Ghosts of Fog

StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
edited February 23, 2014 in Landscapes
Have always wanted to capture mysterious and unknown in fog. Don't think I got there this time, but its start to a life long quest. All help and pointers from your own damp and dense encounters are appreciated.

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Comments

  • JeffC230JeffC230 Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2014
    Awesome! Love #3 and #5. I also love #2 and how the hills in the background just fade away in the fog. Great job!
    Jeff K.
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2014
    JeffC230 wrote: »
    Awesome! Love #3 and #5. I also love #2 and how the hills in the background just fade away in the fog. Great job!

    Thanks Jeff! Much appreciate kind comments!

    Learning experience....couldn't dry out the lens filter with mciro-fiber cloth and it just turned into a mush........need to find out of there is a solution out there.....would have drifted further in otherwise!
  • JeffC230JeffC230 Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2014
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Thanks Jeff! Much appreciate kind comments!

    Learning experience....couldn't dry out the lens filter with mciro-fiber cloth and it just turned into a mush........need to find out of there is a solution out there.....would have drifted further in otherwise!

    Well they turned out great anyways! I had.....kind of a same problem not long ago. Took the camera out to the beach, left it in the room for a while and when I came to bring it outside, the lens fogged up so bad and stayed fogged up for a good 4 hours! GRrrrr
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2014
    JeffC230 wrote: »
    Well they turned out great anyways! I had.....kind of a same problem not long ago. Took the camera out to the beach, left it in the room for a while and when I came to bring it outside, the lens fogged up so bad and stayed fogged up for a good 4 hours! GRrrrr

    ....yeah....change in temp....probably AC on in room and FL heat outside........annoying, especially if you had shot lined up!
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2014
    JeffC230 wrote: »
    Well they turned out great anyways! I had.....kind of a same problem not long ago. Took the camera out to the beach, left it in the room for a while and when I came to bring it outside, the lens fogged up so bad and stayed fogged up for a good 4 hours! GRrrrr

    I've encountered similar situations myself. If I'm aware that I will be taking the camera from one temperature ( colder ) to another temperature ( hotter ) of significant difference, and that it has been in the colder area for any considerable time, I place the camera in a sealable plastic baggie. Therefore, when condensation forms it will form on the baggie and not the lens or interior of the camera.

    Tom
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  • EiaEia Registered Users Posts: 3,627 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2014
    When I return to my home state of WV in summer or Autumn the fog and humidity is always there; especially summer. I LOVE foggy pictures. My lens is slower to focus but other than that I have never had any issue. Nevertheless 4 and 5; especially 5. IMHO they turned out great but again...I like fog and grew up in it! I also like color even bland color in the fog.
    ~AnnaMaria~ My little life in God's big universe
  • JeffC230JeffC230 Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2014
    black mamba wrote: »
    I've encountered similar situations myself. If I'm aware that I will be taking the camera from one temperature ( colder ) to another temperature ( hotter ) of significant difference, and that it has been in the colder area for any considerable time, I place the camera in a sealable plastic baggie. Therefore, when condensation forms it will form on the baggie and not the lens or interior of the camera.

    Tom

    thats a good idea! Its almost impossible to get it unfogged. Thanks for the idea thumb.gif
    Jeff K.
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 11, 2014
    black mamba wrote: »
    I've encountered similar situations myself. If I'm aware that I will be taking the camera from one temperature ( colder ) to another temperature ( hotter ) of significant difference, and that it has been in the colder area for any considerable time, I place the camera in a sealable plastic baggie. Therefore, when condensation forms it will form on the baggie and not the lens or interior of the camera.

    Tom

    Thank Tom! Good to know that!
    Eia wrote: »
    When I return to my home state of WV in summer or Autumn the fog and humidity is always there; especially summer. I LOVE foggy pictures. My lens is slower to focus but other than that I have never had any issue. Nevertheless 4 and 5; especially 5. IMHO they turned out great but again...I like fog and grew up in it! I also like color even bland color in the fog.

    Thanks Ana! Love the fog too! My lens hunted for focus too....so I was aiming at thicker branches! Cheers!
  • fool4thecityfool4thecity Registered Users Posts: 632 Major grins
    edited February 17, 2014
    Love the mood! Nicely done.
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  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2014
    I think number two does it for me. I think the composition is the best in that shot. So many leading lines, triangles and such.

