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Genuine HELP is requested
Genuine HELP is requested
First off, thank you in advance those who lend their opinions, advice and guidance. To those who critisize and complain, thank you for reading my post. OK, here it is. I want to know how to make water look interesting. Moving water that is. How do I get it all soft looking. Like this http://photo111.home.att.net/images/images/stream.jpg or this http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/fs-027...-01/stream.jpg or http://www.radekaphotography.com/images/Stream.jpg I have experimented, but the results are awful. What kind of film do you think I should use. Most of the areas or places I will be would be forest areas, or low light areas. I use both black and white and colour. I do use a tripod, not there is no need to remind me of that little tidbit. Any and all help is totally appreciated. Thanks again in advance. -- T C Bulmer http://members.shaw.ca/tcbulmer/index.html Kick you out to reply |
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Genuine HELP is requested
"Princess" wrote in message news:ZP3Ob.135108$JQ1.12301@pd7tw1no... Genuine HELP is requested First off, thank you in advance those who lend their opinions, advice and guidance. To those who critisize and complain, thank you for reading my post. OK, here it is. I want to know how to make water look interesting. Moving water that is. How do I get it all soft looking. Like this Experiment with longer exposure. Depending on how fast the water is and how much white is in it, anything from 1/4 second to several seconds. Art |
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Genuine HELP is requested
"Princess" wrote in
news:ZP3Ob.135108$JQ1.12301@pd7tw1no: Genuine HELP is requested First off, thank you in advance those who lend their opinions, advice and guidance. To those who critisize and complain, thank you for reading my post. OK, here it is. I want to know how to make water look interesting. Moving water that is. How do I get it all soft looking. Like this http://photo111.home.att.net/images/images/stream.jpg or this http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/fs-027...-01/stream.jpg or http://www.radekaphotography.com/images/Stream.jpg I have experimented, but the results are awful. What kind of film do you think I should use. Most of the areas or places I will be would be forest areas, or low light areas. I use both black and white and colour. I do use a tripod, not there is no need to remind me of that little tidbit. Any and all help is totally appreciated. Thanks again in advance. The trick is to stretch out the exposure long enough to achieve the effect you want. Some of this will depend on the speed of the water, and/or how much of the frame it crosses in any given time period. Greater distances usually require longer exposures, while closeups can be pretty short. But typically, as Art said, 1/4 second or longer will produce the effect. To do this, you need the right speed film and the right light conditions. You can't usually accomplish it in bright sunlight - it works far better in open shade to deep shade. Too deep, however, and the light goes more blue, giving a colder look. Stop down the aperture anywhere f11 to f22. Your lens might go further, but you might be toying with diffraction softness by using these f-stops. Slower film is better - for something like this, you need less light sensitivity so you can draw the shutter speed out. Do not meter off of the water, but obtain a reading off of the rocks or foliage and use that. The water will be too bright to give the best exposure. A tripod is, of course, a must. Cable release or timer can help keep the camera perfectly steady, giving you nice sharp surroundings while the water goes cottony. Still air helps - plants won't be moving, and stiff breezes can shake your tripod. Take several shots at different settings, and keep track of what you used. Over- and under-expose by a half-stop or so to see what happens (may not make much of a difference if you use print film). No flash. And another problem with direct sunlight is that it can illuminate individual water droplets as they splash, giving brighter pinpricks within your soft water, not good. A polarizer, or a neutral density filter (both of which will darken the scene and let the shutter speed drag out some more) can help a lot, but aren't absolutely necessary. Getting the pic more towards dawn or dusk can give you more acceptable lighting conditions too. Good luck with it! - Al. -- To reply, insert dash in address to match domain below Online photo gallery at www.wading-in.net |
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Genuine HELP is requested
Thank you very much, I am going to try those suggestions real soon, will
post again when the results are in -- T C Bulmer http://members.shaw.ca/tcbulmer/index.html Kick you out to reply "Al Denelsbeck" wrote in message . 6... "Princess" wrote in news:ZP3Ob.135108$JQ1.12301@pd7tw1no: Genuine HELP is requested First off, thank you in advance those who lend their opinions, advice and guidance. To those who critisize and complain, thank you for reading my post. OK, here it is. I want to know how to make water look interesting. Moving water that is. How do I get it all soft looking. Like this http://photo111.home.att.net/images/images/stream.jpg or this http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/fs-027...-01/stream.jpg or http://www.radekaphotography.com/images/Stream.jpg I have experimented, but the results are awful. What kind of film do you think I should use. Most of the areas or places I will be would be forest areas, or low light areas. I use both black and white and colour. I do use a tripod, not there is no need to remind me of that little tidbit. Any and all help is totally appreciated. Thanks again in advance. The trick is to stretch out the exposure long enough to achieve the effect you want. Some of this will depend on the speed of the water, and/or how much of the frame it crosses in any given time period. Greater distances usually require longer exposures, while closeups can be pretty short. But typically, as Art said, 1/4 second or longer will produce the effect. To do this, you need the right speed film and the right light conditions. You can't usually accomplish it in bright sunlight - it works far better in open shade to deep shade. Too deep, however, and the light goes more blue, giving a colder look. Stop down the aperture anywhere f11 to f22. Your lens might go further, but you might be toying with diffraction softness by using these f-stops. Slower film is better - for something like this, you need less light sensitivity so you can draw the shutter speed out. Do not meter off of the water, but obtain a reading off of the rocks or foliage and use that. The water will be too bright to give the best exposure. A tripod is, of course, a must. Cable release or timer can help keep the camera perfectly steady, giving you nice sharp surroundings while the water goes cottony. Still air helps - plants won't be moving, and stiff breezes can shake your tripod. Take several shots at different settings, and keep track of what you used. Over- and under-expose by a half-stop or so to see what happens (may not make much of a difference if you use print film). No flash. And another problem with direct sunlight is that it can illuminate individual water droplets as they splash, giving brighter pinpricks within your soft water, not good. A polarizer, or a neutral density filter (both of which will darken the scene and let the shutter speed drag out some more) can help a lot, but aren't absolutely necessary. Getting the pic more towards dawn or dusk can give you more acceptable lighting conditions too. Good luck with it! - Al. -- To reply, insert dash in address to match domain below Online photo gallery at www.wading-in.net |
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