Jogger in the Mist

[Les McLean]

Taken this morning while walking the dogs

Canon 1Ds MKIII +50mm F1.4 lens

1/125sec @f3.5 ISO400



An a dog walker

1/80sec @f3.2 ISO400

[colin C]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

I love misty mornings and these don't disappoint.

Whilst both are excellent, the dogs are may favourite. The composoition works better and their is some interaction/story to interpret between the dogs and owner.

Colin

[Hereford_EOS2]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

I love these, very nicely done.
I do prefer #2

[Macro Meister]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

I like the one with the dogs - it's very atmospheric. It looks very good in BW too.

[Nathaniel]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

Les, excellent pics as usual. My vote is also for the jogger with the dogs.

[rajjayaraj]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

another vote for the jogger with the dogs

[ST-EOS]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

Both atpmospheric images Les in which you have captured the elements very well. The dogs get my vote the reasons for are as described very well and much better than I could put in to words by ColinC .

[djguk47]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

Just has to be #2

David

[Les McLean]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts.

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

[Woolley]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

Lovely, both of them. The only thing with the first one is it looks like one of those films where she jogs off into the distance and doesn't come back!

The 2nd you should sell to people who make cards and calendars. It's superb.

[tesarver]

like the 1st shot

Tom

[DeeGee]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

Number two for me, with the diagonal sliding down from the height of the tree, the woman, the dogs

[raymon]

Re: Jogger in the Mist

I think they are both great images love the light you have captured in both shots, I also think #2 has the edge for the reasons given.

Ray