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Mystic river

After playing around with my ND10 filter for a few weeks now, I wanted to try a really long exposure. I captured this one behind a old factory in Lillehammer ju...
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After playing around with my ND10 filter for a few weeks now, I wanted to try a really long exposure. I captured this one behind a old factory in Lillehammer just as the sun set. I put my camera on a sturdy tripod in the river, and tried a few different exposures. When I found my correct exposured image, I mounted my ND10 filter, calculated the new exposure and waited the next 22 minutes. I was so nervous that my tripod would fall over due to the currents, and that the battery wouldn't hold. What I really liked about this picture, is how smooth the water looks, and thanks to the water splashes upstream, I achieved a "foggy" look, which made the picture more mysterious.
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