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Photographer’s Note

This was taken at Colorado's Garden of the Gods. The rock on the right is called "Balanced Rock". Appearing to defy gravity, this huge (~50 ft / 15 m diameter) rock rests precariously upon a small contact point (8-10 ft / ~3 m) with the rock foundation below it. A quite impressive sculptural work, courtesy of erosion.

Song title: "Like a Rock", by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (1985)

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centurion (0) 2004-07-10 3:11

Excellent composition and very wellcomed colours and contrasts. Nice shot Norbert.

carper (60991) 2004-07-10 3:13

Yes like a good shot again Norbert.
I like the way you took this one, the two way going apart from each other a different way, the depth is good the colours too, very good job

burdallet (0) 2004-07-10 3:15

drining with a car inside a monument .. valley

andriusc (54) 2004-07-10 3:20

Looks like a rock on the right side will fall down :) Nice shot.

ChrisJ (65337) 2004-07-10 3:20

Superb pov. I wonder what it looked like before the road was built?

cgrindahl (6105) 2004-07-10 3:28

Norbert, you are giving visitors to TE a better tour of America than we Americans are doing! These shots have been wonderful. The dramatic sky you give us a a backdrop to those huge rocks is a delight. Great colors and detail, as always. A textbook shot. Thanks for showing part of this country that I've never seen before... ;-)

papagolf21 (54110) 2004-07-10 4:00

Pour tracer les routes, a-t-il été nécessaire de creuser dans le roc ?
Photo impressionnante quand l'on voit le roc de droite se maintenir sur une petite surface, la partie haute rappelle une forme de personnage monstrueux.
Très bien réalisé Norbert.

spence (1677) 2004-07-10 4:03

Nice juxtaposition of these amazing rocks with the man-made environment. Beautiful colours and a lovely natural background of mountains and sky.

elihesamian (26033) 2004-07-10 4:27

Great in nature & great captured by you,Norbert!
Again,Clouds:))
But,...It's an excellent photograph,with real & attractive colors,great POV & then perfect composition for those elements.
Very fine work you did on it,too.I like it alot.Excellent.
and nice title:)

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RGatward (19645) 2004-07-10 4:38

An amzing feature, and very well captured here. Good note.

alainh (34751) 2004-07-10 4:47

superbe compo Norbert.
la lumiere et les couleurs sont saturées idéalement.
j'aime bien ce paneau qui invite à éviter le caillou.
bien vu
alain

Liora (1857) 2004-07-10 4:57

A very impressive rock indeed! I guess we can call the one on the left "the flatiron" rock...
Wonderful colors and textures, magnificent view.

jhonny_blue (4938) 2004-07-10 5:18

Wonderful picture Norbert ! It´s like a painting ! Very nice colours and composition. I love it !
Congratulations

cmartos (6086) 2004-07-10 5:42

A wonderful sight again, enhanced here by an excellent PP. The POV is very good and colours seem to jump out the frame, just excellent. I like the mix of nature work and man made elements, particulary the explicit signpost. Excellent composition, a wonderful travel through the US you present across your pictures. Well done, and thanks for sharing Norbert!

avigur_11 (21247) 2004-07-10 5:45

This special blue of your has reached a new level. Wonderful rocks, and excellent colors. I like the low angle which shows the landscape and the road as one composition. Very very good one.

elroyie (2750) 2004-07-10 6:42

Very good picture with wonderful sky colours and great contrast between the rocks to the rest of the frame.

bertolucci (11960) 2004-07-10 8:34

Superb composition with again a very good depth and the road as a very smart coupling device between these stunning diagonally stratficated red rocks and the sloping green hills in the background. The very nicely rendered dramatic skies tops it off. Excellent work!

jrj (34527) 2004-07-10 9:11

Great elements included and the very fine sky and clouds are important details for the good overall impression. Very good this one Norbert.

adalbert (1323) 2004-07-10 9:14

Incredible view ! And nice shot !!!
Congratulation :)

lemon_logix (1054) 2004-07-10 9:15

such clarity and vibrant colors. Good notes.

ma-tibou (4566) 2004-07-10 9:17

Quel effet spectaculaire ces rochers . Des couleurs très lumineuses. Magnifique résultat Norbert.

Which spectacular effect these rocks. Very luminous colors. Splendid result Norbert .

taivo (1840) 2004-07-10 9:20

Very nice shot. The colour contrast of the reddish rocks and the green mountains and the blue sky is nicely captured. The sharpness is a great as ever in your shots.

cdewet (0) 2004-07-10 9:37

Norbert
Nice note and I like the face of the elder gods from the Norse Mythology in that rock, brooding and waiting, maybe to topple someday, like the "Finger of God" in the south of Namibia, a world renowned rock finger at Asab, which finally surcumbed to the abbrasional forces of the wind and sand, like this one will also do one day.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-07-10 10:08

great picture, i like the natural rock formation, very nice sky too

great pic

harold (2271) 2004-07-10 10:19

Somptueuse photo. Les couleurs des rochers ressortent à la perfection; beau résultat Norbert.

