Wild Tree. I liked this delicately gnarled tree near the edge of Crummock Water (the lake just north of Buttermere, in the English Lake District), set against a lowering Lake District sky. The weather was horrid – damp and not far off freezing; the forecast said worse was to come. So everyone stayed low. But by the time I reached the end of the lake by a circuitous route at lunchtime, the sun was shining and I was roasting. Shot on a short visit to the Lakes in March 2006 on the Nikon D100 with 12-24mm lens, and converted to monochrome in Photoshop.

Technical: Nikon D100, 12-24mm f/4 lens @ 24mm, 1/160 at f/5.6, ISO200

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