Cloudy day shooting
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ray mraz
Loc: High Ridge, Mo
Thanks Jack I do enjoy close up photography. I have used a water bottle on sunny days.
Jan 29, 2015 21:45:28 #
johnmowry
Loc: Northern Indiana, USA
G Brown wrote:
PP tone mapping will draw some shape to the clouds.
GGracephoto has the best idea - use the soft light to its advantage. Shoot flowers and them there things that go shiny in sunlight like windows, polished cars etc.
GGracephoto has the best idea - use the soft light to its advantage. Shoot flowers and them there things that go shiny in sunlight like windows, polished cars etc.
I've seen some interesting photos including cloudy skies in the HDR section, but have not tried it myself yet. (Maybe when I can get out without snowshoes?) You do an exposure bracket (many cameras can be programmed to do this), and then do the tone mapping in software. The software for your camera may handle this (Canon's does). Check out the HDR FAQs for details.
Jan 30, 2015 05:15:51 #
When shooting people I use reflectors to reflect what light there is on the sun side back into the eyes of the person I love cloudy days
Jan 30, 2015 07:12:58 #
OldEarl
Loc: Northeast Kansas
During the 1966 summer, a bunch of us were trying to get out and catch the greenish cast clouds and the cyclonic movement. It was a real pumped feeling.
I have always wanted to get pictures of the prison at Leavenworth on a cloudy day, but for some reason the Bureau of Prisons gets real hinky about cars parking on highway 73 across from the facility. :)
I have always wanted to get pictures of the prison at Leavenworth on a cloudy day, but for some reason the Bureau of Prisons gets real hinky about cars parking on highway 73 across from the facility. :)
Jan 30, 2015 08:32:40 #
there is no one way to do it..my own way for doing a portrait type photo on an overcast or cloudy day is to bounce my flash off a reflective surface...if i have an umbrella light i shoot with that ..if i have a flash over my camera i turn it back toward a reflector ..this gives the subject some extra pop ..and a nice light in their eyes. if you are shooting scenery i would think that shooting in a vivid mode or setting your white balance to cloudy..it is all up to what you are trying to aim for...try different styles that suit yourself
Jan 30, 2015 08:53:14 #
ray mraz wrote:
Any ideas on how to bring out the best, the most interesting, the most quality in cloudy day photography?
Some of the best pictures I got last fall were on a day that started out cloudy. I went out with my camera anyway and tried capturing some fall color - that was not much of a success. However, in late morning the clouds started to break up and the sky became quite spectacular for about an hour, especially when reflected in the still water.
Jan 30, 2015 08:54:27 #
Cloudy days are my favorite time to shoot. Living at the Jersey Shore, I have plenty of opportunities to shoot those big white cumulous nimbus...
I use Lightroom, and like to turn down the highlight slider way down to about -80 and bump the contrast up a bit. I also like to bump up the structure slider son my Vivesa 2 plug-in to make those clouds look very angry.
Using a 10 stop ND filter can add a very interesting and dreamlike effect, especially if shot in B&W.
I use Lightroom, and like to turn down the highlight slider way down to about -80 and bump the contrast up a bit. I also like to bump up the structure slider son my Vivesa 2 plug-in to make those clouds look very angry.
Using a 10 stop ND filter can add a very interesting and dreamlike effect, especially if shot in B&W.
Jan 30, 2015 09:04:23 #
Diane Thomas wrote:
When shooting people I use reflectors to reflect what light there is on the sun side back into the eyes of the person I love cloudy days
that is exactly right...people definitely need that highlight in their eyes or they can look dull ...also you're adding some highlight in their hair so it looks more defined..i use a flash bounced off a reflector behind me over to the side..just to add that light if there is none out there..
Jan 30, 2015 09:14:10 #
zigipha
Loc: north nj
shooting clouds, shooting the day, shooting a t3i..where you all bury the bodies?. im running out of backyard space
Jan 30, 2015 09:26:56 #
Capture48 wrote:
Umm, I've never really shot a day before! I'm trying to think of my composition, I think I would need to do landscape orientation to get the entire day in the frame.
And now you know the reason for extreme wide angle lenses.
Dennis
Jan 30, 2015 09:27:18 #
ray mraz wrote:
Any ideas on how to bring out the best, the most interesting, the most quality in cloudy day photography?
Cloudy days, depending on the amount of cloud cover, reduce contrast. keep that in mind for your exposure and post processing.
--Bob
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