Age, Observing Youth by auntietk
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I promise I won't bore you with a bunch of geological details. If you're interested, you're probably also the sort of person who will go look it up. If you're not interested, your eyes will glaze over and you won't read what I've written anyway! :)
Here's the short version:
The La Sal Mountains (in the distance) are a lot younger than the monoliths of Arches National Park.
The most interesting thing, to me, about the formations you see here is that wavy line. Fascinating! (Yes, I know what it is, but I promised ... ) :P
Our internet connection on this trip is a bit sporadic. We generally HAVE a connection, but sometimes it's really slow. I've been looking at as much of your art as I can, but commenting very little. I don't like to wait! If you posted something I would normally like, I assure you I liked it. :)
Comments (29)
Faemike55
The hearest monolith looks like there's a snakelike creature crawling up the center near the top Very cool shot
kgb224
Wonderful view and capture Tara. God bless.
pimanjc
Excellent capture.
photosynthesis
Great shot of what seems to be a very phallic rock formation that I missed on my recent trip to Arches. The people provide a nice sense of scale here. My own visits to the photography gallery have been limited lately due to bad response times (which seems to be fixed now), so I wasn't even aware that you had embarked on your epic journey. Hope you & Bill have have a great time & don't forget to stop by if you end up in southern Oregon towards the end of your trip...
Chipka
The one on the left has nice, pooched lips and rather large ears. Perfect. Geology is quite interesting and dramatic and pretty. I love geological photos and wonderful geological details. This rocks.
Wolfenshire
I want to climb it!!
dent-de-lion
interesting. All in the title.
PHELINAS
Phenomenal and very extraordinary work of nature! Beautiful capture Tara
durleybeachbum
I am SO pleased that there are a couple of figures in there: I always have trouble grasping the scale of such things. I expect many gentlemen will be relieved that their own private part has worn rather better than this one.
prutzworks
cool hoodoos well seen compo and title fits well
jayfar
Reminds me of my youth. Sigh! Super shot and didn't see this when I was there.
Katraz
Beautiful view.
wysiwig
The word that comes to mind is 'Sentinel'. A sensational image. You should be doing the advertising for them.
Juliette.Gribnau
impressive
kenmo
A very interesting and cool photo...
abreojos
Amazingly Arches is busy no matter what the weather is. Hope you stick around for the sun..Spring is a mixed bag. Got married just down the road at Dead Horse State Park. Sunset, full moon in June! Was awesome! On the other side of the La Sals you will find the largest aspen stands anywhere in the west! Still winter up there tho :(
Cyve
Excelent shot !
tizjezzme
I love the contrasts I see here. the snowy mountains off in the distance and the rich color of them formations. Beautiful image.
MrsRatbag
Absolutely gorgeous again! I love the geology of these places, and the contrasts of different formations, not to mention that evidence of snowy weather in the distance. Keep on shooting, please!
bobrgallegos
A most beautiful landscape!!
helanker
A fantastic landscape and so beautifuly captured too :)
Richardphotos
impressive composition
moochagoo
This is a really good POV
Blush
Awesome image Hugs Susan
FredNunes
Amazing!
jocko500
cool. yes trips is bad for internet junkies
NefariousDrO
That is so cool! I love the wavy lines in those rock-pillars as well. Of course, given my own rocky hobby I suppose my response is kinda predictable... What's also interesting is the colors here, the red in the stone pillars, the green plants, and the white snow on the distant mountains. This has it all!
debbielove
That gives you an idea how big they are! Impressive! Rob
anahata.c
I chose this partly because of its most unusual forms, partly because of the problems it would pose for me (and I think other photographers as well), and partly because it's just beautiful. In appearance, it's one of several sights in the US West that look sculpted by some huge hand in the sky, and, as you've done in a number of your monumental shots, you've somehow made it feel 'intimate'. I can't fully explain that (maybe some other images will make it easier). But there's a feeling, in your hands, that it's huge, but wholly 'belongs to us', it's intimate. The gaping space between the two peaks brings out not only the huge difference between these peaks, but how they're solo performers in a backdrop of vast space. I love that you let all that space be (you didn't close in on them to where they dominated, or use an angle which would bring them closer together, in the lens, etc). Even the background mountains seem like afterthoughts, next to these strange rock gods. And you've not highlighted the two peaks---I mean, some photographers would want to bring them forward, one way or another, but it feels like you instinctively let them 'sit', in self-contained quiet, feeling almost inward for all their mass and presence. I can't say what they feel like in person, or course, but in your image they have an amazing quiet, considering how imposing they are. (The people in the shot give us good scale, btw. Glad you could get people in there---I was wondering how large these really are.) You're so attuned to tonality in these shots, there's just an overall feel here, for all its sudden contrasts, of 'one' made of so many subtle gradations, morphs, etc. Colors flow through and around each other, they seem to know each other very well...A fine dialogue with what, for me, would be a most challenging shot; and very gentle, considering the bluster and gruffness of the two peaks, themselves. Good title too, and the big peak looks like my Uncle A.J. (That's his nose, lol. He's not here anymore, so I can say that without retribution...)