Waterfalls

audi

Just thought i'd share some waterfall pictures with you all :











more at my site in the "waterfalls" gallery.

enjoy.

photocat

Vivid gallery. I love how you can turn the water in what seems to be like milk. I still have to try that one. Lovely photographs, I especially like the second one, with the blue bubbles (ice?)

Invective

I would like to know how you do make the water look like milk... it's so nice

audi

thanks

photocat wrote:

Vivid gallery. I love how you can turn the water in what seems to be like milk. I still have to try that one. Lovely photographs, I especially like the second one, with the blue bubbles (ice?)

thanks for your comment. To get that "milky water" effect, experiment with a longer shutter speed - really increases the softness. You will however, have to be careful - doing so can blur the rest of your image out easily...so bring along a monopod or tripod!

audi

heres how

Invective wrote:

I would like to know how you do make the water look like milk... it's so nice

To get that "milky" effect, use a longer shutter speed. Generally, speeds of 1/15 second or longer will blur the water to create this effect. Remember to use a tripod, however.

But it also depends on the waterfall or water you are shooting. For instance, on the last photo I posted, the waterfall is gigantic. I wanted to trully capture to power of this cascading water, crashing on the boulders below. A longer shutter speed in this shot would have washed out the photo and wouldnt have provided the detail of the water hitting the boulders at all...

When you see a waterfall, judge by its sheer size and direction to point you toward which shutter speed to use. Usually (though not always) I find that small streams with whitewater or falls with very low amounts of water are perfect for longer speeds, whereas high volume waterfalls and crashing water is better for shorter speeds.