Creative photography

[andrewinCT]

howzit guys and girls. i just bought myself a new toy (fuji s5500) and im keen to start playing. any advice on how to get those flowing water pics. you know, the ones where it looks like the white water is a cloud. when i try, in good light, i get a blank white pic, i presume because of the extended exposure? any way around this? any advice would be much appreciated.
thanks
andrew

[Mike54]

Hi Andrew and welcome to the Q&A Board. You may need to stop down your aperture to get the best results. I usually set mine at f/22 (it also helps with the depth of field). A lot will depend on available light so you may have to shorten your exposure as well to get good shots. The good thing about digital cameras is that you can give it a try and if it doesn't come out quite right you can delete it and try again.  
Here's a few ctfalls of mine, if you scroll down and click on show/hide exif you can see my settings.

[Deb]

Hi AndrewinCT, don't forget to use a tripod for those long exposures and either a cable release or timer release for your shutter to minimize camera shake.