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I've always wanted to get waterfalls to go fuzzy. So far, with my G1, no great success. I set it to time value, start moving the time down until the f-stop goes red. I then shift up to the next higher time it will allow.

The shots almost fuzz but the exposure is blown out. Any suggestions on how to get the effect I'm looking for? Please explain this like I'm a three year old. I'm a novice user wanting to look like the big guys. Thank you for the excellent advice on buying this great camera!
 
The problem here is that the minimum aperture on the G1 is only f/8. And so even using ISO 50 it would no allow you to use a slow shutter speed to fuzz the water. For it to be effective you will need an exposure time of at least 1 second or slower. The slower the better. What you need is a neutral density filter in front of the camera or maybe a polarizer. This will let you cut some 2 stops of light and allow slower shutter speeds to let the water go soft. You will need to buy the canon adapter and then buy 58mm polarizers or neutral density filters in this size.
Tom Matt said:
I've always wanted to get waterfalls to go fuzzy. So far, with my
G1, no great success. I set it to time value, start moving the time
down until the f-stop goes red. I then shift up to the next higher
time it will allow.
The shots almost fuzz but the exposure is blown out. Any
suggestions on how to get the effect I'm looking for? Please
explain this like I'm a three year old. I'm a novice user wanting
to look like the big guys. Thank you for the excellent advice on
buying this great camera!
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I have the adapter and polarizer. I used that today. Is there a manuel setting or something that will work? There has to be a way to do this, I hope.
Chunin Martinez said:
Tom Matt said:
I've always wanted to get waterfalls to go fuzzy. So far, with my
G1, no great success. I set it to time value, start moving the time
down until the f-stop goes red. I then shift up to the next higher
time it will allow.
The shots almost fuzz but the exposure is blown out. Any
suggestions on how to get the effect I'm looking for? Please
explain this like I'm a three year old. I'm a novice user wanting
to look like the big guys. Thank you for the excellent advice on
buying this great camera!
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Long exposures require less light. If filtering doesn't work, wait until it's darker. I presume the sun goes down where you are.
Tom Matt said:
Chunin Martinez said:
Tom Matt said:
I've always wanted to get waterfalls to go fuzzy. So far, with my
G1, no great success. I set it to time value, start moving the time
down until the f-stop goes red. I then shift up to the next higher
time it will allow.
The shots almost fuzz but the exposure is blown out. Any
suggestions on how to get the effect I'm looking for? Please
explain this like I'm a three year old. I'm a novice user wanting
to look like the big guys. Thank you for the excellent advice on
buying this great camera!
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Was the sun out? If so try it again on a day with a heavy over cast sky. What was the slowest shutter speed you were able to set be for the f-stop went red? If you don't get the shutter speed down to at less a 1/2 sec you won't get the effect your looking for.
Tom Matt said:
Chunin Martinez said:
Tom Matt said:
I've always wanted to get waterfalls to go fuzzy. So far, with my
G1, no great success. I set it to time value, start moving the time
down until the f-stop goes red. I then shift up to the next higher
time it will allow.
The shots almost fuzz but the exposure is blown out. Any
suggestions on how to get the effect I'm looking for? Please
explain this like I'm a three year old. I'm a novice user wanting
to look like the big guys. Thank you for the excellent advice on
buying this great camera!
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
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Tom Matt said:
I've always wanted to get waterfalls to go fuzzy. So far, with my
G1, no great success. I set it to time value, start moving the time
down until the f-stop goes red. I then shift up to the next higher
time it will allow.
The shots almost fuzz but the exposure is blown out. Any
suggestions on how to get the effect I'm looking for? Please
explain this like I'm a three year old. I'm a novice user wanting
to look like the big guys. Thank you for the excellent advice on
buying this great camera!
Click to expand...
Try a neutral density filter If you want the shot in color. For black & white, a deep red or infrared filter will also work fine.
http://home.twcny.rr.com/scho/newpics/source/13n.html
 
Carl , Wow, your pictures a just superb, I've never seen anything like it. I'll be shopping for filters tomorrow. Again your pictures are truly breathtaking, what ever your doing do it some more.
Carl Schofield said:
Tom Matt said:
I've always wanted to get waterfalls to go fuzzy. So far, with my
G1, no great success. I set it to time value, start moving the time
down until the f-stop goes red. I then shift up to the next higher
time it will allow.
The shots almost fuzz but the exposure is blown out. Any
suggestions on how to get the effect I'm looking for? Please
explain this like I'm a three year old. I'm a novice user wanting
to look like the big guys. Thank you for the excellent advice on
buying this great camera!
Click to expand...
Try a neutral density filter If you want the shot in color. For
black & white, a deep red or infrared filter will also work fine.
http://home.twcny.rr.com/scho/newpics/source/13n.html
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What you want to do is try to lower the shutter spead. If you change the F-stop you need to change the shutter as well. You will have to play around a bit, but try slowing the shutter. and also if you are shooting outside try a slow ISO setting.
Tom Matt said:
I've always wanted to get waterfalls to go fuzzy. So far, with my
G1, no great success. I set it to time value, start moving the time
down until the f-stop goes red. I then shift up to the next higher
time it will allow.
The shots almost fuzz but the exposure is blown out. Any
suggestions on how to get the effect I'm looking for? Please
explain this like I'm a three year old. I'm a novice user wanting
to look like the big guys. Thank you for the excellent advice on
buying this great camera!
Click to expand...
 
You need to get the shutter speed really long - the best
examples of blurred water are shot at maybe five to ten
seconds at the very least. The only way to do this with a
G1 would be to get some heavy NEUTRAL DENSITY
filter (try to get it in gelatin wratten form) of at least a factor
of 8 (three stops) and because the front element of the
G1 is so small you could get at least two thicknesses out
of a single piece. Sandwich the two together and hold them
in place over the lens with two small pieces of "low tack"
double sided tape. It is important to shade the lens from
direct sunlight coming from the top/side. You will need a
tripod and you might try to use the camera in full manual
with the LCD giving you an indication of the correct exposure.
Stop the lens down to f8, use the self timer to avoid camera
shake and experiment like mad.

Neil.

http://www.dg28.com
 
EJ said:
Carl,
Your photos take my breath away. Great work. I am interested in
infra red photos also. Could you comment on how you think the Hoya
90 infra red compares to the Hoya 72 that you are using?
Especially when used on the G1.
Thanks
EJ
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Thanks EJ. I don't think that the Hoya 90 would work well with the G1 (or 950 either) because it cuts off too much of the near infrared. I would stick with the R72 (Wratten 89B) which lets through all of the near infrared and just a little of the visible.
 
Tom Matt said:
Carl , Wow, your pictures a just superb, I've never seen anything
like it. I'll be shopping for filters tomorrow. Again your pictures
are truly breathtaking, what ever your doing do it some more.
Carl Schofield wrote:
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Thanks Tom. You can also take a look at some nice infrared shots taken with the G1 and an 89B filter in Steve's review:
http://www.steves-digicams.com/g1_samples.html
 
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