Here's another from my trip to death valley a few weeks ago, an intimate detail of some polished stone I found in one of the canyons. Let me know what you think, thanks!
Posted by Paul Dileanis on March 11, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Floris,
Nice image of a unique formation. At first I was put off by the large empty space dominating the center, but realizing that this is a small low res image I decided to look closer. I started playing around with different croppings. In the end I decided that what made this image captivating is the unlimited number of compositions within the frame.
Great job on an aptly titled photograph.
Paul
Posted by Lon Overacker on March 11, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Floris,
Mosaic is right! Wow, I've never seen this from DV - or anywhere else for that matter. I'll take a wild guess and say that you captured more than one image from here? :-) I'm really fascinated with the UR quadrant, and like Paul, I see many, many possibilities here. Great variety of color too. Fascinating formations, great stuff.
Thanks! I generally have this thing where I focus on one composition and really try to nail it.. I should in the future try to experiment more, I'm sure I'll be back to this spot - just a small rock in a little side canyon, but it's the nicest one I've seen. The UR is definitely the most exciting part, I was thinking without the blank space in the middle it might be too busy.. but I'm sure there's other interpretations. Next time I'm in DV and I've got some daylight to spend you know where I'll be
Posted by Robert Dayton on March 11, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Great work, Floris! You certainly captured the essence of the
Mosaic Canyon. You have displayed texture, patterns, and color
Hmmmmm, looks darn good to me, Floris. Not knowing about the blue here is it possibly any Turquoise do we know? No matter, the contrasting colors are really nice throughout the image.
Seeing the colorful rocks and knowing this was DVNP, brings back thoughts of a raven out there that brought a red rock to me once. As I sat and ate my lunch up one canyon a raven dropped out of the air and picked up a red rock and threw it towards me. I had no idea what was up, and then he did it three more times, the same darn rock. Each time getting closer, then it dawned on me that he wanted to trade the red rock for some bread off my PBJ sandwich. He got what he wanted, I kept the rock too. Gave me a big laugh at the time.
I like the overall balance you captured here in terms of shapes and colors. I might prefer the deepest blues to be desaturated a bit. Other than that, this works for me... nice find!
Discussion
9 repliesNice image of a unique formation. At first I was put off by the large empty space dominating the center, but realizing that this is a small low res image I decided to look closer. I started playing around with different croppings. In the end I decided that what made this image captivating is the unlimited number of compositions within the frame.
Great job on an aptly titled photograph.
Paul
Mosaic is right! Wow, I've never seen this from DV - or anywhere else for that matter. I'll take a wild guess and say that you captured more than one image from here? :-) I'm really fascinated with the UR quadrant, and like Paul, I see many, many possibilities here. Great variety of color too. Fascinating formations, great stuff.
Lon
Mosaic Canyon. You have displayed texture, patterns, and color
Seeing the colorful rocks and knowing this was DVNP, brings back thoughts of a raven out there that brought a red rock to me once. As I sat and ate my lunch up one canyon a raven dropped out of the air and picked up a red rock and threw it towards me. I had no idea what was up, and then he did it three more times, the same darn rock. Each time getting closer, then it dawned on me that he wanted to trade the red rock for some bread off my PBJ sandwich. He got what he wanted, I kept the rock too. Gave me a big laugh at the time.
It seems different canyons have very different geologies.