Waterfall Thread

[Ciliak]

I went up Cadair Idris today, in north wales, these were at the bottom of the mountain

[mkline]

I went to Ricketts Glen State Park in Benton PA today.Despite being dry around here I took a chance that there would be some water running.I will be going back again when it is a bit wetter .Here are some pictures of the many falls that are there.

http://www.mkmotorsports.net/assets/...s/db_029a8.jpg
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http://www.mkmotorsports.net/assets/.../db_016a13.jpg

Mike

[Geoff Chandler]

I went to Ricketts Glen State Park in Benton PA today.Despite being dry around here I took a chance that there would be some water running.I will be going back again when it is a bit wetter .Here are some pictures of the many falls that are there.
Mike

Mike - great series, I'm so mean! - I wouldn't have shared that many - really
glad YOU did. I liked the swirling water in the first one - and I like also the
foreground branch and dead leaves in (I think) the 7th. Did you use a
tripod? - the shutter speed clearly had to be quite slow in most or all of them -
but everything else is nice and steady.
Thanks for sharing these - really enjoyed them
Geoff

[mkline]

Thanks Geoff,
Yes I was definately using a tripod.Most of the shots were at between 3 and 10 seconds I think.And believe it or not some were shot with a Quantaray 28-90mm lense without any ND filters on and they came out great Including the one that you liked with the branch in it..I have alot more nice ones that I may put up later.I even skipped some of the falls because of alot of debris that were in the way.


Mike

[mkline]

Here's a variation of the one pic that I posted earlier.A little closer shot and it was underexposed but I liked the way it brought out the colors in the leaves.I shot it on manual mode 6 sec. shutter,f/22, ISO-100.




Mike

[Mr. Bone88]

Wow, excellent pictures everyone!

Take care,
~Mr. Bone88

[Phill D]

Haven't looked at this thread for a while so I really enjoyed catching up. There are lots of excellent images here guys. I've tried to capture waterfalls but so far have failed to get the dreamy quality you all seem to get. I'll keep trying though. I noticed that Mike you didn't use any ND filters to get the slow shutter speeds quoted here, how about others? I can only get f8 with my FZ20 so should I be investing in some filters to capture misty waterfall shots?

[mkline]

Ahh yes Phill,
I failed to mention that I was using ND filters on my 50mm lense but not on the 28-90mm.The last pic that I posted I was using my 50mm with 3 ND2 filters stacked.I'll be sure to add those details in the future .


Mike

[pbt1234]

Phil D -

Yes for the FZ20, you need ND filters. For use with my FZ20 I have a ND8 and ND64. Get plenty of use out of each, depending on the lighting situation.

pbt1234
Panasonic FZ20
http://www.sitekreator.com/mikewhite

[Phill D]

Thanks guys looks like I'll go & invest. I read on the panasonic thread that lovelife was suggesting using two linear polarisers stacked together to get a variable ND filter has anyone tried this on waterfalls? It seems quite a good idea, are there any drawbacks?