Silhoutte on clouds......

[anirban]

i took this from my terrace in the evening

EXIF data: F5.6, 1/1600, ISO200

please tell me how i can improve it

i did a bit of postprocessing on it to improve the sharpness.

[windrider86]

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[rohan_iiitc]

Try applying one third rule if you are trying to potray any sky with an object in the foreground.

If you shoot only sky them try to frame the specific part and detail it. Try playing with photoshop and improving the tone n saturation to enhance the pic.

Regards
Rohan

[EOBeav]

Those are fantastic clouds and rays of light. If your building is going to be the subject, I'd like to see more of it.

[vjhoward]

Skys, clouds, rays, etc are easy...and very hard. Lots of opportunity to shoot interesting skies, but difficult to capture the interest that we see personally. So, here are some thoughts:

1. Objects in the foreground are distracting. Get a different perspective. For sky shots, this has to be done really fast or you lose the interesting light and rays.
2. Generally, a little flat. Could make it "pop" in post with adjustments in contrast, saturation, etc. Creating depth is critical.
3. At f5.6, you are bound to have some areas that are not has sharp as others. I would make a much smaller aperture ( 4. Don't know your exposure length, that would be helpful.

For sky/cloud shots, you need to determine what you want people to walk away with? What is the one thing you want them to say about the shot? Make sure you focus on that in the composition.

Take the above for what it is worth, comments from an amateur photog with a couple years of experience. Here is a link to some of my sky/cloud shots. You can see, I am still learning also...

Skies & Clouds - a set on Flickr

[anirban]

thanks to all
i'll definitely think abt all your comments the nxt time i shoot

[Krusty79]

Here's another thread on shooting clouds:

Cloud Shot - Composition and Settings