Shots of the Day - # 39 – Winter Fog

Another morning of Covid isolation.

But Wait!

Overnight conditions have created an atmosphere of mystery everywhere you look…even in my unremarkable suburban neighborhood.

In the last post, I referred to misty conditions as ‘extremely overcast’. Today, the clouds came all the way to the ground. To me, every view is moody and mysterious. Familiar scenes take on a whole different perspective.

This time of year, when the land is cooling and the nights are longer, the air temperature goes down. When the dew point is reached, fog forms. This is called radiation fog and it usually burns off after the sun is higher in the sky.

Mystery Woods (12 December 2020)

A thin grey fog hung over the city, 

and the streets were very cold;

for summer was in England.

Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed

 

Crowded Canopies (12 December 2020)

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as

far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

E. L. Doctorow

To say the woods around here are thick is an understatement. When the trees are in full leaf, not much light reaches the ground.

What Lies Beyond? (12 December 2020)

I can answer that. Another cul du sac with houses…but fog limits the distance and leaves the rest to your imagination. I think it is difficult to take a bad picture in the fog. Today’s editing software allows you to create a foggy caste on any picture you have. I prefer the real thing.

You are trying to capture the fog, 

and no one can do that.

Patrick D. Smith, A Land Remembered

Pea Soup Morning (12 December 2020)

The grass field is still green but the fully diffuse and subdued light reflected a stale green cast to the sky. I chose to remove all color and make this a composition of grays.

I like the muted sounds, the shroud of grey, 

and the silence that comes with fog.

Om Malik