| Dear Geoff,
I have read your rather excellent online guide and though
generally a good piece of work, it does have one flaw.
In you photography in sunlight section, it is mentioned
that people living to the north will need to take pictures
on clouded days as well.
Living in Nuuk, Greenland and having shot quite a few pictures
both here and further to the north I disagree with you,
the lightning conditions up here are widely different from
what I know from anywhere in Europe.
Due to the lack of humidity in the air sunlight up here
is extremely bright, a side effect of this is that you are
able to see much further than normal. The negative side
effect is that even on cloudy/overcast days light is so
bright that I have to under expose my pictures to avoid
burning out the sky, On a sunny day I will have my exposure
set to like –1 or –1,33 depending on the time
of day.
An overcast day anywhere between –1/3 and –1.
My point is that up here it is often easier to shoot pictures
in overcast weather, because of the strong light and still
get a vivid picture.
I do by no means try to lecture you, that would be disrespecting
you and that is not my intention, I am only an newbie and
learning every day.
Take a look at the two examples on the right. The first
one from a sunny day and bear above mentioned exposure values
in mind.
Thanks for listening.
Kind regards,
Thomas
Bojer Eltorp
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