Today its cloudy in seattle and i went to snoqualmie to take some pics of waterfalls.
I set the shutter speed to 1/5s and try to take pic. the pic is too bright that i hardly see and thing. then i changed the setting to 1/10s. still the pic is over exposed. and thing lower that this would n't give the smooth waterfall effect that i'm looking for.
I'm new to this kind of photography and would like to know how to take such pics without over exposing my pic
2007-03-09 14:50:46 · 5 answers · asked by kris 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
Although your shutter speed is critical if you want to create such an image,don't think about shutter speed so much as think about the ISO and size of the aperture. Use a relatively low ISO setting such as ISO 50 or 100. The lower your ISO the the less reactive to light your film or sensor is. Then assuming your camera has either a manual or aperture priority setting, set your camera to its smallest aperture which should be something like F16, F22 or F32. The larger the aperture number the smaller the hole and thus less light entering the camera. If the camera is on aperture priority setting it will have to find an appropriate shutter speed which should be relatively slow. On a final note, try not to photograph at the brightest time of the day. Try later in the day, the lighting scenario may be such that you can do an exposure of a few seconds or so. Of course you do realize that with such long exposures you will need a tripod and someway to trip the shutter such as a cable release, timer mode or remote. Hope this helps
2007-03-09 14:57:55 · answer #1 · answered by wackywallwalker 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the other answers are real technical but correct. They are probably the easiest way of explaning it. But I did want to mention that you need to shoot around sunrise or sun set. Even though it is cloudy out side there is still way to much light. It is like ifyou where to go out in the summer on a cloudy day...you could still get a sun burn.
Try this and follow the direction that the other people gave you. Also you will haveto take several pictures using different setting because of the longer shutter time. If you have a digital itis easier because you can see what u took.
2007-03-10 03:32:44 · answer #2 · answered by cwood6_10 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well I noticed the other answers were really technical. I took a photography class back in the day and while I don't know the names I do know what your problem is. If your camera is anything like mine (old school) then on the lense there is the distance, that you adjust so it is not blurry, and behind that there are some numbers. The higher the number the the more light you let in (that where it goes when it's dark) The lower the number the less light you let in for when it's bright. I hope that makes sense and good luck!
p.s. You'll be wanting a high number.
2007-03-09 17:31:20 · answer #3 · answered by aimeeme_g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting the correct requires a balancing of Shutter Speed and Aperture settings. (ISO can also impact brightness, but the others are the most important.)
If you use a slow Shutter Speed, you have to compensate by using a higher numbered Aperture setting.
If your camera has a Speed Priority mode, you can use that to set Shutter Speed and let the camera set the Aperture. If you have only Manual mode, you will have to set Aperture yourself.
Good Luck
2007-03-10 01:50:29 · answer #4 · answered by fredshelp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-03-29 16:59:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