Exposure skills

Filters are an important tool for shooting seascapes, and choosing the right options is essential

Whenever you look at a seascape image and wonder, “How did they do that?” chances are the effect was the result of shutter speed control and the use of filters. Sure, you can shoot HDR or split raw to maintain sky detail rather than using ND grads, and the results look great if that’s the approach you decide to take. But if you want to extend exposure time to blur water, or to remove reflections from the surface of water, you have to use filters.