Dog Rocks
Dog Rocks is located at Batesford near Geelong in Victoria, Australia.
WINNER of the 2008 Henry Lawson Festival of Arts photography bronze statuette for BEST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE EXHIBITION. Also WINNER of the OPEN COLOUR section.
Dog Rocks belongs to the following groups:
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Sharon Hammond
This is fabulous. Love the light – love the mood – love the pic
Christine Wilson
love the light in this photo Dareen just stunning
DawsonImages
gorgeous light
Craig Shillington
YUM!!!! LOL WOW I could eat this eh ;) Seriously Darren, the colours in the sunset are amazing!! And it goes without saying what a wonderful tree you caught there too!! Awesome!!! Love the shadow play too :) VBS
Andy73
This is amazing. Love the comp, lighting, colours, and everything else about it. Beautiful shot!
Helene Kippert
Lovely light Darren
jodenecarlyle
Geelong not only has a winning football club, but beautiful scenery to capture at nightfall.
Love the rock formation, looks like natures Japanese garden.
Beautiful colours Darren.
Neil Boucher
Very nice Darren!
Carlo Cesar Ro...
Picture perfect Darren! Congrats!
Samantha Cole-...
This is lovely Darren… Great capture!
xx Sam
EOS20
Beautiful shot Darren!! The lighting and colours are fantastic, Well done!
Karen Cougan
Darren that is stunning
xkc
Steven Agius
Stunning image, colour and compostion perfect.
Halcyon007
Gorgeous Darren. The colours, the tree, the light – all gorgeous
googa
Nice capture, well done.
KathyT
Stunning capture of that famous tree Darren – the lighting is wonderful.
Gustav Nordlund
Wonderful colors, great shot.
Antoine Dagobert
Beautiful colors and composition!Fantastic shot Darren!
sherryn pitt
fantastic shot, love the colours
Lance Leopold
Magic place,love this shot,Darren!!
Rich Gale
Beautiful light great composition well done.
Rich.
justlinda
A beautiful landscape, stunningn colours and compositon!.
Damiend
Superb landscape. Colour and light is awesome – well done
Andrew Edgar
Beautiful colours, wonderful shot
Robyn Lakeman
Wow this is awesome Darren, just love it!
Torfinn Johann...
WOW! Excellent shot. Lovely colours, and composition.
Heather Rivet...
well done
Emma Anderson
fantastic colours.
Crokus Label
You really love trees… and I really love this shot… :)
Hiroko
Awesome colours…
nick board
Perfect, light and sky, tree and feel
hugo
beaut photo Darren taken in great light conditions, lovely!!!
leapyearbrian
Excellent comp wonderful lighting and sunset colours,super work.
velveteagle
Darren this work of yours is fantastic.. great eye..
Jessica Tremp
beautiful, the tree is almost dancing
rikkipaul
When it comes to photographing trees, you’re on a branch of your own.
stunning.
regina
GAWD#@*#%^!!!
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT!!!!!!
>:(
Rosalie Dale IPA
Yep – a winner!!!
aphoto4you
great lanscape great DOF great exposure…
Roboftheland
hey darren, how skilled in photoshop are you? I can never get my colours to “pop” like this. your photos are beautiful
KevinH
wow! beautiful colours darren !
Antanas
Great work …
Jennib
Excellent, I love this, the composition , everything, very painterely.
nicolette
extremely awsome work! I love the sky!
Halcyon007
Deserved winner Darren. Will look good on our front page
CONGRATULATIONS
Kathie Nichols
Congratulations Darren, a truly breathtaking capture!
Mark Tisdale
OUTSTANDING!
Dakolina
this is beautiful
itsallgoodamanda
congrats to you job well done and a worthy winner
Cindy Perrinj...
Congratulations Darren…Stunning image, well done!!!
Darren Stones
Thanks folks. Think I owe that tree a hug.
Naomi Frost
Congrats on the win.
Andy Harris
congrats on the competition win… great photo, creates a true feeling of isolation, just that one tree and all the barren landscape behind… Lovely!
