How do you like your moving water?
Apr 5, 2020 08:18:58 #
Streets wrote:
Some photographers prefer their water to be silky and shot with a slow shutter. I like many others prefer a fast shutter which is closer to what the eye actually perceives.
Absolutely - your beautiful shots prove the point. If I wanted a pic of stale cream I would visit a bankrupt dairy.
Apr 5, 2020 08:32:02 #
mizzee
Loc: Boston,Ma
It depends on what I’m trying to achieve. For example, Niagara Falls Is all about power with a capital P for me so I shoot as fast as I can. A soft, misty day might speak to me to match that feeling with silky water.
Apr 5, 2020 08:48:45 #
Streets wrote:
Some photographers prefer their water to be silky and shot with a slow shutter. I like many others prefer a fast shutter which is closer to what the eye actually perceives.
Apr 5, 2020 08:49:25 #
I'm more a "Go with the flow" (sorry) kinda guy. Most waterfalls I have found are in poorly lit areas. When that happens, I use longer SS to get proper exposure. If the sun comes out, I shoot them as you have here.
Apr 5, 2020 09:17:25 #
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Apr 5, 2020 09:33:19 #
Streets wrote:
Some photographers prefer their water to be silky and shot with a slow shutter. I like many others prefer a fast shutter which is closer to what the eye actually perceives.
I like #1 with the bridge. If I ever get out to shoot waterfalls this year In think I would shoot both ways and when I do processing I would see how they look. Thanks post more when you can.
Tom
Apr 5, 2020 09:36:32 #
kay55
Loc: NE Ohio
Love your pictures, i prefer natural, but I have seen some really nice slow shutter shots.
This reminds me of a coworker in the eighties who accused me of airbrushing a photo. I was taking a class in photography and one assignment was to take a picture of speed slowed down, like a speeding car with a slow shutter. So you guessed it I took a picture of a small waterfall which was running very fast at the time. It didn't come out too bad for a rookie, but he refused to believe that it was shot as presented.
This reminds me of a coworker in the eighties who accused me of airbrushing a photo. I was taking a class in photography and one assignment was to take a picture of speed slowed down, like a speeding car with a slow shutter. So you guessed it I took a picture of a small waterfall which was running very fast at the time. It didn't come out too bad for a rookie, but he refused to believe that it was shot as presented.
Apr 5, 2020 09:51:48 #
Apr 5, 2020 09:54:39 #
Streets wrote:
Some photographers prefer their water to be silky and shot with a slow shutter. I like many others prefer a fast shutter which is closer to what the eye actually perceives.
About time- I for one like a faster shutter, I like your shots. That is the way I did mine. Nice shots. Larry
A retired State Photographer.
Apr 5, 2020 10:06:43 #
On a photography trip to Chiapas, the instructor spent an hour telling the participants how to shoot the upcoming waterfall. I had already let it be known that waterfalls were one of my favorite things. So, he asked me to agree with him. Unfortunately, I had to say that my preferred method was exactly the opposite of what he had just said! I like water to look like water and milk to look like milk. Sorry, folks. I don't think it's "arty" to blur the water. I don't see it as "showing motion." And I'm starting to get a little tired of having to apologize for not going with the trend.
Apr 5, 2020 10:13:07 #
I'm somewhat surprised at the apparent majority of the answers above. It seems that you guys prefer the stop action "frozen" look, pun intended, to the silky motion look. I often use ND filters to reduce the light in order to use a slower shutter.
Apr 5, 2020 10:30:45 #
wapiti wrote:
I'm somewhat surprised at the apparent majority of the answers above. It seems that you guys prefer the stop action "frozen" look, pun intended, to the silky motion look. I often use ND filters to reduce the light in order to use a slower shutter.
In the interests of healthy discussion - The OP's pictures, to me, do not seem frozen, the water comes across as lively and bubbly. I can almost hear the "babbling brook". If a slow shutter had been used then the water would have indeed appeared creamy, in fact it would appear to be contaminated, or at the very least frozen ice.
Such false creamy water never reflects the sunlight, it never looks sparkly and the pebbles beneath never show through. It never gives an impression of depth or shallows. It looks what it isn't. MHO.
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