Within an hour of sunrise (around 08:30 in December) on a still, damp morning. Bare beech trunks and fog — the best composition lesson there is.
18-150 · 50–150mm, or the 100-400 at 100–200mmNo filterHood onTripod
- Mode
- Av
- Aperture
- f/8
- ISO
- Auto (max 6400)
- Exposure ±
- +⅔ to +1
- Drive
- Single
- Focus
- One-Shot · tap one trunk
Do this
- Brighten it: +⅔ to +1. Fog fools the camera into making everything grey. You want the fog white.
- Zoom in, don't go wide. At 100mm+ the trunks stack into layers and the mist fades them back one by one.
- Find one dark thing — a single trunk, a bench, a person in a coat — and put it against the pale.
- Lines: rows of trunks, a path, a fence. Let one lead into the fog.
- It's dim. If the shutter drops below 1/60, tripod. You have time; nothing is moving.
- Colour is a choice: Auto white balance gives you cool grey; 'Cloudy' warms it. Try both.
If it goes wrong
- Flat grey mush
- More brightness, +1⅓. And look for one dark subject.
- Mist gone by the time you arrive
- It burns off within an hour of sunrise. Earlier. Set the alarm.