some of the later water shots are breathtaking. did you do any post-production, or are these direct from print?
They're all untouched. The water ones were done with a very long shutter speed... probably around 10-15 seconds, can't remember.
I'm not sure what camera you have, but next time try and lower the aperture to something between f/11 and f/22 (Of course, this depends on the model of your camera, as some point and shoots refuse to go over f/8 [Such as my old one]). A more closed aperture will allow everything from the rocks in the foreground to the waterfall in the background to come into focus. Now, secondly, I'm not harshing your bust or anything, but 10-15 is a bit of an overkill for water flow shots. Try something between 1 and 5 seconds. Anything higher tends blur more in the shot than the water (See the ghosting effect you have one some of the rocks?). You're on the right path though! Keep it up! PS: Give me the make and model of your camera, and I'll look up some specs for you. PSS: Looking at the shots again, I figure you probably have a good idea of what aperture is, and how to use it. I didn't mean to sound condescending, but this shot was a touch out of focus. Still nice to look at, though! PSSS: Oh, you scanned them in? These were probably 35mm shots. Velvia film? The saturation is nice and rich on a few of them, so I would have guessed Velvia. I could be wrong. If you did take these with a 35mm SLR, of course you know what aperture is (unless it's a late model camera, auto focus lenses and such). Are you in a photography course? PSSSS: Sorry, I keep looking back at the shots and reediting my post.
Hah... thanks Durchii. I did take a photography course last semester... but most of these were taken before that during my summer job. The ones that appear very grainy were scanned in... and yeah... at the time I took most of those I had no idea what aperture was. Let's see... some were taken with my friends digital SLR, the water ones were taken with my boss' Pentax, others were taken with my parent's digi canon, the ice ones were taken with my other friend's canon... and the only two taken with my own camera (Canon Rebel) are the B&W, which also happen to be the only ones I've taken post-photography course. Most of my pics are in print... these are just my favorites that I have digital copies of. I only have positives of my recent photos, with the exception of the B&W which was a digital project. Thanks for your input. It's very much appreciated.