A very affordable ($10-$50) change of perspective can solve your problem and get you inspired for weeks if you are up to the aesthetical challenge. An infrared filter allows into your camera's sensor only photons traveling with long wavelengths, mainly above 700nm. The most common and recommended filter is the R72, which filters light waves above 720nm. Infrared filters are known to add an eerie yet dreamy feel to your pictures as illustrated below (using R72).
Infrared cameras are very sensitive to light, whereas more commercial SLRs need to be adjusted in order to see through the almost opaque infrared filters. Personally, I adjust the exposure to +4 EVs (about 16x slower shutter speed or faster lens) when using the filter and I use a white balance that is similar to that of indoor yellow light. State of art in lens production becomes a ball in the ISO's park with the inevitable noise for action shots or hand-held cameras (in contrast to using a tripod). I resort to ISO 1600 or 3200 when tripod-less.
With IR, any regular place can be turned into heaven with some skills and composition. Lamentably, the latter is not an easy game with a quasi-opaque filter. Therefore, you can either shoot blindly and then get feedback through the playback or you can compose without the IR and then attach it when done composing.
I hope you enjoyed this trip along with the slower photons. Bon voyage!
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