I tend to think of fog as a sign of stillness, of calm. With no sun you have no warm air rising, so no wind rushing to fill that space. This wasn't that fog.
On this evening we had driven from the Pacific Ocean up into the clouds, close to 6000 feet. You know when you look up at mountain ridges and the clouds are spilling over the side? The air is colder than what's in the valley below, so the cloud is sending dense tentacles of mist at you, reaching out? If you get into that cloud the air movement has created a lot of wind, and the mist varies in density, sending shadowy figures racing in front of you. Items in the landscape appear, then disappear, as if their presence had been a mirage all along. It's particularly tempting for photographers. You're lured ahead, and out of your car, but your intended subject fades away in front of your eyes, and then it's just you and the mist, and the wind, the cold, biting wind.
Laguna Mountain Recreation Area, Cleveland National Forest, California.
Laguna Mountains Recreation Area
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gives me a bit of a chill running down the back of my neck, very moody, well captured +Jeff Sullivan
good
i want to go there and see the beauty.
I LIke It.
It's like a little hidden piece of me
scaring
I love the mystery and the beauty of the fog. Great photo.
A kind of mystical going on here…wonderful work +Jeff Sullivan
Wow!!!
mystical beauty…..
Natural Beauty is the real beauty………….
Wow…nice and cold….
the most beautiful one is this world…
just like that,
nice
Awesome!!!!! Simpy great
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wow
Amazing picture!
Hzm
follow me 🙂
nice
Aaaaaa
its a horror films jungle
Superbe
Wooow! That just gives me the chills. Amazayn!
It just a pic ….but
creepy
Very cool how you captured the erieness. great pic!
Very nice. It looks like a movie set
am taller than the trees awesome looking
What a great shot, very cool scene and comp – love it 🙂
Foggy but cool
Looks awesome !
eriee
Lovely!
How awful …
WOW
not looking too "recreational" at the moment is it? :/
Beautiful!!!
creepy foggy
Wow..
ghostly…
what secrets lie within?
nice
It's really nice! All we are waiting for now is ZOMBIES !! 🙂
This was near the border +Japo Came, night was falling, and we hadn't seen any signs of people or life for miles. SOMETHING was going to come out of that mist!
The wind was howling +Maximilian Laue, and the temperature soon dropped to 34 degrees. We had just driven up from the warm beaches near San Diego, so there was definitely a chill running down my back, as well as my legs, my arms, my head…
I was lucky to capture this picture, as we stopped several times only to have the subject we had slammed the brakes on for quickly disappear in front of our eyes in the shifting mist. It was cool and creepy at the same time.
i would go there, see what is waiting inside
Fog is mysterious
+Jeff Sullivan You're also a poet 😉
Looks like a scene about the walking dead.
Beautiful treachery.
ghost tree area !
Nice eerie shot!! Wait…is that Stephen King in the fog? lol!
Jeff, I live near by where in Laguna you were. I you live there we should get together and go for shooting. Let me know.
The Mist is one of my favorite short stories +Ray Harris… it definitely comes to mind inconditions like this.
Good!!
I love this shot!
Hey Jeff, like the mood, great pic, what is hard to achieve this?
i can feel what you felt the moment
this is scary beauty yet magical comes to mind too.
This is truly a mesmerizing photo, it really capture you.
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