Balancing Rock Photo

Photographer’s Note

Balancing Rock (7 metres high), is near the small outback mining town of Chillagoe, which is famous for its old copper mine, & limestone caves. Chillagoe is west of Cairns & the Atherton Tableland, in far north Queensland.

Taken midwinter, so all the grass & plants are dead. Bushfires are common here at this time of the year. The rock is 'karst', or limestone, the same as Guilin (China), Ha Long Bay (Vietnam), & Nail Island (Sth Thailand).

PixelTerror, bpelvan, Rockyboy, mumek, elihesamian, Fixfocus, nwoehnl, carper, PLD_images, avigur_11, anakin, quantabeh, MLINES has marked this note useful

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PixelTerror (86038) 2005-03-20 4:59

Hi Chris,
An impressive rock and a nice and well framed vintage shot with outstanding scan output and colors, light on the stones works perfectly and sharpness is great, I'd like to post a Devil's Pebbles one someday, but I'm still struggling with the PP...
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

bpelvan (3786) 2005-03-20 5:30

Hi Chris,
Both of the rocks look amazing. The one with it's balance and the other with a small opening at the bottom and the balace as well.
Good composition with the angle. Two rocks in front of the bright sky. Good job.
Thanks for sharing...

Rockyboy (20580) 2005-03-20 5:37

Wow, what a strange rock! It make me think at balanced rock in arches National park in the U.S.
Your composition is also great and the colors are perfect. Well seen!

mumek (17468) 2005-03-20 8:16

Good morning Chris!
You have so many interesting and beautiful pictures from different parts of the world.
Today you have excellent picture of the Ballancing Rock from Chillagoe. Great composition with very good light and details.The note as usual very informative.
best regards
ziggy

cessy (13647) 2005-03-20 9:50 [Comment]

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elihesamian (26091) 2005-03-20 10:42

O!!!
I want to write here,but I must careful for the rock!is it safe for sit and writting a critique?!:))
great POV,you show the rock(amazing natural happening) in a great angle which made it stronger,very well captured and nice work you did,Chris!
and very well composed.
great sharpness and light controlling you did,too,...

it's a dangerous situation,let me back,Chris!

:)

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-03-20 10:53

Nice compo,Chris!The vertical frame fits it excellent.Good sharpness and saturation and beautiful light and colors.Perfect exposure,-you kept the nice blue of the sky without loosing details in the rocks!

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-03-20 11:18

very ncie work here, how does that balance? it seems amazing doesnt it?

Well seen and ataken, I like the textures here too, well done

weswang (18223) 2005-03-20 11:39

Hi Chris, It is an amazing balance.
Nice contrast. I like your composition here including a portion of the stone next to it showing the similarity in this area. I think this photo benefits from the winter dry leaves. Well done.

nwoehnl (118) 2005-03-20 12:09

Very impressive rock formation, Chris, that looks like being in a quite delicate balance. Good no-nonsense framing that presents the vital details with enough of the surroundings to understand the setting. Well done.

dabri (1692) 2005-03-20 12:42

Hi Chris,
very impressive morphology of the limestone!
Looking at the image the "pebble" look 6-7 meters tall.

Nobody was so insane to climb it?

Regard,
Davide

Zepi (22848) 2005-03-20 13:41

Très jolie composition!
Bon cadrage,superbes couleurs et magnifique piqué!
J'aime!
Superbe travail!
Amicalement
Sébastien

PLD_images (7141) 2005-03-20 20:42

Going back to old stuff Chris. Aver 20 year old shot, interesting. I am amazed at this rock and cant figure out how it stands this way. Good point of view.

avigur_11 (21273) 2005-03-20 23:06

I am glad that you are standing far enough from this rock, Chris, it doesn't look so stable ;-)
Composition is very good, placing the rock in paralle line with the other group of rocks. It should be very nice when everything around is green. Very good shot.

carper (64612) 2005-03-21 6:03

very nice shot here Chris,
I like the balancing rock, good point of view, very nice composing shot, very good depth in it, well I like the good job. Gr. Jaap

bantonbuju (48540) 2005-03-21 6:14

hi mate, what a place, looks like its just before the fall down; well seen, chris;
have a nice week, jerzy

bazal (7898) 2005-03-21 6:44

Hi Chris. This is a very impressive picture. It's incredible to see how this rock is still up. Nice colors and contrast, and beautiful textures. Well done !

anakin (2775) 2005-03-21 16:53

Very good capture, interesting moment.
Your perspective is fantastic we can see very well this rock.
well done

alainh (35359) 2005-03-25 2:35

hello Chris.
Astonish rock. I am not able to eat a the feet of this dangerous rock !!!
a good composition well framed. TRES BON !!!
regards
alain

dominique (11403) 2005-03-25 16:53

Ce qui est etrange c'est que ce rocher ressemble à la Corse , equilibre parfait comme tous les elements qui compose cette photo . Bien vu .

sandpiper (1579) 2005-04-01 3:42

Impressive rock and I can't remember seeing this in any of travel info I recently read about this area. You would think it would be a major tourist attraction in this area.
Anyway cool POV. TFS

quantabeh (5203) 2005-04-04 10:59

hi Chris,
This is really amazing. So, there is no human influence in balancing the rock?
As a physicist, i find it very ironic, because with such a small contact area, the boulder has to be so perfectly balanced so that the center of gravity of the it is directly above the pivot point.
anyways, good shot.
Behrang

toni_al (15430) 2005-05-02 7:28

Hi Chris
Vraiment intéressant ces roches, celle-ci est vraiment en équilibre
Belle prise
Toni

berek (28865) 2009-06-05 21:27

Hi Chris,
aha its so interesting balancing rock . I like it. something is different on the world. thanks for your sharing.
Have a great weekend.
Burak