@@ Water, rocks and Green @@

[AJ23]

Some feeble attempt in landscape.

#1 Would want wider perspective, but alas limited by physical environment



#2 Same situation as above

[KNIGHT ONG]

Add in one model would be more interesting ...

[AJ23]

Originally Posted by KNIGHT ONG Add in one model would be more interesting ...

Heehee........ akan datang.

[Kit]

Go wider? I actually thought it would be much better if you go closer to isolate a particular portion of the scene.

[happytikus]

Hi all, Noob speaking...

Hope that someone can give me a hand here. I tried to take a similar pic to yours and from what I read, the trick to getting a "smooth" water effect is to give a slow shutter speed. I tried it but the result was that the camera took in too much light and caused the whole pic to be extremely over exposed.

Then I played with the aperature setting it to f8 but still too much light was going in, killing the picture. I used about shutter speed 1sec. Any faster and it seem that the effect was gone.

Any advise would be much appreciated... Thanks in advance!

[AJ23]

Originally Posted by Kit Go wider? I actually thought it would be much better if you go closer to isolate a particular portion of the scene.

Hmm.... then it becomes more of abstract and macro? Got some of those closeup shots, but the effect is not too good, cuz I didn't use ND filters, just a CPL.

[AJ23]

You'll need something called a Neutral Density (ND) filter.

For me, I've used a circular polariser (CPL) to cut the amount of light.

My settings are about 1/6 - 1/15s @ F19-22.

Read up more on NDs.

Originally Posted by happytikus Hope that someone can give me a hand here. I tried to take a similar pic to yours and from what I read, the trick to getting a "smooth" water effect is to give a slow shutter speed. I tried it but the result was that the camera took in too much light and caused the whole pic to be extremely over exposed. Then I played with the aperature setting it to f8 but still too much light was going in, killing the picture. I used about shutter speed 1sec. Any faster and it seem that the effect was gone. Any advise would be much appreciated... Thanks in advance!

[happytikus]

Cool... Thanks for the advice! I currently have a CPL. Will try it again. Hope to be able to take some decent waterfall pics. Cheers!

[AJ23]

Originally Posted by happytikus Cool... Thanks for the advice! I currently have a CPL. Will try it again. Hope to be able to take some decent waterfall pics. Cheers!

CPL is not the way to go, I used CPL cuz I didn't bring the ND filter.

You should use ND to achieve those silky smooth effect.

[Kit]

Originally Posted by AJ23 Hmm.... then it becomes more of abstract and macro? Got some of those closeup shots, but the effect is not too good, cuz I didn't use ND filters, just a CPL.

I take it as alternate views of the scene. Could work especially when the background is distracting and the lighting's pretty harsh.

[Deadpoet]

I really like the second photo. Never thought the place looked that good. It's good to see familar things thru someoe else's eyes, a different perspective.

[megaweb]

The moving water and some parts of the rock are overexposed. You need gradual ND filter to balance the exposure between the scenery and the rock/water. Another way is get correct exposure of the rock/water and use PS to balance the exposure.

[AJ23]

Originally Posted by megaweb The moving water and some parts of the rock are overexposed. You need gradual ND filter to balance the exposure between the scenery and the rock/water. Another way is get correct exposure of the rock/water and use PS to balance the exposure.

Thanks for the comments and suggestion. I didn't expect to have this scene so was unprepared and didn't bring ND. ND is the way to go for capturing those silky waterfall trails.

Will need PS to balance the exposure.

[clarinet]

Originally Posted by happytikus Hi all, Noob speaking... Hope that someone can give me a hand here. I tried to take a similar pic to yours and from what I read, the trick to getting a "smooth" water effect is to give a slow shutter speed. I tried it but the result was that the camera took in too much light and caused the whole pic to be extremely over exposed. Then I played with the aperature setting it to f8 but still too much light was going in, killing the picture. I used about shutter speed 1sec. Any faster and it seem that the effect was gone. Any advise would be much appreciated... Thanks in advance!

err... took such pic b4... anyway i'm also newbie... i use setting like
f/16
1sec
iso100
expouse -0.7