Foggy Mountain Sunset
One evening last week, my son and I took off to get some shots of the sunset over South Holston Lake. It had been a really hot day and as we got closer you could tell that it had been raining. The first thing I thought was “Oh yeah….fog”! As we crossed the bridge we saw it, the entire river valley was covered with a thick layer of fog just laying over the surface of the river. Forgetting about the sunset for a few minutes, we pulled off at the first access ramp an headed for the water.
I wasn’t sure how well fog and HDR would get along but I was willing to grab several brackets and find out. I was very surprised at how well Photomatix handled the brackets then after a little masking in Elements and some brush work in Lightroom things were starting to look pretty good. I followed it up with some manual tweaking in Topaz Adjust and voila! Overall, I’m very pleased with the result and have another shot ready to go for tomorrow.
Camera settings: Canon 60D
Processing: Adobe Lightroom 3
Great timing, sensational capture and spot-on processing. Elegant image.
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Something about fog always adds an interesting dimension to an image. Nicely done!
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Beauty! Really love the fog in this shot.
Scott Ackerman recently posted..Tranquil
Fog always provides an added dimension. Great shot and awesome processing work.
Jimi Jones recently posted..Dockside
Love the fog over the water! Very nice.
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Sweet shot Curt!
Chris Frailey recently posted..Equine Elegance
Wow, nice shot Curt! I like the way the blend of warm and cold tones came out in the shot. The fog is magical too. – Nice.
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Looks great Curt! I didn’t have as good an experience with fog in Photomatix. Good lesson too!