Beyond the Brink
by morpheus71
“Upon the brink of the wild stream
He stood, and dreamt a mighty dream.”
(Alexander Pushkin )
The plunging waters of the side channel of the twin falls of the Upper Colly Brook, on an autumn afternoon. The Colly Brook runs through a steep combe on the western side of Dartmoor National Park below Smeardon Down. The brook eventually joins the River Tavy in the lower valley to the west.
Coombe or Combe, an elevated or hanging valley, is a common place name in the south of England, which derives from the Welsh 'cwm' and Saxon 'cumb'.
*Limited Edition of 30 fine art Giclee Prints
Ordnance Survey Grid Reference – SX522 776
Altitude = 250m A.S.L.
Weather conditions: overcast with faint diffused transient sunlight & occasional drizzle. Cloud base at 300 – 350m
Pentax K-x
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens
Cromatek Circular Polarizer
Manfrotto 190XProB tripod
Manfrotto 498RC2 panoramic ball-head
*A vertorama stitch of two vertically overlapping frames (in ‘portrait format’) – stitched by using Microsoft Research’s Image Composite Editor
Aperture = f/13
Exposure duration = 0.7 seconds
Focal length = 24mm
ISO = 200
Manual mode
Spot metering
He stood, and dreamt a mighty dream.”
(Alexander Pushkin )
The plunging waters of the side channel of the twin falls of the Upper Colly Brook, on an autumn afternoon. The Colly Brook runs through a steep combe on the western side of Dartmoor National Park below Smeardon Down. The brook eventually joins the River Tavy in the lower valley to the west.
Coombe or Combe, an elevated or hanging valley, is a common place name in the south of England, which derives from the Welsh 'cwm' and Saxon 'cumb'.
*Limited Edition of 30 fine art Giclee Prints
Ordnance Survey Grid Reference – SX522 776
Altitude = 250m A.S.L.
Weather conditions: overcast with faint diffused transient sunlight & occasional drizzle. Cloud base at 300 – 350m
Pentax K-x
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens
Cromatek Circular Polarizer
Manfrotto 190XProB tripod
Manfrotto 498RC2 panoramic ball-head
*A vertorama stitch of two vertically overlapping frames (in ‘portrait format’) – stitched by using Microsoft Research’s Image Composite Editor
Aperture = f/13
Exposure duration = 0.7 seconds
Focal length = 24mm
ISO = 200
Manual mode
Spot metering
Uploaded04/10/2013 - 00:49
CategoryLandscape / Travel
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Posted 04/10/2013 - 10:38
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"Plunging waters" is such a good description ! Lovely shot !
Posted 04/10/2013 - 13:35
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Thanks very much for the encouraging comments from Giulio, Malc and Blaze
Posted 04/10/2013 - 23:03
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I must try long exposure, it gives such a magical look, wonderful shot as always.
Posted 05/10/2013 - 00:46
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Thanks very much Maria - for fast water try 0.7 seconds to maybe 1.5 to retain some detail. If the river is flowing slowly then several seconds may still leave flow pattern detail within the blurring of the water.
Posted 05/10/2013 - 13:22
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morpheus71 wrote:
Thanks very much Maria - for fast water try 0.7 seconds to maybe 1.5 to retain some detail. If the river is flowing slowly then several seconds may still leave flow pattern detail within the blurring of the water.
Thanks very much Maria - for fast water try 0.7 seconds to maybe 1.5 to retain some detail. If the river is flowing slowly then several seconds may still leave flow pattern detail within the blurring of the water.
Thank you Phil for that info. very kind of you.
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