The clouds were intriguing at yesterday’s club shoot at the gardens.
Unfortunately the sunset was a little underwhelming. Perhaps the skies will be kind to us this week – so let’s try to capture some epic skies, either in a close up of dramatic clouds or a dramatic sky in a landscape vista. It could be a stormy sky, a dramatic sunset or sunrise, or some fascinating cloud formations.
Useful techniques for enhancing the sky include
- Use a Polarizing filter
- Use a Graduated filter
- Take a Long exposure (for motion blur in the clouds)
- Picking the right time of day
- Post processing to enhance the colors
Here are two tutorials that explain these techniques:
And here are a few of examples of spectacular skies from our cluster gallery:
You have until next Tuesday to upload your image to Cluster. Members have all been sent an invitation to join and most have done so already. If you have any trouble feel free to email Esther. We also encourage you to leave encouraging comments for other members.
I would love to receive your suggestions/requests for future challenges. Please leave them as a comment under the challenge notification in Cluster or Facebook.
We will also post this competition on our “Friends of BCC” Facebook group so our friends can still participate by sharing their images on Facebook.