Quest for the magnificent light

The previous post covered the first aspect of taking sunset images: the timing. Let's continue with another important topic, the  weather conditions . This shouldn't be a suprise, as actual weather plays a decisive role in general landscape photography as well.   Weather conditions Obviously there is no point in going out on an overcast day, or when thick cloud cover is just above the horizon. More surprisingly, sunset with totally clear sky is extremely boring as well! But why? Just have a look at the following image! It was taken right after a powerful snow storm  hit my country in March. (Pretty unusual event here!) I found a spot, where a snow-covered boat was sitting right before the the setting sun. Nice theme, isn't it? However it turned out to be quite boring; just a hint of orange with lots of bluish white. I added soft focusing effect in post processing to emphasize its dreamy atmosphere. But this effect still can't save the image... ...

There are moments in our lives, which we never forget. Moments, when time slows down. Moments, when we know that we are in the right place at the right time. It is great to feel the essence of those moments again and refresh our own memories. So we take photographs... I check my older photos from time to time. I was just learning the basics, so many of them is not technically perfect or composition is not well thought. But many preserves exactly the moments I described above.   Today I would like to show a few pictures, which were taken after a summer storm. The date was 26th August 2004. It was a typical late summer day; really hot and dry. Strong east wind started to blow around 5 o'clock; clouds were travelling fast towards the west. Heavy downpour followed soon; it just ended not long before sunset. The sky became yellow thanks to the golden sunrays...   Yellow sky Metadata   Camera: Olympus E-10  Cloud factory Metadata ...