Mist in the valley

Taken early morning from the hillside looking across a valley in Devon UK. Morning mist filled the valley with only the hill top visible. Little colour to be seen so converted to b&w.

All comments and any thoughts very welcome, thank you.

Colour version

Nice fog! Nice color too!

 

I find the stretch of clear sky and white clouds on top distracting - so I cloned it out (hope you don't mind me working on your images - but it's easier to show than to describe). On the B&W, I increased midtone contrast a little and lightened the highlights. On the color version, I lightened the entire image and added a bit more color.

 

 

so I cloned it out

Actually, cut if off - where do I have my head today?

I prefer Dieter's crop in the color version, but I'm happy with the original crop in the B&W version. I really like that there's fog around the foreground trees. I'd like to play with the Black and Contrast sliders in the B&W version. I'm not sure if that (darkening greys of the hilltop) would be "better" unless I tried playing with it. It's pleasing as is.

 

In the color version, I prefer Dieter's more delicate pastels. That's growing on me and actually prefer Dieter's cropped, color version the most of all. It tells a more complete story of the role of the light in this scene.

I don't love the foreground foliage and, just on a lark, want to offer a minimalist view.

 

I like the trees in the b&w version. Is the image cropped? Was there mor of the trees to be seen. Something about the light that is infrared-like.

I like the trees in the b&w version. Is the image cropped? Was there mor of the trees to be seen. Something about the light that is infrared-like.

My original versions are not cropped, more or less posted as seen and taken.

Many thanks for all the interest and helpful suggestions.

A very evocative image - the lighting, the composition and the subject all come together in an almost abstract fashion. The hill-top could almost be a whale breaking the surface as it breathes, the fog giving the effect of foam. I wish we had hills in Norfolk.

I like the color version. It's not just about the mist but also the early morning light.

I'm with @samstevens on this. I don't think that the foreground trees add much to the ímage''. I prefer his 'minimalist view''.

 

Mike

I'm with @samstevens on this. I don't think that the foreground trees add much to the ímage''. I prefer his 'minimalist view''.

 

Mike

 

I usually concur with you and Sam, but I prefer that the fog-shrouded trees stay. The fog-shrouded trees tell me that the fog is really close to the photographer and it's very thick. It makes me feel like I'm "in" the image, rather than observing from afar.