Stonecrop Trails

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 6, 2011452 views28 comments

Each spring the walls of the Columbia River Gorge bloom with life. One of my favorites is stonecrop, and this year they are doing very well. (Here is what one looks like up close.)

Nikon D80
AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED at 140mm
1/8 sec at f/16 and ISO 100

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28 comments

Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on June 6, 2011 at 3:41 PM

great abstract John, i like the contrast & colors

well seen

Hamed

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Comment posted by Steve Sieren on June 6, 2011 at 3:45 PM

Beautifully subtle work John.

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Comment posted by Daniel Ewert on June 6, 2011 at 3:52 PM

Beautiful colors and patterns here. Really nice find, John.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on June 6, 2011 at 3:55 PM

This is wonderful John! Great variety and combination of colors, and great textures and shapes. This would look so good printed large!

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 6, 2011 at 4:02 PM

Beautiful work

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 6, 2011 at 4:41 PM

This is terrific, John--love the subtle warm cool mix here!

oooh--i like the intimate even more i think!

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 6, 2011 at 4:57 PM

I wish I could see this bigger. Looks great! Would love to see the detail.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 6, 2011 at 7:02 PM

I like this alot John. I really enjoy the pattern here and the colors are wonderful. Very nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on June 6, 2011 at 7:26 PM

Great shot John. Beautiful little things.

BTW I sent you a text Sat....I couldn't make it sorry. Hope you fun.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 6, 2011 at 7:44 PM

That is a gorgeous flower, John, and I can only imagine what an outcropping of this many must do for a person. I like your use of lines in the comp, and I suspect this will make a wonderful large print.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on June 6, 2011 at 8:26 PM

Beautiful find John! Thanks for providing the link. More fantastic detail close up. The NPN version has wonderful abstract qualities. Your Zenfolio link is also gorgeous and is a fantastic macro with extraordinary light, detail, and color. Wow!

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Comment posted by Neale Dyster on June 6, 2011 at 8:59 PM

Interesting shot John, really well done. You've got some lovely images on your site too.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on June 6, 2011 at 9:28 PM

Very cool, John. Looks like terracing. A nice change from the expansive Gorge shots we get used to seeing.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on June 7, 2011 at 12:58 AM

Very nice. I've seen this scattered about on the rocks but never in such concentration. In fact I took a few shots of some a couple days ago but haven't processed them yet. I like the lines and earthy feel this one has and the attached close-up is really cool.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 7, 2011 at 1:48 AM

Well seen. The arrangement is lovely and the abstract nature of the composition works very well.

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on June 7, 2011 at 3:49 AM

superb - i like this intimate scene very much. EDIT - I like this but the closer more image to which you linked us is outstanding - surely you must post that one as well!

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Comment posted by Andreas Resch on June 7, 2011 at 3:54 AM

Just stunning, John .One of your best.

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Comment posted by Julian Barkway on June 7, 2011 at 5:04 AM

What a lovely arrangement of flowers and rock. Beautiful complementary colours, too.

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Comment posted by Matt Anderson on June 7, 2011 at 8:27 AM

John, great eye on this one. The ladder of color is quite amazing.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on June 7, 2011 at 10:46 AM

Oh wow, really cool John. Great eye and capture.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on June 7, 2011 at 12:57 PM

The colours really look great in this John, I think you nailed the comp too. I like the linked photo aswell.

Gary.

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Comment posted by John Williams on June 7, 2011 at 3:48 PM

Thanks everyone!! I took this while out playing in the gorge over Memorial Day weekend with a telephoto zoom borrowed from a friend. It was a lot of fun to experiment with the lens and the completely different perspective compared to my wide-angle zoom.

Stuart, since the linked photo is so much about the plant, I posted it in flora instead of Landscape/ESS. It was a WP back in 2008.

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Comment posted by Helmut Steidl on June 7, 2011 at 4:24 PM

Hello John

Great Shot .... love it .....

By the way your Gallery is in one word "AMAZING"

Best Regrards from AUSTRIA
Helmut

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on June 7, 2011 at 10:23 PM

Weird, but in an awesome way!

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on June 8, 2011 at 12:02 AM

Lovely!

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Comment posted by Kyle L. Krause on June 8, 2011 at 2:10 AM

John, fantastic image. Very creative, the rocks and flowers works great together. Beautiful!!

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on June 8, 2011 at 11:47 AM

This is an outstanding image, John. Natural and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on June 9, 2011 at 2:20 AM

A very nice comp, John. The little yellow flowers are beautiful, and so well arranged and balanced in the frame. The rock textures are also very nice, as is the subtle intricacies of the color complements.

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