NO filter LONG EXPOSURE Fine Art Photography Explained!

[@catchlite5196]

It really shows you how awesome a good ND filter is: way quicker, less chances of problems with alligning layers and during blending and less chromatic aberration because you don't have to shoot at f22.. Both B&W and color are awesome.

[@m2n213]

I also thought this at the end of the video but its a fascinating process to watch and now I apricate the filter even more.

[@Plaagfluit]

Also immediate results with ND filter

[@stephangauthier911]

Diffraction and other image issues about shooting at f22 aint that much of a problem when you blend so many images together. You aint looking for sharpness. I still own NDs so I aint cheering for any team here. But that was the point.

[@alasdairslade1390]

Black and white in portrait orientation is so beautiful.

[@shyamalganguly3598]

The technique of blending is really docile! The two pictures namely the color and the b&w, evoke different responses to me! The color photograph of the boat wreck with the sky gives me a sense of emptiness & helplessness of not just a boat wreck but it feels a loneliness of missing life and I strive to listen to the hustle bustle of life despite all the beauty I'd like to share with the one's I'm missing when I stare at this color picture! On the contrary, the b&w picture is far more compelling and evokes a fearful immediate response of the boat wreck and I felt, I wanted to flee from the boat wreck because it's a place of accident and long abandoned by life and none visited before me after the boat wreck and I feel frightened for being alone in the landscape and every element trying to engulf my person, so I feel I'd leave the place the sooner the best! The smoothness of water and blending of the sky with it enhanced the feeling of fright! Thank you presenting two incredible pictures of the same scene!

[@ingabett]

Tycker mest om den med färger! Sedan måste jag passa på att tacka för alla dessa fantastiska videos du gör, så lärorika och inspirerande! Tack!!

[@EDKFtravels]

OMG, STACKING is the answer. I have been looking for certain functions and ideas for years now and never figured it out until just now. Thank you so much for this video. Keep up the good work!!!

[@MadsPeterIversen]

You are so very welcome, Eric! :)

[@MINECRAFTandSEB]

the vertical black and white image is gorgeous

[@brenteanes845]

Love all the photos, but the black and white to me are absolutely stunning.

[@robertnelson3614]

I liked them both - the colour shot has beauty, while the black and white has `mood`.

[@niksiotv6204]

Thank you for this tip😃. I didn't know it but I will definitely use it.

[@huwmorgan51]

There is a shortcut. If you use file-->scripts-->statistics, you get a dialog box that prompts you to load your images, select your statistic (e.g. median) from a list and then Photoshop produces the same results as in the video. If you tick off the box "align layers", you can overcome any issues with your tripod shifting. You'll have to crop the image a little bit afterwards.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Very true, but I guess you'll still need to take your processing power into consideration?

[@huwmorgan51]

@@MadsPeterIversen Yes, it works exactly the same way as in your video - just an easier way to launch the process. It requires a computer with a good graphics card, at least 32 GB of memory and a decent CPU.

[@georgepistikoudis]

Thats a nice idea. So you take one sharp photo with f/11 or so, to avoid diffraction make your photo soft, and then you are closing the aperture all the way down using f22 because you don't care about the water becoming soft and so you are simulating a long exposure by stacking multiple photos!!! Great.

[@Meg_A_Byte]

Awesome tip, I'll definitely try this soon! I also have a tip - if you don't care about having a BW long exposure photo, you can use a welding glass as a makeshift filter. I had some pretty good results when I tried that.

[@tonygreenwoodN10]

Love using median stacking - it's also useful for getting rid of transients in a series of shots (like people walking passed a building or vehicles in a road) - btw I preferred the b&w - very moody!

[@kopkar16]

Black and white for sure. Thanks for the video. Very helpful.

[@suecongram752]

Love the way that you describe both!! Helps me understand the process even better. The way that you teach photography makes me feel that I am there with you (although probably a little warmer from the comfort of my home.) Your videos are so inspiring!!

[@StefanOffermann]

Useful tips using your tripod in the sea, thanks!

[@darrinyo-mamakimble7002]

I liked the black and white. I was at the beach today with this very problem thanks for the tip.

[@pauls3696]

Wooo woo wooo amazing I have not got a ND filter yet and wanna take some long exposure tomorrow this is amazing thankyou so much for sharing brilliant the colour one is my favourite really really nicely done brilliant amazing image and thanks so much for that info

[@caramullin1910]

The B&W is my favourite. Thanks for the editing tips.

[@darenknotts9739]

If you take multiple exposures of a building (for example) and it has lots of people in, use that median technique too, it does a decent job

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Yes exactly, I once used it to remove a lot of tourists in the St Mark's Square :)

[@MrTomekimagda]

I once used hi ND filter at the middle of a day, about 30s exposure. All moving people dissapeared

[@vlaney21]

I leaned a lot Mads! I think I will haul my big filters with me....But I appreciated learning how to blur the water without them! Loved the B/w best!

