{"id":921,"date":"2012-07-08T10:56:43","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T16:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=921"},"modified":"2012-07-08T10:56:43","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T16:56:43","slug":"falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invertedsky.net\/?p=921","title":{"rendered":"Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the rains the day before, I got up early and headed to the falls above Hessie.<\/p>\n

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Looking down the cascade of water. As usual, click on the photos for a larger version<\/p><\/div>\n

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My friend Joel<\/a> has been visiting Colorado this past week.\u00a0 He asked how to get the photo effect of smoothing out the water.\u00a0 It’s a time exposure.\u00a0 All five of these photos use this technique.\u00a0 The exposure time on the above photo was 1\/2 second.<\/p>\n

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1\/4 second time exposure<\/p><\/div>\n

This only works with a camera that has some manual control.\u00a0 The amount of time needed depends on fast the water is flowing and how smooth you want the effect.\u00a0 The lens I was using for these photos has the ability to close down its aperture to f22.\u00a0 With a polarizing filter on the front of blocking a little bit more light, I was able to do exposures of 1\/13 to 1\/2 second.<\/p>\n

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1\/13 second exposure.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

Sometimes I also use a neutral density filter on the end of the lens.\u00a0 This filter blocks even more light (9 stops) and allows me to use longer exposures.\u00a0 It makes the water appear even more wispy.<\/p>\n

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5 second exposure<\/p><\/div>\n

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I lugged a tripod up to the falls.\u00a0 The camera has to remain perfectly still during the exposure, or everything gets blurred.<\/p>\n

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A closer view of the falls in the previous photo. 5 second exposure.<\/p><\/div>\n

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