Jogger in the Mist

Les McLean

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Taken this morning while walking the dogs

Canon 1Ds MKIII +50mm F1.4 lens

1/125sec @f3.5 ISO400

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An a dog walker

1/80sec @f3.2 ISO400

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I like the shots very much, the grey of the mist contrast great with the delicate greens in the leaves. Of course I think they should have a heavy frame around them.:):)
 
sbowler579 said:
I like the shots very much, the grey of the mist contrast great with the delicate greens in the leaves. Of course I think they should have a heavy frame around them.:):)
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Touche :LOL::LOL:
 
+1. Lovely images.
 
#1 for me something mystical about the lighting...good capture
 
I like these - nice light. (Almost feels like back in time and you expect someone in a horse and cape to come riding out of the mist...)
 
These are great shots, my preference is no 1 though :) good job
 
Great shots mate very atmospheric, can i ask where these were taken?
 
Jogger pic doesn't do much for me, but the dog walker pic I think is wonderful.
Beautiful light and the detail in the leaves is marvellous.
 
Fabulously atmospheric - the fog diffuses the light beautifully. Very well captured and exposed. The second pic is my fave. I'm sure that whoever that is if they saw the photo they'd buy a print!
 
That first one is just perfection, mate.
 
Wow, the trees look like an painting! Lovely :) My favourite is the second one.
 
shooter said:
Great shots mate very atmospheric, can i ask where these were taken?
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They were taken on Chevin Forest Park , Otley, luckily from my bedroom window I can see across the fields to the Forest Park, I knew the mist would soon burn away, I also knew that it can produce the most beautiful light, so I quickly got up there with the dogs.

I chose the 50mm F1.4, as not only is it a fast and sharp lens, but by using a prime it's easier to pre-visualise a scene than it is with a zoom, i.e. thinking 50mm, to make the most of the mist along the path, I needed figures (not posed) in the scene, by using a fixed focal length, I could quickly compose to catch the moment.
I used evaluative metering, set to underexpose by a 1/3 stop to make sure the highlights came out OK, ISO 400 knowing I'd get a reasonable shutter speed hand held.

I do use my 50mm F1.4 quite a lot, but like a lot of us togs, I get lazy and stick a zoom on, forgetting the challenges/discipline and satisfaction you need and get using a prime.
 
That's a lovely pair of images Les. You've captured them with just the right amount of mist. Knowing the local area and conditions really helps. If I was pushed to chose I'd go for #2. The interaction of owner and dogs is superbly caught in a shaft of light
 
Two beautiful shots Les, I favour #1 myself, with the sweeping down effect of the branches and leaves.
 
ditto- 2 lovely shots and If I had to choose I'd opt for No2 ( with a heavy Black Frame :LOL::LOL:)

gotta love these wide prime lenses, I have the 35mm and I just love it ( not as much as my HUGE Sigma tele of course lol)

Les (y)
 
Very atmospheric Les, fantastic range in the shots.

I did misread the title though..........

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I love the "jogger", the framing and the mist give a real sense of the isolation felt by a lone runner as they pound the road. (y)

Tilers edit made me splutter too :D
 
Lovely shots, did you try converting to black and white at all? Can't help thinking they would be cracking in mono too...
 
CaptainPenguin said:
Nicely seen and good atmospheric shots although on the jogger I would have cropped about a third of the way down from the top to get rid of the really dark areas
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I did think of a tighter crop, and it would definitely be an alternative view, but I wanted the jogger to be isolated but embraced by the space, so in both images the extra space was provided, the focal length of the 50mm is ideal for this, a wide angle , quite often the subjects are too small, therefore getting lost in the scene, a telephoto means often the subject dominates. A 50mm provides (for me) that happy balance.
 
Al Brum said:
Lovely shots, did you try converting to black and white at all? Can't help thinking they would be cracking in mono too...
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Yes, I did consider B&W, but I couldn't retain the quality of light I captured in the colour version, particularly the luminous greens.

But you are dead right, there is a B&W image waiting to come out of the scene, it's just beyond my ability in photoshop to achieve it.
 
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