As a landscapephotographer, I love fog. Of course. It simplifies, separates and creates a mysterious mood. Unfortunately, we very rarely have fog here where I live. Maybe a handful of mornings every year. So, when fog is forecasted, I really have to prepare and get out.

The forecast for this morning suggested fog on a handful of nearby locations, some more promising than others. As stated in a previous post, sunrise is very early here this time of year (now around 0330 am), and the chances of fog are often best 1-2 hours before sunrise, when temperatures are at it’s lowest. That means heading out at around 02 o’clock.

After a couple of hours sleep and two strong coffees I found myself in my car, driving around chasing the elusive mist. According to the forecast, chances were best at the higher elevations, so I headed up and hiked to a location where I have been blessed with fog before. For those of you (if any!) that have followed my work, you might recognize this location from a similar foggy morning this winter.

I knew beforehand that I probably would have to work in black and white. The skies were grey and heavy above the fog, and there were little to no chances for the sun to break through and give some colors. Light was very blue, and the vibrant greens of spring are long gone, giving way for a more dull summery greens. Add fog, and I knew colors would be weird or dull at best.

I only took five exposures this morning, but I think they all turned out ok. As usual, I find that taking time to scout out, think and set up gives a high yield. Nothing special with respect to the captures. All taken with my Hasselblad X2D and the XCD 35-75mm zoom at various focal lengths. I processed these in my simplest B&W conversion-mode. In Lightroom, I first adjust exposure to my liking, before adjust the black and the white points, contrast and clarity. This is always an iterative process, going back and forth until the results are to my liking. After having processed all five, I went through another round and made a few adjustments so that there was consistency between the five exposures. I have even printed all of them, and find that they make a nice little series. Hope you like them too.