Experimenting with movement

jeffashman · Apr 19, 2021

Practiced trying to freeze movement with this fountain.

FountainInPark01 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

SquarePeg · Apr 19, 2021

Looks like a success. Great subject with a lot of options. Maybe add a side by side with a longer shutter speed to see what that looks like.

jeffashman · Apr 19, 2021

SquarePeg said:
Looks like a success. Great subject with a lot of options. Maybe add a side by side with a longer shutter speed to see what that looks like.

Thank you! I'm sure to visit that fountain again. It's about 2.5 miles up the trail from the house.

jcdeboever · Apr 19, 2021

Flash will always help in this situation

Original katomi · Apr 20, 2021

If you get chance
Go back to the fountain and do a series of shots
Your current shot you have frozen the water try slower and slower shutter speed
I am not a fan of the milky water but when I shot a waterfall I used different s speeds until I had a hint of movement in the water

petrochemist · Apr 20, 2021

Fountains are ideal for this sort of thing - particularly at dusk, when long exposures are easily done on a tripod & flash can be used to freeze the motion.
Neither super fast frozen shots or long exposures will look like we see the fountain but both are more interesting IMO for that very reason.

I don't think there any exposure length that wouldn't work well with a fountain, but there's little point in going beyond a few minutes

smoke665 · Apr 20, 2021

To me I like all water shots from milky smooth to count the drops sharp. As JC mentioned above if you really want to stop action, incorporate a flash. Here's an interesting link How to freeze motion with flash in photography | Camera Jabber . At the opposite end using ND filters can help you slow down the shutter, to get the silky motion blur. How to do Dreamy Landscape Photography with a Neutral Density Filter

nokk · Apr 20, 2021

looks frozen to me. well done.

jeffashman · Apr 20, 2021

Thank you! I'll continue to experiment with this fountain. I'll look at the flash thing, but the fountain is a good way away from the pond shore, so I would imagine a very strong flash would be required. Very helpful!

K9Kirk · Apr 20, 2021

Looks pretty good to me, Jeff. I have to ask, what were your settings for this pic.

jeffashman · Apr 20, 2021

K9Kirk said:
Looks pretty good to me, Jeff. I have to ask, what were your settings for this pic.

Thank you! f/6.3 1/4000 (max for the 2000D) ISO 640 130mm. It was on the dark side, so I had to brighten it a bit. It was taken at about 15:30 on a partly cloudy day.

K9Kirk · Apr 21, 2021

jeffashman said:
K9Kirk said:

Looks pretty good to me, Jeff. I have to ask, what were your settings for this pic.

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Thank you! f/6.3 1/4000 (max for the 2000D) ISO 640 130mm. It was on the dark side, so I had to brighten it a bit. It was taken at about 15:30 on a partly cloudy day.

I see. I would go back to that fountain during the golden hour with that water backlit by some beautiful light to make those droplets pop and do some bracketing to find out what works best to your liking. Just as a suggestion, I would also give about 1/2500th ss along with that f/6.3. I say that because I capture water droplets pretty good coming off of birds at that ss and it's not so fast it's choking off light. GL.

jeffashman · Apr 21, 2021

K9Kirk said:
jeffashman said:

K9Kirk said:

Looks pretty good to me, Jeff. I have to ask, what were your settings for this pic.

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Thank you! f/6.3 1/4000 (max for the 2000D) ISO 640 130mm. It was on the dark side, so I had to brighten it a bit. It was taken at about 15:30 on a partly cloudy day.

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I see. I would go back to that fountain during the golden hour with that water backlit by some beautiful light to make those droplets pop and do some bracketing to find out what works best to your liking. Just as a suggestion, I would also give about 1/2500th ss along with that f/6.3. I say that because I capture water droplets pretty good coming off of birds pretty good at that ss and it's not so fast it's choking off light. GL.

Thank you! I'll give that a try. Dusk and Dawn are a little risky out in that area, because it is the domain of a largish pack of coyotes once the sun goes down. I'd love to catch a picture of the coyotes, but we've been warned by the wildlife folks to avoid them.