OCOLOY Day 131: Fishing at Trégu Lake

This, as I subsequently discovered, is Joël indulging himself in his favourite pastime. He's a retired baker/patissier and is quite a character.

As always, this image is SOOC and is part of my ongoing OCOLOY project - you can read more about it in my profile.

View on black if you can...

[Lee]

This looks idilic. fav

[Mark Prince]

Wonderful scene, looks a lovely place to spend the day. Great B&W, and like you say well worth looking at against black.

[john morley]

Do you fish yourself Richard? with your camera maybe...

[Maggiemae]

Perfect scene with not too much contrast for the black and white!

[Maggiemae]

.....and fav

[Kathy]

Wonderful scene.

[Graeme Stevens]

Help yourself to a fav, superb shot and reflections

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful serenity in this scene

[gloria jones]

Favtastic :)...excellent light, composition

[Francoise]

makes you want to pull up a chair and open a bottle of rouge

[summerfield]

this is a very attractive scenery, made more so by the fisherman. gotta check that OCOLOY thingie, sounds intriguing.

[Dyan Stevens]

Gorgeous reflections.

[Louis A. Sousa]

Wonderful scene, very retro look to the image.

[Issi Bannerman]

Good old Joël - he does look as if he would be a character! Super image Richard.

[Margo Sayer]

Textures, shades, reflections, bucolic

[Paul]

What a gorgeous place. Excellent capture - fav

[Tim L]

A lovely scene, and I'm in accord with Francoise.

[Bill Fenske]

great comp

[Richard Sayer]

@jack4john Used to fresh- water fish when I was a youngster and did a fair bit of sea-fishing later. I still have all my kit but, as you say, the only fishing I do now is to find the perfect shot. (I'm still fishing for that!)

[Danny G.]

Superb sooc capture, looks vintage. FAV

[Catherine P]

A fav! Beautiful scene. Excellent composition and processing

[Ivan]

Super scene...fav

[Ukandie!]

This is beautiful Richard, the light and reflections are wonderful. I struggle when it comes to b&w images with a lot of greenery, may I ask what settings you had on your camera as in film simulation, highlights, shadows etc.

[Richard Sayer]

@ukandie1 Hi Andie - thanks for your comments. I think we all struggle with greenery in B&W; I usually find that my images look far too busy - this one only works, I think, because of the large expanse of water.

This was shot using my standard settings for the X100T:

- BR
- DR Auto
- WB Auto
- H +1
- S +2
- NR -1
- Sharp +1

Hope this helps...

[Richard Sayer]

@francoise Thank you Françoise... and most things make me want to pull up a chair and open a bottle of rouge ;-))

[Tom]

This really quite a wonderful imaged Richard. Great light, tonal balance and overall composition

[Ukandie!]

@vignouse Thank you Richard! I am finally starting to delve into the menus of my x70, and am intrigued by others go to settings.

[Andy]

Super scene and some nice b&w tones here

[David]

Rural idyll, beautifully presents as ever, Richard. fav