'Swan Lake' Rydal Water

Memories on the Wall

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March 12th 2006

We’d been up at Keswick for the weekend at our timber lodge when the snow started to come down heavily. Although it was still early on Sunday morning, we decided to head off home though the Lakes. The further south we went the heavier the snow became. As we approached Rydal Water it stopped and I pulled the car into a layby at the far end of the lake just past the boat house. The snow was about a foot deep and it was quite difficult to get down to the water’s edge to get a shot with Loughrigg Fell in the background.
I often wonder if these were the same swans as the ones on one of my other images of Rydal Water – Dawn Display. If so, they definitely like to pose for a photograph or maybe it’s just the bird food I usually carry around with me.

Technical details

Canon EOS 5D, Canon L series 24-105mm lens, 1/60 sec @ f/16, ISO 200, no filter

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Memories on the Wall