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Published: 2008-08-16 19:14:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 1389; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 0
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Description McConnell's Mills State Park
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Comments: 8

morningstarskid [2010-10-03 06:43:21 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful Capture!

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DarkGardenPhoto [2010-07-23 16:55:56 +0000 UTC]

Ahhhh now this brings back memories of home so im going to be a little biased when I say it is great. If you ever get around the Venango region there are alot of old iron furnaces there that are a pleasure to shoot at I just havent had the time to get back home to do any pictures

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SilentThunderer [2008-08-19 17:10:56 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful, but as echoed above, not the same without Muir. I'd love to get some information on what I assume is a lengthened exposure to get the movement look of the water. What settings were adjusted to get the look? Was it just an ISO adjustment, or is it a feature of the camera?

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MaillerPhong In reply to SilentThunderer [2008-08-19 22:45:51 +0000 UTC]

The key is to have a relatively long shutter speed. You can see in the technical details that I used a 1-second exposure. I put the camera in TV (shutter priority), specified that I wanted 1-sec, and set the ISO to 100 to reduce noise. The camera decided an f/5.6 aperture was good. I had the camera on a tripod and used a 2-second timer after the shutter button press so I didn't shake the camera.

I also used a circular polarizer filter to cut down on reflections off the rocks and boost the colors (particularly greens).

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SilentThunderer In reply to MaillerPhong [2008-08-22 14:51:22 +0000 UTC]

Wow, sounds like I need to do a little more research into the features of my camera!

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MaillerPhong In reply to SilentThunderer [2008-08-22 15:14:40 +0000 UTC]

Reading any manual is blasphemy, I know, but in this case it is helpful

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Shiyar [2008-08-16 21:55:07 +0000 UTC]

Lovely shot, just not as lovely without the beautiful Muir. Is the blur of the water flowing intentional? Does give it a etheral quality.

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MaillerPhong In reply to Shiyar [2008-08-17 15:42:08 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, this is still a nice movement shot, but there does seem to be something missing...

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