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Nature's presentation of Balanced Rock, located within Arches National Park, just seems so remarkable the way that it is perched on its base. When this July golden hour photo was taken, the temperature was still 100 F. If you look for them, you can see two couples that are on the trail. I considered removing them, but decided that they provide some perspective of size. The La Sal Mountains which are part of the Rocky Mountains can be seen at the right of the photo. Arches National Park is located near Moab, Utah in Grand County.
Nikon D800
Nikon 14-24 mm f/2.8 at 21 mm
1/320 sec at f/6.3 ISO 100
Single capture
July 24, 2016
One of the more noteable features of Arches National Park. This feature like all of the wonderful rock formations in Arches is subject ot change at any moment. Any picture of it could be unique, as part of it may fall away at any time.
This silver lined fritillary butterfly perched atop another of the zinnias in the pick your own garden at Tine and Toil Farm. She stayed perched and sipping merrily no matter how close I got!
Honestly can't decide which one I like more! What do you think? It's crazy how just a shift in perspective can change the entire feel of even just a small stack of balanced rocks. I like the way this one is balanced with the dark
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They say a well made broom is able to balance on it's own. As you can see this one does. I bought it at the Vermont Country Store in Vermont USA. It is made by the Amish. It is now 4 months old, used almost daily and still stands on it's own!
Well, I had trouble with Flickr today so this photo didn't actually make it into the Flickr Friday! :-( Ah well, it's still a fun shot! LOL
Arches National Park, Utah. Balanced Rock is about 128 feet (39 m) high, with the balancing rock rising 55 feet (16.75 m) above the base. The big rock on top is the size of three school buses. (Wikipedia)
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Recently we spent a day in a big farm field near Helm in the Central Valley of California for LDRS, a big yearly rocket event where people arrive from all over the USA. This is the launch of a high power rocket called Sponge Worthy built by Neal Hunstein. It runs on an Aerotech demo M1955 Dark Matter motor. An M class motor is the biggest one allowed in California; for bigger ones you need to go to Nevada.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate your critical feedback.
-- ƒ/6.3, 210 mm, 1/4000 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, SEL-55210, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC5629_hdr1bal1d.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
I captured this image using a monochrome setting with LiveView on my Nikon SLR camera. I liked the idea of this as a tool to focus on tonal contrasts and shapes while composing images. The article I got this idea for this was here (digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-monochrome-prev...). As I'd followed the writer's idea in capturing these with RAW images, it was then easy to update the settings in Capture NX2 to a landscape one and work in color for the final image.
Some black and white from time to time. Found this just a short walk away from my house, having fun with my new toy Fuji X-T3. Awesome camera!
Another still morning on Hatch Hill today. Got some nice Chalkhill Blue shots including some interesting aberrations however on looking through my images I was most taken by this Common Blue. He was delicately perched on this broken grass stem and somehow or another the light gave this very soft and subtle background.
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The Marshall local races back to Willmar with three locomotives and three cars after switching the ADM Corn Processing plant in Marshall, Minnesota.
Paid a day long visit to Arches National Park, Utah during the 2015 Adventure. Balanced Rock is one of my favorite formation at Arches. Image made with a Pentax K 5.
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"Balanced Rock is one of the most popular features of Arches National Park, situated in Grand County, Utah, United States. Balanced Rock is located next to the park's main road, at about 9 miles (14.5 km) from the park entrance.
The total height of Balanced Rock is about 128 feet (39 m), with the balancing rock rising 55 feet (16.75 m) above the base. The big rock on top is the size of three school buses.
Balanced Rock can be seen from the park's main road. There is also a short loop trail leading around the base of the rock.[1] Balanced rock was formed through a process known as weathering." -Wikipedia
My computer is being crazy tonight! I can hardly type anything without the anti-virus warning being set off. It's so slow I am loosing my mind! I can't even type a complete sentence without pop-ups and interruptions. I apologize to all of my great contacts because I am not going to get to your images this evening. I hope to get in touch with a tech geek tomorrow and get this resolved. I'll be by your photostreams soon.
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Balanced Rock, one of the most iconic features in the park, stands a staggering 128 feet (39m) tall. While this formation may appear to be an epic balancing act, it’s actually not balanced at all. The slick rock boulder of Entrada Sandstone sits attached to its eroding pedestal of Dewey Bridge mudstone. The exposure of these two rock strata layers are ideal for the formation of arches and balanced rocks.
Balanced Rock defies gravity but this won’t always be the case. Eventually, the 3,600 ton (over 4 million kg) boulder will come tumbling down as the erosional process continues to shape the landscape. In the winter of 1975-76, Balanced Rock’s smaller sibling “Chip-Off-the-Old-Block” collapsed