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PINK WILD DESERT FLOWERS growing in PETRA.
In the background appears the beautiful Nabateaen Amphitheater carved right from the mountain rock. It's a little different from the other ancient theaters in Jordan because of its (grand) setting and the pinkish-red color. It was surrounded by many small Nabataean tombs, affirming that it was a part of Petra. The panoramic views of this place from the trek to the Treasury viewpoint are also spectacular.
Description influenced by (Ankur Panchbudhe, a Google Maps local guide)
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As the legs began to complain and the body began to beg for water (a priceless asset in a climb with no selling point), I came across Huayna Picchu.
From where I could see tiny people in the background (260 meters higher), appearing and disappearing under the steep woods.
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Huayna Picchu, Quechua: Wayna Pikchu, is a mountain in Peru around which the Urubamba River bends. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. It rises over Machu Picchu, the so-called lost city of the Incas. The Incas built a trail up the side of the Huayna Picchu and built temples and terraces on its top. The peak of Huayna Picchu is 2,693 metres (8,835 ft) above sea level, or about 260 metres (850 ft) higher than Machu Picchu.
According to local guides, the top of the mountain was the residence for the high priest and the local virgins. Every morning before sunrise, the high priest with a small group would walk to Machu Picchu to signal the coming of the new day. The Temple of the Moon, one of the three major temples in the Machu Picchu area, is nestled on the side of the mountain and is situated at an elevation lower than Machu Picchu. Adjacent to the Temple of the Moon is the Great Cavern, another sacred temple with fine masonry. The other major local temples in Machu Picchu are the Temple of the Condor, Temple of Three Windows, Principal Temple, "Unfinished Temple", and the Temple of the Sun, also called the Torreon.
Its name is Hispanicized, possibly from the Quechua, alternative spelling Wayna Pikchu; wayna young, young man, pikchu pyramid, mountain or prominence with a broad base which ends in sharp peaks, "young peak".
Small, plump bird with stout bill. Male mostly lime green with contrasting yellow belly and thin blue collar on nape and blue rump; some populations entirely blue above. Female similar but duller, with greener belly. Usually seen in pairs or small flocks, often in association with a fruiting tree. Forages at all levels, most frequently in the canopy.
This one was photographed in Northern Peru led by Neotropic Photo Tours and our Peruvian local guide for this portion of the trip; Fisher Chávez of Perú Nature Photography.
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(Capito wallacei) B28I9958 Plataforma - North Peru
This bird was one of our main targets for this trip to Peru. To get this photo, we had to drive an impassable track where we got stuck 3 times, then walk for several hours in the mountain under a pouring rain, falling in mud many times. We came back covered by mud but happy because we managed to find this rare and endemic variety of Cordillera Azul.
Endemic Tour in Peru : Guide Alex Durand alexdurand8bg@gmail.com
Local guide : Euphénio.
Taken Corte Brique, Portugal. Discovering this nest on a local guided walk was one of the highlights of my last visit to Paradise in Portugal. Many guests had excellent views and images of the parents feeding their chicks, hope they use the same nest site next year. Will be guiding out in Portugal again in April / May 2019.
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Taken Corte Brique, Portugal. Discovering this nest on a local guided walk was one of the highlights of my last visit to Paradise in Portugal. Many guests had excellent views and images of the parents feeding their chicks, hope they use the same nest site next year. Will be guiding out in Portugal again in April / May 2019.
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I experienced Canyon de Chelly from both its rim and its bottom lands. The experience was truly awesome.
The canyon was inhabited by pueblo-dwelling peoples hundreds of years ago and it still a summer home to many Dineh (Navajo) families today. The canyon is located in the Navajo Reservation in Chinle, Arizona. I spent three nights in Chinle.
The bottom of the canyon is illed with loose sand and in the dry season a jeep ride through it is like an ocean ride in choppy water in h high-speed motor boat. What an experience! With the help of our local guides we learned about the historic and present relationship between the canyon and the Dineh.
While I was able to take photos of the abandoned pueblos and petroglyphs, I'm focusing upon the land in this trio. I was not able to take phots of modern Dineh dwellings, land, or people because doing so went against their customs.
