Comments on: Time for Landscape – Weather and Landscape Photography

By: Larz

Larz — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:47:54 +0000

I think you may be surprised how much the “reader” may know; or can certainly find out w/ little effort. Give us some credit please…

Thanks

By: jeff c

jeff c — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:36:48 +0000

As a beginner i look to these forums for insight on what do do in certain situations and how to use the elements , weather etc to enhance my photos.
You sound like a person who got caught in the rain. Please remember what you write and how it affects the reader. Especially when the reader doesnt know much.

Stay DRY
Jeff

By: Larz

Larz — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 22:22:37 +0000

I find dew point to be an important weather indicator to follow. By following dew point along with the temperature forecast, you can often predict when the air will become saturated with moisture – giving one an interesting atmospheric effect.

By: Stewart

Stewart — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:44:30 +0000

I think the message of ‘consider the weather’ is an important one and the photo included with the piece is inspirational. However for those of us visiting here to learn, some specific tips and guidance as would have been more helpful – dismissing the vital part of the lecture thus ” the traditional approach to photography – you know, f-stops, shutter-speeds, depth-of-field and so on. It is part of my soul but I am never aware of their presence, otherwise it is like asking a pianist to explain how he plays a complicated piece of music from memory” forgets that we are not all concert pianists.
A well written article but more interesting than instructive.

By: PRH

PRH — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:53:22 +0000

Loved the article but please remember that you are talking to an international audience so “infamous gaffs” by British rail employees (and similar parochial comments) will go straight over most peoples head.

For people who do a lot of landscape photography, they may well say “think about the weather–DUH!!!” but for those of us who take crappy landscapes (by “us” I mean “me”) this was a great reminder that you need to think about the things that you can’t control (weather) and how they relate to the things you can (your camera).

Derek, I’m looking forward to an article on how to take misty morning photo’s without ending up with bland/laking detail image…hint, hint….

PS for those living in Oz, weatherzone or other similar web based weather guides will give local up to the minute forcasts. You just type in the postcode.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:59:16 +0000

Not a fan of this post. Very wordy.

By: aincube

aincube — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:39:16 +0000

Thanx for good post. I use old, good digital camera – Olympus C765UZ and want to say that equipment is important point. For example, in my camera maximum ISO is 400 (and at this ISO i have a lot of noise) thats why sometimes i have long expositions. Indeed this problem solved with tripod but it would be easier without ;)

By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:47:12 +0000

i like that post

By: Brett Dickson

Brett Dickson — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:48:34 +0000

Personally I use the forcast charts on metvuw and local radar images combined with local observations and knowledge to determine what the weather will do.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:44:20 +0000

Great photo and post too. Thx!

Robert.
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