Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Valley of Fire 2

Let's begin to enjoy the rocks. The rock formations here are made of sandstones, limestones, shales and conglomerates. I think I could only identify sandstone for their red color. This is a drive by and I admit to the poor quality of it, having zoomed as much as I could while on the move, you know :D
The name Valley of Fire was derived from the sandstone rocks that seem to be on fire when sun rays hit them.
I was fascinated by the small openings/holes in these rocks. It felt to me like a very long time ago, these were lavas that bubbled and popped then hardened. Don't take my word for it, that's only my guess.

My husband suggested I tweak the photos a bit, you know put in blue sky in lieu of the gloomy gray sky that we had. I flat out refused, so some of the photos here are really gloomy.

17 comments:

Luke Wiley said...

An amazing landscape! Fine shots!

Today's Blah... said...

Cool shots, I can understand the drive by shots as I often do it too. And as for the tweaking part, I'm also not a fan of manipulating the original ones. I like my photos as it is. :)

Pietro said...

What interesting images! These rocks are really amazing: they create a thrilling scenery.

standley said...

Textures and colours of these stones are superb Maria!

vintage said...

Great colour rocks

backpacking philippines said...

rocky mountain hign...beauty in natural formations

don said...

I like this series very much for their natural, unpushed color. Even the drive-by is a good capture and a successful shot. I love the rugged looking rocks that you show so well.

syel said...

i like the textures of the rocks. never mind if it's gloomy. :D

Joy said...

Looks more like a sketch. I can feel the heat!

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my gulch said...

amazing...
interesting...
i am in awe.
i like the photos as they are. no need to tweak. :-)

alicesg said...

Wow it is so amazing to see them real close. They are of so many different colours. Thanks for sharing.

Raven said...

The first photo reminds me of the red earth we have here in central Australia. Great series and glad they are original shots!

the donG said...

itr looks so unreal. nature indeed has a way of perfecting artistry thru it's own style.

paoruiz said...

good job. =)

Caprice- said...

Very interesting shots. The rocks nearly seem to move there is so much going on in each photo. Glad you didn't tweak- good choice.
Caprice

Panaderos said...

Tweaking wasn't necessary at all. In fact, the last two photos were truly focused on the rocks and thus, the skies were not a factor at all. Great rock formations.

Lantaw said...

Very nice tones! HDR photos?