My apologies for not posting anything over the last couple of days but I've been finishing off the first part of a two part tutorial on HDR images. Anyway, I'm pleased to say that it's now finished, and if you're interested you can read more about it on either our main tutorials page or here:

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As for this one: don't be fooled by your first impression – it's not quite what it seems.

Like this shot, this one is a long exposure daylight shot taken with a B+W ND 113 neutral density filter. In this instance it was a four minute exposure and it's a shot of the same section of groyne as yesterday's shot (though this one is flipped horizontally). And other than that it's pretty much a straight shot: the rather odd colour balance was a result of the camera attempting to work out the white balance through a largely opaque filter and the slightly diffuse effect is because it was raining, albeit quite lightly.

Anyway, and as always, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, particularly in terms of how you think this one compares to yesterday's.

And again, as with yesterday's, I think this one looks better with the black theme.

Some of you will remember that I've been after a B+W 113 neutral density filter: I got one, and this is the first shot that I've been happy with. It's taken in broad daylight, but because the 113 ND cuts the light transmission by 13 stops (which makes composition a bit tricky), it was a 30 second exposure. I'll be trying this out again over the next week or so, so watch this space.

Oh, and I know I still owe you a portrait of Finley: I'll try and get one tomorrow.