While searching for some large geologic features along the borderlands of Lake Powell and GSE Nat'l. Mon. A couple of friends and I were looking for a way to descend off White Rim Canyon, I spotted this little gathering of natural debris hanging on close to the angle of repose near the canyons edge. I was able to carefully compose this image without exceeding my own angle of repose.
Geologic Debris Flow
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Thanks, Nathan
The randomness of this found image is what makes it enticing…. A true “still life.”
Thank you Ed ... just part of my style ... Drop out, Tune In, Turn On. Drug Free!
Can you imagine staging this image?
Frank Ginn
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Nature does it, with time, wind, water, gravity. ;)
Yes indeed!
And I dare say, far better than a person with chop sticks setting each piece individually!
I did think you might take a small bucket and put all the stones in it and fill with water and turn it over about 2 feet above the picked location.
But I am agreeing with those that find it interesting and enticing!
Nice job, Paul! Interesting colours and contrasts, with a nice flow to the composition. Well done.
Chris Jablonski
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Thanks Chris, the burnt orange pieces are iron capstone, with an assortment of smaller stones and pebbles from eroding conglomerates flow at the end of a gully hanging on close to the angle of repose at a canyons edge.
"angle of repose". Aha, you didn't want to fall! Those canyons can be a long way to repose, hopefully not a permanent repose!
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This is a very interesting image. Contrast of colors, tonality and textures.