rbj_photo Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I recently tried to photograph a waterfall. It was partially frozen over, with about half of the fall still producing running water. I tried to increase my shutter speed under the M setting to get the desired affect on the water, but the shots kept coming out over exposed or too bright. I tried to increase the Av and played with ISO as well, but I had no luck getting the shot I wanted. The sky was overcast, and it was mid-morning during the shooting time. There was a pond there that was frozen over, which I think was producing a lot of glare even thought the sky was overcast. Can anyone give me some pointers on how to to compensate for these factors appropriately? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbj_photo Posted February 19, 2007 Author Share Posted February 19, 2007 Sorry - I misspoke. I tried to Increase the shutter speed (hold it open longer) to achieve that "fog" effect on the running water. Also, the attached photo is what I eventually ended up with, using the auto-landscape setting. Please help. I am so disappointed in these results... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xiangshu_xiangshu Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 a ice image i can look any good nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_dzambic Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 You could try scrolling down a few questions until you get to the one titled "slow shutter, whispy waterfalls" for some ideas. A better subject heading might help you get better replies in this thread. I think the shot you posted looks underexposed, not overexposed by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShunCheung Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 What you want to do is to use a slow shutter speed, such as 1/8, 1/4 sec or perhaps even slower. Usually people refer to that as decreasing the shutter speed. BTW, your attached image is huge, around 3K x 2K pixels. Please scale down your attached image in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstrutz Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I increased your exposure and reduced the image size to show in-line here. As has been noted you want to use a much slower shutter speed. perhaps as slow as 1 second to make it creamy looking. To do this without overexposure you will need to set your camera to 100 ISO, set your lens to f/32 and put a dark gray filter over the lens. You ca adjust exposure from there, but that should get you in the ball park. 1/15 to 1/30 second would make it look more natural though. A little bit of motion, but still clear enough to see it well.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameron_lewis Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 bracket your exposures if possible, and use a slow ISO. what lens are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbj_photo Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 Thank you for the feedback. I was using a Canon EW-78D (28-200) 72mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstrutz Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 EW-78D is the model number of the lens hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnabbanerjee Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Use a ND filter (3 stop) to get to a slow shutter speed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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