Great shot. Many Bay Area residents will recognize this as the work of Bill Dan, who has been publicly balancing rocks for a number of years.
More images of his art, as well as links to other rock-balancers world-wide, can be found at //www.rock-on-rock-on.com - and the webmaster of that site (me) would like permission to include this photo on it.
yep - that's extraordinary -- can't wait to read the details on this one. I usually don't like photos of sculpure but you've added the water as a color element and the gray/orange/blue colors work very well together, good dof, well lit.
I've made rock towers before, loads of fun. That's a pretty good one I really like the top piece, on corner (as well as the one in the background). I'm ok at them but my brothers and dad are really good at them. They've made ones about 4ft heigh with a variety of stones (lots of big ones) out in water like this, with crazy points of balence (like this), and arches (in one tower) and lots different kinds. People would come by and wonder about them, "is this some kind of a cult or a ritual? (we laughed about questions like this later)" I have pictures of them, but they are on film. (Bout a year ago just before I got my first digital.) Oh, this evokes many fond memories from me (now in my favs). Nice job.
there is an artist I've seen who does very similar 'sculptur', but their name I cannot recal at the moment. Very clever but I would have liked to see more, crop is a bit harsh..
The composition seems very tight. Some more space on the sides and top would greatly improve the shot. Was contrast and saturation increased? If it was I think it might have been increased a little too much. While very interesting I don't know how extraordinary it is, well, for me anyway. I've often watched the artists stack rocks down at Chrissy Field.
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