Defining ice from water

4 years 1 month ago #674834 by sclipston
Hi everyone,


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?


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4 years 1 month ago #674837 by Nikon Shooter
Possibly, a better result from the RAW file…


Light is free… capturing it is not!
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4 years 1 month ago #674851 by Tom-Dinning

Nikon Shooter wrote: Possibly, a better result from the RAW file…

it might serve better if you said how you did this, Nik, or is it a secret?


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4 years 1 month ago - 4 years 1 month ago #675068 by Brachenland
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.

Here's a for instance:


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.


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4 years 1 month ago #675191 by garyrhook
Agree with the above.

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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4 years 1 month ago #675236 by sclipston
I really appreciate the advice.  It was an overcast day so even when I tried from a number of angles there just wasn't any shadow to be found.

I also got this shot.  


I tried all of the things you mentioned.

Tripod was used.
Longer exposure.
Pin point focus on branch.

The definition is a better but I want to try using the ND filter I just purchased and slow everything down even more.  


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4 years 1 month ago #675237 by sclipston
I really appreciate the advice.  It was an overcast day so even when I tried from a number of angles there just wasn't any shadow to be found.

I also got this shot.  


I tried all of the things you mentioned.

Tripod was used.
Longer exposure.
Pin point focus on branch.

The definition is a better but I want to try using the ND filter I just purchased and slow everything down even more.  


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