The island at the end of the lake. The squared-off smudge to the left of the trees is in fact just more trees that are hidden behind fog.
This tiny cabin is I think owned by the local council, who rent it out during the summer. The only time I see anyone here is at the weekend during the winter, when it’s the starting point for children who coast down the hill on their toboggans.
I like the sharp contrast between the twigs in the foreground on the right and the tree branches in back of them – also the way that the space begins there and unwraps from right to left, before fading out at the bottom left.
Almost paintings…
Yes. The top one’s without scale, like this sort of thing, and then the fog has a rather nice way of flattening out the landscape that’s a bit like a painting.