Technique
It used to be that when the golden hour had passed, the coastal landscape photographer would pack up his tripod and head for home, only to return an hour before sunset and hope for some good light. Then came the 10 stop neutral density (ND) filter and suddenly a whole new genre of photography has evolved and the coastal landscape photographers day has taken on a new and interesting longevity.
I first became aware of this technique seeing examples in the UK popular photographic journals, and then again from some wonderful examples by Lee Frost whilst attending one of his workshops, all of which he’d converted to sepia.
If you’re still not aware of this technique, it is achieved by adding a neutral density (ND) filter to the front of your lens to drastically slow down your shutter speed, enabling shutters speed as long as 30 seconds to be attained in broad daylight. Most photographers are probably aware of 1, 2 and 3 stop ND filters, and graduated ND filters available from makers such as Cokin, Hitech, and Lee, but now you can obtain a filter reputed to provide up to 10 stops of ND.
