Friday, May 20, 2011

Foggy Forest Evening

This scene - and a few more similar ones upcoming - have been in my head for literally months now, but obviously it required some very specific conditions: late afternoon light, thick fog, and preferably little or no rain (which makes it very difficult or impossible to shoot, unless you have someone there to hold an umbrella for you).  So, I finally got my opportunity this week and spent a busy hour shooting like crazy out in the foggy, wet forest one early evening after several previous days of rain.  Shooting fog is tricky, because the contrast that you see with your eyes is sometimes so different than what the camera sees; some shots that feel fantastic at the moment don't do anything when you look at them later, but others that didn't seem so dynamic in the field look great when you get to processing them. When you hit it just right, the sense of depth and deep, saturated colors can really work well.  I got a dozen or so pretty good frames in about an hour of work; probably two or three will make it as prints at some point... not a bad day's work.  I have a few more of these in the pipeline.

5 comments:

Mary Howell Cromer said...

I enjoy foggy images and this is a very lovely one. Would love it if you check out my blog. I posted a few foggy images last week in my SkyWatch Friday post. Have a great weekend~

Unknown said...

Hi, I hope you are well...
it is gorgeously atmospheric. I do love woodland shots and the fog just adds that air of mystery.

Meghann said...

So surreal. So beautiful!

Unknown said...

I don't know how the others will look but this one is perfect for me.

And i agree, photography is not always a wysiwyg process :)

Agarwood said...

nice capture