The conditions looked promising for some fog around sunrise so Mike and I decided to make the one hour drive down to Bombay Hook NWR, DE. I had intended to stop and walk the boardwalk trail overlooking the salt marsh, but we missed it as it was still pretty dark. We settled on another area along the road and I came away with this image. i probably could have used a little more DOF, but I think it fits in OK with the soft mood and the fog. As always thanks for taking a look and leaving a thought.
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Nikon D800, Nikon 80-200 @ 100mm, f 16 @ 1/15 sec, ISO 200, MLU, cable release & tripod
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This is a real nice, peaceful and relaxing image, Ed. I would be inclined to clone out the long horizontal cloud/contrail, but not a huge deal either way.
This is a really lovely image Ed. It has such a soft, peaceful feeling to it. i love the muted light from the sun through the fog. The somewhat high key, and low contrast processing works very well for this subject. While i like this a lot as presented, if I had any suggestion to offer, it would be to ask for a little more breathing room on the left, the cattail sticking in the air near the left frame edge could use a little more space to the left of it IMO. Bu that is a minor nit, overall this is a lovely image.
I think this is just tremendous. Not sure what you’re referring to in regard to DOF. That the most distant flora may be a bit OOF actually helps guide the viewer to the foreground and I don’t think it detracts at all. The stillness of the grasses suggests no wind and at 1/15, I suspect the conditions were pretty calm. The sun in the upper left contrasts nicely with the predominance of clumped grasses in lower right. While I agree with @Nathan_Klein on a 4:5 crop, I would take it from the sky rather than the bottom of the image. Having a little openness in the bottom gives me somewhere to stand and take in this peaceful scene. Very beautiful…and inviting. Meditative. Tremendous.
Fantastic, moody image. The diffused sun and the rim lighting around the cat tails? make this image first rate. Hope you don’t mind, I tightened it up a little with bsome crops.
Beautiful, contemplative image, Ed. The delicate light and subtle tones work wonderfully. Put me down also for cropping some of the top. I think getting away from a 50/50 split and placing more emphasis on the grasses strengthens the composition.
