Falling Water

[dave.turley]

Hi.
Has this much merit? Can someone please explain how to capture falling water such as this correctly?..
Thanks


Aperture priority
f/stop f/3.80
Max aperture value f/2.80
ISO 80
Exposure time 1/200

[sk66]

There is nothing "incorrect" about this capture.

IMO it is a little too tight to be a "scenery shot" and a little too loose to be only about the waterfall.

[dave.turley]

Thanks sk66...Running above this watefall is a horrible blue tubular fence.It sort of chose its own place to crop unfortunately. I was frustrated with the composiion from the start here, so decided to try and get a decent shot of the water. Hoping to elicit some sense of movement. Do you think it needs a further tightening to focus more on the waterfall?

[navcom]

Sk66 is right...there is no "correct" way. It depends on what you are trying to convey. You've done fine.

Since you were trying to capture motion (silky water), you may want to slow your shutter speed down to around 1 second. You usually need a neutral density filter for this as it will make the image appear darker to your camera thus forcing a slower shutter speed.

[sk66]

I think a different crop helps. This might be a case where including something (fence) with the intention of cloning it out in post might have been better.
Attached is one crop idea.

[dave.turley]

Thanks for all your comments,and I think a closer crop is probably in order.
Dave

[dave.turley]

A further crop as per your suggestion.

[Edsport]

The crop version looks better. That pic would look good with the silky water effect. As mentioned by navcom you could slow the shutter to get the effect. If you don't have the filter for it try it when it's darker outside so you don't over expose it. Another way is to take several shots like you have here then stack them...

[freezeframe03]

I think your water looks great! It has motion AND it still looks like water. I am not a fan of silky water because (to me) it no longer looks like water or motion. Apparently, most people feel the opposite about that.

[dave.turley]

Thanks a lot freezeframe03, I appreciate that.
Dave