June 2012: A spot of cloud watching...
The sky is fascinating...it is often in a state of change with moving clouds changing shape and size. We have seen alot of grey skies of late, but when there is blue sky and fluffy clouds, it is a real sight to see.
A couple of weeks ago, the clouds dominated the skyline over Weymouth seafront. The clouds were originally the other side of the buildings on the esplanade, but watching for about 15 minutes, the clouds had moved into the bay.
(five photographs, photomerge, Weymouth seafront).
If you want the sky to be a dominant feature if a photograph, where do you put it? Two rules are to firstly photograph in portrait, and secondly with the ratio of one-third landscape to two-thirds sky. A wide-angle lens will also help. Generally the sky will be much brighter than the land, but this can be dealt with so that a balanced exposure is achieved.
This example shows the oilseed at the bottom of the photograph, anchoring the picture, making the sky and wispy cloud formations a dominant feature.
(sigma lens @ 10mm)
This photograph was taken during a walk on the local coast path. Out to sea the clouds weren''t worth photographing, but looking inland was some lovely blue sky and wispy clouds. The land is placed at the bottom, with a slice of green, a slice of yellow, then the blue sky as the dominant feature.
(sigma lens @ 10mm)
This is a simple composition with the gazebo in the bottom left of the picture with the blue sky and wisps of cloud above it.
(polarising filter used)
Some different colour will be seen at sunset, the landscape I've included in this photograph are the tops of the trees to anchor the sky down, which hopefully shows how dominating the sky can be:
(sigma lens @ 10mm)
You also don't have to travel far to find photographs, all these were taken locally.
Alot of the photographs in my galleries will feature the sky, have a look through and see how dominant the sky is (or isn't).
http://www.kjwphotography.co.uk/gallery.html
A couple of weeks ago, the clouds dominated the skyline over Weymouth seafront. The clouds were originally the other side of the buildings on the esplanade, but watching for about 15 minutes, the clouds had moved into the bay.
(five photographs, photomerge, Weymouth seafront).
If you want the sky to be a dominant feature if a photograph, where do you put it? Two rules are to firstly photograph in portrait, and secondly with the ratio of one-third landscape to two-thirds sky. A wide-angle lens will also help. Generally the sky will be much brighter than the land, but this can be dealt with so that a balanced exposure is achieved.
This example shows the oilseed at the bottom of the photograph, anchoring the picture, making the sky and wispy cloud formations a dominant feature.
(sigma lens @ 10mm)
This photograph was taken during a walk on the local coast path. Out to sea the clouds weren''t worth photographing, but looking inland was some lovely blue sky and wispy clouds. The land is placed at the bottom, with a slice of green, a slice of yellow, then the blue sky as the dominant feature.
(sigma lens @ 10mm)
This is a simple composition with the gazebo in the bottom left of the picture with the blue sky and wisps of cloud above it.
(polarising filter used)
Some different colour will be seen at sunset, the landscape I've included in this photograph are the tops of the trees to anchor the sky down, which hopefully shows how dominating the sky can be:
(sigma lens @ 10mm)
You also don't have to travel far to find photographs, all these were taken locally.
Alot of the photographs in my galleries will feature the sky, have a look through and see how dominant the sky is (or isn't).
http://www.kjwphotography.co.uk/gallery.html