This image represents one of my favourite local landscapes near Derwentwater, in the Lake District National Park. I took a morning stroll with my camera, with the expectation of capturing atmospheric, autumnal scenes. The low cloud was hanging above the lake, and I decided to wait until sunrise to see it illuminated against Mount Skiddaw’s peaks. The little island with a beautiful, lone tree served as a great reminder that beautiful, golden autumn had already begun.

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