Aberfoyle

Photographer's Note

Towards the end of the afternoon, the sun was preparing to set and decided to give us a natural fireworks display.
The fifth of November happens to be "Bonfire Night" in Britain, commemorating the arrest of Guy Fawkes who was part of a plot against the protestant King James I in 1605. So, we did go and watch fireworks that night, but we had seen much better during the day, as we were walking along Loch Spling in the Trossachs.

THE TROSSACHS is a lovely woodland glen in the Stirling Council Area of Scotland. Glen is the gaelic word for a wooded valley with a water course running through.(In the Trossachs, we have Loch Katrine, Loch Ard, Loch Spling, Loch Chong and several others.)
Its scenic charms came to popularity with Sir Walter Scott's 1810 poem "The Lady of the Lake".
Scott followed up with his 1817 historical novel "ROB ROY" romanticising the outlaw cattle thief born by Loch Katrine. (Katrine comes from the Gaelic "Ceathairne", a collective word meaning "cattle thief" or possibly "peasantry".)

3WS showing different views of Loch Spling that afternoon.

ikeharel, Kofman, jlbrthnn, delpeoples, thebest, UlfE, aliabazari, clic, Angshu, gildasjan, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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cargus (6450) 2013-01-10 8:56

La lumière, la couleur et le contraste sont excellents, superbe les réflexions dans l'eau, clarté d'image très bonne, excellente…
Cordialement
Adrian

lousat (57610) 2013-01-10 8:58

Salut ML,une choix parfaite,sois pour la saison,sois pour la prise de vue,sois pour le moment avec la lumeire meilleure pour rechauffer les couleurs de l'Automne,une composition demi et demi avec magnifiques refletcions pointillistes et des details suprenants sur les abres! Mes compliments et belle soiree',Luciano

yquem46 (32247) 2013-01-10 9:07

Bonsoir Marie Louise
une belle image que l'on croirait venir du Québec
Bonne lumière douce, couleurs chaudes et naturelles, très beaux reflets
une excellente réalisation
Bien amicalement et mes meilleurs voeux pour 2013
Patrick

ikeharel (37280) 2013-01-10 9:27

Bonsoir marieLouise,
fascinating golden autumn colors, a beautiful reflection over the smooth water-surface.
Best light collected and the pic. is pleasent to look at.
Au revoir,
Ike

cornejo (18020) 2013-01-10 9:39

MarieLouise Bonjour, cela ressemble à une jolie photo de la belle forêt avec le soleil et la réflexion jolie, je pense un joli tableau. Une image bien composée et parfaitement cadrée, avec une très bonne qualité. Very good job intéressant et parfaitement réalisé, bravo mon ami. Merci de partager cette belle œuvre.

Bonne nuit et week-end heureux.
Salutations du sud de l'Espagne.
Angel.

Tigerlily (2343) 2013-01-10 10:18

Hi Marie Louise,
Beautiful autumn colour, I quite like the reflection on the water.. very artistic. Beautiful indeed.
BTW, Thank you for your interest in the Church. I uploaded the source of my note for you to have a look.
Thanks again.
Jasmine

emka (58110) 2013-01-10 14:13

Hi Marie Louise, it is really explosion of gold. Fantastic autumnal view of the forest and its reflection. Gorgeous colors and excellent sharpness. Stunning composition. Warm regards
Malgo

jlbrthnn (79773) 2013-01-11 7:42

Bonjour Marie-Louise,
C'est une photo superbe et spectaculaire. Les couleurs de la forêt et sa réflexion sont remarquables. Une photo lumineuse, colorée et nette. Bravo.
Bonne journée
Amicalement
Joël

delpeoples (44904) 2013-01-12 6:33

Salut ma chere Marie-Louise

Sembra che stavi viaggiando insieme con John (tyro) - lui é stata nel The Trossachs alcuni giorni fa :) Bellissima foto, adoro quei colori dorati ed i riflessi dove abbiamo due per il prezzo di due uno. Mi piace molto il taglio stretto e la simmetria impressionante.

