Rogue River Fog

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 26, 201187 views9 comments

Light fog at least. The sun rose this morning to a beautiful light fog that meandered all along the valley and mountain sides. I have trouble getting fog to look like it actually was and so IMO this is not a great shot. The sunrise was much greater. Any help with how to handle fog will be appreciated along with all other suggestions.

Olympus E-5
14-54 mm F2,8
cropped to pano, full width

Large view

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 26, 2011 at 6:00 PM

Charlie, the fog looks really good here (at least in the middle ground, don't know if there was fog in the foreground) and the layers in the mid-ground and sky are very attractive. Overall, the top 2/3s of this is great. There's just too much black in the bottom and it looks like you've already cropped a bunch.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on October 26, 2011 at 6:09 PM

Yeh, Mark, I had cropped quite a bit. The clouds above were much brighter so I wanted to crop them out as it made the photo look too dark to my eyes. I also have a thing about extremely thin panos so I felt including the dark trees was the best way to go. Thanks for looking and responding.

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 26, 2011 at 6:51 PM

Hi Charlie, This is very nice! I really like the feel and mood of this, and the nice layers and depth. A scene I enjoy looking at very much. The amount of black across the bottom doesn't really bother me here.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on October 26, 2011 at 7:42 PM

Charlie, this is a really nice image. I like the composition, the layers, the colors. It is very mood evoking. My only quandry is whether there is too much black to the FG. It's easily a third of the photo. I think the fog came out fine and adds to the image.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on October 26, 2011 at 8:39 PM

I don't have a strong feeling about the black area. I have a prefereance,as I'd guess others will have. Here is another crop with less black at the bottom.

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by John Williams on October 26, 2011 at 11:46 PM

I too love that top 2/3. Great mix of light and wisp. Opening up that bottom, or blending in a lighter photo, would really help.

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Comment posted by Giovanni Russello on October 27, 2011 at 3:33 AM

I really like the mood here and also your crop of the bottom works better for me. My main problem with both versions of the image is that the right part of the image is quite featureless. I would remove some of it putting the sun in the right spot for the rule-of-thirds.

gio

Registered on January 21, 2007, 95 Posts, 1617 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 27, 2011 at 8:50 AM

Charlie, I do like your repost better seeing both versions here.

Nick

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on October 28, 2011 at 12:53 PM

I like the mood here Charlie, nicely captured.
I prefer your repost, it seems to give it a grander, more panoramic look & feel..
Well done & have a great weekend

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