Water lily and could skies  A water lily against a stormy sky.
Photo taken at 6:50 am on a Canon 7D, 14 mm lens, ISO 100,
aperture F/11. (Red Huber, Orlando Sentinel / May 16, 2012)
Early every morning, I check on any breaking news that happened
overnight. This week weather was the story and I thought it
would be good idea to document the cloudy skies.  Driving near
Lake Ivanhoe I saw water lilies in full bloom. As a
photographer, you can’t let a dark gray sky discourage you from
making a good image. Use the sky to enhance your picture.  In
this case, there were several things I did to make the photo
work. If you have a sky as the background, you also need to
think about what will be in the foreground. Compose your picture
and think about what in the frame you want to highlight.  I knew
I wanted show the distinctive veins in the lilies and the yellow
flower but I needed something to supplement the flat lighting
outside. I used a flash but I took it off the camera’s hot shoe.
My Canon 7D allows me to trigger