Sumptuous photograph. The colors of the rocks arise with the perfection; beautiful result Norbert .

richtersl (3544) 2004-07-10 10:45

A great note and photo, Norbert! I would not want to be on the downward slope of that road should that rock ever decide to roll down it.

I like how the road just looks like it stops, implying a relatively steep grade to the slope. Great job!!!

maphoto (8076) 2004-07-10 11:47

Great sharpness, beautiful colors and contrast, the view is wonderful and would make me follow the road and climb those mountains, great sky, well seen.

chinchini (25550) 2004-07-10 13:53

Bien vu Norbert, il faut passer au bon endroit... comme c'est indiqué sur le panneau. Décor et couleurs magnifiques comme d'habitude.
P.S. : je ne désespère pas d'être au bon moment pour t'accorder les 2 pts qui feront 10000 ;-)

Georges (11183) 2004-07-10 14:03

LE contraste ici est saisissant et donne un resultat superbe.
J'aime bien le mariage de l'ocre des roches avec ce ciel particulierement bleu cela fini le cliché parfaitement.
Bravo Norbert.

Rockyboy (20566) 2004-07-10 14:59

Balanced Rock exist also in Arches National park in Utah but isn't the same of this one... Anyway, an impressive natural scultpture emphazed by the road in the foreground. I like also the green mountains in the background and the fine sky. Very nice shot, Norbert!

Zanni (5885) 2004-07-10 15:10

Let me gaze these rocks, Norbert, and don't ask me comments.

jiherka (4439) 2004-07-10 17:07

Splendide picture of these red rocks. For me it is pity to have done a road in hte middle.
Well done Norbert

dsidwell (9739) 2004-07-11 1:09

The road makes such a nice leading line into the image. Composition is very nice, too Norbert, with the large rock balanced with the road sign at lower left. The sky is exceptional. You did marvelous work there, too!

jhm (76890) 2004-07-11 3:15

Waw, this great picture Norbert, excellent of colour, very great work.

Jeppe (18599) 2004-07-11 3:21

Wow - I would be nerveous by passing by this place ;-)) - amazing how nature can do such things over a span of several 1000 years. You got this shot with a very fine light and sky as well - funny to see a road been put so close to this "monument" but then again its an artwork - thanks Norbert for showing us.

albiback (8506) 2004-07-11 5:12

Directionelle light, hot and bright colors for two roads to be followed. Composition balances some on an arrow. Very beautiful result

pamastro (7211) 2004-07-11 22:22

What a great shot. The colors, the details and the sky are amazing. I love how the road seems to just disappear as if off the edge of a cliff. This road is quite an impressive contrast to the impressive rock formation, too. Almost like the road belongs in a city but the buildings are these rocks. Great capture.

Burnham (2449) 2004-07-12 11:41

I'd just written a long line of praising words for this when my computer froze, I'll give it another shot ;o)
Well I don't have anything new and exciting to bring to the table, other than I too love this shot - The scne is great, but it's the way you captured it that really makes it work, the splitting road, having to vanishing points that both seem like interesting places to go is great. The colour saturation, somehow let's you know this is the states without even reading it. The sky is perfect aswell as everything else.
Somehow this reminds me of the Roadrunner cartoons, just the perfect setting for a coyote to get hurt badly ;o)

Guenther (6145) 2004-07-12 12:41

Beeindruckende Felsformation, Norbert, mit wieder sehr schönen Farben und Himmel. ... Wenn man mal 3 Tage weg ist kommt man mit dem Nachsehen gar nicht mehr nach ... wie ich sehe geht's direkt auf die 10.000 Punkte zu, Komplimente! :)

swallace (972) 2004-07-12 14:29

Beautifully captured Norbert. The sky, the tones and hues of the rocks, all perfect. I love the angle with the fork in the road. Absolutely beautiful capture my friend. :-)

kajenn (2317) 2004-07-12 18:28

I see you've broken the 10'000 line, Norbert, congratulations! I've looked a couple of time at this photo (I've had some computer problems) trying to figure out why it's so special - because it is. And suddenly: I've never seen a "nature photo" so clean. It's as if the road and the sidewalks are newly swept. Not a grain in sight - well, except for the huge one! And there's a crossing (modified for disabled) and a garbage can - it's so neat!! The image is good too; nice colors and beautiful composition. I like the road just disappearing. Very well done!

bazal (7894) 2004-07-13 5:17

Superb DOF and excellent contrast. Technically, this contribution is simply great ! The note is interesting. Superb capture Norbert !
Cheers.

