West Beach Beverly Farms Pastel Sunrise over Decayed Pier to Atlantic Ocean

I really wanted to highlight the decayed pier on this exposure, so I balanced the sky with the water and calculated an exposure to maximize highlights without clipping any channels. This was a 6 minute exposure with the below filters:

LEE Filters Big Stopper
LEE Filters Hard-Edge 0.9 GND

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