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Finally processing stuff I shot months ago. Shot these the end of September in Colorado. 
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Also Wunderground will give you a %cloud cover in their hourly forcast. I find that incredibly useful when planning shoots.
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8th-samurai posted:Also Wunderground will give you a %cloud cover in their hourly forcast. I find that incredibly useful when planning shoots. Ooh good tip, thanks. Do you look for anything more specific than lower=better?
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Jan 10, 2013 22:28
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BobTheCow posted:Ooh good tip, thanks. Do you look for anything more specific than lower=better? Unless going for a specific effect (starkness, star trails, contrast), clouds add interest. Plain skies force foreground focus, so hopefully you've found something intriguing.
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Jan 10, 2013 22:39
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BobTheCow posted:Ooh good tip, thanks. Do you look for anything more specific than lower=better? Completely overcast gets you a boring gray sky. Completely clear tends to get you a boring blue sky, unless e.g. some interesting contrails appear. Just a bit of clouds tends to be the best bet IMO.
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Jan 10, 2013 23:15
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Clouds after a thunderstorm tend to be loving amazing.
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BobTheCow posted:Ooh good tip, thanks. Do you look for anything more specific than lower=better? My general rule of thumb is anything <10% or >90% cloud coverage is a waste of film unless the light is amazing. This is highly subject though as I tend to photograph scenes with a large amount of sky in them. Even with weather reports I still spend a lot of time looking out my windows on days off hemming and hawing over whether it's worth it to pack up and go shoot.
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8th-samurai posted:My general rule of thumb is anything <10% or >90% cloud coverage is a waste of film unless the light is amazing. This is highly subject though as I tend to photograph scenes with a large amount of sky in them. Even with weather reports I still spend a lot of time looking out my windows on days off hemming and hawing over whether it's worth it to pack up and go shoot. This. Many of my images are 75% or more sky (see above 95% sky). But I'm weird. I've been pretty freaking lucky with cloud cover. I never really pay attention to weather reports. I just show up and I win the cloud lottery.
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Whitezombi posted:This. Many of my images are 75% or more sky (see above 95% sky). But I'm weird. I've been pretty freaking lucky with cloud cover. I never really pay attention to weather reports. I just show up and I win the cloud lottery. Yeah, it's hard top judge based on a number alone. Here in Seattle I just know that 90% cloud coverage will probably make me unhappy. I used to take more chances with skies when I shot digitally but with film bad skies cost money.
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8th-samurai posted:Yeah, it's hard top judge based on a number alone. Here in Seattle I just know that 90% cloud coverage will probably make me unhappy. I used to take more chances with skies when I shot digitally but with film bad skies cost money. Shooting film is a different story. Plan, hope, pray. Of course - it certainly matters where you are in the country. 90-100% cloud coverage here in New Mexico can be amazing. It's usually right before or after a thunderstorm. Like this. 
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Jan 11, 2013 06:38
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Whitezombi posted:Finally processing stuff I shot months ago. Shot these the end of September in Colorado.  God-drat. Awesome dude.
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8th-samurai posted:Yeah, it's hard top judge based on a number alone. Here in Seattle I just know that 90% cloud coverage will probably make me unhappy. I used to take more chances with skies when I shot digitally but with film bad skies cost money. Here's a photographic representation:  Winter on the Puget Sound
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Jan 11, 2013 07:33
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vote_no posted:Here's a photographic representation: High noon in winter.
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Jan 11, 2013 09:01
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I like that look.  Just need the right setting for it. And a tripod obviously.
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xzzy posted:I like that look. Setting? Use Velvia and underexpose it by a stop you scrub.
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I meant setting as in scene, subject, or locale. You scrub.
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xzzy posted:I meant setting as in scene, subject, or locale. You scrub. Oh well in that case go to Mukilteo (a place for scrubs).
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I prefer Anacortes and the San Juans, which is scrub free. I've always been super rushed when I visit the area though, never really got the time to wander it properly.
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Jan 11, 2013 18:22
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You guys should just hibernate in the winter.
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Whitezombi posted:Finally processing stuff I shot months ago. Shot these the end of September in Colorado.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Great shot. Did you have any filters on when you shot this? Thanks. I never use filters.
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Jan 11, 2013 22:44
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a few iphone landscape photos... one in pano mode (guess which one) the other with an instagram lo-fi filter applied to deepen the blues/add vignette 
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MMD3 posted:a few iphone landscape photos... one in pano mode (guess which one) the other with an instagram lo-fi filter applied to deepen the blues/add vignette I so want to go to Mt Hood. 
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Whitezombi posted:I so want to go to Mt Hood. If there is one thing the PNW does well (there are many things) it's mountains. On a clear day (never) my commute has an amazing view.
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Jan 12, 2013 09:00
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Just some quick shots I snagged walking my dogs this morning. I love living in Washington. 
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8th-samurai posted:If there is one thing the PNW does well (there are many things) it's mountains. On a clear day (never) my commute has an amazing view. I was in Portland for almost a week. The view was absolutely amazing. Of course I saw that view on the plane - the last 5 minutes I was in Portland.
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The day I took those photos of mt. hood it was completely socked in and drizzly in Portland. drive 6,000 feet up to Timberline and it's a blue-bird spring-looking day.
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Jan 12, 2013 23:42
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Yeah, one winter in 2009 it was 32° and foggy in Seattle so I drove down to Lincoln City, OR. There it was 65° and sunny, with almost a hot wind coming off the water. I took these pictures along the way! Cresting  Dichotomy  Cape Foulweather Then I drove back over the hills and in the Willamette Valley it was 37° and super foggy. Damnedest thing. Summer to winter, just over a mountain range.
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Portland is just a neat city in general. Lots of odd things come together.. massive presence by Intel, the print industry is huge there, there's a big hippy culture, and lots of outdoor enthusiasts. Then you get out towards Gresham and it starts to turn into hardcore farming.. when I lived there one of my neighbors kept goats in their yard. A few miles east of Gresham you can disappear into dense forest with twisty roads that are a blast to drive, then a little further than that and you're in a national forest. If you head west, there's even more forests and an ocean. Only downside is the rain, you really have to be able to tolerate it because they average even more precipitation than Seattle. Summers are loving fantastic though.
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Groovy. xzzy posted:Portland is just a neat city in general. Lots of odd things come together.. massive presence by Intel, the print industry is huge there,
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Whitezombi posted:Do you work in the print industry? 16 years ago, yes. I was working my way up to being a press operator when I got into IT during the dotcom bubble.
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xzzy posted:16 years ago, yes. I was working my way up to being a press operator when I got into IT during the dotcom bubble. Cool. I work in pre-press/design. I ran a press 18 or so years ago.
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InternetJunky posted:I like this picture a very great deal. There is something about that tiny city on the horizon that is perfect, but I cannot express properly. I think you are looking for loving Awesome.
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It's Toronto, right? Where'd you take it from?
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