Waterfall

I am new to taking half decent pic's have just bought a 400D. was playing with longer exposures today what do you think, and please be honest.

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The long exposure effect worked well on the water however the overall image appears out of focus. Were you using a tripod?

Yerp, used a tripod, took the shot on auto focus, it is cropped a bit so dont know if that has made a diference

The water effects look good, but I agree with harlo about the OOF. Also, looks just a bit overexposed (at least on my monitor).

The EXIF data doesn't seem to be intact.

An chance of posting what settings you used? ...

Thanks for all the above, I appreciate all your comments, it might help me take better pictures.

The settings i used for this shot were TV 1.6 AV32 with an iso of 100.

I was playing with lots of other settings but either got just a white picture or no effect with the water. thats the nice thing about being a complete novise, practice and playing.

I'm pretty much a novice myself. Even though I've been shooting digital since 1996, I've pretty much let the camera do the work. It's not until 2 years ago I started to try to actually develop some photography skills.
Here is a shot I took trying the same concept as you. It was shot at F13, 1/20 & iso 400. I braced myself against a tree (had no tripod at the time). It came out a little soft but I sharpened it somewhat in PSP.
Harlo

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