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Having to stay close to home with little time to shoot I had to find digital happiness around home in between projects. Here are some photos taken in a brief stop at George Rogers Park in Lake Oswego.
This is how I got my photo fix. . .
Is it just me or is there a bumper crop of lichens on the trees this year?
I like the waterfall shots. Looks like you've put a bit of a blur into them, using a long exposure, that makes a nice effect.
I'm curious as to what the first waterfall shot would look like if you went even longer on the exposure. Usually I don't like them to be too long, they look weird, but somehow I think that one might look cool (Then again, maybe not, you'd have to try it and see...)
I was traveling light and left my ND filter at home this was a 2.5 sec exp and I have a 4 sec. exp. There is little difference in the water itself but because it is overexposed the rocks have more light bounce of of them even though I had a polarizing filter on. I might try this another time an even better when it is closer to a rainfall and have more water.
Janice, I'm not sure about more water, I think the small streams and a long exposure might have the most interesting effect. Just a guess though, I'm curious to what it will look like.
I don't really know. It depends on the water flow and also the ambient light. Typically I just try some shots and dial it in until I like it.
Probably start at 2 seconds, then keep increasing until I find the effect I like. The more flow you have, the quicker it turns into a blurry mess. I don't usually like the real silky effect, but if it's only a trickle sometimes it really ends up looking good.
