Canon 5D Mk IV – EF 16-35mm L – 1/250, f/2.8, ISO 100, Partial Meter

Today we woke up to a heavy fog warning. I believe this is the earliest I’ve taken a PotD; this was at 0730 hours. I got up and went on the back deck and was amazed how thick the fog was; I hadn’t seen fog like this since 1985 and I was at Castle AFB in California. Visibility appeared to be only a couple hundred feet, if that! What is even more amazing is that within about 45 minutes, the fog was mostly gone – burned off by the sun.

The shot itself was fairly straightforward. The big thing was, once again, getting the exposure right. I used my wide angle 16 – 35mm lens with the focal length set to 16mm. I had to find a balance between the darks and the light of the fog – I found that the partial metering mode helped me in this regard.

Another thing we did today was a new smoking (as in meat) experiment. I had heard about this thing called smoked shotgun shells. It is essentially a manicotti shell that has ground bison stuffed in one end, then white cheddar, followed again by ground bison. This is then wrapped in a piece of bacon, then coated in a peach BBQ sauce and BBQ rub. Smoked at 225 for 2.5 hours, then the temp is increased to 275 for 20 minutes to crisp the bacon.

Enjoy the pics; they were really, really GOOD!