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When Bad Weather Means Great Photography

Aug 19, 2013 at 09:00:17 GMT

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Landscape photographer Carsten Krieger is no stranger to poor weather, but in this article he explains how you can get great shots even when the sun is hidden from view. His three-page article features several images taken in Ireland which should provide plenty of inspiration for those damp, rainy days that are just around the corner. Click the links below to read the full article.

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Love that open sea shot of County Mayo I heard today that Mayo was one of the worst affected during the famine so folk would say something like "Mayo - oh dear". But anyway that shot is worth stealing. LOL.

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I'm a +1 on making sure you keep your gear dry, dry dry... Despite the YouTube videos of people hosing off their cameras with no ill effects, I managed to short out the internals of a D7000 in a very light mountain rain. Whether or not your camera drowns seems to be somewhat unpredictable.

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Were you using a sealed lens? Your d7000 has decent sealing but only when used with a sealed lens such as the Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 or 70-200 f/2.8
I have used my d700 (which may or may not be better sealed then your d7000) in a full-monsoon with a 70-200. I have also used a d300 with a Nikon 16-85vr (this lens has only token sealing compared to the 17-55) and the result was the lens started glitching and I had to dry it out on the mantle for a few days.

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Thanks Bjorn for mentioning that. Soooo many on here clamor for weather sealed bodies but completely forget or ignore the need for lenses with gaskets.

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Nope, had the good ol' 24-70 on it. Maybe the water hit it at just the right angle, maybe it was the temperature differential between cooler outside air and warmer camera interior sucking the water in; could have been the way the camera was hanging, could have been water from my thumb creating capillary action into the body when I actuated the bracketing button, I have no idea. But I've heard other people talk about how they killed their cameras in relatively minor downpours as well. The point being, water is a relentless enemy with all the power of physics on its side and you never know when it's going to get you.

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My Pentax K-mount bodies and DA* lenses have been drenched many times over the last 4 years, without any problems. I've got photos I otherwise wouldn't have got. I've stopped worrying about them - I have more concern for myself! (One of the most famous YouTude videos on this topic featured Pentaxes being used in Afganistan. I have no knowledge of how other makes compare).

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The same for me, my 3 Y.O Pentax K5 stand proudly in pouring rain without any flaw.

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Sorry to be pedantic, but Ireland is not Carsten Krieger's 'native' country, as suggested in your lead-in. He's German and only settled in Ireland a few years back.

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No need to apologise - we welcome pedants here. (story corrected).

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Shouldn't all editors be pedants? As a qualified editor myself for over 35 years, I would have thought attention to detail was essential. Anyway, pleased to see you've now picked up the DPR line in put-down sarcasm. Quite a change from AP.

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These excellent photos and the superb 1940s American photos make me wonder whether DPReview is starting a campaign to rid the world of over-saturated, over-contrasty Photo$hopped cartoons. Having created my fair share of such photos, I hope so.

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I am with you there groucher. All this photoshopped fakery and obsession with computers and software will burn itself out at some point.

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It always does—remember all the excitement over the Dave Hill effect? Whatever happened to that?

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Was he related to Benny Hill? Never heard of him. I think there is a division between photography that takes advantage of the ability to make a detailed and literal record vs. the digital art stuff you see in places like Photoshop User magazine ("Create the Matrix effect in just 59 steps").

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These photos make me appreciate the warm glowing embers of the fireplace in front of me...

There are enough storms in the urban jungle, thank you.

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i suppose, theoretically, ur magnesium electrically charged & active dslr body + metal tripod would be more attractive to the lightning; but i could be wrong

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very true, but my camera or I do not want to go out on this kind of horrible rainy day, and I am very very scared of lightning.

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After a thunderstorm . colours are beautiful

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Yes it's very, very fright'ning.

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absolutely agree.
But there are dangers associated with bad weather
such as lightning strikes...which happens a LOT here.

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Doesn't happen much in the UK - we just get wet.

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"Currently, about 30-60 people are struck by lightning each year in Britain of whom, on average, three may be killed. This compares with about 75 deaths in the much larger USA."

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Great Photo for a bad day, resembles one of mine in Menorca: http://www.andreumurillo.com/fotos_de_menorca_panoramica#h47c4f81e

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