Long exposure on beach?

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I tried to do long exposure on the beach to get the blurred sea look, but the photo was too bright? Im using a 50mm 1.8, I think i was at F5 ISO 100... Do I need ND filters? Or is there an alternative until I get filters
 
If your using the 50mm, you would probably be best with an overcast day (we have lots just now) tripod mounted, and the fstop as high a possible (f22)
Set the camera in to manual mode and play with the shutter time, balance this with the movement and if too bright / dark play with the manual exposure compensation
An ND filter will obviously make things easier.. Try some welding mask glass (very cheap to buy locally or on eBay) and play with that as a cheap filter..
 
Long exposure on beach?

Came to say you could get done for that - sorry :coat:
 
If you don't have the filters to reduce light and lengthen exposure that way - try after the sun has gone or even at night.

That way you could stay away from f22 and use the optimum aperture for the lens or at least have some flexibility with your depth of focus.

Long exposure during the night is far safer too :naughty:
 
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high aperture number is great but f22 maybe abit too much for me personally. I use around f11-14.

Stop down the lens and use iso100 and see what reading you get on the camera. If is bright i personally would use ND filter ...........
 
Akin to flashing on the beach - nothing to do with photography ;)
 
Al1944 said:
Akin to flashing on the beach - nothing to do with photography ;)
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I wouldnt recommend flashing, it'll freeze the movement of the water.

Thats not whar the OP wants at all

:coat:
 
Without a ND filter, shoot while the light levels are low.
Be on the beach an hour or so before the sun comes up or after sunset.
You will still need a tripod and remote release, and possibly a graduated ND filter if there is a lot of contrast between the sky and land/sea.
 
JaackBrown said:
I tried to do long exposure on the beach to get the blurred sea look, but the photo was too bright? Im using a 50mm 1.8, I think i was at F5 ISO 100... Do I need ND filters? Or is there an alternative until I get filters
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Stay away from f22 with that lens unless you want major diffraction. Your much better off with a filter or if you can not afford that right now just come back when the sun is going down and you can slow your shutter to a nice slow exposure.
 
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