Bad skies

[leebase]

One of the lessons that's been a long time coming for me is to "shoot what the light gives you". Living in the Midwest, we often do not have attractive blue skies. Rather we have lots of grey and white skies. So on just such a bad sky day, recently, I went out and shot the following:

http://leebase.smugmug.com/photos/22028507-M.jpg

http://leebase.smugmug.com/photos/22028511-M.jpg

http://leebase.smugmug.com/photos/22028518-M.jpg

http://leebase.smugmug.com/photos/22028515-M.jpg

Wasn't going to get any pleasing "vistas" on that day, so I looked closer to the ground :) Love my Sigma 70-200 f2.8 EX, but I wish it was a "macro" lens. The minimum focusing distance is something like 9'. Really like how the DOF sets off these closeups and makes the bacgrounds sort of a "color montage" of sorts.

Lee

[dragon300zx]

I like the pine cone shot the best. Just remember to never underestimate bad skies. Sometimes the dramatic effect is great.