Slow shutter with bright sunlight

[Skippy29]

I'm looking to get some motions shots (waves, streams, etc) during bright light conditions and don't know how to achieve this without over exposing, any tips? I've tried this with shutter speeds of 5-8 seconds and can't seem to make it work.
Thanks!

[nitsch]

There are a few things you can try:

Use lowest ISO possible eg.ISO100
Use a small aperture
If after trying the above you are still getting overexposure look at getting some neutral density (ND) filters which will reduce the amount of light the lens is letting in. They come in varying "strengths" depending on how many stops you need to lose.

Hope this helps.

[PhotosGuy]

A polarizer is good for -2X

[Merle]

With film we would use a Neutral density filter which would not effect color saturation. ;) :) :D

Good shooting to Ya !!
Merle

[lordjim]

I had the same issue and through reading photgraphic books I realized that the pros are either doing motion shots in cloudy days or use neutral density filters (or graduated or split neutral density filter) which reduces the light in sunny day so that you do not end up overexposing the sky. Hope that helps.

[12345Michael54321]

See http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=75356

[weemannie]

You need to set the slowest speed you can, and the minimum aperture. If its bright, then that won't be enough. Neutral density filters are the way to go.

I've used 3 stop ND filters on only slightly bright days and even with a 50 ISO setting, only got the speed down to about 1/4 sec!

As PhotosGuy says, a polariser can act as approximately a 2 stop ND.

You'll probably need at least 2 filters to achieve the results you're looking for. :D