I really had no idea what to call this formation, other then a mud thing. I had captured this scene while hiking around one of the off shoot side canyons in Capitol Reef National Park awhile back. The overall lighting was extremely hit and miss the entire trip, but there were some side shots to be had like this one here.
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Posted by Paul Duval on September 29, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Paul,
Just curious is this wind or water erosion? With the color gradiation in the sandstone. it almost looks like a fossilized dinosaur skull,Duckbill probably. When nature gives you cabbage, make coleslaw. I like it, but I like rocks and their cool textures and colors.
Posted by Lon Overacker on September 29, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Paul,
What fascinating geology! The texture, details, shapes, forms and just the seemingly random arrangement of nature lets me explore and view this for a good while. And to top it off, it doesn't give me the impression of mud - nor Velvia! :-) Maybe ancient, petrified mud....
Another intriguing aspect is scale. Don't have a clue, other than the lens and camera format you listed.
Well seen and captured Paul. I like it very much.
Lon
Posted by Robert Dayton on September 30, 2009 at 12:13 AM
A powerful abstract, Paul! Great shapes with good color variation.
This is Capitol Reef as I've never seen it before.
Thank you very much for the comments Paul, Lon, & Robert. As near as I can tell this was all sandstone that was mostly eroded away by water. Like a lot of desert areas in Utah flash flooding and the constant carving results can be seen all over the state. Capitol Reef seems to have a lot of it that I found walking around in the canyons in that area.
As for scale, this is huge. I would say as I recall I could reach about mid way up on the large carved out black structure.
Posted by Cory Freeman on September 30, 2009 at 9:18 AM
wicked looking formation Paul!
Posted by Eric Good on September 30, 2009 at 2:27 PM
I really enjoy all the shapes, colors and textures captured here. The nice evenly lit exposure works very well here too. Since I'm primarily drawn to the right 3/4 of the I might prefer a slight crop off the left side, but this more than works as presented. Well seen and captured!
Looking at this some more, I could see stashing a few little tea-cup candles throughout those little pockets and making an interesting long exposure at dusk too.
That certainly does look like the foot of a giant mud raptor.. cool find!
Posted by Steve Sieren on October 1, 2009 at 12:56 AM
This brings out the kid in me and makes me want to climb all over it but it has the untouched feel to it so I'll just stay off of it. I like the muted colors in the cool canyon wall.
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Just curious is this wind or water erosion? With the color gradiation in the sandstone. it almost looks like a fossilized dinosaur skull,Duckbill probably. When nature gives you cabbage, make coleslaw. I like it, but I like rocks and their cool textures and colors.
What fascinating geology! The texture, details, shapes, forms and just the seemingly random arrangement of nature lets me explore and view this for a good while. And to top it off, it doesn't give me the impression of mud - nor Velvia! :-) Maybe ancient, petrified mud....
Another intriguing aspect is scale. Don't have a clue, other than the lens and camera format you listed.
Well seen and captured Paul. I like it very much.
Lon
This is Capitol Reef as I've never seen it before.
As for scale, this is huge. I would say as I recall I could reach about mid way up on the large carved out black structure.
Looking at this some more, I could see stashing a few little tea-cup candles throughout those little pockets and making an interesting long exposure at dusk too.
I also lose my sense of scale in this one. I wonder whether my foot fits in one of those holes or whether I could climb in and look out.