Balanced Rock

My mom and I spent an hour in the Garden of the Gods city park in Colorado Springs. So nice to have bright sunshine and a blue sky. This rock started its formation over 300 million years ago...and the little narrow pedestal has supported this 700 ton rock for thousands of years according to the park info. Hard to conceive both time and weight. For scale, see if you can see the person in the green shirt to the left of the rock. Nice day with family. Alternate shot: http://365project.org/taffy/365/2014-10-04
And from the air: http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2014-10-08
Thanks for your comments on the DFW escalator and for sharing some of your stories of time at that airport!

[Annie D]

oh wow! that is just incredible nature at its best - fabulous

[Tracey]

Fabulous shot how amazing fav

[Elizabeth]

The person on the rock really gives me a sense of scale! It almost looks like Noah's Ark balancing on a huge rock!

[Maggiemae]

You have got the settings so right to see this incredible geographic rock so well! I've got my hard hat on!

[Kathleen Hickey]

Great shot of a local icon. Love Garden of the Gods!

[Newbank Lass]

Did you use some sort of filter to get the sky like this Taffy? I'm finding at times that I still over for the sky at times. Unsure whether people who have more success are using filters, underexposing, editing or metering differently. Are you doing anything special to keep the sky like this?

[Debs Stott]

Looks precarious! Wow.

[sally agnew]

Stunning colours :)

[Shepherdman]

Fantastic contrasting colours. Love the warm tones of the rocks

[Boxplayer]

A true wonder, love the intense colour.

[Danny G.]

Wow! Having the person in the photograph makes this incredible. That is one ginormous rock! FAV

[Rachel]

Amazing how this can balance like this for so long. I'm glad that person was there to give it scale!

[carol white]

Fabulous capture.Wouldn't want to be standing beneath it,just in case it toppled over!!FAV!!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Absolutely amazing ! the size and the balance is incredible !

[Kate]

That is amazing. The person really gives it scale. Wow!

[gloria jones]

Look at the spectacular clarity, light, focus, detail, textures in this shot! Nice composition too. Fav

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[David Briggs]

Very cool, looks like a pretty large rock

[Graham Thresher]

Awesome. Fav

[Pam Knowler]

Wow stunning capture - great to see the man to give sense of scale!! Huge Fav!!

[Richard Hickey]

Fantastic picture and perspective. You have shown me new ways of looking at Garden of the Gods. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Fantastic shot!

[Jan Rose]

Great capture, I like how you got the man in the photo for the scale.

[Judith Johnson]

Wow - hope it stays there for a very long time!

[virtualbrownie]

Glad you mentioned the person in the shot - I had not appreciated how enormous that rock was.

[Elizabeth]

The little person on the left gives me a real sense of scale of this enormous rock! It reminds me of Noah's Ark!

[Elizabeth]

Have a fabulous trip to Austrailia! I'll be in So Africa and Zambia at the same time.Hoping to return with some great pics. Can't wait to see yours!

[Andy Mcculloch]

Wow would never of guessed how huge it is without the figure, great shot.

[Janiskay]

Wonderful capture.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I have been there and what an awesome place! I'd forgotten how big some of the formations were and the fellow in green really brought back the scale! Great shot!

[Taffy]

@newbank Thanks for the comments Ruth! A few things worked for me here. First, the sky in Colorado Springs is quite an amazing blue in the morning especially -- nothing like we have in the midwest for sure! I often use a polarizing filter -- best investment for daytime photography. But, I was using my superwide that can't take a filter. So I added it in ColorEfex during post processing. I also used the 'brilliance/warmth" filter at the lowest setting. The rocks here glow and the sky is amazing, so it really is more the landscape than the filters in this case.

[Leah]

Fantastic shot!!! Beautifully captured!!!

[Kathie]

Great shot with the fellow for perspective. Might be eerie standing there.

[Jessica]

Wonderful color and composition!

[~~JT]

I LOVE the Garden of the Gods! So glad you are there and enjoying it!

[Keri]

Great colour.

[Eric di Bosco]

This rock is massive! So good to have a person there for scale. Great exposure, contrast and saturation.

[Joan Robillard]

Great shot

[elkehochban]

Gorgeous! I've been to the Garden of the Gods - it's quite impressive.

[Nina Ganci]

wow! The person in green sure does give one the best perspective on the magnitude of this rock! brilliant capture
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[Denise (lyndemc)]

I believe this rock is at the exit of the Garden of the Gods, right? Impressive place, that red rock collection.

[Nancy]

Wow that is impressive and so fascinating about the size and age! Didn't even notice that person at first. Great shot capturing the whole scale of it!

[Lee]

Unbelievable! Wonderful shot, and a great idea to have the person in there for scale. Fav.

[Gena Pegg]

Fantastic capture...sounds like a lovely trip!

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Wow, that looks huge and dangerous to sit under! Lovely colours and textures.

[Elaine]

Omg I had no idea how big that was until I saw that person. It looks very precarious and I am not sure whether I would be wanting to stand under that. I suppose it is well supported as it it so huge.

Just catching up whilst I am on the train going to the city.

[Bankmann]

Picture book worthy... Glorious colours... :-)