rxp
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At the risk of sounding both scientifically and photographically illiterate...
I got into photography because i was interested in capturing the sensations (of the world) around me etc... One thing i noticed over time was that every year in late September there would be an afternoon where the lighting conditions seem very abnormal, like a uniform glow for a few hours around 4 or 5 pm. I later figured this must be something to do with the Autumn equinox, but not sure the dates coincided exactly. I'm not sure my reasoning is correct, out of everything i read about the equinox none of them mention this phenomenon. Plus something very similar has happened this afternoon, the overcast sky was a kind of pink/orange - we get those skies every so often but what seems abnormal is the way it bounces the light back so intensely and uniformly, as if your looking at everything through a filter.
Obviously when i tried to take a digital shot, the phone just balances it to make it look completely normal (sky near white). Is there a scientific/photographic terminology for classifying these conditions rather than just overcast etc.? And what are the best techniques for capturing these conditions?
Obviously I am open to the idea that this is all purely a matter of my perception. When it happens I don't see anyone else going crazy about it, so maybe I was just ill the day they taught this in school
I got into photography because i was interested in capturing the sensations (of the world) around me etc... One thing i noticed over time was that every year in late September there would be an afternoon where the lighting conditions seem very abnormal, like a uniform glow for a few hours around 4 or 5 pm. I later figured this must be something to do with the Autumn equinox, but not sure the dates coincided exactly. I'm not sure my reasoning is correct, out of everything i read about the equinox none of them mention this phenomenon. Plus something very similar has happened this afternoon, the overcast sky was a kind of pink/orange - we get those skies every so often but what seems abnormal is the way it bounces the light back so intensely and uniformly, as if your looking at everything through a filter.
Obviously when i tried to take a digital shot, the phone just balances it to make it look completely normal (sky near white). Is there a scientific/photographic terminology for classifying these conditions rather than just overcast etc.? And what are the best techniques for capturing these conditions?
Obviously I am open to the idea that this is all purely a matter of my perception. When it happens I don't see anyone else going crazy about it, so maybe I was just ill the day they taught this in school
