Thematic Bad Weather Makes Good Pictures

**paulh** · 07-14-2017, 11:48 AM

The weather got bad about 30 min after this shot was taken -

Sage97 · 07-22-2017, 06:17 AM - **13 Likes**

Very rainy and foggy day somewhere around NYC

**robgski** · 07-22-2017, 06:47 AM

Nice fog shots!

Sage97 · 07-22-2017, 11:40 AM

Originally posted by robgski

Nice fog shots!

Thanks Rob.

**pepperberry farm** · 07-28-2017, 10:03 PM - **7 Likes**

**dadipentak** · 07-29-2017, 07:30 PM - **3 Likes**

I posted this in the "Yard Birds" thread but it seems appropriate here as well. I'm in the habit of photographic birds in the old dead oak down the hillside out back from my porch. I keep my F*600 set up on a tripod with a 1.4x TC & K-3. It's pretty much a morning proposition since I'm facing west.

It had been quite a while (months) since a raptor had shown up and then, yesterday--one of the gloomiest mornings I can remember--, this guy showed up. I had to give it a shot but, without the sun at my back, I figured I was just going to get an ugly, noisy silhouette of the bird. In what I thought was a futile gesture, I dropped the shutter speed down to 1/320 and got one shot before he flew off.

It turned out much better that I expected! The saving grace, I guess, was that the sky in the background was too dark to generate the silhouette effect. Also, the colors were nicely saturated because everything was saturated.

**robgski** · 07-30-2017, 06:38 AM

Grey skies make for a great background. I am never in the right place to catch our local raptors

gifthorse · 07-30-2017, 12:05 PM - **12 Likes**

Bad weather? I think of it as perfect weather.

A thunderstorm on the horizon, the Sun had just set so the sky was dark enough to see the stars, and the Moon was 35% illuminated and positioned to model the clouds. Dang, I was lucky!

**Des** · 08-01-2017, 03:34 PM - **6 Likes**

Rough seas at Cape Woolamai, Victoria. The Short-tailed shearwaters didn't mind though - the swell suits them. (Shearwaters are massing before returning to their burrows on the Cape after sunset.)

**mattt** · 08-01-2017, 04:33 PM - **6 Likes**

I had hoped to capture some lightening, but I have no triggers. It was a very active thunderstorm. (15-30 @ 15mm)

**ffking** · 08-06-2017, 03:34 AM - **4 Likes**

To be fair, this was taken through my front door, so not personally braving the elements, but I think it qualifies as bad weather

**robgski** · 08-06-2017, 12:24 PM - **1 Like**

An older shot, but it does capture the bad weather to good effect.
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**mattt** · 08-06-2017, 06:59 PM

Some inspiration for "Bad weather" photos... I do enjoy Thomas Heaton's feed.

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**ffking** · 08-07-2017, 12:23 AM

Originally posted by mattt

Some inspiration for "Bad weather" photos... I do enjoy Thomas Heaton's feed.

yeah - like that - thanks

Erikka · 08-07-2017, 12:32 AM - **1 Like**

There's an old Norwegian saying, "there's no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes"

sorta befits the OP in my mind.....

07-28-2017, 10:03 PM - 7 Likes	#50
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,660	K-3 with DA 14mm f2.8 ED (IF)

08-06-2017, 12:24 PM - 1 Like	#57
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,796 Original Poster	An older shot, but it does capture the bad weather to good effect. [IMG][/IMG]

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07-14-2017, 11:48 AM	#46
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,262	The weather got bad about 30 min after this shot was taken -

07-22-2017, 06:17 AM - 13 Likes	#47
Sage97 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2012 Photos: Albums Posts: 3,238	Very rainy and foggy day somewhere around NYC

07-22-2017, 06:47 AM	#48
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,796 Original Poster	Nice fog shots!

07-22-2017, 11:40 AM	#49
Sage97 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2012 Photos: Albums Posts: 3,238	Originally posted by robgski Nice fog shots! Thanks Rob.

07-29-2017, 07:30 PM - 3 Likes	#51
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	I posted this in the "Yard Birds" thread but it seems appropriate here as well. I'm in the habit of photographic birds in the old dead oak down the hillside out back from my porch. I keep my F600 set up on a tripod with a 1.4x TC & K-3. It's pretty much a morning proposition since I'm facing west. It had been quite a while (months) since a raptor had shown up and then, yesterday--one of the gloomiest mornings I can remember--, this guy showed up. I had to give it a shot but, without the sun at my back, I figured I was just going to get an ugly, noisy silhouette of the bird. In what I thought was a futile gesture, I dropped the shutter speed down to 1/320 and got one shot before he flew off. It turned out much better that I expected! The saving grace, I guess, was that the sky in the background was too dark to generate the silhouette effect. Also, the colors were nicely saturated because everything* was saturated.

07-30-2017, 06:38 AM	#52
robgski Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,796 Original Poster	Grey skies make for a great background. I am never in the right place to catch our local raptors

07-30-2017, 12:05 PM - 12 Likes	#53
gifthorse Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Nevada Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,945	Bad weather? I think of it as perfect weather. A thunderstorm on the horizon, the Sun had just set so the sky was dark enough to see the stars, and the Moon was 35% illuminated and positioned to model the clouds. Dang, I was lucky!

08-01-2017, 03:34 PM - 6 Likes	#54
Des Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Victoria Australia Photos: Albums Posts: 6,423	Rough seas at Cape Woolamai, Victoria. The Short-tailed shearwaters didn't mind though - the swell suits them. (Shearwaters are massing before returning to their burrows on the Cape after sunset.)

08-01-2017, 04:33 PM - 6 Likes	#55
mattt Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Niagara Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,907	I had hoped to capture some lightening, but I have no triggers. It was a very active thunderstorm. (15-30 @ 15mm)

08-06-2017, 03:34 AM - 4 Likes	#56
ffking Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 6,038	To be fair, this was taken through my front door, so not personally braving the elements, but I think it qualifies as bad weather

08-07-2017, 12:23 AM	#59
ffking Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Old South Wales Posts: 6,038	Originally posted by mattt Some inspiration for "Bad weather" photos... I do enjoy Thomas Heaton's feed. yeah - like that - thanks

08-07-2017, 12:32 AM - 1 Like	#60
Erikka Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Se Photos: Albums Posts: 361	There's an old Norwegian saying, "there's no such thing as the wrong weather, just the wrong clothes" sorta befits the OP in my mind.....