A heavy blanket of fog covered the town this morning. It was dark and eerie until the sun burnt it off close to midday. I had been planning to go into the Gardens and the Waterfront this week to take some photos but in my mind, they were full of bright blue skies. The grey mist, however, was perfectly suited to moody black and white. These photos were taken between 10.30 and 11.00 am and I could barely see 100 metres in front of me.
I think this last photo is my favourite. It’s so eerie and if there hadn’t been a steady stream of runners and the screeching of the colony of flying foxes inhabiting the pine trees, I could easily have let my imagination run wild.
By the time I got home, a whole five minute drive, the sun had broken through. The sky was a clear bright blue and the flowers in the backyard seemed brighter than usual.
Wow! You really lucked up with the fog. Those photos are stunning. They look like Ansel Adams pics. The second one, I think, is my favorite. But the trees are so pretty, too.
ReplyDeleteOh! And what are flying foxes?
ReplyDeleteThanks, lovely! I should have included a link - flying foxes are a large bat, native to Australia. They look so surreal in the sky at dusk, hundreds of them flying at once. Noisy buggers.
ReplyDeleteThese are spectacular, so atmoshperic and eerie! You have skills! :)
ReplyDeleteThose pictures are fantastic! The fog is so mysterious. I have no doubt you'll take some great macro shots too. :)
ReplyDeleteWhen you said flying foxes I thought you meant the ones at a playground XD
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos Annelise!
I can't believe it turned out to be such a beautiful day.
Fog is so neat and you did a really good job of taking some amazing photos of it!
ReplyDeleteAmazing!
These photos are so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteit doesn't even look like Geelong, i feel like i'm looking at pics of a European garden!
ReplyDeleteThese are all beautiful. I love the second and fourth (a very tropical/colonial look). I like thick fog - it somehow feels friendly and safe to me, as though a great blanket has been cast over the world and all sound becomes gently muffled.
ReplyDeleteFog is so magical and your photos are gorgeous! The last one is my favorite too. And all this beauty just a five minute drive away from home?! How lucky!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous pictures! Who knew Geelong could take on such a mysterious and eerie look?
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic - really capture a mood and tell a story.
ReplyDeleteThis set is great.Nice capture of the mysterious foggy mood.
ReplyDeletebeautiful. low fog is the best.
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