Photo of the Month: February 2013

Loch Ard Forest, Trossachs

18th February 2013, Loch Ard Forest.

A perfect winter's day Loch Ard Forest, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. Loch Ard was a sheet of ice with the low sun creating pockets of mist in its more sheltered bays. Some sections of the shore were completely frosted over. I walked a circuit from Milton along the forest roads on the south side of Loch Ard to coincide with sunset. On reaching a footpath which loops around a particularly rugged section of the shore, I noticed this scene which was quite magical.  Fearing the sun might at any moment drop below the hills behind I climbed to a vantage point above the path, set up my tripod and camera and worked quickly to record the scene.  It turned out to be one of the finest afternoons photography I have had.  

Technical Info:

Taken with a Canon EOS 5D mkII
Zeiss Distagon T* 21/2.8 ZE lens

EXIF: ISO-100 / 0.3 sec / f/16

RAW File converted to TIFF in Canon DPP, developed in Adobe PSE9

Shortlisted image - 'Light on the Land' category - Outdoor Photographer of the Year 2014

Featured in Outdoor Photography Magazine - Locations Guide / Viewpoints - Issue 188 / Feb 2015

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