Clinging on for Dear Life

[Glayva]

The things we do to get a shot! This may look quite an ordinary shot taken from the bank of this stream. Oh no! I had to climb down a steep rock face to get to the water's edge and once there all there was to perch on were some dead reeds. I'm no youngster. To avoid overhanging branches I had to balance on a very slippery rock, hold on to an overhanging branch, focus and then take the shot with the other hand. After this, I had to climb back up the rock face to the path I had been on when I first caught a glimpse of this waterfall. Hope you all think it was worth it.

[SusanH1970]

It's beautiful! What shutter speed and aperture did you use? The water is so nice and silky.

[kabur]

Great shot Tony. The lighting and colors are fabulous!

[Cathrine]

Beautiful picture! Can you tell me exactly what settings you used to get this picture? thanks!

[Glayva]

Originally Posted by SusanH1970

It's beautiful! What shutter speed and aperture did you use? The water is so nice and silky.

Thanks Susan for your kind comments.

I was using my new Canon 5d mk2 and EF24-70mm 2.8L USM lens. 1/10th sec @ F22 ISO 100 and camera set at aperture priority.

[Glayva]

Originally Posted by Cathrine

Beautiful picture! Can you tell me exactly what settings you used to get this picture? thanks!

Thanks Cathrine

Canon EOS 5d mk2. Lens EF28-70mm 2.8L USM 1/10th sec @ F22 ISO 100 Aperture Priority. I did sharpen the two main rocks with Pixel Genius Sharpener Pro (The best there is in my opinion)

[MO Photos]

I think it was definitely worth it! Very nice photograph. Glad you didn't slip and fall in the water! Wet gear wouldn't have been worth it, lol.

[Palestinian]

Great photo!

Newbie questions:

1- Why didnt use Manual Mode or Time Priotity? since you didn't want to freeze the action of streaming water? You adjusted the aperture to f/22 to get a sharp shot of the whole scene.

2- You only used a PS to sharpen the rocks? Do you recommend using PS to adjust photos?

Thank you and sorry for the dumb questions

[PBW]

Originally Posted by Glayva

Thanks Susan for your kind comments.

I was using my new Canon 5d mk2 and EF24-70mm 2.8L USM lens. 1/10th sec @ F22 ISO 100 and camera set at aperture priority.

Wow, amazing shot.

As a newbie I've always thought shots like this would need long exposure e.g seconds (to get such softness in the water). I was amazed to see that it was a 1/10th. I assume that the river was fast running?

May be I need to just get to a river and take multiple shots at differing speeds to truly understand.

Thanks

Pete

[CalebD]

Oh wow. All your work was very much worth it. What a beautiful shot!