I was inspired to post a few pictures of fog and mist by this lovely misty Ireland photo at Music Road, and a memory of a foggy day in Chicago (left).
It also is a challenge to myself, since I tend to leave my camera in its case when the weather turns misty. I need to learn to experiment with the special effects that can be found on a rainy, foggy day. I wish I had more of these. My normal reaction is to wait until I can see shadows on the ground before snapping.
We have been blessed with good weather on our travels. Our only day on Macau was a rainy day, and we spent some of it searching for a shop that sold umbrellas, and finding expensive antique furniture, delicious Portugese food, postcards to make up for the lack of photo ops, and FINALLY umbrellas. We wound up ducking through puddles and wearing the throw-away raincoats during our three days in Florence, Italy with off-and-on rain. Consequently, we have very few pictures from that gorgeous city.
And then there were these:
These photos are my contribution to Travel Photo Thursday. I want to thank Budget Traveler’s Sandbox for sponsoring Travel Photo Thursday. You can see her photos and the photos of many travel writers by going to Budget Traveler’s Sandbox. Click on the name of a contributor to see his or her pictures.
These photos are all my property, so please do not copy without express permission. The photo of Doubtful Sound is a scanned image, and therefore not as high quality as the digitals.
Have you captured some photos you love on days that seem NOT to be optimal for photography?
Original article: Travel Photo Thursday: A Foggy Day
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