November Morning, Lanark Loch Photo

Photographer’s Note

After some horrid dull, dark and wet days, the weather has now turned much colder, drier and brighter. The temperature was just zero when I took this one during a walk around Lanark Loch this morning in the early morning sunlight. The light was fabulous.

Lanark Loch, lying on the eastern outskirts of Lanark, is a man-made lake, built in the early 19th. Century initially as an emergency water reservoir. It is now a popular centre for recreation and a walk around the perimeter is just about one mile. People regularly come here to walk their dogs, run, jog, feed the swans and generally enjoy the scenery.

This picture was taken from pretty near the same place in December last year, on the shortest day of the year when the temperature was about -8C.

Shot in RAW using a circular polarising filter and converted and edited in PSE6.

All comments/critiques/advice welcome!

angela926, saxo042, graffer, jean11-3, josevescovi, Buin, ManuMay has marked this note useful

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ManuMay (11554) 2008-11-02 11:13

Hello John!!!

Great work, colourful, great definition and contrasts, superb composition and reflections, everything really good!!

Congratulations.
Manuel.

Buin (38628) 2008-11-02 11:33

Hallo John!
What a sight! You caught a wonderful atumnal tmosphere here - but as you told in your note autumn also has another face ...
The sky here is a most beautiful addition to the already gorgeous scenery. Well, some days - and the splendour will be over. Lanark Loch must be a worth visiting place.
Greetings from grey and cool Germany!
Frank

darek1978 (11699) 2008-11-02 11:35

Hi John,
Beautiful colours and very good composition. I really like this photo. Great job,
Regards,
Darek

chawax (6281) 2008-11-02 11:43

Hi John,
Wonderful view, the autumn colours are fantastic and the light is fabulous as you said ! And what a sky ! The reflections are perfect too. Anyway maybe we miss something in the foreground to make the composition perfect.
Regards,
Olivier

Estelle (2319) 2008-11-02 12:06

Hello John,
Lovely reflection and nice colours.
It doesn't feel as cold as 0 degrees, but I trust you!
TFS
Estelle

josevescovi (1660) 2008-11-02 12:41

Belo cenário, enquadramento, cores e nitidez nesta competente foto. Bom trabalho.

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Vitaly (517) 2008-11-02 12:43

Hi John!
I like this almost summer shot with autumn colours. Beautiful reflection. Shot excites very positive emotions.
Best regards.
Vitaly

jean11-3 (2799) 2008-11-02 12:47

Hello John, this is a fabulously clear shot of a beautiful scene.
The sky is wonderful.You have created a very good composition with a good perspective.
What a lovely day;we have had rain and drizzle here all day!!
Good notes.
Tfs, regards Jean.

graffer (1764) 2008-11-02 13:54

Hello John,

This really is a superb shot! One of the best I've seen for a very long time on TE/TL.

As you say, the light is fabulous. The sky, the water, and the glowing colours of the autumn leaves on the trees have all come together in perfect conjunction.

The diagonal streak of cloud and its reflection in the water - the trunk of the silver birch, also echoed in the surface of the loch, together make a virtual white triangle - a strong element in the composition..

Lovely depth of colour in the reflections of the trees - I also like that distant sliver of bright green field behind the furthest trees.

Impeccable sharpness and clarity.

A Masterpiece!

Kind regards,

Peter.

dkeus31 (26527) 2008-11-03 3:30

Hi John,
a great autumn picture, the colors and the reflection are great.
regards
didier

saxo042 (16590) 2008-11-03 11:09

Hi John,
I can only agree with Peter: This is a Masterpiece! Fantastic colours and a very good composition, I have really nothing more to add.
Regards
Gunnar
PS Would you mind if I contacted you separately to ask you about conversion of RAW files. I understand from Peter that you are an expert. I am now trying to improve in this field and need some advice!

angela926 (1882) 2008-11-03 16:27

Hello John,
Very nice composition and pov, excellent sharpness and perfect depth of field, beautiful autumn colors and amazing reflections on the water.
Angela

Photo Information

Copyright: John Cannon (tyro) (2668)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-11-02
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon 20D, Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II LD SP AF, Hoya 67mm Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/100 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-11-02 11:11
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