Time Sculpture

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 7, 2009270 views18 comments

Virgin River Narrows again, but I tried to do something a little different in this one. This sculpted section is in a particularly dark and narrow portion of the canyon. On the way in I passed right by it in search of the bigger and more well known canyon views.

I stopped on the way out when I noticed the sculpted shapes and moody dim light. I wonder how long the two stones have been rattling around helping to carve out that pocket...perhaps thousands of years?

Canon 5dII, 24-105 F/4L IS, 20 sec @ f/18, ISO 200

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Matt Anderson on December 7, 2009 at 11:51 AM

Man Sean, this looks almost spooky in nature.

Very interesting.

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Comment posted by Reed Bowman on December 7, 2009 at 11:59 AM

the moody dim light really makes this for me... I love the comp too, the anchor provided by the two stones in the ll...

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on December 7, 2009 at 12:00 PM

I like the muted color and composition Sean.

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Comment posted by Adam Gibbs on December 7, 2009 at 12:14 PM

Light has brought out the texture wonderfully. The comp works great. Really nice image Sean.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on December 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM

What really attracts me to this scene is the varied coloration of the wall - sublime!

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on December 7, 2009 at 1:59 PM

Hi Sean

This is a marvelous composition. The lines and color are splendid. And the light and texture are amazing

Albert Darmo Canada

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on December 7, 2009 at 2:10 PM

Nice story to go along with a really nice image. Great work Sean.

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Comment posted by Verena & Georg Pop on December 7, 2009 at 2:35 PM

ghostly atmosphere. works real well!
georg

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on December 7, 2009 at 3:23 PM

Beautiful light and textures.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on December 7, 2009 at 4:05 PM

amazing light here

very well done

all the best

Hamed

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on December 7, 2009 at 5:27 PM

Striking textures and shadowplay here. Needs a small tree all alone in it somewhere.

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Comment posted by Chip Phillips on December 7, 2009 at 8:34 PM

Nice work Sean. I especially like the soft lighting and diagonal ridges. Well done.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on December 7, 2009 at 9:30 PM

Sean,

Great title - it's hard to imagine how long those stones have been tumbling around there - or I could be a cynic and say that a couple of photographers put them there in 1987.

Seriously, this is a great nature story with great lines and form. Short on color, but I don't think that's important here, it's not about color, but certainly this has great lighting. I think this is a great and well executed capture.

Lon

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on December 7, 2009 at 10:53 PM

Hi Sean,

A very nice color rendition of that particular area of the Narrows. I also like the comp. On the flip side, I don't think this looks as sharp as some of your other images - it may be the web processing, but most likely your lens of choice for this one. Thanks for sharing. Michael

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 7, 2009 at 11:07 PM

I like this, Sean. Slot canyon light with a bit of a twist. The textures are wonderful and the two rocks make as strong focal point.

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Comment posted by Rafael Rojas on December 8, 2009 at 2:34 AM

This is a gorgeous image Sean. I was wondering whether a crop leaving out the right part of the image would not give another different image as powerful as this. Wonderful image again.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 8, 2009 at 10:31 AM

A very artistic capture with understated beauty.

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Comment posted by Art Escobado on December 10, 2009 at 6:33 PM

very nice find-the nestled little rocks deposited in the scoop gives a sense of the strong waters that deposited them here

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