In what is becoming an annual tradition, I went out for a early fall water shoot.
So I love taking pics of moving water and letting it all burl together. I like when I can get it look like a painting.
While I still had lots of light I got some close ups of water flowing on fast exposure.
If I didn’t do so bad at fluid dynamics I could start to explain some of what is going on.
I was trying to get some without any “white water” here. A little disappointed with how it came out. Was hoping for more detail, but I guess that is the nature of the beast.
I am extra happy with the second one, getting the detail in the rock behind the water while also maintaining the impression of water is cool.
Ideally I would have asked Emily to move, but I kind of like it. I could have put some effort into making her the subject. Maybe next time.
You can see in some of these that the trees hadn’t started changing that much. They have more now.
That last one I was happy with. It was a small pile of rocks with water flowing underneath them.
They were maybe a foot and half away from the camera when I took that one.
These photos also show off the effect a wide angle lens. This crack was just wide enough to fit the camera and lens in.
I had the camera upside down on the tripod with the mount hanging upside down to get it down that low.
I was pretty happy with these ones. The weir had a very sharp metal lip to create the crisp break in the textures. The glass smooth surface and the turbulent downstream. Both sides have reflections.
I wish the weir was a little straighter, but can’t do anything about that.
I took these hand held with a faster shutter (not including the first one), I did this because I has going to have a hard time setting up the tripod half in the deep water upstream. That would have also included me getting wet.
But I didn’t follow one of my rules (if you are comfortable taking the photo, it probably won’t be interesting).
Ah well next time, maybe… when its colder… great.
I realized after a few that I could see down into the smooth water, so I was trying to pull some of that detail out. But that required I pointed the camera down more, which skewed the top more, when taken at 12mm.
Still I think the last one is the best. Next time tripod.
A few more close ups with a small waterfall. This is similar in scale to the other photos. I didn’t get quite as much in focus as I wish.
A few of the general area as the light faded.