We have just returned from a weekend break in the Lake District with friends, staying in a cottage in Uldale that had a lovely open fire. It was close to a great pub, The Snooty Fox, which had wood-burning stoves. The trip conveniently coincided with our home central heating breaking down, broken by none other than the Scottish Gas engineer himself. I am sitting here writing this with a woolly hat on as it’s -1 degree outside.
Taking photos with the kids and dog haring around you isn’t always easy – although this image has a sense of calm about it – and as I looked to my left I saw my son quite far out on a deserted mooring pier. Just for fun he poked his legs through the broken slats which made my blood run a bit cold.
I took a number of pictures of these posts. It took a while to get a composition that I liked but even then I felt something wasn’t quite right. After a bit of cropping the square format came up trumps which is interesting as I was very close to leaving the D90 at home and taking the Rolleiflex TLR.
A Day in December 
Gorgeous photo…very painterly
cheers Richard – I didn’t know you visited me here! 🙂
great photo. I happen to live in Keswick, but in Ontario Canada. We are on a lake too. I like your blog, lots of great photos.
thanks, I’ll look up Keswick, Ontario!
It’s a beautiful and serene composition Karl. Stay warm!
thank you. I’m trying my best but the whisky ain’t working
I love this!
thank you Roberta 🙂
Very well composed image. I love the reflections and the tones you used worked perfectly. Thanks.
thank you!
very beautiful composition and monochrome!
thanks mimo
Great image, Karl. With all the elements tugging at the composition, it still reads to my eye that it’s cropped as a landscape, when it’s really a square. Pretty interesting.
I was having compositional battles over this one. What I wanted to do was strengthen and focus on the ‘abstractness’ of the posts against what was quite a busy background. Glad you like it.
Well done for getting such a good shot with children around you, it isn’t easy.
This is really a beautiful photograph, and your composition is superb. Your choice of the square format for this is also excellent, and it contains the full range of luminances. A fine print, indeed.
Fabulous photo and post! I could relate to your “blood running cold…..”