Thank you very much Hanne 😀 Make sure you download the free app from Lee so you don’t have to worry about losing that exposure compensation card that it comes with.
Thank you for this tip, Joe, it’s highly appreciated. May I ask you a question, please: I have seen many captures with the Big Stopper on various blogs and many seascapes appear with a distinct blue note. Is there a secret to avoid this bluish touch?
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There is no way to avoid a color cast when shooting with any brand of 10 stop ND filter Hanne but the way I get around this is to shoot in RAW format. Since I have been shooting with Fuji’s I have been strictly a JPEG shooter except when I use the Big Stopper. The color cast can be corrected in post processing then. If you are using a traditional DSLR with an optical viewfinder you also have to make sure to cover the eyepiece when doing long exposures otherwise you will get light leaks which will ruin your image. I use mirror less cameras with electronic viewfinders so covering the eyepiece is not necessary 😀 Best of luck with your purchase and experimenting with Long exposures.
Once again, this was most helpful, Joe. I use a Nikon D800 and shoot only RAW and I have saved your tips in my little book of wisdom. Thanks a million! 🙂
Hi Joe! Your posts had stopped displaying in my reader — until I thought perhaps you had retired from blogging– so happy to find you again and catch up on all of your photographs- lovely… as always. 🙂
Thank you very much West 😀 I didn’t retire from blogging I just decided to spread myself thin with three photoblogs which you can easily find under the TVC title (Monochromia and X-tended Vision). Sometimes these things happen on WordPress and we have to unfollow and refollow people. Thank you for the refollow and I think I will have to do the same with your blog 😀
So happy to hear that~ I’m going to refollow your others as well so I will be sure they appear in my feed. …I had a horrible experience last year when, during a transfer to a private host I lost my original blog so Ive started again from scratch …which may be why I was showing up… grrrr. 😀
Beautiful shot! It is so perfect, I feel like I’m right there viewing it through my own eyes with one exception, I am a lot warmer her in Florida than you were while shooting it! Lol! Nice job!
Love this so much Joe, what a gorgeous view! Such a comforting and soul-soothing shot! The winter here is much more icy than yours. 🙂 The sea is just slowly starting to melt.
Thank you so much Elina 🙂 The temperature is supposed to get up into the 60’s next week and I am looking forward to it. Looks like you have the icy winter we had last year.
Love this Joe and so good to see you out and about catching the best of winter. The subtle water tones along with the pier into the distance are magical!
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Great capture, Joe. I look forward to getting a Lee Big Stopper next week.
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Thank you very much Hanne 😀 Make sure you download the free app from Lee so you don’t have to worry about losing that exposure compensation card that it comes with.
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Thank you for this tip, Joe, it’s highly appreciated. May I ask you a question, please: I have seen many captures with the Big Stopper on various blogs and many seascapes appear with a distinct blue note. Is there a secret to avoid this bluish touch?
Best regards, Hanne
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There is no way to avoid a color cast when shooting with any brand of 10 stop ND filter Hanne but the way I get around this is to shoot in RAW format. Since I have been shooting with Fuji’s I have been strictly a JPEG shooter except when I use the Big Stopper. The color cast can be corrected in post processing then. If you are using a traditional DSLR with an optical viewfinder you also have to make sure to cover the eyepiece when doing long exposures otherwise you will get light leaks which will ruin your image. I use mirror less cameras with electronic viewfinders so covering the eyepiece is not necessary 😀 Best of luck with your purchase and experimenting with Long exposures.
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Once again, this was most helpful, Joe. I use a Nikon D800 and shoot only RAW and I have saved your tips in my little book of wisdom. Thanks a million! 🙂
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♫ …in a deep and dark december… ♫
But it isn’t dark at all! A beautiful picture!
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Sing it Mario, LOL 🙂 Thank you very much.
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Love it! 😀
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Thank you so much 🙂
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ps– so I unfollowed and re-followed you.. hopefully that will work!
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Hi Joe! Your posts had stopped displaying in my reader — until I thought perhaps you had retired from blogging– so happy to find you again and catch up on all of your photographs- lovely… as always. 🙂
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Thank you very much West 😀 I didn’t retire from blogging I just decided to spread myself thin with three photoblogs which you can easily find under the TVC title (Monochromia and X-tended Vision). Sometimes these things happen on WordPress and we have to unfollow and refollow people. Thank you for the refollow and I think I will have to do the same with your blog 😀
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So happy to hear that~ I’m going to refollow your others as well so I will be sure they appear in my feed. …I had a horrible experience last year when, during a transfer to a private host I lost my original blog so Ive started again from scratch …which may be why I was showing up… grrrr. 😀
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I remember when you blogged about that experience West. Hopefully you got most of your followers back.
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Great shot Joe .. Love the colours.
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Thank you very much Julie 😀
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Wow, Joe. Gorgeous pic.
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Thank you very much Alys 🙂
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wonderful photo and composition
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Thank you very much Taphian 🙂
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Love it, as someone else said, soul-soothing
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Thank you so much Sue 🙂
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Beautiful shot! It is so perfect, I feel like I’m right there viewing it through my own eyes with one exception, I am a lot warmer her in Florida than you were while shooting it! Lol! Nice job!
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Thank you very much Gale 🙂 it’s going to be in the 60’s next week up here.
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Love this so much Joe, what a gorgeous view! Such a comforting and soul-soothing shot! The winter here is much more icy than yours. 🙂 The sea is just slowly starting to melt.
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Thank you so much Elina 🙂 The temperature is supposed to get up into the 60’s next week and I am looking forward to it. Looks like you have the icy winter we had last year.
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Oh, lucky you. 🙂 Indeed it’s an icy winter over here.. for now. But I still enjoy it. 🙂
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Love this Joe and so good to see you out and about catching the best of winter. The subtle water tones along with the pier into the distance are magical!
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Thank you very much Patti 🙂 I thought I would get out and give my X100T a little love this morning.
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