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by Michael Shealy
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29-FEB-2008 Michael Shealy

1st: Jocks on the Rocks
by Michael Shealy

Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO

Canon EOS 20D ,Tamron SP AF17-50mm f/2.8 XR DiII
1/800s f/8.0 at 35.0mm iso200 full exif

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ctfchallenge10-Mar-2008 14:04
Thanks, Julie. Haha, this is an EASY climb. You should see the difficult stuff they climb! Cheers, -mikey
Julie Bird06-Mar-2008 23:33
Beautiful composition, half red, half blue in an impressive diagonal. I can't believe though that people would choose to climb this. Julie
ctfchallenge02-Mar-2008 06:03
Thanks for the comments, y'all. Mary Anne, its fun once you get past the fear of death. ";^D Doug, I shot this in RAW and Adobe Camera Raw brought up the rocks nicely. Brent, I haven't climbed it myself, but it does look fun; about a 5.2 with one section @ 5.6 or so. These rocks have a lot of figure and holds are abundant; they are a bit sandy for my taste, tho (who like to eat sand?":^). Thanks again, -mikey
ctfchallenge02-Mar-2008 05:17
Very nice Mikey- love that blue gradient in the sky. Looks to be great rock and a fun route they are climbing- have you done it yourself?
~Brent
ctfchallenge02-Mar-2008 03:15
Now this the Mikey we have come to know. Beautiful and no blue bears. Cheers, and for tonight, bourbon (fooled you who were thinking beers- hehe). -tv
ctfchallenge02-Mar-2008 02:24
Impressive work Mikey. The Garden of the Gods is just that. Almost HDR like with the exposure on the rocks. -COAmature
ctfchallenge01-Mar-2008 17:09
This is a great image, and i especially like the hint of the sun coming through the top left. Well done Mickey. Very powerful. jano
Guest 01-Mar-2008 16:33
All I can say is "Wow". Excellent.
ctfchallenge01-Mar-2008 16:25
Not my idea of fun, but it's a great shot, Mikey!
--Mary Anne
ctfchallenge01-Mar-2008 16:15
FABULOUS composition and colors! ~Lydia
Guest 01-Mar-2008 15:48
Nice composition, great colors.
ctfchallenge01-Mar-2008 13:52
Rocks in this colour always reminds me of "Mckennas Gold" - Lovely - rhymes well too - Debi
ctfchallenge01-Mar-2008 08:26
Well, that's enough to give me nightmares! ;^) I like how the rocks nicely divide the space. The colors are great! d.tallakson