Day 84 of 366: Ethereal Mornings and Aerial Vistas
As the 84th morning of the year whispered its arrival, the serene ritual of milking was accompanied by a natural spectacle—the dance of the fog waltzing across the hills of my dairy farm. The world seemed to breathe in a rhythm of mist and movement, a tender ballet I was keen to capture from above.
A Race Against Time
With the last of the dairy tasks behind me, I hastened home, my mind already soaring with the drone that I was soon to launch. Time was of the essence, as the fog, like a shy creature, was retreating with the advancing day. I had witnessed a week prior the way the landscape to the south cradled the mist in its rolling hills, holding it close like a treasured secret. I was determined to revisit that scene before it vanished with the morning’s advance.
The Ascent
With the drone sent skyward, I piloted it southward, chasing the remnants of the morning’s fog. The drone, an extension of my creative vision, was equipped with its longest lens, ready to seize the interplay of light and shadow cast over the landscape by the emerging sun.
Light, Shadow, and Fog
The sun, a maestro of light, cast its beams over the fog, creating a dynamic tapestry of illumination and shade. It was a scene that demanded not just to be captured, but to be felt and remembered—the gentle undulation of the hills, the trees reaching upward from the embrace of the fog, and the land itself waking to the day.
The Art of Editing
Back with the bounty of images, the editing process began. It's here where the captured moments find their voice. Among the series, one image stood out, a testament to the power of light to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. The detail, which seemed so vivid in the drone’s eye, was now palpable in this single frame.
The selected image captured not just the visual, but the essence of what I had witnessed. It was a conversation between earth and sky, rendered in the delicate hues of an early morning fog, etched by sunlight.
Sharing the Moment
As I present this image to you, it’s with a hope that you too can feel the stillness of the early morning on the farm, the serene beauty of the fog as it dances its final steps across the hills, and the warm embrace of the sun as it reveals the day.
This is Day 84—a fleeting glimpse into the transient beauty that graces the everyday, a reminder of the quiet majesty that surrounds us, often unnoticed but always present.
In this year of daily photographic exploration, each day unravels a new layer of the world’s beauty. Join me as we continue to discover and celebrate the delicate balance of light, life, and landscape that photography allows us to preserve.