Robert Swanson's photos with the keyword: rock

We joined some friends, driving on highway 128 out of Moab, Utah. The river canyon offers spectacular scenery. As we walked from their hotel to the river, I saw this tree, lit up by the low sun. Grabbed an image with the phone, no processing except to lower the size. Looks nice on a black background.

The shoreline of the lakes in Acadia are very scenic. Here we see a bit of the morning fog, and the large rocks that make up the shore. Image processed with GIMP.

One of the clear, clear lakes in Acadia National Park, Maine. Image processed with GIMP.

In the rock-bound coast of Maine, just across from Bar Harbor. Image processed with GIMP.

A view of one of the natural bridges in Natural Bridges National Monument in Utah. You can see the "bridge" just to the right of the center of the image. Oh yes, there is a fence, too. Image processed with GIMP.

A more general view of the base of Devils Tower. The PiP shows a closer view of a climber, working their way up this sheer wall of rock. Image processed with GIMP. (We tried to revisit Devils Tower this August 2024, and arrived the morning after a huge storm. Turns out that the place was completely closed, hundreds or more of trees down, roads washed out, buildings damaged, etc, etc. The rock, of course, is still there. I wonder about these rock climbers, however, and how they fared during that storm.)

At the entrance to the local fairgrounds, they have a typical rock. I think that the fence is there to protect the rock, or protect the cars that might run into it. This native stone is used in many buildings in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota area. Not so many years ago, it was quarried and used regionally. The Picture-in-a-Picture shows a LOT more of these rocks at the Sioux Falls park. You see these boulders around, as the farmers who ploughed them up, decided they were too large to completely remove, so they shoved them over to the corner of their field. The plaque indicates the entrance to the fairgrounds. You can see the parking tram in the background, taking fair visitors to and from the parking area. Image processed with GIMP.

Taken during a side trip near Wasila, Alaska. I was using an older Sigma 70-300 macro lens with the Nikon D700. Worked fine. Image processed with GIMP.

We were visiting the area, and parked our RV at a National Forest campground near the entrance to the National Park. This setup allowed us to visit the canyon rim at all hours, rather than trying to keep a schedule for a day trip. We got to the rim an hour before sunset, and set up our cameras. We took a large number of photos, while a crowd of visitors closed in on us. Fortunately, our tripods kept the most curious away. I like this image, with deep purple colors on the rock formations, and just a sliver of the last sun's rays. See: swansonphotos.com/arizona