The Sunset Rocks

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 6, 2011174 views7 comments

A follow-up to my previous image in this gallery.

The sun peeped through for a brief moment, allowing me little time to turn around and recompose.

This area contains all 3 major types of rock formations found on earth...sandstone, volcanic and I forget the other one

Techs:
Nikon D3s with Nikkor 14-24mm f2.8 @ 14mm
f22 @ ISO-200
Blend of 3 images

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on December 6, 2011 at 6:12 PM

Sedimentary (sandstone), Igneous (volcanic) and metamorphic (rocks changed by heat and pressure) Nice capture. The sunstar is perfectly placed in this image and the rugged horizon supports it wonderfully. Colors are a little saturated for my tastes, but that's a personal preference. This is a very nice image.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on December 6, 2011 at 8:24 PM

I like the comp and light and the way the rocks point me towards the sun. Some of the colors seem a bit "painted on" thought it does add an interesting quality to the scene.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on December 7, 2011 at 1:03 PM

I like the way you composed this. Also like the little splashes of color from the lichen on the rocks and the flowers. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on December 7, 2011 at 10:59 PM

Thanks for your comments Nancy, Tony and Bill.

Thanks also for the explanation of the rock formations Nancy...

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Comment posted by David Edwards on December 8, 2011 at 4:29 AM

Love your perspective here, Morkel. The sunstar is a fabulous focal point to this very interesting landscape scene. The colors in the rocks looks like a painter has splashed vibrant yellows and reds everywhere. I like the rock structure to the right of the sunstar and could see a tighter comp moving in towards that area. Nice one!

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on December 8, 2011 at 7:46 PM

Nice comp Morkel. The well lit FG rocks with the sun behind kind of confused me at first, but then the detail caught my attention.

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on December 9, 2011 at 5:19 PM

Thanks a lot for your comments David and Walt!

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