The high water level from a wetter, duller and colder summer is evident - flooded grasses where dry ground and flowers should be.
Night closes in and five wet feet (three from the tripod and two of mine) are set firm on the edge the lake as low rain clouds blow in. The last image of the evening is the one in this post, the first few taken were ruined with rain spots yet there was plenty of atmosphere including several rainbows through the landscape.
Join me on a Panoramic Ireland photography workshop in the west of Ireland or in Dublin.