Yet more water on a hot summer day

[slejhamer]

Playing around with longer exposure. Not quite as I had hoped, but getting there.

With only the circular polarizer I couldn't go slower than 1/80s at f8 and that wouldn't have given the cotton-thread effect I wanted. With the cir-pol and IR filter in Tv mode I set it at 3.2s and the camera picked f6.3. Tweaked it in PS as noted.

Given the long exposure, the slight breeze through the trees was a problem. Camera shake was an issue too, caused by the vibrations in the bridge that I was on as people walked behind me.

Thoughts?

INFRARED POTOMAC (http://www.adimaging.com/cpig/showphoto.php?photo=655)

[pappy]

This is tremendous. the rocks appear sharp and any slight softness in trees and leaves suits this type of photo. The contrast is right on as is the exposure.

Excellent work.

Regards,
Peter

[rssfhs]

Great effect Mitch! Thanks for the tutorial!

Craig

[eland]

Mitch
Cleverly worked out and excellent result.
I'll give the students the URL.
They need to see this.

Regards
eland

[TimNYC24]

slej, this **** is really fantastic. It reminds me of a winter morning. Very,very nicely done!

[TimNYC24]

I am so sorry, please excuse my typo. That's what I get for typing without the light on.! Sorry, slej. I of course meant to type "SHOT."

[slejhamer]

Thanks everyone for your comments! My concern is that the top portion is quite busy and I wonder if a somewhat different composition or crop might have worked better, but given the location I didn't have too many alternative shooting angles. Also I wish there was more tonal separation between the rocks and foliage, but I don't have any ND filters and could not have gotten the long exposure without the IR filter.

Error correction: the aperture setting was f6.3, not f4 as I stated above. The 3.2s shutter speed is correct. The next shot in the series was f4 at the same shutter speed and was terribly overexposed. I was looking at the wrong exif data when I posted, and have made the necessary changes. But this will also give you a better idea of the brightness of the scene - with the cir-pol plus the IR filter the camera was still stopped down almost all the way. I admit that I picked the 3.2 second exposure arbitrarily, and in hindsight 2s may have been sufficient and given me more flexibility.

ELAND: as one of your unofficial students, I am honored that I can contribute to your class! Let me know if there are questions regarding the image; I would be happy to help.

TIM: Lol! That's the first time someone has used that term in a good way to describe one of my shots!

Cheers,

[TimNYC24]

[quote]slejhamer wrote:

...... but I don't have any ND filters and could not have gotten the long exposure without the IR filter.

Slej, maybe using the ND on the G3 would work in this case? assuming you shoot with the G3 :)

[slejhamer]

TimNYC24 wrote:
Slej, maybe using the ND on the G3 would work in this case? assuming you shoot with the G3 :)


Nope, it's a G1, no built-in ND filter. (Question: is there really an ND filter in the camera, or is it just a software-based approximation like exposure compensation?)

Besides, the G3 can't do IR, no matter what anyone says. (Ok, may Gandini's had a touch of success, but that's it.)

Thank you for the suggestion though. This made me think - I suppose I could have used exposure comp to fake it. Hmmm... will have to remember to try that next time.

Regards,