I know this has been done before, but I would love everyones help.
I want to get a picture of silky water. I have actually read past dicussions and have tried it but nothing is turning out. When I look at the pictures all I get is a white screen. What am I doing wrong? I have tried the whole range of f/stop, I am in raw and I tried ISO of 100 and 1/25. What are you guys setting your camera settings too? If you all would be kind enough to help me, I would love your advise and of course would love to see your pictures as well. Thank you so much :)
i am not one of the pros, but i think if you are trying to do this during daylight, you will need an ND (neutral density?) filter... i did it at dusk and did a lot of experimenting... this was at f/22 with a 13 sec exposure...
As suggested, low light (either dusk, or with your subject in shade), aperture priority mode with minimum aperture (largest f-number) set, minimum ISO.
Even in low light, an ND8 filter will help enormously -- these can be purchased from the usual sources. If you want to take shots in bright light (e.g. direct sunlight) you can buy an ND1000 filter, which blocks out 99.9% of light from reaching the camera. However, these are tricky to work with, as usually so much light will be lost that the camera can't focus correctly, so you need to pre-focus, disable automatic focussing, and then put the filter on.
Can you explain what your steps are? You shouldn't be getting a massively overexposed image (white screen).
(ND1000 filter in broad daylight, 58 second exposure)
For really silky water you need exposures of several seconds, depending on how fast the water is moving and how close you are to it. So you either need poor light or an ND filter.
Thanks @northy@shadesofgrey (i love your waterfall) for that clarification, I too was getting over exposed photos and yet when I did one at dusk it turned out OK. I hadnt really thought it through but of course to get long exposure we need less light.
Heres my dusk one;
I used a 1 sec exposure with f/22 at sunset. No filters.
This one was a 1.6 sec exposure on f/22
And then a 4 sec exposure on f/29. I would love to experiment more, I'm new to these as well.
I also use a circular polarizing filter. CPF is good for about two stops add ND filters as needed. Use a high f-stop (narrow aperture) and low ISO 100-200. It is all about allowing not much light for a longer period of time.
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(no ND filter either)
Even in low light, an ND8 filter will help enormously -- these can be purchased from the usual sources. If you want to take shots in bright light (e.g. direct sunlight) you can buy an ND1000 filter, which blocks out 99.9% of light from reaching the camera. However, these are tricky to work with, as usually so much light will be lost that the camera can't focus correctly, so you need to pre-focus, disable automatic focussing, and then put the filter on.
Can you explain what your steps are? You shouldn't be getting a massively overexposed image (white screen).
(ND1000 filter in broad daylight, 58 second exposure)
Heres my dusk one;
This one was a 1.6 sec exposure on f/22
And then a 4 sec exposure on f/29. I would love to experiment more, I'm new to these as well.