Photography on an Overcast Day

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In message <42ab1a06$0$17065$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net>,
"Craig Marston" <binaries.newsgroup@craignospammarston.com> wrote:

>So here is the list so far:

>Portraits
>Macro
>Shiny things (indeed this was handy when I had to photograph a damaged car!)
>High contrast subjects
>Suits the smaller dynamic range of digital anyway
>And, if it looks good on a dull day, it'll look ace on a sunny day!

Of course, overcast is best when you don't have to include the sky
itself in the shot; the sky on an overcast day is often much brighter,
relative to ground, than it is on a blue-sky day.
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"Craig Marston" <binaries.newsgroup@craignospammarston.com> wrote in message
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> Some time ago I asked for suggestions for subject ideas on an overcast
day.
> I promised to compile the results and post them but until now I'd
forgotten.
> Just to expand on this; it appears that an overcast day is interpreted
> differently in various countries. I mean 100% cloud cover so that the sky
> looks like a giant sheet of aluminium!! Funnily enough I'm in the UK where
> the weather is the Nation's favourite topic...
>
> So here is the list so far:
>
> Portraits
> Macro
> Shiny things (indeed this was handy when I had to photograph a damaged
car!)
> High contrast subjects
> Suits the smaller dynamic range of digital anyway
> And, if it looks good on a dull day, it'll look ace on a sunny day!

Don't forget trees and vegetation. I get my best tripod shots inside woods
and forests when it's overcast-- indeed, there are just some shots you
*can't* get inside the edge of a wood when it's sunny!