Long Exposures

I went to our lake house this weekend for Father's Day. As the sun was setting I played around with long exposures on my camera. In some of the photos I blocked part of the lens with a card or my fingers to see if I could modify the light in a way similar to a graduated neutral density filter. It seemed to work. All of these except the last one were taken when it appeared totally dark outside.

I used a card to cover the sky and my finger to cover the water during part of the exposure.

If you look closely you can see star streaking.

I like how long exposures make water look like glass or ice.