There is nothing better that cycling home through the woods and smelling the wet earth & foliage. I wish I could bottle the intoxicating aroma of Bluebells, Wild Garlic, Cow Parsley and wet leaves.
Petrichor.
The wonderful smell in the air after it’s been raining.
This morning there was a light rain, fine drizzle or a Sirimiri. The type that seems to soak you and makes my hair go curly. I like the Spanish work Sirimiri to describe this type of rain.
You would think that it’s not a good day for taking photographs but with careful planning you can be rewarding with some stunning shots.
Not all rain is the same
Just like grey skies, rain comes in many varieties, each of which presents unique challenges for the photographer. Drizzle is the lightest type and relatively easy to work in. The droplets of water are smaller than raindrops and it can often be confused with mist.
Rain drops on tree branches
Thunderstorms are obviously much more violent, and while they can be tricky to work in, there can be some great opportunities for original images. Storms that involve thunder and lightning are more common in late spring, particularly during the afternoon and evening, so it’s a good idea to check the weather forecast.
Looking though my archive, I don’t seem to have any lightening shots, maybe that’s something I need to work on!
Rain drops on leaves
Rain with wind is possibly the most difficult weather condition to work in, particularly if the direction of the wind changes. It is possible to work with your back to the wind, but you will find that it probably changes direction. Also, it can blow the rain at your camera and damage your camera.
There’s a storm brewing – Cumbria
You can also take interesting shots in the rain by capturing moving vehicles and the spray they create. Use a long lens to avoid getting splashed, and try shooting from an open window or upper floor of a car park. If it’s just too wet to venture out, consider photographing the window as a possible subject for cool abstracts.
Taking images of water droplets on the glass pane while making the landscape/garden outside out of focus can look stunning.
You can protect your camera by using a clear plastic bag over your camera, secure the bag over your lens with elastic bands, then cut out a hole for the lens.
There is nothing better that cycling home through the woods and smelling the wet earth & foliage.I wish I could bottle the intoxicating aroma of Bluebells, Wild Garlic, Cow Parsley and wet leaves. Petrichor.The wonderful smell in the air after it’s been raining.
This morning there was a light rain, fine drizzle or a Sirimiri. The type that seems to soak you and makes my hair go curly. I like the Spanish work Sirimiri to describe this type of rain. You would think that it’s not a good day for taking photographs but with careful planning you can…
Non stop rain all day, you can tell it’s approaching the Summer holidays! Everything is sodden, so not in the mood for taking any images today. Hopefully the sun will be out for the rest of the week to dry it all up.
The following images are from last year’s trip to the Lake District in Cumbria. One of my favourite places to visit, so hopefully I’ll get to visit this year for a few days.
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Look at the rain long enough, with no thoughts in your head, and you gradually feel your body falling loose, shaking free of the world of reality. Rain has the power to hypnotize.”
Well May’s nearly over and I can say that it has been one of the wettest. My garden is like a swamp and there is no way that my lawn is going to get cut for a long time. The lawnmower will sink!
I have planted out some sunflowers in the front garden but the slugs & snails have found them and now there is nothing left apart from a stalk sticking up out of the ground. Silver, slimy trails meander from the place my sunflowers were once growing, back into the undergrowth, so I’m rather reluctant to plant any more out at the moment!
Meraki
Putting a part of yourself into what you’re doing
(Noun / Origin: Greek / me·ra·ki)
This is a modern Greek word that’s often used to describe the instance wherein you leave a part of yourself (your soul, creativity, or love) in your work – so it’s like when you intensely love to do something or just about anything that you put something of yourself into it.
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