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Shirley hiking back to the car along the park road following our climb of the West Face route on Three Gossips. In the background are the massive Organ Towers (October 14, 2005).

PS I said "massive organ"...

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dadndave

Absolutely Awesome

Voted 10/10

Amazing piece of rock archirecture.

Posted Oct 26, 2005 6:33 am


	rpc	Re: Absolutely Awesome
	Hasn't voted	THank you very much for the overly kind words! sorry about the park road in the foreground... Cheers, radek
		Posted Oct 26, 2005 11:09 am


	johnk	Re: Absolutely Awesome
	Hasn't voted	although the park road is a bit distracting, it leads the eye to the main attraction. great pic. i also like your pics of the 3 gossips. what kind of camera did you use?
		Posted Oct 26, 2005 2:05 pm


	rpc	Re: Absolutely Awesome
	Hasn't voted	Thank you very much! Nothing special in terms of camera - think it's Cannon Powershot (?) 4.0 Megapixel?
		Posted Oct 26, 2005 5:54 pm

charles

wow

Voted 10/10

that is really some "organ". Great lump of rock. Sandstone?

Cheers

Charles

Posted Oct 26, 2005 7:45 am


	Day Hiker	Re: wow
	Voted 10/10	Yes, mostly Entrada sandstone, I believe.
		Posted Oct 26, 2005 11:07 am


	rpc	Re: wow
	Hasn't voted	Charles, thank you for your kind remarks! Yeah, the stuff all around that area is sandstone. I'm no geologist but the term "Entrada Sandstone" is thrown around quite a bit to describe the stuff in Arches NP. radek
		Posted Oct 26, 2005 11:08 am


	rpc	Re: wow
	Hasn't voted	beat me to it by about 3 sec :)
		Posted Oct 26, 2005 11:08 am

William Marler

Wonderful view

Voted 10/10

Who would have thought that a photo with a road in it would make it to photo of the week.(•: Just kidding. This is a great shot of what looks to be a very special place. I would love to thow my pack in the car and drive there right now based on this image. Cheers William

Posted Oct 26, 2005 10:46 am


	rpc	Re: Wonderful view
	Hasn't voted	William, thank you very much! I actually really do think that it might NOT be the best choice given the road in the foreground!! Arches IS a wonderful place. Worth a visit for whatever - a climb, a hike, or even a drive thru. Amazing area!
		Posted Oct 26, 2005 11:06 am


	William Marler	Re: Wonderful view
	Voted 10/10	I was just kidding about the road. It works well in this image. As someone else has mentioned leading you to the point of interest. It is a deserving image. Cheers William
		Posted Oct 26, 2005 2:40 pm


	rpc	Re: Wonderful view
	Hasn't voted	Thank you again William.
		Posted Oct 26, 2005 5:53 pm


	Velebit	Re: Wonderful view
	Hasn't voted	Great photo Radek, worth the PotW honors! As William said, this is not a typical road shot. Colors are great here, scenery fantastic, road is nice with those black curves and nice model whose shadow and big shadow in lower right corner give that extra touch! Cheers, Aleksandar - Sasha
		Posted Oct 26, 2005 6:39 pm


	rpc	Re: Wonderful view
	Hasn't voted	Aleksandar, thank you very much for the nice comments. radek
		Posted Oct 27, 2005 12:16 pm

rpc

I’m extremely flattered!!

Hasn't voted

Not sure if this photo deserves the top honor of the week (the road thing for one) but man - THANK you very much!!

PS must've been my clever caption :)

Posted Oct 26, 2005 11:04 am


	Zzyzx	Re: I’m extremely flattered!!
	Voted 10/10	Are you sure it doesn't have anything to do with your wife being in it??? :P Just kidding! Great shot of a 'massive organ'. Congratulations!
		Posted Oct 27, 2005 12:22 am


	rpc	Re: I’m extremely flattered!!
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Kris :)
		Posted Oct 27, 2005 12:08 pm


	Klenke	Re: I’m extremely flattered!!
	Hasn't voted	Maybe the top honor is about the attractive wife in the foreground, not the ugly (by comparison) towers in the background. Dya'ever thinka that, bub? Just think if you had been in the picture too. What critique would the picture have received then?
		Posted Oct 27, 2005 3:43 pm


	rpc	Re: I’m extremely flattered!!
	Hasn't voted	Had I been in the photo, nobody would complain about the uglyass road in the foreground ;)
		Posted Oct 27, 2005 5:00 pm