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watefall/water question

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I have googled this and dont get it still

I went to some falls and was trying to shoot water so that is looks all smooth like this

http://www.photos-screensaver-maker.com/screen/images/scr-waterfall.jpg

mine looked awful
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Ok, I don't know much about the technical side of photography but going from the premise that how you took the photo effected the look of the water could it be that you needed to have the shutter open a bit longer in order to show more movement of the water creating a bit of a "blur" which then makes the water look smoother?
 
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You need a much slower shutter speed. You can get some blurring with a half-second exposure, and the full cottony effect with an exposure of several seconds. So the short answer is, set the camera on manual, set the shutter speed to 2 seconds, set the ISO as low as it will go (80, I believe), and the aperture as small as it will go (i.e. set the F stop as high as it will go, which is 8.0 on your camera, I believe).

Unfortunately, you may have had too much light in that scene for the slow shutter speed to work. According to your file, you used a shutter speed of 1/80th of a second at F4.0, using ISO 100. With an exposure of 2 seconds, F8 and ISO 80, you would have let in 32 times as much light, which would give you a badly overexposed photo -- and your water is already overexposed.

So to get the effect you want, you can either buy a strong neutral density filter to cut down on the amount of light getting to your lense, or (much cheaper) take the picture at dusk.

Of course, for a 2 second exposure you'll need that pesky tripod again, or some other kind of support system -- a 2 pound bag of beans or rice works well, as long as there is a handy surface to plop it on.
 
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Awesome! thanks for that info!
I may head out there more in the evening sometime. Or on an overcast day. I agree it was really bright that day, and i just had tohe camera on automatic b/c i tried to manually do it and the picture was super bright and crummy
 
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