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I was reading an article last night about how most photographers would run at the first sign of bad weather. Mainly, due to the reason that lighting conditions under a hazy, cloudy or rainy day usually lead to mediocre photos. It is also advised that because of this particular reason, good photos under these weather conditions are usually quite rare so who could capture quality, rainy day images will probably enrich and diversify a photographer’s portfolio. I’ve made a mental note to try taking some pictures on the next bad weather day we get.
Needless to say, my prayers were answered. Woke up this morning, the sun was out, shining through the window. “Yes!” I thought. The very moment I stepped out of the house, it started to rain. “SH*T!” I said aloud and returned inside to get an umbrella.
When I arrived to work, I glanced momentarily out the window to see what the sky was doing. Stormy-like. But not really that bad, just looks like it. Started snapping away with my camera thinking, “This is it.” Couldn’t be easier. The outcome? Well, the author of the article was right. It all came out pretty… pretty mediocre that is. Nothing impressive at all. Then I start to experiment with zooming in and out of the scene, using a zoom lens while the picture was being taken (while the shutter is open). Surprisingly, some unique effects came out of the photo. I was pretty satisfied after that. As soon as I was ready to pack it up, the sun emerged. As if summoned by some higher being– giving the cue to change the scenery for the next shoot. Of course, I had to take another photo to show the variation of the imagery, the before and after in a matter of minutes.
The outcome:
The above photo was taken from my office after the rain shower. Minus the color. It had more of a gloomy atmosphere. Color adjustments were added to enhance the contrast a bit.
The bottom Postcard Gallery.
The top two photos were taken while zooming out from 35mm to 16mm.
The bottom two photos were taken while zooming in from 16mm to 35mm. Exposure time is roughly half a second long. That gave me just enough time to adjust the zoom so as to get that “zooming effect” of the buildings. The effects in these photos are mostly created by the camera. I ran my RAW files in Photoshop and enhanced the contrast by 50%. Burn in the corner a little bit just to add in that vignette effect, giving it a rustic quality.
Great Effects
Beautiful