Posted by Lon Overacker on March 15, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Hey folks,
Awfully quiet around here these days. Since I haven't been out much in the way of photography since January, I thought I would post this taken a couple of springs ago.
I wish I could remember exactly where this was.... all I can remember is that it's somewhere between highway 88 and 120 in the rolling hills just before the foothills. I hopped a fence on some country road and found this.
What I'd be interested in hearing from any of you geology experts... is what kind of rocks are these? Actually, I'm interested to learn more about the geologic history, or what type and mix of rock types seen here. Igneous, metamorphic....
Any experts out there who could describe this scene? Preston?
Lon, not sure about the rocks, but I'm really enjoying the scene with the wonderful colors here, including the red lichen, green grasses, dark rocks, and blue sky. All of it seems to make a pleasant peaceful scene overall. Just at a quick look I would say the rocks appear pretty hard, meaning post molten or lava partially, not pores granite, at least the black FG ones. I might add I got a scant C in college Geology, so, they might be some kind of "moonstones" too.
Looks like a monolithic stratus metamorphic something or other, yeah....you guessed it, I don't know squat about rocks.
I am really diggin' the photo though!
Posted by Richard Wong on March 16, 2008 at 11:01 PM
this seems underexposed. Either that or I should check my monitor since this is the 2nd time I've commented that today about your images. anyways, I am really digging this. this looks like a rock garden for sure.
My ID guide for these rocks say they are pretty rocks.
Cannot help you with the geology (although I mostly photograph rocks. Sad, eh?) but here are some of my thoughts on the photograph.
I love the composition. All of the elements within the frame have been aptly placed and they are working well together. The problem I have, however, is with the light. I am sitting in front of a caliberated monitor and the image looks sort of dull to me. Given the nature of the clouds in the sky, I expect the scene to be a lot brighter and the shadows darker. My suggestion therefore is to raise both the brightness and the contrast (I'd use curves, but levels might also do the trick). What do you think?
Looks like igneous intrusive sedimentary granular extrusive to me. I generally refer to rock as black, brown, grey, etc. Much simpler. I use the same strategy on flowers. Hey, look at the nice purple flower!
Very cool scene. I like it! The center is a little too bright on my laptop screen and the corners seem a tad darker.
For me the photo is not dull, but my screen is not well calibrated. Also I like photos that are not too saturated/contrasty, even though I tend to overdo it when I correct my photos.
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6 repliesAwfully quiet around here these days. Since I haven't been out much in the way of photography since January, I thought I would post this taken a couple of springs ago.
I wish I could remember exactly where this was.... all I can remember is that it's somewhere between highway 88 and 120 in the rolling hills just before the foothills. I hopped a fence on some country road and found this.
What I'd be interested in hearing from any of you geology experts... is what kind of rocks are these? Actually, I'm interested to learn more about the geologic history, or what type and mix of rock types seen here. Igneous, metamorphic....
Any experts out there who could describe this scene? Preston?
Thanks!
Lon
I am really diggin' the photo though!
My ID guide for these rocks say they are pretty rocks.
Cannot help you with the geology (although I mostly photograph rocks. Sad, eh?) but here are some of my thoughts on the photograph.
I love the composition. All of the elements within the frame have been aptly placed and they are working well together. The problem I have, however, is with the light. I am sitting in front of a caliberated monitor and the image looks sort of dull to me. Given the nature of the clouds in the sky, I expect the scene to be a lot brighter and the shadows darker. My suggestion therefore is to raise both the brightness and the contrast (I'd use curves, but levels might also do the trick). What do you think?
For me the photo is not dull, but my screen is not well calibrated. Also I like photos that are not too saturated/contrasty, even though I tend to overdo it when I correct my photos.