Hi Yan,
Great to hear that you're putting it to good use - great bit of kit isn't it
By the way, your image isn't showing up at my end - not sure why.
Thanks Colin. You indeed taught me a lots of knowledge and ideas for landscape photography. Unfortunately, from Feb I was too busy to go out to take photos.
I don't know why the image couldn't show up in your side, here seems fine. I attached it again here as a thumbnail form, in case other people have the same problem.
Last edited by Colin Southern; 24th February 2009 at 10:55 PM.
Love the colour and the composition, but the out of focus leaves are very very distracting.
Last edited by Yan Zhang; 24th February 2009 at 11:22 PM.
Hi Yan,
For this "golden autumn" type of shot, I'm not sure the moving (and hence blurred) leaves work.
However, if the shot were to include more sky, which just happened to be full of looming dark clouds, with a bit of smudge on them and wildly waving tree branches, it would make an excellent 'stormy day' photo.
But anyway, you weren't aiming for a masterpiece, you were just trying out the filter, I'd say you proved it works!
Happy shooting with it,
I've seen the "blurred" technique used elsewhere, but unfortunately, I'm not a big fan of it. Great for water to get a smooth effect, but for things that aren't supposed to be smooth, it just doesn't have the right effect in my mind.
I've found that when shooting moving things (water, cloud etc) shutter speed is critical - and it's not just a case of "the faster" or "slower" the better; often there is a very specific range that "works" for an image, especially clouds.