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At last - waterfall with blurred water!

Started Jun 14, 2016 | Photos thread
richj20 Forum Pro • Posts: 10,181
Re: The power and the fury!

Hen3ry wrote:

That's really interesting, rich. The 1/10 gives an impression of great speed, and 1/250 more of power. I would be torn between the two.

I think the 1/10 effect is enhanced by the amount of water between the railings. In your waterfall, there is not as much volume, thus, a quite different effect even though we used the same shutter speed.

What got me going on this was your comment in the first post:

  • The 1/10 (approx.) zone seemed to me to give the truest rendering of what I saw. The 1/100 sec shows rougher water but it is not what I saw, not my impression.

I've often deliberated at a scene, whether to attempt to render what I saw, or create something different. Both, I suppose, are valid, and perhaps depends on what one wants to do with the final image: document, or express some feeling or emotion.

Thelatter reminded me of some quotes, which I looked up in my notes:

  • "I don't photograph the world as it is. I photograph the world as I would like it to be." - Monte Zucker
  • "Don't shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like." - David Alan Harvey

It's something to ponder...

- Richard

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