Long Exposure - What settings?

[crowl31]

This may be a dumb question but if I want to take a long exposure of say a water fall what should i set my camera to?

 

[dEARlEADER]

the proper exposure.....

for water fall shots you need to


-shoot in manual

-use a neutral density filter and/or a polarizer to limit the amount of incoming light

-use a smaller aperture like f11 or higher

-use a tripod

-use you cameras light meter as a starting point for the correct exposure

 

[epp_b]

First of all, you'll need to use a neutral density filter, because no lens can close it's aperture enough to compensate for the amount of light you'll be letting in with a long shutter time.

Start by using your camera to shutter priority mode and setting the shutter for 3-5 seconds and then try bracketing from there.

And, of course, you'll need to use a tripod.