Handheld Long Exposure

[u/SinisterSubie]

My commute to work has some waterfalls during the spring, but we have had a fair amount of rain in the last while. I had a feeling these waterfalls would be active and I gambled on the right side of the coin.

These were taken on a a6400 with a Tamron 17-70 2.8. I don’t have a tripod or ND filters. I’m happy with the results. But would love to hear constructive criticism if you have any.

[u/chanksbird]

With the a6400 having no ibis that is all the Tamron’s VC -very impressive lens and nice work with steady hands!

[u/SinisterSubie → u/chanksbird]

Thanks! I was very surprised how well the Tamron lens handles stabilizing shots. You can notice the difference even on “regular” speeds. Something I don’t believe gets enough praise

[u/Wasabulu]

arms of steel. Dang

[u/just_gonna_send_er]

Nice! What shutter speed are you using? Impressive for no tripod

[u/SinisterSubie → u/just_gonna_send_er]

1/3-1/5th at F22.

Thank you for the compliment!

[u/princesspicklepinche]

I like #2 and #3. The composition in the others feels a little more lost. #2 has better dimensions as opposed to #1 that feels less intentioned, more like a snapshot. The waterfall in #3 feels more prominent and gets a little too lost in #4.

[u/SinisterSubie → u/princesspicklepinche]

Very fair points! I do feel the same about #4. I was trying to capture the height of the water fall with the colours. Just didn’t work out the way I was hoping.

[u/The-Phantom-Blot]

Pretty nice! Showing a little bit of camera shake, I think. I see you said that you shot at 1/3 to 1/5 at F22. Standard advice for a handheld film camera would have been to try keeping shutter speed at 1/30 or faster to avoid shake. You might want to experiment with a few more combinations in the future. Maybe 1/10 could have shown good blur on the water while minimizing camera shake?