Jeff Holmes
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Here is a shot from a river in the central valley in Costa Rica... Can you tell it's the dry season? 
Canon D60 with a Canon 28-135mm
Canon D60 with a Canon 28-135mm
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Let's see some Canon D Waterfall Shots
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davedc
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The settings can vary, depending on what the conditions are like. In bright sunlight, as you can imagine, its a lot harder to make a long exposure than when its really cloudy. Took me a while to track down the picture to get the stats but I got them. The exposure was 8 seconds at F22 using ISO 100. I have a D30 but I am also on the waiting list for the 10D. I like the D30 for everything but the auto focus...if they finally fixed that problem then I'll be happy, and you can't beat the $1000 price drop either.
Dave
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hey ****...couple things...great pics...i live in western NC...a lot of your pics are familiar sites...chuckling...
great shots and beautiful pics.
My question and I ask it because I am thinking on getting the 10d, which replaces the 60...on the shots of the white water...in some of them they look kinda like vapor or smoke trails....was this shot this way intentionally or is that the way the camera handles fast moving water? Again great shots, but would like an answer to this, so I can know about how the d10 will do...or can is there a setting that will make it appear more like water? not criticizing, just looking for info and they still are good pics...thanks..t
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great shots and beautiful pics.
My question and I ask it because I am thinking on getting the 10d, which replaces the 60...on the shots of the white water...in some of them they look kinda like vapor or smoke trails....was this shot this way intentionally or is that the way the camera handles fast moving water? Again great shots, but would like an answer to this, so I can know about how the d10 will do...or can is there a setting that will make it appear more like water? not criticizing, just looking for info and they still are good pics...thanks..t
--...posted on http://www.pbase.com/dickg/ including this one from Ponytail
(Upper Horsetail) Falls in Oregon:
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Klotz
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Here's mine: f16, ISO 100, 1sec exposure w/ Tokina 19-35mm @ 33mm on D60:
http://www.pbase.com/image/13908795
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beautiful pics all...thanks..
question I posted above for all, as I see it in many pics...is the angel hair effect on the falls and smokey appearance of whitewater a fault of the camera or did you intentionally take it like that? Is there settings so that it will actually look like white"water"? Or are all digital slr's susceptible to this? thanks all...t
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question I posted above for all, as I see it in many pics...is the angel hair effect on the falls and smokey appearance of whitewater a fault of the camera or did you intentionally take it like that? Is there settings so that it will actually look like white"water"? Or are all digital slr's susceptible to this? thanks all...t
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Jeff Holmes
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The effect is intentional for most people and is achieved by using a fairly long exposure (eg 1 sec). Since the water is moving, it becomes blurred in the picture when the shutter is open for so long... the rest of the (unmoving) scenary remains sharp.
Hope that helps,
Jeff
Hope that helps,
Jeff
sureshmysore
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It sure does help..thanks Jeff....much obliged...t
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Jeff Holmes
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No problem! I should have answered the other part of your question about getting a more "real" look to the water... If you use a short exposure then the water will be captured in a more realistic way. It can be challenging though as many waterfalls are taken in low light situations meaning that people will use a longer exposure to make the picture light enough.
It certainly isn't a "problem" with dSLRs though, that creates this effect.
Jeff
It certainly isn't a "problem" with dSLRs though, that creates this effect.
Jeff
andyfrazer
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Here's mine (it's only about two feet tall):
http://www1.photosig.com/viewphoto.php?id=604039
Andy Frazer
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Andy Frazer
appreciate your second response too...it is comforting...as I am leaning hard to the 10d...t
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Noel Carboni
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dv13, as was answered earlier, a long exposure smooths out the water. We're all suckers for that look, apparently (I love it). I wouldn't call it a fault, exactly.
Actually, I took several different photos in that spot with several different settings. Here's a version with a much shorter exposure time: 1/30 second at f/4. Compare the two.
Two things to notice: The more "frozen" water, and the shallower depth of field (i.e., the things in the background and foreground are a bit fuzzier).
-Noel
Richard Seaman
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Photo taken with D60 and 28 - 80mm lens set to 28mm, and with a polarizer to slow the exposure down (f22, but don't have the shutter speed information at hand). I was being eaten alive by sandflies while standing in the cold water with the camera on a tripod:
Maruia Falls in New Zealand's Lewis Pass is very recent, formed in 1929 by a large earthquake which dropped one side of the riverbed by over 10 metres.
As you see, the Maruia Falls are a pretty good size, but Huka Falls are way bigger:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/NewZealand/index.html
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Maruia Falls in New Zealand's Lewis Pass is very recent, formed in 1929 by a large earthquake which dropped one side of the riverbed by over 10 metres.
As you see, the Maruia Falls are a pretty good size, but Huka Falls are way bigger:
http://www.richard-seaman.com/Wallpaper/NewZealand/index.html
Richard.
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felter
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Somewhere in Oregon
DanSan
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Bryan Carnathan
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Carl Schofield
Senior Member
A composite image with a mirror effect - Ithaca Falls. Canon D30 135 f/2L.
Robert Rodan
New member
--A composite image with a mirror effect - Ithaca Falls. Canon D30
135 f/2L.
Robert R
here's mine
http://www.freespace.virgin.net/r.rodan/index.htm
Robert Rodan
New member
Noel Carboni wrote
Robert R
Sorry about reviving this thread,but I just want to try and get my link to work! Hopefully,here's my waterfall pic. D60, canon28-105, raw, 1/250s, f4.5, iso 100.
http://freespace.virgin.net/r.rodan/index.htm
--Let's see some of your refreshing, awesome, wet, wonderful
waterfall shots. Here, I'll start:
Canon EOS-D30, ISO 100, 28-135 zoom @ 38mm, 1/3 sec handheld, f/14:
-Noel
Robert R
Sorry about reviving this thread,but I just want to try and get my link to work! Hopefully,here's my waterfall pic. D60, canon28-105, raw, 1/250s, f4.5, iso 100.
http://freespace.virgin.net/r.rodan/index.htm
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