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Stepping off the beaten path, I found this composition of Balanced Rock in Arches National Park.
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Balanced Rock, one of the most iconic features in the park, stands a staggering 128 feet 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, proving that there is no better time than the present to see this awe-inspiring giant.
Mike D.
"There are ups and downs, but whatever happens, you have to trust and believe in yourself." -- Luka Modric
When the Sunshine Coast of BC receives a great deal of rain, the river that runs through Cliff Gilker Park, churns with activity. I wanted to catch that momentum, and illustrate the fast moving water.
This spot has an overhanging branch with a fragile outcropping teetering below. I figured that a stationary figure might further enhance the action of the water, in this long exposure.
WAMX SD40M-2 4189 sits where it came to rest after Grand Elk train 303 hit a wash out under the 28th street bridge in Wyoming. Unlike 4125, it did not roll completely onto its side.
The color of the flower was almost too vibrant to a nice shot. So, I sprayed it with water so the drops could be the "star" of the show.
A quick roadside snap on the way through to Coniston .. I've been waiting for a while for the conditions to be suitable in order to take the shot at Yewtree Tarn :) Thankyou for viewing , your comments and advice are always greatly appreciated
The dapper Spotted Sandpiper makes a great ambassador for the notoriously difficult-to-identify shorebirds. They occur all across North America, they are distinctive in both looks and actions, and they're handsome. They also have intriguing social lives in which females take the lead and males raise the young. With their richly spotted breeding plumage, teetering gait, stuttering wingbeats, and showy courtship dances, this bird is among the most notable and memorable shorebirds in North America.
Olive, a soft-coated wheaten terrier, sits on the teeter totter. She's a very cooperative pup when it comes to photo shoots, but I pay the price: the second she knows I'm done clicking Olive goes into full-on attack-the-photographer mode. Yelling, "SQUIRREL!" or "Here Kitty, Kitty" will usually put a stop to her attempts to tenderize any and all parts of my body.
This Little Owl olwet is teetering on the edge of the gate post trying to make up its mind if it will fly off or just drop down onto the gate,in the end it dropped down onto the grass instead.
Millbrook Plantation, 1858.
These doors once opened to a second floor balcony which has now collapsed.
If you are not French, it’s likely you haven’t ever heard the word “Saintonge”, and have no clue what it means. If you are French, it’s probably the same thing. Unless, that is, you are a fan of Romanesque, in which case you know that Saintonge, that small region of France centered around the town of Saintes (hence the name), not far from the Atlantic Ocean, just North of Bordeaux... features the highest density of Romanesque churches of all the country!
I had never visited that area of France, and so in the middle of October 2021, I took that long overdue trip and stayed two weeks in Saintes, driving left and right daily to photograph all the most significant Romanesque churches... and unfortunately leaving out many others, as they are so thick on the ground!
Being by nature a human activity, even the best and purest of arts can, in time, overdo itself and teeter upon the brink of baroque, exaggeration and overabundance. Built around 1160, about ten years after its magnificent neighbor in Rétaud (which we have seen a few days ago), the Notre-Dame church in Rioux is largely regarded among specialists as having gone slightly over the top in terms of outside decoration.
I have seen the exact same thing with the enclos paroissiaux (“parish enclosures”) in Brittany: the desire to do better and grander than the neighbors, combined with the existence of generous financial means, often leads to an overdoing of things in which the spiritual appears to be drowned in a wave of refinement and superficiality.
This almost exaggerated decoration is often cited as one of the chief reasons why this church was only listed as a Historic Landmark in 1903, while its neighbor in Rétaud was listed in 1862. In the late 1950s, François Eygun, Director of Historic Antiquities, wrote: “This is no more the elegant richness, but the exaggeration of a quality pushed beyond the limits of the reasonable and into bad taste.”
We, visitors of the 21st century, may take a more lenient approach... or maybe it is our own taste that has been distorted over the years by lack of backbone, cheap and self-fulfilling enjoyment (read: selfies!) and reality TV... I will let my viewers decide.
Strangely enough, the façade is probably the most understated part of this church. The top part of the bell tower is from the 15th century, but all the rest shows a remarkable restraint, with only the Virgin in a mandorla and abstract motifs on the voussures around and over the main door.