Ancient Flora 3

Gallery: FloraPosted February 12, 2016243 views7 comments

Sony A77
Sony 70-400G @ 330mm, CPL
ISO 200, 1/25 @ f22
Petriified Forest NP

One of our last stops on our southwest tour in the fall was the Petrified Forest. Talk about a target rich environment for abstracts! All comments welcome. >=))>

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7 comments

Comment posted by Pete Bengeyfield on February 13, 2016 at 11:15 AM

I was wondering if this was petrified wood when is first opened this. Yeah, there's a lot of opportunity there. Nice shot.

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on February 13, 2016 at 11:28 AM

I've not been to this location in 50 years, wish I could go back. Thanks for the revisit with the small slice from this neat wonderful place, Bill.
Love the glow of this scene. A very nice abstract..... laugh

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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on February 13, 2016 at 5:49 PM

Excellent abstract, Bill. I've been there only once, a little far away for me, but should go back for images like this.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 13, 2016 at 8:44 PM

Cool and unique post in Flora, Bill. Makes a colorful abstract. Question: is petrified wood flora or mineral? It was once flora, obviously, which is certainly good enough for posting this here, and I ask this only out of curiosity. I googled it, and I'm still unsure!

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on February 14, 2016 at 3:00 PM

Bill, is there any reference as to what species this was? Cool abstract, anyway! laugh

Phil: If I remember correctly it was probably some kind of Cypress. This area was very swampy in prehistoric times. There are also dinosaur fossils in the area too. . Bill

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on February 14, 2016 at 8:40 PM

This is fascinating Bill! I love the rich, warm and rusty colors. If one didn't know any different, this could just as easily have been a close up of a rusty old side panel of a Model T truck, or at least some old rusted metal.

Great find, and great job isolating this piece.

Lon

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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on February 16, 2016 at 2:08 AM

Nice lines and colors Bill. A very nice abstract for sure. Have you looked into Tony Kuyper's luminosity mask? I wonder how that would work on this shot (not that it would need much!)?

Nathan

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