NorthernPixl

Waterfalls Field Guide

A complete waterfall photography field guide built around your own camera, lens, operating system, and editing software - pack list, on-site setup and safety notes, an ND-filter and shutter-speed calculator for your target look, plus optional focus-stacking and exposure-bracketing walkthroughs, all downloadable as a PDF.

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01 · Before you leave

  • Camera body, battery full + sparesLong exposures and repeated test shots drain a battery faster than a normal walk-and-shoot session
  • Sturdy tripodNon-negotiable, every shutter speed in this guide is too slow to hand-hold
  • ND filters: 3-stop, 6-stop, 10-stop (or a variable ND)See the settings table below for which one a given scene calls for, a variable ND covers most of this range in one filter, at some cost to image quality at its extremes (a 'stop' is a doubling or halving of exposure, 3 stops of ND doubles the exposure time three times over)

+ 12 more items in the full pack list

What's inside the full guide

  • 02Setting up on siteFraming and shutter-speed technique for the water, tailored to the scene.
  • 03Settings & ND stop-chart calculatorAn ND-filter stop chart worked out for your exact filter and target shutter speed.
  • 04Editing the shotA full editing workflow for your chosen software, raw frame through to a finished image.

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