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“仲夏夜深流金夢” / 香港吐露港夜之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Night Serenity (903-sec LE) / SML.20130520.6D.06967

After some satisfying results with long exposures recently, I tried my hands on some truly long exposure — 15 minutes (or 903 seconds to be exact).

 

I have previously shot this floating anchor (buoy) before, with the 7D + 70-200 f/4 + 1.4x at 15 seconds [1]. This one though is shot with the 6D + 100-400 at 15 minutes, and it is interesting to compare the difference.

 

At 15 minutes, the water surface is completely smoothed and it truly looks like liquid gold. If you look at the 15-second shot, on the other hand, you will observe that the water is still somewhat “rough” by comparison. There is also a nice “dimple” near the anchor which is very sweet. Also unexpected is the refracted shine to the right of the buoy—which makes the light even more precious.

 

# SML Translate: 仲夏夜深流金夢

+ 仲: middle, mid.

+ 夏: summer.

+ 夜: night.

+ 深: deep. (describes the night — deep into the night).

+ 流: flowing (describes the water).

+ 金: gold, golden. (the color of the flowing water).

+ 夢: dream. (the mood)

+ 仲夏夜深流金夢: A dream of flowing liquid gold in the middle of summer. It might not technically be “summer” yet but it surely feels like so already in Hong Kong — it has been 32-degree celcius out for the past few days.

 

# Notes

1. “冬夜萬物寧 金輝獨詠春” / 寧 Serenity / SML.20130208.7D.21344: www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/8455872022/

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-20T01:16:563+0800

+ Dimensions: 5472 x 3648

+ Exposure: 903.0 sec at f/20

+ Focal Length: 400 mm

+ ISO: 100

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ Accessories: Canon TC-80N3 Timer Remote Release, Manfrotto tripod

+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'26" E

+ Location: SML Universe HKG

+ Subject: 香港吐露港 Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong

+ Serial: SML.20130520.6D.06967

+ Workflow: 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

 

 

“仲夏夜深流金夢” / 香港吐露港夜之寧 Hong Kong Tolo Harbour Night Serenity (903-sec LE) / SML.20130520.6D.06967

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Uploaded on May 20, 2013
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