Small fountain in Columbus, IN

[bardya]

a couple of shots!!!

Aperture: f/5
Focal Length: 27 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1300/...2f5d3f58_b.jpg



Exposure: 1 sec (1)
Aperture: f/22
Focal Length: 27 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/3 EV

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1218/...216b34d8_b.jpg

[ride no evo]

First off I like them both....but I really like fountains....I like the blue in the first one amd the water jets in the second....the background with the parking lot is a little off though...I would see if you can get the shot with plants or distant buildings in the back.......

[clockdoc]

Having seen both side by side I tend to favor the one shot with the faster shutter speed. The one with the slower speed tends to look like an airbrushed rendition of the fountain.

[bardya]

Originally Posted by ride no evo

the background with the parking lot is a little off though...I would see if you can get the shot with plants or distant buildings in the back.......

i'll surely try that...thanks for the tip...

Originally Posted by clockdoc

Having seen both side by side I tend to favor the one shot with the faster shutter speed. The one with the slower speed tends to look like an airbrushed rendition of the fountain.

ok...you know..i thought the slower shutter speed would look better...adn i still think its the better of the 2....its just that i was planning to go to some waterfall near my place in the coming weeks and this seemed to be a good place to practice slow shutter shots...ny tips after looking at these...these were the best shots i took of the lot!!!

[clockdoc]

Typically, some of the best waterfall/flowing stream shots I have seen were taken at a shutterspeed of 1/2 to 2 seconds. The end result depends on the rate of flow of the water and the background (dark river bed, rocks etc.). In the fountain shots, the water was under pressure and flowing quite fast. It was also shot against a more solid tone background. The result was much softer overall than with a waterfall or flowing stream shot. I feel you learned a lot from your tests and that is the important thing. Whether one person likes one shot over another should not matter as their reasons may differ greatly from what you were feeling/thinking/visualizing when you took the photo. I look forward to seeing your waterfall shots. Take lots of exposures at different shutter speeds.

[bardya]

Originally Posted by clockdoc

Take lots of exposures at different shutter speeds.

sure thing...tnx for the comments!!!!