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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blacktop" data-source="post: 368433" data-attributes="member: 22693">This is how I would shoot this. (bear in mind that I have no idea what the surrounding area is like, so I take it for granted that this would be the best angle I can shoot from)1st, the equipment, set up.I take it that you're shooting with the 18-55mm lens. If so from the same spot that you're standing, zoom out some from 55mm. maybe to 35mm, this will give you some room for cropping if it's too wide.I would use a tripod. If I had no tripod, I would run out and get one. (I've been using a 50 dollar tripod and it's fine, (yes it would be nice to have a 200 dollar tripod with a 200 dollar gimble head, but some of us work for a living. I would also use an ND filter to get my shutter speed down to at least 1/30th of a second. A good rule of thumb to get the water silky flow, is that the faster the water is flowing, a lower shutter speed is required, and vica versa.If I don't have an ND filter, I would wait untill late afternoon when it's getting to be twilight. 2nd, the settings.I would shoot this in Aperture priority mode. This is the "A" mode, and it doesn't stand for automatic.I would set my aperture at around f/11 or maybe a bit higher, depending on how low I need my shutter speed.I would then set my ISO at 100. I would also set my metering to Matrix. At this point the camera will pick a shutter speed. If it's higher then 1/30th I would increase my aperture to lower the shutter speed. If a higher aperture wont get it low enough, that means I still have too much light. So wait till it gets darker, or buy an ND filter.Then when I'm happy with the setting, camera on tripod I would set my timer to 5 second. I would focus right at that big rock halfway down your image and hit the shutter.</blockquote>

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