Photo Buffs...

[AdamSnow]

Here's a question for all the photo buffs... I've wanted to know how to do this for a really long time, but could never find a good picture to explain what I was talking about...

How is it done when they take a picture of water that turns out like this??

 

[Sphexi]

I would assume that lengthening the exposure time a slight bit would work, as long as nothing else in the picture moved.

 

[blodhi74]

One word. Exposure.

 

[UNCjigga]

1. Quality glass (i.e. good lenses)
2. Use SLR or camera with a super large CCD
3. Learn how to set aperture, f-stop, exposure etc. That "blurry" water effect is done by putting the camera on a steady tripod and setting the shutter speed lower so that it captures the moving water.

 

[UlricT]

Long exposure time, neutral density filter + low aperture so it does not get washed out.

 

[sash1]

slow(er) shutter speed

 

[AdamSnow]

Would that not allow a bunch more light in creating a really bright picture?

I guess what I'm getting at... is can they take a picture like this straight from the camera, or is there some computers involved to make it look decent after the fact?

 

[mugs]

Long exposure time + tripod

 

[Sphexi]

You can do it straight from the camera, a lot of processing can be done inside the camera these days. I've done some testing with that kind of stuff myself, trying to get pictures of cars going by on the road, where the cars are blurred but the background isn't. Just gotta find the best settings for your camera and the light.

 

[montanafan]

Straight out of the camera. Tripod, low shutter speed, fairly high aperture.

 

[AdamSnow]

Awesome... Thanks a lot guys

I was always under the impression that they were just photoshopped pictures somehow... same with the dark city with car light streaks and whatnot... now I know...

 

[sohcrates]

high aperture, long exposure, neutral density filter and tripod

that's how i got this

shooting in RAW also helped

 

[LS20]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
Would that not allow a bunch more light in creating a really bright picture?

I guess what I'm getting at... is can they take a picture like this straight from the camera, or is there some computers involved to make it look decent after the fact?

an exposure is a balance between the aperture (lens opening size) and shutter length... you can compensate for longer shutter length with a smaller aperture ... so more time for light plus less light allowed is equivalent to fast shutter with larger opening

any decent camera with manual mode will have some sort of Aperture-priority or Shutter-priority... to get these effect, set the camera on shutter priority, select desired shutter length, and the camera will adjust the aperture for a balanced exposure

 

[montanafan]

Don't know exactly what the conditions were like when that photo was taken, but the settings were probably something like 2-3 second exposure (shutter speed), around f/22 aperture, and ISO of 50 or 100. Just to give you an idea of how they probably did it.