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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: JNB_Rare on October 04, 2017, 08:30:39 pm
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Rocks in my head is what many people think about my obsession with the forms, textures and details one finds in rocks -- whether in a rocky landscape, or a close up. Based on a few posts here, I don't think I'm the only one. So feel free to contribute!
I'll start with two shots from an area called West Head, near Lockeport, NS, taken on different days.
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I have rocks in my head too, but I’ve never been able to capture any nearly as well as your second shot. That’s gorgeous!
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The second is my favorite, too. Lovely.
Tomorrow I'll try to find a couple of mine from Blue Rocks, near Lunenburg, NS.
-Eric
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Hey JNB, you should visit Remarkable Rocks (http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=33083.0), it is due for some more content.
Cheers,
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The second is my favorite, too. Lovely.
Tomorrow I'll try to find a couple of mine from Blue Rocks, near Lunenburg, NS.
-Eric
Same favorite for me too but both are very nice.
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Hey JNB, you should visit Remarkable Rocks (http://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=33083.0), it is due for some more content.
Cheers,
Fabulous, and thanks for pointing out the thread. It looks as if there hasn't been a lot of traffic there lately. Perhaps the new "Landscape Showcase" section of The Art of Photography can inspire some new contributions.
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Here are four more from Nova Scotia: Blue Rocks near Lunenburg.
I think I'll post these over on Remarkable Rocks as well.
Eric
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Here are four more from Nova Scotia: Blue Rocks near Lunenburg.
I think I'll post these over on Remarkable Rocks as well.
Eric
Great stuff, Eric. I especially like the first one (I found the same, or very similar, rock myself). For anyone wondering why Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia is called Blue Rocks, here are some colour images.
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It wasn't until about my third or fourth visit to Lunenburg that I paid attention when someone suggested I ought to visit "Blue Rocks."
It is a remarkable location, and the rocks change so much in different light conditions.
-Eric
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I have rocks in my head too, but I’ve never been able to capture any nearly as well as your second shot. That’s gorgeous!
+1
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Great stuff, Eric. I especially like the first one (I found the same, or very similar, rock myself). For anyone wondering why Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia is called Blue Rocks, here are some colour images.
All very nice images! I would love to have them on my walls!
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Colorful gneiss rock with curved veins on Georgian Bay northeastern shore in Ontario
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Colorful gneiss rock with curved veins on Georgian Bay northeastern shore in Ontario
Gneiss pic! :)
The glaciers of the last ice age created some beautiful landscape.
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Peggy's Cove Lighthouse. Usually teeming with tourists. This April day began cold and overcast. As the weather broke, the tourists arrived in droves, but I managed to get a couple of shots in before they were all over the rocks.
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Thank you, John
Here is another gneissic picture, this one found in Muskoka
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A popular rock climbing wall by the Longmont Dam Reservoir. You might be able to see some climbing apparatus on the left side of the image.
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4469/36838554454_ad25a0c0b0_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Y8idNA)Longmont Reservoir-1-11 (https://flic.kr/p/Y8idNA) by Joseph Alsko (https://www.flickr.com/photos/20yearsusaf/), on Flickr
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Here is another gneissic picture, this one found in Muskoka
Love the colour contrast.
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A popular rock climbing wall by the Longmont Dam Reservoir. You might be able to see some climbing apparatus on the left side of the image.
For me, taking pictures is a lot safer than climbing. I used to be quite nimble but my balance and coordination has been somewhat compromised since I had a small TIA during my quad bypass surgery. The change has taken some time to get used to – tumbling down a river-bank a few weeks ago was a good reminder. Fortunately, more damage to my pride than my body. :)
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My wife, bundled up against the chilly fog, near Hunt's Point. My ignorance of geology means that I simple categorize rocky landscapes by their form, texture and colour. Although Peggy's Cove has one of the most impressive expanses of huge, smooth rock formations, this type of landscape does appear now and then in other places along the south shore.
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Here are four more from Blue Rocks, in color this time.
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Here are four more from Blue Rocks, in color this time.
Yeah, such fascinating colours on the south shore. Have you done the Gaff Point Trail? It's at the end of Hirtles beach, 20-30 minutes from Lunenburg. The rocks there are also spectacular in colour. And then there is the shoreline around 2nd Peninsula, also about 20 minutes from Lunenburg, but in the opposite direction.
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Nice trilogies.
I will check out Gaff Point Trail and 2nd Peninsula next trip north. Thanks for the suggestions.
