Fun with Rocks

Here is my last selection of shots from my riverside walk last weekend. 

The first two images are different views of the stack I shared yesterday and the final two are of the largest and most challenging stack which including the base rock is made from 17 stones and I was really pleased that it stayed upright. I was tempted to put another pebble on top but decided to play it safe.

I really like this one, in colour you can see the stones lit up by a chance ray of sunlight that snuck through the clouds and I think the final image has a really moody quality to it. 

I like the fact that these look part of the landscape but they have a fragile quality too which is at odds with the solidity of the rocks themselves. 

As well as working on the three stacks that you have seen over the last few days we (my son and I) attempted a stone arch. We failed but I think that if we had selected smaller stones and gave ourselves a little more time we would have succeeded.

Wolf River Falls

I've not managed to post every day recently but I have been getting some good shots.

Today I was at Wolf River Falls innorthern Ontario. I got some fabulous pictures of the falls and I even went behind the falls for some.

This was shot using my phone, I built the stack and tried to capture the falls I softer focus in the background.

Slippery Stack

Here are three shots of the second stack I built on the banks of the River Llugwy from slightly different angles. This was quite a tricky balance to be honest because the stones were slippery and I was shivering because it was so cold. But I managed to do it without it collapsing and that was important to me because I didn't want to spoil the snow around it.

I really like the effect of the out of focus background and the way the wet stones glisten.

As with the first stack that I showed you yesterday I dismantled it afterwards to leave no trace...