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RE: Good morning!
Like Markku said... In photography it goes a bit like this: The shoddier the weather, the better the photos.
And it's also true in reverse: Can't expect to get very good photos if the day is clear and sunny.
There are exceptions of course to everything, but generally speaking the best weather for photography is an overlit, cloudy sky. The thing about sun is that it is too bright and too small (that is too far) for a light source. It creates a huge contrast and that is considered bad for photography. Unless you actually want that sort of an effect, but that's a different story. :)
Wow, interesting. Thanks for the enlightenment. Have always thought that photographing is better in clear and sunny weather.
For taking close-ups or macros of flowers sunshine is actually best. Why? Flowers tend to be translucent which is why unwelcome shadows and contrasts are often avoided. Also, adequate light is a requirement for macros. It's difficult to go wrong with too much light in macro photography.
I would disagree. It is not really about the amount of light, but the harshness of it. It means the smaller and more potent the light source, it will create awful reflections and very harsh contrast.
Editing such photos is also a pain because they almost always get burned out highlights. An evenly lit flower photo is much more pleasant to process in a darkroom because it doesn't get any artifacts caused by the light source being too hot.
And this holds true even for macro photography.
As a simple example, a good all encompassing flash (using umbrella or a softbox) is much better than a single straight flash, even if the amount of the light produced on target is the same.
Seems like I will need to write a chapter on this.
The maybe sunny weather is best only when you want to take pictures of shadows.
I think agree with both you and @gamer00 LOL. The approach I take is to snap the picture in any weather, whatever comes out, that is what I say I was after. If it is undecipherable, I then add it to the guessing game! See how easy photography is LOL