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Sea of fog
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Sea of fog

by R.Bill Moser

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 24, 2012369 views25 comments
Another one from the area I’ve been visiting a lot lately. The weather condition for this image were perfect on that day in November. Unfortunately the fog wasn’t as high as supposed to be…….I previsualised this image since the first time I visited this place. Two shots manually blended for dynamic range.
Techs: Nikon D700, Nikkor AFS 70-200/f2.8G IF VR ED (@200mm), ISO 200, 1/25sec & 1/80, f11, ND Hard Grad 0.6, manually blended in photoshop

Techs: Nikon D700,AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm/2.8G IF VR ED @ 200mm Iso:200 1/25 & 1/80, f11, ND Hard Grad 0.6, manually blended in photoshop

Comments

25 comments
Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on January 24, 2012 at 2:24 PM
:toast: :toast: :toast:

love it :smile:
Registered on June 1, 2009, 372 Posts, 2282 Comments
Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on January 24, 2012 at 4:43 PM
Wow, this is just gorgeous Bill, Fantastic job on your processing. I could look at this all day. Definitely one of your best!
Registered on June 15, 2010, 29 Posts, 605 Comments
Comment posted by Shantikara Valuska on January 24, 2012 at 5:09 PM
Spectacular image! Beautiful cloud layers. Is it in the Jura region?
:toast:
Registered on July 25, 2011, 38 Posts, 451 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 24, 2012 at 5:14 PM
I cannot imagine a scene much more beautiful that this!
Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments
Comment posted by Nick Bristol on January 24, 2012 at 5:54 PM
Wow! This is beautiful, Bill. Great comp, awesome light and conditions! Love the colors too! :toast: :toast:

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Comment posted by Tom Hilton on January 24, 2012 at 6:59 PM
Bill,
I need to agree with the above comments,
You nailed this ....
Beautiful scene, well shot and beautiful processing.
Mark has it right (as far as I'm concerned)... just perfect.
A joy to see, thank's for posting it.
Registered on September 19, 2011, 68 Posts, 668 Comments
Comment posted by Ron Pullen on January 24, 2012 at 7:10 PM
I thought it was water when I looked at the thumbnail. Beautiful image,Bill. :toast: :toast: Ron
Registered on December 18, 2005, 74 Posts, 1413 Comments
Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on January 24, 2012 at 7:18 PM
Interesting image Bill. The ocean of fog is fascinating. Overall I like the colors, but I find it strange that the FG fog is not lit the same as that out further.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments
Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 24, 2012 at 9:54 PM
An amazing mix of blue and gold. Beautiful scene Bill with well balanced light.
Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 24, 2012 at 10:03 PM
The light, comp, and colors are striking. Could maybe see trying to bring out more texture in the foreground rock.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on January 24, 2012 at 11:23 PM
Fantastic comp and subject.
I think I see a slight tilt to the right and I find it a bit odd that the fog looks so blue in contrast to the orange sky. Maybe it’s that contrast that makes this so interesting. Good one.
Registered on January 15, 2009, 13 Posts, 772 Comments
Comment posted by Wayne Simpson on January 24, 2012 at 11:41 PM
Great shot, that fog rocks!
Registered on December 11, 2006, 303 Posts, 924 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 25, 2012 at 3:21 AM
Pic of the week??? :biggrin:
Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments
Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on January 25, 2012 at 6:27 AM
Holy smoke that's a nice one. Great job processing too. :toast:
Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
Comment posted by Mario Moreno on January 25, 2012 at 9:44 AM
Nice work Bill ! The shadows in the foreground have a lot of detail. I do agree with the fact that you would captured a better landscape if the fog was higher in the foreground. Still a superb landscape .....
Registered on January 24, 2012, 163 Posts, 369 Comments
Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on January 25, 2012 at 10:36 AM
VERY nice Bill. Colors of gold and blue, sunstar, backlit trees on the rock against the fog. :toast:
My only suggestion would be to maybe crop off the bottom fog, and look at the fir tree along the right side as its tips stand out almost as points of light in the shade.
Registered on April 1, 2010, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments
Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 25, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Very Nice! just enough detail in the fg shadows to hold my interest and the bank of fog beyond is wonderful
Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments
Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 25, 2012 at 12:11 PM
Thanks to everyone for your feedbacks and thoughts on this one. I really do appreciate it.

@Shantikara: Yes, it is in the Jura region.
Registered on January 29, 2010, 285 Posts, 4281 Comments
Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on January 25, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Quite a magic atmosphere captured Bill! Well done. :toast:
Registered on January 26, 2007, 360 Posts, 9876 Comments
Comment posted by Richard Siggins on January 25, 2012 at 9:00 PM
Very stunning.
Registered on October 11, 2007, 115 Posts, 223 Comments
Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 25, 2012 at 10:11 PM
Bill,

Wonderful sunset and fog image. Great job retaining just the right amount of detail up front and keeping the entire image very natural in terms of what I would expect to see if I were there. Nice work.

Lon
Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on January 26, 2012 at 6:53 AM
What a striking landscape ! Straight out of a fairytale :toast: :toast: :toast:
Registered on October 25, 2009, 110 Posts, 835 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on January 27, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Wow, im absolutely stunned...
Not by the shot (which of course is incredibly beautiful :wink: ) but by the fact that 20+ great photographers critiqued this and not one of them mentioned the blatant tilt (CW about 2 degrees--it's not even close). :confused:
Maybe they don't understand that clouds and fog are like fluids (they are made of water after all)...
Correct that and you have a real winner! :toast:
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by Peter Richter on January 27, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Bill, this is a very creative image for me. I appreciate the complementing colors as well as the haze especially at the bottom which makes for a kind of mystic look to my eye.

Peter
Registered on November 10, 2010, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments
Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on January 28, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Thanks again for your feedbacks.
Stan, i also wondered why noone mentioned the tilt......I wasn't sure because I leveled the camera. So i thought, it must be that way......and i was looking the internet if this was possible but couldn't find any answer. Thanks for your feedback
Registered on January 29, 2010, 285 Posts, 4281 Comments