The Sanctuary
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“Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.”
Mikhail Lermontov
The calm waters of the River Erme below the second of two Grade 4 dog-leg rapids deep in the Upper section of the Erme Gorge in the Longtimber Woods (on the fringe of Dartmoor National Park in South Devon.
The ‘dog-leg’ falls above this point are some of the more challenging whitewater rapids descents in the UK - in spate conditions reaching Grade 5 or 6!
Pentax K-X
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens
Manfrotto 190XProB tripod
Manfrotto 498RC2 panoramic ball-head
Hoya circular polarizer
Aperture = f/16
Exposure durations = 2 and 4 seconds
Focal length = 18mm
ISO = 200
Manual mode
Spot-metering pattern
Manual focus
White Balance: Cloudy
This High Dynamic Range image was created from 2 RAW files (manual bracketing) – using Photomatix Pro 3.27
Mikhail Lermontov
The calm waters of the River Erme below the second of two Grade 4 dog-leg rapids deep in the Upper section of the Erme Gorge in the Longtimber Woods (on the fringe of Dartmoor National Park in South Devon.
The ‘dog-leg’ falls above this point are some of the more challenging whitewater rapids descents in the UK - in spate conditions reaching Grade 5 or 6!
Pentax K-X
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens
Manfrotto 190XProB tripod
Manfrotto 498RC2 panoramic ball-head
Hoya circular polarizer
Aperture = f/16
Exposure durations = 2 and 4 seconds
Focal length = 18mm
ISO = 200
Manual mode
Spot-metering pattern
Manual focus
White Balance: Cloudy
This High Dynamic Range image was created from 2 RAW files (manual bracketing) – using Photomatix Pro 3.27
09/04/2013 - 01:11morpheus71
CategoryLandscape / Travel
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ISO200
Focal Length18mm
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Tagslongtimber woods, dartmoor, devon, erme, erme gorge, river erme, waterfalls, gorge, gully, rapids, whitewater, phil hemsley, morpheus71
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Posted 09/04/2013 - 18:27
Teriffic clarity, really lovey capture. 
- mary.
- mary.
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Posted 10/04/2013 - 06:19
I love seeing through the water Phil. This is great, so calm and peaceful.
Regards,
Nezih
Regards,
Nezih
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Posted 10/04/2013 - 09:53
Thanks very much for the generous and encouraging comments from Gilulio, Mary, Nezih and Paul 
Getting to this point by foot involves a commiting scramble down the steep sides of the gorge, some of the other vantage points I have in mind will involve abseiling down to.
I have one of the whitewater sections above this point to post which will maybe give an idea of the challenging sections
https://www.philhemsley.co.uk/
Getting to this point by foot involves a commiting scramble down the steep sides of the gorge, some of the other vantage points I have in mind will involve abseiling down to.
I have one of the whitewater sections above this point to post which will maybe give an idea of the challenging sections
https://www.philhemsley.co.uk/
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