We returned from Arizona last Saturday and as Snowbirds re-entering Canada, we immediately began our 14-day “Self Isolation”. This essentially means we’re confined to our house for a prescribed period to demonstrate we are free of Covid-19 infection. As day 5 draws to a close, we remain free of symptoms and we’re doing our best to keep ourselves entertained at home.
I’m spending some of the time, working on my photography skills and knowledge. I’m following an online course and today I took advantage of a windy afternoon to take some long exposures from our back door. Armed with some new knowledge, I applied it to the following two scenes featuring the mountain ranges behind our house.
This first photograph, Mount Rundle is a 51 second exposure. The goal is to keep everything in the frame stationary except for the clouds. Because they are moving they’re blurred, creating a streamed effect and the sense of motion. To do this, I reduced the lens’ aperture to a minimum ( f/22), I reduced the sensor’s sensitivity to its lowest (ISO 50) and affixed the “Big Blocker” (10 stop filter) to my lens. These measures enabled me to reduce the pace of light entering the camera to offset the lengthy duration of the exposure. Of course, I used a tripod to keep the camera steady, something the photographer can’t do for very long.
This is a different subject but the same process. The sole difference was the duration of the exposure, in this case 30 seconds.
It was great to get some fresh and air enjoy a little photography. I look forward to a little more freedom to get out and shoot some other locations in the Canmore area. I hope the bears are well schooled on the notion of “social distancing”.
Nice, Peter! You must have also used a remote shutter release to avoid any deck movement. Maybe you stood inside your kitchen with your remote?
Beautiful!
Hi Peter: An amazing technique resulting in great pictures.