The Crack Has Flow

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Looks like an elephant's foot! Great texture.

A really strange and interesting natural outcropping. Your photography brings out it's almost sculptural features.

JACK: Thanks. This was truly a strange place in the middle of nowhere in Eastern Oregon. It's called the"Crack. An ancient lava flow that seemed to be flowing on the surface not in a lava tube which are more common here; it cooled  and cracked down the middle of its long serpentine shape. The sides fell away and there is a lava slot canyon left. The sides and bottom of this canyon were quite rugged. However, there were a few spots that looked like they had been eroded by water like this formation. It was not water. I was a different lava flow out of the side of the canyon after it formed. Very interesting place. The other interesting thing is my camera was attached to my tripod, because light was an issue. Despite that, for some reason unknown to me I must have had held it in aperture priority and the iso ended up at 3200 for this shot. Didn't realize that until I posted it here. Oh well, still looks good, even as a larger print. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Just out of curiosity, do you regularly print your photos? If so, do you do it yourself or do you have it done professionally?

I am pretty sure I sent you an e-mail response. PN didn't like something about what I typed as a reply. If not, the short answer is yes I do make all my own prints.

Fabulous tonal range with lots of details. I am sure this would make a great print.

For what it is worth, I have found a lab that does great prints in the Montreal Area so I am doing fewer and fewer prints at home which is not good for ink flow on my Epson.