all right we're here at Falls Creek
Alaska and we're hunting for some
waterfalls
and I want to talk a little bit about
shooting long exposures for waterfalls
want to show how you can get different
looks with waterfalls so what you'll
need is a camera with a tripod ND filter
i have rain boots on xtratufs because
i'm going to get wet if your lens has
stabilization make sure to turn that off
if you're on a tripod you don't need
that stabilization and sometimes and
will kind of work against you and
introduce a little bit of blurring also
because I have a heavy hand I usually
set my two second timer so that I'm able
to click my shutter button and then step
away let the camera kind of come to a
rest before it snaps a picture
if your water is moving really fast you
can get away with a half second shutter
speed or even something a little less
but you want to make sure that you
preserve the detail in the rushing water
a lot of times if you shoot it really
long you'll lose some of the details in
the white and I want to keep those
details
so here's an example of what I'm talking
about on the left hand side we have a
picture taken with about a quarter
second shutter speed and on the right
hand side a two-second shutter speed so
the one on the left you can see there's
a little more detail it shows a little
bit more motion a little more action and
the one on the right is smoother more
ethereal either one will work it just
depends on what look you're going for
so it's actually dark enough out here
where I didn't need any ND filters I was
shooting at f-22 and anywhere between
1/10 of a second
one second up to two seconds but like I
said depending on how fast the water is
moving will dictate how much shutter
speed you want to apply to it like I
said more always isn't better and the
water that was moving today I was
keeping it right around bug I was
keeping it right around a second and
that was yielding the best results at
least for me it's always a preference
thing but just go out and try it try for
yourself and if you have any questions
just comment below
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