Wet – Gray – Blue – With Just a Touch of Red

A day for a fire, a comfortable chair and a good book-that’s the thought that comes to mind when viewing this excellent capture by Diane LaBonte. The rain sheeting down the glass panes is consistent to provide an overall distortion while maintaining enough clarity to make the scene easily recognizable. The excessive blue cast created by the thick clouds would be corrected for a different scene but here it’s perfect to accent the bleakness of the day. The most remarkable component of this photograph is the very careful framing, keeping the camera not only level but square with the window mullions-no converging lines to spoil the scene and distract the eye.
Diane’s camera was a Canon T1i using a Canon EF-S18/55mm f/2.5-5.6 IS lens zoomed to 55mm. 1/50 sec was the shutter speed and the aperture selected was a high f/25 to make both the near mullions and the distant elements sharply in focus. The high ISO of 1600 may have added some noise but that could be considered a good thing for this particular shot.