We spent three weeks in Oregon in December visiting our daughter and it rained every single day.  Typical weather for that time of the year.  Being Midwesterners, we were hopefully optimistic that there might be a few breaks from raindrops.

My husband and I decided to take a hike anyway.  As we were getting to the woods, there was an eerie aspect to the fog.  I was actually delighted by the lighting and hoped that I would be able to catch a few shots with trees and fog.

I was shooting HDR that day, just in case.  Soon after, I processed the shots using Nik's HDR software because I wanted to use it's selective adjustment capability.  I also wanted to see what the image would look like when using the Midnight Filter in Nik's Color Efex 4, again with selective focus.  I loved the moodiness and the little patch of green color near the bottom of the image.

PAD Dec 21 Misty Miller Woods