somewhere cloudy

[dichi]

i recently went to a company outing and it was a cloudy day. i'm pretty much impressed with the sky that day and i was inspired. i'm a newbie in photography (just got my slr last month) and i'm pretty much sure that i don't know what to do. i want to 'capture' the clouds but i'm not really sure if i'd capture the clouds alone or with the ground. this is the product of my frustration.

camera: nikon d3000
f/stop: f/11
shutter:1/400
iso: 100

[navcom]

Hi and welcome!

Your camera settings for this type of shot are pretty good. The composition is probably not that intriguing though. Some folks like the angled look but it really needs to support some other element in the composition to work. In this case it just appears it's probably angled through your frustration.

Cloud shots, while pretty, are usually not very compelling all by themselves. They are a tough item to compose as your main subject. Usually it is better to find something in your foreground that would be the main subject and let the sky compliment it. I see you have a very interesting pier at the bottom of your shot. It might work better to include that pier in a bit more interesting position to use it's lines pointing out to sea and towards the sky...something like that.

Hope that helps!

[Egy_lover]

well....it is an interesting POV...some may like it more not tilted, somemay like more ground...but may be it is also okay to give the clouds the largest area in the photo....I think it is nice, weird but nice

[dichi]

wow, thanks!

@ navcom: yeah, that was what i've been arguing with myself <- ? haha but thanks! there's always room for improvement though, next time i'll try again.

@ egy_lover: thanks!

[Krusty79]

Here is another thread on shooting clouds. Unless it's a sunrise/sunset, it's hard to get a great shot with clouds as the main subject.

Cloud Shot - Composition and Settings