Gary Clennan wrote:
Looks like a nice location Joshua but the water does indeed look a bit funky. I am going to try out (hopefully) the SR app this weekend but am not sure what settings to start with. I suppose it is best to guess what length of exposure is best and then calculate roughly how many shots you need?
Thank you, Gary. You can choose the mode of blending, depending on the effect; waterfall, waves, reflection, etc. And you can choose 4 different settings; minor, moderate, strong and manual. From what i could gather from other folks\' settings, the most common used is between 64 and 128 shutter actuations. I noticed that the each setting in the camera can vary depending on the actual conditions. It looks like the camera can recognize the situation and decide how many shutter actuations are good for what setting under those specific conditions.
In my situation, I am convinced that the wonkiness has to do with the shutter speed for each capture. It was simply too bright that day. I should have used a slower shutter speed by stopping down the aperture more. On the monitor when viewed in the field, the water of my images looked fine and actually quite good and not just smooth.
rji2goleez wrote: AGeoJO wrote:
Two images from the cascading waterfall at Whiney Portal. Both with SR app and 64-image but I didn\'t get that smooth, milky appearance of the water I was expecting. Maybe there was simply too much water and the individual shutter speeds were too fast since it was bright. I was at this location some 12 years ago and 1 sec regular exposure was enough to create that smooth appearance. Maybe I felt too cocky and relied too much on the app. I left the physical ND filter in the car through out this trip and at this particular location, I didn\'t feel like hiking back down to get it .
Hey Joshua I wonder if 64 images is too many for the waterfall! I\'ve experienced something similar and sometimes less is more! Still, what a great composition of a great scene.
Bob, thank you! That\'s a possibility, too, I guess. It is worth experimenting some more. That waterfall is awesome in the fall. Maybe I should go back there and redo the shoot.
Jun 27, 2016 at 03:54 PM
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