Day 126: Like a Thin Sheet of Glass

2026-06-12Hello!I'll first address the black circle surrounding the image. This photograph was taken with a three-second exposure time, meaning that the camera sensor was exposed to the light for three seconds, gathering all the photons and making an image. Normally, photos are taken within tiny fractions of a second to freeze motion. A long exposure blurs that motion (in this case, blurring any tiny waves in the water and preserving a clear reflection).But loads of light makes the image bright, so I give my camera sunglasses. These sunglasses are meant for camera lenses, and they don't change the color or behavior of the light coming through. It just makes things darker. I get the benefits of smoothing out ripples and motion over a few whole seconds, with the protection against overexposed morning sunlight hitting the sensor at full blast.These filters (called neutral density filters) don't precisely match the lens I'm using here, so you can see some of the edges of those external…