Part 2, On a dark and foggy night

[KerryPierce]

Here are the images that I think many of the comments on the original thread, seemed to want. This shot was taken within 30 seconds of the shot in the first thread.

The original was a NEF that I ran through Capture with a color NR setting of 2 and sharpness of 5, with the rest of the settings being as they were in the camera saved to a JPG.

The first, is basically unedited, except for cloning out garbage, resizing and sharpening for the web. No other NR was done.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D AF
1/6s f/7.1 at 50.0mm ISO 1600 on window pod



This one was colorbalanced warmer and then slightly desaturated, 30%, to get the sepia tone look. All other editing was same as the first.



For comparison, here's the shot originally posted in the first thread.



FWIW, I still like the first shot the best. I think the POV has a distinctly different feel, accentuating the foggy, spooky feeling that I wanted out of the image. But, I should clone out the bright white building to the right of the car, as I did in the new shots.

So, I've got my sandbags placed and am ready for incoming.

[big pix]

Mmmmm......... they are both excellent but I like the first one as it shows the still of the night fog a lot better and gives a more honest feel to a dark and wet night

big pix

[mic]

O.K Private Pierce

I like this last one at the bottom the the page ( is this the 1st ) If it is

Thats the Keeper

Really nice.

Mic.

[mudder]

I like the second (middle) image for composition. The difference in the mist/fog is suprising though, did the mist/fog actually move away/disperse or is it because of some PP, or the angle of the shot affecting exposure etc?

Really like the second one, but seems to have less spooky eerie feeling without the mist of the original (third image)...

Great images though, really captured a sense of mood...

[redline]

hehe your going to hate me but i think that using in camera nr would help but i do prefer this image over the last.
it just goes to show that real photographers are willing to improve and return to the scene to get the shot no matter how many times it takes.

i also would say that when you do plan to do such as shoot that your take a whole roll or a couple of shots and experiment with the scene you never know that the one you didn't initally planned worked out better than you planned shot, which your done here.

KEEPER SHOT

[KerryPierce]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

Big Pix and Mic are obviously appreciative of the finer photos of the eerie and supernatural environs.

Mudder, the fog was moving that night, as if it were alive. In the 30 second difference between these photos, the more dense part had moved over 100ft farther away from my position.

Redline, your comment about using in-camera NR is interesting. I've always had it turned off, so don't know what benefits it might have for shots such as these. The fog masked a lot of the monochrome noise and the color noise wasn't nearly as bad as I've seen in some of my other shots with such high contrast.

[coolbeer6]

great shot kerry, i like the first one the best where the fog gives that eerie feeling / mistical magic feeling ...

[sirhc55]

Still #1 - or I should say the first post