A Hike to Yellow Creek Falls

[Mark Williams]

Yellow Creek Falls is located near Robbinsville, NC. It is a beautiful 1/3 mile hike through the dense forest along a cascading creek. Shot in October 2016 using a Panasonic GH4 camera, set at 4K 30fps and 1080p 60fps. Lenses used were the Panasonic 14-45, 45-175, and Olympus 60mm macro as well as 75-300. Other equipment used was a Benro S-6 tripod, Tascam DR-40 audio recorder, and Rhino Slider V1 carbon. Edited with Edius 5.51 after footage was downsized to 1080. Music “Without Limits’ by Mattia Vlad Morleo. Music license acquired from Jamendo invoice JAM-WEB-2016-00224xx.

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[Steven Digges]

That looks very nice Mark. I liked how you used the falls and water features as background for other shots instead of highlighting the falls all of the time. Well mixed!

When you shoot 1080P 60 what is your rule of thumb for shutter speed when you want to blur the falls into the veiled look?

Kind Regards,

Steve

[Mark Williams]

I am usually shooting 1/60th. The blurred water look is an Edius filter added in post called motion blur. Works well when there is no wind so as to not get blurry foliage.

[Mick Jenner]

Great work, as an Edius user myself its always good to see what can be achieved with their filters. Mick

[Mark Williams]

Thanks Mick.