    I like that you have the large tree in the foreground on the left 3rd of the shot. I also love the way the branches it from it lead you into the rest of the image, down to the horizon. The horizon then draws your eye to the trees on the right which then, the perspective leads you back into the image. Even the downed tree on the ground is well placed. Very awesome.

    The other shots just don't have the same dynamics. At least to my noob eyes.

    Very nice shot. I think it would look great as a very large print.
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2014
    anonymouscuban wrote: »
    I think number two does it for me. I think the composition is the best in that shot. So many leading lines, triangles and such.

    I like that you have the large tree in the foreground on the left 3rd of the shot. I also love the way the branches it from it lead you into the rest of the image, down to the horizon. The horizon then draws your eye to the trees on the right which then, the perspective leads you back into the image. Even the downed tree on the ground is well placed. Very awesome.

    The other shots just don't have the same dynamics. At least to my noob eyes.

    Very nice shot. I think it would look great as a very large print.

    Thanks AC! I can honestly say, if this wasn't my own thread, and I was giving the CC, that is exactly what I would have said. Second one is the one I thought was semi-decent. I have also learned that beauty truly lies in the eyes of the beholder. Numerous times I go back and forth on a picture to liking something about it to wanting it to delete it. I never really know if something is good or bad and hence I ask for feedback and am surprised when the one I almost deleted, is the ones that people complimented. It helps to start seeing things from different perspective. So it is great when someone else also sees and appreciates the same thing, what you yourself saw and wanted to capture! Cheers!
    fool4thecity wrote: »
    Love the mood! Nicely done.

    Thanks Mike! It was great atmosphere!
  • anonymouscubananonymouscuban Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,586 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2014
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    Thanks AC! I can honestly say, if this wasn't my own thread, and I was giving the CC, that is exactly what I would have said. Second one is the one I thought was semi-decent. I have also learned that beauty truly lies in the eyes of the beholder. Numerous times I go back and forth on a picture to liking something about it to wanting it to delete it. I never really know if something is good or bad and hence I ask for feedback and am surprised when the one I almost deleted, is the ones that people complimented. It helps to start seeing things from different perspective. So it is great when someone else also sees and appreciates the same thing, what you yourself saw and wanted to capture! Cheers!



    Thanks Mike! It was great atmosphere!


    You're not alone! Although I cull stuff pretty harshly and right away when it comes to technicals, if the shot passes that initial cull, I leave it. I will flag the few that initially stand out and work those first. Then I let several days pass, sometimes even weeks before I go back and look at the shots again, for a second culling. I often find one shot that I love that just didn't do anything for me the first go-around. I have a feeling that its these shots that really tug at your emotions and memories and is why, when the days events are long past, these shots stand out the most.

    One thing I've learned though is that although feedback from others is important, you'll go mad trying to please other people before yourself. This of course, doesn't apply for when you have a paying customer. You have to please them or you've failed. However, when your shooting unpaid work, then you should shoot for yourself. And I often find it helpful to get the opinion of non-photographers too. Sometimes we nerds focus too much on that one distracting tree branch and lose sight of the beautiful forest in the shot. :D
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  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2014
    I'm liking #1

    I'm up the Peninsula near the airport so Sharp Park sends a lot of fog over (OP knows what I mean)

    The low contrast can drive you crazy if you're shooting surfers

    I think you can make #1 pop a little with boosted highlights (maybe pick up some of that moss), the others are too mid tone for me

    It's a nice project albeit with AF difficulties
    Rags
  • OsoOso Registered Users Posts: 164 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2014
    Very nice. I like #4 the best with the silver medal going to #3.
    Steve
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  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2014
    torags wrote: »
    I'm liking #1

    I'm up the Peninsula near the airport so Sharp Park sends a lot of fog over (OP knows what I mean)

    The low contrast can drive you crazy if you're shooting surfers

    I think you can make #1 pop a little with boosted highlights (maybe pick up some of that moss), the others are too mid tone for me

    It's a nice project albeit with AF difficulties

    Thanks Rags! Great point on low contrast....I thought my lens was acting weird! Good to know! I did try to find the optimum highlights for #1 and lightened shadows, and I did really like the brighter version and could see the details and pop was there. Then considering the mood, I thought it might be worth it to sacrifice some detail and damp down. Thanks for awesome CC!
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 20, 2014
    Oso wrote: »
    Very nice. I like #4 the best with the silver medal going to #3.

    Thanks Steve! Much appreciated!
  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2014
    Ghosts of Fog - New Blanket
    Got great new blanket today! Below are my attempts! All CC cherished!

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    5)

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    Cheers!
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