Sunbeams through the fog
Cania Gorge
Queensland
Australia
On the trip home today we decided to make a small side trip to Cania Gorge before breakfast. It was far far too cold to get out for a walk (and the tripod almost gave me frostbite - never leave your aluminium tripod in the Ute tray over night), so we drove through the gorge a bit further until the sun could be seen.
The whole area was engulfed in thick fog and I couldn't resist jumping out of the truck to take a few shots of rays of light through the trees.
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Supposedly #203 in Explore for 11th July 2008
View all photos taken: Friday, 11th July 2008, This photo: 7:35am
Lovely Dave - love the trees :-)
Lovely soft diffused light!!! Last weekend I left my camera in my car overnight... and when I wanted to use it to capture the sunrise, it was so cold and frosty that my lens misted up as soon as I'd cleaned it. I spent five minutes wiping it before I managed to press off a couple of clear shots!! You don't perhaps have a solution to this problem do you Dave? (other than... don't leave the camera in a cold car overnight :))
PP - you could leave the car running overnight?
Or you could move to Darwin
Or you could wrap it up in a blankie with a hot water bottle
Or you could say that the effect caused by the mist was fully intended and planned (works for most ha ha ha)
Or you could take the camera inside :-))
Thanks for that David... I'll phone my local camera-shop to see if they have one for me... do they come in different sizes for different lenses... or is it a case of one-size-fits-all?
Wow... thanks Voodoo... that's why I love Flickr... ask an intelligent question... and you immediately get a million-and-one answers (heh heh... some more intelligent than others :))!!
Ha ha ha - hey Paul - I will assume that my comments were the "NON" intelligent variety.......The voices in my head made me do it :-)
Heh heh... no Voodoo... your's all made complete sense... I prefer the blankie/hot-water-bottle option... although I see that the danger there would be that I also climb in and snuggle up (and go to sleep)!
Sorry David... for messing up your stream with my ramblings again... :)
I'm glad you did David it turned out great
pretty :D
I have a link to some instructions around here somewhere...which of course I can't find right now, but there are some alternative suggestions here.
Very nice capture, makes it worth while putting up with the temperatures.
Beautiful !
lovely shot!
This is lovely David...So do you have a fog shot you're happy with now?
Karen? He he that's not my name!!! It does look like a very beautiful place and this picture captures it perfectly :D It was definitely worth taking an adventure into frost world :)
Beautiful shot David.
Top shot David. Have you played with the tones?
lol, I suppose I'll let you off the hook then !!!
Ooh, that's rather nice. Soft and natural.
@ Pano Paul: Some have said a battery-powered hand fan aimed at the front of the lens is enough to blow away moisture. Never tried it myself. I have tried hand warmers wrapped around the lens and they didn't seem to have much effect with my camera and just got in the way.
@ David: I'd be interested in those instructions if you ever find them again. Thanks.
Yeah a small fan might do it.
I found an incredibly complex solution -
www.analemma.de/english/dewzap.html
But there are much easier ones (like the one I use). I wish I'd book-marked that...
Aha, here's a photo of the one Pete made me:
www.flickr.com/photos/wmzaphod/2544991168/
That's a cute little front element heater. But how to make it?!
Ah, found the link Pete sent me -
www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=63,292,0,0,1,0
It's not exactly the same, but has all the formulas and from there should be easy to work out. :)
great feeling like a sepia shot. rays are excellent
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like an illustration for a book of fairy tales, David :o)