Ephemeral Proclamation

by morpheus71

“Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and what you will see later is not yet.”

Leonardo da Vinci

Magnificent transient light in the golden-hour at Sharpitor – gilding the western edge of Dartmoor.

Leedon Tor, Ingra Tor. King’s Tor, Pew Tor, Heckwood Tor and Vixen Tor can be seen in the near distance.

Cox Tor, Staple Tor, Great Mis Tor and Little Mis Tor lie in the far distance.

Technical info:

Pentax K-X
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens

Manfrotto 190XProB tripod
Manfrotto 498RC2 panoramic ball-head

Cromatek circular polarizer

Aperture = f/22
Exposure durations = 0.16, 0.3, 0.7 and 1.5 seconds
Focal length = 18mm
ISO = 200
Manual mode
Spot-metering pattern
Manual focus

HDR from 4 RAW files (manual bracketing) – using Photomatix Pro 3.27

Finished in Lightroom 3.6 and Photoshop 6.0
Uploaded03/02/2013 - 10:59
CategoryLandscape / Travel
Shutter Speed7/10
Aperturef/22
LensN/A
ISO200
Focal Length18mm

Blaze
Posted 03/02/2013 - 11:04 Link
Aaah, that's my country. Beautiful light and I like the Leonardo quotation.
morpheus71
Posted 03/02/2013 - 11:09 Link
Thanks very much Blaze This was during the end of a great day out doing a 1 to 1 workshop with the great landscape photographer Lee Pengelly - which was my prize for wining the Dartmoor National Park 'Winning Landscapes' photo competition last Autumn What a gift the light was to finish of the day!
Blaze
Posted 03/02/2013 - 11:49 Link
What a wonderful prize - and what a well-deserved win !
GIULIO57
Posted 03/02/2013 - 15:04 Link
Superb and best large
PPG
morpheus71
Posted 04/02/2013 - 01:17 Link
Thanks very much for the generous comments from Blaze and Giulio

Add Comment

To leave a comment - Log in to Pentax User or create a new account.