Posted by Taylor Reed on March 17, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Rain and overcast skies really bring out the color in the lichen covered sandstone here. I could have spent the entire day shooting the stains, lichen, textures and flowing water that are everywhere in this canyon. This is my favorite from the trip.
5D Mk II, 17-40mm @ f/13 and 1/8, polarizer
Posted by Larry Fischer on March 17, 2010 at 10:59 AM
So where were you when you took these pics--like state???
Photo is great. Wonderful leading lines created by the water and the brown crack in the rock.
The rocks add texture and the lichen color.
the fisch
Posted by drew resnik on March 17, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Larry, if I were to guess where this was taken, I'd say the sandstone chute that leads down to the valley in the Little Grand Canyon, Jackson County, Illinois.
Don
Posted by Taylor Reed on March 17, 2010 at 4:57 PM
Thanks guys. I left out the location on purpose to see if anyone would ask
Don, good guess, but this was taken at a place I'd never visited prior to Sunday. Hayes Creek Canyon, just outside of Eddyville. Really gorgeous place and relatively unknown - we spent all afternoon there and didn't see anyone else. I'll be back for sure, this place has a ton of potential and I've never seen any serious photography done here.
Hays Creek Canyon, Pope County, is the only place in Illinois where deerberry or huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum has been found. It is very common in the Ozarks of MO, AR, and OK but not the Shawnee Hills.
Posted by Darren Huski on March 17, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Taylor: There is a lot of iron in that particular type of sandstone. It may have precipitated out as iron oxide and collected in that pool.
Speaking of large iron deposits, have you seen the swirling patterns on sandstone slabs and cliff faces? That is iron that was deposited as the sand was becoming sandstone from the heat and pressure of overlying sediments. If you go to Garden of the Gods and walk a bit north past the main sandstone formations, you'll find a large boulder with an intricate swirling pattern of iron oxide. That unusual concentric banding of iron oxide-rich layers in sandstone is called the "Liesegang Phenomenon." You can see it in just about any sandstone cliff face but the ones at Garden of the Gods are the best that I have come across. Definitely a photo op.
Don
Posted by Taylor Reed on March 18, 2010 at 4:38 PM
Thanks Don, good info. Maybe next time I'll stump you.
I know the formation at GOG you're referring to, I've been trying to figure out the best way to photo it. Nothing satisfactory so far. I found several more instances of Liesegang banding off the trail in that area. I also found a killer angle to photo anvil rock from but the clouds haven't cooperated yet.
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Photo is great. Wonderful leading lines created by the water and the brown crack in the rock.
The rocks add texture and the lichen color.
the fisch
Don
Don, good guess, but this was taken at a place I'd never visited prior to Sunday. Hayes Creek Canyon, just outside of Eddyville. Really gorgeous place and relatively unknown - we spent all afternoon there and didn't see anyone else. I'll be back for sure, this place has a ton of potential and I've never seen any serious photography done here.
Hays Creek Canyon, Pope County, is the only place in Illinois where deerberry or huckleberry, Vaccinium stamineum has been found. It is very common in the Ozarks of MO, AR, and OK but not the Shawnee Hills.
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Speaking of large iron deposits, have you seen the swirling patterns on sandstone slabs and cliff faces? That is iron that was deposited as the sand was becoming sandstone from the heat and pressure of overlying sediments. If you go to Garden of the Gods and walk a bit north past the main sandstone formations, you'll find a large boulder with an intricate swirling pattern of iron oxide. That unusual concentric banding of iron oxide-rich layers in sandstone is called the "Liesegang Phenomenon." You can see it in just about any sandstone cliff face but the ones at Garden of the Gods are the best that I have come across. Definitely a photo op.
Don
I know the formation at GOG you're referring to, I've been trying to figure out the best way to photo it. Nothing satisfactory so far. I found several more instances of Liesegang banding off the trail in that area. I also found a killer angle to photo anvil rock from but the clouds haven't cooperated yet.