Rock, wind and sand

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 26, 2010121 views10 comments

As I was waiting for a river ferry crossing I meandered around the sandy shore in search of anything of interest. The wind blows almost continually along the Fraser River here near Lytton, BC so the sand was filled with ripples from the wind.
This nearly buried rock and the play of sand around it caught my eye.
Not sure why I chose the exposure settings I did but that's what the EXIF data tells me:

Sony A350/ Sigma 17-70mm @ 24mm
1/640 F13 ISO400

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on January 26, 2010 at 7:37 PM

Great contrast between color and shapes. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on January 26, 2010 at 9:26 PM

Great composition. I really like the detail of the rock and ripples in the sand.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on January 26, 2010 at 9:49 PM

I think this is great! I thought it had a softer appearance from the thumbnail. I might try and achieve that with a little less contrast, or some slight diffusion?

Chris

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on January 27, 2010 at 1:30 AM

composition is strong and works well. well seen.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on January 27, 2010 at 4:02 AM

Timothy,

Simple and very effective. An intimate and nicely seen image. No complaints or suggestions here.

Lon

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Comment posted by Greg Cope on January 27, 2010 at 9:43 AM

An excellent shot. I love the patterns and the break of those patterns the rock creates. A minor point but I could see it as well with a small crop off the top. Either way its a beauty

Registered on January 22, 2007, 212 Posts, 2737 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Richins on January 27, 2010 at 11:57 AM

This is great. You found a way to tell a nice story of how the rock obscures the wind patterns.

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Comment posted by Daman Sidhu on January 27, 2010 at 4:07 PM

Lovely patterns and texture in this shot Timothy, also love the composition you chose. No nits from me!
-Daman

Registered on December 16, 2009, 21 Posts, 176 Comments

Comment posted by Jay Nielsen on January 27, 2010 at 4:13 PM

Very nice patterns and texture. I like the area of no ripples below the rock which is almost like a leading line in a sense. The processing looks great on this.

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on January 27, 2010 at 5:49 PM

A really neat abstract. I especially like the sand ripples.

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