ancient_mariner
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Exactly what is realistic water? If there were such thing surely we wouldn't have these discussions. The eye/brain system refreshes every (iirc) about every 20 milliseconds but is also scanning - so water taken at 1/50 doesn't look natural at all. Rather as with vegetation blowing in the wind, a camera can never record water as the eye/brain sees it; we have to accept that and choose our own interpretation.
When in motion, water tends to break into a number of droplets.
I prefer to see those droplets.
No.1 above is not the natural way the water looks, too "smooth" for me.
No.s 2 &3 are the way I prefer to see it, dynamic but with detail.
I'm undecided about the last one, but I tend to think it's just a little too blurred for my taste.