Posts in Category: mist
7/9/2010
Fog Early Along the Coast
A typical August weather report, here in July. Flood tide on Back Creek, behind Parson’s Beach in Kennebunk, Maine. Trying for a sense of depth, even with a closed horizon, by including the few scraggly roses in the foreground. The passing seagull was just a bonus.
Canon SX20IS at 28mm equivalent. F4.0 @ 1/60th @ ISO 80. Landscape program.
Heavy Recovery to add some transparency to the fog, a touch of Fill Light for the foreground. Blackpoint right for intensity. Added Clarity and just a tiny amount of Vibrance. Sharpen narrow edges preset. Finally, I used a Graduated Filter effect drawn down across the top 2/3s of the image to darken the fog so it appears more like it did to the eye.
From Around Home 2010.
12/13/2009
So Winter!
Happy Sunday!
Another from the Winter Archives. I hope to get out today for photography. We shall see.
This is the Back Creek marsh where Rt. 9 passes over it, south of Kennebunkport and kind of behind Parson’s Beach on a very winterly day. I remember getting out to take the pic, braving really bad roads and driving conditions, but drawn out to see what I could see. Fog closes the horizon and actually adds to the impression of cold.
Sony DSC H9 at about 180mm equivalent. F5.0 @ 1/500th @ ISO 100. Programmed auto.
Recovery for the fog and highlights in Lightroom. Added Clarity and Vibrance. Sharpen Landscapes preset.
10/3/2009
Fog over South Point and Cypress Grove
Like I said…no such thing as a bad day at Point Lobos. Even the fog is epic! This is a shot from the Sea Lion Point trail looking back at South Point and Cypress Grove. One of the classic views at Point Lobos. The blowing fog, moving in across the point, adds some mystery and drama, without detracting significantly from the view.
Sony DSC H50 at 31mm equivalent. F5.6 @ 1/500th @ ISO 100. Programed auto.
Recovery in Lightroom for the fog effects. Recovery, as I have mentioned before, reduces the highlights in the image. In the case of fog, a lot of what you are looking at is scattered light. Recovery removes a layer of that so that you see deeper into the fog, and increases the contrast between light and dark areas within the fog so that it looks altogether more transparent….as it does in real life. Added Clarity and Vibrance in the Presence panel. Blackpoint just right. Sharpen landscape preset.
From Monterey Bay 09.
9/30/2009
Point Lobos Fog
There is no such thing as a bad day at Point Lobos…not even a bad day for photography. When I got there on this year’s visit, the fog was already blowing over the point, and was actually quite heavy at Cypress Grove. Still the scene had its charm.
Compositionally this is a challenging shot. Normally I would not have put the upright tree trunk so near center, but it was necessary to put the fog bound tree on the offshore rock where I wanted it…at the power point (rule of thirds). The result is that the eye is drawn past the upright trunk out into the fog to the tree on the rock…which is what I was after. Only then, after exploring the details in the fog, does the eye come back to the strong shapes in the foreground. Works for me. How about you?
Sony DSC H50 at 31mm equivalent. F5.6 @ 1/500 @ ISO 100. Programed auto.
Cropped slightly from the right in Lightroom for composition. Recovery for the fog (brings out the inner light), added Clarity and Vibrance in the Presence panel, Sharpen landscape preset.
From Monterey Bay 09.
9/28/2009
China Beach in China Cove: Point Lobos
Okay…so yesterday I spent 4 hours back at Point Lobos. I stopped on the way down for some wildlife shots with the new PhotoScope, so it was 10:30 by the time I got there and the fog was already rolling across the point. Still, there is no such thing as a bad day at Point Lobos. It is just too scenic…too photogenic. The fog offshore and showing at any distance, certainly closing the horizons, was off set by the bright sun where it got through, lighting the foreground of shots and creating a somewhat more intimate feeling.
And, as a bonus, they have repaired the stairway down into China Cove to China Beach. This area was closed last year when I visited, so, of course, I climbed down. I have several keepers from beach level. This one, with the variety of shades and colors in the water, the fog visible against the blue sky, the stark cliffs, and the red and green vegetation, captures at least one essence, new to me, of China Cove.
