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« Reply #140 on: February 12, 2010, 01:38:54 AM » |
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Golly there are some good images from everyone this month.
In an effort to hit eight pages for this thread here are a few shots from the Onawe Peninsular and surrounds.
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« Reply #141 on: February 12, 2010, 11:30:18 PM » |
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Love the face in the middle one, David!
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Chairman Bill
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« Reply #142 on: February 16, 2010, 05:30:58 AM » |
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Part of a Dartmoor tor in frost
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« Reply #143 on: February 17, 2010, 12:49:00 AM » |
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That's probably the right colour balance given the shade, but I'd be tempted to warm it up a bit. Nice shot, though!
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« Reply #144 on: February 17, 2010, 01:59:01 PM » |
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A face in Moab, UT
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« Reply #145 on: February 18, 2010, 01:50:33 AM » |
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That's quite the chin!
Well seen!
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« Reply #146 on: March 30, 2010, 07:53:22 AM » |
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Limestone outcrops mingle with the ancient remains of man-made lime kilns and cover a remarkable natural secret - a 2 million year-old cavern.
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"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment."
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« Reply #147 on: April 01, 2010, 12:21:43 AM » |
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Hi all, first post here. These are Murphy's Haystacks near Streaky Bay, South Australia aptly named due to resembling haystacks. Took these with my old 350D and 18-55 kit lens. Pity I didn't have the 40D and 10-20mm back then. The haystacks are formed from ancient granite inselbergs dating back 1,500 million years. [The name inselberg comes from German insel, meaning island and berg, mountain.] The pillars and boulders in their present day form only go back as far as 100,000 years and have been formed by the uneven weathering of crystalline rock as densely fractured compartments break down through weathering more quickly than massive unfractured compartments. The distinction between the two forms is that pillars merge unknown with the underlying bedrock, but boulders are clearly detached. The haystacks are of a pink granite named Hiltaba granite after the homestead of the same name in the Gawler Ranges. It is extensive over the north-western Eyre Peninsula. The mottled colours on the surface of the haystacks are caused by growth of lichen, a tough plant organism which thrives on exposed granite. The granite hills of the district, including the haystacks, were buried by calcareous dune sand about 30,000 years ago. Subsequent erosion of the surrounding land surface has gradually revealed the forms we see today. Source http://www.murphys-haystacks.com/geo_simp.htm |
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« Reply #148 on: April 01, 2010, 01:14:14 AM » |
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Hi Tracy, and welcome to the list! I like the second image... and thanks for the history/geology lesson!
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« Reply #149 on: April 01, 2010, 08:27:20 AM » |
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Hi all, Another newbie here with a few more weird rocks from the Derbyshire Peak District, England ( http://www.poolescavern.co.uk/). Happy Easter! |
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"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment."
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« Reply #150 on: April 01, 2010, 08:29:51 AM » |
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Hi all, first post here. These are Murphy's Haystacks near Streaky Bay, South Australia aptly named due to resembling haystacks. Took these with my old 350D and 18-55 kit lens. Pity I didn't have the 40D and 10-20mm back then. The haystacks are formed from ancient granite inselbergs dating back 1,500 million years. [The name inselberg comes from German insel, meaning island and berg, mountain.] The pillars and boulders in their present day form only go back as far as 100,000 years and have been formed by the uneven weathering of crystalline rock as densely fractured compartments break down through weathering more quickly than massive unfractured compartments. The distinction between the two forms is that pillars merge unknown with the underlying bedrock, but boulders are clearly detached. The haystacks are of a pink granite named Hiltaba granite after the homestead of the same name in the Gawler Ranges. It is extensive over the north-western Eyre Peninsula. The mottled colours on the surface of the haystacks are caused by growth of lichen, a tough plant organism which thrives on exposed granite. The granite hills of the district, including the haystacks, were buried by calcareous dune sand about 30,000 years ago. Subsequent erosion of the surrounding land surface has gradually revealed the forms we see today. Source http://www.murphys-haystacks.com/geo_simp.htmExcellent images, and fascinating 'haystacks', Tracy. Nice work. |
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"Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment."
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« Reply #151 on: April 01, 2010, 10:40:31 AM » |
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Nigel and Tracy,
Very nice additions to the thread. Thanks for sharing them.
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Chairman Bill
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« Reply #152 on: April 01, 2010, 01:14:13 PM » |
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Some Dartmoor granite
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« Reply #153 on: April 01, 2010, 01:44:05 PM » |
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Interesting work, folks!
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« Reply #154 on: May 11, 2010, 08:22:02 PM » |
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Here are a few images from Sofala, NSW. The first two are from Ration Hill and the third is from Wallaby Rocks both on the Turon River.
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« Reply #156 on: May 17, 2010, 01:19:23 AM » |
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Bryce Canyon, for me not many rock formations compare![attachment=22054:bryce_ca...on_point.jpg]
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www.jasondenning.co.ukFotoman 617 with 90mm and 180mm lenses Mamiya 645 Pro TL, Imacon 132c 22mp, and every lens mamiya made.
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« Reply #157 on: May 18, 2010, 06:24:05 AM » |
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God made two great lights; the sun to rule by day and the moon to rule by night. He also made the stars. And He set them all in the heavens to give light upon the earth; And God saw that it was good. Ive seen the light and it is indeed very good http://www.lightchasers-nz.com/ |
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« Reply #158 on: June 01, 2010, 11:03:32 AM » |
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Stillwater Cove, Pebble Beach, CA
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« Reply #159 on: June 01, 2010, 01:07:12 PM » |
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What a cool thread! just stumbled on it. Here's some patterns I found on a cave wall. To give some idea of scale the frame covers about half a meter top to bottom.
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