River Landscape Photography: How to photograph Moving Water

In this video photographer Robert Grant shares his tips on taking river moving water shots, discussing the camera settings he used and showing the resulting photographs.

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ISO 800? thats retarded, “we have succesfully stopped the motion of the water” ya but the image is noisy and out of focus across the frame.

LearnMyShot says:

obviously you didn’t see the whole video, the point of 800 iso was to illustrate the difference between fast shutter speed and slow. the final shot was taken at ISO 200.

@LearnMyShot thx for the tips ! I use slower shutter speed to make more blurry water and i use nd filter that put more color balance to the rest of the landscape

jeroboam costa says:

@doomhammer671 Before say bullshit see the entire tutorial.
@LearnMyShot thx for the tips ! I use slower shutter speed to make more blurry water and i use nd filter that put more color balance to the rest of the landscape

ps: sorry for my bad english ^^

MrMAAKK says:

Nice video ,would be great if ND filter was also included for a 5 to 6 sec shot for the more smoothness 🙂

LearnMyShot says:

i agree. nd filters are cool. I will try to get my hands on one and make a tutorial with it. there is one that goes gradually from 1 to 6 stops. really great

Cordy says:

A piece of erduition unlike any other!

partypie1977 says:

oh jeez that was poor

2FoG2 says:

suggestions for add nd and circ pol. and you would get images with more pop factor in the colours … love doing water shots and like the fact you an absolute beginner how to do it but would be nice to suggest and show how they can advance too

steephenandrew says:

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02011982 says:

@LearnMyShot Great job and I like that you are actually spending time to help beginners

LearnMyShot says:

we stopped doing crazy close ups.. … not many found as funny as we though. I am glad you get it 

explodingmonkey98 says:

thankyou this really helped and now i understand why my pictures came out white :L

annjhe29 says:

My Dslr doesnt have a TV on it. Im using Sony a290. I tried using the manual program to adjust the shutter speed and aperture. But everytime I use 2 sec and slower, and the fstop is high, my images ended up too bright 🙁

LearnMyShot says:

try to be at iso 100, if still too bright consider ND (neutral density filter) on the lens. Or try shooting on a cloudy day, or towards the evening….

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David Rothwell says:

You need to do only 1/4 on manual exposure, with an ISO 100 or lower if your camera will allow so. Aperture will be best at f/18 or f/22 or f/27, if oyu can if you want blur the river motion.

I never shoot a river captured at a high shutter speed, there is no point in shooting it. If you had a kayaker than yeah do so. But you will create a better shot, if shot on tripod. Look for Big Lee stopper ND filter too.

iamkevinism says:

Mr. Robert, what is the slowest speed you can get for a good picture and exposure? Also, can a really sunny day affect the result of the photo?

LearnMyShot says:

really sunny day might now allow you to slow down the shutter. you can however use a neutral density filter up to menus 6 stops. shutter speed below 1/15 preferred

nagualdesign says:

With my Hoya NDx400 ‘black glass’ filter I can reduce the exposure by 9 stops. That allows less than 1/500th of the light to pass through, effectively turning ISO100 into ISO~0.2, which is ideal for long exposures in bright conditions.

nagualdesign says:

I thought you were going to use a piece of sheet glass to squash your nose to one side! 😀

tembadau says:

thanks Mr Robert for Landscape Photography tips, by the way,if i want to set my canon 7d mirror lock-up,then my image will be more sharp?really need your help sir

LearnMyShot says:

it will minimize motion blur which might be caused by the mirror lifting

MrBRL says:

Using live view does the same thing, it moves the mirror up.

MrCrazyeyes001 says:

He forgot to mention that he used an ND filter, with out an ND filter his pictures will be over exposed. 

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jeffrockr says:

mmm the composition was not quite famous, landscapes are way better in long exposure ! (in my opinion) thanks anyway, I still luv every other videos you did . dont bother 😛

samappleipadgeek says:

That’s shit

mimstyle says:

Great. With my olympus OMD without tripod I can take at 1/4sec to 1/2sec….. I repeat WITHOUT TRIPOD ! Check my google+

EamonnDoylePhotoFilm says:

yes thats because he is using a canon, which calls it TV. All other camera manufactures call it “S” mode

alex white says:

Try going to a river at night on a clear day when there is a full moon. do a realllyyy long exposure like a minute and the water will look like fog, with mist above it.

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