 Donna Dunbar |
water effects Recently, I was out taking photo's of waterfalls and was using very slow shutter speeds I did manage to have a really good falls picture but even still the back ground wasn't as sharp as I wanted. is there any middle ground to having a good waterfall picture and also a sharp back ground? If anyone knows a good trick please let me know.
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Kerry L. Walker |
Use a large aperature and set it to hyperfocal distance. That will give you enought DOF to ensure sharpness in the background.
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Jon Close |
I believe Kerry meant a large f-number, which corresponds to a smaller aperture and greater depth of field. Really small apertures introduce diffraction error that lessens sharpness. Best results tend to be from f/8 to f/16 for 35mm film cameras, f/4 to f/5.6 for tiny sensor digital point & shoots. To get an ideal combination of slow shutter speed and aperture no smaller than f/16 may require using slower film (or setting the lowest ISO setting on a digital) and using neutral density filters.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
Also depends on if you mean sharp from focus or sharp from blur.
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Kerry L. Walker |
Oops, Jon, yes I did.
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