Beach Patio

[AlanLichty]

I honestly couldn't decide whether this was an abstract or a landscape shot but at the last minute decided it shows enough surface area that it must be landscape. Mother Nature provided the paving job.

I have wandered past this formation on quite a few occasions but never had light that worked this well when it comes to interesting ways to shoot the scene until today. The formation sits at about a 25 degree slope so it might not work all that well for a real patio pavement but it still feels like a contrived arrangement....

Beach Patio

• AlanLichty
• Feb 3, 2020

Mother Nature's paving stones along Beverly Beach, Oregon.

C&C always welcome.

 

[JimFox]

That’s pretty cool. I like the tile look. We have a few spots similar to this in SoCal and I always find them interesting.

The 2 larger openings almost look like eyes and give it a kind of face feel.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

What an interesting formation. The light brings out the shapes nicely.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

What an interesting image, Alan. Do you know what type of rock this is? It looks like the pattern was formed by contraction caused by either cooling or drying.

 

[AlanLichty]

What an interesting image, Alan. Do you know what type of rock this is? It looks like the pattern was formed by contraction caused by either cooling or drying.

Most of the cliffs along this part of the Oregon coastline are either uplifted layers of marine deposits or basalt. The layers just above this contain a lot of fossilized shells in various flavors of mudstones. There are a few inclusions in the layer just above this strata that resemble the roundish stones that you see around the rocks at Shore Acres.

 

[Ben Egbert]

This is really different and in a good way. Neat find and great execution

 

[BarryHamilton]

Interesting structure! Nicely seen, Alan.