52 Weeks of Nature – Week 28 | Hawaii Nature Photographer

Posted on July 10, 2010

Let's talk about Shutter Speed and running water.  Everyone loves a waterfall, right?  How can you make a waterfall picture even better?  Find a rock to use as a tripod, or better yet, carry a tripod with you, and slow down that shutter speed.  Here are a couple images to illustrate.

The above image settings are ISO 1600, f 4.0, 1/60 sec.  Still too slow for handheld, and you do get some of the movement blur in the water, however, it looks like the water is stopped in time.

By changing the settings slightly to f 10 and 1/8 sec, we now have nice, smooth, milky flowing water.  It gives the illusion of seeing the water moving.  Now get out there and try it out!

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