The beauty of photographing at the sea's edge is that you can capture very minimalist landscapes, or seascapes if you prefer. You tend to be greeted with bands of colour formed by the beach, sea and whatever may lie beyond. Sometimes it can be nice to capture an object which can act as a focal point within the scene, something like a boat or possibly a buoy. On other occasions it's worthwhile trying your hand at very sparse, almost abstract photographs. By photographing left to right, or vice versa and dragging the shutter, you can create an image that is blurred sufficiently to create an impressionistic image. On very bright days, setting an aperture of F22 and an ISO of 50 is barely enough to slow the shutter speed down by the required amount to create the desired effect. Using those settings for the image below resulted in a shutter speed of 1/15 sec, just about slow enough to create the effect I was after. The one plus point with a speed of 1/15 sec is that it was easy to hand hold the camera and still maintain a straight line whilst panning. Much slower and a monopod or tripod would need to be used. If much slower speeds are required and the light is very bright then possibly the only option would be to use a Neutral Density filter which would darken the image through the front of the lens, and cause the camera to select a much slower shutter speed to record the correct exposure. The key is to experiment, get out there and give it a go, after all, it's a great excuse to go and have a stroll beside the sea.
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| Nikon D4 with Nikkor 70-200mm. ISO 400, F8 @ 1/640 sec +1 E.V. |
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| Nikon D4 with Nikkor 24-70mm. ISO 50, F22 @ 1/15 sec +1 E.V. |
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