The Fog

As I ventured out to run some errands this morning, I found my self looking for something out of the ordinary. Something I have not seen yet. This morning was foggy. By the time I had finished my errands the sun had started to clear out the fog allowing me to see further and lighting the landscape with diffused light. While I did not see anything out of the ordinary,the fog helped make things extraordinary.    

Burr Oak

There are a lot of Burr Oak trees around here. I had not given them much thought about photographing them until this winter. They have really grown on me in the last couple of months. In December, I had seen a row that included a Burr Oak during a heavy snow and remarked how beautiful it was. With still a lot of snow on the ground and the temperature in the forties, causing a dense fog, I drove to their location. I found a safe place to park and walked along a snowmobile trail that paralleled the tree line and here it is.

Thursday Roll

Thursday, I had the opportunity to run a roll of film through a camera that has been idle for quite a long time. The camera's battery was dead. This camera is a little more automated than most of the cameras I own. The camera will do nothing if the battery is exhausted. After a trip into town to get a new one, I loaded it with a roll of 400 speed Tri-X pan and started to shoot. The images fell in this order.

Bare feet on a window sill.

 The Monarchs are still hanging around but their sightings have become less frequent.

Self Portrait.

Dramatic Skies

All images printed on 8x10 Ilford Multigrade IV.