Zen Garden

“One who returns to a place sees it with new eyes. Although the place may not have changed, the viewer inevitably has. For the first time things invisible before become suddenly visible.”

Louis L'Amour


Boulder islands amidst the swirling waters of the upper River Dart – downstream from the confluence of the East & West Dart rivers at Dartmeet.

Dartmoor National Park


Technical info:

Pentax K-X
Sigma 55-200mm lens

Manfrotto 190XProB tripod
Manfrotto 498RC2 panoramic ball-head

Cromatek circular polarizer
Cromatek C12 & C13 (1 and 2 stop) Neutral Density filters

(total filtration = 5 stops)

Aperture = f/27
Exposure duration = 20 seconds
Focal length = 103mm
ISO = 200
Manual mode
Spot-metering pattern
Manual focus
RAW


Finished in Lightroom 3.6 and Photoshop 6.0