I am quite new to photography and today was my first day out and about trying my hand at the art. I was somewhat successful in accomplishing what I was trying to do. As you can see the ice on the branch blends into the fast moving water behind it. How would I adjust the setting to create more definition between the two?
Several things about this shot do not make it work. Time of day, is one of those things needed to accentuated shadows. Another is the image should have been done as a long exposure this would have blurred the water. Setting the aperture is another, pin point focusing is another. Using the live view screen pin point or force focus on the frozen branch.
With the morning light entering through a window, I set the aperture and pin point focus or force focus on just the smoke closest to the edge of the pot. Mind you in this image, there was enough light in the room to have seen the lamp and chair behind the smoke pot. but because I set the aperture and force focused on just the smoke, the camera blanked out the table lamp and chair.
But my image was indoors and a whole different circumstance. Try the image again, but from different angle, time of day, different apertures and pin point focus on different parts of the branch. Take notes on how each image was taken for future reference.
The diffuse light is not helping you; you want something with direction to create shadow. Also agree to use a long exposure (tripod!) to soften the water, which will create contrast with the hard ice. Try a different time of day, different aperture, etc, as suggested.
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