Why make water mikly or silky?
Apr 16, 2013 05:32:36 #
Why did you use unnatural effect on your avatar? Some people just like to play with their photos!
Apr 16, 2013 05:35:17 #
MtnMan wrote:
Well, it also isn't still.
I attended a presentation where a guy suggested 1/13 sec is kind of a nice mix if you like reality. It isn't still and it isn't pillowy.
I attended a presentation where a guy suggested 1/13 sec is kind of a nice mix if you like reality. It isn't still and it isn't pillowy.
That looks good.
I suppose the milky look is for creating more surreal photographs.
Apr 16, 2013 05:36:48 #
Fergus wrote:
Why did you use unnatural effect on your avatar? Some people just like to play with their photos!
Very well put!
:D
Apr 16, 2013 05:40:26 #
Following this debate with some interest. Not many waterfalls around here but the same issues apply when taking shots of surf and waves on rocks and sand. A rearing foamy wave stopped in its tracks at 1/250th or whatever is hardly 'natural' but I like the look. Must try 1/13 and see what that does...I agree it looks good on the waterfalls and streams.
Apr 16, 2013 05:45:42 #
lighthouse
Loc: No Fixed Abode
Frankly I love soft water. And if I want to take pics like that I resent people bitching about it.
Bitch about star trails or car light trails too do you?
And I also love movement water. And also frozen water.
Some of those shots put up as natural don't look real natural to me. When I look at rapids and cascades the white bits don't normally look blown.
And the 1/13th of a second thing is B.S.
It is all dependant on how far away that water is.
Bitch about star trails or car light trails too do you?
And I also love movement water. And also frozen water.
Some of those shots put up as natural don't look real natural to me. When I look at rapids and cascades the white bits don't normally look blown.
And the 1/13th of a second thing is B.S.
It is all dependant on how far away that water is.
Apr 16, 2013 05:50:53 #
lighthouse
Loc: No Fixed Abode
Fergus wrote:
Why did you use unnatural effect on your avatar? Some people just like to play with their photos!
LOL that IS funny!
Someone with an avatar pic like that complaining about "unnatural" looking photos! HaHa
Funny colour, funny treatment, funny angle, exaggerated perspective.
Apr 16, 2013 06:12:37 #
chapjohn wrote:
I may not have searched the right sites for this answer, but I will ask it here. What are the reasons for shooting moving water with long exposures to get a white silky look? What is the problem with the water looking like water?
Moving water is just that, "moving"...to shoot at a high speed and freezing it, "it ain't movin no more". How is freezing moving water "in it's natural state of motion" making water look like water, in motion...(is this an oxymoron)
Or maybe it's an artistic approach....and the problem is???
Apr 16, 2013 06:37:48 #
corryhully wrote:
personal preference, nothing else.
:thumbup: :thumbup: Right on, depending on what I want to convey. Usually i will take photos of the same scene to convey both, some with slow shutter speed to create the smoothness and others with fast shutter speed to create the action
fast shutter speed
slow shutter speed
Apr 16, 2013 06:53:18 #
chapjohn wrote:
I may not have searched the right sites for this answer, but I will ask it here. What are the reasons for shooting moving water with long exposures to get a white silky look? What is the problem with the water looking like water?
For something different both ways work
Apr 16, 2013 07:13:12 #
MtnMan wrote:
Well, it also isn't still.
I attended a presentation where a guy suggested 1/13 sec is kind of a nice mix if you like reality. It isn't still and it isn't pillowy.
I attended a presentation where a guy suggested 1/13 sec is kind of a nice mix if you like reality. It isn't still and it isn't pillowy.
Me too. Like it.
Apr 16, 2013 08:17:40 #
MisterWilson wrote:
Whatever paddle you want to use to navigate your canoe down the photography creek.
Personally, I prefer the rough water effect better than the milky effect.
Personally, I prefer the rough water effect better than the milky effect.
:thumbup: :thumbup:
Apr 16, 2013 08:25:34 #
We're not shooting police crime scene photos here, we are shooting to what we enjoy. Here is one I enjoy and it's starting to look a little "milky"
Natural Falls Arkansas
Apr 16, 2013 09:09:54 #
mborn wrote:
:thumbup: :thumbup: Right on, depending on what I want to convey. Usually i will take photos of the same scene to convey both, some with slow shutter speed to create the smoothness and others with fast shutter speed to create the action
I particularly like the long er exposure pic. It ties the water to the snow and makes it look cold.
Apr 16, 2013 09:36:39 #
MtnMan wrote:
Well, it also isn't still.
I attended a presentation where a guy suggested 1/13 sec is kind of a nice mix if you like reality. It isn't still and it isn't pillowy.
I attended a presentation where a guy suggested 1/13 sec is kind of a nice mix if you like reality. It isn't still and it isn't pillowy.
The anti-semite is back from hiding his shameful head
Apr 16, 2013 09:52:03 #
Ask 2 photographers and you'll get 3 different answers. Do whatever floats your boat and makes you happy. It's all part of the fun (creative process). You'll never please everyone no matter what you do :)
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