[@AdamvanAlderwerelt]

Thank you! The technique works perfectly in Photopea. I've actually thought about this for a while now and had no idea it was such a good idea that the industry had already integrated it into popular software. I'm still new to pro photography.

[@elizabethcarlisle3539]

I loved the black and white ones they were just amazing🖤👌

[@mallamick]

B&W vertical but with the two rocks in foreground. The rocks serve as the perfect framing and leading eye into the boat as well as the perfect metaphor or symbolism of ships running aground (onto rocks)

[@MaxPhotoGraphic]

Thankyou very useful my self I have a theoretically 8-2000 (3-11 stop) but in reality i personally find it good only until -7stops, I think i will try this technique maybe with my filter so a -7 stops filter may look like a -15 stops filter and I may be able to shoot also in daylight. Have a nice day, just inscribed myself, Max

[@Morgan_In_Motion]

I'm a sucker for black and white, they were my fav!

[@As.off.for.a.wander]

Used the stacking multiple images technique for a while. I started doing it because I can't afford to be buying filters. I actually posted a little video on my Instagram about it about a month or so ago. Definitely handy when you are not carrying filters around with you

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Yes, exactly, some people can't afford filters and this is a great alternative.

[@jenslundinbyh8845]

Perfect workaround when I forget the filters or just dont have one for the particular lens in use!

[@johnbock3711]

Awesome tip and thanks for the detailed explanation start to finish. I like the black and white, landscape orientation.

[@dangreenberg8983]

Very cool and ingenious process. I liked them all.

[@sabyfoz538]

Remember seeing this method in one of Tony Northrup's video... It's amazing, I used to go around shooting long Exposure photos on my phone because didn't have a professional setup before

[@johnhare6652]

One of the rare occasions as a landscape photographer we are happy to see cloudless skies when shooting minimal long exposure images.

[@chrisherman4358]

Just phenomenal! The b&w turned out exceptionally. Well done!!!

[@christiankorfmann7460]

Hi Mads, each of the pictures have his own charme. But for me, the black and white composition looks more beautiful. Thanks for the video.

[@Dev-Digs]

I loved the black and white image, it reminded me to look back on a recent image I took in the blue hour. I'm going to try the black and white to see how it turns out. Stay safe

[@JaypeaFoto]

Great video, makes me happy though that I have neutral density filters. I agree with the black and white photo, very nice.

[@alpharho_photo]

Thank you Mads! Great and informative video. I like the B&W best.

[@adriankrucker2159]

Mads, thank you! Great tip. And very awesome picture!

[@AliasJimWirth]

Very useful information and explanation. Thank you. Difficult for me to decide which image I like best, but I do like them.

[@TimvanderLeeuw]

What a timing with this video! Just last week I went out and forgot my filters. But I put down my camera on a tripod in a couple of compositions to try to catch some nice waves, and shot in bursts. I didn't get spectacular waves that way -- my camera wasn't low enough. But I did get several series of images that are perfect practice for this techniques. Playing with different stacking methods I get some nice different effects, such as ghostly mists around some of the rocks in the water. Thanks!

[@DarrenJSpoonley]

Great work my friend !! Really liked the foreground stones in the image ..

[@wendynewing8834]

Thank you for sharing this technique. My favourite of the three images is the colour version.

[@MatthewArringtonphoto]

Thank you so much for this! I often find myself in situations where I wish I had an ND filter and neglected to bring one, or I don’t have one for the lens I’m using. I also like your method of compositing in sharp elements taken at a larger aperture, to avoid the effects of diffraction. I will definitely be using this technique in the future. Well done!

[@annstupple4087]

I liked both but the black and white was my favourite. I think the ND filter makes life easier but this is a great technique to know

[@paulcomptonpdphotography]

You made it sound easy well done. I did this many years ago its very cool to see it finished

[@bala1000mina]

Hi Peter, Thanks a lot for this great tutorial. Very useful for me! God bless you and keep photographing great scenes!

[@Robofish12]

Fantastic video as always Mads! I gotta go with the Black and White landscape mode shot, but I love all three shots. Actually learned a bunch, had no idea you could stack exposures like this to completely smooth out water. Keep up the great work!

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks a lot, you are very welcome and I will for sure :)

[@opelgang89]

The horizontal black and white picture is absolutely stunning. Great work mads 👌

[@thebigidearo]

Wow, I've never thought this could also work to create long exposures when there's too much light and you don't have an ND filter! Only though it's useful to remove people from shots. Much appreciated, learned a very useful skill as a landscape/nature photographer today!

