"Sub Zero"

As many of you have most likely seen the news - this year UK experienced

probably the coldest winter in 40 years.

 

Well, finally, I must say!!!

 

On a very snowy Thursday I completely ignored all the communication chaos

and government suggestions (advising on traveling to Scotland only if it

was a matter of life and death) and jumped on the first train to Glasgow.

 

I must admit I have been waiting patiently for about 5 years to experience

such beautiful winter scenery. There have always been some other factors

and problems coming my way (bad timing, poor winter etc.)

 

This time I was finally well rewarded.

 

Temperature that morning was around -20 degC. Well, personally speaking

such a temperature doesn’t impress me at all, as I am used to cope with

much colder conditions. Needless to say it was a very good test for all my

camera system. It was so cold that the grease in my geared head had

frozen,

my cable release (loosely wrapped around the camera) stayed in that

position for most of the morning, freshly charged batteries were losing

capacity like crazy and even my simple spirit level had some obvious delay

in its normal action

 

Composition-wise I was finally able to come up with a fresh perspective as

the whole place was dead frozen.

 

What is normally a huge swamp was perfectly walkable/accessible without

the need of inflatable boat and a pair of good wellies :)

 

Please have a look at the larger version !

Happy New Year Piotr! Good to see you back. So you finally managed to dig yourself out from underneath of that snow blanket. That is some beautiful British Winter, we've got some snow over here, but the weather isn't that great. Thanks for sharing this magnificent view!

Preciosa composicion.

Saludos.

Gorgeous shot Piotr! Excellent composition, well exposed, superb white balance, and gorgeous detail. well worth venturing out in the cold for. I've been out for a few decent cold shots this year too. The coldest being -53 C with wind chill. Those batteries sure don't last long in those temps!

All the best,

Neil

Burrrr…. It looks cold even with that blue sky! A lovely scene with great shadows, natural color and fantastic detail. You mastered the exposure here and that might not have been very easy in these conditions. I like this, nicely presented indeed.

 

Best regards, Pamela

 

Cold, yes - but very beautiful landscape and composition. Well done.

 

Paul

Wow!

Excellent capture Piotr! Such beautiful winter scenery is worth all these efforts and troubles.

 

Best regards Sadegh