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Scott_Quier
Jun-04-2007, 01:28 PM
For our vacation, the DW and I went to the John C. Campbell Folk School (home page link (http://www.folkschool.com/)) for a week away from newspapers, telephones, internet, and most other things modern. There were NO locks on the doors! Anyway, I took a short photography course and the following is one of the shots I took:

We arrived Sunday evening. Monday morning I was able to capture this photo. The haze you see is the closest thing to percipitation we saw the entire week we were there. In fact, they were/are in the middle of one of worst drought they have experienced in quite some time.
http://lovenlaughter.smugmug.com/photos/159548649-L.jpg
Hikin' Mike
Jun-04-2007, 01:38 PM
I really like the haze/mist, but the sun is a bit distracting. Maybe cropping out the left side a bit?
Scott_Quier
Jun-05-2007, 02:09 AM
I really like the haze/mist, but the sun is a bit distracting. Maybe cropping out the left side a bit?Thank you for taking the time to post your very kind comment. I appreciate the thought. You may be right about the need for a crop. I'll take a look at it and I might just have to make the change. I've been wondering about it ever since I "finished" it.
schmoo
Jun-05-2007, 03:28 AM
Scott,

I'm frustrated with the weather out here because of the moisture and haze, but you captured the sunrise perfectly. I do wish there was slightly more definition in the clouds, but I am pretty sure that what I see here is what was actually out there. :D
Scott_Quier
Jun-05-2007, 06:34 AM
Scott,

I'm frustrated with the weather out here because of the moisture and haze, but you captured the sunrise perfectly. I do wish there was slightly more definition in the clouds, but I am pretty sure that what I see here is what was actually out there. :DWorking with the water in the air is a matter of working with it rather than against it. This photo was taken near sunset on a very very humid evening. The colors are as they came out of the camera - no color PP at all.

http://lovenlaughter.smugmug.com/photos/67049111-M.jpg

The lack of definition in the clouds was due, in part, to the smoke blown in from swamp fires further south (from FL and GA). Even a CP filter would have been of limited use, given the angle between the clounds, me, and the sun - way to close to zero to make the CP of much use.