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Flickr challenge help....

  • 21-06-2006 7:59pm
    #1
    skye
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    Hi guys,

    Posted for help over there and putting it here as I think I might get more of a response. Am struggling with this long exposure challenge. Have been reading up on the net etc but can't seem to get the shots I want. I am totally unclear as to what my camera settings should be. Have 2 camreas on the go so help with either would be great...

    Olympus C-310 AF Zoom 5.8 - 17.4mm 1:2.0 - 5.0

    Fujifilm Finepix S304 1:2.8 - 3.0 f=6-36mm. ( Mainly use this one ).

    A few pointers would be great.

    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    elven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭elven


    Well, what are you trying to shoot? What kind of lighting conditions, and how fast is anything moving?


  • #3
    skye
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    Well was trying Ashford river this evening, average flow rate in natural lighting - was using this as a trial run. Heading off to a waterfall in Devils Glen tommorrow and wanted to try out what I was at but not happy with the results...Perhaps the flow of water is too slow? Would this be an issue?


  • #4
    elven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,966 ✭✭✭elven


    If it's bright and the water isn't actually going that fast, you might have problems getting the effect that you want without overexposing. I'm not sure just how much control you have over the actual shutter speed but I just checked out the specs and your aperture is fixed at f2.8 from what I can see. I'm not sure how these cameras adjust for different lighting apart from just the shutter speed - but if you were taking a shot with a manual slr in daylight, chances are at f2.8 your shutter speed would be at the absolute least 1/400. If you think about it, one four-hundredth of a second is a pretty short time and you wouldn't register any kind of movement in a shot like that unless what you're taking pictures of is moving very, very fast!!!!

    I think in this situation what you want to look out for in order to make the camera use a slower shutter speed is the dullest bit of the waterfall you can find...

    OK, i just saw that it can go auto / F2.8 | F4.8 | F8.2 so there's a good chance that if you can manually set it, you want to go to f8.2 if possible. If it's modes you're using, I think landscape mode would use the smallest aperture and so give you the longest shutter speed to get that blur you're after.

    hth... I'm never sure if I make sense to myself, never mind to anyone else...


  • #5
    elven
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    Here's a wee link that might give you some info too: http://www.basic-digital-photography.com/tips-for-shooting-waterfall-photos.html


  • #6
    skye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭skye


    Thanks a million elven - makes more sense than everything I've been reading. Finding some of it a bit mind-boggling. Will try this tomorrow and let you know how I get on...Cheers!!


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  • #7
    elven
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    Excellent, have fun... I'll think of you clambering about over rocks and stuff when I'm bored out of my nut trying to fix someone's backup in a room with hardly any windows!


  • #8
    skye
    Closed Accounts Posts: 688 ✭✭✭skye


    Well you might be laughing if the rain comes as predicted!!


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