WIP #6 Shutter speed

[Joe'smom]

I have been playing with speed and water---trying to achieve the movement thing.....it's a tough game.....but I am learning more about this slr--here's a couple from the state park

 

[jbr13]

I have been playing with speed and water---trying to achieve the movement thing.....it's a tough game.....but I am learning more about this slr--here's a couple from the state park

A little advice for shooting water and getting that motion effect.
Try a shutter speed of around 1 or 2 seconds. Looking at the data for your pictures the on is at 1/2 sec and F9 in Aperture Pri. That is getting close. If you use SHutter Pri. you can control the shutter speed and let the camera worry about the Aperture. In manual mode I try to get around the one or two second mark with a large aperture number. This gives you more depth of field in the picture.


This image you can see I didn't use a slow enough shutter speed and the water just isn't soft enough.

1/125 @ F4.5

This example is better with a slower shutter speed used.

1.3 Sec @ F22

J

 

[Joe'smom]

Yes.....that was my first session ----and the light was not very good either---very overcast in a canopy of trees.
Your shots a great----love that moss---it's fantastic....yes the second one is great for the the softness!

 

[jbr13]

Yes.....that was my first session ----and the light was not very good either---very overcast in a canopy of trees.
Your shots a great----love that moss---it's fantastic....yes the second one is great for the the softness!

Thanks. I think overcast day are great for this kind of shooting. You need to be able to keep the shutter speed down and on a sunny day sometime it will turn out over exposed. If it is that bright out I will use a circular polarizer to stop down the light some.

J

 

[Joe'smom]

Yeah---instead of water....it looks like a snow storm or a really bad acid trip--trails everywhere...sometimes thats cool too but it usually in some part is way blown out --not correctable at all post process either!

 

[jbr13]

Yeah---instead of water....it looks like a snow storm or a really bad acid trip--trails everywhere...sometimes thats cool too but it usually in some part is way blown out --not correctable at all post process either!

That is where the polarizer really comes in handy, or a ND filter to stop it down will work as well.

 

[LusbyMom]

Ok tell me how I did and what I could do better Oh and I didn't process these in any way.

 

[jbr13]

LM, Can't really tell the detail on the size photos posted. It may have been a little late in the evening to really do this exercise.

If you take a look at your pictures taken hand held at the determined shutter speeds, you should see blurring. Starting at 1/8 of a second, and comparing it to 1/1000 shutter speed, the 1/8 will show blur. This is do to the slow acuation of the shutter and the fact you can't hold the camera still at that low speed. Even just the process of pushing the shutter release button will make to much motion.


J

 

[LusbyMom]

LM, Can't really tell the detail on the size photos posted. It may have been a little late in the evening to really do this exercise.

If you take a look at your pictures taken hand held at the determined shutter speeds, you should see blurring. Starting at 1/8 of a second, and comparing it to 1/1000 shutter speed, the 1/8 will show blur. This is do to the slow acuation of the shutter and the fact you can't hold the camera still at that low speed. Even just the process of pushing the shutter release button will make to much motion.


J

Oops I forgot we were suppose to do handheld. I was to excited to try out my tripod

I had tried a couple other times to change the shutter speed when it was brighter outside and my camera kept telling me it was to bright.

 

[jbr13]

Were you in SHutter priority?

 

[LusbyMom]

Were you in SHutter priority?

Yes

 

[jbr13]

In Shutter priority the camera should adjust the aperture to make the good exposure as you change shutter speeds. Check you ISO is set to 100 or 200 what ever your minimum ISO is.

 

[hvp05]

Oops I forgot we were suppose to do handheld. I was to excited to try out my tripod

You could use a tripod, I'm sure, but still see the effect of a slow shutter by catching an object moving through the frame - i.e., a boat.