Author Topic: Smokey Water (Read 1333 times)

vdub_er · « **on:** January 24, 2011, 01:40:00 PM »

I like the smokey water effect and when I get a chance to would like to give it a go.

Can anyone give me some tips on what exposure, shutter speeds etc?

adash · « **Reply #1 on:** January 24, 2011, 01:54:19 PM »

You mean blurry water? Like when photographing a waterfall, but it looks like a transparent curtain because falling light is totally blurred?

lisandra · « **Reply #2 on:** January 24, 2011, 05:16:13 PM »

If you don't have an ND filter you have to shoot late in the day or early in the morning. The lowest ISO possible, small apertures (higher f numbers) if no ND filter, in A mode. If shutter speeds are not in the seconds (5 or more) there's too much light. For crashing waves 5 seconds will do just fine, for a flowing river sometimes 3 seconds will do the job.

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vdub_er · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2011, 01:19:27 AM »

Thanks Lisandra, haven't got an ND filter so will have to give the early morning late evening a go.

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