{"id":22,"date":"2009-04-25T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mooreimages.wordpress.com\/2009\/04\/25\/sun-sun-go-away-bring-back-a-cloudy-day\/"},"modified":"2010-06-13T01:35:51","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T00:35:51","slug":"sun-sun-go-away-bring-back-a-cloudy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moore-images.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/sun-sun-go-away-bring-back-a-cloudy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun, sun go away bring back a cloudy day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I’m not in DC this spring. \u00a0Therefore, I missed the Cherry Blossoms<\/a>. \u00a0However, I did such a great job last year. \u00a0Why should I try to top perfection :-). \u00a0Also, I decided to cancel a trip to the Netherlands to photograph the tulips at the world-famous Keukenhof garden near Amsterdam. \u00a0Therefore, I decided to make the best of my local flora opportunities. The flowers are blooming here in the United Kingdom as spring is in full swing. Vibrant yellow colors from the rapeseed plant line the motorways as we drive around the country. \u00a0However, the flower du jour is the bluebell. This is a beautiful blue flower that grows abundantly in many forests throughout the United Kingdom. It has been featured in the newspapers and on television. \u00a0When the flowers are in full bloom, the forest grounds are peppered with bluebells. This Saturday was an unusually warm day. Deborah and Jordyn went on a shopping\u00a0trip to a London mall. I dropped them to the meeting spot to gather with the other shoppers and now the day was\u00a0mine to enjoy. I researched the bluebells and I had some forests I wanted to visit. \u00a0After a week of deliberation and research, I drove 40+ miles to the Heartwood\u00a0Forest. \u00a0 This particular forest was mentioned in the local paper for the quality of\u00a0their bluebells. There was one major problem with the journey and I hoped it would be resolved by\u00a0the time I arrived. \u00a0 The weather was mostly sunny with clouds playing hide-n-seek\u00a0with the sun. Unlike the other 99% of the people in the world, I didn’t want today\u00a0to be sunny. \u00a0 I was hoping for a nice overcast day so the sky would be an enormous\u00a0softbox to illuminate the forest grounds. \u00a0 When the sun is bright, the trees cast\u00a0strong shadows. The ground has bright areas where the sun hits directly and dark\u00a0areas caused by the trees shadow. \u00a0 This wrecks havoc on a photograph. The contrast\u00a0is so great that consistency is lost and the viewer struggles to view the image. \u00a0However, I had a few hours before I had to pick up the girls. Therefore, I planted my camera on the tripod and I waited for the sun to hide behind the clouds. \u00a0 I\u00a0planned my image composition when the sun was shining. At last, my patience was\u00a0rewarded with the clouds hiding the sun. The overcast provided soft\u00a0light giving the images a consistent tone.\u00a0Therefore, while many dread going outside during an overcast day, I use it as an\u00a0opportunity to photograph flowers, people or other subjects not requiring a bright\u00a0blue sky. To see more of these images, please visit my Flickr page<\/a>. -Roger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I’m not in DC this spring. \u00a0Therefore, I missed the Cherry Blossoms. \u00a0However, I did such a great job last year. \u00a0Why should I try to top perfection :-). \u00a0Also, I decided to cancel a trip to the Netherlands to photograph the tulips at the world-famous Keukenhof garden near Amsterdam. \u00a0Therefore, I decided […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[9,16,20,28,32,45,232,59,66,233,71,74,84],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t