Watertrails a first attempt

Like the title says this afternoon I had my first attempt a photographing long exposure water trails. The afternoon was cloudy all were shot at ISO 100 f/22 200mm on my PL 45-200 with an ND2 filter on the front even then the slowest shutter speed I could get was about half a second. So the trails aren't as "ghostly" as I'd like but for a first attempt I can't complain. I expect the ghostliness of the train depends on the volume of water, speed of water as well as the shutter speed. So all in all I'm quite satisfied with a first attempt.

E-P2    ---    45mm    f/22.0    1/8s    ISO 100

E-P2    ---    200mm    f/22.0    1/6s    ISO 100

E-P2    ---    42mm    f/22.0    1/8s    ISO 100

E-P2    ---    109mm    f/22.0    1/4s    ISO 100

 

Thanks!
The location is only 10-15 minutes down the road I might just go back right now.

 

A second attempt

So as the location is only 11 minutes down the road Fired up with reckless enthusiasm I headed back.

E-P2    ---    91mm    f/22.0    1/1s    ISO 100

E-P2    ---    61mm    f/22.0    1/1s    ISO 100

E-P2    ---    120mm    f/22.0    1/1s    ISO 100

E-P2    ---    147mm    f/22.0    1/1s    ISO 100

Now reckless enthusiasm is NOT a good thing because I forget everything I know. Good stuff like use the self timer to release the shutter. I blew the first half a dozen shots like that they were shaky.
I'm also looking at some of these close up and I'm thinking that perhaps I should have manually focussed as well rather than rely on auto. In the fading light I was getting exposure times of 1.5 seconds which has given me more of what I was looking for. I'm definitely really pleased with the way these have gone. Thanks for the advice

 

Falls?
That's a bit of an exaggeration. It's the outfall from Elk Lake south of Princeton, MN.
I'm definitely guilty of making it look more than it is...

Ian