Buried Skull, a photo from Western Australia, West

Photographer's Note

actually it's a granite boulder. Taken at Two Peoples Bay east of Albany. Very simple beach scenery, realistically Australia does not have a complicated topography, but the beaches are really nice. The strange orange colour patches are because of lichen, this is often seen on granite boulders along the southern beaches of the continent. This rock is probably about 5 metres (15ft.) high.

AandK, bibiweb, singuanti, perryhooter, ChrisJ, AmiBe, Tue, KevRyan, Paolo, coco, alekpet, arnie, Albrecht has marked this note useful

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rhizomes (15343) 2005-11-11 13:18

Hi Tan,
Wow !
Very nice picture with a good comosition and colors ! The contrast is excellent !
Perfect !
Christophe

mugush (2104) 2005-11-11 13:27

Very nice,, good composition, nice angle and good name make it perfect..
thanks for creative job ,and thanks for sharing as well.
love
mugush

AandK (1832) 2005-11-11 13:40

Hey Tan,
the beauty of this sky is almost unreal. The colors on your skull are nice aswell.
Great place to rest for a whole day...
Andreas

DaveMacPhee (1140) 2005-11-11 13:41

Fantastic shot, up to your usual standards. The composition and the colors are perfect in this one.
The color of the water brings back great memories of Australian beaches.

Leonie (8809) 2005-11-11 14:12

Hi Tan,
What wonderful colours...it's a real artwork! Did you climb it..? Anyways...beautiful! Well done! :) Léonie

mapek61 (3913) 2005-11-11 14:23

Hi Tan
Super
Very nice stone. Beautiful colors and very good composition.
Congratulation.
Marek :)

lukie (0) 2005-11-11 14:42

Hello Tan,

it looks like an old bread... but one for giants. Again very nice colours and sharpness.

have a nice weekend,

Luc.

danyy (0) 2005-11-11 15:59

Bonjour Tan,
superbes couleurs pour cette composition qui ne manque pas d'originalité.
Un ciel vraiment merveilleux, d'un bleu à couper le souffle.
Excellent cadrage.
Bon travail avec le polarisant.
Best regards.
Daniel.

ndb1958 (9289) 2005-11-11 16:02

Wow Tan ... what a great place. Nice shot! Great colours. Nino

recepyuksel (18640) 2005-11-11 17:45

harika bir görüntü
tebrikler

Luciedls (164) 2005-11-11 17:51

Merci de nous avoir montré cette curiosité. On dirait un OVNI...Merci de nous avoir indiqué la hauteur car je ne pensais que cela était beaucoup plus petit.
J'aime aussi la luminosité de l'ensemble. Bravo !

tontonjc (6623) 2005-11-11 18:21

Hello,

Superbe rocher multicolore .. un paysage superbe.

BRAVO

partha (14023) 2005-11-11 20:22

Its a nice capture.U hava a good eye in landscape photography.
Well done.

huynt (5081) 2005-11-11 21:29

Hi Tan
wow. it is really very interesting shot. wonderful composition. thanks

singuanti (15250) 2005-11-11 22:26

Hi Tan. That's a shame it's not a buried skull because I think that makes for a much more interesting note. :) But the rock seems huge and of course the saturation is hard to resist. The placement of the horizon is well done. Good work Tan!!

perryhooter (2424) 2005-11-11 23:02

Hello Tan !

This really an interesting shot. It took me some time to realize the size of the rock. ( I did not read the note first ). I tought first you had your camera on a tripod on the sand with a macro on a small rock.....

Very nice illusion and capture. the waves are giving a hint on the size of the rock.

