Vermont's Glacial Lake Willoughby Photo

Photographer’s Note

With a maximum depth of 312 feet, this is also the deepest lake in the Northeast Kingdom, which makes it a favorite of divers. It covers 1692 acres and is bounded one one side by the steep cliffs of Mt. Pisgah and on the other by Mt. Hor. The lake was formed 12,000 years ago, when glacier rivers of ice carved out 'U' shaped valleys and spectacular cliffs of granite in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom.

The effect is strikingly similar to a Norwegian fjord. About one third of the lake has lakefront properties. There are public beaches at the north and south ends and public access for boaters. The remainder is Willoughby state forest. This means excellent hiking and even ice climbing. I once hiked to the top of Mont Pisgah and then was foolish enough to leave some binoculars on a ledge. There was no alternative but to hike back up the mountain. The binoculars were still there, of course. This is the kind of area where you'd expect that.

snunney, yedirenk, jhm, danos, ChrisJ has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

zoomer (459) 2009-11-12 12:27

Great scene with the ripples in the lake and the splashes of color on the mountains.Nice dramatic sky.Greetings Wolf.

AROBN54 (10721) 2009-11-12 19:20

Beautiful shot.
I love the patches of light and shadow, wonderful color and I love the way the eye just naturally follows the waterway into the shot. Excellent use of thirds, great exposure and a beautiful sky. That is one fabulous place, Tom. Many thanks and kindest wishes,
Shelly

snunney (34460) 2009-11-13 5:06

Hello Tom,
A great mood to this attractive composition. I like the way the sun's rays pierce through the clouds to reflect in the placid waters of the lake. Beautiful lighting across the background hills. Excellent colours and sharpness. Very good notes.

yedirenk (7257) 2009-11-13 19:33

Hi Tom,
very impressive shot with shining reflections and wonderful sky.autumn details and nature are eye catcher.peaceful and calm scene..tfs
greetings,

Cevdet

Dyerco (8968) 2009-11-14 18:59

Hi Tom
Boy does this scream out for a bright yellow canoe. I like how you caught the sunlight on the far shore with the fall colours.
Phil

jhm (82043) 2009-11-14 23:37

Hello Tom,

The shimmering water is a very pleasing element to the picture.
I like the spectacular silhouettes and the composition, the mood of the photo is splendid.
Very nice perspective and lovely cloudy sky.
Splendid colours, pleasant for look at.
Very well composition, TFS.

Have a nice sunday,
John.

carper (64414) 2009-11-14 23:41

very nice one Tom,
a nice view over the lake, nice balance in the shot, good composition, the cloud above the woods are doing well, good landscape shot here, have a good day.
regard jaap

danos (32056) 2009-11-15 0:30

Hi Tom,
a nice lake scape view which leads the eyes to the Mts on the background,that in combination with the puffy clouds, make the scene more attractive.The colourful trees 'smell' Autumn.Well done.

Have a nice Sunday,Danos

rodgerg (23539) 2009-11-15 1:15

Hello Tom,

An impression of immensity with this superb landscape. Vey good shot with beautiful contrats very well colectde and greta depht of field. I like especially the play of the rfelections of the clouds in the lahe, very plesant.
Have a nice Sunday,
Roger

pajaran (2768) 2009-11-15 2:10

Pozdrav.
Priroda nam je pruzila zadovoljstvo da uzivamo u njoj, pravi trenutak, lepa fotografija.
Sve najbolje, zdravlje, Paja.

jplebrun (16740) 2009-11-15 5:21

Hi Tom
WOW de toute beauté et comme tu le dis si bien on penserait voir un fiord norvégien, les couleurs sont magnifiques.
Amitiés
Jean-Pierre

ChrisJ (69895) 2009-11-15 18:45

Hi Tom

Reasonable sharpness with good colour & saturation. Excellent reflections & well composed. Nice warm cold color contrasts, between the Fall foliage, & blue sky. Tfs!

jurek1951 (25870) 2009-11-15 21:27

Hi Tom,
Excellent contrast and presentation,
good autumn colors and sharpness.
Excellent point of view,
well done.
Georg

Urs (2646) 2009-11-15 22:31

Hi Tom

Splendid shot, congrats, the heavy clouds set a powerful contrast to lake, slightly silver colored, while the darker mountain chain completes the photograph. I like it a lot. Well done

Best regards
urs