St. Mary's Lighthouse has been done to death by every photographer in the North of England, so I thought I'd take a slightly less orthodox angle of her. Not only that, I wanted to use a lens that wouldn't ordinarily be associated with landscape photography - the Zeiss 50m f/1.4 Planar. This long exposure was taken on my Canon EOS 5D Mark II with the help of the excellent Lee 100mm filter system and the Big Stopper 10-stop Neutral Density filter.

Equipment used

Camera

Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Lens

Zeiss 50mm f1.4 T* Planar

Filters

Lee 100mm Filter Kit

 

Lee Big Stopper

About the photographer

I'm Alex Nichol. I'm an amateur photographer from the North of England. For me, photography is a way to share what I love most about the world. That includes everything, from family and friends, to wild animals and breathtaking places... or maybe just how the sun twinkles on a weed in my back garden. It's all fair game.

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