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Caesar

Valley of Aj

Rating: 8
7 Ratings since 2007-10-28 18:14

Description
This shot was taken in the Valley of Aj. (pronounced like the english word: eye) Colour of autumn are breathtaking there these days.

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autumn - valley - slovakia

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bizzybuzzybee wrote on 2007-10-28 18:14 GMT:

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I think this is a great shot. How do you make the water appear so icy?

Caesar wrote on 2007-10-29 01:27 GMT:

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I used a Nikon D40 DSLR, with the kit lens. I applied a Hoya CPL and a Hoya Warm filter on the lens. I chose aperture priority mode and set an F13 aperture. It gave me 0.6" shutter speed, which is slow enough to make the water seem silky.

As I saw, you use a Fuji S9600. Though it can go down only to F11, things are pretty the same. You should use some ND filter because you'll need really slow shutter speed (ND4, or ND8; depends on light conditions), a circular polar filter (against water reflections), and opionally a warm filter (though you can warm up your pictures later in Photoshop, PSP or Gimp, in my opinion it's better to use a filter.) The filter diameter of the S9600 is 58mm so you can buy any kind of filters to it. I nearly forgot the most important thing. You'll need a tripod since there is no way to hold out a 1" shutter from hand.

Well that's all.

I hope it helped.

bizzybuzzybee wrote on 2007-10-29 02:16 GMT:

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Thanks for the info Caesar I have waterfall I am go to try your suggestion out on!
I am looking forward to the end results. Cheers Mark

kathypi wrote on 2007-10-29 06:12 GMT:

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beautiful, gorgeous scene and water shot! all of your photos are beautiful, adding to fav's

Caesar wrote on 2007-10-29 07:10 GMT:

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@bizzybuzzybee: Your welcome! I can't wait seeing your waterfall pics.

@kathypi: Thank you very much! You are very kind.

natshaco1 wrote on 2007-10-30 17:41 GMT:

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Amazing job, the colors the water just so stunning

wdmunnings429 wrote on 2007-11-01 07:27 GMT:

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Caesar, don't give up shooting waterfalls. You're good at it. Its a little too late now for putting out a 2008 Calendar, but certainly you can plan for a 'Waterfalls or Waterscape Calendar for 2009. I'll buy one (smile.)

Robert wrote on 2007-11-03 19:27 GMT:

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beautiful photo, makes me home sick for the ozarks, really shows the colors of fall leaves and water spray of a creek, beautiful shot,

falcon wrote on 2007-11-19 05:36 GMT:

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I think everyone has covered everything so ditto,such a good shot but there again all your photos are that i have so far looked at

John_Nieddu wrote on 2007-12-14 07:01 GMT:

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excellent composition with the lead into the image also the use of a slow shutter speed has created an beautiful image with movement, well done