Took a ride up to Bushkill Falls in the Poconos yesterday in hopes of getting some good waterfall shots. I came home very disappointed and discouraged. After trying many different settings, I finally gave up. Can someone please give me some advice?
First, you have to tell us what you hoped to get but didn't. I'd guess you want the flowing, blurred water effect? First, don't shoot at mid day when the sun is at its highest point and the light is most contrasty- shoot in the morning or evening when there more even illumination without glaring hot spots of contrast. Use a sturdy tripod and a remote shutter release. Select a slow shutter speed- start at 1/15 sec, then go slower. Use a ND filter to reduce light entering the camera to allow you to maintain a f stop of f8 or f11 with an ISO of 100 (shooting Manual)
with your white balance set for Daylight. Shoot in RAW so you can correct tonal ranges as needed in PP. Bracket your exposures .
Jay Pat
Loc: Round Rock, Texas, USA
romanticf16 wrote:
First, you have to tell us what you hoped to get but didn't. I'd guess you want the flowing, blurred water effect? First, don't shoot at mid day when the sun is at its highest point and the light is most contrasty- shoot in the morning or evening when there more even illumination without glaring hot spots of contrast. Use a sturdy tripod and a remote shutter release. Select a slow shutter speed- start at 1/15 sec, then go slower. Use a ND filter to reduce light entering the camera to allow you to maintain a f stop of f8 or f11 with an ISO of 100 (shooting Manual)
with your white balance set for Daylight. Shoot in RAW so you can correct tonal ranges as needed in PP. Bracket your exposures .
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Good info.
I like the way you framed image #1.
Pat
We also could do better if we knew what gear you use. Some advice on how to improve the shots would be useless if your gear isn't up to it.
Camera, lens (not just 'kit') etc Tell us what Post Processing software you have since the PP side of it can help also
I was using an Olympus E-5 with the 12-60 mm lens. I PP with Photoshop Elements 10.
Thank you everyone. I'll give these suggestions a try. Hopefully next time will go better.
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