"Better put off the camera when the sun is high and bright and enjoy the day".
How true! I tried every single setting possible to take a decent picture when the sun was high and bright - shining with full joy. Not a single picture turned out pleasant. Every thing had blown out spots.
After wandering hopelessly in the Pumpkin Patch/Farm for about half an hour of not knowing how else to take pictures of the picturesque sunflower field, I had already wasted about half of my energy.
Well, then I slowly wandered a few feet deep into the field - nice and cozy, with full shade but enough light to take decent pictures in fairly decent shutter speed, since it was also windy. There I settled for taking pictures of the bees, bugs, buds and lovely flowers.
This picture, came out as a nice and unexpected abstract, since I gave up shooting the sunflower from the ever so conventional angle and tried it from a different angle, which avoided the glare and blown out spots.
I decided to take the picture from a completely different angle, once again when I wasnt able to keep of the mid morning harshness from the bright yellow. Instead, I made use of the beautiful contrast from the blue sky against the bright yellow.
Few more with the Blue-Yellow contrast.
One more abstract.
And capturing the bugs on the flowers was an entertainment, ofcourse after few head scratching and experimenting as which lens to use. But it was fairly easy comparing to the flower shots that I attempted.
Because, the bugs that I attempted were in nice shade of flowers and leaves. And they were tiny so I dint have the hassle of dealing with blown out spots, they were comfortably fitting in the shade and filled the screen as well. All I needed was steadier hands against the moving bugs + the wind. But already I was tired and this last part was a bit of challenge after carrying the weight for about 1/2 hour now.
I did not make any major effort to take pictures of the cute pumpkins remotely. They were all sitting right under the sun, in the field getting roasted, baked or slow cooked in the hot hot sun. So no - not this time. And more over, I was getting roasted too - and I dint have the privilege of sitting and exploring with my own darling time in the shade.
And a last one:
The above picture, has 0 editing dont to it. It is 100 percent SOOC. That was the first ever picture I took in the farm and I later noticed that I have not changed the custom WB setting to auto WB in the manual mode.
It was otherwise a regular set up with the natural sunlight, a yellow flower with green background, but with a different WB, it turned this way. Cool or not, this is definitely a lesson to learn how important is WB.
All those attempted pictures taken in full sunlight, I did not even bother to edit them or search for a decent one among the lot. I plainly - simply deleted them all. Very true- they were all ruined.
And again taking in RAW sure did help. Particularly in the bug shots, a tighter crop gives a crisp composition without compromise on the size and quality of the image. No more going back to L or M size. RAW is worth the space and pain to upload the pictures.
Now with the contention of having taken a few decent clicks despite the afternoon sun, hoping to get back with a Halloween 2011 post. Hopefully. Depends on the level of co-operation from Little Miss Sujaya.
How true! I tried every single setting possible to take a decent picture when the sun was high and bright - shining with full joy. Not a single picture turned out pleasant. Every thing had blown out spots.
After wandering hopelessly in the Pumpkin Patch/Farm for about half an hour of not knowing how else to take pictures of the picturesque sunflower field, I had already wasted about half of my energy.
Well, then I slowly wandered a few feet deep into the field - nice and cozy, with full shade but enough light to take decent pictures in fairly decent shutter speed, since it was also windy. There I settled for taking pictures of the bees, bugs, buds and lovely flowers.
This picture, came out as a nice and unexpected abstract, since I gave up shooting the sunflower from the ever so conventional angle and tried it from a different angle, which avoided the glare and blown out spots.
I decided to take the picture from a completely different angle, once again when I wasnt able to keep of the mid morning harshness from the bright yellow. Instead, I made use of the beautiful contrast from the blue sky against the bright yellow.
Few more with the Blue-Yellow contrast.
One more abstract.
And capturing the bugs on the flowers was an entertainment, ofcourse after few head scratching and experimenting as which lens to use. But it was fairly easy comparing to the flower shots that I attempted.
Because, the bugs that I attempted were in nice shade of flowers and leaves. And they were tiny so I dint have the hassle of dealing with blown out spots, they were comfortably fitting in the shade and filled the screen as well. All I needed was steadier hands against the moving bugs + the wind. But already I was tired and this last part was a bit of challenge after carrying the weight for about 1/2 hour now.
I did not make any major effort to take pictures of the cute pumpkins remotely. They were all sitting right under the sun, in the field getting roasted, baked or slow cooked in the hot hot sun. So no - not this time. And more over, I was getting roasted too - and I dint have the privilege of sitting and exploring with my own darling time in the shade.
And a last one:
The above picture, has 0 editing dont to it. It is 100 percent SOOC. That was the first ever picture I took in the farm and I later noticed that I have not changed the custom WB setting to auto WB in the manual mode.
It was otherwise a regular set up with the natural sunlight, a yellow flower with green background, but with a different WB, it turned this way. Cool or not, this is definitely a lesson to learn how important is WB.
All those attempted pictures taken in full sunlight, I did not even bother to edit them or search for a decent one among the lot. I plainly - simply deleted them all. Very true- they were all ruined.
And again taking in RAW sure did help. Particularly in the bug shots, a tighter crop gives a crisp composition without compromise on the size and quality of the image. No more going back to L or M size. RAW is worth the space and pain to upload the pictures.
Now with the contention of having taken a few decent clicks despite the afternoon sun, hoping to get back with a Halloween 2011 post. Hopefully. Depends on the level of co-operation from Little Miss Sujaya.
