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After taking some crazy purple sky source frames for some panorama stitching it was out with the Lee LittleStopper for some much longer exposures before I lost all the colour and light. 8:55PM and stacking the LittleStopper with the Hitech 3 Stop Reverse grad to hold down the still quite bright sky for this 308 second (5+ minutes) exposure.

Time Flies

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 18 mm, 308 sec at f/16, ISO 50

I moved around in the semi darkness looking for a better composition on these rocks with the colour purple still pinging the sky.

Compare the pair… Two shots below.

The first one – the quick “test” shot – a straight 30 second long exposure at f/5.6 and ISO 100 with just the CPL and the reverse grad.

World of Wonder

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 22 mm, 30 sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

The second the very next shot with the light dropping fast now at 9:05PM. I’ve just stopped down to my favourite f/11 and dropped the ISO to 50 to take away 3 stops of light and taken it out to a 5+ minute exposure.

Mystic Mountains

NIKON D600 + 16.0-35.0 mm f/4.0 @ 22 mm, 309.00 sec at f/11, ISO 50

In the end I liked them both so processed both in essentially the same way – and for me it’s a tough call to pick my favourite. I’m a sucker for the really long exposures though so I’ll give a nod to the second. Those luscious pink tinged fluffy clouds against the deep purple in the sky in the first tho… 🙂

And so my purple patch of an evening has come to an end – time to make my way off the now dark rocks back to the car – not without a little light painting play on the way though 🙂

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