AlanLichty
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My falling water for today is from a stretch of Bridal Veil Creek in the Columbia River Gorge. This may not be a major waterfall but its just downstream from one so close enough 
I used to shoot this spot a lot trying out different shutter speeds to see what types of textures the flowing water took on. Turns out there is no optimal answer because at different times of the year the rate of flow in the creek vary wildly and change the result with a constant shutter speed. Final conclusion - it's best to take several shots with a range of speeds so you can pick the one you like later. In this particular case the one I liked was shot at 1/8s. Slower speeds turned the scene into a more solid white and obscured a lot of the details where this shutter speed left a lot more details and almost resembled brush strokes in the flowing water. Faster speeds got more edgy with rough water textures that weren't as pleasing at least to my eyes.
I used to shoot this spot a lot trying out different shutter speeds to see what types of textures the flowing water took on. Turns out there is no optimal answer because at different times of the year the rate of flow in the creek vary wildly and change the result with a constant shutter speed. Final conclusion - it's best to take several shots with a range of speeds so you can pick the one you like later. In this particular case the one I liked was shot at 1/8s. Slower speeds turned the scene into a more solid white and obscured a lot of the details where this shutter speed left a lot more details and almost resembled brush strokes in the flowing water. Faster speeds got more edgy with rough water textures that weren't as pleasing at least to my eyes.
