Post your moving water/shutter speed pics here

[Ariston]

I am curious to see the different effects various shutter speeds have on moving water: oceans, rivers, waterfalls, etc. I am especially curious about ocean water - the look is harder for me to nail down since the waves move more slowly.

Of course, water moves at different speeds. What've you got?

For me, the first was 1/100 (I think), the second was 2 seconds. These are unedited, and I realize one has a light leak:

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

Hope this helps your research.

This was shot on Ektachrome 30+ years ago in Bimini. It was pretty fast, probably at least 1/250. I remember that I waited for the splash to reach the top (apogee) before snapping the shutter.

Bimini Shore by Alan Klein, on Flickr

This is a digital shot at 1/250.

Fall Stream by Alan Klein, on Flickr

This is a digitaal at 1/80.

Catskills Stream by Alan Klein, on Flickr

Digital at 1/320.

Stream Rocks and Covered Bridge by Alan Klein, on Flickr

 

[scheimfluger_77]

Another technique you can try is divide your 2 second exposure into 4; 1/2 sec. exposures. That will give you another look as well. This is assuming you can make multiple exposures with your equipment.

 

[glbeas]

An interesting post processing trick is to shoot three frames in quick succession and create a new image by using a color channel from each shot, red, green, blue. Creates a pastel rainbow effect on any moving object, especially nice for water.

 

[Ariston]

Another technique you can try is divide your 2 second exposure into 4; 1/2 sec. exposures. That will give you another look as well. This is assuming you can make multiple exposures with your equipment.

Cool idea... I’ve never done that.

 

[dkonigs]

4x5" shot on Delta 100
f/40, 73 seconds exposure (metered at 30s, but there's reciprocity failure to deal with)

 

[David Lingham]

A small water fall running off onto a beach. 35mm FP4, 1 second exp.

 

[glbeas]

A good example of the swapped channel technique.

 

[ic-racer]

 

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[ic-racer]

I sometimes include these next two with my 'water' images. They are NOT moving water.

 

[Ian Grant]

1 second f45 Polaroid E6 (Fujichrome 100D)

6 second f64 Fortepan 200, same waterfall Falling Fosse at Midge Hall (Nth York Moors) a few years apart.

4 seconds f45, some might recognise as it's in the DCB

Ian

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Manana island from Kaupo Beach on O'ahu, August 20, 2017. This was a scouting shot for a partial solar eclipse that happened the next morning, but the sunrise shots with moving water were more interesting than the eclipse. This was at ISO 50 for 15 sec. at whatever aperture and ND filtration I needed to get that exposure with the big rock in the foreground and the horizon both in focus. Might have had an ND grad, too, but not sure about that. I tried longer and shorter, but on that day, 15 sec was the sweet spot.

It's full-frame digital with a Zeiss Distagon 35mm f:2.0 ZS lens and a chipped M42 adapter that transmits the focal length, but not the aperture, so I don't have that in the metadata.

 

[Vaughn]

Two 11x14 images of Horsetail Falls, OR.

 

[Kodachromeguy]

Here is an example: Mint Springs in the Vicksburg National Military Park. This is a ¼ sec exposure at ƒ/8, Kodak Panatomic-X film, Hasselblad 50mm Distagon lens. Normally this creek has much lower flow, but in January and early Feb., we had 6 weeks of rain.

 

[Ariston]

These are great shots - I would like to know the shutter speeds on some that didn't share.

I've got some ocean shots in cue to be developed, but I don't really know what to expect the waves to look like at different speeds. Ocean water can be slow. I hope I was able to capture motion, without the long exposure look (though I took several long exposures, too). I've not been happy with my results in the past. I don't know why I don't stick a digital camera in my bag for previews.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

These are great shots - I would like to know the shutter speeds on some that didn't share.

I've got some ocean shots in cue to be developed, but I don't really know what to expect the waves to look like at different speeds. Ocean water can be slow. I hope I was able to capture motion, without the long exposure look (though I took several long exposures, too). I've not been happy with my results in the past. I don't know why I don't stick a digital camera in my bag for previews.

Might depend on the current and choppiness of the waves, and of course the effect you want, but I've found 15 sec. to be the sweet spot for the ocean.

 

[Maris]

Ripples, Noosa River.
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa VC FB photographic paper, 16.3cm X 21.5cm, from a Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Mamiya RB67 with a 360mm f6.3 lens. Shutter speed 1/250 sec.

 

[Ariston]

Might depend on the current and choppiness of the waves, and of course the effect you want, but I've found 15 sec. to be the sweet spot for the ocean.

I've done some around that speed - they turned out very smooth looking, which I like and use a lot

Ripples, Noosa River.
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa VC FB photographic paper, 16.3cm X 21.5cm, from a Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Mamiya RB67 with a 360mm f6.3 lens. Shutter speed 1/250 sec.

Maris, that is beautiful! I love the simplicity.