Peaking out of the Fog Photo

Photographer’s Note

Pre-sunrise view from a mountain top called Belchenfluh down into the fog ridden "Swiss plateau".

Each fall and winter, cold air trapped between the mountain ranges of Alps and Jura forms a quite persistant sea of fog at about 800-900m. Down below, it makes for dull and chilly days, even more frustrating considering that above the fog sunny days with great far view are the rule.

Luckily switzerland is a hilly country and relieve is often just a few minutes drive away. The location for this shot was a 1100m hill-top of the Jura mountains, less than 10km from Olten.

The fog, the frosted over meadows and the dark, bare woods make for nice contrasts, almost screaming for black&white.

More images from the same point of view can be found here.

gabrielpat, quetzal, TeresaT, PJE, peter1892, nbj has marked this note useful

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gabrielpat (6531) 2006-06-30 19:03

Un beau travail de noir et blanc adrian,
les nuages et le brouillard se mêlent pour envelppper la montagne. c'est superbe.

Budapestman (41618) 2006-06-30 19:05

Hi Adrian!
What a impression and atmosphere! Fantastic! Very good shot! Thank you, nice days,
George

Bos (615) 2006-06-30 19:30

Nice work, the clouds on this photo loo kind of surreal but yet they were there, good shot, well done.

Cormac (26449) 2006-06-30 19:31

I really like this king of shot, with the clouds or fog swirling around the mountains and trees. This has the effect of creating different layers, and giving the shot a lot of depth. The black & white really works well too. Well done!

clnaef (6289) 2006-07-01 2:21 [Comment]

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quetzal (3467) 2006-07-01 4:37

Hi Adrian,
Very nice panorama of moutains. This mixing of clouds and fog give to this scene a impressive aspect. Well good use of the B&W.
Regards
Jean-Louis

fastin (92) 2006-07-01 6:13

Superbe compo noir/blanc, cadrge très bien vu, le relief ressort d'une très belle manière. Magnifique!
david

TeresaT (10733) 2006-07-01 18:33

Hi Adrian,
Very beuatiful tihs B&W image.
The fog looks amazing.
Great contrast and a good dramatic atmosphere.
Regards
Teresa

rahul__rahul__ (2250) 2006-07-04 11:40

Hi Adrian
nice picture, I like the b/w with this and different layers of hills formed with the fog.
Good job.
TFS
Rahul

PJE (19401) 2006-07-07 16:51

Adrian what a incredible photo showing such beauty in the morning time. Excellent composition showing good balance between earth and sky above. Thanks for sharing. Do you have a color rendition of this photo too?

fotonick66 (1416) 2006-08-07 16:30