Fog - please share your photos, tips and stories!
Nov 7, 2016 23:40:54 #
While in San Francisco recently I was at Pier 39. The fog off the bay was just starting to come in. By the time I walked over to The Golden Bridge it was getting a little heavier.
Nov 7, 2016 23:48:32 #
Linda, your image is a lovely setting that holds one's attention with the subtle balance of fog and light for a calming effect. The attached image is at a local waterfront marina. Usually, I will try to separate the foreground in a fog scene for a greater perspective. In this case I used a graduated filter in pp from the bottom up in combination with a bit of sharpening to reach that end.
Nov 8, 2016 03:11:34 #
Super capture Linda, love the composition and light. 
Here's a real dreary one taken through the car windscreen on our recent trip to New England.
Here's a real dreary one taken through the car windscreen on our recent trip to New England.
Nov 8, 2016 05:52:48 #
I would liken that to a little more than a 'light' fog, especially as its already burning of, but that's just my view. I think you've handled it well and portrayed the atmosphere more than satisfactorily. I can feel a chill in the air and a warm sun on my back. The only 'fault' I can see is that perhaps the shot could have been moved slightly to the right to fully include the stand of the 4 (birch) trees.
Nov 8, 2016 06:25:49 #
We don't get fog here very often, but one morning, towards the end of a stormy few days, we had fog. I grabbed my camera to take a photo of just anything with fog involved. This individual, dressed entirely in black, was walking slowly down the alley behind where I was staying, at the time.
--Bob
--Bob
Linda From Maine wrote:
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Nov 8, 2016 06:44:51 #
cwilliams31
Loc: Salisbury, North Carolina
Charmdragon wrote:
Linda, your image is a lovely setting that holds one's attention with the subtle balance of fog and light for a calming effect. The attached image is at a local waterfront marina. Usually, I will try to separate the foreground in a fog scene for a greater perspective. In this case I used a graduated filter in pp from the bottom up in combination with a bit of sharpening to reach that end.
Loving all the fog photo's. MW
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A Tug boat appears out of the fog in a ghostly manner transporting a load of Coal up the Kanawha River in Charleston, West Virginia
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Nov 8, 2016 06:45:33 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
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I have not taken any fog shots but am enjoying all of these. The only fog around here is in my brain and I can't figure out how to shoot it.
Nov 8, 2016 06:54:04 #
I have enjoyed looking at each photo in this thread. Fog is wonderful to shoot, so here is one thing I usually find out in the fog. Webs are usually saturated with water drops, and if the diffused background gives enough light, it's a great time to look for little things to shoot. These I took the one foggy day we had last month.
F 16, 1/180th, ISO 800
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F 19, 1/250th, ISO 1250
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F-8, 1/180th, ISO 800
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Nov 8, 2016 07:00:21 #
cwilliams31
Loc: Salisbury, North Carolina
merrytexan wrote:
I have not taken any fog shots but am enjoying all of these. The only fog around here is in my brain and I can't figure out how to shoot it.
I think shooting fog is like shooting sunsets - You shoot many frames to get the right one.
These settings may not help you much but I shot these on a rainy day 112 mm - F 5/6 - 1/125 sec.
Nov 8, 2016 07:39:39 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Glad you enjoyed the trees, Geoff, and thank you so much for posting this charming image! So much to enjoy in this image, and a lot left to our imaginations as to relationships and destination.
Can you talk about any exposure or pp challenges you might have had?
Can you talk about any exposure or pp challenges you might have had?
Here's on from me, Linda. It's pretty much sooc, if I remember correctly.
Nov 8, 2016 07:45:20 #
Here is a photo from last weekend of an old mill in rural NC that I had hoped would have some colorful leaves. I was too early for the leaves, but just in time for some early morning fog. The air temperature was crisp and the water temperature still warm. So, in the early daylight, the fog was present. As the sun rose, the fog disappeared... I am hoping to get back to the mill in a few days to see if the colors are better.
Nov 8, 2016 07:56:32 #
Photo Girl wrote:
Now how many people would carry a full camera bag and tripod on a honeymoon? LOL!
Nov 8, 2016 08:00:29 #
tbell7D wrote:
Linda, I like this image and the way you have proc... (show quote)
I am so glad you posted the photo here, Tom. It's stunning, and I don't recall seeing many (from any source) of the Grand Canyon with fog. Really a show stopper!
Regarding your settings of 1/3200 sec, f.9.0, ISO 640. I'm wondering if you had the ISO set high for an earlier shot? Seems like shutter speed is super-fast, much more than needed.
Nov 8, 2016 08:02:19 #
Plymouth34 wrote:
While in San Francisco recently I was at Pier 39. The fog off the bay was just starting to come in. By the time I walked over to The Golden Bridge it was getting a little heavier.
You have brought back some great memories, Plymouth. I lived in the Bay Area from 1971 to 1981. Your shots are wonderful!
Was this a wet, misty fog where you needed to protect the camera and lens?
Nov 8, 2016 08:04:30 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
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Your shot is so ethereal - a pleasure to just view.
I do like fog and even in our dry of Colorado we get fog. This image was taken on a road with fellow photographers on the way to shoot a sunflower field and we drove into this fog bank. We took turns standing in the road watching for cars so everyone could get a shot. We were driving right into the sunrise. Was fun!!
Handheld and little PP. This is exactly what it looked like.
Rowedean
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