On a recent trip to northern Wisconsin I was reminded how the fog can transform a scene into a mysterious or an ethereal experience. Due to lower overnight temperatures in the fall, it’s not unusual for fog to capture the morning. One advantage of this time of year, however, is that you don’t have to rise too early to greet the morning sunrise.
It was about 6:30 AM when I stumbled out of the cabin door with camera in hand to see if the sun was up. Planting Ground Lake was under a thick fog and I couldn’t see any sign of the sun. I wandered around and watched as part of the shoreline slowly began to appear through the fog.
After 7:00 AM I could finally see the sun looking like a soft white ball slightly above the horizon. The light was not even bright enough to make me squint. I took 5 photos of the distant foggy shoreline in hopes of creating a soft panoramic picture of the scene before me. As it turned out, the contents of the images were so diffuse that Photoshop was unable to merge the images into a panorama.
The sky was starting to clear but a slight breeze began and stirred up the fog so that the clear patches of sky began to fade. A nearby cabin and its reflection looked like they were floating in the mist.
The fog eventually lifted to reveal a warm, sunny day. I eventually went back to the cabin for a warm, tasty breakfast.