[@septembertwenty-nine9989]

You shared some great information, but I will stick to using a 10 stop filter due to the ease of use, quicker process, and less memory requirements on my SD card.

[@davidblocher1949]

I love the black and white image the best. Great job Mads as always.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks a lot, David! :)

[@verlenelewis9866]

I loved the first black & white the best, but I also liked the color one. Really interesting video, thanks.

[@thomaslevine405]

Thank you for the video. You showed me something new, thank you. BTW I liked the B&W image better, but both are very nice photographs

[@johncarnahan4067]

Class photos Peter I like the color one but both are excellent photos

[@NorCal-yeti]

I love the first black and white one. I learned to buy a variable ND filter for shooting long exposure. Lol

[@albertadroer9112]

Mads, I've liked most the vertical, coloured photo, with two stones in the foreground and the horizontal B&W.

[@andrewgreen1355]

Learnt some new PS techniques. I liked the BW image. Thanks

[@Jack-se2iz]

All are so beautiful. If I had to choose a favorite edit, I think it would be your vertical B+W. I would have been tempted to lighten the water, at first. But, I agree with the darker contrast, and stand corrected! Thank you, so much!

[@maartenventer3686]

I love the black and white👌

[@caloy4573]

I like the minimalist black and white.

[@wimscheenen3535]

I love the black and white compositions most.

[@jotablen5978]

Welcome back, it's good to see you enjoying all 'photography outside' thing.

[@Kate_Coppin]

Black and white my favorite. Thank you Mads. Learn something new every day 🙏🏻

[@JasonLorette]

The color was my favourite, I liked the foreground element. Seems like a lot of work versus using a filter though eh?

[@MadsPeterIversen]

A lot of work, yes (well, not for the blue hour photos), but sometimes you just don't have a filter or can't afford one :)

[@JasonLorette]

@@MadsPeterIversen oh I totally agree, it’s a cool option for sure. That boat is cool and looks great in the photos! Ha ha, loved the little wave hop. 😛

[@JKPhotoNZ]

A lot of work, but also less noIse in the final image.

[@andrewblock7118]

Cool technique! Thanks for sharing. Preferred the black and white as it fit the scene a little more. Plus the leading line of the beach worked well.

[@carljarvinen1189]

Thanks for the explanation, the B&W is my favorite...

[@daemon1143]

I've never understood why this technique isn't more popular with high quality automatic stacking so easy now, since it produces lower noise images that also have less chance of thermal sensor artefacts. Nice tutorial Mads.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks and you are welcome. You're completely right. It also reduce noise :)

[@louspeed1]

Gorgeous end result - I prefer the b&w. Thank you for all the work it took to make the image!

[@MadsPeterIversen]

You are very welcome and thanks, Louise :)

[@dougstratton3364]

Great video - and good rock-skimming skills too! I bought the A7Rii instead of A7Riii so I can do this in-camera. I use it all the time.

[@MasonMarsh]

Thank you for this. I have avoided using lenses that don't filter well, (like your Sony 12-24). With this awesome technique I can now use my bulbous wide primes for long exposure work! You're a genius!

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Hehe thanks a lot, but I did learn this tip from someone else ;)

[@meisterschmeckerfatz3400]

Hey Mads, many thanks for this one! I am this "always forgets his filters dude" and wish I had known this before! 🙃 it is also useful for my 14 mm which isn't capable of being combined with filters. Thank you again!

[@mrkevan]

Good stuff! Surely will stack all the files in 3/4 divided stacks from now on. Thanks for sharing the idea!

[@MadsPeterIversen]

You're welcome :)

[@johnsharples6641]

Hi Mads. Once again a very instructive tutorial. Your enthusiasm for what you do is inspirational. Thank you for the time and effort you put into these videos.

[@pizzareviewsonthego]

The color shot was the best IMO

[@grahamegannon9708]

Interesting way to gain long exposures. I prefer the the colour photo and the foreground rocks make the picture.

[@StephenBridgett]

Hi Mads. I like the BW version best. I never would have thought that 90 images were required. Thanks for the video.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

It mostly depends on the shutter speed - I only needed like 5-6 exposures for the B&W photos :)

[@nigelrogers8690]

Fantastic pictures 👏🏾

[@andreasbrand3191]

yep, I've actually always preferred to do it like this as this also gives the best possible image. Similar to 'lucky imaging', especially for scenes that might get crossed by planes, boats, cars satellites, people, etc. this gives the freedom to hand pick or mask single frames. In high wind this can be vital too! It also eliminates orders of magnitude of noise giving the stack much greater dynamic range when exposing for the highlights and color resolution stretching beyond 14 bit depending on your chosen color space... 16bit/channel or 32bit/channel. Last but not least with this, one gets an accurate exposure preview QUICKLY... also huge benefit. While I do wish my R5 had the build in on the fly stacking ability, I don't mind the processing. Part of the fun. Then again, I've stacked millions of telescope images and I've written my own python script to do it for me...

