In my dream

[sopons]

I have been working on this type of picture which is dreamy and mystery...I know I still have lots to do, but this is a first stepping stone. I think what I need is to shoot in a really dark area when the sun is 80% down and use a super long exposure (like 30 seconds). I wonder if anyone here has tried this before. Any comments/thoughts are more than welcome.

Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Exposure: 15
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal Length: 10 mm
Exposure: +0.80
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: +2 EV
Flash: Off

[jakethepig]

I like the way it blends together. Nice shot.

Jake

[Tryfan67]

I love this shot nice milky water its very dreamy, Love it, this is my sort of Photography Which I hope to achieve. Thanks for sharing

[JillM12]

The water almost looks as if it is frozen with trapped air bubbles

[luismr]

Hello my friend,
very well done, congrats!

[Cabe]

Love the silky look to the water, and the B+W treatment really works.

What you could look at is something like a ND Grad filter to "knock out" some of the sky.

http://www.cokin.com/ are the de facto filter system

and http://www.great-landscape-photograp...d-filters.html gives a pretty good primer on the subject.

[sopons]

Originally Posted by Tryfan67

I love this shot nice milky water its very dreamy, Love it, this is my sort of Photography Which I hope to achieve. Thanks for sharing

I tried to keep the brightness in the sky the same as the water. Thanks for lookiing.

Originally Posted by JillM12

The water almost looks as if it is frozen with trapped air bubbles

Hahaha...that's true.

Originally Posted by luismr

Hello my friend,
very well done, congrats!

Thank you luismr, I haven't seen you in a while. :-)

Originally Posted by Cabe

Love the silky look to the water, and the B+W treatment really works.

What you could look at is something like a ND Grad filter to "knock out" some of the sky.

http://www.cokin.com/ are the de facto filter system

and http://www.great-landscape-photograp...d-filters.html gives a pretty good primer on the subject.

I have another version which I used the gradient tool to darken the sky a little...I still can't decide which one I like more at this point. :-)

Originally Posted by jakethepig

I like the way it blends together. Nice shot.

Jake

Jake, Thank you.

[WolfCub]

Great shot, you have achieved what you set out to do.

[Vinam]

I really like the smoothness of the forground .. and the horizon being so far out there really adds depth.. really got me thinking of my landscapes, but I have a ways to go to have vison the way you saw this ... thanks very much for show it .. excellent result !

[IglooFu]

Sopons,
Another great shot! I was in Moses Lake the other day and my father in law had your picture from the Times pullout. He thought it was a great shot, and I was like, "hey! I so know him!" You are quickly become the king of Seattle!