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Hey Bucksnort. Great action shot! Although many "pros" don't like the misty water look, I love it (especially ocean shots). One hint for you when you shoot contrasting tones like this. When you first go to focus your camera, take a meter reading with the in-camera meter (if you are on Program or Auto this will not work) and read a middle-tone gray area when you go to take the shot. That way you will have a base to work from when setting your exposure compensation. Let me know what kind of camera you have and the settings you used to shoot this. I might be able to give you some ideas on where to set the compensation in order to lighten the bushes up a bit and still get the misty water look!
I lightened it up a bit in Photoshop. I didn't do anymore because it may have blown out the whites. It is a great shot though!! I'm glad you are going at it full-bore and learning!
Eric
I lightened it up a bit in Photoshop. I didn't do anymore because it may have blown out the whites. It is a great shot though!! I'm glad you are going at it full-bore and learning!
Eric
WOW that made a big difference.I'm actually just starting to learn all this stuff,but I just recently got a digital camera (C2100UZ) and it is cool to be able to see the pics insted of having to wait untill they get developed.
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Good job Bucksnort. Where is the pic from?
Those long shutter water pics are so cool. It's why I bought my camera. For years I saw pics like that in my Missouri Conservationist magazine of streams and creeks of Missouri and I wanted to learn how to do it.
Those long shutter water pics are so cool. It's why I bought my camera. For years I saw pics like that in my Missouri Conservationist magazine of streams and creeks of Missouri and I wanted to learn how to do it.
Thanks Jesse.This is Bear Creek it's off of the Mckinley Grove Rd. bettween Shaver Lake and Wishon Lake.
I am wanting to get a slow shutter speed pic at night of a freeway so I can get the streaming taillight and headlight effect.
I am wanting to get a slow shutter speed pic at night of a freeway so I can get the streaming taillight and headlight effect.
Bucksnort were you using a tripod and the remote or did you do it handheld?
I have a 2100 also and want to start experiment with different appeture/ shutter speeds.
Eric, would have using a wider apeture brightened up the shot? Although thats the nice thing about digitals and software you can manipulate the photos after the shot.
(Edited by karstic at 4:08 pm on June 26, 2002)
I have a 2100 also and want to start experiment with different appeture/ shutter speeds.
Eric, would have using a wider apeture brightened up the shot? Although thats the nice thing about digitals and software you can manipulate the photos after the shot.
(Edited by karstic at 4:08 pm on June 26, 2002)
karstic,
No tripod,just the image stabilization.One thing I learned is that I have to take a pic like this when it is not bright outside,or the slow shutter speed gathers to much light (even with the apature set up/down).
No tripod,just the image stabilization.One thing I learned is that I have to take a pic like this when it is not bright outside,or the slow shutter speed gathers to much light (even with the apature set up/down).