Beautifull colors and contrasts as usual. Well done. Congratulations,
Roebrt

bibiweb (8) 2005-11-12 3:28

Hi Tan,
This boulder is just incredible! How did it get there? Are there granite mountains around the beach? (sorry for the stupid questions, but I've never been to Australia, not yet). ;o)
Colors are wonderful, like in all your shots and the compo is great. Good thing you mentionned the height of this rock in your note because I find it hard to imagine the size of it!
Have a nice week-end.
Brigitte

AmiBe (6042) 2005-11-12 10:37

Hi Tan,
what a strange thing on this beach. It looks like a huge tortoise...
Good polarizing colors.
Well done

Tue (91488) 2005-11-12 12:05

Hej Tan,
Wow, what a huge rocks and it had wonderful colours. The rest of the photo with the deep blue sky and the fine clouds are also good, well captured!
Hilsner,
Lars

ChrisJ (171146) 2005-11-13 3:30

Hi Tan

Marvellous color & contrast, with wonderful saturation. Excellent sharpness & pov. Good work!

xavshot (69835) 2005-11-13 3:32

Bonjour Tan,
très belle photo avec un ciel magique et ce gros cailloux aux couleurs rouilles est superbe
Bravo
Xavier

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-11-13 6:33

great boulder here, i like the colour of the sea, very good work and great composition too, well done

toni_al (15875) 2005-11-13 9:02

Hi Tan
Magnifique prise sur la plage, avec le couleurs rouges très aus.
Very nice shot
Toni

anesugur (18789) 2005-11-13 10:51

Çok değişik bir kompozisyon, taşın görüntüsü çok güzel.
En güzeli ise denizin rengi, gerçekten muhteşem.
Yine çok güzel bir çalışma.Selamlar. Uğur

KevRyan (22956) 2005-11-13 15:27

Beautiful shot Tan - the sky was really kind to bring such an interesting cloud formation - what colours - turquoise and dark blue sea and this fantastic orange!

The question as to how the boulder got there is a really interesting one - any ideas?......I just see you answered already!

best wishes Kev

bazal (7900) 2005-11-14 6:08

Hi Tan. This composition is simple, but... Simply great ! The foreground rock is nice and presents sharp and beautiful granitic texture. One more time you were there when the sky decided to be particularly scenic, lucky you ! :o)
Thanks for sharing this piece of paradize !

Paolo (41258) 2005-11-15 4:22

Hi Tan, what a wonderful image!
the colors on the rock are fantastic and well composed with the back and foreground.
excellent POV, light and composition.
thanks, ciao

nerve (10231) 2005-11-15 9:58

Kaptan, gene fantastic birşey çekmişsin..
minimalist ve nefis..renkler, kompozisyon, POV herşey harika,
tebrikler..
(fıstık aynı maalesef, ;)

coco (30439) 2005-11-16 17:47

Hi Tan.
So simple and so nice!!
Is fantastic. Only a rock in middle in the beach against the big sea and the big sky.
Powerful and beautiful.

Also has very nice colours and godo sharpness. Very nice work.

Regards.

alekpet (4663) 2005-11-17 7:30

Wow what amasing colours you have here. It just couldn't get better than that. I must check that Minolta, seems to me it creates wonderful colours!

Aleks

alvaraalto (42804) 2005-11-19 10:38

Hi Tan,
Amazing boulder so lonely at the beach with beautiful colours contrasting the environment.
excellent work. groet Rob

jrleborgne (1554) 2005-11-24 17:45

Hello Tan :)

For me, it looks like the ancestor of the Calzone pizza. How old is it ?

arnie (1817) 2006-01-09 22:33

Hi Tan,
Amazing photo, what an awesome site it looks like something out a sci-fi movie. The contrast in the colours are superb.
Regards Arnie.

Albrecht (11283) 2006-02-22 3:26

Hi Tan
Wonderful colours, details and compo. Lovely sight and well captured.
take care, Albrecht

elmec (12210) 2006-04-23 12:38

Hello Tan!
This is amazing view!
I like the composition with the big colourfull rock!
Great done!
Regards!

jbweasle (9393) 2006-04-25 8:37

Hi Tan, I love the fabulous colours. This reminds me of the Remarkable Rocks on Kangaroo Island. This boulder is not as weirdly shaped yet its smooth curves makes it blend with the landscape better. You have an incredible sky as usual!

magiqa (1292) 2006-05-03 18:42

Ayers Rock in miniature? Interesting motive and very good picture!

abulafia (4900) 2006-05-15 7:43

Your right, it does look like a giant buried skull.
Nice colours, and i like the composition.
Harry

dbp (2) 2006-08-15 15:30 [Comment]