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At last - waterfall with blurred water!

Started Jun 14, 2016 | Photos thread
Gary from Seattle Veteran Member • Posts: 7,852
Re: At last - waterfall with blurred water!

The earlier mention of the power and fury of a large waterfall is bang on in my view. When the scale of a waterfall is great, what one wants to emphasize is just that, power and fury, so a short SS best produces that result. However, to my artistic eye (forgetting what others may critique) with waterfalls of small volume, a longer exposure produces more interesting results. A small waterfall is really just a bunch of related drips and shot as such doesn't produce an interesting image. Blurring the image spreads the falling water over a broader area of the substrate of the waterfall. I find 1/4s to 1/2s to me produces the best images in these latter situations.

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