How To Shoot Under Brooding Scotland Skies?

[wgerrard]

OK, I leave for Scotland in a week. The Highlands and Edinburgh. So, it might be a good time to refresh my memory on taking pix under gray clouds and overcast, and drizzle. Real rain and I'm staying inside.

It's going to be all DSLR color this trip. I want to pull as much color as I can out of the gray. Should I quickly grab some filters? Cross my fingers? Curse the weather?

 

[rogerzilla]

Get a graduated ND filter and use it. Adjust the saturation in Photoshop later.

The key to landscape photography is to sit there in a camper van for a whole week waiting for the right light, but you knew that.

 

[DamenS]

Absolutely grad ND - although if it is THAT gray, maybe you won't need them, in fact mabe a 10 stop standard ND would work well (massively slower shutter speed to make the movement of the clouds look more dramatic) - maybe a blue/gold polarizer from Sing Ray if you are rich.

 

[faris]

Bill, with a dslr you should have no issues whatsoever. Take just your lens ( es ) and you should be fine. Post processing shall help.

Shoot in raw, and enjoy the beautiful country.

I used my M8 for these..

Have a lovely and safe trip.

 

[magicianhisoka]

Faris, your photos make me wish I could drop my studies and march into the highlands =/

 

[wgerrard]

Nice pix, Faris. Got memory cards to spare, and RAW it is.