jim61 Loc: Chester,south dakota

Thank you,i will keep practicing.

SS319

Ah, the water over the falls issue. I personally like to see some definition to the water, and blur it to see motion but not necessarily to yield the soft dreamy look of yours - but that is me and this is about you. When you are at the right place with the time to do it, shoot a series from 1/60 sec to your 2 seconds and see where along that line you like the look of the water. You should also shoot a series at different distances as that also will change the effect of the water such that you may use a faster shutter speed at a greater distance to achieve the same effect.

At f/22, the trees behind and the vegetation before should be in good focus, it appears that the wind blurred the foreground but the background shows your motion or a focus too close. I think that a tripod, with f/11 at 1/4 second would yield nearly the same water appearance but all immovable objects would be crisp. I would probably go to f/11, ISO 400 and 1/16 seconds to move the water but retain some definition

jim61 Loc: Chester,south dakota

Thank you,i will keep practicing.

jim61 Loc: Chester,south dakota

Thanks,i will give it a go.really appreciate the help.

CSand Loc: Fayetteville, Georgia

May I put in my two cents? The falls shot becomes much better if you crop out some of the sky. Same with the dragonfly. Brings focus in on your subject. Know you don't have PS but perhaps in composing the shot you could consider this. Think about your subject and then never include what you don't need in the story. Without all that sky the falls shot is very nice. Yes, do learn to use tripod. Keep learning, keep posting.

idrabefi Loc: Michigan

I've shot a few moving water photos and observed many more. The comments here are right on re: shutter speed vs cropped camera and lens focal length, aperture, and tripod. Also, consider focusing on something in the foreground (eg., the lower left rock). This seems to add great value.

jim61 Loc: Chester,south dakota

Thank you so much for the feed back. I learn easier this way.

jim61 Loc: Chester,south dakota

Thank you,im gonna get back there soon and give it a go.

dhspeck

I'd crop the waterfall scene to one of the two attached files. Which one to select would depend on my interest: on the building or on the falls. Make sure the focus is sharp on the primary target.

jim61 Loc: Chester,south dakota

ok thank you very much.i like the second one better. im going back there today with a tripod and practice,also have a remote shutter to try and a neutral density filter to try.probably have a hundred photos by the time im done. thanks very much for the feed back.