A bit of color and light over the odd rock formations known as the tesselated pavement along the Tasman PEninsula. The Tessellated Pavement is an inter-tidal rock platform – a common enough coastal landform. But here an unusual set of geological circumstances have resulted in a rare landform. The flat-lying siltstone was cracked by stresses in the Earth’s crust, roughly between 160 million years ago and 60 million years ago. The resulting cracks (joints) are seen as three main sets, one aligned to the north- northeast, a second to the east-northeast and the third to the north-northwest. This jointing, exaggerated by processes of erosion, has created the ‘tiled’ appearance. When seawater covers the rock platform, fragments of rock are carried away. Near the seaward edge of the platform, sand is the main cause of the erosion. When combined with wave action the erosional process causes ‘loaf’ or ‘pan’ formations.
I know your all a getting sick of them but oh well, i’ve run out of shots i like so this will be the last post till i get some more shots. so thought i’d get this last one out the way.
The incoming tides spilling over a stone step and shelf and into the Tesselated payement along the coast of the Tasman PEnisula.
The Tesselated Pavement on the Tasman Peninsula, was finally lucky enough to get a good sunrise.
The Tesselated Pavement at Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania
Acrylic on Canvas. / Here it is, the second instalment in my new experimental series of Faux-zaics. / This is probably the most complex painting I have ever attempted. / If you are interested to learn how I made it, read this
Dawn shot at the Tesselated Pavement ~ Eaglehawk Neck ~ Tasmania ~ Aus.. / It’s a tradition, I think for any photographers to capture this interesting place whilst in the area. Happy to put my spin on this much photographed scene. Beginning of a stormy day this one….cheers for any comments…Rob.
My collaboration with the brilliant Al Neaimi. / Al took my image, Tesselation 1, and worked his magic on it. / I am amazed at the results. This guy is a genius. / He has given me so many ideas about how I can develop this series further. Stay tuned to see what he does with Tesselation 2! / And here is the original, pre-makeover…
I’ve finally got around to painting in a background to this image, and digitally remastering the figure as well… / The version of Tessellation 1 that I originally posted here had a background created in Photoshop, while the painting itself was blank apart from the female figure. Not any more! / I’ve submitted this for an upcoming exhibition – details of that to follow. / This is all hand painted and features a lot of metallics golds and coppers….It is extremely detailed – right down to the tiniest patterns in the centre….It took ages….Hope you enjoy… / Compare with the original posting below /
Tessellated Rock Formations along the Tasman Peninsula. / Similar I guess to a previous upload which I’m about to remove as I much prefer this landscape version….thanks for any views and comments…cheers, Rob.
Kelp adds color to the gridlike rock formation known as tesselated pavement on the Tasman PEninsula
Tessellated Pavement ~ Eaglehawk Neck ~ Tasmania ~ Aus… / Ok, I’ve cranked up the 81A photofilter to 100% on this one…but I rather like the full blown golden tones…Very different from the so so blue dawn light on the original…thanks for looking and comments most welcome…cheers, Rob.
This image is a coloured version of Tesselated Nature / / Which was created using a cropped version of / Crossing Swords / / / / © Shelley Heath (aka Soul Creates), Copyright 2008, All rights reserved.
So slept in the back of the car to save on driving down here and rushing to make sunrise. Can’t beat getting up at 4.20am (out of shock) and walking down to this spot in the dark…really! loved it, it was really hot that day so it was pleasent with a nice warm breeze blowing. If you look at the top left just above the island you can see a newish moon about to go down and the sun is trying to make it’s way up, better to view it large. It’s about a 30 second exposure.
A fellow photographer at the Tessellated Pavement, Tassie
This image was created using a cropped version of Crossing Swords / / / / / © Shelley Heath (aka Soul Creates), Copyright 2008, All rights reserved.
This HDR photo’s taken at Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania. 2009 Calendar – March ”Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, / your faithfulness to the skies.“ / Psalm 36:5 / Photo Information: / 13th December 2007 / HDR (3 exposures) EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM / Focal Length: 10.0mm Aperture: 16.0 / Shutter: 1/25 1/10 1/4 / AEB: -1 1/3 0 +1 1/3 / ISO: 100 Galleries / /
Tessellated Pavement, Tasmainia
The Tesselated Pavement, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania. / Ah what beauty doth nature display.
Tesselated Pavement situated near pirate’s Bay on East Coast of Tasmania. Took the reflections of a sunrise coming up through it.
It meant getting up at 3am to get this shot – but it was worth it!
Taken at Eaglehawk Neck southeast Tasmania, / It is called the tessellated pavement. The pavement appears tessellated (it’s tiled) because the rocks forming it were fractured by earth movements. The fractures are in three sets, one set runs almost north, another east north east, and a third discontinuous set north north west. These last two sets produce the tiled appearance. The flatness of the pavement is due to initial erosion by waves carrying sand and gravel and nearer to the cliff, to chemical action by sea water. The rocks which absorb sea water during high tide dry out during low tide causing salt crystals to grow and disintegrate the rocks – a process which produces shallow basins’
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