LongExposurePhotography - Icy Falls
Cold in winter, the Ithaca Falls take on an eerie chill. Take a look at this shot of the same falls, with less zoom, and read the tale of making the images. I thought this shot was perfect for the #longexposurephotography Challenge, by @juliank @photocontests
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Haven't figured out what it makes me feel yet but it's amazing. Cool that you can see, what?, rocks behind the water on the lower right. I think I need to find a lighter weight tripod to haul around with me. I just wing it most of the time. What do you do when you see a shot that you'd like to do a certain way but don't have a tripod?
Couple of tricks I find:
One, shoot from the ground (or a rock). Besides being stable, the ground also has the advantage of being a different viewpoint than most images people make: Added Drama!
Any stable surface works.
That said, I sometimes will improvise. AND use myself.
Sit, cross legged, and do the shot on your thigh. Lean with one hand down on the ground.
Sit, knees up, do the shot with camera balanced on knee. Only works for relatively short, Long exposure. Second or so. USE your remote trigger in the hand NOT leaning on the ground. They're cheap. WELL worth the $10-20 spent.
Anything over 2 or 3 seconds really does catch movement, no matter how still you think you are.
In this case, I can remove the Neutral Density filter, set the Shutter speed to 1/10th second, or so, and see what happens. Usually, though, there's a branch to put the camera on, or a large rock, etc. Since most of my long exposure is waterfalls.
BTW, here's my favorite tip: Don't forget your tripod.
I've made more than one hike to a falls location, without tripod.
Stable Long Exposure tips earned the painful way.
Thanks @bluefinstudios! I love new ideas to try and you've given me some good ones. As for forgetting my tripod.... I have a deteriorating back condition so each time I go out I have to decide how much I can carry. This is why I decided on my mirror less Olympus OMD camera. They are so much lighter. What do you think of those mono pods? My budget is tight so I haven't looked at getting one because I can't understand how you could hold something and get a decent long exposure? Any thoughts?
Actually, I have a Monopod.
I use it on the beach some times, and sometimes in the woods.
It can get stuck into mud/between rocks, into a briar bramble, etc and is ok steady for Long Exposure. Nothing like 10 seconds, or 30 seconds, etc, but for a second? or 4? Sure.
I jsut don't use it handheld for long exposure.
One thing I do is shoot birds all the time. It's perfect for birding, when I am not in the mood for the heavier tripod. It's great for birds that are in flight, etc.
Tough for low light. That's when the steady tripod comes in handy.
All of these problems would go away, as soon as someone with lots of Voting Power Upvotes me to $1600. There's a really nice Carbon fiber tripod that's ULTRA low weight.
Hey, you don't happen to have $1600 USD lying around looking for somewhere to go, do you?
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