Posts about lake
Loch an Eilein
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Jo took me to visit Loch an Eilein, in the Rothiemurchus estate, during one of my first trips to Scotland way back in 2005. I love pine forests and, in particular, Scots pines, so I was in my element there. The walk around the loch is an easy one, ranging 4-5 miles over pretty unchallenging
Forever young
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We’re incredibly lucky to live in such a beautiful place, and incredibly lucky to be able to enjoy the sight of the Blümlisalp paddle steamer, which passes our home every day in summer, hooting loudly as it arrives at the landing quay in the village a few hundred metres away.
Abrupt sunsets
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Sunsets in the mountains are different from those over flatter landscapes.
Iseltwald am Brienzersee
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A spring-like day and an afternoon stroll around a little village on the shore of Lake Brienz.
Ullswater, at last
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Perfect photographic conditions on the shores of Ullswater in the Cumbrian Lake District last week.
The view around the corner at Susten Pass
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Finding a magnificent view of a scene I know well, by going up a little road and turning a corner.
Gwatt lake shore, Thun
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The shore of Lake Thun at Gwatt is a great place to photograph the sunrise and the sunset.
Oberhofen Castle
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A thousand-year-old castle on the lake shore near Thun, with wonderful gardens, terrific views, and a hideously ugly restaurant.
Eternal search for the perfect angle
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Searching for viewpoints, poring over maps, dodging power lines, and coming home with classic landscape images.
The fishing villages on Lake Neuchâtel
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Visiting lake shore villages in the French-speaking Romandie region of Switzerland feels like a little foreign holiday.
A fresh eye
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This year’s aim: see new places and try new things. Close to home, this means going out from home and documenting the village where I live as much as possible. Despite living here for nearly five years, the only parts of Faulensee I’ve really photographed have been the views from above the village or from home.
Below the water line
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Low water levels in Lake Thun in winter reveal large expanses of foreshore.
The wider angle
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First shots with two new acquisitions: a super-wide lens and an RR90 shutter release cable.
In the shadow of the giants
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The Niesen casts a clearly triangular shadow when the sun is low in the sky.
Oeschinensee, Switzerland
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One of the more spectacular mountain lakes in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland is at Oeschinensee, in a hanging valley easily reached by cable car from the town of Kandersteg. If you’re feeling lazy, then the walk to the lakeside restaurant is a fairly easy one. If you’re more adventurous, then there are a network of paths leading
Blow-up boating on Lake Thun
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Jo found that because we’d saved so many points on our supermarket card, that we could “afford” a kayak using points alone. A few days later, and a large and heavy cardboard box arrived on the post woman’s scooter trailer and we had our dinghy: an Intex Challenger K2.
Gwatt nature reserve, Thun
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I just came across a short film I made in January and posted to YouTube at the time. Filmed with my X100 and edited quickly in iMovie, it shows the publicly accessible lake-shore nature reserve at Gwatt, some fifteen minutes’ drive from home.
Taking to the water
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A group of canoeists, kayakers and stand up paddle-boarders in a range of coloured boats on Lake Thun this morning.
