Edge of Pacific Ocean, 2014.

[mattblaze@federate.social]

Edge of Pacific Ocean, 2014.

All the pixels, colder than you'd expect, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/14820439752

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[mattblaze@federate.social]

This was a three second exposure (with about 10 stops of neutral density). The sun was behind the clouds and just above the center of the frame; the lens required careful flagging to avoid glare.

The rendering of water, especially in the sea, differs greatly with exposure. 30 seconds looks quite different from 3 seconds, which is just as different from 1/30 sec, which is different from 1/1000 sec. About 1/30 sec renders roughly the way our vision does; anything else requires a camera to see.