Tranquility (1)
The Lake of Menteith (in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park) on a misty, moisty, frosty morning in winter.
The Lake is one of the only two bodies of open water in Scotland to be called a Lake rather than a Loch. This, I’m told, derives from the word “Laigh” .. meaning “Low”.
Very occasionally, the Lake freezes over completely and, on such occasions, is used as the location for “The Bonspiel”: the famous curling match between the North of Scotland and the South of Scotland. The last Bonspiel was held in 1979 when the ice was 10” thick and a thousand competitors took part.
No HDR; no tone-mapping; colour overlay; Canon EOS 450D + 17-85mm zoom;
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Denis Molodkin
Fantastic capture, an instant fave!
David Hibberd
Very nice mate such a cool blend at the horizon.
Davo
Karl Williams replied
It was the early morning mist which did that, Davo. To be honest, it was a fairly flat and uninteresting shot until I tried the overlay. Just goes to show .. don’t hit the delete button too soon!
kathy s gillen...
Fantastic capture
Martina Cross
A golden dream! Very well executed!
Karen Brodie ...
Beautiful golden tones, a wonderful warm image Karl :)
Linda Morrison
Lovely colour
toby snelgrove...
swell image … great subject and frame … stunning
Ann Garrett
Fabulous
Joseph Rotindo
i love the tones here….excellent!
James Corley
This is gorgeous Karl! Instant fave.
Lyle Hatch
Extraordinary.
lorilee
Beautiful!!!!
Mark Goff
I think the overlay was a great choice Karl. this is a very effective photo!
Karl Williams replied
Thanks, Mark. In the course of playing around, I actually tried “color burn” as the blending mode for the overlay .. man it was wild .. it looked like a scene from Dante’s Inferno, which was not quite the impression I wanted to give …. at least this time!
Brendan Schoon
Great shot, wonderful composition and the foreground detail is excellent!! Beautiful lighting and the color overlay is absolutely stunning!! Very well done.
Brendan
ShotsOfLove
Your colours are just so perfect
Kevin Kroeker
The tones are perfection!!! Beautiful work!
Joanne Bradley
Those golden tones are so mesmerizzing! Excellent natural framing as well!