Playing with Fog: Fog fascinates me and most of us I think, but getting a representation I'm satisfied with is tough. Here's two different takes on the same basic early morning...

mrjcall Loc: Woodfin, NC

Fog fascinates me and most of us I think, but getting a representation I'm satisfied with is tough. Here's two different takes on the same basic early morning scene.......

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Old Timer Loc: Greenfield, In.

I like no# 1 the best more realistic.

Katydid Loc: Davis, CA

I'll go for #2, really much more to look at and think about.

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

mrjcall wrote:

Fog fascinates me and most of us I think, but getting a representation I'm satisfied with is tough. Here's two different takes on the same basic early morning scene.......

Hi, mrjcall,

My preference is strongly for #2.
It is a reminder than even in fog, colors evidence, with increasing distance, both a decreasing gradation of saturation and a shift in color temperature from warmer to cooler.
To my eye, #2 is, by far, the more natural-appearing of the two images.

Dave

mrjcall Loc: Woodfin, NC

Uuglypher wrote:

Hi, mrjcall,

My preference is strongly for #2.
It is a reminder than even in fog, colors evidence, with increasing distance, both a decreasing gradation of saturation and a shift in color temperature from warmer to cooler.
To my eye, #2 is, by far, the more natural-appearing of the two images.

Dave

Thanks for the thoughts. #1 was intentionally fully desaturated (aka B&W) just for effect. #2 was processed 'normally' through LR and is actually what I was looking at.

Dave Chinn

mrjcall wrote:

Fog fascinates me and most of us I think, but getting a representation I'm satisfied with is tough. Here's two different takes on the same basic early morning scene.......

I too, am drawn to the fog and also find it difficult in post to find a happy medium to show what I saw, vs what I want to present. I actually like both images and probably would prefer just a bit more fog in the 2nd image without hiding the colorful fall foliage. Nice work !!!
Dave

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Being a Film-Noir buff, I will go with #1... can you imagine Citizen Kane with bright colors with car crashes... humph... NO!

GeorgeK Loc: NNJ

I prefer #2. There you have captured the fog, a lovely light on the branches and show so much depth. I like the colors as well.

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

I am going with #2. It has some "life" to it. The fog is still present but not flat. For me #1 is a bit flat. BTW I too love fog.

mrjcall Loc: Woodfin, NC

Fog is a tough cookie to please everyone, no doubt. What works for some, doesn't work for others, but honestly, that's true with all photographic images, no? Perhaps that's why more than one version is necessary from time to time.....

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I prefer the second photo because it has more character while retaining the foggy look. I’m normally a black and white fan, but the first one just looks drab to me.

magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK

As they stand I find #1 is preferable. However, I reckon with a little more work both could be extremely effective - in #1 the subject tree could be darkened to bring it forward thereby reducing the overall flatness (which is a characteristic of fog but needs to recede a little), and #2 needs handling a little more gently, with the saturation reducing with distance and the fog appearing a little more evenly. Good first shot at it, worth a bit more time in pp.

DaveC1 Loc: South East US

I have to go with #1 as being the best of the two as they now stand.

mrjcall Loc: Woodfin, NC

magnetoman wrote:

As they stand I find #1 is preferable. However, I reckon with a little more work both could be extremely effective - in #1 the subject tree could be darkened to bring it forward thereby reducing the overall flatness (which is a characteristic of fog but needs to recede a little), and #2 needs handling a little more gently, with the saturation reducing with distance and the fog appearing a little more evenly. Good first shot at it, worth a bit more time in pp.

Your comments are further evidence that each image offered for view on any forum will elicit comments on how the individual viewer would adjust to his own personal taste/standards. That's entirely appropriate since no one final image suites all needs.

I often revisit my 'completed' images in the various processing software I use and many times come up with a completely different version which I like. My initial PP of a shoot does nothing but sit in my computer until I have completed at least this initial process. Might take an hour, might take a day and sometimes the image never does arrive at the 'finished state'.....

bertloomis Loc: Fort Worth, Texas

#2 is best for me.