Into the Mist #2
THE SUBJECT:
A misty, moody Australian bush scene was photographed along an old logging track seems slightly primordial.
THE LOCATION:
In the wilds of the Willi Willi National Park , up in the mountains far west of Kempsey, NSW, Australia on a very wet and chilly winter day.
This view in the opposite direction to Into the Mist #1 .
THE MAKING of ‘Into the Mist #1’:
I had not realised the difficulty in photographing misty scenes such as this but I soon discovered that even though the light was very low there was still a big problem with the dynamic range. Aperture Priority did not work for me here so I opted for Shutter Priority, 1/60sec being the slowest speed recommended for a hand held shot. With the mist being so close, the resulting f/3.7 kept the background nice and soft.
Even though few photographs were made throughout the day due to the weather and time of year, six of us in two 4WDs had a great day out in the bush communing with nature.
One bloke, who has travelled 250,000Km in such road conditions in his 4WD had never had a mishap until the last two times we were out in the wilds. Last time it was a fuel line fracture and a flat tyre. This time it was another fuel line fracture!
Fuji S9600: RAW, 1/60sec @ f/3.7, Manual focus, ISO80, Hand held.
Lightroom 1.1 & Photoshop CS3.
Visit the Play Misty for Me, Landscape and B&W and Monochrome collections in my BubbleSite Gallery for more foggy photographs and scenic vistas and paroramas.
UPDATE: 13-08-08
This misty beauty has been accepted and published on the onexposure.net site. After many rejections of other works having finally been accepted this is a real milestone.
UPDATE: 22-08-08
This misty scene was featured in the That One Great Shot Group.
UPDATE: 10-11-08
This misty mountain track was awarded a Merit Certificate in the Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club October Open Competition in the Large Monochrome Print section.
UPDATE: 20-11-12
My misty rainforest photograph has been made POTD on the Shutterbugs.biz site.
UPDATE: 05-01-09
I have had this printed on glossy paper by photoenlargements.com.au and the result is perfect!
UPDATE: 27-01-09
The Port Macquarie Panthers Camera Club held its 2008 Print of the Year Competition presentation tonight.
This misty monochrome was awarded a Credit Certificate in the Open Large Monochrome Print section.
UPDATE: March 2009
This misty mountain landscape was awarded 1st Place at the 2009 Castle Hill & Hills District Agricultural Show in the Black and White Landscape section.
UPDATE: 05-04-09
This award winning photograph has now won the Australian Bush and Rainforest Photography Group’s ‘The Bush in Black and White’ Challenge.
UPDATE: 29-9-09
My foggy photograph has gone international!!!!!!!!!!
A high resolution copy has been sold to a publisher in the United Kingdom at the author’s insistence for an 1/8 page image for a 50,000 run!!!!!!!!!!
UPDATE: 30-9-09
My misty mountain mono has been FEATURED in the Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature
AND
the New South Wales Photography Group.
UPDATE: 3-10-09
This Willi Will National Park shot has been honoured by being made the September 09 AVATAR for the Nirvana Group.
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Into the Mist #2
