I must have been inspired by 1930’s photographs. Andreas Feininger comes to mind, maybe. The sky is not an effect, it was really the thick cloud of fog that was covering le Havre, and it was starting to lift. Ih the background, the sun is bound to appear and in a short moment, the city will be totally cleared and shiny with sun. The chimneys of the power station are still in the haze and the harbor activity is obvious with the shades of grey of the smoke coming out from everywhere. I rarely use a telephoto lens but for this one, I was glad to have one. Much smaller that Feininger’s huge contraptions when he was photographing New York from the East River shores in New Jersey …