Dorset Landscape Photography : Mists blow across the Marshwood Vale
03rd July 2012
Dorset Landscape Photography
Mists blow across the Marshwood Vale
I got fed up last week with the never ending West Dorset mists and fog. It was so bad I couldn't see out of my window to the hillside at the end of the road, but I thought 'what the hell'.
I headed up to Eggardon Hill in the hope that I might get above it all, but alas, I could see it blowing in from the coast, across the valleys.
However, as I sat and watched from the warmth of the car, I begun to see shafts of light dropping down through the mists, forming sunbeams and before the mists and fog could disappear, which they did a few moments later, I managed to capture a few shots.
Quite a difficult one to capture as I was shooting into the sun, so a 3 stop filter was used to reduce the glare from the sun, taking a couple of shots at a further -1 & -2 stops for later blending. Using the 'expose to the right' technique which is great when shooting in RAW, I knew I could bring detail from the shadows later on.
Mists blow across the Marshwood Vale
I got fed up last week with the never ending West Dorset mists and fog. It was so bad I couldn't see out of my window to the hillside at the end of the road, but I thought 'what the hell'.
I headed up to Eggardon Hill in the hope that I might get above it all, but alas, I could see it blowing in from the coast, across the valleys.
However, as I sat and watched from the warmth of the car, I begun to see shafts of light dropping down through the mists, forming sunbeams and before the mists and fog could disappear, which they did a few moments later, I managed to capture a few shots.
Quite a difficult one to capture as I was shooting into the sun, so a 3 stop filter was used to reduce the glare from the sun, taking a couple of shots at a further -1 & -2 stops for later blending. Using the 'expose to the right' technique which is great when shooting in RAW, I knew I could bring detail from the shadows later on.