Tipai Kumeyaay Pictographs - Beautiful pictographs from the Baja California, Mexico. San Diego Country and Southern California Rock Art - pictographs.

My friends Jose and Ricardo succeeded in helping me finally locate a site that had eluded us in the past.  Both of them were born in the general area and Ricardo actually played in the immediate area as a child.  I was so glad we located it!  I was not sure that we would find it despite having an accurate and marked map and GPS coordinates.  There are too many twisting, winding 4WD roads in this area.  And the ones that look the least promising are the ones you have to take.  Even if you locate the correct area, it is in an old mining district and that means rocks by the millions.  Led by Ricardo, we were able to locate at least 3 panels within a few hours and there are probably more.  Many of the pictographs are faded but they really comes to life with D stretch processing, as the photographs below will demonstrate.  Some areas contain multiple colors which make it difficult to capture using D Stretch.  I wonder how many years D Stretch has "given us" before it will all be gone?  Please support your local or regional Rock Art organizations, BLM or state and national parks.  Millions of rock art sites need to be discovered, accurately documented, and protected.  We could all use your help and what better way to expand your love of rock art? The first 4 photographs are as the images appear after some enhancement in Photoshop CS 5.  Dstretch courtesy of Jon Harman.

The below images are with D Stretch enhancement courtesy of Jon Harmon's software.

 

 

Anyway, that is it for now - from the wilderness of Baja.
Copyright on all photos in post Don Liponi 2014