Saturday, October 13, 2012

Cave Art?

Rocky Outcrop in a Road Cut, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
 © Doug Hickok  All Rights Reserved  (Velvia slide film)


A quartzite vein in exposed metamorphic rock
reminds me of a prehistoric cave painting.
Or is my imagination running wild!?

18 comments:

  1. I can definitely see the beginnings of a horse in the rock. It sort of trails off in the hind quarters. Perhaps Mr Caveman had a bit too much of the fermented grapes to get the artwork quite right.

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  2. Great textures, whatever you see. I'd shoot as many images as possible.

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  3. Not only structure but also great colors.

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  4. Altamira the most popular cave here, well done Dough
    Greetings.

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  5. it does indeed look like wall-painting. well seen and captured, doug.

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  6. Very nice observation. I see a jumping animal ;)

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  7. what a find! yes, prehistoric painting, or a fossilised dachshund perhaps ...
    whatever it could be, the colours and textures in this image are superb!

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  8. Or maybe it's a gnu! Whatever, keep that wild - and creative - imagination ticking over!

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  9. Wow, so cool. Looks like a satellite view of sedimentation around a river delta to me. Any way you slice it it's cool!

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  10. it does look like it.. very nice capture.. :)

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