Heather Loster
beautiful. this is so beautiful. i can’t get over it. great job.
Charlotte Ekelöf
Congratulation for winning the tree contest ! Nice pic! Wonderful shadows and colours!
lareejc
wow! Darren I see now why this was the winner! Very pretty colors, and just plain BEAUTIFUL!
lex7
Beautiful light, great color, I love the clouds.. it makes the photograph feel like it is moving. Great job.
Holly Werner
Stunning!!
Christophe Testi
Wow! Fantastic light.
GabrielK
awesome shot Darren, love the sky and the way you included the tree and the rocks
Steve Bulford
Wow…great shot! Great colours! Great composition!
Zigga
Congrats Darren. Stunning Image.
Tony Elieh
Superb photo
Sean Monaghan
Fantastic an inspiration
Andrew Robertson
Absolutely magical – beautiful lighting, colour and composition. Fantastic Darren.
Darren Stones
Thanks everyone.
Feisty
What an incredible shot! It is just superb!
Craig Hender
Beautiful shot Darren, love the colours.
John Conway
congrats on your win elsewhere with this Daz ( and happy birthday too) :-)
momleeb
A visual feast! Awesome work. Love the interplay between the light and the shadows. Stunning work!
Elenne Boothe
SOME PLACE YOU CAN REALLY SIT AND THINK.
Min-Woo Bang
beautiful!
Jeremy Harrington
another brilliant shot.. you have a great portfolio
Michelle Boyer
Great image- well done!
Jennifer Resemius
stunning. the lighting and color are just breathtaking.
Jan Cartwright
There aren’t enough superlatives to describe the beauty of the light in this image – guess that’s why a picture is worth a thousand of them. Fantastic immortalization of a gorgeous spot.
Yves Rubin
Gorgeous light and tones, a beautiful tree scene!
Arzu
stunning landscape, great light and shade…... Excellent work
GerryMac
fantastic capture darren!
zeke7
Awesome capture. Love the colors.
piclex
Absolutely magic.
Daniel J. McCa...
Simply beautiful. Fantastic lighting. Excellent capture.
Paul Gana
oooohhhh what lighting
H M Bascom
Your work is always outstanding. This is just too beautiful to look at. Wow.
Wanda Lechene
wow very beautiful i love it great work
checkma8
nice work ….......
robert murray
very nice shot Darren
studiofascino
stunning shot!
David Iori
Great work
Darren Stones
Appreciate your comments folks.
Thank you to the buyer who purchased this image as a card on Jan 11 ‘08. Enjoy.
Deri Dority
Simply stunning. A big wow from me.
StressieCat
Absolutely stunning image!!!
AJCVISIONS
STUNNING!
The tree is Spectacular in this photo and the light shows off it’s beauty….
Great Job and congrats on the sale….:-}
kcranmer
Absolutely gorgeous and immediate fave!
Quigi
Man, you’ve got some pretty fantastic work here!!
Steve Taylor
Beautiful image
jlynn
Fantastic sky, amazing tree, great composition,, Beautiful
Darren Stones
Appreciate your comments folks.
coffeebean
As everyone else thinks too and I agree wholeheartedly this is absolutely breathtakingly excellent.
ByrneFoto
Stunning image Darren, perfection!
Peter Sharpe
This is beautiful, have you not used anything artificial to get that result? looks beaut either way!
Irish
WOW
H M Bascom
Beautiful work Darren. I love the golden tones on the left. Just gorgeous
Rosina Lamberti
This is amazing.
Adam Cohen
fantastic shot! vivid colors and stunning light
Meiko Janke
He Darren,
I love your work and miss Melbourne so much. Now I’m back home and when I see a picture like that I wanna come back to Australia one day. Greetings from Berlin. Meiko
Lindsay Knowles
Out of all your fantastic images. This is the best.
Vanessa V. Med...
That’s a fantastic shot! :)
Joe Valcourt/M...
fabulous work
cherokee
hug that tree,its a beautiful shot.
mooonrocks
sweet image!
