Rock Pool...

Canon 400D,10-20mm, f22,1/5',ISO100

Taken whilst on a trip to weston-super-mare at about 0500. The idea  was to capture the movement of the sea, but without a ND filter I had to resort to an early morning and hoping for the best. The lens was borrowed from a friend so I kept my distance from splashing sea water and focused on a small rock pool with  the tide running in either sides. I tried my best to capture the contrast between the sea and rocks. The longer exposure help in that respect. I also manage to retain the horizon line without it being blown out.

So over all, a ND filter would have been ideal, however I happy with the result. A blue tint was added in post processing to add a feel of the location.

Asking Hands...

Canon 400D,28-135mm,f8,1/5',ISO100

After being inspired by some low light photography images, I thought I'd try some myself. The idea was to bring out the texture in the hands (mine actually) and a begging style would work best as I actually wanted to add some grain to the image and I thought that this pose as apposed to a praying pose would benefit best.

It was taken on self timer with my hands on a dark blanket and then lit by a single light (an LED bike light with a toilet roll snout). I like the way that it's really brought out the detail in the hands and adds to the feeling of "need" to the image with a nice balance of highlighted and hidden details. It's definitely a technique I'd use again.