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Cold Sovereign

By hwatt  
Minus 19C high on Dava moor near Carrbridge, Scotland. A sapphire coloured jewel of a loch, surrounded by wind burned heather and fringed by golden grasses has frozen solid, the reeds themslves, stiff, with an icy crust. A small island, forms a golden sovereign in the middle of the loch illuminated by the first fingers of warming sunlight. As the ice expands it fractures with a pistol crack noise causing my heart to miss a beat.

Tags: Landscape and travel

Voters: spaceman, kinfatric, james_paul and 45 more

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Uploaded:
20 Dec 2006 5:08PM
Camera:
Pentax 67 II
Lens:
55-100 zoom polariser 0.3ND grad
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Comments


kim64 14 1 Scotland
20 Dec 2006 5:10PM
I think that you have captured the feel of the cold with the light perfectly here!

Kim
Kris_Dutson 18 8.2k 1 England
20 Dec 2006 5:11PM
-19; you must be mad. Wink

Worth a trip to the asylum for 'tho. Smile

Kris.
mattmatic 17 598
20 Dec 2006 5:14PM
Reckon this must look superb at a decent size (ie more than 500 pixels!)
And yes, -19!!! Mad! :o)
Matt
liparig 16 233 United States
20 Dec 2006 5:19PM
excellen winter shot well composed
joe
chrisharagan 14 7 England
20 Dec 2006 5:20PM
Brrr realy chilly look to this pic. But what a lovely winter scene.

ChrisH.
kinfatric 16 550 9 Scotland
20 Dec 2006 5:21PM
Its a very beautiful scene and accompanied by a great description
Possum 14 148 England
20 Dec 2006 5:31PM
Completely stunning. Would love to see a large version.
Allie
Buffalo_Tom Plus
14 2.3k 15 Wales
20 Dec 2006 5:36PM
Fantastic image.love those winter colours.
Tom.
Falconer 16 16
20 Dec 2006 5:38PM
superb scene!
DiegoDesigns 15 117 6 United Kingdom
20 Dec 2006 6:04PM
A cracking capture and a delightful description too. Lovely work indeed.

Dave
xinia 16 54
20 Dec 2006 6:13PM
like the contrast of the warm and cold colours
Glostopcat 14 255 2 England
20 Dec 2006 6:17PM
A beautiful lakeside scene, like the colours and sense of serenity
jonlonbla 14 4 England
20 Dec 2006 6:18PM
Very crisp and colourful and I like your narrative too. Click
John
proberts 17 218 4 Wales
20 Dec 2006 7:24PM
Lovely shot,fabulous light and love the frozen grass.
Andrew.
simon butterworth 16 41 1
20 Dec 2006 7:55PM
Fabulous FG grasses.

Simon
u47sb2 14 36 Scotland
20 Dec 2006 8:01PM
I know that loch!!! I was out there a couple of days ago and ended up taking shots of the nearby abandoned croft (not yet posted up). Wish I'd been early enough to see this!

Steven
GaryR 14 1.3k England
20 Dec 2006 9:24PM
Beautiful winter image.
Gary.
Dotrob 15 Wales
20 Dec 2006 10:15PM
Fabulous winter capture.
Dot
hwatt 17 22 United Kingdom
20 Dec 2006 10:20PM
Thank you to everyone that has commented there are a number of requests to see it bigger try this http://www.pbase.com/hwatt/image/65604286
rosie42 16 7 Australia
21 Dec 2006 4:53AM
Wonderful capture ...

Susie :o)
Slaterm 14 496 1 United Kingdom
21 Dec 2006 1:53PM
like the frosty fg - good winter landscape shot. Hope you have a good Xmas and new year
hjalmar1886 14 5
21 Dec 2006 5:14PM
Great colors and composition.
Regards, Kent
Tooth 16 5.8k 227 Ireland
25 Dec 2006 11:38PM
the description is as nice as the picture - beautiful stuff. Merry xmas

Stephen
Scottishlandscapes Plus
16 74 36 Scotland
27 Dec 2006 9:47AM
Been to this Loch just the once, it's a fair journey for me. This is really good, the frozen grasses and fine colour. The diagonal rays of sunlight. Excellent work Ian.

All the very best
Dougie
johnc1711 17 9 Scotland
27 Dec 2006 4:17PM
Great shot Ian.

John Smile

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