{"id":44468,"date":"2017-04-25T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=44468"},"modified":"2017-04-25T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T18:53:00","slug":"all-clouds-are-not-created-equally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/all-clouds-are-not-created-equally\/","title":{"rendered":"All Clouds Are Not Created Equally"},"content":{"rendered":"
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B-25s “Betty’s Dream” & “God & Country”
captured by D5<\/a> \/ 70-200f4 AFS<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

To me, nothing can visually express the magic of flight quite like clouds! We can’t help ourselves but look up and take note of clouds and as they float past us in the heavens, we can’t but think of the vastness of our skies. In bringing life, flight and romance to our aviation photography, nothing does it better nor simpler than clouds in the frame. With that said, being selective when you have the opportunity to include clouds helps refine your story and that romance.<\/p>\n

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B-25s “Betty’s Dream” & “God & Country”
captured by D5<\/a> \/ 24-70VR<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Last week we had a three and a half hour ferry flight with B-25s Texas Flying Legends<\/a> “Betty’s Dream” and Mid America’s<\/a> “God & Country.” During that time we experienced everything from bald skies, ground scuz and building cumulous clouds. Each presented varying photographic opportunities from none to buffer filling! Might sound hard to believe but we were selective in our shooting, Brent coming back with 500GB of video and I with 9k stills. That’s because not all clouds are created equally.<\/p>\n

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B-25s “Betty’s Dream”
captured by D5<\/a> \/ 24-70VR<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Here are just four examples of what I’m referring to giving you an idea for your own photography. What am I lookin for? When you have “holes” in the clouds, I love being able to see through those holes back to earth. But the background is still very important and can’t be full of humanity. As the density of clouds build, there are other factors that come into play.<\/p>\n

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B-25s “Betty’s Dream” & “God & Country”
captured by D5<\/a> \/ 24-70VR<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The first thing you might notice in the captions is I change up focal length. Just how much cloud do you want in the frame? Cloud character is really important to me. The examples here are ones with character. Character has to do with shape as well as density, whites and blacks. A solid carpet of white is visually boring and not at all romantic. Blue strip of sky can be distracting. Is there a guide to what works and what doesn’t? If you think about it while shooting and avoid getting swept up in it all, you will see the differences. The issue is that once you go by that perfect cloud, it’s gone! There is no going back as it all changes way too fast. You gotta be looking ahead, thinking it through and then rip when you see the best clouds. So for every cloud shot I like, there are at least a dozen in the series and I’m picking the best back at the computer. That’s a lot going on in an air to air, the background when it includes clouds complicates that in the challenge of making your favorite shot. That’s simply because, not all clouds are created equally!<\/p>\n

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B-25s “Betty’s Dream”
captured by D5<\/a> \/ 24-70VR<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To me, nothing can visually express the magic of flight quite like clouds! We can’t help ourselves but look up and take note of clouds and as they float past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","sync_status":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","castos_file_data":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"All Clouds Are Not Created Equally https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YJx-bze it makes a diff! @BHPhotoVideo @NikonUSA #nikonambassador @midamericaflightmuseum","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-44468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air-races"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/DPA2AB25S1910.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Podcast.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&quality=100&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"amazon":{"key":"amazon","url":"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Podcast\/B08JJQC1GR?ref=a_pd_item-n_c0_bc&pf_rd_p=1da7ab30-c785-4a0e-a160-4a7e7077b353&pf_rd_r=EEDMYHQM3DZ05FPRTHMJ","label":"Amazon","class":"amazon","icon":"amazon.png"},"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2fRA9VaVfSdQMKf1ipxr0tipxr0t","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"itunes":{"key":"itunes","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/moose-podcast\/id1107405746","label":"iTunes","class":"itunes","icon":"itunes.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/moose-podcast","embedCode":"

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