Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Oyster Beds, Île de Ré
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 16 October 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
We stayed in a house on the beach on the Île de Ré this summer and I was lucky enough to be able to take a series of photos of the oyster beds.
The photo was taken with a 10 stop nd filter on my Nikon D40. For some reason Gimp has stripped the exif but this was a 80 second single exposure at f22 and iso 200.
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Barbara from Florida, United States
Excellent capture, I like the perspective and softness.
Appreciate the exif info, I have been attempting to become more familiar with capturing night photography and love the results if taken well. Like you did here.
16 Oct 2008 5:28am
@Barbara: Thanks Barbara....I love night photography too although this particular photo was taken late evening just before sunset using a 10 stop neutral density filter that I got recently.
(For those who are unfamiliar with neutral density filters they are a piece of dark glass that screws onto the front of the lens to allow a slower shutter speed to be used)
@Marzia: Thanks Marzia!
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Your excellent pictures make me want to purchase some nd filters for myself. This is really stunning.
16 Oct 2008 7:39am
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Beautiful long exposure, it gives a nice blur on the moving clouds. 10 stops down... wow.
16 Oct 2008 8:28am
Simon Hawkings from Reading, United Kingdom
Excellent long exposure! I love the blurred sky, very atmospheric!
16 Oct 2008 10:09am
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Unimaginable Ian, each of the photo's layers is precious, reminds me of a fine line between the ethereal world and reality, wow, I love this
16 Oct 2008 10:28am
Rob from Mount Joy, United States
beautiful shot! the clouds must have been moving quite well for the way they came out in the photo for a 80 sec shot... what are the rows actually of?
16 Oct 2008 11:49am
Rob from Mount Joy, United States
Um... yeah, I'm an idiot... they're oyster beds - LIKE THE NAME OF THE PHOTO! :) my bad. :)
16 Oct 2008 11:57am
Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States
I've never seen oyster beds like this. Really interesting; I like the rows, and the deep perspective you've pictured here Ian. It seems to go all the way into the sky.
16 Oct 2008 12:39pm
Betsy Barron from Glenmoore, United States
gorgeous... thanks for posting your exif info - this is stunning.
16 Oct 2008 12:46pm
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Lovely softness throughout. And the oyster beds make wonderful parallel lines with the clouds in the sky. I'm impressed you could "see" what it would look like at such a slow exposure. That's talent!
16 Oct 2008 1:15pm
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
I love how this image moves in silence....it takes my breath away.
16 Oct 2008 1:41pm
timothy from Tokyo, Japan
i was gonna say, this has to be a bit over a minute--and with 80 seconds you got a fantastic blur of the clouds--just enough where there is still a certain amount of distinct shape and shadow, but where there's enough blur to make the foreground pop out. fantastic image.
16 Oct 2008 1:49pm
Jeremie from Colombo, Sri Lanka
Congratulation man, I did a tour on your blog and I definitely love your urban (or less urban) landscapes, great technique using long shutter speed, nice post-treatment, great conversion in B&W... I'll be back!!
16 Oct 2008 2:37pm
ruben latre from Terrassa, Spain
Stunning capture as usual, lovely B&W and great perspective !!! It remains me a bit the work of another of my favorites photographers 'Josef Hoflehner'. www.josefhoflehner.com do you know his portfolio ? Great capture !!
16 Oct 2008 6:15pm
Emily Ng from Studying in: Adelaide, Australia | Home:, Singapore
This feels like a moment frozen in time, never changing as the world goes by... impression from the moving clouds and static beds....
love the feel and the diagonals.!
16 Oct 2008 9:35pm
Nataly from Santa Monica, United States
The sensation of movement is great here, Ian. And the tones are superb as usual.
16 Oct 2008 10:28pm
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Excellent work. I've never actually seen oyster beds.
17 Oct 2008 12:18am
Laurent from Lyon, France
a truly superb shot. the long exposure effect is superb.
17 Oct 2008 3:48am
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
The image has a silkiness about it. Just fabulous, Ian.
17 Oct 2008 4:15am
Vink from Grasse - French riviera, France
L'île de ré is a magical place specifically in winter ! You shot is marvelous ! Congratulations !
17 Oct 2008 2:10pm
Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom
very good image, fantastic perspective
17 Oct 2008 11:52pm
Giovanni from Milan, Italy
Excellent b/w! Love the b/w, the long exposure effect and the perspective.
18 Oct 2008 7:12am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Good shot. I like very much that sky and the depth of the image.
19 Oct 2008 6:14am
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
just superb work -- the motion in the clouds is magical!
27 Oct 2008 4:02am
ZmAjEvA from Belgrade, Serbia
I told you your work is perfect, but now I can say this is really art. I'm breathless.:]
2 Nov 2008 1:47am