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For me, taking pictures is a lot safer than climbing. I used to be quite nimble but my balance and coordination has been somewhat compromised since I had a small TIA during my quad bypass surgery. The change has taken some time to get used to – tumbling down a river-bank a few weeks ago was a good reminder. Fortunately, more damage to my pride than my body. :)
Glad to hear you're ok. I do a little rock scrambling but usually just to get my camera to a good position.
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Ancient rocks at the Lake Superior North Shore:
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Ancient rocks at the Lake Superior North Shore:
That area of Canada is pretty special. I once spotted a photographic workshop that was based on capturing the November storms on Superior's north shore. I couldn't work out the logistics and timing, nor convince my wife that this would be a good vacation idea. :)
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A different perspective on Gaff Point, NS.
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Out Long Point Road near Port Medway, NS.
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Great stuff, Eric. I especially like the first one (I found the same, or very similar, rock myself). For anyone wondering why Blue Rocks, Nova Scotia is called Blue Rocks, here are some colour images.
Very nice series, especially the 2nd.
Have a Nice Day.
Thierry
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Thanks, Thierry.
And JNB: I love the Gaff Point shot (I must get there) and the one withe the driftwood trying to look like a cow's skull.
-Eric
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Falls of Bruar, Perthshire, Scotland. Close up is from the bridge looking straight down. Ken
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Falls of Bruar, Perthshire, Scotland. Close up is from the bridge looking straight down. Ken
Great shots, and spectacular rock formations.
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And JNB: I love the Gaff Point shot (I must get there) and the one with the driftwood trying to look like a cow's skull.
Well, you never know what you'll find. There is a coastal village on the south shore named Port Mouton. But the original name of the place was "Sheep Overboard".
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Here are four more from Blue Rocks, in color this time.
2 and 4 are my favorites!
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That area of Canada is pretty special. I once spotted a photographic workshop that was based on capturing the November storms on Superior's north shore. I couldn't work out the logistics and timing, nor convince my wife that this would be a good vacation idea. :)
John,
the original workshops were called Gales of November and were organized by Rob Stimpson, and now Glenn Springer continues this tradition, but his workshop is held in a slightly more agreeable weather, this year on Oct 26-29. They shoot mainly around Wawa and in the northern end of the Lake Superior Provincial Park, whereas the picture of the old rocks which I posted was taken further south.
http://www.photography.to/gales/
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Maybe they should rename it "Breezes of October." ;)
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Actually, I prefer there the Breezes of September. That's when the water temperature in Lake Superior reaches its peak - around 15-16C (60F). Barely tolerable for a quick dip after a good hike. By November the water temperature in the lake drops to around 5-6C, and I instead of driving north and putting up with those gales and huge waves, scenic or scary, I'm heading straight south.
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Some of these rocks can even be climbed. This is an old scan from probably 1987.
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Some of these rocks can even be climbed. This is an old scan from probably 1987.
Last time my legs would spread like that was at least that long ago.
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Living in the crevices.
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Living in the crevices.
The brown algae is pretty nice.
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this is an unexpectedly interesting thread with all those fancy rocks. I like the second one from the original post.
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Rock Egg. Some shore birds like sandpipers lay mottled eggs -- an adaptation that helps camouflage them, I suppose. This egg-shaped rock stood out from the background, however. I don't know how it got there, but I've seen some amazing things thrown up by the sea. I'd hate to think that the "hand of man" was involved, but I suppose it's possible.
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On the Beach.
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526006 is stunning. The others are nice, too.
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526006 is stunning. The others are nice, too.
I agree and the slight curve in the right boulder makes me think that it's a living creature like a squid…
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Thank-you, guys. I was seeing 'creature', too.
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Two views of the Bay of Fundy at low tide. The first is from Burntcoat Head in Nova Scotia. The second is from the opposite side of the bay at Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick.
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Two views of the Bay of Fundy at low tide. The first is from Burntcoat Head in Nova Scotia. The second is from the opposite side of the bay at Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick.
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These are nice, the second shows haloing though... The first one would work well with that slightly over-the-top dreamlike look.
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These are nice, the second shows haloing though...
Hmmm. Must go back at that. Spent all my time getting rid of the couples with selfie sticks. Thought I'd leave the one guy for scale.
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That first one just looks like it's got a whole magical shipwreckstory attached to it.
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Falls of Bruar, Perthshire, Scotland. Close up is from the bridge looking straight down. Ken
I really like the "close up" shot!