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Early morning, the sun has just risen and the fields in the foreground are bathed in wonderful soft light while the mist in the valleys is just catching the first rays.
I've swapped my wide angle from a previous shot for a standard focal length of around 60mm (on a full frame camera) in order to focus in on the beautiful swirling fog as it cascades down the sides of the gently rolling hills of the Clwydian range.
In post-processing I'm in a bit of a dilemma. In the foreground of the orginal photo I've got a band of purple heather, just lit from the first rays of the sun and looking very attractive - too attactive in fact - as my eye is constantly tracking between the heather and the mist. What to do? Well in the end I decide that this particular photo is all about the mist so, with a heavy heart, I crop out all that lovely heather, leaving just one subject for the eye to concentrate on.
Even the best photograph is only a poor substitute for actually being there.
Filename - hills mist 02.jpg
Camera - Canon 5D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 58mm
Exposure - 1.6secs @ f16, ISO100
Location - Foel Ffenli, North Wales
This image - 800x350px JPEG
Conversion - ACR & PS-CS2
Comments - Tripod, mirror lockup and cable release used to prevent camera movement.
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