Sunrise over West End Boston Skyline and Charles River from Cambridge Massachusetts

It was a little too windy to incorporate the dinghies along this stretch of the Charles, so I decided to just blast out a long exposure and let the boats along the horizon do their blur thing.

This was an 8 minute exposure with LEE Filters Big Stopper and Very-Hard edge 0.9 GND. The “Very-Hard” describes the tightness of the blend line (edge) as the graduated neutral density (GND) filter blends from dark to clear. Using this filter I was able to expose the water properly while retaining detail and color in the sky, and the Big Stopper allowed me to achieve the overall exposure length.

greg duboiswest endbostonskylinecharles riversunrisedawnsurreallong exposuredreamscapeLEE filtersbig stoppersilhouettecloudmovementmotionwaterblurseaseascapecityscapeurbannortheasteast coastnew englandmassachusettscalmserenewaterscapeaquaticcoastcoastlinesummercanon6dblueskydramaticmoodyorangeredpurplepinkwide anglenauticalboatsphotophotosstockphotographyphotographerwall art