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p.1 #1 · Wet & Wild - Images of Brown Bears and Rushing Water
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I have always had a fascination with the cold rushing waters of a mountain stream, so whenever I do get an opportunity to photograph a stream, I tend to automatically use slower shutter speeds to get the waters silky smooth in the photos. Getting a photograph that features silky smooth water is simple enough, but if wildlife is introduced into the frame, it becomes a lot more difficult to get the water silky smooth, and have the wildlife remain still enough to appear acceptably sharp in the photo. Getting the water blur and the animal sharp, is a tricky balancing act at best. My tendency to use those slow shutter speeds, almost cost me my first photographs of a wild wolf ... thankfully the wolf remained relatively still for me... https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1227672/0
When I got the opportunity to go to Katmai to photograph the bears, I did get the insurance shots of bears, using high shutter speeds to yeild sharp images, as soon as I knew I had some sharp images of bears, I did what really excites me and slowed the shutter!
p.1 #5 · Wet & Wild - Images of Brown Bears and Rushing Water
Really cool images. I have been to Brooks six times and tried some 1/30th exposures, but yours are really great. I like the way it helps with the bright water. Bruce
p.1 #10 · Wet & Wild - Images of Brown Bears and Rushing Water
Slowed shutter on water is creative and not often seen in an animal portrait. I remember your wolf shot
Only draw back for me on the slow shutter on rushing water is the loss of water coloring at times.
#1 I absolutely love the water motion as it has retained nice coloring and has flow but not too much as to become the subject of the image as there is a bit of competition then IMO.
I really like the set, the images evoke the sound of the rushing water, very relaxing and yet powerful with the bear as the subject.
Gosh if only #2 had that magic flying salmon in mid air, now that would be the money shot!
Nicely done, nice to see someone go outside the norm and have it work so well.
Karl
Aug 14, 2013 at 11:07 PM
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