Waterfall shots - from a boat

phkc070408 · May 25, 2026

Just an update to this, I'm not going to take a gimbal with me. I;m bringing enough camera equipment with me as it is. I also practiced using a gimbal with my primary photography and even tried some videography, and it doesn't serve me any good for that.

Spending $1k for a device I will use once or twice and might not even get me a good shot with is not an option for me.

petrochemist · May 25, 2026

It depends on the size of the falls & the size of the boat.
A long exposure might be practical if it was similar to the falls I saw on Milford sound where I shot the attached (the falls apparently being much smaller than usual that year).

When I visited Niagara on the Maid of the Mist, I think a long exposure would have been quite impractical. Though short exposures still gave some impressive shots.
If I recall right the boat in New Zealand was around twice the size of the Maid of the Mist.

I rather suspect any rolling/bobbing of a boat would involve movements much too big for either stabilization or a gimbal to handle. If you have good sea legs you might be able to reduce these movements enough for those systems to allow moderately long exposures.