Sony DSC H50 at 31mm equivalent. F5.6 @ 1/400 @ ISO 100. Programed auto.
Recovery in Lightroom to bring up detail in the fog blanket and darken the sky. A bit of Fill Light for the cliff shadows. Added Clarity and Vibrance brought up the texture, and especially the colors in the water. Sharpen landscape preset.
From Monterey Bay 09.
9/24/2009
Across to Great Head
Another from last year at this time. Point Lobos, CA. Perhaps the most scenic stretch of coast in the world…or at least the most photographed.
Here the misty fog over the water lends an etherial look to the land/seascape. Foreground branches frame a bit.
Sony DSC H50 at 31mm equivalent. F5.0 @ 1/250 @ ISO 100. Programmed auto.
Recovery in Lightroom for the sky and mist (Recovery works magic with mist…bringing out the lights within). Added Clarity and Vibrance in the Presence panel. Sharpen Landscape preset.
From Point Lobos Morning.
8/29/2009
Along Grasmere
This meadow is maybe 7/8s of the way around the Grasmere-Rydal Water loop, and what I remember vividly is how tired I was by this point. We had to hike down a side path and climb back up to the road (we were off the end of the path and back on roads by then) and at the time I was not sure it had been worth the side-trip. Of course, now, looking at the image, I can say it was worth it.
(As an aside…it was at the end of this circuit that I discovered Apple/Melon J2O for the first time…)
Minolta A1 at 28mm equivalent. F5.6 @ 1/200th @ ISO 100. Programed auto.
Punch and Sharpen landscape presets in Lightroom. Blackpoint slightly to the right, and Recovery for the clouds.
From England 2005.
8/28/2009
Grasmere from a Turner Overlook
The Lake District Painters and Turner in particular are everywhere you go in the Lake District. You have seen these views on museum walls and in art books, and it is constant deja vue all over again. There are plaques. “Turner painted this.”
And little wonder. This view of Grasmere might have been better if the day had allowed a view deeper into the mountains behind the lake. There are higher peaks under the clouds. But it is still atmospheric and all too typical of a summer’s day in England. We actually made it all the way around the lakes without getting wet that day, but it was a close run thing.
Minolta A1 at 28mm equivalent. F5.6 @ 1/250th @ ISO 100. Programed auto.
Punch and Sharpen landscape presets in Lightroom. Blackpoint to the right just slightly. Recovery for the sky.
From England 2005.
8/7/2009
Marsh Grasses and a Slice
We are late today since SmugMug has been down…but here we are with a shot of early morning light across the tall marsh grasses and a slice of a tidal pool beside the river…bit of mist in the background. This is another working low shot, using the flip out LCD on the H50 for a more interesting perspective. I tried to hit the sweet spot, where enough of the water and reflected sky shows to make it a secondary focus point in the image.
Sony DSC H50 at full wide. F4.0 @ 1/250th @ ISO 100. Programed auto.
A bit of Recovery in Lightroom for the sky. Blackpoint to the right. Added Vibrance and Clarity and Landscape sharpen preset.
From Around Home Kennebunk ME.
8/5/2009
Flood Tide!
Tides continue unusually full along our coast. These pools are rarely this brim full, and rarely so still. It was that kind of morning, and, as you can see, evn the mist had not burned or blown off yet, though the sky promised (and delivered) a clear hot day.
The textures of the grass, brought out by a using a graduated filter up from the bottom to increase Clarity (local contrast) and overall contrast, is as much the subject of this image as the pools.
Sony DSC H50 at full wide. F5.6 @ 1/320th @ ISO 100. Programed auto.
As above, I used graduated filter effects from the top (darken) and the bottom (lighten and increased Clarity and Contrast). Also my standard added global Clarity and Vibrance, and the Landscape sharpen preset.
Something similar:
The Long and Thin of Reflections
Cropped for effect, with similar treatment in Lightroom, except for some added work with the Local Effects Brush to bring up the trees a bit. Again the texture of the grasses in the foreground are important to the image.