great shot, looks like a nightshot alltough it isn't

Hi David.
Really gorgeous shot. The simplicity in the composition mixed with the blurry water os outstanding.
Really nice work!
- Martin

wow... serenity at its best... great job.

I think its a wonderful image. My only nitpick would be to raise your horizon a little so it doesn't sit smack in the middle of your frame.

This is an amazing shot, it looks like a "computer generated" CGI scene. You know, that would really tempt me to look at the ND filters myself - as you guys know, a 30sec exposure during the day (especially if the sky is as clear as), even with a f32 aperture and ISO100 sensitivity results in a completely blown out shot. How does the filter affect the light meter - were you still able to use the light meter to get a 'correct' exposure with the filter on?

Great shot. As always with your work, the colours are spot-on.

What led to the decision to use a 30 second exposure at f/5.6? Since you could have used smaller aperatures, did you try to shoot even longer exposures, for example 2 minutes at f/11? I'm just trying to get inside your head to see how your photographic process works...

I was wondering how ths was possible. The filter explains it, lovely shot. Very odd.

13 stops take lots of light but even using f/5.6 and 30s the photo isn't blownout. That demonstrate that you are a true master using the light. I also think that C1 Pro helped alot. At least, it helps me in cases like this. :-)

another amazing photograph. your work shows such a beautifull surreal surrounding. i keep coming back.

thanks for sharing!

Very impressive work, I wanna experiment this one day.
Just a superb shot.

This shot is beautiful, the color is unreal. Great shot. I haven't used my super-duper ND filter in a while, I've been meaning to.

Glad you got there. Great effect. Look forward to more.

Stunning. This is almost surreal in appearance.

And here I though you were going to be shooting into a local glass blower's furnace with such an unconventional filter. Fooled again by your constant scheming for a unique perspective.

It must have been a pretty calm day as compared to your recent weather, because even on a tripod, it would have been easy for the marker to have lost sharpness during a 30s exposure.

Cool idea.

Damn. I just realized you'll probably spawn a premium for them now on ebay.

Wow, neat idea. The soft landscape resulting from the long exposure is simply beautiful.

Alec: in some ways I'm inclined to agree – the horizon might have been better placed – but in this case I quite like it.

Jonathan: the ND filter completely wrecked the metering: I needed to use the histogram to judge the exposure.

24by36: it was shot at f/5.6 and 30s because I forgot to take my remote release with me and the longest exposure I can set without it is 30s. Next time out I'll try a longer exposure.

nuno: it's just a question of checking the exposure with the histogram.

Bob: good idea, but I don't know any glass blowers ;-) And no, it was actually quite windy: the full res' version isn't as sharp as it should be. As for eBay: I'll be surprised if you come across this filter: it took me three months to track one down.

awesome! :)
we keep waiting for further pictures w/ the B+W filter.
Oh, and of course for Finley's portrait :)

Nice pastel color pallete. I can see how the filter helped out for the shot, well done.

amazing!!

Have you ever seen the film The Truman Show, with Jim Carrey? This looks like the edge of the studio, when he sails to the door. Lovely shot and the thing that draws me in most is the surreal colours. It doesn't look like natural daylight. It looks painted.

I'm usually a lurker who just enjoys seeing your images, but this one is really spectacular -- I had to comment and say so. :) Great use of the ND.

I don't believe I've even even been close to imagining doing this. I'm happy to allow you to be better with a camera but at least my imagination had been able to keep up. I'm completely demoralized! :=)

I love how the scene is split at the horizon and how the blue-to-light is repeated but not duped. The beacon is a stake that anchors the whole shot. It's just fantastic!

blue white, blue white.
i like it.

Congrats on the new filter and what a stunning effect the long exposure created!

I've been watching for awhile and I just wanted to let you know I think this is outstanding.

a very appropriate title =)

fantastic

Good vision; simple yet effective. Nice one.

very very nice and clear shot, beautiful motif

Very nice, quite a surreal feel to it.

very cool tones!

What a great photo - sensational blues

Outstanding, my second favourite of all your shots....THIS being my favourite.

Nice picture, it looks like an 1 km high antenna above the clouds.

(I didn't know about this filter, where did u find it)

amazing shot!

Thanks everyone :-)

paflechien: I got this one from the US, but ND filters are commonly available.

David, would you care to share where you found the 113 filter? I've searched and searched as before, but all the shops only seem to carry 110 or 120's.
A 110 would only give me ~10s exposures, and a 120 would give ~20min exposures, so the 113 is "just right"!

This shot literally made me hold my breath when I first saw it, so I'm not kidding when I say it's breathtaking.

Pertaining to determining the exposure with the ND filter mounted, could you comment on whether you believe that the following procedure would work?

With the desired ISO setting and the ND filter off, set the lens at the smallest aperture, say f 22, and determine the shutter setting under these conditions.

Then, opening the aperture from f 22 to f 2.8 admits 6 times as much light (6 stops). This means that when the 13 stop ND filter is mounted at an aperature of f 2.8, then the shutter speed measured without the filter at f 22, should be multiplied by 256 (2 to the exponent 7) to provide the light equivalent to the remaining seven stops required. The correct exposure with the 13 stop ND filter is thus achieved by opening the lens 6 stops and doubling the exposure time seven times.

If you could get a shutter speed without the ND filter at f 2.8, then you would have to double that time thirteen times successively to obtain the correct exposure with the filter on.

This is a great shot. Reminds me very much of one of my favorite photographers, David Fokos. Check out his website.

I suppose this would work well on clouds too. ND filters are pretty useful actually. I bought one but yet to use it. Lovely effect.

Great shot and I think the alignment of the horizon works because of the square crop. Yes I want one of those filters now :)

Beautiful!

Great shot, I was amazed by it. I am still wondering hoe you got that during the day!

Very nice! Reminds me a bit of David Fokos, only in color.

beautifull Scene Congrats.

wow. wow. wow.

Very Nice!

... what is there to left to say ? Great shot.

very cool colours, no movement of water, waiting for storm...

I'm really impressed, love it, like a night shot

mmmmmmman ! surreal image. everything about the pic is awesome, the gradient sky, perfectly horizontal horizon ( :p ) , ...

I just can't stop watching at the paintbrush-like effect on the bottom of the pic and that beautilful blue colors!
I never though i'd like this kind of picture that much, your skills outpower my ignorant prejudgements on low contrast / 'even smoothed' pics