Lichen and Sandstone

In the wild and wonderful Uinta!

D80, 18-200mm lens at 24mm f/7.1 @ 1/80 sec. Tripod.

Mark,

Remind me to show you my Lichen reference book sometime. It's god to see I am not alone in liking ( no pun) to photograph Lichen. For those of you who haven't tried it, it's not easy getting the right composition!

The striations of this rock really make the image work as well as the lichten sort of pointing sort of northeast.

very cool image.

I lichten it a lot!

JG

Thanks, Jack, one day we hiked through probably a quarter mile of stuff like this.

A great abstract image. I love the lines on the rock and the comp perfectly captures the lichen patterns.

Lovely patterns Mark. Have you tried playing with this one in lab? It looks like it might be a candidate for adding more color contrast, although I would guess you may have to minimize the impact on the reds (maybe using the magenta Blend If slider?). Just a thought, nice shot regardless.

John

The Uinta is really cool. I haven't been there is years but I remember it well. This is nice comp texture, and color although I agree with John.

Interesting Mark, Are you sure this isn't a macro shot of a petri dish culture from down at the brewery.

Hey awesome shot of the bread I just threw away

Oh wait, it wasn't marbled

Great eye, Mark.

I love this kind of stuff. The striations in the rock add alot to an already strong image. What about a slight boost in contrast?? Nice stuff.

Nice shot Mark. I love moldy rock.

This is kinda neat. I think some more playing with it and you've got some good abstract shtuff here.

whoa, this is really a great abstract. love the stripes in the rocks- a graphic detail that contrasts well with the softness and curvy lines of the lichens.