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Old 30-01-2012, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by OzRob View Post
The big thing for me that is missing with this technique is the ability to substantially increase the exposure time to get the water motion to give you that dreamy effect. To me the sense of motion brings a beach dawn/dust shot to life.
You can always add a 9stop ND filter to achieve that for the foreground. The ND grad filters that Chris is talking about are usually 2-3 stops on the top half, but clear on the bottom, so you don't get a long exposure.

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