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Light caroms off the closely set walls of upper Paria Canyon, and brings out striking colors and textures from the facets of Slide Rock Arch, Paria Canyon Wilderness, Utah; day 1 of 3-generation backpacking venture. It is difficult to appreciate the scale here, but full-grown people can readily pass through the arch walking abreast.
The day started out auspiciously enough, with a great deal of racing about in the water by my 7 year-old. I had stocked him up with a large packet of gummy bears that was meant to last him the entire 5 days, and we had decided to store those precious sugary bears in his hip belt pocket on his pack, for easy access. However, as it transpired, he decided to leave the zipper on the pocket open, apparently because it 'just takes too long' to have to unzip when you're jonesing for a piece of gummy foodstuffs (he cracks me up, really). Combined with his energetic navigation of the shallow river channel, it was really no surprise, at least not to me, when he discovered that the bears were no longer in his pocket at all, and had gained the freedom of the river channel, probably deciding to swim for it, rather than risk a pocket-bound journey with my son as their overseer.
At this point, we had probably hiked only a mile and a half or so from the car, and the look of sadness on his face was so profound that I hastily dropped my pack in a willow thicket by the side of the canyon, and decided to run back up the channel in search of silty gummy bears. As it happened, I didn't see them on the way up, and ran all the way back to the trailhead, as the noon temperatures began their crescendo. Of course, I didn't bring any water with me, since I foolishly thought I'd find the bears before I made it back this far. So, I turned around, and began the hot jog back to my pack, eyes still scanning the channel that stubbornly refused to reveal its gummy foods - the silty water makes this a somewhat easy feat, really. But lo! There they were just coming out of a deep pool in which Kieran had been exuberantly splashing some 45 minutes previously. Ah sweet success. Sweet silty success. As they took on water, the bears also took on silt and sand, and this had fused them into one giant mineral-rich, sugary, gelatinous mass. I hoped Kieran would be happy, but I didn't hold out high hopes.
Upon returning to my pack, I gratefully grabbed a water bottle and drank a liter. It was then I discovered that the willows in which I'd stowed my pack had also played host to a dead animal at some relatively recent point in the past, and the putrescine had been strong enough to infuse my water bottle spout with eau d'mort. But damn, I was thirsty, so I had to fight through that wonderful sensation. So that's what kind of day it was going to be, then, eh? But no, all these tribulations ceased once the afternoon light began to play on the red sculpted walls.
Saw this little bird down at the harbour, sitting on a hawser rope that is attached to the harbour wall one end and a historical Steam tug the other, On close inspection it is a very sick Rock pipit, what I thought was the frayed rope is in fact a club foot. It did fly off, but I do wonder if it survived.
I also saw a Kingfisher against the harbour wall (never seen one before) but it was gone before the camera was out of my pocket. Not a brilliant pic, but I was getting wet!
MY THANKS TO ALL WHO VISIT AND COMMENT IT IS APPRECIATED
Did a super fun shoot on Saturday with David Lashmar ( www.zeptae.com)
Photographer: Zeptae
MUA: Erin Meester
Photo Edit: Me
Models: Bailie and Me :)
Thurlestone Rock is a fine sea stack in the shape of an arch sitting in the bay of Thurlestone village, South Devon. It was quite adventurous getting to that viewpoint and involved scrambling over slippery rocks and jumping over rock pools and streams but I made it with dry shoes and could get a photo with the rock formation showing the arch. In the distant background Burgh Island can be seen.
A Rock Island Rail Train passes through Lurand, MS. heading south to Swan Lake to interchange with Canadian National.
Just prior to sunrise this past Sunday morning where the creek Rock Run enters the Susquehanna River. The sky was very pretty there for my daughter and I at sunrise.
f/16 at 4 Seconds (the 4 seconds was enough to smooth out the flow from the creek to get the smooth muted reflection in the water and see the details under the water surface too.) This was captured with the Hoya ND64 filter (6 stops).
