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SMOKE ON THE WATER
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Have
you ever wanted to photograph cascading
waterfalls or rapids with the water
appearing silky or smoke like?
Story: Slow
the flow
The trick lies in a slow shutter
speed. But how do you attain a slow
shutter speed in bright daylight? Set
your camera to aperture priority and
set it to a small aperture of f8 and
above. The smaller the aperture the
slower the shutter speed.
To slow it further, use the lowest ISO
setting, find a shady spot or use a
ND filter. At speeds below 1/60 of a
second, a tripod is recommended but
not mandatory. In this case, the camera
was perched on a rock.
In contrast, a fast shutter speed of
1/4000
of a second resulted in a totally different
effect (left).
Olympus C8080, ISO 50, f.8, 1 sec |
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5th
May 2005
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