Autumn's fire

"Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods
and day by day the dead leaves fall and melt."

[William Allingham (1824 - 1889)]



The setting sun's light reflected on the autumnal River Dart, at Holne Bridge on Dartmoor.

Holne Bridge is a Grade II listed medieval bridge. It is on the road between Ashburton and Two Bridges, and connects Holne Chase to Ausewell.

The bridge is constructed of local granite and has four arches, three of which are semi-circular, the other segmental. It was rebuilt in 1413. The two central pillars have cutwaters on both sides; these extend up to road level and provide triangular refuges for pedestrians.



Technical info:

Pentax K-x
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens
Cromatek Circular Polarizer
Manfrotto 190XProB tripod
Manfrotto 498RC2 panoramic ball-head

* A panoramic stitch of six overlapping frames (in ‘portrait format’) – stitched by using Microsoft Research’s Image Composite Editor

Aperture = f/8
Exposure duration = 15 seconds
Focal length = 32mm
ISO = 200
Manual mode
Matrix metering