Landscapes in misty weather

Yesterday late afternoon, although it was quite warm for a winter's afternoon in Cape Town and the sun was still shining, the ocean and Table Mountain lay underneath a sheet of fog.  Table Mountain was barely visible in the distance with Signal Hill to it's right and Devils Peak to its left.  Yet there were still surfers in the water and people running on the beach.  The sun was about to set when I took these shots of Table Mountain to see what the outcome would be using different f-stops and shutter speeds and the camera set to ISO 200 (the lowest ISO setting on my Nikon D50):

This shot was taken using an aperture of f14 and speed of 1/125sec.  There was still enough daylight not to have to keep the shutter open for long.

I have tried halving the amount of light entering the lens by using a smaller aperture of f/16 and a speed of 1/100sec.  There is a little more detail, but not a major difference int he outcome compared to the first picture.

In order to make Table Mountain a little more visible I have tried increasing the shutter speed allowing less light to enter the lens.  I have used an f-stop of f16 and a speed of 1/160sec.  The picture came out darker than what it was in reality, so not really what I had in mind.  I wanted to capture the shot with the misty atmosphere.  In my opinion the 2nd shot gave a clearer picture of what the actual surroundings looked like at the time.

I have done some research online on how to take good photos in misty weather and came across this website:  http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/fog-photography.htm.  Instead of always having to wait for better weather conditions one can actually take brilliant photos in all kinds of weather conditions.

It is best to be prepared for whichever weather condition you need to take the photographs in as it will save you time and a lot of frustration.  Care must be taken when taking pictures on the beach as see sand can really damage your camera and lens.  The same goes for wet or foggy weather.  I already lost one camera due to sand getting into the lens (It was a Fuji Finepix and I couldn't just exchange the lens).