POLL - Landscape skies

[sey]

Well as I do peoplescape and not landscape, I prefer the diffused even lighting provided by overcast skies.

[MarkCook]

you may or may not be able to see the star trails.

I see them alright & recognise the Plough with its tail truncated. Shocking light pollution you have there - does that count as a "man made landscape?"

Shocking yes but adds a nice colour to the whole scene I think. Yes it's the Plough as seen from Whitstable beach 2 saturday (mornings) ago. BTW, the light polution is from Southend on Sea as far as I can tell from where we were stood and the direction we were facing.......

[mike_j]

Who cares what the sky is -- that's why you buy Photoshop [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[beejaybee]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry....

[Barney]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry....

How about both? You might also wish to wee yourself slightly for good measure.

[benji]

For my photos: clouds of some sort in the sky.

For everyday life: I could easily get used to "clear blue skies most days".
(I'm still trying to get used to "cloudy skies most days", and I'm not sure I will ever get there... Still trying to convince myself it makes the weather "more interesting/less boring" as I often hear people say! Do they really mean that?)

Benji

[parisian]

Who cares what the sky is -- that's why you buy Photoshop [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

Does anyone else enjoy the smell of a film fresh from the canister?

[parisian]

Unless it's a bland grey sky then anything goes I guess for me. Recently given the nice weather I've been taken by totally clear skies and if shot at the right time of day (or night!) they can be equally appealing (to me at least).



Hand held at dawn on Whitstable beach as the guy was fishing, this was around 5.45am (ish)

Mark, that is one hell of an image - well done

[Manofolympus]

Who cares what the sky is -- that's why you buy Photoshop [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh

Does anyone else enjoy the smell of a film fresh from the canister?

Yes-the best smell in photography but impossible to describe! Anyway, people have been inserting better skies in photographs since long before photoshop was invented-or even PC's come to think of it-I have a book showing how from 1948

[DaveS]

Or even the smell of a sheet of 10x8 as you pull it from the box, and carefully stuff it into the dark-slide
As for adding skies....bring back the Group f/64 ethos
Dave

[Simon_King]

That's a cracking image and shows how a bland sky can really work.

For me I do like clouds to be there I feel they add to the mood of a scene for example







Cheers
Simon

[MarkCook]

Thanks for the kind comments guys.

Simon you certainly have some cracking skies in those images which would be pretty normal without those amazing skies to balance the images so well, particularly your 2nd image = - it's a cracker

[MarkCook]

Mark, that is one hell of an image - well done

Cheers, although undecided about the location of the guy fishing - would the image work better if I'd framed him dead centre of the wind turbines !?!?!?!? We will never know, unless he happens to be there again next time we spend all night on Whistable Beach again

[Simon_King]

Thanks for the kind comments guys.

Simon you certainly have some cracking skies in those images which would be pretty normal without those amazing skies to balance the images so well, particularly your 2nd image = - it's a cracker

Mark thanks for the comments much appreciated. Especially after the comments I had last night from a "Judge" on two of those images. My self esteem took a huge knock!

Cheers
Simon