Held In Limbo

Congratulations! This is the Image of the Week selection for the Landscapes Gallery, week ending 23rd December, 2011!Loch A Chroisg, Achnasheen, Scotland

A silent and deathly cold morning at the edge of Loch A Chroisg near Achnasheen. The temperature plummetted for the third time to minus 23 degrees celcius and the freezing mist again had rolled in over the loch creating a dense coat of hoar frost. This time the mist began to peel back and the sun came up glowing eerily pink against the slope of a snow covered hill behind me at the loch perimeter and the light reflected from that hill stained the two rime covered birch trees so they stood out in limbo against the sombre backdrop beneath the frozen branch of another tree.

Pentax 67II, 55-100 zoom, unfiltered, f/32 at 10 Seconds, Fuji Velvia.

Love the hoar frost and subtle color. Nicely composed.

Awesome shot. I love the pastel glow on those trees and the way you've filled the frame.

Love it!

Fantastic colors, comp and light. Truly a beautiful image.

Beautiful!

-Paul

I love the pale subtle color of the sky and how it's reflected in the snow/ice. The trees are great in the FG, but I'm bother by the overhead tree.

Oh what a gorgeous image...i like the colors a lot, and I like the effect the frost gives. Wonderful!

The overhanging tree is a nice touch, but it is a little too prominent in the frame for my taste...I'm not sure how to fix it though...

I love your effort here - especially your hardiness in going out to shoot in a temp like that. I love the subject, the pastel tinge to the light on the trees, the subtle variation to the light in the background, the texture in the rime over the gorse. I also understand why you wanted to include the branch at the top, but I agree with some of the others that it is a distraction in this image. I think it would make at great image by itself. I'd crop it.

What a colour. Eerily beautiful.

Absolutely stunning scene and capture!!!!!!, that frozen fog is incredible!, just a superb image/scene/moment/conditions!, your comp adds tons to this a unique image, brilliant and well deserved IOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, get the beers out I say!