Trees, Light and Lake at Englethwaite Hall

The view is of the northern-most lake and surrounding trees at Englethwaite Hall Caravan Club site, looking from the east.

The image was captured as a single RAW file at 4:15pm on the 6th July 2018. It was developed with On1 Photo RAW nearly 5 years later in May 2023.

Searching Archives

As with my previous Carlton Chambers post, this image is a result of my looking through archives to find worthy shots to develop, in the absence of anything recent.

Special Place

The walk around the little lakes at Englethwaite Hall has always been a favourite for Gill and I. And in 2017, when I was still using (and teaching) Lightroom, I shot a panorama of the lake close to the shore and stitched the shots using Lightroom’s (then new) panorama tool.

I had the final image printed as a 1.4 metre-wide canvas, which hangs above our TV in the living room.

Gill referenced the print as her “special place” to summon feelings of peacefulness, as part of her anxiety therapy after her stroke in February 2020.

The featured image is at the same spot but taken a few metres back, and it includes another large tree on the left.

Same Content – Totally Different

As you can see, a single shot at 12mm (APS-C) looks completely different than the pano, which is to be expected of course. And this demonstrates what a different look and feel can be achieved from basically the same content.

Colour Theory

When developing this image, I paid particular attention to the colours to enhance and optimise the way they complement each other. Considering my background as a paint colour consultant, I’m quite puzzled as to why I have never applied colour theory when developing and editing images before.

We Never Stop Learning

As usual for me recently, I took my time with developing this image in the little free time I have, and I’m quite pleased with it. I think, as software has advanced, so has my technique – ironically, since no longer teaching.

We never stop learning.