How to create blurred running water effects
Blurred running water effect gives a beautiful and soft feel to Nature Photography. The effect is primarily created by using long exposure shots.
These shots usually range from 1 to 8 seconds in aperture opening. This longer duration will allow the changes in water movement to be captured as beautiful soft blurs.
However, because of the long duration that the aperture is opened, over-exposure and instability of hand position must be taken into consideration. These issues must be corrected by certain compensations.
To compensate for the exposure problem, the F-number is usually set at a higher figure such as f/32. This will allow smaller rate of light entering the camera during the shoot.
To compensate for the need for position stability, the camera must be mounted on a secured tripod. Using hand to keep the camera in fixed position is simply not a good idea.
Well, these are some of the pointers for shooting blurred water shots. Thank you for reading. 
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