Simple water fall pics

[StuartD]

I'm still relatively new to the world of photography. And it wasn't until I was browsing the pictures here that I noticed the blurred/faded water falls.
Up until today, I had just pointed at the water and clicked. As expected, it would capture the water frozen in mid air and just never looked as natural or full of motion/life as what I see in most photographers pictures.

Anyway, so I rolled the old dial and got my shutter down to 1/30 for the first pic and 1/25 for the second.
It was rough without a tripod as a bunch of pics blurred the rocks but some of them I was still enough for.

I'm just sharing because, even though they're not spectacular shots, I did learn something and just wanna share anyway :)

http://www.9xs.net/golf/800-001.jpg

http://www.9xs.net/golf/800-002.jpg

[Reflection]

Even with slight blur, they are still effective, particularly the second.

If you live near a waterfall, I recommend returning with a tripod and experimenting more with lower shutter speeds for the smooth look, and then make it faster to caputre it perfectly in contract.

[jopfin]

Those are pretty good for handholding, I agree with the return with a tripod comment, maybe an ND filter as well. Keep practicing can't wait to see more. Learning something new everyday, no matter how small is an excellent way to approach your new hobby.................Joe