Photograph: Point Lobos Rock Patterns #1

Point Lobos Rock Patterns #1 – July 10, 2010

Posted on 25 July 2010

Point Lobos Rock Patterns #1 – July 10, 2010

Black and white photograph of abstract rock patterns near Weston Beach at Point Lobos State Reserve.

This detail of the Point Lobos shoreline rocks was also photographed in an area just a bit north of Weston Cove where large rocks are lifted up at striking angles and the surf has worn away successive layers of sedimentary rock to reveal wild patterns. Some of the colors in this bit of rock were quite intense – the rock on the left is intensely reddish-brown in the original capture – and seemed to overwhelm the subtle patterns, especially those on the right side of the image.

I don’t know if it is apparent but this is a highly post-processed image. I don’t think it is necessary to spoil the fun by going into all of the gory details, but this image depends quite a bit on work in post.

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Category: Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: Ocean, Photographs: Textures
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4 comments to Point Lobos Rock Patterns #1 – July 10, 2010

Jack Johnson

says:

July 25, 2010 at 9:43 am

Nice, Dan! I’m a total sucker for rock patterns anyway, but I really like the juxtaposition of the differing textures and patterns here. This reminds me of the worn rocks around Lake Superior…

- Jack

G Dan Mitchell says:

July 25, 2010 at 5:55 pm

Thanks, Jack – I guess that makes two of us! I hadn’t thought about the Lake Superior connection, but now that you mention it I have seen some very interesting photographs of rock formations from that area.

Dan

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