Taihu rock #2 by goodoleboy
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Description
After attending the orchid show at the beautiful Huntington Botanical Center and Conservatory in beautiful San Marino, California, I visited the Chinese Garden section and captured this stunning view, way back on 10/18/09.
Found mostly in the vast drainage areas of Tai Lake in China, these calcite/limestone rocks are hard but brittle, with slight variations among those taken from lake beds and those extracted on land or from different districts in the surrounding environs. Those formed underwater are more precious, because of their fresh, soft color and their multiple, linked perforations produced from years of wave and water erosion. With their pale gray or ivory tint, Taihu rocks are usually large and are regarded as the best garden rocks.
Comments (5)
Wolfenshire
That is really cool looking. I'd put it in my front yard.
sharky_
Interesting Rock.... Aloha
jocko500
cool
anahata.c
With your pov, it's just fascinating to see this rock---which looks like it bubbled up from the earth and froze that way---in front of that placid and beautiful bridge and water, which you captured beautifully in a previous shot. It's so striking. You got the deep yellows, and the feeling of a big pelvis bone from a prehistoric monster, eaten away by erosion. And it bubbles up in front of this placid beautiful scene: Fine juxtaposition. An exotic and very finely composed shot. (And you pointed out how I use strong darks against strong whites, in my work. I never thought about how often I do that; and I appreciate your observation.)
sossy
really impressive rock sculpture and a special find, good you wrote an info to it, thx 😃