Bald Rock Summit Photo

Photographer’s Note

Taken on a cloudy day on the summit of Bald Rock, a large granite monolith, which is allegedly the 2nd largest in Australia, after Ayers Rock (Uluru). I like the 'Z' shape in the composition, & the unusual stripes, formed by water & snow-melt runoff mixed with humic acid from vegetation on the summit.

(It often snows here in winter.)

Vital satistics:

Bald Rock is 1,277 metres above sea level (about 4,000 feet). It towers about 263 metres up out of the surrounding bushland, is 750 metres long and 500 metres wide. Reputedly the largest exposed granite rock in Australia.

Does anyone know how to post a workshop to yourself ? The original uncropped image may interest some.

cmartos, jhonny_blue, carper, Guenther, Galeota, Kenny10pin, spence, jhm, elihesamian, nwoehnl, taivo has marked this note useful

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cmartos (6086) 2004-06-19 4:05

Superb composition, very well cought. I like the low angle, it works great. The stone structure and these astonishing stripes are really well rendered. Wonderful !

danyy (62955) 2004-06-19 4:21

Jolie et impressionnante vue, mais je trouve qu'on ne ressens pas l'impression de grandeur du lieu, sont-ce des arbres; des arbustes ?

RGatward (19645) 2004-06-19 4:34

Both intereting and pleasing. I agree with you about the Z and the stripes, those are the elements that make the shot.

jhonny_blue (4938) 2004-06-19 5:11

Beautiful rock and very good colours Chris !
Congratulations

carper (60991) 2004-06-19 5:20

Very nice photo Chris,reat lines, fantastic colours, very good composition, realy good work you did

Guenther (6145) 2004-06-19 5:39

Very interesting rock, so diferent to our mountains in the Alps!

Galeota (10325) 2004-06-19 6:46

Very good composition with a balanced exposure. The stripes of colours on the rock add perspective to the image.

yesterday (9738) 2004-06-19 6:57

Beautiful rock great strive and texture on this surface, thnaks fore show.

Regards Kaj Nielsen

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-06-19 8:27

great work here, well done and good display of colours

spence (1677) 2004-06-19 9:08

The more I look at it, the more I like it. It looks like a watercolour painting. Beautiful colour and texture and fine composition.

manny (21378) 2004-06-19 9:28

It has agood rugged feel to it. I lie the fact that you include the distant mountain at the top right a sit provides depth to this picture.

jhm (76890) 2004-06-19 10:52

Beautiful massif of granite, and very nic colourful too, Chris. Good note, well done!

elihesamian (26033) 2004-06-19 10:59

Wonderful place,dangerous,too,Chris!
Amazing texture you captured & show us very nice way.really I have not seen this kind of rock,I have see some wonderful rock & texture in Iran But this is an another unique,thanks for posted it.
Also ,you had a fine playing with natural curved lines here which composed in this shot great & perfect.The colors are very attractive with soft light that you captured very well.
I like it,Chris!

nwoehnl (61227) 2004-06-19 11:26

Looking at the original I think you cropped it well, Chris. Quite a unique - almost outworldish - pattern and texture this rock has, and the contrast and colors in your photo accentuate it really well. I guess a close-up of the striped rock area could result in a marvelous abstract piece of art. Well done.

avigur_11 (21247) 2004-06-19 22:47

Wow. it looks like someone had frozen the rock while it was slowimg. Beautiful lines and colors, excellent, Chris.

taivo (1840) 2004-06-20 11:18

Interesting looking rock. Great contrast to bring out the texture and colour shades.