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« on: March 18, 2009, 10:27:45 pm »

Whilst eating my cereal this morning the TV show I was watching was broadcasting from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Having visited there
recently I though about Remarkable Rocks which truly are photogenic.

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I thought that there must be thousands of places out there that have great rocks. So come on, show us your rocks.

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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2009, 02:42:10 am »

Hi Tom:  Here are a few for you:

Mike.


A[attachment=12265:COUGAR.jpg]   B[attachment=12266:IMG0005.jpg]

C[attachment=12267:IMG0032.jpg]   D[attachment=12268:IMG0079.jpg]

E[attachment=12269:IMG0089.jpg]    F[attachment=12270:IMG0094.jpg]

G[attachment=12271:IMG_0375.jpg] H[attachment=12272:IMG_2253.jpg]

A - Cougar face - Barron's Canyon, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario
B - actually clay, not rock - Swift Current Creek valley, southern Saskatchewan
C - there's a profile of a woman's face in the rock - Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
D - rock outcrop, southern Nebraska
E - Final Bows, Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs, Colorado
F - Big Nose, Garden of the Gods, Manitou Springs, Colorado
G - Native Headdress, Myra Canyon, Kelowna, BC
H - What's New Pussycat? Gallagher's Canyon, Mission Creek, Kelowna, BC
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2009, 08:00:22 pm »

[quote name='wolfnowl' date='Mar 19 2009, 05:42 PM' post='268994']
Hi Tom:  Here are a few for you:

Mike.


Thanks for the reply, I was starting to think that clouds were more popular than rocks.

Here are some of our most popular rocks – The Pinnacles in Western Australia.

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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2009, 10:57:14 pm »

Quote from: Panopeeper
Rocks are greatful subjects.

An Army in Devil's Garden

The Patriarch Spiral

The Ballerina Slipper

A hard core formation

Burr Trail, Navajo Formation

Burr Trail, Wingate Formation (The Swiss Cheese)

Nice rocks. Karlu Karlu (The Devils Marbles) in the Northern Territory is also a great place to see rocks. Aboriginal people believe that these boulders are the eggs of the Dreamtime's Rainbow Serpent.

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Keep on Rocking!




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« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2009, 02:24:34 am »

Quote from: tom  b
Thanks for the reply, I was starting to think that clouds were more popular than rocks.
Rocks and clouds, that would be cool.
Here are some rocks I've been wondering what to do with. I think they will end up as B&W prints.
1 [attachment=12304:image1.jpg] 2 [attachment=12305:image2.jpg]
3 [attachment=12306:image3.jpg] 4 [attachment=12307:image4.jpg]
5 [attachment=12308:image5.jpg] 6 [attachment=12309:image6.jpg]
7 [attachment=12310:image7.jpg] 8 [attachment=12311:image8.jpg]
9 [attachment=12312:image9.jpg] 10 [attachment=12313:image10.jpg]
11 [attachment=12314:image11.jpg]
1 Brecon Beacons
2-7 Avebury
8 Kilmartin
9-11 Callanish, Isle of Lewis
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« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2009, 04:33:00 am »

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Rocks and clouds, that would be cool.
Here are some rocks I've been wondering what to do with. I think they will end up as B&W prints.
Not 4, 9 or 10, surely!

Jeremy
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« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2009, 05:03:03 am »

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Not 4, 9 or 10, surely!

Jeremy

... And not 2 and 5 as well  . Remarkable shots!

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« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2009, 06:04:10 am »

Thank you both very much. I've been struggling with the issue of how to achieve a visual unity with these, before I travel half way round the world again to have another go, and attempt the stones I didn't want to photograph last time. Number 1 isn't part of the series, and number 9 I may leave as is. But I think properly converted and printed they will make more sense as a whole in B&W. Unfortunately I have no idea yet how to really do this. Um, another learning curve coming up this year  . David
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« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2009, 01:12:37 pm »

Vedauwoo in southeast Wyoming has some great rocks - 1.4bn year old Sherman granite sculpted into some remarkable shapes.



It's highly popular with the local climbing community.

(Sorry for full size image - how do you do the thumbnail thing?)

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« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2009, 07:08:29 pm »

A few from the Derbyshire Peak District, all weathered from the millstone grit of the Dark Peak area.

Eagle Stone, Baslow Edge
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On Carl Wark
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On Froggatt Edge
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Salt Cellar, Derwent Edge
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The Three Ships, Birchen Edge
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2009, 07:27:40 pm »

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Rocks and clouds, that would be cool.
Here are some rocks I've been wondering what to do with. I think they will end up as B&W prints.
David,

are these growing there?
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« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2009, 08:45:21 pm »

Frankly, I think this thread rocks!   

So here are a few of my weird rocks:

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1. Sierra Nevadas (Sequoia N.P.?), CA   2. Joshua Tree National Park, CA

3. San Diego, CA                                  4. White Sands, NM

5. & 6. Bisti Badlands, NM

7. Near Abiqui, NM                               8. Plaza Blanca, NM

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« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2009, 08:56:43 pm »

Stones not Rocks?
Marc
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« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2009, 09:07:48 pm »

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David,

are these growing there?
Gabor, I do believe you are right. It must be the soil. Here we seem to only grow these:
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« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2009, 06:17:18 am »

One of mine. I remember thinking something when I took it, but I'm not now sure what it was. Looking at it, I can't quite work out whether it's worth anything or if it's just wasting hard disk space. Comments, anyone?

Jeremy
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« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2009, 07:08:24 am »

Here's one…

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« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2009, 09:26:43 am »

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Here's one…


Amazing shots in this thread - great rocks.  So just for fun here is Spyder Rock....

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« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2009, 01:59:36 pm »

Here are a few rocks fron New Mexico:

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And one from Norway:
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« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2009, 02:39:30 pm »

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Here's one…
I am sure it is called The Viper Rock.
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