July 2014: An evening on the Fleet

It was the camera club outing, the location was The Fleet between Weymouth and Portland.

The lighting was really flat so I thought I'd try my new ND8 filter with my sigma 10-20mm lens to reduce the amount of light and enable a longer shutter speed.

The Oyster Farm caught my eye, I thought the sign made a simple black and white photograph. The ND8 filter enabled a 1 second exposure at F22, which has created a more interesting sky:



As did the single upright post taken a little afterwards. The ND8 filter allowed a 1.6 second exposure at F22:



Further along the Fleet is the Chesil Beach Visitor Centre, as I arrived there the sun broke from under the low clouds, creating some colourful clouds:





For this photograph the wide angle lens was about two foot from the foreground sculpture, I've also used the HDR function in photoshop CS5 merging two different exposures together:



My favourite photograph of The Chesil Beach Visitor Centre is available to view in the gallery.

All in all a good night on the Fleet.

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