True Colors by auntietk

Photography • Landscape • posted on Dec 07, 2011

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This is for Bill ... another special day to honor that first special day. The Painted Hills in Oregon are absolutely spectacular. Although I did a bit of work to bring out the colors, they really are there, and they really are amazingly vivid. About 33 million years ago volcanic activity laid down a series of bentonite clay hills striped in bands of color. Warm reds are from iron oxides, similar to those of ordinary rust. Yellows and oranges can be a blend of iron and magnesium oxides, greens are caused by yellow in combination with blue celadonite, and the lavenders come from rhyolitic lava. Aren't you glad I dug up all that information? LOL! There's a wonderful game that's been going on in the Forum for ages and ages, and it's loads of fun! Check it out here ... The Picture Below Me

Comments (38)

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bmac62

1:31PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

A most amazing place. The pictures we got from here remind me of a digital painting you did of some softly rounded hills in Africa...although these colors are far more pronounced. Love the light in this photo and the fact that it is for me. Times we'll not forget:)

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durleybeachbum

1:37PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

FABULOUS! spectacularly beautiful. I used most of those oxides and carbonates when I was a potter. I still have my glaze recipe book. This could be folds in some expensive velour felt that I would want to make a hat out of.

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Juliette.Gribnau

1:46PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

fascinating and atunning beauty !

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Sea_Dog

2:04PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

Stunning shot!

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Blush

2:47PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

Wow This is a stellar image Hugs Susan~

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emmecielle

3:09PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

Excellent shot! :)

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charpix

3:33PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

From the thumbnail, I thought, "Oh no, her cake fell." LOL! This is amazing once I saw the full size. Beautiful and amazing capture.

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awjay

3:46PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

nice one

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jocko500

4:45PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

how many gallons of paint you uses to paint the land lol just kidding, anyway this is a wonderful landscape

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Faemike55

5:21PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

Very lovely photo soothing mood

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morningglory

6:32PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

Nature is truly amazing.

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npauling

6:45PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

What an amazing place and the colours must be glorious. Excellent capture.

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jif3d

7:42PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

Just like a rainbow, but on the ground not in the sky...looks amazing ! Now you got me thinking how to recreate this in Vue ! BTW, a BIG THANX for the Burfday wishes...kool ! ~Cheers~

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mbz2662

8:30PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

Super awesome!

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RodS

8:39PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

You know - when I first saw this image, I thought it was a photo of canvas or fabric of some kind with the soft colors dyed into it. This is really amazing, Tara! I'm digging this - and like jif3d, I'm thinking about trying this in Vue or Bryce.. Tooooo cool!

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Chipka

8:54PM | Wed, 07 December 2011

Volcanic activity makes for some of the most dynamic and gorgeous photography! I'm rather glad that Earth is a geologically active planet...because of stuff like that. I'm also glad that it's not more geologically active than it is! I love the colors and the shapes in this. It looks almost like a macro shot of a lumped bed-quilt! This is super!

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