Errigal lake sunrise

We had been waiting for some time to get this image of mighty Errigal reflected in Lough Dunlewey at dawn. This is a location where all your ducks have to be in a row: no wind, giving a mirror-still surface to the lake to aid reflections; a clear eastern horizon for the sun to illuminate the sky; some cloud to be coloured by the rising sun and to be reflected in the pan flat surface of the lake; and the water level to be high enough to submerge the willow trees which add mood to the scene. If we were playing bingo, today we would have been able to declare a 'full house'! A scene well worth getting up at stupid o'clock for! 0.6 grad breakthrough photography filter helped to enhance the sky