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Photo posted by Eva McDermott in the Landscape gallery on 10/27/15 at 9:00 pm EST
Registered on 01/04/09, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 10/27/15 at 10:27 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Great patterns and colors!!! I think I like this better flipped 180 degrees. I prefer the visual flow. But very cool image!!! Great find.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on 10/27/15 at 11:16 pm EST
Registered on 04/18/07, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments
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Amazing find, Eva! I have never seen anything like this. The pebbles in the holes look like jewelry. The light is delightfully confusing, making this a wonderful abstract to explore.
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Wayne Jones
Upstate New York |
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The beauty and genius of a work of art may be reconceived, though its first material expression be destroyed; a vanished harmony may yet again inspire the composer; but when the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again. William Beebe, 1906 |
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 10/28/15 at 01:03 am EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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What an unusual find. It's mesmerizing when you look long enough. It does look like jewelry from afar, or a google earth view from up high. I've been down there many times and never seen these holes filled with anything. I find this hard to critique intelligently. The only obvious thing is that the lower right hand corner is out of focus and doesn't have the preciseness that the rest has. Cool abstract. It's an intellectual image.
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"If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person" - Jay Maisel. |
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Comment posted by gary phillips on 10/28/15 at 10:22 am EST
Registered on 10/24/13, 185 Posts, 4136 Comments
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What a beautiful and unique find, Eva. It took me a while to figure out what the heck I was looking at. Very cool abstract image.
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 10/28/15 at 10:38 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Wow, Eva, those clusters of polished pebbles are wonderful! I especially like how they're isolated against the sand colored background.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on 10/28/15 at 12:56 pm EST
Registered on 09/30/12, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments
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That is really cool, structures like these are definitely on my bucket list. The colourful pebbles in those cavities are just to good to be true!
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on 10/28/15 at 3:56 pm EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Comment last edited by Paul Breitkreuz on 10/28/15 at 3:57 pm EST
OMG......it's a jelly bean factory........I love this one, Eva. Can you see this one made up as a puzzle?.....what a super find...
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Paul Breitkreuz
Corona, California
Trailimages.com
NPN 2326
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on 10/28/15 at 7:09 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
Eva, This is so cool looking and I'm just totally enjoying it.
Nick Bristol Lone Rock, WI.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 10/29/15 at 7:31 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
I would've gone crazy seeing this! I love spots like this. I like the color of the rock and all the little stones. It looks to me like the lower right corner is soft, though, which leads to my suggestion...
...Crop from the bottom and the left side to eliminate the soft area and the dark area on the lower left corner. Next, burn the upper left corner just a bit. My thinking here is to home in on the nice light and potholes.
--P
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on 10/29/15 at 10:45 pm EST
Registered on 11/25/08, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments
Comment last edited by Albert Darmo on 10/29/15 at 10:45 pm EST
Hi Eva  A delightful find. these polished pebbles in the sand make a fascinating abstract. love the colors and the patterns.
Albert Darmo
Canada
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Comment posted by D.A. Edwards on 10/29/15 at 11:32 pm EST
Registered on 10/08/14, 226 Posts, 1187 Comments
Fun, colorful abstraction, Eva. I've been to that beach many, many times over the years... I always take visitors there when I am down that way to see the real Pebble Beach.
Roel is probably right though about it being too good to be true as I suspect that those pebbles were placed in those holes by creative beachcombers or photogs. Nevertheless, still a cool image.
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D.A. (Dave) Edwards
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Comment posted by Anil Rao on 10/30/15 at 04:00 am EST
Registered on 11/15/03, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments
Comment last edited by Anil Rao on 10/30/15 at 04:01 am EST
This is a beautiful image, Eva. Love the juxtaposition of the large tafoni holes and the tiny pebbles that have filled them.
As you know, I do a lot of Tafoni photography and all of that is done near that area (actually in the next beach from Bean Hollow). I am very glad to hear that you were able to visit this location. BTW, this is not such an uncommon sight at all. The tiny pebbles get washed onto the tafoni rocks by the tide, just as they get washed off of the rocks by the tide. One of natures small wonders.
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Anil Rao
Santa Clara, California
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Comment posted by Ian Cameron on 10/30/15 at 9:54 pm EST
Registered on 08/06/04, 1125 Posts, 3318 Comments
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That's a great find Eva. Looks a bit like the honeycomb cliffs of Elgol I was inspired in almost the same way and called mine Jellybeans and Honeycomb. I had to put my jelly beans in the holes, still it was April 01 on that particular day.
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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on 10/31/15 at 02:22 am EST
Registered on 09/27/06, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
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These patterns look amazing. What a great find.
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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on 11/09/15 at 9:44 pm EST
Registered on 04/10/05, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments
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Very neat Eva! Excellent capture.
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Bill Chambers
Gulf Breeze, Florida
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