Back-lit trees in fog and snow

I've probably posted pics of these trees close to where I live before, but I'm drawn to them every time the weather is like this. It's with a different camera & lens this time anyway....(photographed last week)!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5, 1/1000s, 55mm, hand held.

Line of trees & puddles on a snowy, foggy moor.

This is Roils Head Moor, close to where I live - a great place to play and take photographs when we get some snow.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/500s, 35mm, hand held

Foggy afternoon in woodland

Hello again - I'm back after another long break - hope to post more regularly again now. I took this one a couple of days ago in woodland close to where I live.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/2.2, 1/250s, 35mm, handheld

Winter trees silhouetted in fog.

I took this photo last Monday not far from where I live in Halifax. Having had to go to an early morning appointment, I was lucky to reach this favourite group of trees before the fog lifted - I just had chance to walk round them once, then it cleared.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/2, 1/160s, 35mm, hand held.

Foggy Walshaw Dean reservoirs viewed across a snowy moor.

I took this on the way back from Top Withens in January this year. The snow was only at the higher levels that day.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/11, 1/100s, 18mm, hand held.

Bare tree trunks in foggy Whinlatter Forest (2)

This photo of Whinlatter Forest is from August last year. The clouds were low that morning, lifting and re-settling as we walked around, providing varying degrees of visibility and lots of atmosphere.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 1600, f/8, 1/125s, 35mm, hand held.

Foggy sunrise over Halifax.

I took this one early morning in January this year on the way back from dropping my son at school. You can see Wainhouse Tower on the left, and can just make out the hills and valleys in the glow of the sun rising above the fog.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/160s, 40mm, hand held.

Foggy autumn woodland.

Another one from early November last year at Hardcastle Crags. This is one of my favourite times of year at the Crags - the colours and light are gorgeous.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/7.1, 1/40s, 18mm, hand held.

Foggy Whinlatter Forest

This is Whinlatter Forest, photographed on our holiday to Keswick last year. It's amazing how fast the scene changes when photographing in fog - from one minute to the next the visibility was changing. Unfortunately for me, wanting atmospheric foggy photos, it kept getting clearer!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 2.5s, 55mm, tripod.

Snow-covered trees on a foggy moor.

This is what Roils Head moor in Halifax looked like almost exactly a year ago (it probably looks more like a bog this year!). It was late afternoon and the low sun was almost breaking through the fog, giving these trees a subtle back-light.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/6.3, 1/100s, 22mm, hand held.

Bare tree trunks in foggy Whinlatter Forest.

My husband and I went for a walk at Whinlatter Forest with the dogs on this damp morning during our holiday to Keswick in August last year (the kids were at an adventure centre for the day). I took my tripod intending to get exactly this type of shot, as the clouds were low on the hills, creating atmospheric, foggy conditions. This type of light also seemed to make the greens and russets on the ground and tree trunks even more vivid.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 2.5s, 48mm, tripod.

Old, dead tree in a foggy field.

Anyone who drives up and down the Calder valley on a regular basis will probably recognise this tree - it stands on its own in the middle of a field just outside Mytholmroyd, near the high school. I've been admiring it for years and always wanted to photograph it. It seems to change colour with the weather and seasons - sometimes looking grey, sometimes glowing white.

I finally ended up stopping the car one day in October when it was in a 'glowing' phase, standing out against the autumn colours of the trees in the background that line the edge of the field (I'll post that photo another day). Then a couple of weeks later I was on my way to Hardcastle Crags to photograph the woodland on a foggy morning, when I saw the tree like this - looking ghostly and alone, the background trees hidden in the fog. I have a feeling these won't be the last photos I take of this tree!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/6.3, 1/125s, 55mm, hand held.

Bare tree amidst autumn colours in foggy woodland

Hardcastle Crags again today - one from a couple of weeks ago. I'd taken my tripod aiming for some long exposures of the river. Having spent 20 minutes or so doing this, I decided to pack away and move further up the river, turned away from the water and saw this. It's usually the pictures I don't go looking for that excite me the most and, to me, are the best!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/3.5, 1/125s, 18mm, hand held.

Autumn leaves against a tree trunk in foggy woodland

This is another one from my walk at Hardcastle Crags yesterday. The leaves look lovely against two very different backgrounds - the dark, textured bark of the tree and the lighter, foggy woodland behind.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/60s, 55mm, hand held.

Spooky tree in foggy woods

I took this today at Hardcastle Crags. The weather forecast was for fog all day so I was hoping for some atmospheric photos of the trees. It wasn't quite as good as I hoped - the fog kept lifting and moving (and not coinciding with me being in the right place). This particular shot worked out well, even though I'd have preferred more fog!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/3.8, 1/25s, 20mm, tripod.