I must go down to the seas again...
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“I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.”
from Sea Fever by John Masefield (1878-1967)
Post-sunset afterglow at Wembury Bay – looking towards the island known as the Mewstone – in the South Hams area of Devon, UK.
The foreshore shows sections of Lower Devonian rocks – mainly red mudstones, now metamorphosed to slate, siltstones and sandstones which experienced Variscan deformation during the Permo-Triassic age.
It is thought that they were originally laid down in mudflats and floodplains associated with lakes. Some fossil fish remains have been found here and there may have been an occasional connection between these lakes and the nearby sea.
Pentax K- X
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens (at 18mm)
Hoya circular polarizer
Tripod
HDR from 6 manually focused RAW exposures (manually bracketed at 10s, 6s, 3s, 1.5s, 0.7s, 0.25s) at f/ 8
HDR created in Photomatix Pro 3.26 and finished in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
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from Sea Fever by John Masefield (1878-1967)
Post-sunset afterglow at Wembury Bay – looking towards the island known as the Mewstone – in the South Hams area of Devon, UK.
The foreshore shows sections of Lower Devonian rocks – mainly red mudstones, now metamorphosed to slate, siltstones and sandstones which experienced Variscan deformation during the Permo-Triassic age.
It is thought that they were originally laid down in mudflats and floodplains associated with lakes. Some fossil fish remains have been found here and there may have been an occasional connection between these lakes and the nearby sea.
Pentax K- X
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens (at 18mm)
Hoya circular polarizer
Tripod
HDR from 6 manually focused RAW exposures (manually bracketed at 10s, 6s, 3s, 1.5s, 0.7s, 0.25s) at f/ 8
HDR created in Photomatix Pro 3.26 and finished in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
ISO-200
13/01/2012 - 22:07morpheus71
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Posted 13/01/2012 - 22:48
Lovely picture, lovely place. It's the site I assigned to my architecture students! You have really captured the quality and colour of evening light in in the south west. The sculptural form of rock and stone comes across really well.
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Posted 13/01/2012 - 23:45
Cracking image - great use of HDR and terrific depth of image here
Tim
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Posted 13/01/2012 - 23:45
Just fantastic! The light just before sun up and just after sun down really is special and is beautifully captured here.
Capture: Pentax K-1, PENTAX HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm F2.8 ED SDM WR, PENTAX 100mm f/2.8 WR Macro, SAMYANG 14mm F2.8 ED AS IF UMC, SAMYANG 35mm F1.4 AS UMC, • SAMYANG 85mm F1.4 AS IF UMC
Processing: Adobe Bridge for organisation, DxO Optics Pro Elite for RAW development, ON1 Photo RAW for some 'stylising' and Affintiy Photo for more involved edits.
Capture: Pentax K-1, PENTAX HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm F2.8 ED SDM WR, PENTAX 100mm f/2.8 WR Macro, SAMYANG 14mm F2.8 ED AS IF UMC, SAMYANG 35mm F1.4 AS UMC, • SAMYANG 85mm F1.4 AS IF UMC
Processing: Adobe Bridge for organisation, DxO Optics Pro Elite for RAW development, ON1 Photo RAW for some 'stylising' and Affintiy Photo for more involved edits.
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Posted 14/01/2012 - 00:03
Beautiful image, wonderful colours and light.
I thought it went: I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky. I left my vest and socks there, I wonder if they're dry? Spike Milligan
Sally
I thought it went: I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky. I left my vest and socks there, I wonder if they're dry? Spike Milligan
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Posted 14/01/2012 - 00:48
Lovely!
Quite a subtle HDR... Very nice!
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Pentax K5- Vivitar 19mm 3.8; FA35mm f2; D-Xenon 100mm macro f2.8; DA50-200mm WR...
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Yongnuo YN-560; Vivitar 285HV; Cactus V4 triggers...
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Quite a subtle HDR... Very nice!
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Digital:
Pentax K5- Vivitar 19mm 3.8; FA35mm f2; D-Xenon 100mm macro f2.8; DA50-200mm WR...
Flash:
Yongnuo YN-560; Vivitar 285HV; Cactus V4 triggers...
Film:
Pentax-MX & M50mm f1.4; Spottie & 55mm f1.8; MG & M40mm 2.8...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveholmesphotos/
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Posted 14/01/2012 - 07:03
Wonderful colour and compo, Phil! I like that poem; but it should be "seas" in the first line, if there's no other version.
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Posted 14/01/2012 - 09:05
Thanks ever so much for all the encouraging comments!It's a wonderful bay and to see such great afterglow light was a wonderful thing to behold. I feel very lucky to live near such places
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Posted 14/01/2012 - 11:53
Very pretty, surprised about all the work, a good sign I think, just looks like 'golden hour' shot with a filter or 2.
Pentax pour des images riches en détails!

Pentax pour des images riches en détails!
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Posted 14/01/2012 - 18:41
The light gives this a beautiful ethereal quality Phil, excellent work
Great simplicity is only won by an intense moment or by years of intelligent effort. T.S Eliot
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Great simplicity is only won by an intense moment or by years of intelligent effort. T.S Eliot
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Posted 17/01/2012 - 10:06
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