From the course: Travel Photography: New Zealand's Lake Wanaka

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Processing on a long exposure of the lake

Processing on a long exposure of the lake

From the course: Travel Photography: New Zealand's Lake Wanaka

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Processing on a long exposure of the lake

- Now, as the clouds came in, in the middle of the day, all the photographers packed their bags, and they were gone. And it was just me and the icon. And such a serene moment to be alone with this tree, and be able to do whatever I could imagine. And looking at this image, we see the clouds overhead. And it's not just a sheet of white rain clouds, it's actual texture, and whenever you see texture in clouds, that automatically is an alarm saying, long exposure. Let's get that texture moving. So I want to show you this image and, from the same location, with a long exposure. And this is 160 seconds long, and now we see those streaks across the sky. So this was, I believe, I stacked two filters together to get such a long exposure. During the day, it's so bright out, so oftentimes, you have to stack the filters. Now, you're going to notice that this image is a lot warmer than this one. And remember, I was using a B+W 10-stop filter, and that's a warming, has a warming cast over the…

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