19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
When the fog finally lifted in Dinant

It was a cold November night, when me and my friend started our first joined photo journey to Dinant, a small town in Belgium at the Maas river. Our goal was to photograph the cityscape at sunrise, so we had to leave rather early. When we arrived in Dinant, it was still dark so we walked around town trying to find perspectives and setting up our cameras. But as soon as it got closer to sunrise, Dinant got more and more covered in heavy fog until at some point, the vision was so hazy that we couldn't see the other side of the river properly anymore. So we decided to go have a morning coffee before leaving. After breakfast, we were determined to make our way back to our car so we could still get to other places nearby to photograph. While walking along the riverside, the fog had finally lifted and rewarded us with a spectacular view of the Belgian town. Quickly, we grabbed our cameras again, set them up and started taking some final photographs of Dinant. This specific photo, in fact, was the last one I took after calling it a wrap and leaving the place.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2019
Date Uploaded: 09.2021
Photo Location: Dinant, Belgium
Camera: ILCE-7M3
Copyright: © Nico Wüsten