Notes from the Woods

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New rock abstract pictures

I have uploaded some new rock images to my stone abstracts gallery: New rock pictures include: Picasso Marble Namibia Pietersite Red Mushroom Jasper Amethyst Sage (with dendrites that resemble trees) All are available as fine art prints, canvas, and for rock stock!...

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Association with the familiar

While photographing this particular piece of pietersite, I couldn't help notice a section of it that resembled a waterfall. .  It seems to happen that way when we view abstracts.  Our minds try to make sense of it by trying to associate what we are seeing with...

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Color Explosions and Rock Habits

Well it finally happened - I now have more rocks than I have time to photograph them! Having a rock habit is a tough thing to kick, but I am trying. You see so many with potential you just have to have them. I think there may be some local addiction meetings I may...

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What’s in a name?

Sometimes everything   Being a nature photographer, sometimes I question whether it is better to be literal about the subject matter in labeling an image, or try to be a bit more creative and give it a unique 'figurative' name   Especially with my rock abstracts, I...

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Seeing stones

.  "While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see." -. Dorothea Lange.  .  This is one of my favorite quotes because...

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Rose Plume Agate & Pietersite

Rose Plume Agate & Pietersite

Some of the samples I have been photographing are nothing short of amazing in so many ways. I have added a couple more Pietersite pictures and a new one, Rose Plume Agate. To contemplate how nature formed something so absolutely fascinating to look at, the fact that...

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Pietersite macro art

Pietersite macro art

Pietersite is one of the gem rocks I have become fascinated with lately, and have been photographing some samples as part of my 'Inspired by Stone' project. It is named after its discoverer, Sid Pieters, a farmer who discovered it in Namibia, Africa in 1962. Since...

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After the leaves have fallen…

After the leaves have fallen…

That time of year has started in the Midwest, and soon we will be in the depressing season of gray and brown. A constant rain over the past day will likely force the last of any remaining fall color to the ground. Some subject material will remain on the ground for a...

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