The Dartmoor legend of the Wild Huntsman and his Whist Hounds is well known. It tells of a demonic hunter, Dewer: the Devil himself. When night fell, Dewer hunted down people who had become lost on the moor. Accompanied by a pack of fearsome, ghostly dogs known as the Whist Hounds (‘Whist’ or ‘wisht’ are said to mean ‘eerie’.) Dewer would drive people to their deaths; falling from the highest cliff at the Dewerstone, the 150’ high Devil’s Rock.
Below the cliffs runs the moorland River Plym, dropping in a series of falls, through ancient gnarled oak woodland. Shortly after the Dewerstone there is a confluence with the River Meavy and immediately below this is Shaugh Bridge.
Pentax K-X
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens at 18mm
ISO-200
Kodak tripod
manual focus
HDR from 5 manually bracketted RAW exposures at f/8 (-3, -2, 0, +2, +3)
HDR created in Photomatix Pro 3.26 & finished in Adobe Photoshop 6.0
Comments:
rcuello
I never tire of repeating it in its work: the effect achieved in the water is wonderful. The rest spectacular.
On November 22, 2011 03:27
morpheus71-photography
Thanks very much for your encouraging comments and vote rcuello:)
On November 22, 2011 06:48
denfer
Awesome colors.Well done
On November 22, 2011 06:52
archetipo
Amazing shot! soft... with great details
On November 22, 2011 08:17
blacknight
Just wonderful work all round and thank you for the story.
On November 22, 2011 10:59
lucianoejulyana
Perfect
On November 22, 2011 15:28
alessioputzu
like a fantasy movie place
On November 22, 2011 17:06
mau67
magnifico lavoro!
On November 22, 2011 17:25
trairao
Perfect !
On November 22, 2011 17:36
herwindo
nice ss mate... and process also...
On November 22, 2011 17:51
gere72
Magic green! Nice atmosphere!
On November 22, 2011 23:13
fly494
Come da voto...
On November 22, 2011 23:44
mirkkis74
Prfect!
On November 23, 2011 03:50
daze420
Simply stunning.
On November 23, 2011 09:10
morpheus71-photography
Thanks so much for all the generous and encouraging comments and votes:
On November 23, 2011 22:35
cloudberry
The water flow is VERY good
On November 23, 2011 23:18