Bog in Fog

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

The Hawley (MA) Bog, on a foggy day last week.

[David Eckels]

My favorite composition is 727, but think it needs some contrast IMHO.

[farbschlurf]

I like the first and especially the last one. I like the "calm" mood. Nice set, also.

[Rob C]

And there I was expecting an homage to Duchamp...

;-)

Rob

[Bob_B]

The last one is my favorite. If it were mine, I might consider adding a bit of selective contrast and color to enhance the foliage v. bog.

[RSL]

Eric, you're reminding me what it was like growing up in Northern Michigan. Summers sometimes were like those pictures. Love 'em.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Thanks, everybody.

My previous visit to this bog was on a bright, sunny day in late autumn a year or two ago. The scene itself had pretty high contrast and I knew I couldn't get any shots that showed the way I felt about the place. This time it was a very foggy day and the vegetation was quite lush, and the day felt quite low-contrast to me, and I wanted to maintain that feeling in the images.

I might try upping the contrast a little, but I'll only post them if I feel they still have the gentleness of the foggy day.

Eric

[Rajan Parrikar]

Splendid images. The first two are especially evocative of the mood.

PS: why didn't you post these in the Landscape forum? Too bad there's no cross posting feature on LuLa.

[luxborealis]

I'm greatly enjoying the simplicity of your first image (710).

Might this set be processed to about ½ stop too bright? I know skies in fog can often be very bright, but I wonder if the sky was less "white", it might better reflect the mood. Alternatively, add a -½ stop (-0.5) grad mask to sky portion of each photo or a -10 vignette. Just thoughts as you have posted in User Critique.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Since most of the truly helpful LuLa critics have now chimed in, I will go back and play with these a bit more to try some of the suggestions.

Thanks for the comments, everyone.

Rajan: I think the "Landscape" forum lives under the heading of "Equipment and Techniques" or something like that, while "User Critiques" is under "The Art of Photography."
I was thinking that if I posted these in "Landscape," someone might object to my taking them with my little Canon G5X semi-pocket camera.   

Eric

[Rajan Parrikar]

Eric, those headers hadn't registered on me. I'm shocked now that LuLa doesn't have a dedicated landscape subforum for display of photographs.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Eric, those headers hadn't registered on me. I'm shocked now that LuLa doesn't have a dedicated landscape subforum for display of photographs.

Let's make a joint request to Kevin and Chris and Deb to start such a thread in the Art section.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Chris has already responded to my request. I will post revised versions in the new landscape Showcase forum.

Eric

[BobDavid]

I love the Berkshires. I've not been to Hawley. I like the set, but my favorite is #727. The colors of the flora...