Dopn't want you all to get bored so this will be the last of these long exposure images for awhile.

Things did improve as I took more and more images. I think the camera plays a big part here, you have to know how YOUR camera reacts to long exposures. I had to Olympus camera with me and both reacted differently. My advice is take one camera, get to know it, and stick with it for this sort of thing. I found it took me some time to get into the particular camera I was using at the time. That's what I'm going to do in the future. The only thing I have to find out now is which camera is best for these long exposures. Does format count? Probably because of pixel count and format, dynamic range and a couple of other things. And here's me thinkting I had this subject beat.

Oh well, back to the drawing board.

I've been wanting to try these filters for some time now, so when I was wandering the wilderness in the Black Forest region I came across this waterfall. What better time to try it out. The wife rolled her eyes and took out her portable stool and book. I needed no more encouragement and off I went.

2 to 3 hours later I was still at it and having a great time. This is something I can really get into. I didn't buy an expensive Vari ND to start with, just in case it wasn't my thing, but things turned out just fine. I blew a couple of shots where the highlights are blown out but by the end of the day I was getting the hang of it.

Sooooo, the next few images are going to be of cotton wool water. Some like it and some don't. I personally like it, but next time I'll try it with shorter exposure setting, say between 1 and 3 seconds. Most of the blowout images were around the 15 seconds mark. Clearly too long.