Often when you visit a tourist attraction it’s hard to get a good photo as there are people milling around everywhere. However there are a few techniques that can be triedto overcome this. Some would suggest taking a number of shots every few seconds (using a tripod)  then combining the photographs in post production to remove the people. On a recent family trip to England I decided to experiment with a Neutral Density filter, the thinking behind this idea was the the longer the shutter was open then the people would be moving and should vanish from the image. When we arrived at St Mary’s Lighthouse there were few tourists as the tide was in, as shown in the photograph below…..

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Fuji X-E1 Fujifilm Fujinon XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS Long exposure Martin Spence ND filter Neutral Density