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Show us your best rocks

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StuartRae

New member
I mentioned in one of Jan's threads in the Landscape Forum that I like rocks.

So post your best rock images. Boulders, rocks, stones, pebbles; interesting, unusual, big or small.

To get us going here are a couple of mine.

1. This dry-stone wall in Langstrath (the long valley) has a large boulder built into it.

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2. By the side of a footpath near Seathwaite is one of the best examples of glacial striation that I've come across.

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And zooming in:

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Regards,

Stuart
 
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Cem_Usakligil

Cem_Usakligil

Well-known member
The last one is an evidence of extraterrestrial visitors during the last ice period, the tyre marks of their vehicles show clearly! lol ;-)

Joking aside, a good idea for a challenge. I'll see what I have got to share.

Cheers,
 
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Ruben Alfu

New member
This challenge rocks! Here are a couple from Boulder, Colorado.




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Ruben Alfu : Red Rocks 1


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Ruben Alfu : Red Rocks 2

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Charles L Webster

pro member
These "elephant" rocks overlook the entrance to Drakes Bay from above Dillon Beach.

Taken at sunset on a cloudless day with my Canon 300D with EF-S 17-85mm lens.

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Even with a URL and IMG tags, my photo doesn't show up??
 
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Cem_Usakligil

Cem_Usakligil

Well-known member
I think this one might fit the bill.




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Ear of the Wind - Monument Valley - Navajo Tribal Park - Utah/Arizona - USA




Cheers,

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Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
StuartRae said:
I mentioned in one of Jan's threads in the Landscape Forum that I like rocks.

So post your best rock images. Boulders, rocks, stones, pebbles; interesting, unusual, big or small.

To get us going here are a couple of mine.

1. This dry-stone wall in Langstrath (the long valley) has a large boulder built into it.

langstrath-rock.jpg


2. By the side of a footpath near Seathwaite is one of the best examples of glacial striation that I've come across.

seathwaite-rock-1.jpg

And zooming in:

seathwaite-rock-2.jpg

Regards,

Stuart
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Stuart,

Thanks for this stimulating series of pictures to kick off your new thread. It's a great subject as the rocks have such a plethora of colors, texture and form to be explored and experienced. You have shown how we can get a new set of reactions as we go from just looking to coming close and seeing how things are actually made up at the macro level.

These are visually arresting and draw us in effectively to engage with the final picture where simple lines, texture and subtle color takes over.

Asher
 
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Tom Robbins

Member
Great challenge Stuart, and the photos submitted are an inspiration.

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St. Peter Sandstone Layers​

Around 480 million years ago the central area of the North American continent was beachfront property. Lots of layers or very fine sand accumulated during the next 20 million years. Shortly after that, Raquel Welch started running around in a fur bikini.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Tom Robbins said:
Around 480 million years ago the central area of the North American continent was beachfront property. Lots of layers or very fine sand accumulated during the next 20 million years. Shortly after that, Raquel Welch started running around in a fur bikini.
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So, Tom, where was Iowa City in reference to this beachline paradise? Humans appeared in Africa about 200,000 years ago and humanoids as much as 2.5 million years before that. So it's unlikely that any beachfront deck chairs were occupied by some female we'd want to notice. Perhaps there were ancestors of whales?

Asher
 
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janet Smith

pro member
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Some wonderful shots here everyone! Lovely shot of a fantastic rock Stuart, I love Langstrath. What a great thread you started - Thank you!
 
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Mike Shimwell

New member
What fun - a good theme Stuartand a variety of pictures.

Here are a couple from Claggan Bay on Islay and a Yorkshire Dales gatepost.

