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\"Brighton<\/a>
Brighton Pier – Tim Mannakee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was based in Brighton over the Christmas period and managed to grab a few minutes in between festivities to photograph the old West Pier. I\u2019d seen images of the pier but am not familiar with Brighton so didn\u2019t really know what to expect. Armed with my Canon 5DSr and 16-35mm lens, my sturdy Gitzo tripod and a selection of ND Lee filters, I walked along the beach until I found a composition that I liked.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d checked the tides and knew that it would be high tide at 3pm. Unfortunately, the weather wasn\u2019t great over the Christmas period, as some of you may have noticed, and the combination of drizzle and wind meant I could only shoot the pier and posts facing East.<\/p>\n

With my back to the wind, it was possible to avoid getting any rain on the lens. As the exposure needed to be at least 2 minutes to smooth out the water and create an ethereal, misty look, I took a test exposure and chose a 10 stop big stopper.<\/p>\n

I set up making sure the horizon was level and the gaps between the posts was equal and spacing between them and the pier was uniform. The 2 minute exposure created a pleasing softness around the base of the posts almost like cotton wool. There were some waves but the lengthy exposure smoothed them out.<\/p>\n

I set the focus ring to manual and focussed on the middle posts with the aperture set at F11. The ISO was at 100. I had just enough time to take one single exposure before the wind picked up. Fortunately one was enough.<\/p>\n

In post production I removed the blue cast that is produced by the big stopper and then processed a few different versions both in colour and black and white. I chose 2 different formats, one the original 3\u00d72 format and the second 16\u00d79 format. I prefer the black and white 16\u00d79 version but the other images are also strong.<\/p>\n

This is officially the shortest shoot I\u2019ve ever had, lasting 3 minutes in all. However, careful planning, research and good choice of weather conditions meant that 3 minutes was all I needed to produce a wonderful, long exposure image of this somewhat dilapidated icon of the Brighton seafront.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to practise this technique, then join me this spring in Brittany<\/a> or on the Atlantic Coast<\/a> in France. I promise you\u2019ll get a lot more than 3 minutes to take a photo!!<\/p>\n

Tim Mannakee\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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