Slow Shutter Speed

[Peter]

I have just upgraded my camera to a Fujifilm Finepix S5700 and am still learning how to use it. I was impressed with the water photos from this newsletter http://digital-photography-school.co...blur-movement/


Here is a first attempt to capture this river. It was quite fast flowing and without waders this was as close as I could get.
Comments please.

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oops, just noticed a thread for Slow Shutter speeds. sorry If this is posted in the wrong group.

[RexK_Cozumel]

Frist off, if you wanted comments/critique on a photo this is the right place for it. As for the photo, I think that you have too much of the foreground leaves in the frame. For me they are serving as more of a distraction than they are as a frame for the shot. I would try to reshoot this one from a different angle. The exposure seems to be good tho and you really captured the motion of the water. I wonder what it would have looked like from a lower vantage point.

[jiminyClickit]

Peter,

A choice of a spot with more rapids, bigger stones, more stones/branches, and either a silky look (longer exposure) or a very sharply-focussed water-drops look would help. This is somewhere in between, not close enough to be about the water action. Later or earlier Sun may help next time, also. Basically an OK shot, just not a rich subject.

[crazzy88ss]

get a tripod so you can get a longer exposure.

[Peter]

Ok. thanks for the replies. Points noted. I have a tripod and will attempt to reshoot the picture and try to get closer to the water.

Regards
Peter

[steadierfooting]

Might be off topic, but how do you get the slow shutter speed without letting in too much light? I thought pictures with a slow shutter were only effective at night. (Wow that's such a noob question.) Also, when you repost, can you put how long you had the shutter open? I have a similar camera (sony h9) so I'd like to try and similate your picture.