Foggy Morn 2

Not the colorful sunrise I'd hoped for, but the fog made the lake so soft and tranquil. I

know this sort of light is difficult to get on film: how successful was I?

Very nice work.

A perfect foggy day photograph; nice composition.

Foggy is great for this lake with it's little island! Great!

The tranquil (cold too) mood to this is lovely, the curve of the birds (ducks?) nice and the placement of the tree nice. Looks lovely - but verrrrryyyyy bbbbbrrrrrrr coooollllldddd!!!

Very successful. Great composition.

Don, beautiful mood created by nice foggy, very effective, and good balance between dark & light. the exposure is masterly done. best regards.

Praise from the praiseworthy! I'm happy you all liked this one; it was my favorite of the dozen I shot (some others are in the Out & About folder).

Monika, Flemming- Brief, but quite welcome. ;-)

Pulok, Andrea - It was perfect fog; I just reaped the benefit.

Amanda - It was chilly; but I was fine as long as I didn't touch my tripod. Yes, they're ducks, they're in all my shots now.

Stephen - Thanks! Considering your foggy shots, this is high praise.

Richard - having studied the wonderful use of light & darkness in your portfolio, I consider your exposure credentials established, so, even though "masterly" is overstating my skills, I am happy with the result. Thanks!

One of my favourite shooting condition here. Love these misty shots. Exquisite composition and nicely exposed. Framing these ducks in the foreground has added a special touch to the whole mood of this wonderful atmosphere. I hope you will excuse my editing on your photo. A little adjustment of the highlights midtones and shadows with adjustment of curves and removed the noise. The original looks very good too.

 

 

Kind regards.

Thanks for stopping by; I'm glad you liked it well enough to try making it better. I like my original better, though. There are too many things I don't care for in your edit: I'll mention the uneven brightness at the top, and how much detail (e.g., ripples in water) went away. Everything was so gray, very low-key, that getting a good scan of the results, then getting that to display decently on the web was a challenge, as I'm sure you discovered. Thanks for the attempt.

A successful attempt on a foggy day. A dreamy shot of a little tranquill "island" with playful ducks floating freely around. Wish I can be there.

A wunderful shot. I love the softness of it's colours and the delicate reflection in the water of the trees on the small isle. It's a marvellous, real dreamy shot. The only thing that keeps me awake are the ducks...I hear them hunk:))

 

 

Fantastic image!!

Yes, I do prefer this to the other - and I see I'm not alone in appreciating your efforts here!

 

Congrats, El

Don, I too prefer this version even with it's mottled appearance (on my screen- don't you love the internet?). I've had some satisfactory results of similar scenes under similar lighting conditions where I used Fuji Superia Xtra 800. I rated it at ISO 500 as this seems to be where it shines for my equipment. Also, using the in-camera meter & shooting into the fog I added +1 stop to compensate for the brightness of it. I was a happy camper with the results. Nice scene, & the ducks ?....... well, a little serendipity goes a long way as a reward for your patience. Best, LM.

Hi Don..i quite like this effect you have goin on in this. Can't quite figure out why u used 400 as i have never got even one good shot outta the stuff but never tried it in fog either. Speaking of...your quite right its a special subject to get on the web right. Might want to see my foggy boat series. Have found that contrast has to be used quite sparingly, if at all, and any attempt like the above is futile. People try to clear the fog for me also. Kinda funny actually... here i'll clear that fog for ya!

 

All these filters and such end up costing bigtime in mood in the pic and i think how you have it transmits very well. Not sure if you feel the same but i use film because its alive as opposed to the stelile d word, and seems messing with what came out in almost any way just puts things backward.......rant done, i like the top gradientand the this, the that, the whole deal...very nice!!!! Pair of 7's here congrats.

Cherlyn, Thanks! I wish I could be places you shoot, too.

Ada, Sorry to keep you awake, though I'm always happy to hear the word "hunk" from a pretty lady. ;-)

Bob, Brief, but not curt. Thanks!

You again, Ellen? Welcome any time! Me too: notice I uploaded it last, so it'd be first.

Len, I just took a peek at your portfolio, and yes, you have gotten some good results indeed. I'll come back when I can linger. I was shooting on full manual and bracketing, but didn't keep records enough to know whether this was under or over. I'd guess over on this one & 3, under on 1. As to speed, see below; I'd have gone the other way.

Paul, would you accept that 400 was in the camera because the day before had been sunny? I would have used 100 by choice, for less grain, but I really have had good experiences with the Fuji 400 (knock wood). If I were really organized, maybe even B&W film! Your fog pics were some of what I studied before posting these. Getting them to scan & look right on screen is like rolling a pie crust from a golf-ball sized lump: it gets so thin it just starts tearing. Guess I need to shift my paradigm to baklava. ;-)

I may have been too ambitious, risking shots at an islet about 100m away through fairly thick fog. There's stuff just beyond it that didn't show up at all. This shot succeeded beyond my merits. But I learned from the shoot, and hope to do better. And, yes, I also feel like there's a reflex to "kick it up a notch" in PS (Bam!) that needs to be fought. See here for a recent case I felt that way about.

Anyway, thanks, all, for your kindness and help.

Awesome Don, very very nice. I only wonder about centering the tree, but I am not sure. PS. thanks for the name suggestions on Snorkeling 101

Exquisite eerie shot. Excellent exposure and nice composition, with the ducks perfectly positionned. One of those I would have liked to have taken myself. Congrats

Good one.

To me , this is the star in your portfolio , quite exceptional.

Prompts me to be more thoughtful about what I shoot and when, to be prepared. The image is wonderful - the original, I mean of course - I can almost FEEL the condensation! So much has been said - I don't want to be redundant...Just to add how lovely I find it to be, Don.

Palmi, thanks so much. I agonized about cropping, but decided to leave those trees where they were. And hey, anytime:Titles_R_Us.

Ricardo, thank you! That's about how I felt, too.

Jack, glad you thought so.

Walter, thank you; this one really hit me like a shot of whiskey when I saw the print. One of the (unfortunately rare) times when I felt unbelief that I'd taken the photograph I held in my hands. Is there a digital equivalent to this experience? I hope so. And it prints better than I can make it look here.

Lee, I don't want to be redundant, either: see above. ;-)

And a special shout-out to Jack, Walter & Lee — It's such a treat to have simpático folks like you digging down and visiting one of my favorite older shots. Made my day, all three times.

I really enjoy the mood of this photo.

Nice capture

cheers Jana

 

 

(it radiates the same mood as my image in the Melancholy folder called Bonjour tristesse)