Morning Fog - Playing with Light

Totziens

Hi, This is my first post...Just wanting to share a shot from this past weekend. I set out early to shoot morning light with fog.

r7r5

Very nice. I like it

kdog

Welcome to Dgrin, Totzien! Very nice image. Well worth getting up early for I'd say.

black mamba

Welcome to the forum.

My only critique would be to reposition the horizon so that it doesn't run across the middle of the frame. In this case, I would probably fore-go some of the water, bring in more sky, and thus effectively move the horizon so that it now runs across the frame at about the 1/3 level up from the bottom.

Tom

Rhuarc

In this one case I actually feel this photo is better off with the horizon dead center as it was shot. I know usually this should not be done, but in this case because of the exact mirror in the water I think the symmetry between the top and bottom adds more to the photo than the appeal of the rule of thirds.

Beautiful photo either way!

Totziens

Thank you everyone for the kind words and feedback! I was actually thinking symmetry when I shot it. I didn't even think of the rule of thirds, but wish I would of tried that. My mind was so set on capturing the "mirror" reflections of the landscape. I was trying to keep a balance about it.

Totziens

Another Morning Light shot
I didn't realize how hard it was to shoot "light" and how hard it is to capture that light and balance it and to create mood.

black mamba

You did a commendable job here. And you're right....balancing light and creating mood that projects the image you're after can be illusive. I wish I had a dollar for every mile of a Florida sandy road like that one that I've walked.

Tom

joe-bob

Both are nice shots.