Have you got ND filters? Sounds like anything over a minute generally requires one.
I’ve got 1000, 64 and 8, but besides forcing myself to use them (and getting mediocre results anyways), I don’t really need them, especially after I upgraded to a lens that’s got 77 mm thread instead of 55 mm.
The noise (even at ISO 100) becomes quite significant for me once I go over like 3 or 4 minutes of exposure time.
Of course with ND filters - often combined. The results are of course a matter of taste, but I like them. Just an example:
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I shoot with a tripod almost all the time (except for the GR III) and I prefer it since I can easily refine my composition then wait for the light i want. I also tend to twitch and shake. I have a hard time hand holding my Nikon Z7ii with a 50mm prime on it. I either twitch and ruin my composition or the frame ends up blurry.
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Yeah, I wasn’t sure if the photos were in complete dark, that’s where it is kind of on the edge of not needing filters.
Me too, when all three combined, I was often starting to see vignetting in the corners at the wider focal lengths.
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Vignetting is part of the game. The shown shot is a combined shot of two 10 minutes exposures. The longer the exposure the more it brings the weak spots of your lens to the surface.
Anyway vignetting is correctable but I usually leave in a good portion of it. A 20 minutes exposure doesn’t look natural anyway and I like a btt of a smooth vignette.
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Yeah, but I meant that the filter casing itself started to be in the view 
Well, technically no long exposure looks natural 
… but yes, I get your point. That’s on the other hand the magic of long exposures, they look extraordinary.
Yes 3 filters combined is overkill. I only combine two. If more is needed I take two shots and combine them. The filters have to be very slim if you don’t want them to be part of the picture on a ultrawide angle.
This. Definitely.
My wife (sometimes) carries my tripod 
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Wow. I’d get a whack if I suggested that
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My wife is never around when I’m taking photos, certainly not with me on a “photo trip”. Closest that ever came to happening was a month ago on vacation when I drove 10 minutes for a sunset shot and she waited in the truck (rather than wait in the B&B). 
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My wife likes to be outside, I like to take photos. A win-win situation. When I carry my heavy photo bag with telephoto lens and stuff, then she is kind enough to carry my travel tripod. So, we can take walks together while I can take some pictures. Nevertheless, the “yield” is often higher, when I’m out on my own.
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