"Fountain of Beauty"
Mountain Waterfall
Mountain Waterfall
For those of you who commented on my last post, your guesses were all very close, but none of you managed to get it exactly right. The "Guess What" picture (right) was actually a close up of moss growing on a wet rock. What some of you thought was sky is actually the water flowing in the background of the picture. The photo shown above is a zoomed out picture of that moss, with water flowing from a waterfall between the rocks.This photo was taken with a fairly long exposure, in order to create the smooth "flowing" of the water. Anyone who has visited Goomburra National Park will probably recognise this waterfall - it's at the bottom of the Cascades, one of Australia's most well-known waterfalls. Although it's quite small (only about 5m high), the Cascades are a great place for a photo, and the water in the stream below makes a very fresh drink after a long walk.
First let me start out by saying thanks for visiting my blog. I appreciate your kind words. I have been taking photographs for years, since I received my first little 110 camera for my ninth or tenth birthday. It has only been within the last five or six years that I have truly started looking at the artistic side of photography. Now with all that said, I have been looking through your sight and am impressed by what I see. I will be bookmarking and following your sight.
ReplyDeleteHi Christy,
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by at my site. You've done pretty well with your photography in only 5 or 6 years, actually I think I've been doing proper photography for about that long too.
All the best with your continued photography, hope to see you again frequently with your site.
Cheers,
David
This is lovely!
ReplyDeleteI yet have to try my luck on long exposures,..., but maybe I make that our next assignment and I'll have to do it then :D
Hi nicole,
ReplyDeleteMy tips for a long exposure photographs:
Set a low ISO (80 or less for daylight if you have it)
Choose a high aperture (F11 if possible)
These two things should help get a good photo. Of course, they're only useful in manual mode, so if you don't have this you'll have to go with the details.
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David
David-
ReplyDeleteFantastic long exposure. Did you use a neutral density filter for this shot or was the scene dark enough for the long, misty exposure? I'm guessing it was at least 2 seconds or longer?
Tom
Awesome shot and perfect exposure, David.
ReplyDeleteVery well done.
I have something for you on my blog, come over and take a look.
What a stunning waterfall image, David!!! I must try slowing water down for this soft effect.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying my new Canon Rebel XTi but not crazy about how it captures green leaves yet. Still learning. OOOh, wish I had an 80 ISO. My lowest is 100.
Speaking of moss on a wet rock, I always laugh when books have heroines who sit on such things. I can imagine the back of her pants when she stood up if she did.
Hugs, JJ
Hi Tom,
ReplyDeleteI actually don't use many filters for my camera, except for a UV one I keep on all the time (mainly to protect against dust!). It was dark enough for this exposure due to the trees overhead, and I got down to ISO 80 with F11, which helps too.
I think it was about 2 seconds, so of course I had a tripod. It was actually quite awkward standing on the rocks with water moving over your feet to try and get these photos - but it was worth it!
Cheers,
David
Hi John,
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking the time to drop by my blog. I'm going to check out your blog again soon. Hope you have a great week!
Cheers,
David
Hi JJ,
ReplyDeleteDo try this slow exposure with water - IMHO it is the best way to get most water shots.
Have you tried photoshop (or the GIMP) to help your Canon camera photos? If your leaves aren't so good you could increase the green channel midtones or something. Anyway, just have a play around - there's always a way to improve!
I know what you mean about the books! It sounds romantic, but in real life it's not so nice! :)
Great to see you back round again, hope to catch up again soon.
Cheers,
David
This pic is glorious! Apart from the magic of the soft falling water, the colour is just fantastic!
ReplyDelete*two thumbs up*
ReplyDeleteWonderful picture.
Hi Greyscale Territory,
ReplyDeleteThis is a particularly magic scene, but wait until you see my other shot that was taken just near this one - it's even more magical!
Cheers,
David
Hi digital flower pictures,
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks for your two thumbs up. You must really like this picture! Thanks for that, hope you do have a great day.
Cheers,
David
Great shot! Nice to see the bigger picture ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Lea,
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by to see the result. It was fairly close to your guess!
Cheers,
David
Nice shoot. The water looks like a fog. By viewing the picture, I feel relax
ReplyDeleteHello, great picture. I saw you also takes on insects, We have someting incommon, I take also insects pictures :-)
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that Australia also has insects like we have here in Sweden, I am thinking on a picture on the flower fly I saw somewhere here.
The spider picture was creepy :-)
have a nice day (evening or night)
regards
Anki
Breathtaking! I can imagine the force with which the water is flowing. David you've captured some really good scenes.
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