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31-MAY-2016 Ginny

May 31, 2016

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We went out early this morning to photograph Minnehaha Falls. We went there during the holiday weekend and it was mobbed with people making "serious" photography impossible. Today was a Tuesday, it was misting and there was nobody in sight. Ginny was anxious to try some more long exposures of waterfalls. What we found was that the G15 and G16 both have a neutral density filter effect. It is worth three stops. That is enough under the conditions today to get a 0.8 second exposure which is plenty to get that silky appearance of the waterfall. Things worked out nicely. Notice that there is a heron standing on the rock. He held still for the exposure. It was hard to get him trained to do that.

Canon PowerShot G16
0.80s f/8.0 at 10.8mm iso80 full exif

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jCross03-Jun-2016 11:15
We used Purina Heron Treats.
They work best.
Dave Beedon03-Jun-2016 03:08
Nice effect with the water. Congratulations on the
training of the heron (did you use heron treats?).
The hike from there down to the river is pleasant---did you do that?