If you look at the post below in the comments you will also note that this earlier morning shot you can see a difference in the water level, which I do not remember noting while out there. The water level in the river dropped some while we were there (about 30 minutes between the shots).
I assume this was from the tide potentially where the river enters the Chesapeake Bay not far down river from this location - couple miles.
Chicken Rock is a very small island just south west of the Isle of Man. The lighthouse on it was established in 1875 and has been automated since 1960
Scorpionweed emerging from the rocky, sun-baked desert floor.
- Sonoran Desert, La Paz County, Arizona
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Tricky shot to get this one .... I had to traverse rocks that were as slippy as ice, then slide down the last few feet on my bum to get beside the stream to get the angle right. One of the tripod legs was clinging onto a wee rock ledge on the other side of the stream and it kept raining! But I got there eventually :)
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius) is a member of the thrush family (Turdidae). Seen in high altitude mountainous terrain. This is an uncommon species n may be a visitor to the terrain but recently come across with a pair in Munnar, Idukki, Kerala, Southern India which is more friendly and drastically changed his habits to the changing scenario - garbage explorator!!!
Awaiting a route into the Houston Terminal, this pair of GEs sits on Main 1 of the Glidden Sub southwest of Houston in Sugar Land. Soon things will clear and they'll get their 18,000 tons of rock moving again.
RMEMTQ 22 (Rock- Medina, TX to Mont Belvieu, TX)
(DPU) UP C45AH #2536
(DPU) UP C44ACM #6346
Sugar Land, TX
December 23rd, 2022
Inukshuk rock art, at dusk at Ambleside beach in West Vancouver, British Columbia. The light was beautiful that night.
Grab shot of Rock Island F7's 677-675 while we were watching E6 630 being spun on the Blue Island turntable, 6/73.
Solid Rock
Goanna
Out here nothin' changes
Not in a hurry anyway
You can feel the endlessness
With the comin' of the light o' day
You're talkin' 'bout a chosen place
You wanna sell it in a marketplace
Well
Well just a minute now
You're standin' on
Solid rock
Standin' on sacred ground
Livin' on borrowed time
And the winds of change
Are blowin' down the line
Right down the line
It’s not often (ever really) that I’ll take the camera out in the midday sun. It’s even more rare that it won’t be on a tripod.
Broke both of these self imposed rules on Sunday. We had been driving for a while, and my girls needed lunch, so a man is taking his life into his hands when he wants to stop roadside to have a look at a ‘composition’.
I jumped down into the scrub, watching step by step for any sign of an over friendly snake, and knocked out a few quick hand held images.
Hope you like ‘“Solid Rock”
Cheers, Mike
yes I did just make that pun
no I am not sorry
My entry to Bio-Cup 2021 Round 1. The theme was Media and Entertainment, with my subtheme being Music.
I’ve wanted to do a Crystal King revamp for a really long time, and such a terrible pun gave me a great opportunity to do so. I knew right from the start that I just had to give him a little crystal mohawk, with the leather jacket and speaker being added later on as I explored the concept. When I finished, he did end up being rather top heavy due to the guitar, so I attached one of those old 6x2x2 weighted bricks to his back, which surprisingly solved the issue.
Alternative photo here: www.flickr.com/photos/188390170@N02/51264211206/in/datepo...
The picture quality’s better but I prefer the angle of the one I used.
Messing around in the studio, before a cheerleader photo shoot. White Lightnings Back light, Hair light, bottom reflector.
Thanks amigo for being my model next time cut your damn nails. JK :-)
Flag Rock is located above 3200 feet in elevation, and is located three miles above the town of Norton, Virginia on High Knob. In the 1920's, a German immigrant by the name of George Matuszczyk placed an American flag on this outcropping of rock as a symbol of his love for his new home. The Flag Rock Recreation Area was dedicated in 1974 and opened in the summer of 1976.