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Iguanasan
07-12-2010, 11:21 PM
It was pouring on the way to work this morning so I thought I'd try some rainy day shots.

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Bambi
07-13-2010, 08:02 AM
nice! I guess it was raining hard!
Marko
07-13-2010, 10:41 AM
Really like shot 1 here Iggy - I think this one could benefit from extra pp. (My PP would be to brighten the red jacket, contrast play on the buildings and possibly cropping/cloning the 4 bright lights at left mid edge.)

Loads of additional play possibilities here - has a watercolour feel to it. In this case, the soft focus does not bother me 1 bit.
Iguanasan
07-13-2010, 07:59 PM
Thanks. The rain was teeming! I was half expecting to literally see cats and/or dogs! :) Focus was a little tricky as I had stuck my camera in a big ziplock bag to keep it dry. :)
Mad Aussie
07-14-2010, 02:59 AM
You shot these through the bag then Iggy??

I like that 2nd shot for reasons I can't quite explain.
Iguanasan
07-14-2010, 09:38 AM
You shot these through the bag then Iggy??

I like that 2nd shot for reasons I can't quite explain.

Yeppers! I pulled the plastic taught over the lens and put an elastic around it to keep it in place and taught. Then shooting I went. If it had been a light rain I wouldn't have worried about it and felt safe with just an umbrella or finding a little overhang somewhere.

I know the image suffered a bit but I don't have any kind of a waterproof housing and I figured better this than nothing at all :)

As for the 2nd shot. Thanks and me too; I just find it pleasing to my eye.
Mad Aussie
07-14-2010, 09:44 AM
I think it's because the image has movement which seems to fit with the blur created by the bag.
Iguanasan
07-14-2010, 01:08 PM
I think it's because the image has movement which seems to fit with the blur created by the bag.

Possibly. That was a pan and capture shot.
Marko
07-14-2010, 02:32 PM
Just as an FYI - I've purchased the following 'rainsleeve' plastic bags for rain photography and they work reasonably well and are cheap. I always have 1 in my bag.

Rain cover for your DSLR and flash (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/583456-REG/OP_TECH_USA_9001142_RAINSLEEVE_FLASH_Pack_of.html% 20/BI/1564/KBID/2119) (at B&H)
Rain cover for your DSLR (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/469774-REG/OP_TECH_USA_9001132_18_Rainsleeve_Set_of.html%20/BI/1564/KBID/2119) (at B&H)
Iguanasan
07-14-2010, 04:19 PM
Wow. They are inexpensive.... I definitely have to go shopping. :)
Bambi
07-14-2010, 05:59 PM
the perfect stocking stuffer for Xmas!

would you like me to tell Santa for you Iggy? ;)