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Arches National Park
Most of the formations at Arches are made of soft red sandstone deposited 150 million years ago. Much later, groundwater began to dissolve the underlying salt deposits. The sandstone domes collapsed and weathered into a maze of vertical rock slabs called "fins." Sections of these slender walls eventually wore through, creating the spectacular rock sculptures that visitors to Arches see today. Source: travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/arche...
Gog & Magog, the famous sandstone stacks that lie at the bottom of the Gibsons Steps along the Great Ocean Road Victoria. I was very fortunate to have just the tiniest bit of colour appear on this very grey dull morning!
So proud to have this image be awarded a Silver Award at the 2016 Epson Pano Awards!
Pomponio State Beach, California
Beyond the sandstone cliffs, people walk along the beach on an overcast day, almost lost to sight in the mist thrown up by the crashing waves.
Explored July 14, 2017
Recently I was able to enjoy the last days of autumn in southern Germany close to the boarder of France in the wonderful "PfΓ€lzer Wald", the Rhineland-Palatinate Woodlands. These red sandstone rock formations are stunning. I was lucky to catch these evening sunbeams, which lasted only a couple of minutes before the sky got dark and cloudy again.
UP 8359 leads the OMWRP over the Kettle River in Sandstone on BNSF's Hinckley Sub with 108 empties for Roseport.
I donβt get to post shots of ocean waves like a lot of my Internet friends. But sometimes I feel like Southern Utah is a vast ocean of sandstone waves.
More amazing entrada sandstone towers and cliffs! Itβs almost as if Southern Utah is full of them. So glad I live close by.
I had to squeeze in a very tight spot to get this view... I was not even sure if this shot came out or not. After processing, I was bit surprised to see all the hues of red...
The Bastei is a rock formation in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. It has been a tourist attraction for over 200 years and has inspired numerous artists (e.g. Caspar David Friedrich) until today.
For me personal it is a breathtaking scene and since my first visit about 10 years ago, I wanted to produce a version of this vista on my own. During our last stay in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, I visited the Bastei several times until I found the scene in my preferred light, which involved getting up early in the morning and waiting for the sunrise.
This free-access place, Paint Mines Interpretive Park, has amazing geology with colorful layers. You can literally walk into the sandstone castle. There is a cave inside, a great place to cool down in the summertime. Please take care of these fragile art pieces when you visit.
I found this beautiful scene of etched sandstone formations in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area outside of Page, Arizona.
A hoodoo made up of crossbedded, Pennsylvanian Tensleep Sandstone stands near Alkali Road. This dirt road climbs up into the Bighorn Mountains from the Bighorn Basin in Wyoming.
"There are 98 bosses and over 200 tons of sandstone in the Chapel ceiling; the larger bosses weigh over a ton each." (Wikipedia)
Red Rock Canyon. On the left of the photo in the distance are blocks of sandstone cut from the old quarry.
Isa Khan Niyazi was an Afghan noble in Sher Shah Suri's court of the Suri dynasty, who fought against the Mughals. His octagonal tomb, constructed in 1574, is positioned within an octagonal garden, which was built during his own lifetime and the reign of Islam Shah Suri, son of Sher Shah. It later served as a burial place for the entire family of Isa Khan. On the western side of the tomb lies a three-bay wide mosque, in red sandstone. The octagonal tomb bears a striking resemblance to other tombs of the Sur dynasty monuments in the Lodhi Gardens, in Delhi and demonstrates a marked progression in the development of the exquisite architectural style of the main tomb. Some of the architectural details present here were seen later in the main Humayun's tomb, though on a much grander scale, such as the tomb being placed in a walled garden enclosure.
The beautiful red and white terraced sandstone here reminded me of nature's version of a racetrack. I captured this scene at the otherworldly White Pocket in northern Arizona's Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.
I had a great time this weekend with Jay, Tom, Hilary, Casey & Selva out on the Oregon coast. We were rewarded with some nice light on Saturday night and cloudy but dry conditions on Sunday. None of this weekends workshop participants had been to the top of the dunes at Kiwanda which made the stop there even more rewarding. I have been doing quite a bit thinking lately with regards to workshops and the value & level of instruction I hope to provide my students. More & more I feel that the two day workshops are just not enough time, with many people just beginning to open up to the group and get comfortable near the end of our time together. It is because of this that I have decided to offer less workshops next year but increase the value & instruction I can offer. The first of these workshops I plan to announce will be a workshop covering the entire Oregon coast from Astoria to Samuel Boardman State Park over the course of 5 days. I also have a number of great ideas planned to make these workshops more rewarding and exciting! Stay tuned for more info or if you can't wait and want to know more please shoot me a message. I would love to chat about it. I also welcome any and all feedback from those who have taken my workshops, or those who have experienced workshops with other instructors about your experience and how you personally feel they could be more rewarding & valuable to those involved.
Here is a 3 shot pano I took a few years ago from the tonto platform in the Grand Canyon! It is one of my favorite shots that I have from the canyon. I believe that is Shiva temple on fire in the way left hand side of photo. It was a glorious evening!
We are on national TV!!! πππ
www.today.com/video/take-a-closer-look-at-the-wave-the-hi...
NBC featured us, Action Photo Tours, in a segment about the Southwest on the TODAY show! I am beyond excited and want to thank all of you for your continuous support.
Four years ago, I left the stability of cooperate America to pursue a passion (well...a hobby, really) and started Action Photo Tours. I had no social media following, no client base, nor a solid business plan. But through your unwavering encouragement and support, Action Photo Tours is in it's fourth year of operations and our reach is steadily expanding. Thank you for being on this journey with me and always inspiring me to work harder, do better, and shoot more π!
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A collection of my favorite shots of sandstone. From San Francisco to San Diego, I have shot sandstone, cliffs, rocks, formations, caves, whatever. If itβs sandstone and it looks cool, I shoot it.
This cliff is at my favorite place on the California coast, Pescadero State Beach.
From my Shooting Sandstone collection.
Sea-sculptured outcrop of Cambria-slab graywacke sandstone, which is typically massive and largely featureless. Not here! Bedding planes are outlined by various shades of FeOX (and MnOX?) staining (+ heavy mineral accumulations?), and there are some cross-cutting (and later) iron-stained fractures as well. Scale may be judged by the green jadeite pebble at lower left that's maybe 3/4 in. across. You can see other green pebbles in this coarse sand, and there are always "pebble pups" sifting out their favorites from the never-ending and ceaselessly-replenished supply of attractive rounded pebbles. When you live here, you can fill your lifetime needs for pretty pebbles in a month or two -- but I still stick unusually pretty ones in my shirt pocket every week or two. Lots of room in the yard for rejects!