A FOGGY MORNING WITH THE COTTONWOOD TREES

The forecast this morning was for foggy conditions until late morning so, photographing any kind of sunrise was out of the question. I left the house before 5:am and after photographing the wildflowers for a couple hours, the fog was still about and peaked my interest to find subjects that would help compliment the atmosphere that the fog brought to the landscape. With this type of atmosphere, I like photographing the landscape in black and white. The fog has an ethereal feeling about it and photographing it in black and white really brings out that feeling. After photographing some of the oak trees, I continued on along the path with the sun beginning to peak through the fog above. More oak trees are to the left but, what stands out are the three cottonwood trees in front of the oak trees and right next to the path. With the sunlight beginning to illuminate the cottonwood trees from behind, I set up my tripod, camera, focused and began shooting this ethereal and foggy scene at Wildflower Park. (519-84)