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I Am A Rock...and a rock feels no pain...
I Am A Rock...and a rock feels no pain...
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Challenge: Paul Simon Lyrics (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM
Location: Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, CO
Date: Jan 3, 2010
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100s
Galleries: Landscape, Nature
Date Uploaded: Jan 3, 2010

 Hallet's Peak.

Simon And Garfunkel — I Am A Rock lyrics

A winter's day
In a deep and dark December;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I've built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

Don't talk of love,
But I've heard the words before;
It's sleeping in my memory.
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.

[Jan. 4th, 2010 07:45:49 AM]

The symmetrical composition was a conscious choice. It matches the song and lyrics, which was the purpose of the challenge.

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/13/2010 06:58:24 AM
Beautifully photographed and really does suit the lyrics perfectly!
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 01/11/2010 09:08:01 AM
Richard - Your landscape work has been nothing short of exquisite recently. Beautiful piece of work here...a classic!
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 USM
 01/11/2010 08:43:37 AM
FABULOUS! It would be hard to feel pain gazing on that exquisite scenery :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8
 01/09/2010 04:59:00 PM
A very big rock! Really great exposure and detail in the scene.
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 01/04/2010 10:45:32 PM
Pristine mountainscape - the jagged rock pointing upwards and to the right which is echoed again and again in the waves of the treelines. There is sweet light on various spots of this in just the right places to make it pop. The lines and repeating shapes make a very complementary balanced whole and make it a joy to look at. Beautiful work.
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Pentax K10D
Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax
 01/04/2010 04:53:56 AM
I feel the mountain is too centred , but it's a great scene.
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Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 01/04/2010 04:02:42 AM
I'm a rock, too and I beg to differ. :)
Beautiful, majestic scene - well done.
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