Dave - gorgeous colouring. I think these last 2 shots have to be my favourite of your work. Just... beautiful! I'm speechless :)

Absolutely gorgeous. Look at those shiny pebbles!!

This is a really nice night shot! I really love your use of colours in this particular shot. I find it rather hard to pick which of the two I like best as they are both so good.

Thanks Dave... Oh surprise!!! If you must keep your finger on the shutter, that is not practical at all. I own a simple "prosumer" camera and its shutter stays on. Do you know by a chance if the 350D is the same way?

Thanks.

I really like those shot of you David. Using the channel mixer you did the right thing..Its really great and I just want to thank you. For inspition. And that you are really interestet in what your visitors think. That makes you nice....

Well...out of the two so far this is my pick Dave, and I have to say that tomorrow's is going to have to be truly something to pip it to the post. What I love about this is the fact that although it doesn't look real it just sits right, if that makes sense (?) The colour I could just sit and stare at (but it's time for bed)...I eagerly await the next one.

mark: I suspect that this one may be most people's favourite of the three.

Amazing shot with fantastic colours.

'I must down to the seas again...' ;-)

amazing shot. I love the colors and the reflections.

I don't like it.

"Oh, and I can’t decide which is my favourite of the three, this one, or tomorrow’s; so I’ll be interested to hear your thoughts."