WALKING THROUGH AN ETHEREAL ATMOSPHERE

I awakened to a heavy fog outside and was up and out the door to photograph the wildflowers before 5:00 am. The fog was going to be around for a few more hours so photographing any kind of sunrise was out of the question. 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. Walking the path just past the wildflowers I photographed, comes the bridge over Eakin Creek West that is between mature box elder trees and a couple of elderberry bushes. I thought this scene would be perfect to photograph as you can only see to the bridge and nothing beyond which helps bring about that ethereal feeling. Wildflower Park. (519-63)