kfphotos Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 Is it possible to take those smooth waterfall pictures with a digital camera? If so, what settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymondC Posted October 15, 2004 Share Posted October 15, 2004 u need to use a longer shutter speed. put in S mode and choose a longer one. u may want a tripod. u may have to approach 1/3 a sec or longer. if its a bright day u may need a ND filter (gray) to block light so a longer speed can be used. use lowest iso too, u need some support to stop the handshake. if too bright try when the sun is less strong .. then a longer speed can be used without the filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_bell Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 I have shot a few of them and I like shooting in golden hour in the morning and using an exposure time of .75-.8 seconds. It gives it that silky ribbon look. I have never mastered the fog that look some are able to achieve. Here is the last one that I took: http://www.photo.net/photo/2501492 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_zimmet Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 A few of my waterfall photos, along with a brief discussion of how they were made, may be found at http://www.time4email.com/falls/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnb Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 The basic answer is slow shutter speed.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemilton Posted October 16, 2004 Share Posted October 16, 2004 The shutter speed is the thing - the attached is ISO 50 4sec@F13 (EOS1DM2, 17 -35F2.8@35) M<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitmstr Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 I would advise NOT to use a shutter speed that is so slow that the water becomes something else. IMO the over used slow shutter produces this cotton-candy look that doesn't feel like water anymore and actually looks distracting (to me) in the midst of the surrounding. A bit like a mass of alien material that shouldn't be there. I would use a speed that is just enought to smooth it out without too much of the candy effect. My 3 cents...yes, I put an extra cent...why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awindsor Posted October 21, 2004 Share Posted October 21, 2004 If you want long shutter speeds you will typically need a ND filter. This will free you from having to use a very small aperture (with its associated diffraction softening) assuming your digital camera has one. Another approach which I have not tried on digital is using a faster shutter speed and making mutiple exposures. You get the same blurring of the body of the fall but capture individual droplets sharply. Now obviously most digital cameras will not let you make multiple exposures but you you can make multiple single exposures and combine them on the computer later. Obviously for all these techniques you require a tripod (and remote release would be useful too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schleprock21 Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 I really wish the camera manufacturers would put a slower iso speed in their cameras to eliminate the need for filters. Why do I want to spend big bucks on a nice lens only to put a filters on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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