Queen of the Universe


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“How intoxicating is the triumph of beauty, and how right it is to name it queen of the universe”

de Surin



Last light upon the Queen's Meadow at Dartington near Totnes in south Devon, UK. The meadow is shown here in full flood.

The watermeadow was connected to the tidal section of the River Dart before the introduction of Totnes Weir. The now silted drainage channels in existence today show the positions of the channels which in the past flooded at each high tide. Barges would moor in the channels and the tide would almost reach the foot of the Queen's Arms Inn (the building in the far distance)

Pentax K- x
Pentax 18-55mm SMC / DAL lens
Cromatek circular polarizer
Cromatek 2-stop ND Grad

Aperture = f/8
Exposure duration = 1/4 second (Hand-held with Image stabilisation on/ braced against fence post)

Focal length = 24mm
ISO = 200

Hand held
05/01/2014 - 01:56morpheus71
CategoryLandscape / Travel
Shutter Speed1/4
Aperturef/8
LensN/A
ISO200
Focal Length18mm

GIULIO57

Link Posted 05/01/2014 - 07:31
A peaceful place and resting tones....
PPG

Blaze

Link Posted 05/01/2014 - 09:41
Wonderful reflection - the softness looks warm and inviting, not a bit like winter !
Last Edited by Blaze on 05/01/2014 - 09:41

Northgrain

Link Posted 05/01/2014 - 09:54
Lovely soft landscape.
Tim

Some of my vaguely better stuff

Mac

Link Posted 05/01/2014 - 11:56
There is so much that works here.
Mac from Montreal

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Teaka53

Link Posted 05/01/2014 - 14:56
Blaze wrote:
Wonderful reflection - the softness looks warm and inviting, not a bit like winter !

Great skies as well
Malc

morpheus71

Link Posted 05/01/2014 - 23:31
GIULIO57 wrote:
A peaceful place and resting tones....

Thank you very much Giulio I was lucky to be there with those clouds reflecting the great light and that the causeway I stood on was dry
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morpheus71

Link Posted 05/01/2014 - 23:34
Blaze wrote:
Wonderful reflection - the softness looks warm and inviting, not a bit like winter !

Thank you ever so much Blaze It was the end of a family walk, so I had not taken my tripod (the tripod is not much of a welcome guest on such journeys!), so I was most pleased that the 1/4 second hand-held exposure was so sharp
https://www.philhemsley.co.uk/

morpheus71

Link Posted 05/01/2014 - 23:34
Thanks very much to Tim, Mac and Malc for your encouraging comments
https://www.philhemsley.co.uk/
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