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Long or short?

Q When should you take a long-exposure water image – and when shouldn’t you take one?

Alison Trent

A THERE is no hard and fast rule as far as I am aware, Alison. You simply make a creative choice. I know that longexposure images that render water as a soft haze aren’t to everyone’s tastes, but their popularity is something that has grown with the advent of digital photography and the ability to see results almost instantly. I enjoy seeing a wellexecuted long exposure: it can turn a scene into something extra special.

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