WaterFall shoots on Ixus V2/V3

Hello,

I've noticed very nice shots of waterfalls on some websites. ( the ones where the water seem to be flowing like slik.. ) The suggestion I've read is to reduce the speed of the shutter. However, when I tried to do the same for my Ixus, the picture came out completely white... all I did was increase the shutter speed very slightly. What did I do wrong or is it because the Ixus is not capable of such shots ?

Could anyone help me please ?

[Newbie123]

Try using a smaller aperture so that less light is allowed in. And a lesser ISO should help too Hope it helps

[Revo]

tho i do not know if ur cam accepts any screw on filters or adapters but a Natural Density filter would help in achieving such effects....

[xdivider]

Quote: Originally posted by Neoxy Hello, I've noticed very nice shots of waterfalls on some websites. ( the ones where the water seem to be flowing like slik.. ) The suggestion I've read is to reduce the speed of the shutter. However, when I tried to do the same for my Ixus, the picture came out completely white... all I did was increase the shutter speed very slightly. What did I do wrong or is it because the Ixus is not capable of such shots ? Could anyone help me please ?

It came out white cos the pic is overexposure. Dun think u have shutter priority so u used EV compensation? Have u tried shooting when it is dark?

[shawntim]

Revo is right. Use a neutral density filter. It is like sunglasse for ur lenses, reducing light intake. Hence ur camera can use a slower shutter speed to take the silk-like waterfall.

Huh ? U mean that it must be dark to have such an effect ? Opps.... I did that shot during the sunny lunch hour... the Ixus line cannot have filter add ons. So in order to get such an effect, I've gotta do it while its darker ? and reduce the exposure rate(darker)? But the photos I see online seem bright, and not dull and dark.... have they been PSed b4 ?

[imaginary_number]

Isn't it called a Neutral Density (ND) filter?

[imaginary_number]

Quote: Originally posted by Neoxy Huh ? U mean that it must be dark to have such an effect ? Opps.... I did that shot during the sunny lunch hour... the Ixus line cannot have filter add ons. So in order to get such an effect, I've gotta do it while its darker ? and reduce the exposure rate(darker)? But the photos I see online seem bright, and not dull and dark.... have they been PSed b4 ?

By allowing lesser light into the camera, the camera will decrease the shutter speed in order to get a correctly exposed image. Consequently, the images will not appear dark but correctly exposed. With a longer exposure, that "silky" effect can be achieved since it's capturing the continous flow of the water as opposed to an instantaneous shot of the waterfall.

Thanks for the tips ! =) I'll go try it out.

[GeEkMaN]

pardon me, but does the Ixus V2/V3 have manual settings? I thought it only has exposure compensation and ISO settings?

[lefei]

Quote: Originally posted by Revo tho i do not know if ur cam accepts any screw on filters or adapters but a Natural Density filter would help in achieving such effects....

I believe CKPower makes unofficial adaptors for the ixus. Yup, ND Filter will help achieve the effect.

[shawntim]

a little off topic.. is it possible that the silk effect can be achieved with aperture values of f-22 or smaller? It would have slowed down the shutter speed also right?