Wast Water, August 1999 italy “The tighter the game

“The tighter the game

I don’t know what will”’

Museum-grade heavyweight Pearl textured Fine Art Giclée print

The photographer has converted the image to monotone – a master stroke that simplifies the silhouettes and yet adds drama to the stormy clouds

Wast Water, August 1999 italy “The tighter the gameDescribed by Wordsworth as long, stern and desolate, Wast Water is the deepest lake in the Lake District. It is surrounded by the peaks of Red Pike, Kirk Fell, Great Gable and Scafell Pike, Englands highest mountain, in one of the remotest parts of the national park. Here, boulders have broken away from the areas famous screes steep slopes with loose stones foregrounded by the Guardian photographer Don McPhee. McPhee, who died in 2007, was a regular