Hydrangea photos that make you love rainy days
When I went out after the rain, I could smell the wet concrete and felt that summer was here. The rainy season will be over soon, and summer will begin again.
Do people who have been taking photos for many years always go out to take pictures of hydrangeas during this season? I always want to take pictures of cherry blossoms every year, but is it the same for hydrangeas? I haven't been into photography for that long, so I'm curious about how I'll feel in the future.
The urban oasis "Grand Green." Hydrangeas were blooming in Umeda, Osaka as well. I went out to capture the sights of June.
It is better not to take your camera out on rainy days
This immediately contradicts the title about learning to love rainy days, but cameras and lenses are generally vulnerable to water and humidity.
If you leave them without proper moisture protection, mold can grow. Storing them by a window or in a poorly ventilated, humid place is a no-go. Also, taking them out and leaving them wet is not good either. Be careful with how you handle them.
Photos on rainy days are special
Now, while I mentioned the dangers of rainy days at the beginning, there are also benefits. Generally, people dislike going out on rainy days. That is your chance. Sunny day photos or rainy day photos? I think there are overwhelmingly more photos of sunny days in the world. Let's go out and take that one special shot precisely because it's a rainy day when no one else is shooting.
Subjects you want to photograph on a rainy day
Hydrangeas are truly beautiful this time of year. And this flower shows its true potential when it rains. It has a certain allure when wet, like a beautiful woman dripping with water. Sunny days are nice, but the blue and purple colors are at their best when it's cloudy or raining.
Also, many people use parasols in the summer, but umbrellas are the perfect fit for the image of rain. Umbrellas and hydrangeas go incredibly well together. Generally, cloudy or rainy days are considered difficult for creating photos with depth (contrast) because there are no shadows, but hydrangeas create their own depth, making it easy to create foreground bokeh and capture photos that just feel "good."
Conveying the atmosphere of the moment
Unlike video, it is difficult for photos to convey the story of a moment. However, it is possible to take photos that allow the viewer to imagine a story from a single frame. Photos with a good atmosphere always have a story. Here is a shot I took with that in mind. What do you feel?
I hope I have conveyed at least a little of the charm of taking photos in June on a rainy day. As someone who takes photos, in an extreme sense, I should probably carry my camera with me at all times, but I think the most important thing is to have the desire to capture something. There are days when the rain makes you feel a bit melancholy, but let's go out today while protecting our precious cameras from the rain.
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