Breaking Fog

Fog moving through the trees and quietly dissipating appeals to my sense

of peace and stillness, and I simply enjoy being there to photograph it,

always hoping to find a composition that reflects the mood. This was at

Mowich Lake on the NW side of Mt. Rainier a few days ago. Your

comments and suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Stephen, I like it very much.  I can almost feel the cool foggy weather.  BTW, it was 107 today in Austin.  Last time I was on Mt Rainer was 2008 and I wish I was back there now.  You have a beautiful image. 

Well done Stephen.  I can smell the moist air and feel the peacefulness.

Peaceful and calm, for sure.  Wish I were there....  Mike

Maybe the best compliment that could be paid to the scene is by looking at the previous posts. They reflect a subtle mood of peacefulness that goes beyond the visual.  Congratulations

Bill, Dominick, Mike, and Phil, thanks for visiting and for your comments.  Yeah, it was a great morning to be out with a camera.

I've just noticed a pink tinge in the fog (esp. the top middle) and have determined it's strictly from jpeg compression.  It disappears when the tif is saved as a jpeg "9."  I'm going to replace it, which will take about 24 hours to work through the p.net system, and cross my fingers that any compression done by p.net won't reintroduce this color artifact.

So intense sense beauty and powerful sense of calmness and charm! The fog at bg is the key feature in this shot, as well as artistic framing and composition. Placing a small part of near trees in fg right is a smart decision giving the viewer a nice feelings of the depth. A big bravo.

Hamid. 

Excellent, very nice atmosphere and composition.

Hamid and Museeb, thanks very much for your kind comments.

The pink tinge is pretty much gone, thankfully.

This is a beautiful image, love the look of the trees showing just enough through the fog to create a wonderful design. Love you composition for this image, the sparkle on the water with just a bit of sun breaking through the fog adds even more wonder to this image.  Best Regards,  Sherry

Sherry, thanks for your comment.  I hadn't thought much about the sparkle on the water, but now I see it more clearly.

I had to take a peek at the Tech Details since you had captured the fog so well with this one. TFS!

Tm, I always try to include all of the technical details that I can.  I wish everyone would.  Sometimes I find someone's image I really like, and I often have questions about how it was captured, especially regarding the lens.  Most of the time that information is not available, and it's frustrating.

I checked this photo as "manipulated or unknown," because I have several photos of the same area, all differing somewhat in composition (esp. how much of the trees to include on the right).  In one of those photos (not sure if it was this one), I removed a couple of orphaned leaves in the extreme lower right corner.  Otherwise, and especially if I didn't remove the leaves on this version, the photo is "unmanuplated" but still processed (shot in raw, maybe adjusted the WB and/or exposure, tweaked the mid-tone contrast, and maybe made other global adjustments, all with the intention of getting it closer to what my eyes saw.  I think the trees on the right are still too dark -- I probably saw more green in them than is currently showing, but I don't like to push the sliders too hard in my processing, even if I think I should.  I think raw processing has its limits.  If I were to work in layers, I could probably do a better job, but I just haven't ventured that far yet.  I think it's easy to under-expose foggy scenes, and I used the histogram as well as the look of the greens to see if I was getting a "proper" exposure.

This is a great example of an atmospheric landscape image with a true sense of the place.

Juha, thanks for visiting and for your comment.  Low fog does easily provide atmosphere to many scenes.

Well executed Stephen. The foreground trees contrast well with the muted tones in the background. An image like this can really touch the soul. Thanks for sharing. Best regards, Bob.

Hi Stephen!

Right time, right place and as usual perfectly captured!  Thanks for sharing this with us.

Bob and Doug, thanks for visiting and for your comments.

can experience the feeling in this pic.  Stephen. IMHO has the subtle tones and gradation for a exquisite B n W as well.  

Rajkumar, thanks for the comment.  Just today I was thinking the same thing -- I need to do this in B&W (it's almost a B&W already).

Oh My! Oh My! Tranquility, serenity, spiritual, beauty - what else can I say!

Tony, thanks for your comment.  I might quickly add that I tried several slightly compositions that differed in the amount of the trees on the right being shown.  In the end, I liked the one that included more of the trees compared to versions that minimized that side of the frame.  Sitting here now, that seems like a no-brainer, but it wasn't as clear when looking through the viewfinder.

Well, it is a classical beauty.

Cheers.

I am back because i really enjoy looking at this image.