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Sandstone Veins

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Posted by Rick Lundh on May 10, 2007 at 12:20 AM
Sandstone Veins
Some more of the wierd stuff...
Posted by Darren White on May 10, 2007 at 12:22 AM
could be the surface of Mars for all I know.......I hope the orig is sharper than this....I am sure it is.

interesting :biggrin:
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 10, 2007 at 12:23 AM
That vertical thing kind of interrupts the flow, but I like it.. orange baby.. very orange! :biggrin:
Posted by Elizabeth Kimes on May 10, 2007 at 1:53 AM
Cool detail Rick! The sandstone has very warm color and interesting texture. :toast:
Posted by Marc Adamus on May 10, 2007 at 12:12 PM
Weird is the word for it allright. I hate climbing on this stuff because those flakes often chip off. I took a 20 footer in a Zion canyon once because of rock like that. A nice study in rock texture common to some areas of the SW.
Posted by Mark Hudon on May 10, 2007 at 12:26 PM
These were real delicate fins, Marc, you wouldn't even have been able to put body weight on them before they broke. Yeah, Zion is freaky like that, you gotta be careful.

I think you need to bring out more colors, Rick. It seems sort of flat.
Posted by Andy Drumer on May 10, 2007 at 12:41 PM
Great work, looks like a leaf at first glance. Colors and contrast look great. Must be very hard to look across all these formations and find nice compositions like this.
Posted by eric lee on May 10, 2007 at 12:41 PM
Very cool, what would it look like it if you increased contrast & maybe sharpened, and then changed to B & W?
Posted by John Lehmkuhl on May 10, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Very interesting... did you try flipping it upside down ? Looks like it could be cool like a wing that way......
Posted by Ian Camp on May 10, 2007 at 10:05 PM
Kind of goes with your ID photo, Rick. Beyond that, I like the beautiful leaf texture. It could use a little more sharpening (at least on my monitor; not sure if sharpening looks different on different monitors...)