Manky weather outdoor photography?

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It's been overcast and rubbish all day with fog. Forecast is mainly more of the same.

Are there any outdoor subjects that are worth doing in this weather? Normally if the sun isn't out I'm not either. Sunny weather is easy as there is plenty that is interesting but in this sort of weather everything looks flat and boring.

Is there much mileage in using rampant over or under exposure or flash or weird films to try and make something interesting out of nothing interesting?
 
Same here. Do you have a railway bridge over water near you? Long exposure through the fog
People under street lights
Do you have a playground with swings. long exposure in the dark and a flash
 
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Close-ups of things like spiders' webs? Drops on leaf ends? Frost patterns on car roofs/screens?
 
If it's rubbish but not actually overcast, cloudscapes, especially with a polariser to separate the clouds
and, if it appeals, the counter-intuitive Grunge look - accentuate the miserableness by focusing on people being miserable?
 
I tried some foggy shots this morning something I'd not really tried before, here are a couple. I offer no opinion!! Except perhaps, needs working on!!

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and


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On the local golf course.

Sorry, @srichards for jumping in to your thread.

Howard
 
I'm really a Black and white photographer, not colour, so my ideas might not suit you. Woodland scenes will have lower contrast, whereas in sunny weather the brightness range might be too much. Church interiors and interiors generally will have less tendency to have burned out windows. Colour filters with the right subjects will put the contrast back in.

Silhouettes with a sky background could have interesting shapes - railings, girders, whatever.

There's also the possibility of using flash to create shadows with the right subject. I know the colder weather has reduced fungi fotography (or phungi photography :)) but woodland closeups are a possibility.
 
Woodland sounds the easiest as there are plenty of places that have wooded bits n bobs that are accessible.

Will be avoiding Padley Gorge though as that is basically Piccadilly circus at this time of year :)

Lots of things to think about.
 
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Will be avoiding Padley Gorge though as that is basically Piccadilly circus at this time of year :)
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I had to look up images of Padley Gorge, not my kind of place but I have to admit there are some great photographs of it taken at this time of the year, if you are reasonably local it must be worth a look especially if shooting one of the more saturated films.
 
This is a photo taken by a friend of mine, I'm not a great fan of the colder months, I've just looked at the weather in Spain where I grew up, 23 degrees and sunny, although I do like the moodiness of this photo.

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This is a photo taken by a friend of mine,
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Hi Geoff, just a quick check to ask if your friend knows you're posting his picture. It may seem a little pernickety, but because of the nature of what we do, we're sensitive to copyright on pictures that belong to other photographers. If you don't know whether they would mind or not, it's better to post a Link to a site like Flickr where your friend has hosted the picture.
 
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Hi Geoff, just a quick check to ask if your friend knows you're posting his picture. It may seem a little pernickety, but because of the nature of what we do, we're sensitive to copyright on pictures that belong to other photographers. If you don't know whether they would mind or not, it's better to post a Link to a site like Flickr where your friend has hosted the picture.
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I've updated my post with a link to the photo.
 
I was in Shrewsbury over the weekend, and Sunday night was really murky. I was extremely disappointed not to have my camera and tripod, as I wanted to go round the streets taking eerie photos of lights, silhouettes and so on.
 
Fog is the one weather I actually go out for now. Last winter I walked the canal towpath near my house at 7am with my old 35mm and the mist turned a row of bare trees into something worth keeping, though half the roll came back blank because I forgot to check the battery. I would skip the flash though, it kills the mood for me.
 
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