Granted, it's not the sort of light that usually makes the landscape photographer all of a flutter, but with a bit of thought - and an idea - even the flattest of conditions can produce something interesting. In fact, having kept an eye on the weather forecast over the weekend, I had planned the above photograph a couple of days in advance.
The use of a strong neutral density filter - which reduces the amount of light transmitted through the lens by 1000x - allows me to use a long shutter speed to create the ethereal effect. Even though there were people on the pier at the time they do not appear in the image since they didn't remain stationary long enough for the long exposure to record them
24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 72 seconds at f/16. ISO 200. 10 stop ND filter. Tripod and remote release.
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