Went out yesterday to practice on waterfalls and getting the water to fog. Nikon d500, tamron 16-300 with a cpl filter, remote trigger and on a tripod. Ok now that I have the gear....can I get the water to fog....I think I did good! I metered for the highlights so they were not blown out, so then had to edit the blacks and shadows to bring out the rocks.
All critiques welcome .... could I have done better with composition or settings or even processing?
1st Waterfall, 1/10, f5.6 16mm iso 100
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1st Waterfall, 1/10, f9, 22mm iso 100
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2nd Waterfall, 1/10, f16, 22mm iso 100
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2nd Waterfall, 1/10, f13, 18mm iso 100
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2nd Waterfall, 1/10, f14, 35mm iso 100
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I like them. The 10th sec shutter shows the motion of the water in a natural way. Really long exposures look cool but are far from realistic. Great job!
I think you have achieved your goal on the first try Cindy. I like these more than the way overdone ones I have seen.
In the last three the Shutter speed is too high. Decreasing it will increase the volume of water in the picture strengthening the subject (which is the water after all) and the composition.
Looks to be about the right amount of silkiness for my tastes.
(I dislike it overdone, but for the blur extent a lot depends on the falls also.)
Fotoartist wrote:
In the last three the Shutter speed is too high. Decreasing it will increase the volume of water in the picture strengthening the subject (which is the water after all) and the composition.
What speed would you have used? Would you have used a higher shutter since there isn't much water flowing yet? I can go back to that location and play again. I see from your post how silky you got the water to be....may I ask what shutter speed you used on these....
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mtbear wrote:
Where are these falls?
1st one is at the Hungry Horse Damn in Hungry Horse Mt and the 2nd one is along Hwy 2 in the Middle Fork going towards Marias Pass in MT.
CindyHouk wrote:
What speed would you have used? Would you have used a higher shutter since there isn't much water flowing yet? I can go back to that location and play again. I see from your post how silky you got the water to be....may I ask what shutter speed you used on these....
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-590404-1.htmlGlad you asked. My first waterfall shot was a 3 seconds exposure. A little more than I had wished for but judging from the back of my camera it supplied enough water to make the picture interesting so I went with it. Shot at ISO 200, f 16. As you can see I could have increased the water flow by going to f 22 and a lower ISO but chose not to as even though there was not that much water I was losing too much texture in it.
My second waterfall shot was of a smaller falls that was flowing more strongly and visibly so I had to adjust the F stop and shutter speed to not lose texture in the water. This one was shot at about 1 second shutter speed. The size of the waterfall and amount of water showing and flowing are the main determinates for me. And, as is always the case, don't blow out detail in the whites. I push the boundary as far as I can by checking the LCD image and checking the Histogram.
Fotoartist wrote:
Glad you asked. My first waterfall shot was a 3 seconds exposure. A little more than I had wished for but judging from the back of my camera it supplied enough water to make the picture interesting so I went with it. Shot at ISO 200, f 16. As you can see I could have increased the water flow by going to f 22 and a lower ISO but chose not to as even though there was not that much water I was losing too much texture in it.
My second waterfall shot was of a smaller falls that was flowing more strongly and visibly so I had to adjust the F stop and shutter speed to not lose texture in the water. This one was shot at about 1 second shutter speed. The size of the waterfall and amount of water showing and flowing are the main determinates for me. And, as is always the case, don't blow out detail in the whites. I push the boundary as far as I can by checking the LCD image and checking the Histogram.
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Thanks for the explanation! I will be going back and playing again with high shutter speeds to see what outcome I get....appreciate the help.
Lower shutter speeds, lower ISOs, plus higher F stops.
Sometimes you can use a polarizer to lower shutter speed or a Neutral density filter too.
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