“龍窩雲海藏電纜” / 香港九肚山之寧 Hong Kong Kau To Shan Serenity (19-sec ND LE) / SML.20130519.6D.06935.P1.L1.BW
Clouds move quite a bit, and if exposed for long enough, they would look like a blur. In broad daylight, it is marginally possible to expose for up to maybe a second without using any filters, but this is not enough to get the clouds to blur. Al most it would look like a mistake.
To do this, I use an ND2-ND400 variable filter set to the max. By using variable filters (which is essentially a stacked adjustable circular polariser) I can set to min to focus on the image and then dial the ND to the max to expose. A better setup which I prefer is to just drop an ND filter in front when I wish to expose, but I do not have something like that right now, so the variable filter does its magic—which allows just enough light for me to see what I am photographing.
The Canon TC-80N3 timer cable release is used to manually set the shutter speed, 19 seconds in this case, and minimize vibration of the setup.
# SML Translate: 龍窩雲海藏電纜
+ 龍: dragon.
+ 窩: nest.
+ 龍窩: dragon’s nest, though here used to designate the name of the mountain 九肚山 Kau To Shan, which as Wikipedia suggests is the ancient name of the mountain [1].
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 海: sea. (describes the vastness of the cloudscape).
+ 藏: hides.
+ 電: electric, electricity, power.
+ 纜: cable.
+ 電纜: power lines.
+ 龍窩雲海藏電纜: power cable lines hide amidst the vast cloudscape on the dragon’s next Kau To Shan.
# Notes
1. 狗肚山，雅稱九肚山，古稱龍窩，是香港一座山峰，位於新界沙田區火炭之西北，海拔399米。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/狗肚山
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-19T15:01:40+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 19.0 sec at f/32
+ Focal Length: 200 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'5" N 114°13'16" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港九肚山 Kau To Shan, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130519.6D.06935.P1.L1.BW
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, Long Exposure 長時間曝光
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“龍窩雲海藏電纜” / 香港九肚山之寧 Hong Kong Kau To Shan Serenity (19-sec ND LE) / SML.20130519.6D.06935.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #LongExposure #LE #SMLLE #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Landscape #ND
“龍窩雲海藏電纜” / 香港九肚山之寧 Hong Kong Kau To Shan Serenity (19-sec ND LE) / SML.20130519.6D.06935.P1.L1.BW
Clouds move quite a bit, and if exposed for long enough, they would look like a blur. In broad daylight, it is marginally possible to expose for up to maybe a second without using any filters, but this is not enough to get the clouds to blur. Al most it would look like a mistake.
To do this, I use an ND2-ND400 variable filter set to the max. By using variable filters (which is essentially a stacked adjustable circular polariser) I can set to min to focus on the image and then dial the ND to the max to expose. A better setup which I prefer is to just drop an ND filter in front when I wish to expose, but I do not have something like that right now, so the variable filter does its magic—which allows just enough light for me to see what I am photographing.
The Canon TC-80N3 timer cable release is used to manually set the shutter speed, 19 seconds in this case, and minimize vibration of the setup.
# SML Translate: 龍窩雲海藏電纜
+ 龍: dragon.
+ 窩: nest.
+ 龍窩: dragon’s nest, though here used to designate the name of the mountain 九肚山 Kau To Shan, which as Wikipedia suggests is the ancient name of the mountain [1].
+ 雲: clouds.
+ 海: sea. (describes the vastness of the cloudscape).
+ 藏: hides.
+ 電: electric, electricity, power.
+ 纜: cable.
+ 電纜: power lines.
+ 龍窩雲海藏電纜: power cable lines hide amidst the vast cloudscape on the dragon’s next Kau To Shan.
# Notes
1. 狗肚山，雅稱九肚山，古稱龍窩，是香港一座山峰，位於新界沙田區火炭之西北，海拔399米。 zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/狗肚山
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-19T15:01:40+0800
+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648
+ Exposure: 19.0 sec at f/32
+ Focal Length: 200 mm
+ ISO: 100
+ Flash: Did not fire
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/4L USM
+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod
+ GPS: 22°25'5" N 114°13'16" E
+ Location: SML Universe HKG
+ Subject: 香港九肚山 Kau To Shan, Hong Kong
+ Serial: SML.20130519.6D.06935.P1.L1.BW
+ Workflow: Photoshop CS6, Lightroom 4
+ Series: 寧 Serenity, Long Exposure 長時間曝光
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
“龍窩雲海藏電纜” / 香港九肚山之寧 Hong Kong Kau To Shan Serenity (19-sec ND LE) / SML.20130519.6D.06935.P1.L1.BW
/ #寧 #Serenity #SMLSerenity #自然 #Nature #黑白 #BW #SMLBW #LongExposure #LE #SMLLE #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects
/ #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #山水 #Landscape #ND