# Emergence **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** landscape\ **Created:** [January 22, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/emergence/19378 "2021-01-22T15:43:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/emergence/19378/1 "2021-01-22T15:43:36Z")
Autumn 2020 photo project - taken 10/18/20 , in Lincoln, Massachusetts This was a morning with very heavy fog. I was shooting foggy trees for a while since everything was socked in with no light . Then about an hour after sunrise, the sun finally started to emerge through the thick fog. At the point this happened, I was in a meadow where my only foreground was these grasses, so I just went with it. I have never seen such an intense glow of light through a fog before. The ring or halo around the sun was caused by the fog, it is much more pronounced in the raw files, I tried to minimize it’s appearance as best I could here. ### Specific Feedback Requested Any critique or comments are welcome ### Technical Details Is this a composite: No This image is a blend of 3 exposures for dynamic range, one for the sun, another for the sky, and a third for the grasses. Blended using TK Luminosity Masks. Canon 5D MKIV, Canon 70-200mm f4 lens, at 135 mm, ISO 100, 1/25 sec at f16. ![Emergence](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/0/c/0c3d2d6b5db4aebbe58549019b44439673d826c7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ben_van_der_sande/32/5511_2.png) [@Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ben_van_der_Sande)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/emergence/19378/2 "2021-01-22T22:02:03Z")
Ed, again a stunning image. I cannot think of any comment other than, I find it a good blend, The image gives that early morning feeling that I often miss , because in my surroundings are to much buildings. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Lowe](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e36b37/32.png) [@Ed\_Lowe](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Lowe)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/emergence/19378/3 "2021-01-22T22:15:01Z")
You are nailing these one after another, Ed! First off, great job on the exposure blend as it appears just right to my eye. I actually think the FG grasses work beautifully here and add an additional layer to this wonderful scene. I particularly like that warm glow just behind the grasses; I find it very inviting. I am looking forward to seeing what else you captured during your Autumn 2020 Project. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Williams](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/john_williams/32/28797_2.png) [@John\_Williams](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/John_Williams)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/emergence/19378/4 "2021-01-23T15:28:46Z")
Love it Ed. Those foreground grasses add oh so much! Nice job on the blend; it is always a challenge to shoot straight into the sun. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/emergence/19378/5 "2021-01-24T21:01:03Z")
@Ben_van_der_Sande @Ed_Lowe @John_Williams thank you all for your comments, I appreciate you taking the time to give me your thoughts > [@Ben\_van\_der\_Sande](#): > > The image gives that early morning feeling that I often miss , because in my surroundings are to much buildings. Ben, if it makes you feel any better, to the immediate left of this meadow is a gasoline station, and to the immediate right is a golf course. The use of a telephoto lens helped create the illusion of a wilderness setting. Landscape photography in the suburbs… ---
**Author:** ![Kerry\_Gordon](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kerry_gordon/32/5610_2.png) [@Kerry\_Gordon](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kerry_Gordon)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/emergence/19378/6 "2021-01-24T23:51:48Z")
Love it, Ed! Beautiful colour, wonderful mood and great point of view. My God, there is nothing like the sun breaking through the fog in the early morning. Emergence indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_McGuirk](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_mcguirk/32/30542_2.png) [@Ed\_McGuirk](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_McGuirk)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2021, 11:50am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/emergence/19378/7 "2021-01-25T11:50:25Z")
Thanks Kerry. It is a bit cliche, but I agree there is nothing like the sun breaking through the fog in the early morning.