Rock Climber by bmac62
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Discovered this lone rock climber out on a rock face in the Coronado National Forest (near Tucson) several days ago.
This made me google the Rock Climbing Wiki to learn a little more. I smiled when I read, "The goal is to reach the summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route without falling". That'd surely be my goal:)
Wiki if you're interested: Click Here
Comments (31)
anahata.c
Lol, "without falling"---uh, YEAHHHHHHHH!!!! Like, DUU-UUUUHHHHHHHH!!!! Anyway, it's a frightening shot for those of us who aren't likely to scale anything soon ("to scale" isn't in my vocabulary), and I like how he's on one side and the trees are on the other---he really dominates the open part of this shot: A fine choice, compositionally. And you also have the shot moving on a diagonal, up, from the lower right to the upper left: another good choice. And a big crack in the mountainside, a little to the left of center: all fine compositional choices. That's not surprising though, given that it's you. You got the top too, with enough light and rock up there to "ground" us. We're grounded in reverse, but that's fitting for someone trying to reach top rather than bottom. A very thoughtful set of choices, Bill, something I'm impressed with over and over in your work; you always make them, even in casual shots, and they always make your images musical. A fine capture once more. I'll stop here for now, as I don't want to overdo my wrist. But I'll be back for more---there are still some pano's waiting for me, and pano's are something I've never attempted and would be terrified of trying---I see myself spending weeks lining up the "parts" and screaming, "FIT, you scum of the earth---you fit perfectly out THERE, why can't you fit in HERE???" And there are lots of others too. I'll be back soon...