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| Along Pass-A-Grille Jetty St. Petersburg, Florida |
Shutter speed has the greatest effect on the appearance of moving water of any exposure setting. It can freeze a crashing wave or smooth out the constant swells of surf. The evening I photographed these rocks along the ocean coast, a storm was blowing in, so the waves were coming in strong and regularly. Using a 4-second shutter speed resulted in the choppy waves smoothing out into a slightly foggy blur.
Learn all the ways you can record water in Still or Sparkling -- Photographing Water, presented online beginning Thursday, September 10, 2020, at the Lifelong Learning Center in Missoula, Montana. Click here to register.