Tags: rocks
Color in an unexpected place
challenge what is it?
We Went Birding.... This Is What We Found
My wife Dee & I spent the day birding at a new location in Pennsylvania. This was our first visit to the area and we were looking for birds to photograph. After walking about 1/4 mile down a gravel trail we came upon this beautiful waterfall, we had no idea this was there. I had my camera set up for birding not shooting long exposure waterfall shots. I had the wrong lens and no tripod for long exposures. So I had to use what I had and shoot handheld.
Here I am shooting the falls... Photo By Dee Don't Do It This Way
I could only shoot the very top part of the beautiful falls, no wide angle lens & no tripod...The Result Handheld & Long Exposure Waterfall
You can bet that Dee & I will make a return trip very soon with the right equipment. I really want to see this place in the fall when all the colors of Autumn are bursting.....NATURE RULES!!!
Shipwrecked
an orange was laying on rocks
- winter 2007 I was with my family for several days at a rocky beach here in Syria I went at morning for fishing and I found an orange and half lemon I thought somebody was eating and left it to capture it
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it isn't good pictures but I want to share it with you thank you for looking.
virgin lands 2
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Some old film shots
Not really that old, but probably about a year ago I went out with a friend to go driving around to places we hadn't been to since we were little. I'm the only one with cameras, so I had brought along both my film and digital and we took turns switching between the two. Given that digital is more forgiving, we didn't use that much film (or she didn't) but I did have one roll of color I never got developed, got lost and recently showed back up. I took it with another roll I had shot with my diana and got them developed last week. There really wasn't anything spectacular but I had three-four shots of the rocks on the ground that intrigued me. I pulled the shots into lightroom played with contrast, saturation, curves, split-toning, vingetting and even a little b&w and this is what I got:
Let me know what you think. I love taking pictures of things out of context, like these rocks and especially leaves. Sometimes I don't think they're as successful as I'd like them to be, but I was pleasantly surprised with this set. Honest critiques are encouraged and asked for, so go nuts!
Nature Wild....On The Rocks
Down by the creek
We're still in Chimayo today. No more buildings, though. I was a bit hard on myself when it came down to selecting the images to process and I weeded out a lot of shots from here. But today I've decided to share a few shots I took while we played in the creek that afternoon. I know two of them are inspired by a long lost photographica member. I always loved his feather shots, but I just don't think I can do the subject the same justice that he does....
And the last shot for today just seemed too compelling not to take as I walked along the creek edge. These rocks were lined up like this when I got to them. Sometimes nature makes the best arrangement, so why mess with it?
Thanks for looking and remember: Comments of all kinds are always welcomed!
Tomorrow, we start the actual camping sites as we head into Chaco Canyon.
Challenge: Bi-Weekly Challenge - Texture, Design, & Patterns
Thanks, Penny, for the Sun-Catching challenge!
I have a fascination with especially interesting patterns, both natural and manmade. So for this challenge, I am looking for entries where the overall texture, design, or pattern IS the photo, instead of just adding interest to another subject.
It might be a treeline, a single tree, or just the bark. (notice the diagonal lines - this is three buildings reflected on one building).
It might be wet rocks (this photo borrowed for example only), or a dry creek bed.
Maybe it's from a bountiful harvest, or on your window sill.
Sometimes it's manmade, like apartment balconies, a medallion facade, or fence post bundles.
And reflections can be a good source: pier reflection, or building reflections
So for these two weeks, see beyond the subject into the patterns around you. This is not meant to be an exercise in abstract art, so make it a design that we can recognize.
Pat has agreed to take the next challenge - hope it isn't all things adobe (there aren't any here) ;)
and you're sitting on top of the world
Wave series from Shore Acres / Oregon Coast
To give you a size perspective the rail fence up on that bluff is about four and a half feet tall.
Tech note: All were taken with a Canon 40D, Canon 18-40mm L lens and tripod with a remote shutter release. I used manual mode and manual focus all preset to enable me to watch everything unfold and hit the remote as I wanted to.
Ocean, Sand, and Surf! What else do you need to make it paradise?
A few bonus pics in color.
Sailing
On The Rocks
Rocks 1 - Before the wave.
Rocks 2 - Here comes the water...
Rocks 3 - Water goes back out...
Rocks 4 - Close up of same rocks
What The?
This is calledbalance rock It is located in the Santa Monica Mountians in California.
The rock looks to be about 75 feet tall by my guess.
Bald Rock, Not Head
One last shot that wouldn't fit in Gallery..Dead Tree
The last shot in the gallery, was a rock on the floor of the Stone House.
Hope they're ok Grace
With Grace
