One of the benefits of concentrating my landscape photography on a town 20 square miles in size is that it has forced me to explore different approaches and techniques to capture the same scenes.

I have been following the work of a few Google+ photographers who specialize in long exposure black and white and thought I would try my hand at that yesterday. I'm also trying to limit myself further by using a square crop for these. Appreciate your thoughts.

1. Salem Harbor - f/11 120 sec


2. Lone Tree - f/11 180 sec


3. High Tide - f/11 120 sec
Crop on this was the most challenging as I had elements I really wanted to include on the right and left of this

I really like #2. What time of day were these taken? What type of filter did you use? Nice!

Absolutely loving #2! I was born in a small town and am grateful to visit now and again - so I appreciate your comment about different approaches. I really like #2!

Thanks everyone. All shot with the Canon EF-S 17-55 lens - circular polarizer on first and a B&W 10-stop ND on top of that. Still learning which compositions work best for this. Sure if fun to explore new techniques.

gonna go with the consensus and say number 2 is my favorite. There is a mood to it that reminds of going to the seaside a few miles from my home during the winter, when even the homes appeared abandoned!

I'm going to be the oddball and say I like #1 the best. I think the sky has great potential and might need to be darkened to bring out the drama there. Also, the rocks may be blocked up, but that could be my monitor. I think if you adjust luminosity in the picture to bring it into balance it has some beautiful features.