Photography: Creating that Misty Water Effect
August 9th, 2010 | by admin | Landscape photography is a huge subject, and no one source could ever cover all there is to know about it. . Landscapes work well as does shooting into the sun, particularly if you’re on the edge of water. Trees are popular subjects as the leaves turn bright, white under infra-red light which look great contrasted against a dark sky. How have they managed to get the water cascading down a waterfall to appear so misty?
It seems so impossible to attain the beautiful trick. But here is a set of things that you could do. Set your camera to aperture priority mode and make use of the lowest ISO setting possible. Set your aperture to about F16 if you’re able to. It’s a given that the next thing must be to focus on your selected subject matter to ensure your picture is going to be as well-defined as it can be.
You may prefer to keep your shutter open for a longer or shorter period depending on the effect you are after. It is a good idea to ensure that you focus your subject prior to attaching your neutral density filter otherwise focusing is very difficult.
Photographs taken solely of landscapes are fun to take, especially when you’re lining up panoramic shots but they’re often dull to look at. By including some of your friends or family, you instantly make the image more enjoyable to look at.