Cloud Photography - Inspiration needed

Hi Christina,some monster clouds a few weeks back,taken from my bedroom window.....http://i45.tinypic.com/dyvbx2.jpg

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Originally Posted by Christina S

Thank you Geoff.. It's a truly gorgeous photo. (love the light) What white balance setting did you use?

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Just the auto white balance, but I did take my settings from the whitest area then slightly recomposed the scene.

When shooting Raw, I normally keep to AWB then adjust during conversion if necessary. I usually find that unless I am doing a custom white balance the auto setting works just as well as using Sunny or Cloudy etc.

And, more importantly, I don't forget to change it when I move on to another subject with totally different light.

Christina,

Your Nikon D80 does not allow bracketing the white balance when shooting RAW files or when using Kelvin temperature settings. You can bracket the white balance only when shooting JPEGs and bracketing the presets such as "sunny," "cloudy," etc.

Thank you for sharing Bernard (beautiful photo, especially for the colours)

Thank you Geoff and Mike... good to know.

Nice pics Christina - I don't feel alone now either - I was actually out a couple of weeks ago and took a few shots of some interesting clouds - hadn't posted them anywhere cause I didn't think anyone would be interested - will put some up over the next couple of days if you are interested

Hi Harry,

Thank you. You are not alone! :) I would be most appreciative if you choose to share your cloud photos.

I think seeing others photos is a great tool for learning what makes a great photo (or not) and I would love to see more photos of clouds from others. Thank you.

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Originally Posted by HAZZA

Nice pics Christina - I don't feel alone now either - I was actually out a couple of weeks ago and took a few shots of some interesting clouds - hadn't posted them anywhere cause I didn't think anyone would be interested - will put some up over the next couple of days if you are interested

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Christina,thanks...

Here is an old one. not very good I am afraid.

http://i49.tinypic.com/wvz4hd.jpg

And another.
http://i50.tinypic.com/slmalk.jpg

Thank you Mark.. I especially like the 2nd photo as you captured the enormity of the cloud (scale) against the power lines.

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Originally Posted by mknittle

Here is an old one. not very good I am afraid.

http://i49.tinypic.com/wvz4hd.jpg

And another.
http://i50.tinypic.com/slmalk.jpg

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Originally Posted by Christina S

Thank you Mark.. I especially like the 2nd photo as you captured the enormity of the cloud (scale) against the power lines.

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Thanks Christina, I was watching that cloud for a few minutes hoping it would move away from the power line. When I knew it wasn't going where I hoped it would. I got the idea for this shot. I call it "Electrical Storm"

One image I made in which clouds were an important part, was this one, back in 2011.

Gorgeous photo! Thank you for sharing.

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Originally Posted by Donald

One image I made in which clouds were an important part, was this one, back in 2011.

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