Three easy ways to shoot long exposure waterfalls with and without ND filters
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- Practical Photography presents three techniques for shooting waterfalls, from 'no specialist kit required' images to more artistic Big Stopper ND filter pictures. There's something for all waterfall fanatics!
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Nice job. Great video. Step by step instructions. Thank you.
Brilliantly demonstrated
This video helped me to see the huge impact a 10-stop can produce on the overall photo. I thought the first two photos were okay, but, imo, the last photo (with the 10-stop) was the most attractive. I love the creamy, ethereal look of the water surrounding the sharply focused rocks in the foreground. I wouldn't have thought of trying such a super long exposure in that situation. Thanks for the lesson!
Fantastic video. I wish there were more videos like this. It walks a beginner (like me) through the entire thought process, from composition, to focus, to exposure, to problem solving techniques. Thanks for sharing.
I love how you take it through the whole process step by step. A great learning opportunity for hobbyist photographer like me.
Thank you very much for your time and effort.
We're so glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!
I’m surprised the water cascading onto the tripod didn’t shake the camera. Well done.
Excellent explanation, so well presented. Thanks for posting.
looks like woodhead water falls great little video
Great video, Thanks for the tip on the viewfinder curtain...
Very good informative presentation. Thank you. It’s great to see UK locations used and this location is one of my favourite go to places. There are numerous waterfalls and water courses here but be prepared for quite a steep hike. The wellies were a good idea. Brill 👍🏻
Great video, Thanks for the tip on the viewfinder letting light in
Great video James, thank you!!!
Good comprehensive video. One thing I might mention... If this video is to show basic techniques, I would recommend framng/focusing the shot AFTER I attached the remote release so that the camera would not move while attaching that release...
love the video.
Great stuff, I will have to try that when I go to Dalat, Vietnam in a few days! 😄
Very informative and beautiful shots, thanks
Polorized lense il definitely want to get that looks gorgeous, learnt alot from the video, subscribed and excited to see more from you
Great video and nice explanation.
great tips! Keep up the good work!
Excellent tutorial......Thanks
fantastic video this is one of the things i want to do as a hobbyist would love more like this ,
Great video, thanks!
I use one of the relatively new variable ND filters. Works well for me.
Thank you! Really nice video
Nice tutorial ... thanks
Thanx, useful tips!
A very informative video, nice work! - P.S I have the same Lowepro Pro Trekker 300 AW!
You might want to look into the Xume magnetic filter adapters. With these adapters you can pop the filters on and off in a split second.
Hmmmm.... >.>
rather good video on explaining things in simple terms...makes one think about how to do things themselves as well. What I find interesting is that the smooth moving water was popular years ago...then it fell out of favor...everybody wanted to stop the water motion and now everybody is back to that blur again....times they do change.
Great tutorial!! Thanks for sharing. But you can work out what exposure you need when using a big stopper instead of guessing it. There is an app called 'LE (long exposure) Calculator' and you input the type of ND filter using e.g. 10 stop and take a meter reading without the filter attached at your required aperture. You then select the desired shutter speed in the app and it then gives what shutter speed you need with the relevant ND filter.
I need to get some filters for my Canon 400d, It looks like it makes a ton of difference with your photo, I pressed the big red button and also rung the bell.
very helpful video, i do a lot of long exposure photography but still so much to learn i use the 10 stop and in very bright light i have a 15 stop for very long exposure.
Fantastic ! I've never used a big stopper, only polarisers. I suppose it always depends on the time of the day and weather conditions, right ?Thanks
Sir.
Interesting video.
If we attach u.v filter to the lens, will it affect picture quality
Can the silky smooth water effect of an ND filter be achieved with a polarizer? If so, what settings are recommended to use with the polarizer?
Hi, are you able to lock in your settings on the camera before putting circular ND filters on? Isn't there a risk that you change something while screwing the filter on because you can't see anything in live view afterwards. Enjoyed the video, waterfalls are on my to do list, so this was very helpful. I've never not tried it once before and messed up with the ND filter, gave up and used a polariser instead.
Beautiful location. Did you know there is another fall above the one your shooting? A place I WILL be going back to :)
Really great process, do you recommend a ND Variable filter, and what lens did you use for this video...16-35mm ?
