Misty Morning

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 13, 2010201 views11 comments

Hello everybody! This is my first post for NPN. I love misty and moody pictures. This photo was taken at the river Danube winding in the west part of Hungary. A dark, misty dawn was followed by a foggy, shiny morning.
The sun was enlarged a bit..

EOS 20D
Sigma 17-70/2,8
GND filter

Thank you for every comment.

István Pénzes
Hungary
padre60light@gmail.com

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Joseph Kayne on January 13, 2010 at 9:45 AM

Fresh, different, clean and no caffeine. Excellent. Looks like a painting. Subtly beautiful....Joe.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 573 Posts, 2619 Comments

Comment posted by Nicolas Belokurov on January 13, 2010 at 10:32 AM

Welcome Istvan,
The photo is beautiful, as a minor comment, i'd crop the lower and the left part of the photo a bit.
Incredible moment.

Registered on July 22, 2009, 41 Posts, 533 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on January 13, 2010 at 11:50 AM

Beautiful first post. I like misty moody pictures too.

- Dan.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 473 Posts, 7980 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on January 13, 2010 at 2:48 PM

Very nice and moody shot. This might also look nice in B/W.

Registered on November 14, 2007, 322 Posts, 6101 Comments

Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on January 13, 2010 at 4:20 PM

I love a good fog picture and this is definitely one. Normally I'd probably convert this to B&W but I really like the deep green of the bushes surrounded by the "B&W" sky and water. Nice job.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 148 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 13, 2010 at 5:36 PM

Istvan,

Welcome to NPN and the ES&S Gallery! Glad to have you here. You should find lots of helpful and courteous folks here.

If you love misty and moody images, you most certainly captured one here! This has great mood and atmosphere. I even like the central placement of the sun as it hovers over the scene casting it's rays of life...

You mentioned enlarging the sun. I wouldn't have guessed that, but it did bring attention to that and to me it looks like a pretty rough selection and replacement. In other words, there isn't a smooth transition between the area immediately around the sun and the surrounding fog. Perhaps resizing and jpg compression could be making this more visible, but if this were mine I would consider reworking the sun replacement. BTW - thanks for disclosing that.

So welcome aboard. We look forward to more images from you and for your participation.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Chris White on January 13, 2010 at 6:09 PM

Nice, simple but strong.

Registered on February 27, 2007, 61 Posts, 945 Comments

Comment posted by Stephen Cunliffe on January 13, 2010 at 8:39 PM

I too would like to see this in black and white.
And welcome to the forum!

Registered on May 25, 2009, 62 Posts, 202 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 13, 2010 at 9:29 PM

Hi, István

I like this image. If there is a middle ground between black and white and color, this is it. I like how you straddled the two. Wonderful geometry of shapes here with nice tonal gradation. This is fun and easy to look at.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Ian Cameron on January 14, 2010 at 4:45 AM

Thats a cracking atmospheric shot Istvan. I might be tempted to try and soften out the digital halo around the misted sun a touch as it will add to the purity and tonal smoothness of the image. I love the restricted colour palette

Registered on August 6, 2004, 1125 Posts, 3318 Comments

Comment posted by István Pénzes on January 14, 2010 at 12:50 PM

Many thanks for the comments.
Lon and Ian, I post now the modifyed picture, with the original sun from the RAW...Thanks for the advice Lon, I like this way much better.

István

Registered on January 12, 2010, 35 Posts, 192 Comments