Taiwan waterfall

[socksiong]

Took some waterfall shots while in Taiwan, share with bros here. enjoy.



sorry,this 1 got 2 water droplets on lens








thanx!

[Spikey86]

Eh? izzit photoshopped? It's really beautiful

[mrericlee]

Swee lar.

How many stops ND filter did you use?

Is there any waterfall to practice on in Singapore?

[daniel0ng]

Nice shots

The shutter was open for 3 seconds on a tripod?

[dereklpy]

very nice, can share the setting?

derek

[marvintheroundone]

Nicely done
The Last Photo was the best of all I think.

Yeah, all the miniature waterfalls are in Sentosa Dragon Trail. ( I saw 2)
Not alot to work with but great for practice.
Cheers

[Stray Sheep]

Not sure if its just me, but I tink your 2nd and 4th pic the highlights are blown..
Its still a very lovely series I should say.

[rwcheng]

I like 1, 3 and 5.

What equipment and settings?

RC

[socksiong]

first of all, thanx guys for ur comments.

Originally Posted by mrericlee Swee lar. How many stops ND filter did you use? Is there any waterfall to practice on in Singapore?

was using 7 stops ND.

Originally Posted by daniel0ng Nice shots The shutter was open for 3 seconds on a tripod?

i think i exposed longer than 3secs, yea was using tripod in the water, water was cold! but great for blood circulation

Originally Posted by dereklpy very nice, can share the setting? derek

you can visit my flickr and click on "more properties" on the various pics, aperture and shutter speed varies a little. but mostly i used iso100, f5.6-f9 and 30secs. i try to use the slowest shutter speed to get the effect. and not to forget the 7stop nd filter.

Originally Posted by marvintheroundone Nicely done The Last Photo was the best of all I think. Yeah, all the miniature waterfalls are in Sentosa Dragon Trail. ( I saw 2) Not alot to work with but great for practice. Cheers

thanx thanx

Originally Posted by Stray Sheep Not sure if its just me, but I tink your 2nd and 4th pic the highlights are blown.. Its still a very lovely series I should say.

u're right. i think so too. didn't edit cos i want to keep it simple. btw, the last pic was underexposed. added some fill light to make it more visible.

[socksiong]

Originally Posted by rwcheng I like 1, 3 and 5. What equipment and settings? RC

was using fujifilm s5pro, sigma 10-20 with vari-nd filter.
settings was iso100, f5.6-9 and 30secs and 7 stops nd.

[rainwhisper]

Thanks for sharing your photos. Is it taken at Yang Ming Shan?

[night86mare]

Originally Posted by mrericlee Is there any waterfall to practice on in Singapore?

botanic gardens has many small streams with "water falls". that's all i can really think of, for not-so-exotic locations.

[two200]

Originally Posted by mrericlee Is there any waterfall to practice on in Singapore?

Jurong Bird Park has the highest man-made waterfall, right?

[socksiong]

Originally Posted by rainwhisper Thanks for sharing your photos. Is it taken at Yang Ming Shan?

it is near, but not there.

[mrericlee]

30 secs in broad daylight? 7 stop filter so power ah?

[fws1981]

Hi.i am a newbies...may i ask some question..may sound stupid..wat is mean by 7stop filter? u open ur shuttle for 30sec how come the pic will not be overexpose? to me i feel tat the pic is taken perfectly...

[socksiong]

Originally Posted by mrericlee 30 secs in broad daylight? 7 stop filter so power ah?

Originally Posted by fws1981 Hi.i am a newbies...may i ask some question..may sound stupid..wat is mean by 7stop filter? u open ur shuttle for 30sec how come the pic will not be overexpose? to me i feel tat the pic is taken perfectly...

7 stops is quite good.

ok, what i did was i set my mode to M. then set it at 30secs, and used f5.6-f9 with respect to my cam's meter.
whn i say 7 stops here, i meant i am using 7 stop nd(neutral-density) filters. nd filters let you slow down ur shutter speed without sacrificing exposure. you can google it for more detailed explanation. n thanx for the comments.

[roentarre]

Sooooooooooooooooooo beautiful

[socksiong]

Originally Posted by roentarre Sooooooooooooooooooo beautiful

thx. sorry didnt come online last few days.

[lennyl]

Originally Posted by fws1981 Hi.i am a newbies...may i ask some question..may sound stupid..wat is mean by 7stop filter? u open ur shuttle for 30sec how come the pic will not be overexpose? to me i feel tat the pic is taken perfectly...

Each stop of ND means reducing the amount of light by half. So 7 stops = 2 ^ 7 or 128x reduction. Or put another way, you only get 1/128 the amount of light.

Calculating this backwards, a 30 second exposure with a ND7 filter = 30 / 128 = about 1/4 second exposure without the filter. If aperture is f/5.6-f/9, it's definitely not very bright there when the shots are taken.

My favorite is the last one. Very nicely executed.