Alpenglow

by morpheus71

Alpenglow lights the fringe of a weather front approaching from the east, above the flanks of Yartor Down and Combestone Tor. The wooded vale is that of the O Brook, a tributary of the West Dart River.

300 metres a.s.l. in Dartmoor National Park
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morpheus71
Posted 26/11/2014 - 15:39 Link
The back story to the trials of making this are here

www.philhemsley.co.uk/article/alpenglow-5478

Edited by morpheus71: 26/11/2014 - 15:41
GIULIO57
Posted 26/11/2014 - 16:57 Link
A Fantasy Land mood
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Stridey
Posted 26/11/2014 - 17:41 Link
Having read the blog Phil - that's a shot you won't forget in a long time ! A great image and the colours are really spectacular.

Regards
Nigel
Teaka53
Posted 26/11/2014 - 21:04 Link
Well worth all the hassle, superb colours
Malc
Posted 26/11/2014 - 23:26 Link
Lovely shot, and fascinating backstory...

Best
morpheus71
Posted 27/11/2014 - 09:56 Link
GIULIO57 wrote:
A Fantasy Land mood

Thanks very much Giulio I find it hard to resist opportunities of alpenglow or (western hemisphere) afterglow, such oppulent skylight is ensorcelling in the way it bathes land and/ or sea during long exposures.
morpheus71
Posted 27/11/2014 - 10:45 Link
Stridey wrote:
Having read the blog Phil - that's a shot you won't forget in a long time ! A great image and the colours are really spectacular.

Regards
Nigel

Many Thanks indeed Nigel It was a great moment. After pushing the car, much to my kids’ amazement, I tried to hoodwink my 5 year old son that I had gained superpowers by borrowing the hammer of his favourite hero Thor. He said “well where was the thunder & lightning then?!”. Outwitted!
morpheus71
Posted 27/11/2014 - 10:52 Link
Teaka53 wrote:
Well worth all the hassle, superb colours

Many Thanks indeed Malc It was a spectacular moment in time and worth all the efforts. I can see why on his roof rack and very tall tripod in his boot. I am certain that such a combination would have made this sequence easier to set up!

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Edited by morpheus71: 27/11/2014 - 10:52
morpheus71
Posted 27/11/2014 - 11:13 Link
thingsthatihaveseen wrote:
Lovely shot, and fascinating backstory...

Best

Many Thanks for your encouraging comments Bill The challenges of precarious perches on drystone walls & knife edge ridges of tors; concerns and attempts to flee ocean waves coming in further than expected; abseiling down gorges; climbing a standing stone to avoid the intimidation of 20 galloping bullocks whilst alone on the high moors… and the like are part of what I enjoy in the experience of making landscape photos. Some of my favourite photos have been made in such circumstances. It is that sense of involvement in a place that I feel gives opportunities for my attempts at expressing a sense of connection to what lays before my eyes. Such immersive experiences, when they bear the fruit of a successful photograph, often feel all the more rewarding, to me at least, in light of overcoming such obstacles.

Sometimes, paradoxically, it can be in a tranquil place without obstacles that such rewards are possible . An opportunity where one has the chance of unhurried wanderings, where the mere luxury of time to engage and ‘see’ rather than just ‘look’ - that such an immersion can occur.
pauljay
Posted 04/12/2014 - 07:46 Link
A most eerie light but, it makes the photo!
Paul.

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried! (Bill Brandt)
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