F-84F Thunderstreak captured by Z 6 / Z24-70f2.8
Bald skies are hard to incorporate in a photograph as they tend to take up so much space with nothing to say. I like to arrange element to not only move the eye around the frame but also tell a story. What does a blank sky say much of the time? Nothin! But when you have access to a cool aircraft for just a day and you have bald skies, you can’t blow it off. You gotta as they say make lemonade from lemons. So I hit the ramp almost an hour before sunrise, when the light far off on the horizon is not even a glow yet. I then started to arrange elements by putting the Z 6 on a Benro table for an arse shot. Dialed in -2 exp comp, put the WB to 9000k, and made a click. I waited 10 minutes and took this shot. The vignette is natural, I did nothing in post, this is right out of the camera. What did I do for the rest of the morning? I had coffee and donuts with the guys and enjoyed being on the ramp. So with bald skies, go dark!