This misty, moody Australian bush scene was photographed along one of the logging tracks in the Willi Willi National Park, up in the mountains far west of Kempsey, NSW, Australia on a very wet and chilly winter day.

This the view in the opposite direction of "Into the Mist #1".

I had not realised the difficulty in photographing misty scenes such as this but I soon discovered that even though the light was very low there was still a big problem with the dynamic range. Aperture Priority did not work for me here so I opted for Shutter Priority, 1/60sec being the slowest speed recommended for a hand held shot. With the mist being so close, the resulting f/3.1 kept the background nice and soft.

Even though few photographs were made throughout the day due to the weather and time of year, six of us in two 4WDs had a great day out in the bush communing with nature.

One bloke, who has travelled 250,000Km in such road conditions in his 4WD had never had a mishap until the last two times we were out in the wilds. Last time it was a fuel line fracture and a flat tyre. This time it was another fuel line fracture!

Fuji S9600: 1/60sec @ f/3.7, manual focus, hand held, gave me the moody exposure and good foreground detail.
Lightroom & Photoshop CS3 with a good B&W conversion rendered the fine result.

Enjoy!