 Jordan |
How to Give Running Water a Streaming Look Is it possible to use 100 ISO film during the day to give the running water of a stream a streaming look, instead of using ISO 25 or 50? The reason is I'm having a terrible time finding slower speed film under 100 ISO. Thank you.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
You talking about the white milky look water gets at slow speeds? If you are, one thing about that trick is there needs to be turbulence in the water for it to show up well. So if you have that, think about a different time of day because most of the pictures I've seen of this it shows better when it's shaded. The reflections off water in direct sunlight blend with it too much. But if stopping all the way down still dosen't work for you, you can get a neutral density filter, or a polarizer can be used the same way.
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Darren K. Fisher |
Yes it is very much so possible to get the veiling of water with an 100 ISO. The main thing you have to know is shooting this type of image on an overcast day and in deep shadow is the only way to go. If you shoot on a clear day with a blue sky you will not get as good of an image. Water will be all blue and not a very low shutter speed. I have found that shooting around an f/11 to an f/16 works the best. This should give you seconds for your shutter speed. The slower the more veiling you will have. Oh yea a polarizer is something I will not shoot with out. It will block glare on wet rocks plust make the scene darker for that low shutter speed. Hope this helps.
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Bob Cammarata |
What Gregory said about shade being best is true. If you can shoot on a day with heavy cloud cover...even better. Try to achieve a shutter speed of 1/4 second or slower for the best effect. I've gone as slow as 1 second with 100 speed film on cloudy days.
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Jordan |
Thank you everyone for your responses. I will give it a shot. Might be a little hard today with all the snow we got and the sunshine reflecting, though.
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- Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Contact Shirley D. Cross-Taylor Shirley D. Cross-Taylor's Gallery |
The answers so far have been very good. However, I disagree with one thing...not to shoot on a sunny day. If the water you are shooting is evenly lit, without spots of sunlight, you may get some beautiful photos. Some of my most spectacular photos have been taken on a sunny day with 100 speed film, especially in the Fall when the blue sky and the gold or red leaves are both reflecting in the water. Cloudy days are best for waterfalls, but for streams with reflections, some times a sunny day is better for color. The trick again is even lighting. I shoot details with a long lens, both with and without a polarizer, because sometimes the ones without polarizer are more interesting. The secret to any photography is experimentation. Check out my member gallery for examples. Shirley D. Cross
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
I didn't say don't shoot on sunny days. I said for the white milky effect it shows up better on cloudy days.
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