Sandstone Art

Gallery: POP PhotosPosted January 13, 20161,272 views8 comments

Picture sandstone can be quite amazing. Much of this comes from the area between St. George and Kanab, Utah. The markings were created by micro deposition of sediments millions of years ago. Basically, you are looking at a crosscut section of a "fossilized" sand dune or mud flat. I think it is quite special. Because it is a cut slab, I am posting it in the POP gallery. This piece is about 15" by 10".

iso 50, 28mm macro, f4.5, 20th sec, full frame, D800E, fluorescent and LED lighting.

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8 comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on January 13, 2016 at 5:56 PM

That is beautiful! Like a painting, with great lines and color.

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Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on January 13, 2016 at 11:42 PM

It looks almost three dimensional!!

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on January 14, 2016 at 12:30 AM

David ...thats wonderful art from you ...lovely...very well done on that one

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by John Launstein on January 14, 2016 at 1:15 AM

Sheesh, David! You are on a roll with your recent images posted, but this is certainly in a league by itself. Wonderful vision to see this and bring it to fruition as presented. Seriously cool work here.

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on January 14, 2016 at 10:09 AM

David: had you not revealed that this was a slab of sandstone, I would have thought it was a painting. Very interesting. Richard

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on January 14, 2016 at 11:26 AM

Amazing. This looks like the rolling hills of a landscape.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 14, 2016 at 5:59 PM

David, this is a great look at one of my favorite stones. I think it's special that while this slab of stone is formed from ancient dunes the scene it shows also looks like a dunescape.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on January 18, 2016 at 2:40 PM

Love this David, excellent abstract. It reminds me a bit of a stain glass window.

Gary.

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