Keegan Wong
Beautifully done!
robert murray
great shot well done Darren
conilouz
wow,, what an amazing shot,, great job
Tony Middleton
wonderful light and composition Darren !
Karri Klawiter
Breathtaking!
Maya -
Simply stunning!
STRINGER
Ik vind dit mooi in het midden liggen, tussen de overdreven plaatjes van dames in allerlei ongemakkelijke houdingen en de foto’s van naturisten die volleyball spelen.
conilouz
beautiful!! great shot
Darren Stones
Thanks to the buyer who purchased this image as a matted print on 17/4/2008. Enjoy.
John Dekker
brilliant composition, and the lighting is just superb
Katja Klages
Too good to be true… Awesome !!!!
KBSImages
Breathtaking!!!! Your work is Amazing!!!
Curtiss Simpson
Wow awesome light and color, beautiful !!!
Miron Abramovici
I am afraid of using any adjective now, so I will just favorite this!
darrylfowler
great lighting and colours..
well done..
Matt Mawson
Congratulations on the Henry Lawson prize, Darren. This is beautiful.
Anthony Mancuso
congratulations Darren on your prestigious win. It’s a truely stunning image. So very well done!!
Darren Post
Absolutely stunning work Darren.
Cheryl Ribeiro
congratulations Darren on your win, love the light in this beautiful image.
Kristina K
well one darren, you so deserve it, keep up the magnificent work.
Globalphotos
Wonderful image, congrats on your success, they have great taste :))
Darren Stones
Thanks everyone. Appreciate your comments. Cheers.
Kathryn Potempski
I am yet to go to Dog Rock Darren,now I no I must get there asap.
this is amazing well done
funkyfacestudio
Gorgeous light and colors…..just lovin that tree.
Mahjabeen Mankani
breathtaking. beautiful.
jodenecarlyle
Grenfell judges have good taste.
Congratulations Darren on winning the Bronze statuette at the
Henry Lawson Festival.
Dog Rocks will always be your signature photograph.
Holly Werner
Excellent image.
EnVee
theres no denying its a wonner :) gorgeous. love the tree and the “fast moving” sky :)
Joey Visser
excellent, love the vibrant colors!
Alf Caruana
wow this is beautifull work and well deserved with winning the bronze
Larry Varley
beautiful work
Tara Sheffer-A...
Absolutely stunningly beautiful!!!!!!!!!
shanmclean
spectacular shot. well deserving winner
chasingsooz
Darren, our entire gallery is impressive. I must admit, I thought I already had you on my watchlist as I was aware of your talent.
This work is absolutely stunning.
SNAPPYDAVE
a stunning piece did you alter it in any way ?
David Firth
This is the best peice I’ve ever seen. Such magnificent mix of light, colour, and shadow.
Alan Findlater
Really good work well done
Cathy Middleton
Lovely shot darren.
Crystal Zacharias
beautiful colors in this capture! Well done
jgmart
The blue and gold colors in this are amazing!
Jan Piller
Very beautiful image!
Steve Chapple
Stunning, perfect in every way!
Squealia
Great image, lovely
Tara Sheffer-A...
I can clearly understand why this won! Excellent work!!!
Robin Robb
So beautiful. Can’t put into words. Wonderful.
Ginger Barritt
No wonder it won! Beautiful.
Mitch85
Very good. I love that sunset on the side of the photo.
Daniel Fitzgerald
Well worthy of the win, sensational shot!
Laurie Puglia
Really Awesome Picture Darrin! My husband Peter says he wants to move here :)
laurie
whitehorse
Gorgeous – well done on the awards too
Geraldine Lefoe
Just had to have another look at this stunning image Darren – congratulations on your well-deserved win, this is gorgeous
Brent Monger
I love it! Well done!!
Darren Stones replied
Thank you, Brent.
lurline
It deserves every accolade it got! Fabulous work! :) Instant favourite!
Alan Findlater
excellent work well done
Julie Langford
God this is so inpiring – what a magnificent view. Stunning photography here.
