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Digital Photography Tricks – Discover How To Capture Moving Water!

The sun is shining, there’s a blue sky and a gentle breeze as you stroll leisurely through your favourite countryside location. You perceive a faint trickle of moving water in the distance, and as you move closer, you notice a winding stream. The water is dancing across the stones lying in the shallow stream. You have your camera poised, realising this is a classic opportunity to take something really wonderful. But just how do you make moving water look amazing in a photograph? This article explains some digital photography tricks to employ to make the most of this, and similar situations.

To start with, to be truly creative you will need to move away from using your automatic camera settings. Whilst the camera will do it’s best to capture what it thinks you want, it is possible that it will choose a fast shutter speed, in order to ‘freeze’ the movement. If that’s what you want to depict, then OK. But the more dramatic effect happens when the water motion is evident, and the rest of the picture is still.

You will need to select a slow shutter speed to capture the motion of the water. The slower your shutter speed the greater the motion captured. The best method to try here is experimentation. Take a shot, and immediately check the results on your LCD screen. Then adjust, to a slower or faster shutter speed, until you get the shot you want. To achieve the best effect you will need a shutter speed of at least 1/15 of a second, or longer. Truly smooth water should be captured if you leave the shutter open for over a second.

Using a slow shutter speed will mean that your camera needs to be absolutely still to avoid camera shake ruining the picture. The best way to establish a stable platform is to use a tripod. Another digital photography trick to utilise is to add a shutter release cable, giving you the greatest chance of eliminating camera movement during your shot. Also, set your ISO to about 100, with a small aperture, of around f/22 or f/36. A small aperture results in the slowest possible shutter speed for the ISO and light conditions.

You could also try using a digital photography trick from this list: -

* Try to get fairly close to the water you want to shoot. The blurring effect of the moving water is more noticeable if you are close up * Experiment by photographing different types of moving water scenes (waterfalls, rivers, streams etc.) * Revisit locations at different times of year to capture how nature has changed the look of them * If brightly-lit conditions affect the length of shutter speed you can use, consider the addition of a polarising or neutral density filter.

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What’s the best form for holding a compact digital camera?


I love taking pictures, but I have very bad shaky hands. I know that with the nicer SLRs with big lenses, proper form is to cradle the lens with your left hand and rest the viewfinder against your eye socket, which holds the camera fairly still. But with the small compact models I use, the lens isn’t big enough to cradle in my hand and the viewfinder doesn’t stick out enough to rest against my eyebrow (plus it’s not as accurate as using the LCD). I know all the tricks like holding my breath, keeping elbows in and against my body, etc., but they don’t seem to be enough to eliminate blur for me. How can I hold the camera still enough to minimize camera shake? My camera has image stabilization but it isn’t always sufficient, especially indoors without flash.

That’s a problem with the smaller cameras. Smaller apetures lead to slower shutter speeds which pickup camera shake.

My suggestions:
1. Use a flash whenever possible
2. Find a stationary object to brace yourself against, chair, doorframe, whatever.
3. When you’re inside and can’t use a flash, set the camera on a stable surface (or use a mini tripod) and use the self timer.

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