Fog
I love a foggy morning. A real foggy morning is a rare occurrence here, so the odd occasions you wake up to a thick, heavy blanket of fog, its an event that you just can’t let pass. You have to admire it, even if only for a minute, tell someone how cool it looks, take a picture to remind you.
The last time I can remember a morning as foggy as this morning, was back in 2004. Not long after I’d picked up the MINI in fact, so I was taking photos of the car in front of everything back then. Any ol’ excuse to snap another happy-shot of the MINI. That morning however, was special.
The car looked like it was sitting on the edge of the Earth. A void of white cloud enveloping it, cloaking it. Lake Macquarie had disappeared that morning, engulfed in a wash of heavy fog you could almost feel weighing down on you. Visibility wasn’t more than about ten metres and from where I had parked, it felt like I was enclosed in a solitary white room with no doors. No sounds to speak of. Just the white and the silence.
I imagine a claustrophobic wouldn’t enjoy fog. It is close and it can be intense. I think that’s what I love about it.
When I woke up today, I noticed the filtered light working its way through the glass bricks of the bathroom. The unmistakable soft white of a foggy morning. Immediately, before even looking outside, I knew to grab my camera.
While it was almost 8am and the Sun had begun to lift the giant cloud that had sunk over the City, its effect was still incredible. We are pretty high up and still here the fog was dense, filtering the Sunlight like a curtain had been draped across the sky.
Our new backyard friend, Cocky the Cockatoo, was out and about as usual waiting for his morning feed, seemingly not bothered by the lack of visibility which usually has other birds hiding away.
I left for work a little earlier than usual this morning. I knew for the fog to be as thick as it was here, it would be like a bath of milk down by the Lake.
While it was not as impressive as it was back in 2004, it had still managed to hide the entire Lake from view.
Just the shoreline visible from the usual boat ramp photo spot. Usually a gorgeous sight, a panoramic 270° view of the Lake and the hills in the background all the way out to Mt. Sugarloaf was replaced with an alabaster glow.
For once, the car was clean when I wanted to take spur-of-the-moment photos.
Foggy mornings are the best.
I only wish I had more time (or had woken up earlier) to get out and about and shoot them.
becca3003 said,
May 15, 2007 @ 5:52 pm
Very cool pics of the fog hun!
Shame you don’t get it as bad as we do sometimes! Not had a foggy day here in a while, well for a couple of months I think - it was foggy the entire day! You would have had fun taking pics that day 
There have been quite a few mornings in the past when we’ve had really bad fog and I could have gotten some really cool pics of my car in the fog or just gotten some general fog pics, but those days are always on work days when I don’t have time in the mornings 
ah well 
Kate said,
May 16, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
Great photos. I think that you should come to my house and collect me next time it’s a morning like that and we can make coffee and go to the lake and take some nice piccies while drinking coffee. “How’s the serenity!” Good idea eh!
Maybe if we went South in the winter you could almost get a taste of what England is like in the winter. Well. Actually…Let me take that back. Maybe if we go down South in the winter you can get a taste of what England is like in Autumn!
I’m thinking..Melbourne during a long weekend. Leave Friday arvo get back Monday night. Would be good eh? eh?? I can stalk Missy…go shopping and buy clothes she buys. We can take some photos. Of Missy! It will be so much fun!
ScottyB said,
May 16, 2007 @ 9:50 pm
Thanks Bec
Yeah, unlike you lot we never get fog that lasts a whole day! I reckon it would be kind of creepy, but I’d love it.. so many opportunities for photos! Kwoar.. can just imagine spending a whole day driving around looking for wicked photo spots. I’d love it! Like you, I don’t get time in the mornings unfortunately.. but unlike you, that’s my only change to get photos! Sucks 
Katie, only problem with that is it doesn’t hang around long! You could meet me somewhere next time though. But if its before work, we’re out of luck really
And as for Winter, we’ll go for a drive out to Yarramalong.. frequently drops below the zero out there in the valley 
Kate said,
May 16, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
But Missy doesn’t live there
ScottyB said,
May 17, 2007 @ 9:05 am
I knew there must have been an ulterior motive…