Posted on 10/07/2024 7:51:56 AM PDT by texas booster
1: Machu Picchu, Peru
Few places capture the imagination like this archaeological site, a citadel built by the ancient Incas in the 15th century and mysteriously abandoned. Machu Picchu's network of dry-stone walls and agricultural terraces etch the mountaintop site, surrounded by Andean peaks. Throw in llamas and alpacas, who graze on grassy slopes nearby, and you have a winner.
39 more pictures at the link to keep us learning. Love lists or hate them, at least they keep us talking in what may be a hard news day.
Number one, your wife and daughter holding one's newborn child.
A church on an island on a teal lake – views don’t come much more picture-perfect than those over Lake Bled, in the Slovenian resort town of the same name. The islet, in the center of the lake, is dominated by the medieval Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary or ‘Lady of the Lake’, whose tower peeps through the trees. Throw in a dramatic backdrop of the Julian Alps and the Karawanks mountain range, and you have a fairy-tale scene.
I found several pictures of places that I haven't heard of. This is in the Balkans.
Well finally a list everyone can agree on and no one will argue with ;-)
Agreed, and that wonder has been with us throughout history.
EGADS!! Looks like a beginner got some new image processing software and turned the HDR knob up to 11. What an awful image.
When will H E Pennypacker build that rollercoaster at Macho Pichu?
Good stuff!
Well, they did just release a new iPhone and updated Lightroom ...
I hear the investment in the silver mine didn’t turn out too well, so he’s a bit short of cash.
Great stuff. Thanks for posting.
“EGADS!! Looks like a beginner got some new image processing software and turned the HDR knob up to 11.”
The photo obviously has been enhanced but not by turning up HDR.
LOL...many is the time we've done that!
Banff National Park in Canada has banned private cars from Moraine Lake in the Canadian Rockies, so now you board a bus to get up there. What do you find when you arrive? Lots more buses and hordes of people scurrying up to the "rock pile" (a huge moraine and talus pile of rocks). People were all scouting out the best spot and there were so many selfie sticks it looked like a forest. But with a bit of bouldering, my wife and I found a distant spot with a spectacular view (generally, people never walk very far).
This image I took at sunrise looks processed, but it's straight from the camera! We were there a month ago tomorrow. I think the slightly hazy dawn sky helped create the magnificent reflection of the mountains on the lake.
By the way, thanks for posting this! We’ve travelled quite a bit (and I did a lot of world traveling before we were married), and I’ve only been to:
36: Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA
33: Cloud Gate, Illinois, USA (I’m cheating here because I’ve been to that spot, but before the sculpture was installed).
26: Crater Lake, Oregon, USA
25: Golden Gate Bridge, California, USA
23: Moraine Lake, Canada (LOL — I spotted this after I posted about our trip there a month ago)
15: Top of the Rock, New York, USA (cheating again because we’ve been to Rock Center for the Christmas ice skating and to the top Empire State Building, but not to the top of the Rock)
14: Matterhorn, Switzerland (been there twice and hiked up to the mountain huts)
6: Grand Canyon South Rim, Arizona, USA (stay at El Tovar!)
3: Great Wall of China, China (I was there in Spring 1977 before China was opened to tourists)
That leaves 31 more of them I need to go see. I better get cracking since I’m 73 years old.
Wow great shot.
It does look processed, but the air is so clear.
What camera did you use?
Thank you for posting.
Thanks.
That was with my Olympus OM-D E-M1. It’s about ten years old now and still does great. I bought a couple of Olympus “Pro” M.Zuiko lenses to go with it. That was shot with my 7-14 mm wide angle lens, ISO 200, f3.5, 1/100 second, hand-held.
I liked the touch of color with the canoe on the lake and the canoes on the shoreline.
One of the most remarkable aspects of Machu Picchu architecture is the precision with which the stones were cut and fitted together. The Incas used a technique called ashlar masonry by the masons. This technique involved cutting and shaping individual stones to fit together perfectly without the use of mortar.
The Incas also used a dry fitted masonry technique called caninacukpirca (Incan), which allowed them to shape stones to fit into tight crevices and conceal natural outcrops. Masons call it drystack. These people, the Incas and the masons, were separated by thousands of miles and years yet their techniques were basically the same.
wy69
One of the most remarkable aspects of Machu Picchu architecture is the precision with which the stones were cut and fitted together. The Incas used a technique called ashlar masonry by the masons. This technique involved cutting and shaping individual stones to fit together perfectly without the use of mortar.
The Incas also used a dry fitted masonry technique called caninacukpirca (Incan), which allowed them to shape stones to fit into tight crevices and conceal natural outcrops. Masons call it drystack. These people, the Incas and the masons, were separated by thousands of miles and years yet their techniques were basically the same.
wy69
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