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Creative ways to shoot rainy landscapes

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bearsbowl37
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just inquiring about this, rained this morning and want to take out my camera, but have literally on idea on how to begin to "think outside the box" on the rain and how substances and surfaces take it in and on
Sep 17 2012 12:10PM
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DopeNZ
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CBF finding the link, but the National Geographic website has a good example and little tutorial thing on landscapes (he uses a rainy landscape) that is quite brief but sort of stimulating to get out and try one out.

Its somewhere in the photog part of the site.
Sep 17 2012 4:41PM
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I think I prefer landscapes taken in dank weather. It has an ominous beauty to it that the cliché wide angle sunset shot will never match.

All I can say is that you should simplify until you can simplify no more.
Sep 17 2012 7:24PM
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bearsbowl37
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can you please explain or go into any more detail. i think i myself have taken enough wide angle sunset/sunrise shots for the rest of my life.

i love the way surfaces reflect and retain the precipitation, i just need some assistance as to how to capture and really bring emotion out of my photos
Sep 17 2012 7:59PM
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jeano
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try this:

get in your car, drive to a long, lonely road. park your car diagonally to the road. shoot at a higher f/, and set your shutter speed to 1/60 or 1/125 and expose it properly. use a wide angle lens... so you get a bit of the door frame in the photo. convert to b&w and a tad of sepia. best results when using film

youll love the results.
Sep 17 2012 8:07PM
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bearsbowl37
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gtfo
Sep 17 2012 8:11PM
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phreshpow
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what angle should I park my car diagonally at?
Sep 17 2012 8:12PM
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jeano
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park it so the street is right in the middle of ur window. do it only when its raining hard though it looks sick as fuck ill try finding some samples
Sep 17 2012 8:17PM
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