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18mm, f/5.6, 1 second, ISO 400.


Same as above but 1.3 second exposure.


Same as above but 0.769 second exposure.


Same as above but 0.625 second exposure.

And so on and so on …

So my question is – look at the lights on the boats. They’re not single points of light, they’re blurred and hazy, because they’re so much brighter than everything else in the picture.

I’m not sure HDR is the answer here, because even in this shot below, stopped down to F18, if you look at it full sized – yes, it’s better – but still not quite where I’d want them.


I guess stopped down all the way and an exposure time of around 1/60? But is there something else? Something easier? Tried using a polarizing filter because that’s the only other thing I could think to do tonight but obviously that’s not the answer. Some other kind of filter perhaps?

And yes, standing outside for 10 minutes to grab 35 variations on this shot at different settings, I think I got at least 35 mosquito bites!

Hongkie Town
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