PLAY January - Nikon 50mm f/1.4G: Étang du Pont Dom Jean

Another 'pond' today; Paimpont has over 20 of varying sizes... this one, in the heart of the forest, has a surface area of several hectares and has a twin just next door - L'Étang du Pré (the Meadow Pond). You might think that this would be more properly called a lake than a pond but the difference is whether the ingress and outfall of water is via a stream or simply water draining from the surrounding land. The only living things present today as far as I could see were yours truly and a fishing heron... he's the white speck on the shore top left-ish!

This is for my PLAY project - you can read more about it in my profile - where I'll be using a different prime lens for each month of the year: in January it's the Nikon 50mm f/1.4G on a full-frame camera (the D610 today).

Definitely BoB!

[Larry L]

I really like the composition, and great tones in B&W

[Joan Robillard]

Looks like a rugged area. Looks cold too but I might just bde projecting as it never got above 17f today.

[Richard Sayer]

@joansmor This is right in the heart of the forest: it wasn't cold but there was a rather persistent drizzly rain all afternoon, so the camera spent most of the time tucked inside my coat.

[Claes]

Nice rock (or roots, but I go for rock) in the foreground - and yes I noticed the "rough" surface of the lake. Not much wind, but still :-)

[Joan Robillard]

@vignouse So not as cold as here but uncomfortable.

[Kathy]

The foreground is very rugged and textured and and the pond very isolated looking.

[Richard Sayer]

@randystreat Thanks, as always, for your visit Kathy... it's a 30+ minute walk into the forest to reach this lake so, yes, rather isolated.

[Richard Sayer]

@runner365 Thanks Claes: this north shore is mostly rocky outcrops like this one, the rest of the circumference is mainly pluvial silt.

[Graeme Stevens]

excellent shot and textures in the foreground

[Walks @ 7]

VML the progression of rough to soft throughout your composition. Fav! BoB.

[Trinda Love]

Great texture on these rocks and leading lines

[Margo Sayer]

The foreground says it all...rugged, isolated, bleak, minimalist and not for the faint-hearted.

[Scott Houston]

Like the textures very much. In Australia that would qualify as a lake; any standing body of water larger than a swimming pool is put to use as a reservoir for the city.