Apologies for the way late replies...the last two weeks have been really busy and on the road...
Nice looking water flows and falls. I like the lighting in the forest in #2 and your shutter speed choices for the water flows in #3 and #4.
Thanks Alan. It seems shutter speed was the biggest talking point with these!
Travis,
Fantastic set! love the background in #1 and overall fav...#4.
Thanks Sunny. I am considering a pretty big print of #4...it is one of my favorites as well.
Thank you!
You smoked the Smokies with these Travis! A really very cool series of waterfalls and you worked the Milky look very well. #3 and 4 are my favorites.
My preference is still of 1/5th of a sec for water movement, but for using a longer shutter speed these still look pretty nice. How long of a shutter speed do you aim for or typically end up at?
LOL, I see what you did there. I would say that 1/5 of a second is where I am least likely to end up. #4 is the shortest of the lot at .6, and I did it very intentionally for that image. I am usually looking at what happens in the water at different duration. Like #2 and #3, those for my eye didn't work shorter, I really am drawn to those rivulets of water that run over the big flat rocks, and 1/5 of a second has too much texture and that shape and pattern is not defined enough for me. #1 is 8 seconds, and that was done because the water was so high that day, and moving so fast, and I love that look...the deep water is what gave it the color in the water, it was so clean and clear. Typically speaking, if there is such a thing for me...1-2 seconds. But I have gone as far as 300 for a waterfall...
These are great images Travis. Count me a member of the 1/5 second club. But still, you have great conditions and these are very good longer shutter images.
Thanks Ben. It is all about what suits our eye I guess...for me the textures often present to me more as visual noise, so I tend to smooth it out more than some.
Nice set Travis..I like long SS when the conditions are right and these work well.. I like the blue green in the first. For the faster speeds #3 for me the big beautiful pour off and the flow lines look great.
Thanks Dean. That Blue/Green in #1 was from the depth of the water and how clear it was...torrential rains the week before meant really high water levels, and water moving REALLY fast.
Thanks Linda!
