This is nothing spectacular. Shot this tonight right around sunset at the botanical garden at Lake Shawnee. I found a group of slightly backlit coneflowers and decided to incorporate the man-made stream into the composition. I'm still learning how to properly use ND filters so played around with it for quite awhile. I kind of like the backlit flowers with the slightly velvety water. The "falls" in this stream are very tiny so didn't have a lot of movement to work with!
I think you did pretty good, except maybe f/22 probably lost you some fine detail. What kind of filters are they? I ask because I was contemplating the topic just last evening.
Angela - are you talking about graduated or split-density ND filters? Or just ND filters that affect the entire image? (Just trying to piece together the effect the filters had.) I haven't used graduated ND filters for quite a while - usually I find it easier to do it in PS. I do occasionally use ND filters to lengthen exposure times during bright days just to get the water to blur a little. Tom Kennon sported a Vari-ND filter at the spring CSNP gathering that was quite appealing. Might have to buy one of those...
Angela I have not used a ND so can't offer any suggestions. I will say that your use of one for this photo turned out nicely. Good job on this one and thanks for sharing.
Angela, very pretty image. Not sure of how much you use your ND filter. I use a ND filter and small apature on waterfall images or night shots (great for car lights on a highway) to get a long exposure time. If you set your ISO to its lowest setting in this case 100 you at another stop to your exposure time. Also your polarizer gives you a 2 stop ND filter layer these two together for a 4 stop.
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4 repliesAny suggestions are appreciated.
Canon Rebel XTI, tripod
ISO 200, 1.3 seconds @ F22, 2ND filter