Chi

“The efflux of the soul is happiness, here is happiness,
I think it pervades the open air, waiting at all times,
Now it flows unto us, we are rightly charged.”

(Walt Whitman)


Early autumn leaves colour the granite boulders, worn smooth over the aeons by the swift waters of the River Plym.

The river here runs through the Dewerstone Woods, part of the Goodameavy woodlands that are managed by the National Trust – on the western side of Dartmoor National Park.


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

Focal length = 40 mm
Aperture = f/16
Exposure Duration = 0.7seconds
Spot-metering (for the golden rock at ‘Zone 6’)
ISO = 200