After snow, cold weather, and then warm weather and rain, the air was
saturaged with moisture and had had enough off it, and we had a very
foggy day (and night) on Thursday, January 25, 2024. It was impressively
foggy. Impressive enough that I felt compelled to venture out on a little
walk and see if I could capture just how foggy it was. I just walked
around the neighborhood a little, including a nearby trail. I didn't
feel like driving anywhere. I tried a few tests using the with and without
the flash to see how it enhances the foggy effect.
Flashback Alert!: In full disclosure, this is not that different
in spirit from when I spent a few hours in the morning 21 years ago (!?!)
on December 12, 2002 to take some
other
foggy day photos, just some different locations and a film camera.
I think that
Dead End and the
Ominous Shadowy Figure in the Distance pictures came out better
back then. I was using the camera remote control, and didn't feel like
playing with the timer like I did 21 years ago, which limited the distance.
But all I could do then was scan in the printed photos, no fancy adjusting
stuff, and I had no idea how the pictures came out until after I got the
film developed and the prints made, so there's a bit more legitimacy to it.
Often the default Lightroom adjustments will reduce the impact of
the fog, which is good if you want to see the image, bad if you want to
see the fog. But I think some of these new ones are atmospheric and spooky.
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See the taillights from the car? Stop, look, and listen before crossing the...(more)
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Looking back from the dead end sign, I wanted to show how obscurred the bus...(more)
