Though I record the entertainment of the Enchanted Forest, some of my followers are new this year so I will start off with an explanation of what it is. This is an annual event that occurs in the fishing club water at Dunmore Loch that place with the boathouse that I fish in (note I didn’t say where I catch fish)it is a light show that has water displays and lighting with in the surrounding woods. I shall try and describe each of the shots. The theme this year was Symphony of Nature. It goes on for a month every night from six o’clock until ten and over that month ninety thousand people attend.
These large air filled balls are floating on the loch water and various colours are are beamed onto them allowing some great reflective shots when the water is as calm as it was on this night.
One section of the loch has a bridge going over it and this year it has been covered by four inch diameter silver discs with a glitter ball on the inside of the roof covered bridge. From the outside of this shot the colour comes from the people crossing clothes.
Looking at the discs from the inside.
On the water is a large pump that projects a semi circle water spray , through this is a film projected from the bank giving a four minute movie to the spectators on a platform on the opposite side to the camera. These were dandelion seed heads that came up from water level to fly into the air.
Believe it or not this is the result of the detail that can be seen through the spray.
Flowers, Butterfly and Fern.
Just a different image.
An overall view of the lighting on the far bank.
Ditto.
In another area Frogs on lily pads that were croaking.
A tublar bells type set up that you walk through and the children (plus some adults) can swing them about.
The same as above but showing the reflection from the opposite side of the water.
Just a reflection of a water spurt on the water.
Lots of stories related to nature, this fairy told a nature story and was surrounded by seed heads, small and large.
One of the large ones.
These were suspended swings that children and aduts could sit in and were very popular.
Three firepits around the route all made especially for the show with the metal globe of the woods.
With carefully placed spotlights the natural features of the woods come alive at night.