Fractured

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 7, 2010422 views26 comments

I'm no geologist by any means, but this beautifully fractured rock captivated me from the moment I saw it. I hope it does you as well. Please excuse the compression, I had to save it at 3 to get under the 200kb limit! Please view the larger image for better detail (but it suffers from compression as well since I had to save it at 5).

D2X w/ 70-300 @ 210mm
1/30 @ f/11 - MLU and mc-30 remote release
100 ISO
Singh Ray Circ. Polarizer
Tripod
Capture One 4, CS4, TK's Luminosity and Sat Masks, Marc's web sharpening

Critiques, suggestions, and comments always welcomed and greatly appreciated.

Comments

26 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on April 7, 2010 at 9:19 PM

Very painterly Bill. Phenomenal natural fractal design well seen and captured.

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on April 7, 2010 at 9:52 PM

Lovely pattern and colors, well seen.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on April 7, 2010 at 10:23 PM

Nicely seen and processed Bill. This pattern is facinating.

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on April 7, 2010 at 11:21 PM

Awesome abstract, Bill! Mother Nature just never ceases to amaze me. What an intricate, and ornate pattern of amazing colors.

Chris

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Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on April 7, 2010 at 11:38 PM

Awesome! Any idea what created those incredible colors and structures? Would love to see this without all the compression!

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on April 8, 2010 at 12:05 AM

WOW, this is great, Bill. The mix of colors really makes this an interesting abstract, along with all the arteries too. Someone could almost confuse this with a map of the freeway system here in So Cal.

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Comment posted by Rick Goldwasser on April 8, 2010 at 12:34 AM

That's really cool, kind of Jackson Pollock-ish! Might like to see a crop without the gray line in the urc, but awesome either way.

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Comment posted by Mark Windom on April 8, 2010 at 12:47 AM

Terrific abstract; love the lines and colors. Good to see someone else shooting the D2x.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on April 8, 2010 at 1:00 AM

Very nice indeed Bill. And yes it is captivating.

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Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on April 8, 2010 at 5:27 AM

Wow! What a find, it's really eyecatching. Only one small nit: in the larger version the upper right corner looks a bit soft, but I really can't tell if it's a compression issue or a dof issue.

Wonderful abstract nonetheless, I really love all the colours and intricated paths.

Paolo

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on April 8, 2010 at 7:25 AM

Almost looks like stained glass Bill, amazing colors and patterns. Beautifully done.
John

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Comment posted by Kevin Trinkner on April 8, 2010 at 8:29 AM

Fascinating image Bill, love the colors and patterns. Great eye for this one!

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on April 8, 2010 at 8:52 AM

Bill,

Very cool, it's one of those images where everyone who studies it is going to come away with their own interpretation of what it is. Looks like a space photo of a desert to me. I can hear " Major Thom" in the background.

Paul

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Comment posted by Joseph Kayne on April 8, 2010 at 9:49 AM

Marvelous!!!!! Love it.

Joe.

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Comment posted by Guy Tal on April 8, 2010 at 9:59 AM

I love it, Bill! The patterns and colors are amazing. I never took any formal Geology classes either but am so fascinated by the topic that I read extensively about it. Rocks are a library of the history of the planet.

Guy

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on April 8, 2010 at 10:55 AM

The frame filling array of craks definitely tell a story of pressure and resistance. A very unique and beautiful photograph. I like it a lot.

Registered on November 15, 2003, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on April 8, 2010 at 11:44 AM

I love the comp and patterns--very cool!
Being picky, i would prefer to see a bit more overall sharpness. The large version is soft on the sides, and thats not a compression issue since its not uniform--its a focus/dof issue. Ive had the exact same problem with my Canon 70-300 (which is why i want a real nice macro!!)
Very nice overall!

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on April 8, 2010 at 12:42 PM

Wow, this looks quite amazing. I have never seen something like this. Fascinating how such "dead" matter can be present in every kind of shape and texture.

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Comment posted by Peter Gordon on April 8, 2010 at 3:50 PM

Greta abstract. Love the colour and barrage of lines..

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on April 8, 2010 at 4:39 PM

That is a wickedly cool abstract. Looks like it could be a street map of Denver.

It has really nice lines and colors.

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Comment posted by Alex Mody on April 8, 2010 at 6:19 PM

Wow.. This is really nice, Bill. The patterns and colors are just incredible.

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on April 8, 2010 at 6:42 PM

Bill,
I am a geologist and this is really nice. Looks like fractured limestone to me with calcite infilling the factures (?). Would like to see this in a bigger context to get a better idea, but regardless I like this a lot. I'm also looking that this from my laptop (stuck in jury duty today). Definitely something that would get my attention.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on April 8, 2010 at 9:47 PM

Nice, Bill.

- Dan.

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Comment posted by David Cobb on April 10, 2010 at 1:28 AM

What a great pattern and coloring to this rock Bill, wonderful capture.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on April 11, 2010 at 12:16 PM

This is mesmerizing! The colors are sweet, too.

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Comment posted by Helio Cristovao on April 12, 2010 at 11:25 AM

This is beautiful. Awesome colors and patterns here. Great find! If I could choose though, I would have worked some more DOF, closing further than f/11, but that´s a matter of interpretation and personal taste

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