I can’t beleive this has been here 11 months and I haven’t seen it until now!
othermail
Just beautiful!!
othermail
Thanx for adding me to your watchlist Darren :)
SilverVisionz
Wow what a tremendous capture, love the mood!
DavidMark
Beautiful colour, well composed and captured!
Diane Schuster
Love the light in this, beautiful color!
Pamela B
WOW:) Fantastic
robert murray
beautiful shot well captured love it
chasingsooz
Re visiting this work and I am still blown away by it. There is so much power in the imagery of one lone tree against a vibrant and dramatic landscape. Truly beautiful work.
Mugsy
How beautiful!
Christopher E...
outstanding shot, the composition and lighting are perfect on this, and congrats on it being a winner, without a doubt worthy of the cause
David Lade
Excellent shot Darren. Well done!
Monica Di Carlo
Beautiful!
Brendan Schoon
WOW, absolutely a great shot!! Wonderful lighting and a perfect composition!! Had to favorite this one.
Brendan
Bellavista2
Just goes to show simplicity in photography can have a huge impact, beautiful colours and composition;):)
Philip Johnson
congrats Darren remember you going to the awards didnt know you won
ritz
This is such a beautiful image, well done!
Marilyn Baldey
This is one of the most beautiful photos I have seen.
Tim Sanders
Nice shot! Colors are excellent. well done,
Tim
webgrrl
Congrats on your win! I just gotta give you my special award now..hehe

Rosemaree
This is a beautiful image and deserved the accolade… Well done Darren…
Affimation
The colours are awesome.
Davitt photogr...
Beautiful image
KD
Bev Woodman
Absolutely amazing image and congratulations on your wins – very deserving.
sunchaser
I GUESS it is a winner! Stunning Darren!
Chelseaabeann
This is awesome!!! Great colors!!! Great shot
Kristina K
i have seen a few pics of this dog rock, i must go check it out myself..
wonderful composition darren, i love the tree..:)) k
Darren Stones
Thanks folks.
Deborah Milligan
stunning image darren.
linda858100
OUTSTANDING
Lucindawind
STELLAR !!
lorilee
An incredible image – just beautiful!!!!!!
Béla Török
Fabulous capture!
Shannon Paskaruk
amazing!
cherylc1
AWESOME!!!!
Elana Bailey
Gorgeous lighting, mood and colours in this shot, Darren. I can see why it has won those wonderful prizes. Congrats on that. Well done. An instant fav.
RonnieGinnever
Stunning!
Darren Stones
Thanks for your comments folks.
Evita
Awesome image!! :D
Adam Gormley
Hi Darren, mate this image is simply breathtaking!!! WOW, well done here mate :)
Rajiv Ashrafi
Nice photo. Superb view!
Nuh Sarche
This brilliant picture is FEATURED at RedBubble Treasures
greetings
Nuh Sarche
Wanda Lechene
very beautiful and very breath taking to see
Stephen Thomas
Awesome photo! Stephen
Greg Palermo
wow this is absolutely stunning!
steen
nice work mate
Christine Boretti
Fantastic Image!
Chris Edwards
WOW! Love this pic.
rosiczka
Awesome colours…
Meeli Sonn
Ehh too much appreciations is too bad, isnt it.
Just very very great and stunning photo, too much.
Ronald Jore
Beautiful light, colours and composition, love the mood.
Stephen Van Tuyl
Excellent color and light on this! Great work!
Karin Taylor
you know this is really superb photography Darren :)
Darren Stones replied
Held my mouth right for this shot I suspect. :)
africanbush
one word AWESOME
Darren Stones replied
Thanks for commenting.
Chris Brett
beauty!
Barbara Brown
Outstanding light and cmp. Luv it!!
Barbara Brown
Outstanding light and cmp. Luv it!!
Erhan OZBIYIK
PERFECT !!!
MelanieSpeaks
What an awesome shot…love it!
Ellen Price
The lighting and colours are fantastic…love it Darren!!
