Few Question about polarizer

Willis · 23 Jul 2008 at 08:42

I have a Nikon D200 and just need a it of help. I was at the beach on Sunday round the rock pools and the tide was coming in and wanted to get a shot of the water coming in, now I left my shutter open for a few seconds and it came out over exposed. I dropped the exposure right down to -5 but still too bright. A girl there mentioned getting a polarizer :confused:

What am I doing wrong? and will a polarizer help.

Willis · 23 Jul 2008 at 10:23

I spoke to someone about this and the guy told me if your shooting in the middle of the day with bright sunshine then its very very hard to get the shot you want.

Willis · 23 Jul 2008 at 11:47

JBuk said:
only if you pointed your camera directly at the sun or the sky and clouds were very very bright in that case an ND Grad would be helpful for a landscape, if it was for a portrait of a person or something in the foreground then fill flash is your friend

its hard to judge where your going wrong without seeing a shot , can you provide one of the shots your unhappy with?

Its for shooting water.

Willis · 23 Jul 2008 at 13:35

I want to make the water fuzzy and this can be done by leaving the shutter open for a few seconds. You see the effect on flowing river and waterfalls.