Thematic Bad Weather Makes Good Pictures

**southlander** · 07-12-2021, 07:28 AM

Now, before you all head out for your storm photos….

Jaipur: Lightning strike kills 16

graeme83 · 07-12-2021, 11:49 AM - **8 Likes**

Nothing dramatic weather wise, but the summer rain (actually quite welcome) providing a nice atmosphere down in the woods today

HoutHans · 07-13-2021, 01:18 AM

Originally posted by turbo_bird

The view from my backyard on Saturday while I was cutting the lawn. I had to run in and grab my camera for this one. Clouds, meet smoke.

Kristian

That's a very dramatic cloud. Great colours.

**AgentL** · 07-13-2021, 11:01 AM

Originally posted by graeme83

Nothing dramatic weather wise, but the summer rain (actually quite welcome) providing a nice atmosphere down in the woods today

Fantastic look and feel, I like the way the highlights and shadows both feel film-like.

graeme83 · 07-14-2021, 05:07 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by AgentL

Fantastic look and feel, I like the way the highlights and shadows both feel film-like.

Thanks, its a look I often strive for so good to know I am hitting the mark. To be fair scenes like this don't need need much work, you just have to be there.

**AgentL** · 07-14-2021, 03:22 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by graeme83

Thanks, its a look I often strive for so good to know I am hitting the mark. To be fair scenes like this don't need need much work, you just have to be there.

I too have started using film highlights as a benchmark for what I want my processing to look like. The super-smooth rolloff from detail to pure white is hard to get with digital as it's not how pixels respond to light, but as long as the highlights can be captured in full, they can be brought back up in post.

**paulh** · 07-20-2021, 06:18 PM - **1 Like**

(xposted to Signs thread)

jquill · 07-21-2021, 08:00 AM - **5 Likes**

Storm rolling in over Marsh Harbour.

tokyoscape · 07-22-2021, 03:45 PM - **7 Likes**

K3 + DA*55

**robgski** · 07-25-2021, 06:36 AM - **5 Likes**

Captured just before the rain started falling on me

graeme83 · 07-28-2021, 07:51 AM - **6 Likes**

Heavy rain and thunder forecast today so I went out in search of dramatic clouds in the distance but ended up in the middle of it all and got thoroughly soaked, so did this little guy.

**turbo_bird** · 07-28-2021, 07:11 PM - **6 Likes**

Originally posted by graeme83

Heavy rain and thunder forecast today so I went out in search of dramatic clouds in the distance but ended up in the middle of it all and got thoroughly soaked, so did this little guy.

Outdoor photography isn't always predictable. I've set out with an idea in my mind for what type of picture I want to try for, and come home with something totally different as well. Here's a couple from early this year. I had gone out hoping to get an early morning panorama of the fog that quite often forms over the river on colder mornings. It was however completly socked in, but I ended up with these.

The sky background was very plain and boring, and there was very little colour in the photos anyway.
Kristian

HoutHans · 07-28-2021, 10:49 PM - **7 Likes**

Here's some bad weather coming in a few days ago.

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graeme83 · 07-29-2021, 11:16 AM

Originally posted by turbo_bird

Outdoor photography isn't always predictable. I've set out with an idea in my mind for what type of picture I want to try for, and come home with something totally different as well.

Yes, a very rare event when I actually come home (or maybe just am very happy with how it came out) with the photo I set out to get.

I like those, especially the middle one.

awscreo · 07-29-2021, 12:56 PM - **7 Likes**

Back from when I lived up in the North

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07-12-2021, 07:28 AM	#1126
southlander Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Adelaide Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,364	Now, before you all head out for your storm photos…. Jaipur: Lightning strike kills 16

07-12-2021, 11:49 AM - 8 Likes	#1127
graeme83 Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Cheshire Posts: 737	Nothing dramatic weather wise, but the summer rain (actually quite welcome) providing a nice atmosphere down in the woods today

07-13-2021, 01:18 AM	#1128
HoutHans Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Appingedam Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,119	Originally posted by turbo_bird The view from my backyard on Saturday while I was cutting the lawn. I had to run in and grab my camera for this one. Clouds, meet smoke. Kristian That's a very dramatic cloud. Great colours.

07-13-2021, 11:01 AM	#1129
AgentL Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Seattle Photos: Albums Posts: 1,756	Originally posted by graeme83 Nothing dramatic weather wise, but the summer rain (actually quite welcome) providing a nice atmosphere down in the woods today Fantastic look and feel, I like the way the highlights and shadows both feel film-like.

07-14-2021, 05:07 AM - 1 Like	#1130
graeme83 Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Cheshire Posts: 737	Originally posted by AgentL Fantastic look and feel, I like the way the highlights and shadows both feel film-like. Thanks, its a look I often strive for so good to know I am hitting the mark. To be fair scenes like this don't need need much work, you just have to be there.

07-14-2021, 03:22 PM - 1 Like	#1131
AgentL Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Seattle Photos: Albums Posts: 1,756	Originally posted by graeme83 Thanks, its a look I often strive for so good to know I am hitting the mark. To be fair scenes like this don't need need much work, you just have to be there. I too have started using film highlights as a benchmark for what I want my processing to look like. The super-smooth rolloff from detail to pure white is hard to get with digital as it's not how pixels respond to light, but as long as the highlights can be captured in full, they can be brought back up in post.

07-20-2021, 06:18 PM - 1 Like	#1132
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,273	(xposted to Signs thread)

07-21-2021, 08:00 AM - 5 Likes	#1133
jquill Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Ocean City, MD Posts: 2,933	Storm rolling in over Marsh Harbour.

07-22-2021, 03:45 PM - 7 Likes	#1134
tokyoscape Inactive Account Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Tokyo Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,256	K3 + DA*55

07-25-2021, 06:36 AM - 5 Likes	#1135
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,799 Original Poster	Captured just before the rain started falling on me

07-28-2021, 07:51 AM - 6 Likes	#1136
graeme83 Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Cheshire Posts: 737	Heavy rain and thunder forecast today so I went out in search of dramatic clouds in the distance but ended up in the middle of it all and got thoroughly soaked, so did this little guy.

07-28-2021, 07:11 PM - 6 Likes	#1137
turbo_bird Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kamloops, BC Photos: Albums Posts: 711	Originally posted by graeme83 Heavy rain and thunder forecast today so I went out in search of dramatic clouds in the distance but ended up in the middle of it all and got thoroughly soaked, so did this little guy. Outdoor photography isn't always predictable. I've set out with an idea in my mind for what type of picture I want to try for, and come home with something totally different as well. Here's a couple from early this year. I had gone out hoping to get an early morning panorama of the fog that quite often forms over the river on colder mornings. It was however completly socked in, but I ended up with these. The sky background was very plain and boring, and there was very little colour in the photos anyway. Kristian

07-28-2021, 10:49 PM - 7 Likes	#1138
HoutHans Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Appingedam Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,119	Here's some bad weather coming in a few days ago. [/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/2mdWrcK]Incoming[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/155361133@N02/]Hans Vedder[/url], on Flickr" target="_blank">

07-29-2021, 11:16 AM	#1139
graeme83 Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Cheshire Posts: 737	Originally posted by turbo_bird Outdoor photography isn't always predictable. I've set out with an idea in my mind for what type of picture I want to try for, and come home with something totally different as well. Yes, a very rare event when I actually come home (or maybe just am very happy with how it came out) with the photo I set out to get. I like those, especially the middle one.

07-29-2021, 12:56 PM - 7 Likes	#1140
awscreo Veteran Member Join Date: May 2016 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,722	Back from when I lived up in the North