[@andreasbrand3191]

oh and plus one doesn't have to have many filters and/or adapters. The only place where those are needed are movies, and if I want open aperture but everything is too bright for the lowest ISO and shortest exposure time... rare, but it happens. Since I usually don't carry around filters, my loss. Nice about the Sonys (I have Canon stuff) is that they now offer much shorter exposure times, I think the A1 goes to 1/32000th of a second! nice

[@Stellifant]

Thanks Mads, really useful video. I would have loved it if you had spent more time on your post production process. I’m going to look up Resterising. Beautiful photograph. Thanks again

[@beyest]

B&W is the best i think. ..thx

[@Julia-by4qq]

They‘re all so nice but the b&w is my favorit too. So cool to learn how to take a l.e. without a nd. Thanks.

[@RiccardoPareschi]

Thanks, a very nice trick to solve when forgetting to bring the filters! Used to stacking and masking to compensate for the dynamic range of my camera which is not really the best

[@nikolatomasic4445]

Horizontal B&W shot is great.

[@Drputtick]

Awesome work - but for those who can't be bothered carrying around their big Lee (or other) filter system around, for example on holiday, just buy a screw in ND10 filter. These are cheap (£30) and weigh almost nothing, I always have one in my bag, plus an adaptor ring if using a smaller diameter lens e.g. using a 77mm filter for my 16-35 and 24-105, I have a 77>67mm step down ring for my 70-200.

[@Peter-df1br]

Thanks for the video. My fav is the B&W landscape image.

[@michalbelohoubek7808]

That's a video which I needed to watch a couple of weeks earlier before I bought quite expensive ND1000 filter :D It's really great! :) ...and I like both color and B&W version the same, they are both excellent!

[@TouringCar.]

Absolutely gorgeous, well done!

[@BeSceneImages]

I loved the video. Great tips. And I actually liked the horizontal B&W. I felt it gave the image more character. Love your channel. Have been a subscriber for about a year. Always great tips and advice. Thanks for doing this.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks a lot, Matt, and thanks for your thoughts and for continuing to follow the channel :)

[@lino5353]

I think the method shown by Mads Peter Iversen could be quite useful for taking pictures with smartphones, where obtaining and placing any filters is cumbersome given the ever-changing layout of cameras amongst different manufacturers, and even within the same brand. I'll give a try. Thanks Mads!

[@MadsPeterIversen]

I actually think this is exactly the method smartphones use when they offer a long exposure effect :)

[@davesusko3517]

Interesting technique, thank you for sharing.

[@fernandosantos8573]

Black and white, without a doubt. I love bnw images. Just learn a new trick today, thanks Mads, but then again, it's way simpler to use a ND filter :) Personally I'm not a fan of showing the water like that, it's not natural.

[@lelitj89]

Great video. Thanks for sharing your process.

[@scotty4418]

An excellent tutorial Mads and have used this approach even when using filters as opposed to one really long exposure. Loved the black and white images at the end. I was gutted to have missed the masterclass as my schedule meant I was travelling on the first session but I hope it was a successful and enjoyable event fo those who attended

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks a lot, Jim! I also prefer the B&W photos. Maybe you'll have the time to catch it next time ;)

[@Stillfilm1]

Daytime long exposures by stacking. Why had I never considered this before? As usual Mads you are an inspiration. Thank you.

[@flexable9256]

Do more astrophotography ;)

[@robfielding100]

It would be interesting to compare your final shots with one taken with, say, a Big Stopper Lee Filter.

[@jimcooke5590]

Hi Mads, great tutorial but the b&w certainly works for me

[@pskourides]

Absolutely love your videos, btw my preference was the first shot in colour, super sharp and smooth, very nice.

[@valk-photography]

Love the video and the multiple exposures stacking. I prefer the black & white photo but honestly the cropped version when you are zooming out (the square size) @ 12:40 it's my absolute favorite ;) . Thank you Mads ! You're my main inspiration and motivation in landscape photography !!! Love the Masterclass but due to family circumstances I could not attend the second day live. :( , hope to see it afterwards.

[@alchemist_x79]

B&W was my favorite. My a7RIII (and 100-400GM) got destroyed when my tripod was knocked over this past weekend, so I am living vicariously through videos like this until my a7RIV arrives.

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Sorry to hear that! It's the worst feeling. I hope you at least had it insured?