Taking A Fall

Folks recording their memories of the waterfall in Bird Paradise. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

The Voice Of Many Waters

The waterfall in Crimson Wetlands with a scarlet macaw included for scale. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Taking The Fall

Mini waterfalls at the Kingfisher Wetlands in the Gardens by the Bay. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

To capture moving water with a silky smooth look, a long enough shutter speed would do the job nicely. I could use a neutral density (ND) filter or set a low ISO to slow down the shutter speed.

But I loath to pay a premium for a good IRND filter, although such would be coated to block infrared and ultraviolet light and deliver images free of colour cast. Some day perhaps I may just get around to it if water photography becomes a bigger part of my portfolio.

Instead, I had used ISO 50 to get a 1/8-second shutter speed here. Maybe this wasn’t really that long but it was apparently enough to create smooth flowing water. After a couple of hastily composed shots though, we had to run for cover as it was starting to rain.

A Little Waterfall

A waterfall feature in the Ginger Garden. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

At the shutter speed of 1/30 second and ISO 50, the water flow wasn’t as creamy smooth as it could’ve been in a long exposure image. But I wasn’t carrying a tripod. So in post, a little motion blur was introduced in the water flow here to make it look smoother a bit.

Tallest Man-made Waterfall

 

ALT

Iconic waterfall in the former Jurong Bird Park. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Once touted as the tallest man-made waterfall in the world, this waterfall in the local bird park saw its last day early this January after some 50 years.

For this image, the ISO was set to 50 to get a slower shutter speed of 1/10 second. This was to help in producing smooth flowing water. But any moving foliage could also potentially be blurred, especially those in the foreground. Thankfully, all these came out tack sharp here.