Bovey Gold

by morpheus71

Resurgent waves dancing above the dappled golden waters of the River Bovey, nr Lustleigh.

Dartmoor National Park
Uploaded08/03/2015 - 01:22
CategoryLandscape / Travel
Shutter Speed1/3
Aperturef/22
LensN/A
ISO200
Focal Length55mm

drobbia
Posted 08/03/2015 - 01:40 Link
Striated gold with the glow on the dark rock - V much like the square foremat, refreshing and moving - top shelf -t
"It's not what you look at that's important, it's what you see" - Thoreau
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davidwozhere
Posted 08/03/2015 - 01:50 Link
Excellent result from a scene that many people wouldn't even look twice at.
As Tony says, the square format goes well with it.
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Daronl
Posted 08/03/2015 - 06:53 Link
i would echo David's comment above, most people would not have "seen" the image let alone captured it with such artistic flare and photographic competence; it is so creative reminding me of a "Camera Forum " I attended many years ago called "Learning to see".
Work that is deserved of high commendation.
Daronl
GIULIO57
Posted 08/03/2015 - 08:39 Link
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WaypointCharlie
Posted 08/03/2015 - 10:24 Link
Lovely abstract
michaelblue
Posted 08/03/2015 - 10:39 Link
A very well executed shot! The shutter speed seems to have been spot on here.
Regards,
Michael
1stEverPentax
Posted 08/03/2015 - 12:34 Link
Wow Phil, what a lovely image...absolutely love it. As others have said, the square framing suits it perfectly.

regards

Karlo
alfpics
Posted 08/03/2015 - 12:47 Link
As above - just echo those comments of appreciation!
Andy
Wildwood512
Posted 08/03/2015 - 15:57 Link
alfpics wrote:
As above - just echo those comments of appreciation!

Cheers...Donna 😊
Teaka53
Posted 08/03/2015 - 18:37 Link
Wildwood512 wrote:
alfpics wrote:
As above - just echo those comments of appreciation!


Likewise
Malc
morpheus71
Posted 08/03/2015 - 18:47 Link
drobbia wrote:
Striated gold with the glow on the dark rock - V much like the square foremat, refreshing and moving - top shelf -t

Thanks very much for your generous and encouraging comments Drobbia😎 Hypnotized once again by the details of the journeys of water over stone. It's a fleeting glimpse of an interminable story steeped in deep time... rocks formed under long vanished mountains of the Variscan Orogeny 350 million years ago being worn by ice and water, slowly transported grain by grain to the sea. A visual verse of the poetry of the earth 😊
morpheus71
Posted 08/03/2015 - 18:55 Link
davidwozhere wrote:
Excellent result from a scene that many people wouldn't even look twice at.
As Tony says, the square format goes well with it.

Thanks very much for your generous comments 😎 It's maybe a result of reading David Ward's 'Landscape Within' and gazing at the latter works of JMW Turner that my visual antennae notice such things as that wave, but I don't think I can turn the switch off for noticing many abstractions occurring in nature 😁
morpheus71
Posted 08/03/2015 - 19:08 Link
Daronl wrote:
i would echo David's comment above, most people would not have "seen" the image let alone captured it with such artistic flare and photographic competence; it is so creative reminding me of a "Camera Forum " I attended many years ago called "Learning to see".
Work that is deserved of high commendation.

Thanks very much for your munificent comments and enthusiasm 😊 I thoroughly enjoyed immersing my senses in the making of this image: wandering through the shallows and feeling the current; hearing the myriad tones; the rain stick swooshing of the pea gravel underfoot; the unctuous aroma of ancient woodland and the light gilding the rocks beneath the tongue of the rapids. I think, that for me at least, that it's the immersive experiences that helps one to 'see' rather than just 'look' into the landscape. My 'Metaphysics and the Landscape' Trilogy of blog posts on my website attempts to explore such matters further😎
morpheus71
Posted 08/03/2015 - 19:09 Link
GIULIO57 wrote:

Thanks very much Giulio 😎
morpheus71
Posted 08/03/2015 - 19:09 Link
WaypointCharlie wrote:
Lovely abstract

Thanks very much 😊
morpheus71
Posted 08/03/2015 - 19:11 Link
michaelblue wrote:
A very well executed shot! The shutter speed seems to have been spot on here.

Thanks very much Michael 😎 It's always a bit of a challenge with dappled light on whitewater rapids but its getting easier with practice 😃
morpheus71
Posted 08/03/2015 - 19:18 Link
1stEverPentax wrote:
Wow Phil, what a lovely image...absolutely love it. As others have said, the square framing suits it perfectly.

regards

Karlo

Thanks very much Karlo for your encouraging and enthusiastic comments 😎 I visualized it as a square format as soon as I noticed the forms and dynamic range, it seemed the right way to share my thoughts. Chiaroscuro tones & myriad textures that made me smile and that compelled me on a visceral level to say "this could work as a photograph..."
morpheus71
Posted 08/03/2015 - 19:19 Link
alfpics wrote:
As above - just echo those comments of appreciation!

Many thanks Andy 😊
morpheus71
Posted 08/03/2015 - 19:19 Link
Wildwood512 wrote:
alfpics wrote:
As above - just echo those comments of appreciation!


Thanks very much Donna 😎
morpheus71
Posted 08/03/2015 - 19:20 Link
Teaka53 wrote:
Wildwood512 wrote:
Quote:
As above - just echo those comments of appreciation!


Likewise

Many thanks for that Malc 😎
Posted 08/03/2015 - 19:26 Link
Striking shot... Not colours you'd generally associate with water at all... Bravo...

Best
morpheus71
Posted 09/03/2015 - 15:27 Link
thingsthatihaveseen wrote:
Striking shot... Not colours you'd generally associate with water at all... Bravo...

Best

Thanks very much indeed 😎 Late afternoon sunlight illuminating the bedrock made some intriguing opportunities in the valley.
pauljay
Posted 12/03/2015 - 22:57 Link
It just looks so unreal - I love it!
Paul.

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