Marshfield, VT

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 6, 20063,456 views30 comments

A nice cold morning got the fog rising off this pond. I loved how the sun lit it up with the bit of fall color coming through.
Sigma SD9
24-70mm lens
tripod
shutter release cable

Comments

30 comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on October 6, 2006 at 7:11 PM

Great mood shot, Michelle. Love the golden glow and the fog.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on October 6, 2006 at 7:24 PM

You captured a wonderful mood with the mist rising from the water, Michelle. I particularly like the warm light in the trees and in the reflection in the water. My only suggestion would be to crop out the sky to emphasize the rising mist more.

Ed

Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Wen on October 6, 2006 at 8:10 PM

Great shot. Looks like Chinese painting.

Bill Wen
South Dakota, USA

Registered on July 31, 2006, 14 Posts, 96 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Salge on October 6, 2006 at 8:33 PM

Wow Michelle, That is GORGEOUS!!!! Great warm glow, interesting subject, and a pervasive hint of backlit foliage...just spectacular!

Registered on February 23, 2006, 269 Posts, 2210 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on October 6, 2006 at 9:22 PM

This is beautiful. I think it can be made even better by adding a gradient layer to the sky and darkening it.

- Dan.

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

Comment posted by Jude Haase on October 6, 2006 at 9:38 PM

Fine shot Michelle!!!

Registered on April 3, 2006, 236 Posts, 1657 Comments

Comment posted by LG Price on October 6, 2006 at 10:01 PM

Beautiful composition and light Mitchelle. Looks like a classic American landscape artist's work.

Registered on March 9, 2005, 160 Posts, 1500 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 6, 2006 at 10:12 PM

Hmm, this looks familiar

I like what the fog does to the place, but don't care for that much sky.

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

Comment posted by George Hall, Jr on October 6, 2006 at 10:56 PM

Beautiful image Michelle! Love the mood the fog creates and the nice warm light. Count me in with Ed and Tony with cropping out the sky. Overall, a very beautiful image.

Registered on July 11, 2004, 283 Posts, 2395 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Dawson on October 6, 2006 at 11:29 PM

Great light and that mist is perfect, I think a crop of the sky would help

Registered on February 4, 2006, 364 Posts, 8872 Comments

Comment posted by Verena & Georg Pop on October 7, 2006 at 5:41 AM

Mmmmh! sweet image. looks very painterly.
i think there could be another good version of it as a horizontal, without that much sky at the top.
a photo editor would tell you it's a perfect covershot, with all the space at the top, while a fine print viewer would most likely would want to see it more balanced...

georg

Registered on July 5, 2006, 272 Posts, 2823 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Erhardt on October 7, 2006 at 12:05 PM

Michelle, I really like this one! I agree with both suggestions for the sky - either darken it or crop it out altogether.

A shot worthy of the NPN cover.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 245 Posts, 2421 Comments

Comment posted by David Weber on October 7, 2006 at 1:32 PM

A very beautiful and refreshing scene, Michelle.

Registered on February 7, 2005, 296 Posts, 2737 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on October 7, 2006 at 2:16 PM

Great shot Michelle! I know this spot well and have wet my tripod legs there many a time. Nice warm light and great reflection.

Registered on June 11, 2006, 113 Posts, 2116 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Helms on October 7, 2006 at 8:07 PM

Michelle, this image is gorgeous. The mood you have captured here is just fantastic. I love the light and the way it helps make the mist pop out. I say crop out the sky it really doesn't add anything to this shot.

Excellent shot and thanks for sharing

Registered on November 28, 2003, 37 Posts, 1005 Comments

Comment posted by Jose Suro on October 7, 2006 at 8:27 PM

This is a very fine landscape image. Great light and compositional balance. Congratulations!

Best,

Jose

Registered on June 24, 2006, 267 Posts, 2273 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 7, 2006 at 10:05 PM

This is a gorgeous scene Michelle. The golden light on the water is just fantastic. The only part of the sky that bothers me is the little patch of blue in the ULC, other than that it's fine IMO. Beautiful.

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on October 9, 2006 at 8:43 AM

Congratulations Michelle! The Northeast is doing pretty well with the moderator's picks. I got one for flora the last go 'round.

Registered on March 23, 2006, 1111 Posts, 6531 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on October 9, 2006 at 10:01 AM

Great shot! Love the fog and the color of the fog. Very moody!

Registered on October 30, 2005, 405 Posts, 3693 Comments

Comment posted by Michelle C. Parent on October 9, 2006 at 10:56 AM

Thank you all very much and thank you very much for the EP!

Registered on June 23, 2004, 453 Posts, 5551 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Salge on October 10, 2006 at 7:30 AM

Congrats Michelle!

Registered on February 23, 2006, 269 Posts, 2210 Comments

Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on October 10, 2006 at 1:30 PM

this is superb!!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 492 Posts, 4580 Comments

Comment posted by Mary Dennis on October 10, 2006 at 9:33 PM

Woohoo Michelle!!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 290 Posts, 2897 Comments

Comment posted by Marsel van Oosten on October 11, 2006 at 3:52 AM

Hey Michelle, that's a great shot! Congrats on the EP - well deserved. The bottom two thirds is just like an old Dutch painting by Ruysdael or Rembrandt.

Registered on March 9, 2004, 285 Posts, 2277 Comments

Comment posted by David Senesac on October 11, 2006 at 12:40 PM

Even if any of us regularly sought out such light when conditions were favorable, it would be a rare morning to witness anything as fine as your well captured scene. Ed commented on cropping out the sky. The portion of sky as displayed would be fine for most compositions. However the brightness of the sky does tend to grab some of the attention that might be better focused at lower areas. However instead of fully cropping it out, in order to create better frame geometry and balance, you might try balancing the top by shortening it to mirror the bottom sky reflection. Also you might try increasing contrast slightly with the tree at left causing the left tree reflection, with its dim background. ...David

Registered on April 24, 2006, 167 Posts, 869 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on October 12, 2006 at 10:38 PM

Michelle, congratulations on the EP selection. This image is one of the rare ones that feels and looks more like a fine painting to me then a photograph. Very nicely done...

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on October 15, 2006 at 8:43 AM

Congratulations. Artists light perfectly captured.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by Cay-Uwe Kulzer on October 16, 2006 at 4:32 AM

Michelle,

let me also congratulate you to this marvelous image, and of course to the editors pick... I f there wpild be something I would change, then I would crop the sky at the upper part of the picture. I think it gets a bit more mystical if you do so...

Registered on January 27, 2004, 494 Posts, 4021 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Hudon on October 23, 2006 at 10:37 PM

Wow, Michelle, this is nice! I'll go for it without the sky also, more mystical, yes.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 315 Posts, 2246 Comments

Comment posted by Jacob-Carl Pauw on May 26, 2008 at 3:23 PM

Nice composition and beatiful landscape.

Jacob-Carl

Registered on February 22, 2008, 0 Posts, 81 Comments