How to capture visual opportunities in bad weather

[Footski]

Well, I can't wait for the rain to come now to try out your ideas.......The only problem is we tend not to get too many wet days here in Spain..

[rightaboutme]

Wow, these are great bad weather shots, I especially love the 4th and 5th ones you posted. Hopefully this will help inspire me to stop hibernating when the weather's bad

[Tonyasleep]

Originally Posted by Batgirl44

I took a rainy windy day opportunity also! I'm always looking for something new to try and shoot!

hey BG just love your photo!!.......what equipment/settings were you shooting?

[bIG bEN]

Originally Posted by Footski

Well, I can't wait for the rain to come now to try out your ideas.......The only problem is we tend not to get too many wet days here in Spain..

You can always break out the hose!

[Batgirl44]

Originally Posted by Tonyasleep

hey BG just love your photo!!.......what equipment/settings were you shooting?

Thank you very much!

I have a Nikon D40. 55-200mm lens
I'm still in the learning stage as I play and play with settings and take tons of notes to review before I go out and try to shoot.
Setting:
RAW, WB-Auto, Manual settings: f18 @30 seconds.
My WB reading was off, it had a blue haze so in processing I had to change my WB to kill that blue cast.
I use paint shop pro(I'm sure I'm the odd duck as everyone has Adobe) So next I split channel to CMYK and adjusted the curves layer ( played with the settings as I am still learning all this stuff ??)
Then I combined the CMYK image.
Did some layers for black and white clipping points, contrast, brightness, and a little saturation and sharpening.
This doesn't come easy for me. I have books and notes everywhere for help.
The morning was windy with light sprinkles. By the time I got out there and starting shooting, it was a wind storm and the rain was coming down harder.
I took good notes so the next time I will be more prepared and try to reshoot a few feet back and adjust my WB before hand.
The less processing I have to do, the better I feel!
Any suggestions are appreciated TONS!

[Msingers]

I took these two when it just stopped raining, but some rain was still dripping down from the roof.
water in bucket 2 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
water drops into bucket on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[longhornz32]

Here's a couple of my favorite rainy day pics

[LenDog]

We like shooting in the rain also, and often have little choice if we're traveling.

[g_tynan1]

Originally Posted by Batgirl44

I took a rainy windy day opportunity also! I'm always looking for something new to try and shoot!

Batgirl, that is stunning.
Can I ask, how did you protect your camera from the rain and mor eimportantly how did you protect it from the sea spray / salt that must have been in abundance in the atmosphere?

[Batgirl44]

Originally Posted by g_tynan1

Batgirl, that is stunning.
Can I ask, how did you protect your camera from the rain and mor eimportantly how did you protect it from the sea spray / salt that must have been in abundance in the atmosphere?

Thank you very much!!

I had a ziplock bag over my camera until I was ready to shoot.
This picture was taken near the lighthouse pier area of Lake Michigan. The only spray was the rain coming down. The waves were far enough away that their spray was not hitting me.
It was only sprinkling out when I started shooting, but when the rain started to come down harder, I packed up my stuff and headed home