What shutter speed for milky waves?

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So I've been inspired by a visit to Phillip Plissons gallery in St Malo and as I'm heading down to friends on the south coast this weekend I thought I'd try some seaside shots.

What shutter speed do you use to get those milky, misty wave effects?
 
General answer - a slow one. I'd start of at a couple of seconds and work your way down. You can get some great effects with 30 secs +.
 
inophoto said:
General answer - a slow one. I'd start of at a couple of seconds and work your way down. You can get some great effects with 30 secs +.
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Yep if you are shooting digital try a few different speeds and see which gives you the best results.
 
Thanks. Thought I'd try a few landscape/seascape shots but really didn't have a clue whether 1/8th, 1-2 secs or much longer.

Time for photo's will probably be minimal so a ballpark starting figure will be helpful.

Cheers
 
You will need long shutter speeds of at least a few seconds, if shooting in daylight you will need ND filters to get speeds that long
 
Blimey - how right you were about ND filters. I struggled to get anywhere below about 1/5th with a polarising filter on although 1/8th seemed nice as well.

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And yes I know there's spots. A dog came out seconds before and shook himself all over me & camera :(
 
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