Heloisa Castro
excellent capture
izmitron
i love it…:D very nice
sandysartstudio
What a stunning piece. The colours of sunset and lighting is fabulous. Sandy
Andrew Murrell
Stunning image! Any other comment I could make has been said before so the only way to really say how much i enjoyed this photo is to Favourite it.
Scott d'Almeida
awesome image cheers;
Noel Elliot
absolutely stunning
roybarry
WOW, Dazzler- this is absolutely phenomenal work, matey!!
Hans Goepel
Beautiful shot Darren!! The lighting and colours are fantastic
blamo
Top notch …....Enjoyable to view
kimangeline
magnificient!! the color is stunning
Anuja Manchana...
Brilliant shot Darren.
Anuja Manchana...
Brilliant shot Darren.
Richard Stanley
Wow! Absolutely delicious colour.
Tim Sanders
Excellent
KBSImages
Beautiful Image!!!!! Very Impressive!
Johnsart
it’s a fabulous composed picture Darren.
Mitch85
Stunning light and capture!
Paul Thompson ...
Stunning!!!!
Chuck Wickham
Nice mood,great light.
arvyart
Fantastic! Nice perspective, beautiful colors!
Kasia-D
Great light on this atmospheric shot!
ElYPares
Amazing colors. Perfect Treatment.
Sharon Perrett
Another stunner, beautiful work as always, congrats on the very well deserved win too.
Jan Timmons
Fairly unnecessary for me to add my praise way down here, but I feel compelled to say “well done”, nonetheless. Dog Rocks rocks! Well-deserved awards.
OldBirch
Fabulous light!
Terry Everson
I like this a lot Darren, the way it is composed and the lighting is superb. I also like how there is still detail in the shadow and those spots of dappled sunlight on the grass. I enjoyed looking at your Youtube presentation. Thanks also for including me on your watch list. It`s a buzz when someone with your experience chooses to have a peek at my offerings.
Darren Stones replied
Thanks for your kind comments, Terry. Glad you enjoyed the video. My pleasure to add you – I love Aussie stuff. :)
Lynda Robinson
Excellent Darren! The ‘complementary’ blues and oranges really make an eye-catching image. Great composition too.
Darren Stones replied
Thanks, Lynda. Appreciate your comments.
Barbara Brown
Wow!! The light in this shot is fantastic!! A beautiful image!!
Darren Stones replied
Hi Barbara. Thanks for commenting. Cheers.
Meeli Sonn
Stunning photo
Darren Stones replied
Thanks Meeli.
Bevellee
Congratulations on your win in the challenge – great shot!!
Darren Stones replied
I’m thrilled to win the challenge, Bevellee. Thanks very much for your kind comments.
Clare McClelland
Awww..you really got this down…beautiful framing and exposure, colour control and mood, so Australian
Vincent James
Stunning work. Thanks for sharing your gift.
Shelley Warbrooke
Perfect colours. Fantastic work!
Scott d'Almeida
cheers excellent image
~ Selle
Love the light in the tree!
GailD
Such a great image Darren.
John Vandeven
Love it Darren….Great composition and lighting.
Paul Davey
Fabulous!
Barry Feldman
Everything about this image is stunning. Well done Darren.
KBSImages
Outstanding Image!!!!!!!!! your usual brilliant work!
Jens Helmstedt
Wonderful photo Darren!
Tom Newman
Beautiful image Darren:-)
David Hibberd
So very beautiful!
Gaz Gazmajster 25 days ago
Stunning picture!!! Excellent!
louisegreen 20 days ago
superb capture!
Jean M. Laffitau 19 days ago
Outstanding image and colors!! Marvellous!
pljvv 18 days ago
What a colors….
Nira Dabush 13 days ago
Marvelous atmosphere.. BEAUTIFUL LIGHTING!
Ilunia Felczer 2 days ago
gorgeous capture, such beautiful place and the colors are wonderful…
Zefira less than a minute ago
Definitely a prizewinner and pretty popular here I see :) Stunning image – congratulations!!