Fountains with ND Filter by taffy

Fountains with ND Filter

Junko's and my main reason for going to the Botanical Gardens was to practice using our newly arrived ND Filters (Singh-Ray in case anyone was wondering - a 2 stop, 3 stop, and a reverse -- none of which I can actually explain except that it's about how much light gets filtered). It was a VERY bright day and we were shooting here into the sun.
For those interested, here's what I did...I stopped Aperture down to f32, the lowest my lens would go, and then put the darkest filter on it. ISO was down to 50 (the lowest I could go). This allowed me to have 1 second shutter speed. Not a lot, but impossible without the filters. And I had a circular polarizer on the lens as well. So, not the most exciting photo, but quite satisfying in that we figured out how to put the holder on the lens, insert the ND filter we wanted, and we played around with hand holding the filters as well. Camera was on a tripod and I used an external shutter release.
Off to Hawaii tomorrow morning...but had to post this before leaving. Hoping to learn how to actually control use of filters while in the photo course.
Fav. for the gorgeous shot but I didn't understand the complicated procedure - not your fault. I'm a self-made amateur and have never had any lessons in photography.
September 17th, 2016  
Thanks for all the detail Taffy. This is a beautiful shot Fav
September 17th, 2016  
Super perspective and use of slow shutter. Enjoy Hawaii. Fav
September 17th, 2016  
Really beautiful, so soft and I like the continuing the fountains
September 17th, 2016  
Terrific capture :)
September 17th, 2016  
Great job!
September 17th, 2016  
So pretty and I love your pov.
September 17th, 2016  
Very nice fountain
September 17th, 2016  
Nicely shot.
September 17th, 2016  
Neat shot, leading line
September 17th, 2016  
I am fearful of the day when I discover that I need to move on to all this technical malarkey to improve my photography. Not though, of the unlikely event that I ever go to Hawaii for a photography course.
September 17th, 2016  
I love the repetition of the three fountains:)
September 17th, 2016  
Beautifully captured. Fav!! 😃
September 17th, 2016  
Great pov
September 17th, 2016  
I like the movement of water that you have captured. A trip to Hawaii for a photography course sounds wonderful.
September 17th, 2016  
Fantastic shot
September 17th, 2016  
@helenhall Haha! It is pretty addictive and it took me 4 years to get to this point...but I have to admit to wanting to see what gadgets can open up new doors. It was so fun shooting in such a bright sunny day which usually I'd sort of ignore as not being good lighting.
September 17th, 2016  
Awesome picture and perspective. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
September 18th, 2016  
Oh, very cool... I bought some sort of cheapie ND filters recently, to see if I liked them. Used them on the long exposure bike shots, recently, with some good effect. I am eagerly awaiting some Hawaii shots. :)
September 18th, 2016  
Great shot, too technical for me at the moment. this is more David's area of photography.
September 18th, 2016  
Nice work with the filters - my next step
September 18th, 2016  
Fabulous
September 18th, 2016  
Lovely design..................enjoy Hawaii!
September 19th, 2016  
Three. I can't count. Coming fast and furious...
September 19th, 2016  
@frankhymus Very helpful! Many thanks! Interesting to see the equipment photographers in this workshop are using. Still mostly Canon/Nikon DSLR, but a few are mirrorless users now.
September 20th, 2016  
@taffy Well, I think you don't have too much interest in "video" and modern stuff like that. If you did, I think you would find DSLR use goes to zero. :)

I am going to rent the Fujifilm X-T2 this weekend, just to see. I like to have shot with the cameras i talk about, recommend/pan. I still think I am waiting for the last iteration of FF DSLRs, the next generation D810 or D750. I am not terribly interested in video, and I want to see if the D500/D5 significant improvements make it to the "enthusiast" DSLR. I am hoping they do, not this year at Photokina, but perhaps later this year at Photo Expo.
September 21st, 2016  
i like the softness that the light that the filter created. very nice.
September 21st, 2016  
nice lines
September 23rd, 2016  
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