The Falls @ Dry Run Creek

[flytyer57]

I took this pic at Dry Run Creek just below Norfork Dam earlier today.

[jdmidwest]

Nice shot. What camera and shutter setting?

[flytyer57]

Nice shot. What camera and shutter setting?

Cannon EOS Rebel T2i

Aperture-F/36

Shutter Speed-1.6sec.

ISO-100

Focal Length-48mm

Exposure Bias-0

With cirular polarizer filter

[Bassfly]

That is a nice shot. Have you ever been able to catch any fish jumping the falls. That would be a really cool shot and probably a lot of work and fun to get it right.

[flytyer57]

That is a nice shot. Have you ever been able to catch any fish jumping the falls. That would be a really cool shot and probably a lot of work and fun to get it right.

I've seen a few smaller fish try to jump (swim) up the falls but I didn't have a decent camera with me at the time.

[jdmidwest]

I did not think that looked like a point and shoot pic. Did you need a tripod?

[flytyer57]

I did not think that looked like a point and shoot pic. Did you need a tripod?

Yes. Any picture taken with an exposure longer than 1/125 of a second should have a tripod. My camera has image stabilizatoin but I do not rely on it unless I'm just screwing around and don't care if the picture is blurred just a tad. In reality, if I really wanted to keep any camera movement blur out of this picture, I would have used a remote shutter release to keep any movement out of the image from pressing the shutter release. I also should have locked up the mirror because the action of the mirror movement will also shake the camera a little.

I am planning on going back there this summer when there is some greenery to give me a better background. Hopefully it won't be raining like it was yesterday and I won't be in such a hurry to take the next pics there.

[Billfo]

Curious.. With "image stabilizatoin" do you normally run with that ON or OFF ? My D5000 is the first camera I have had with the setting.. Dont know how to use it. Never the less.. Your falls are beautiful !

Yes. Any picture taken with an exposure longer than 1/125 of a second should have a tripod. My camera has image stabilizatoin but I do not rely on it unless I'm just screwing around and don't care if the picture is blurred just a tad. In reality, if I really wanted to keep any camera movement blur out of this picture, I would have used a remote shutter release to keep any movement out of the image from pressing the shutter release. I also should have locked up the mirror because the action of the mirror movement will also shake the camera a little.

I am planning on going back there this summer when there is some greenery to give me a better background. Hopefully it won't be raining like it was yesterday and I won't be in such a hurry to take the next pics there.

[flytyer57]

Curious.. With "image stabilizatoin" do you normally run with that ON or OFF ? My D5000 is the first camera I have had with the setting.. Dont know how to use it. Never the less.. Your falls are beautiful !

Thanks. When I posted that pic, I just converted from RAW to JPEG and cropped it so I could post it. I adjusted the camera settings in a RAW photo software yesterday, and now it looks even better.

If I am set up on a tripod, I turn the I/S off. Sometimes the image stabilizer may introduce vibrations while it is looking for what is not there. Otherwise, I leave it on, even though it may not work hand holding a camera below a shutter speed below 1/100. that would all depend on how steady you think you can hold that camera and lens.