Weather - Fog

[berangere]

So, I thought my 「Weather」 pictures would be of rain, since it's been raining cats and dogs here for two weeks and it does not seem to be likely to stop any time soon, but when I woke up this morning there was fog all over the place !

I thought "Great", just took the time to have a shower and, postponing the breakfast, grabbed my camera.














He kept staring at me... He may have been thinking 「What the Hell is a human doing here this early ?」

It was my first time at taking pictures of fog. I suppose there are a few things to do to make them better.
I used my zoom a lot, since when I walked toward the things I wanted to take, the fog logically disappreared, but I think I should have taken without a zoom and then cut them with photoshop, since the resolution I use is pretty high, they may have been clearer this way.
Does anybody have any advice, in term maybe of speed or aperture ? Or mabe which valour of ISO would be better to use ?

I may come back soon with pictures of rain !

Comments

[dancing_serpent]

So beautiful and calming... *loves fog*

[berangere]

Thank you ! (It is also really cold and wet (^▽^;) )

[pepper]

Oh, lovely! I particularly like the one with the road disappearing into the fog.

We've got fog here, too, and I'm trying to figure out how to photograph it. My autofocus doesn't like it at all.

[berangere]

This road disappearing has something quite frightening.
Fog is quite rare here, so I jumped on the occasion !

[holyschist]

Very evocative!

It looks to me like your issue is not focus, but noise--I would suggest using the lowest ISO speed you can use and still get a fast enough shutter speed for hand-held. (Actually, this is sort of true generally.) I leave my camera set on 100 pretty much all the time unless I'm trying to freeze fast motion or working in low light. Depending on how dim it was and your camera, you might be able to use 200, and I would avoid going higher than 400.

Also depending on your camera, it may have a "noise reduction at high ISO speeds" setting, which is good to turn on.

[berangere]

Thank you so much for your advice !
The ISO available on my camera begins at 80, but since it was early morning and quite dark, I may try 160.
I hope we'll get fog again soon because I really want to go and try your tips !
Thank you again !

[holyschist]

Definitely play with it to find the best setting--if you get a slow shutter speed and blurry photo at 160, bump it up and try again. :-)

[sasha_feather]

I love the shot of the horse in the fog!!

[berangere]

Thank you ! He surprised me, apprearing suddenly and staring at me like that !

[holyoutlaw]

Someone's already offered the advice I'd give, so I'll just say my favorite is the first one of the ditch, with the shack on the left. Yeah!

[berangere]

Thanks for commenting, and for having the intention to help me !
Those ditches are pretty disturbing as soon as the light begins to dim and the fog just accentuated it. But they are creating an atmosphere of their own and it worths enduring the fright to take pictures. It's like they are telling a story. A really dark and gloomy story. Yes, fog fits them perfectly...

[turlough]

These are lovely. Very calming. I think my favourite is the fourth one. I like the juxtaposition of the ditch and the fence.

[berangere]

Thanks for commenting !