Pictures of Red rocks of Coega

Photographer	Joggie van Staden {K:41275}
Project	#52 Patterns in Nature	Camera Model	Nikon D70
Categories	Abstracts Nature From The Field	Film Format	Digital RAW
Portfolio	Abstracts The natural world Patterns of Decay	Lens	Nikon 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF
Uploaded	4/29/2006	Film / Memory Type	Lexar 1GB
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Critiques	8	Rating	Pending / 1 Ratings
Location	City - Coega River State - EASTERN CAPE Country - South Africa
About	Third in a series of rocks in the dry riverbed of the Coega River, Eastern Cape - South Africa. I was involved in a biodiversity analysis of the Coega river and riparian zone along its whole course. What really interested me was the variation found along the gradient towards the sea. Apart from the significant differences in plants and animals, it was interesting to see how the character of the riverbed changed as it find its way through different geological layers and surrounding vegetation types. This series of rock graphics illustrates those changes to a large degree. The red colour here is derived from the dark red soils of the area. The rocks were photographed in the shade of a patch of Cassuarina trees (exotic invader that migrates all along the river) Uncropped image with minimal adjustment to sharpness, brightnes and contrast.

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João Tavares {K:39126} 4/29/2006

My favorite in this last beautifull series dear joggie !!
joão

Rashed Abdulla

{K:154808} 4/29/2006

for sure the expouser is perfect and the presentation is so great , very impresive details and colors, this series is very amazing and very atractive , all of the best my friend

Eb Mueller {K:23254} 4/29/2006

This is my favourite - if I had to chose! Joggie, the contrast in texture between the dry grasses and rocks is outstanding - as is the warm and soft lighting. A nice little accent is the bit of green grass. Beautiful tones!
Eb

Marian Man

{K:69688} 4/29/2006

wonderful dear Joggie!!!!!! great details and colors!!!!! fine tones!!!!!! very well done!!!! bravo!!!
my very best regards
Marian

Gorilla K {K:17526} 4/29/2006

well captured...great detail,tones and lighting!!!

Winfried

toru kona {K:984} 4/30/2006

great photography ,excellent composition with wonderfull balance of colour.

Ann Van Breemen {K:11828} 4/30/2006

Rock and Roll! Joggie, excellent series. Cheers, Ann.

Hugo de Wolf

{K:185017} 4/30/2006

Hi Joggie, once again, a valuable addition to the series. The things that make this photo, IMO the superb lighting; a very subtle touch, yet it does pull this image out of the ordinary. Secondly, I think the earty tones of the rocks and the dry needles work well together, with the green grass to add a crisp refinement to it. Less cluttered than the previous one I commented on, and again the introduction of a diagonal composition. Very well done!

Cheers,

Hugo

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