Slow shutter speed

[chriswad]

Hello everyone, i am still relatively new in the fantastic world of the slr!! I have been experimenting with taking shots of moving water, ie waterfalls, beach shots using a slower shutter speed to gain that 'misty' effect. And if i do say so myself I have gained some pleasing results. The only problem is.... the other day was a bright day and with having the shutter speed slower, the picture was too bright. I dropped the iso and exposure to as low as possible but still struggled.
Any amazing hints!
Chris

 

[Hooky]

You would benefit from using a ND grad filter to balance the exposure in the sky and land

 

[irw1]

You would benefit from using a ND grad filter to balance the exposure in the sky and land

Yep, or bracket the shots and merge in Photoshop or similar app.

 

[marcusp13]

if it's not too bright use exposure comp?

 

[joxby]

There's only closing down the aperture left, then its on to ND's..

 

[jakeblu]

ND Filter a must for slow exposures in good light. Also close down your aperture which will necessitate a slower shutter. Around f16 going much lower can degrade image quality depending on the lens.

Steve

 

[Hooky]

Aprils' Digital Photo magazine has an article about this.

HTH

Alan

 

[pants]

Aprils' Digital Photo magazine has an article about this.

HTH

Alan

Thanks for that been looking for some guidance on this subject after all my over exposed daytime long exposure shots at the w/e.