Oh, what do you do when it is grey and dull out?

[chrispiper]

Corto - the top shot is lovely, very evocative.

 

[nikon_sam]

Dull, Grey, Cloudy...visit your nearest or oldest cemetery...oldest is better...well that's what I think of first...

 

[marduk]

go to a huuuuuuuuuge ikea maybe?


but hey, the (very little) snow we got looks very nice on trees. It might be gone soon though...

Yeah, organize the camera collection! I have always wanted to ask, does anybody know a good camera cabinet/locker, maybe in ikea? I could not find anything like that..

 

[taskoni]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_d_VJbYAfc

 

[peterm1]

Great time for making pics


DSC_1883yui1 by yoyomaoz, on Flickr


_DSC2329 by yoyomaoz, on Flickr


_DSC0165a by yoyomaoz, on Flickr

 

[250swb]

Dull is great, a clear blue sky turns me off

Steve

 

[cosmonaut]

Work in the darkroom, don't have one? Work on one.

 

[Juan Valdenebro]

Oh, what do you do when it is grey and dull out?

I go out with a couple of cameras and enjoy a lot... I can keep my grain and shoot wide open with SLRs too...

Cheers,

Juan

 

[FrankS]

It's the best time to shoot. Many examples given here in response illustrate this.

 

[ferider]

In a way, there is no excuse, it's more difficult for others ....

 

[shadowfox]

Work in the darkroom, don't have one? Work on one.

I like that answer

Definitely agree that grey and dull days are fun for photography:

 

[Requin]

I'm reading the Rangefinderforum posts!

 

[p.giannakis]

Best weather to take pics...

 

[Brian Legge]

Try shooting some portraits? Its like living in a huge softbox.

 

[Vincent.G]

I wish I can have dull grey days here in my country.

 

[Out to Lunch]

 

[menos]

Same here! I tell non-photographers that, and they look at me like I just escaped from the mental hospital. Bright sun is ugly, except in New Mexico. I could make it work there, but not here in Indiana. The sun is ugly here.

Exactly my thinking, except the location would be Shanghai - ever saw Shanghai in bright daylight? Bah !

This is why I love the nights - I shoot mostly during the night, but otherwise prefer the perfect weather - foggy, rainy and windy for shooting.

As has been said - the gear can take a beating.

I love the rain, next to reflections, weather and peoples changing behavior, you will find situations like people fighting with umbrellas:

Even in dull light, one can find a smile …

… or two:

I love the night for the total absence of sunlight:

Or a stormy day for a change:

For me the question is mostly not the situation outside, but the mood I am in, which can result in times, where just nothing goes - no imagination, no pictures, then you better put photography out of your mind for a change and do something else (BUT NEVER GO WITHOUT A CAMERA - bad mood/ weather or not)

The umbrella fighting gentleman, riding the bicycle has been taken within less than 10 sec, seeing the man, fighting and almost bumping into me, while I was searching for a taxi in the cold rain.
I pulled one of the cameras out of the bag and took one shot.
You don't take a camera (or just an iPhone, which would be simply too slow and clumsy here), you miss stuff!

 

[Ken Smith]

That looks like a Fiat 131 Brava I used to own.

 

[jsrockit]

I just go out and photograph... regardless of the weather.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Originally Posted by Peter Wijninga

That looks like a Fiat 131 Brava I used to own.

Lookalike problem. I took this photo in Moldova, the former USSR...it's a Lada...