Complimenti, ed un caro abbraccio per 2013
Lisa

thebest (3370) 2013-01-12 19:04

Hi Marie-Louise,

The wonderful colours of Autumn - what a lovely season & the reflections have certainly fired up the loch.
It is a beautiful photo - the clarity is brilliant.

Kindest regards,
Dawn.

ktanska (21509) 2013-01-13 3:01

Hi MarieLouise,
It's intensive beautiful autumn view. Sort flash before dark and wet season. And it doubles in reflection.
Such scene is difficult to expose correctly, the red channel overexposes easily. I made a workshop to show a bit darker version.
Kari

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papagolf21 (76515) 2013-01-15 23:38

Bonjour, chère Marie-Louise,
Oh ! Superbe peinture automnale où les couleurs des feuillages se mirent avec délectation dans les eaux calmes.
Une bien jolie réalisation.
Mes meilleurs voeux pour l'année 2013.
Amitiés.
Philippe

fabbs99 (5407) 2013-01-16 23:07

Hi Marie Louise,

Beautiful autumn colors and great reflections in the waters.very well captured.TFS.

Regards
Farhat

UlfE (13730) 2013-01-22 11:44

Hi Marie-Louise,

A beautiful autumn scene photographed in very good lighting. The colours are also very good and look natural. It is good that you were not tempted to over- saturate them. Having said that I get the feeling That the photo could not reproduce the beauty in real life. TFS and have a nice evening!

Kind regards,

Ulf

eldancer1 (17008) 2013-01-23 7:44

Indeed! Awesome capture of the fiery fall colors! Love the reflections. Good lighting and dof with nice details. Well done, tfs.

jemaflor (68867) 2013-01-27 5:59

Salut Marie-Louise,
Ces teintes sont douces et admirables, la présentation est idéale et très esthétique avec la vue des reflets sur l'eau, j'aime ces teintes chaudes.

danos (73960) 2013-02-03 13:00

hello Marie Louise,
very nice the view of this Autumn scenery with the reflections on the calmly surface of the waters to make the scene so beautiful as effective too.I like the calmness of the place,the tranquility as the beauty coming from the warm afternoon falling light.

Regards,danos

aliabazari (10105) 2013-02-07 6:34

Salut MarieLouise cher
Belle vue. L'exposition et la couleur sont très bons.

Regards ...

TopGeo (37994) 2013-02-07 12:48

Hi Marie Louise, it is really explosion of gold. Perfect autumnal view of the forest and its reflection. Where the world is peaceful
Like a paradise should be
best regards
Georgios

clic (10991) 2013-02-08 11:30

Bonjour Marie Louise
Sir Walter Scott aurait dû titrer son poème "Reflexions of the Lake" pour glorifier plus justement ce fabuleux éclat de tons chauds!
Amicalement.
Robert

Waylim (22349) 2013-03-26 9:32

Hi MarieLouise,

Beautiful fall color image. I love how the reflection give even stronger and deeper color and saturation. I would have lower the POV even more to get a little more of the reflection so the photo is not divided half and half. Even though the light is only on the tree, but the reflection of the light help balance it out nicely. Excellent shots.

I like all in the WS as well. I think the second one with the overall landscape and houses under the hill with beautiful reflection deserved to be featured on its own.

Way

Angshu (51174) 2013-04-21 0:43

Hello Marie Louise
The WSs posted provides us with a good idea of the Loch.
It must a real visual treat to visit the Trossachs during autumn with which the trees dress up in the best colours. What a beautiful scene you show us here with the colours reflecting in the Loch waters. Excellent!
Best Regards
Angshu

gildasjan (38208) 2013-05-08 10:01

Bonsoir MarieLouise
Une beau tableau équilibré en couleurs qui apaise notre regard sous cette chanson d'automne.
Bonne soirée
Amicalement
gildas

mcmtanyel (638) 2013-05-18 20:30

Hi Marie Louise,
Beautiful colors, lovely reflections, good composition all combine to make one beautiful photo. I think I am going to steal this to put in my "Best of Shipshuck's Friends" theme.
Regards,
MT