My name is Tara, and I was born and raised in Washington State.
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In 2010 I married Bill (bmac62) and retired ... two of the best choices I ever made! :)
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In March, 2013, we sold our home in Washington and went on the road in our RV full time. What a blast! There is so much world out there to see!
After traveling around the West for a few years, we got rid of the motorhome and are now spending winters in deep-south Texas and summers in Washington State. Spring and fall finds us visiting whichever place strikes our fancy at the time!
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If I’m missing from Renderosity from time to time, I’m busy having fun elsewhere.
Thanks for your interest in my work, and for stopping by to learn more about me!Â
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Comments (28)
Faemike55
Very cool capture of this stack
Krittermom
Isn't it great when people create instead of destroy? Isn't it great when people like you let others see it. Thanks for sharing a piece of the fun in the world. Great capture!
ArtistKimberly
Beautiful,
jocko500
cool looking here
bobrgallegos
Wonderful title to this capture!! Great lighting and rock textures!!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Cool stack Tara, and a even cooler shot
EJD64
Nice photo, looks like they were glides together.
beachzz
There's something so simple, yet so very elegant about stacks like this. Beautiful shot!!
PHELINAS
Very beautiful composition for an image very symbolic! Congratulations
awjay
i have done a few myself
durleybeachbum
We have a sandy beach. But I have seen miniature versions in the Jewish cemetery.
jayfar
A lovely pile of stones - perhaps people who do this suffer from them. Piles I mean not stones!!
DAVER2112
Wonderful image!! :)
debbielove
And why not! A beautiful and novel idea to look for while on a walk.. Good shot.. Rob
MrsRatbag
I love the soft intimate glow you've captured on this shot; wonderful!
kgb224
Superb capture Tara. God Bless.
photosynthesis
Well seen & well-composed. I like the different colors & patterns here, which I don't see that often in cairns. And don't forget the random acts of kindness...
helanker
And it is absolutely gorgeous, this shot. Just love it, as I love stones stacked like that.
junge1
Nice find and capture Tara. An interesting selection of rock shapes and textures. I'm off to PA and will be back on Tueday. Have a nice week and weekend Tara!
mps
Lovely image
Hendesse
Beautiful shot, fantastic details. Such stacks can also be found here in the woods. Some time ago I also posted a picture: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2169387&user_id=261978&page=12&member&np
fallen21
Amazing shot.
anahata.c
I just commented, in Craig's gallery (in his image for your birthday---nice timing, eh? it's almost June!), where I spoke of your way of combining inner & outer reality in an image. Visibly so. It has something to do with an inner glow & softness that permeates your images, and how those two worlds work hand in hand. I can't explain it better, just yet; but it's present here as it is in so many of your images. Mind you, the rock art is beautiful in itself; and reminds me, in fact, of the work of Andy Goldsworthy, who made the famous film about his work, Rivers and Tides, which I recommend to both you and Bill, if even just to see snippets of it. He makes this kind of art to the hilt, making magisterial constructions out of rocks, ice formations, leaves and branches, etc, which he constructs right where he finds these things; and, in harmony with nature, it's meant to decay with the forces of nature around it. The film can leave some tired; but to see him make these things, and then know they will soon wear away, etc, is a beautiful experience. In any case, that's what you're capturing here; and I didn't realize this was an ongoing art in this part of the world... But the image itself has that quiet inner glow that you get in any number of your pieces. Given that it's mainly very large rocks, with a few smaller ones on top, ie that it's mainly hard rocklike stuff, the glow and gentleness that you bring to it makes a wonderful transformation from hard to inward & glowing. It makes these rocks very delicate and 'spirit'-like as a result. Really, this glow is more a presence than a 'blast', very gentle but very there; and it's one of your trademarks as a photographer. Beautiful work. And nice to see art like this in the wild. Your trip has produced a number of illumined pictures, of which this is a beautiful example.
RodS
Very cool stack-o-rocks - and a lovely photo, Tara! Perhaps NefariousDrO has been there ahead of you.. :-D
moochagoo
Nice zen spirit :)
varanasi
Lovely Tara. I really like the contrast of textures and colors of the rocks. I reminds me of a asian influenced spa, lol. Add a couple candles and a bubble bath and I'm there.
bmac62
Geologically speaking...where did the second rock come from??? Looks like an aggregate...unusual amongst all the other rocks we saw on our trip. These stacks fascinate me and you've captured the feeling...
adorety
Great close up. A world wide phenomenon. There are rock stacks around here in NJ, believe it or not and they were everywhere in Arizona. I've seen them in Sri Lanka and Australia too. And of course Japan. Thanks for sharing.