Mike


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Daniel Buck

New member
rocks & trees are a favorite subject of mine! This one is probably one of my favorite rock shots:

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StuartRae

New member
Many thanks to all of you who have posted - a magnificent response. There are far too many images to reply individually, but I love them all. I now have enough rocks to keep me happy for several days.
I feel however that I should make a special mention of Cem, who in post #14 seems to have discovered the anti-boulder :)

Just one more from me, of a rock I remember with affection mixed with a certain amount of dread.
Near the top of the ascent of Harter Fell from Eskdale is an impossibly steep grass slope leading to the rocky summit. I stopped half way up for a breather, and when the red dots stopped dancing in front of my eyes I saw a rock covered with concentric rings of lichen.
It was still there 3 years later.
I've done some investigation, and apparently this species grows at the rate of 1 - 5mm per year, so work out how old this 25cm patch is.

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Stuart Rae - Harter Fell Rock​

Regards,

Stuart
 
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Ron Morse

New member
Some Maine rocks from Acadia Nat park, Bar Harbor. This area is known for its pink granite.
Shot in 2005 with the 20D using a Tamron 24-135.
Very late in the day.

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At dusk looking towards sandbeach.
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Mike Shimwell

New member
Some rocks in a bit of beach street:) - just printed this actually and am quite pleased with it.

Mike


Low Newton by the Sea - Mike Shimwell
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Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Mike and Ian,


Your two pictures both striking.


Mike Shimwell said:
Some rocks in a bit of beach street:) - just printed this actually and am quite pleased with it.
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Low Newton by the Sea - Mike Shimwell​



The use of perspective, getting close with a wide angle lens, helps to build the importance of the rocks. The people add a sense of scale but do not take attention from the strong presentation of the rocks.


Ian Houston said:
By the Russian Fort
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This picture has importance more evenly distributed. It appears less aggressive and more tranquil.

Just the use of perspective seems to make this remarkable difference!

Thanks both for sharing,

Asher
 
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Ian Houston

New member
I like the almost mundane (but who would consider the rocks and shore they are at mundane) meandering of the people a story waiting to be told more engrossing, though I do appreciate the tranquil commentary. How do you find aggression in the other?
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Ian Houston said:
I like the almost mundane (but who would consider the rocks and shore they are at mundane) meandering of the people a story waiting to be told more engrossing, though I do appreciate the tranquil commentary. How do you find aggression in the other?
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Ian,

In Mike's photograph, the foreground rocks are distorted by the wide angle lens and so are larger and more important than otherwise observed, say with a 300 mm lens from 100 meters away.

In addition, the distribution of shading is such that the 3 D dimensionality of these rocks is so strong that each defines a presence of itself far beyond the casual presence of an equal number of interesting rocks in your own photo. That strong presence, appears to present then rocks as individuals of importance. That's a very different posture to that the rocks in your photograph have where they are subtle, blending in agreeably with the entire scene.

I hope that now makes sense!

Asher
 
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Ian Houston

New member
I see what youre saying, I think I looked too quickly and read the agressive part more on its own than as a comparative.
Asher Kelman said:
Ian,

In Mike's photograph, the foreground rocks are distorted by the wide angle lens and so are larger and more important than otherwise observed, say with a 300 mm lens from 100 meters away.

In addition, the distribution of shading is such that the 3 D dimensionality of these rocks is so strong that each defines a presence of itself far beyond the casual presence of an equal number of interesting rocks in your own photo. That strong presence, appears to present then rocks as individuals of importance. That's a very different posture to that the rocks in your photograph have where they are subtle, blending in agreeably with the entire scene.

I hope that now makes sense!

Asher
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Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
References to Two similar Beach Scenes Shot with different Lenses

Ian Houston said:
I like the almost mundane (but who would consider the rocks and shore they are at mundane) meandering of the people a story waiting to be told more engrossing, though I do appreciate the tranquil commentary. How do you find aggression in the other?
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Ian Houston said:
I see what youre saying, I think I looked too quickly and read the agressive part more on its own than as a comparative.
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Ian,

One of the fantastic things about the human mind is the ability to project the qualities of one thing to another through metaphorical associations. (In fact, all language, indeed every word, appears to be, at it's root, a metaphor.

We naturally think of a sky being angry or the see being calm. Ths this can carry through naturally to photography. The effects lighting and lens focal length on otherwise similar scenes is so remarkable. If we can think of this ahead of time, we'd make great cinematographers too.

Asher
 
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