I've stopped bringing my tripod around when travelling- hate using them and never do so, and lugging the extra weight around ain't fun. But every once in a while, a scene opens up that leads you to curse the omission of the metal tubes. These were taken with the camera plonked on the top of a small pillar, propped upwards by a T-shirt and mobile phone. These exposures were taken at the maximum auto shutter setting possible on the D700 of 30s, at F8 or so. I did, however take exposures up to about 240s (counting out loud) at F22 in bulb mode with my finger held on the shutter button, trying to keep as steady as possible. Not fun. Not at -2 deg Celsius with a breeze in your face. Those longer exposures had quite a lot of blurring of the clouds- but not enough to have that lovely creamy effect- and so weren't as successful as the shorter exposures. Note to self: purchase a remote release cable at the next available opportunity. And an 8 stop ND filter too.
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