LONG EXPOSURES & SEASCAPES

As I'm sure you all notice I'm a bit all over the place with my photography. I'm not sure I'll ever fit into one mold or style, experimenting is fun and I find it enjoyable. I've fooled around with long exposures in the past, but never to any extent where it was a serious thing, so after running into an article about using welding glass as a ND filter, I was inspired to do some DIY photography experimenting.

I could have gone all out and purchased the camera gear needed to do this from a store like Adorama or B&H, but that would have taken a little bit of the fun out of it. So I got on eBay and ordered two pieces of welding glass, some rings to hot glue the glass too and a few step-up rings to be able to use them on multiple lenses.

First day out, was a little rough getting things to work well, this is a trial and error situation since this isn't a standard setup, I was taking a shortcut by keeping the filter loose on the lens for quick removale for refocusing.. and the results were ruined images.

All the images started getting a weird reflection in them, which I believe now is from a bit of light leaking in and causing the aperture blades to bounce off the welding glass. Anyhow, a little bit more trial and error has wielded some good results in my opinion.

The downside of this method is the fact that it turns your photo completely green, and while it can be brought back into correct color with work, it is a pain. Below I'll give you a quick example, and don't hold it against me.. but I wasn't trying to get this spot on as it is just an example.

Anyhow, this has been a lot of fun and it is something that I plan on continuing to use for now, I will more than likely add in some real photography filters in the future, but I have every intention on continuing on with the DIY fun that this is.

Here are two other results.