
Petrified Kelpie
Close-up texture of stone covered with colorful lichen. HDR composite from multiple exposures. Fictional title inspired by the cracked contours reminding me a horse's face & neck, with a surreal twist for the varying shades of color. Enter the mythical kelpie, a shape-shifting water spirit commonly appearing as a horse. Now you might wonder how a stone surface fits into the context of water... two completely different elements, yet interconnected in this case as I captured the texture a stone's throw away from Pendleton Lake in Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia (USA).
stone
rock
texture
background
grunge
textured
textural
pattern
backdrop
rocky
grungy
grunged
grunginess
grime
grimy
griminess
grit
gritty
grittiness
distress
distressed
worn
weathered
raw
rough
decay
decayed
decaying
crack
cracks
cracked
fracture
fractures
fractured
fissure
fissures
fissured
eroded
erosion
nature
natural
organic
lichen
mould
moulded
mold
molded
mildew
fungus
fungi
fungii
beauty
beautiful
pretty
surreal
ethereal
abstract
abstracted
abstraction
horse
equine
animal
creature
beast
face
head
neck
myth
mythic
mythical
mythology
mythological
legend
legendary
line
lines
curve
curves
perspective
composition
outline
outlines
contour
contours
shape
surface
material
hdr
high
dynamic
range
composite
close-up
closeup
close
up
detail
details
detailed
contrast
contrasted
contrasting
shade
shades
shadow
shadows
highlight
highlights
vivid
brown
maroon
orange
yellow
red
blue
cyan
white
gray
grey
black
color
colour
colors
colours
colorful
colourful
vibrant
vibrance
vibrancy
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