Great video. What lens are you using?
Nice. What kind of microphone are you using?
What about switching to manual focus before putting on the big stopper?
Nice one, where are these waterfalls if you dont mind me asking
Good stuff! One thing which struck me though, towards the end of the video was that changing from a 5 minute exposure to a 4 minute exposure for the last shot would not make a great deal of difference compared to the relatively large aperture change which you made. If I understand this f stop malarky properly, you would only decrease exposure by 1 stop when going from 5' to 2' 30" so going from 5' to 4' is a VERY small difference in terms of the amount of light reaching the sensor.
Alan
What type of lenses you used and which is your nikon model??
so if your focusing a third in are you in manual focus
Can you use the polarizer and big stopper together? And can you bracket your shots with the big stopper?
Stacking filters can be a great way to achieve a desired effect, just be careful not to use too many filters at the same time! Thanks for watching!
If you're camera does not have a view finder blocking curtain, it is a good time to bring out the gaffers tape and cover the view finder! ;-)
Hello Guys!
Which filter do you use?
Thank you! Great video
ND filter**
Looked like it was in a Tiffen case, for what it's worth.
As a painter I always find it strange that photographers tend to really like the long-exposure-moving-water shot, which I think makes for a too smooth and somewhat bland representation. In my paintings I sometimes have a similar effect when I'm limited by time (say a ten-minute sketch), but when I do have the time I prefer to look carefully at the moving water and try to get the subtleties and vicissitudes that can be observed by the eye.
Take a look if you have to time, at these attempts...
www.harryrobertsonpainter.com/2012/02/painting-water.html
dose any one know which L bracket i can use on a Canon 5D mark 1 ?????
Great bit of advice!
Does anyone know where is this waterfall? Thanks!
Ricardo Bentes its Middle Black Clough, off the woodhead pass. Park near the old Woodhead tunnel. The waterfall is 1 mile from the car park
Thank you! Added to my list. :)
Can you dp it withouth ND filter
Btw... I have Olympus e-420 with 14-42
yes, you have to take loads of shots of the same scene and then use photoshop (it's automated) to make it a long exposure
What is that camera
I would like to see the water more crisp and sharp in those photos, rather not blunt blurry water. I don't know if I could make you understand what I meant.
use short shutter speed and a couple of flashes.
Good video but you didn't mention switching over to manual focus with the 10 stop filter on, and really you are just guessing your exposure times. Why not get the correct exposure you want without the filter on, then count back 10 stops. Then you know its correct. By the looks of it your just guessing the exposure times. Still a good video I suppose.
Yes, count back or get the Lee filter app for your phone. Effortless 10 stop calculations.
can you show us 3 hard ways to shoot waterfalls? cuz easy ways are getting boring. btw never used exposure compensation, never know what's it gonna tweak and that might be the end of a game.
LordArioh It tweaks the exposure.... hence its name lol...
Now the leg, huh? *revs chainsaw*
I hate shooting in thirds. A picture is too busy then
You are just guessing the exposure time and not switching to manual focus? Do you actually know what you are doing?
adds for wix get on my wick
Why did you not count your stops to get your exposure? Prior to your cpl your exposure was 1/5 sec let’s say, so 10 stops would be 0.2x1024= 204.8 sec or 3 mins 25 secs. I would bracket around that number since 10 stops can be as much as 11 stops. So 1 at 3 min 25 sec and 1 at 6 mins 50 s. You bracketed at 4 mins which is ~ ⅓ stop which would barely make a difference. I see this all too often, people are forgetting the basics.........
Not everyone has a mathematical brain Charles.. (me included) with me it's all trial & error, Thanks to the "throw away" digital age ^.^ It'd be a different matter with film though...
I hate the whistleing but whatever, I must be very different than most because I prefer some of the water just to look normal and not have so much of a slow shutter speed, but whatever with that as well
Sir of us are not as advanced, please go slower in te to long exp. TY
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Your photos aren't over exposed but your audio is.
Sir of us are not as advanced, can you go slower, please. I’m sorry.
lose the cheesy whistle music