ChrisR
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I visited Swallow Falls near Betwys-y-Coed a week ago, just after some heavy rain, so it was in spate. I've only shot a small number of waterfalls, so I'm not very familiar with the techniques, and I didn't have a tripod (or even a monopod) with me. The 3 shots below were taken on a Pentax MX with a Pentax-M 35mm f/2 lens, on expired Reala 100 film shot at ISO 64 (partly to compensate for the 2007 expiry date, partly for my new over-expose regime). It's centre-weighted metering and I did not meter for the shadows in this case. I'm not asking for critique of the composition or metering etc here, nor of my hand-holding technique, this is really about how the water looks.
The first was (IIRC) handheld (or rather hand-braced with elbows on the rail), I think at 1/8 (no EXIF for us film shooters ):
Next at 1/4 (EDIT: I think, maybe still 1/8?):
Finally at 1/2, quite serious camera shake here, but that's not the point of the post, really:
Now my aim was to convey the feeling of spate, of the huge volume of water rumbling and tumbling. Which version d'you think does that best?
The first was (IIRC) handheld (or rather hand-braced with elbows on the rail), I think at 1/8 (no EXIF for us film shooters ):
Next at 1/4 (EDIT: I think, maybe still 1/8?):
Finally at 1/2, quite serious camera shake here, but that's not the point of the post, really:
Now my aim was to convey the feeling of spate, of the huge volume of water rumbling and tumbling. Which version d'you think does that best?
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