taking pics of rain (1 Viewer)

[smthopr]

nah, a vintage leica could never be a bad investment. i don't even know what they have, but there's something magical about their pictures.

check some galleries online, some astonishing street photography with them. advantage they have is being so wee, and immediate, that they capture moments other users miss

wow, even more off topic, apologies....

Thank you Dudley for including my photograph in your example of "Leica" photographs. I'm glad you liked it, especially as it's a self portrait taken in...1972

A couple of things though: The photograph was not taken with a Leica, but with a Petri FT 35mm SLR circa 1969. I still own this camera today and if anyone here thinks it a good alternative to a Leica, I'll gladly sell it!

Second, it would be way cool to credit the photographers whose work you've linked to. My photograph can be viewed in it's orginal context at:
http://brucealangreene.com/photoswebfolder/self1970.html

-bruce

 

[Anthony]

very hard to take picture in the rain.

This is in another thread.

It was absolutely BUCKETING, seriously, worstest rain ever. But in the photo it doesn't look that bad.

 

[La La]

very hard to take picture in the rain.

This is in another thread.

It was absolutely BUCKETING, seriously, worstest rain ever. But in the photo it doesn't look that bad.

i love that picture. it's why i started this thread. it'd be great to be able to capture the rain itself as it falls - would give it more density and stuff.

 

[potlatch]

I saw a good pitchkur or rain at night looking upwards once at a photo expo in Dun Laoghaire CAD. Looked like it was taken with a combination of either: a longish exposure with a strong flash (so the drops were burned onto the film but there was still some blurryness) or the flash was synced so it went off just before the shutter closed rather than when it opened, or maybe both, I dunno.

I've tried it myself with a crappy digital and have never got it to work. Zounds.

 

[pete]

still no rain about so i snapped this in stephens green on my way to work this morning

 

[Goff]

Right, it’s pissing out. Get out and take pics now.

 

[La La]

Right, it’s pissing out. Get out and take pics now.

here too! but it's a Typhoon and I don't want to blow away or anything. gosh darnit.

hope you guys get good photos.

 

[Squiggle]

Not taken today but this is an old pic of rain that I took... not great but with flash at night the rain shows up quite well.

 

[ernesto]

very hard to take picture in the rain.

This is in another thread.

It was absolutely BUCKETING, seriously, worstest rain ever. But in the photo it doesn't look that bad.

looks like barcelona

 

[La La]

puddles are a byproduct of rain, so im posting this here. taken today - a colleague on the smoking balcony at work

i also took this on the way home. bit of architecture, bit of rain.

blurry.

 

[tripoli]

*sorry* it is water related though

 

[dudley]

it never lets me give you rep, sheeesh

 

[tripoli]

it never lets me give you rep, sheeesh

i'd love some of your rep dudley
next time maybe......!ninjaaaa

 

[La La]

 

[flashback]

No one seemed to mention it, but, you'd probably want to use 100 ASA film, or lower.
The grain of anything higher would mess with your raindrops... I am guessing.

 

[flashback]

Thats nice La La. I like.

 

[Anthony]

Can be very hard to show extreme weather in a photo.
On the beach in Barcelona during a mega storm. Saw some professional photographer taking this picture. As soon as they left we picked up the same umbrella and ripped off his photo.

sorry ian.

 

[RSJ]

No one seemed to mention it, but, you'd probably want to use 100 ASA film, or lower.
The grain of anything higher would mess with your raindrops... I am guessing.

That would be tricky - having enough light (in rain) to catch a raindrop at 100 ASA?

And while i'm at it, what's the difference between ASA and ISO?

 

[Janer]

Make sure you keep your camera dry!!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

lol no need for me to read the rest of the thread as it couldn't possibly reach the heights of Moose's quip

 

[Goff]

That would be tricky - having enough light (in rain) to catch a raindrop at 100 ASA?

And while i'm at it, what's the difference between ASA and ISO?

American Standard and International Standard. It's the same thing, more or less.

That happens a lot when one country invents a standard which is adpoted by others. The Krauts had another one called DIN (which you'll still see on film). But it was completely different.

Actually, here's a Wikipedia link about it that gets too technical way too quickly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_speed