Week 9 – Ivo Rowe at Ten

This shot at the Ivo Rowe Pool in South Coogee in Sydney is actually very close to the main reason behind purchasing a 10 stop filter. I love the smooth water effect and the silky sky with clouds.. a good friend and inspirational photographer Alex Wise has captured some marvelous moments with his. The basic crux behind using a 10 stop filter is that it is so black that you must expose for a significant amount of time to allow light to hit the camera sensor. Hence you generally have to expose so long that you create the misty water/streaky sky effect you can see above. I have found a lot of great examples of this over time and as this project continues I hope to bring many more to the screen. My downfall is actually that I love colour (and I find these suit B&W) and that if the weather isnt great I generally wont head out.. but it is usually the best time to go and capture shots like these.

Hope you like it..

Till next time..