You may have noticed that there’s a trend at the moment for taking seascapes with long exposures. A quick search on Flickr reveals hundreds of beautiful seascapes, with amazing colours and inspired composition. Don’t be deterred by the quality of some of these photos – it’s not as difficult to take photos like these as you may think.

A lot of the work goes into the preparation – once you’re in place at the right time of day the photographic technique itself is quite easy. All you need to do is follow these simple steps and you will also be taking beautiful seascapes.

Tutorial Details

* Completion Time: A day by the sea
* Difficulty: Intermediate
* Requirements: Tripod, ND Filter, an SLR


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