Good morning guys, I wasn't expecting fog this morning
But when I woke up, I saw it and I had to get out. I came across this scene right here
there is a nest of storks, they were here and I was going to try to
To make an image of them in the fog, but they flew away and they are up there now
So I'm just waiting to see if they come back once they get used to me. Hopefully! The camera is ready,
the composition is ready. I just need the storks to be
On the nest so hopefully that happens soon
I'm trying to give them some space and see if that way they come back to the nest, but they are not buying it
They are still up there
I left my cameras there all setup, but I don't think this is going to work
I've been here for a half an hour or so
They are still there. One of them maybe taking a nap actually, so I don't know
This image is not gonna happen today. They believe I'm here to eat them
I'm just gonna take the two compositions that I found for this nest without the storks in it
I think it's still gonna be a good couple of images. So we'll see
I really wanted that shot of the birds. It's a real bummer that it didn't happen
I guess that's why I can't be a wildlife photographer
but anyway
I moved on because the day is still pretty foggy and I love these kind of days as you guys know. As you all know
I like power lines, too, in the fog, and I found this one... this post or thingy. It's actually
acting as a frame for the next one. That's what I was trying to do here
I'm just using my normal lens, orange filter
HP5 1600 ASA, I mean, it's always the same, there is nothing else to say about it. It's pretty easy
I switched to my long lens now, the 150mm. This is making the pole that is farther away look a little bit bigger
It's compressing that background
as you can see
I'm using the tripod even though the shutter speed is 1/500sec
I could be shooting this handheld
But the reason for using a tripod here in this case is because I'm trying to capture that symmetry of this
Pole that is here in the foreground
And when I do that, when my image has some kind of symmetry and some really strong lines
It drives me crazy when there is some element that is a little bit out of place. That's why I use a tripod
So I can be very methodical about the composition and have everything in the perfect place
This is gonna be the last image of this morning
as I said, I wasn't expecting to be here today making images, but when I saw the fog outside
I just ran out of the house and I forgot to grab some film
so this is the only roll I have and this is the last shot of the roll, and I'm gonna be using
this last frame to capture
once again, more power lines in the fog. I know I'm getting repetitive here
I believe that you can't have too many images of
the same subject or similar subjects like power lines
The reason for that is because when you go back to your past work from months or years ago
say that you're putting together a book, an exhibition, or any other kind of project with your images
The more images that you have of that subject the better
In a few months time or a few years whenever I decide to do something with the images that I'm making today
I'm gonna be very very thankful that I have, say, 8 to 10 great
compositions of power lines in the fog because I'm gonna be able to select the best ones from from there
I kind of got it
It was with my digital camera and a little bit rushed composition because I knew they were about to fly away
But I think I got something, hopefully it looks good
Yeah, pretty happy now