Joker (312) 2004-07-14 12:30

Great capture of a nature's artwork. The colours of the rocks nad the skies and clouds are fresh and beautiful but what has struck me most is the composition. I'm impressed how the imaginary extension of almost all lines - of the tops of far hills and slope of closer one, of eroded stones' layers, road horizon and even the left curve of its marking - all gather in one point beyond the picture's left border. Greatly seen!
PS. My a little bit belate congratulations with clearing the 10K bar! :)

Piotr (0) 2004-07-14 17:47

Fantastic, beautiful rocks, nice place, very good composed, colours and quality, well done Norbert
Regards, piotr

magnier (984) 2004-07-16 17:37

WOW! Exellent capture. the colors are incredible!
very interresting picture. congratulations for your exellent work!
florian

sn00zie (2382) 2004-08-02 6:10

WOWW!! what a balancing act. brilliant colors in your picture, nice and clear and sharp. nice pov Norbert.

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light (857) 2004-08-08 12:19

Incredible photo, colors, light, contrast, shapes, location. Really spectacular composition.

touristdidi (8559) 2004-09-10 4:52 [Comment]

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pocket (4) 2004-09-16 20:56

Great shapes and colours, I like it a lot. Seems a little empty on the left.

deud (1777) 2004-10-05 9:41

I was thinking it exist only in computer race games! But it is more beautiful in real life!

Steft (5962) 2004-11-21 14:18

Again a great picture of you!

Good and intresting subject with that road, which leads around the rocks.

Great colours and very sharp!

archanabhimasen (270) 2004-12-02 8:27

Nice composition!

rabdelnoor (2973) 2004-12-08 12:45

I was fortunate to visit this place last year and I took some pictures there also. You really got the right compositon on it and the result was superb. Congratulations!!!

Xalkida (11720) 2005-01-22 10:24

Excellent photo! Very sharp with great and vivid colors! Very fine!

errorist (648) 2005-02-12 11:11

Amazing photo. Great sky.

Vagabond (5791) 2005-02-12 11:40

Superb and wonderful picture. Great composition, colours and definition ..

judhi (757) 2005-02-12 11:48

Waw...
Great composition.
The sky and cloud are very supportive too

Ramonven (124) 2005-02-12 11:56

Wow! This is an incredible picture Norbert! The rocks! The Sky! Just incredible! Take care! Ramon

Paolo (40445) 2005-03-01 5:16

Perfect colors!
ciao

mishreyee (0) 2005-03-01 5:32

amazing photo of the rocks. incidentally, i have seen these type of rocks in "bhimbethka" in Madhya Pradesh, India. Indeed this is an excellent photo.

Bande (64) 2005-05-25 18:45

Excellent photo!

lolo-06 (166) 2005-07-22 16:13

Hi,

All seems still has been told, so I just critique by a great DOV, composition is very nice.
Really well done.

Lolo

coryj79 (8) 2005-08-18 16:37

beautiful, if taken 20 ft to the right, it would not be nearly as good. good eye

mbasil (2079) 2006-05-02 10:56 [Comment]

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Alan_Kolnik (387) 2006-06-07 7:18

I wouldn't like to drive through the gap! Excellent colors in the rocks and very well composed - the sky is little darker than seems natural, however - were you using a polarizer?

veronika (6018) 2006-06-07 7:22

A great one Norbert, really awesome sculptural work!! Wow perfect picture :)
Nice day
Vero

breo (167) 2006-06-07 8:04

no critique :) .... dream fantasy ...

Loic_bzh (6786) 2006-06-09 11:07

Hi Norbert,

the nice compo gives justice to this incredible landscape. TFS...

Loïc

AvidDreamer (83) 2006-08-16 0:19

This is a great picture, I like how you have captured the hills behind the Garden of the Gods and the sky is wonderful. I miss this place dearly, I used to go here all the time to just think and relax. Good times spent here, I still have a scar from climbing the rock on the left (great view of the springs at night). Its strange, once you figure out how to get up there, there are steps built into the rock.
TFS

Amber

vilarino (16) 2006-08-30 7:59

Amazing!

Hasn't fall yet?

peco85 (917) 2006-11-16 10:18

Nice shot Norbert.
I a humble amateur, which every day learn new things from the very best ones here at TE. Images like this show how to make something interesting and gives me lots of ideas:)

Thank you for sharing.
PeCO

jpwashere (148) 2007-02-02 10:40

great photo. interesting composition and framing. I like the colors in the photo. I like the road sign indicating a break in the road... gee, I wonder what it could be?

well done

jjbzippy (65) 2007-03-19 2:18

amazing shot, the contrast's like your leaving the desert and entering the jungle and how the fore ground and the back ground seem to connect, just crop out the mountain to the left

belido (13371) 2007-05-13 16:51

Hi Norbert,

great view! Fantastic place and very well captured by you. A green smile!
Regards,
Carlos

brunello (0) 2007-10-19 4:24

Wonderful picture, colors are fantastic and also the scenarios behind the rocks.
Compliment
Ciao Bruno