Shooting Water

[jamesnisabelle]

Hi there, im just after a little help, im working for a client at the moment, and while venturing round the grounds of his house, ive come across this stream running through his garden, very fast running water.

Well just my luck that i forgot my camera but im going back on tuesday next week, im planning on buying a tripod to take, ive seen a few tutorials on shutter speed and this will be my first time capturing water, ive tried it before with cars lights at night and these turned out ok.

the lenses i have and will be taking are the nifty fifty 1.4 and a 55-250 is Kit lens

Should i get shots with both or would you recommend sticking with 1 lens.

One problem i have is that time will not be on my side as i will be working there and taking these pics in my work breaks.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

James

[400dabuser]

With the 50mm prime lens, you would have to be kind of near the water stream, obviously, you knew that

I would bring both lenses along, try it with the 55-200mm

[tonylong]

You have the 18-55 IS on your list, if I were you I would have that on hand.

Two approaches to shooting running water: a shutter speed that will "freeze" every drop, and a shutter speed that is slow and will cause a silky affect with your image. The slow shutter speed might need a very low ISO, a very low aperture, and often benefits from a filter, either a Neutral Density filter or a polarizer.

If you can, try both approaches, maybe using Auto Exposure Bracketing if the light is at all tricky.

[HuskyKMA]

I'll second taking along the 18-55 IS.