These rocks are perfectly sperical until they are exposed to the wind, as these ones are. They are formed because a magnetic field is formed as the rocks cool making them slightly harder than the surrounding rock.

-- Jaime Webbe (jwebbe@hotmail.com), March 03, 1999

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PS. This is my first post so I'm looking for any advice.

-- Jaime Webbe (jwebbe@hotmail.com), March 03, 1999.

I think it lacks an element of composition. The rocks seem to be randomly distributed in the frame, as though it was a quck "grab shot" with no thought about the placement of the rocks (some are cut at the edge). I guess the question you have to ask yourself is why you chose this particular view and composition. If you don't have an answer, that's your problem.

-- Bob Atkins (bobatkins@hotmail.com), March 05, 1999.

Jaime,

I've taken a very similiar shot with rock and ice though. What I discovered with that shot was that it was important that the negative space (background) and positive space (subject) be in balance for this kind of shot to look appealing. Crop out an image of the center grouping crop minus the white stone at the bottom and it's companions below it. Don't leave too much white space above either. I think you'll see the idea I'm getting at.

-- Paul Lenson (lenson@pci.on.ca), March 16, 1999.