If you are interested in learning more about the canyon, you might visit this website:
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Sgùrr Dearg (Gaelic: "red peak") is a mountain in the Cuillin on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is topped by the Inaccessible Pinnacle (colloquially referred to by mountaineers as the In Pin or In Pinn), a fin of rock measuring 150 feet (50 metres) along its longest edge. The top of the Inaccessible Pinnacle, which at 3,235 ft (986 m) is the highest point of Sgùrr Dearg and the only Munro with a peak that can only be reached by rock climbing. This makes it the biggest hurdle for many Munro baggers.
First climbed by Charles and Lawrence Pilkington in 1880, the Pinnacle was never climbed by Sir Hugh Munro himself. Because of its status as the most difficult of the Munros it has now spawned a cottage industry for the local guides, who are frequently to be seen escorting parties of novice climbers. Unlike much of the Cuillin, the pinnacle is basalt not gabbro and thus is somewhat slippery in the wet.
Hammond Castle
Gloucester, MA
06-10-23
On my recent trip to Boston, I didn't "visit" a lot of places, by paying a fee and entering. The Museum of Fine Art, The Boston Aquarium, and this interesting attraction were really the only three. Most of my time was spent taking photos of either the natural or architectural beauty around town, as usual.
Here on the west coast, I've visited and photographed Hearst Castle, in San Simeon, CA, numerous times. I'd never heard of Hammond Castle in Gloucester until a few hours before I visited. My guidebook was for Boston, not the whole state, but I used the internet and local guides to find places I wanted to photograph. As soon as I saw this smaller east coast "castle", I was intrigued. (Entrance fee was $20, $15 for seniors)
I asked if I could take drone photos, and was told I couldn't. However, I should have dispensed with the question, and just shot the drone up for a few photos out here on the lawn. Nobody would have been the wiser. The castle isn't as large as Hearst's. It was constructed from 1926 to 1929 and was the home, laboratory, and museum of inventor and art collector John Hays Hammond Jr, known as "the father or radio control."
Perched on a cliff over the ocean, this would have been a perfect opportunity for my drone shots, but at least I have the super wide 10mm setting on my wide angle lens.
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Burghead Scotland
There had been reports of rafts of auks being washed inshore due to lack of food / illness ?Pleased to say I did not see much evidence of this in the Moray Firth area, in fact local guides said there were no more than normal. The guillemots sheltering in the harbour seemed healthy and were diving and feeding regularly. I did report a couple of seemingly poorly birds to SSPCA and understand they were collected and taken to hospital !
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Yucatan, MX May 2021
I recently returned from a brief trip to Mexico. I took a one day birding tour with a local guide and managed to get 46 new species on my life list, which now totals 1,202. I carried my camera but photography was difficult and most shots were from a great distance and kept for documentation. I will post a few each day. Just great to be traveling again!!
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Neolithic Stone circle under the Milky Way, July 2022. I had this location entirely to myself once golden hour was over. Prior to that there was a friendly Sony Alpha 7 user with her local guide.
Some light painting from me waving my mobile phone torch around while the shutter was open.
The eagle-eyed will note some branches on the cork oaks looking a bit blurry from the wind on this exposed site. It's a small price to pay for not being bitten by mosquitoes though (too windy for them).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almendres_Cromlech
Technical
Taken with (new to me) Nikon Z6, FTZ adaptor and a Nikkor 20mm prime lens. A 25 second exposure meets the "rule of 500" for astrophotography.
This is a single shot, which has had the ground and sky processed separately before recombining to make the final image. Special mention goes to the Astrophotography filter in Affinity Photo that helped to reduce the impact of sodium light pollution on atmospheric haze. There was quite a lot of red dust in the atmosphere.
Work put into this
Research into the location, weather forecast, Moon status and astronomical alignments: about 4 hours.
Travel round-trip from accommodation: just over 3 hours.
Waiting for sky to darken after setting up: 2 hours.
Actually taking photos and realising I'd left the Arca-Swiss foot for the camera/tripod behind: about 1 hour. Note that Google says the site is open 24 hours a day, but as I was leaving I did find some small print on a sign that said it was only open sunrise to sunset (presumably to stop anyone camping there). Sorry, I didn't mean to break the rules, my research beforehand didn't say anything about that.
Post-processing (including the trial and error process of learning how get the most out of the images and then dumping the first two unsatisfactory attempts completely): about 8 hours.
64 shots taken; one success.
(Xenoglaux loweryi) B28I7151 Fundo de Alto Nieva - North Peru
Rare, local and poorly known; reported from only a few localities in humid montane forest in Amazonas and San Martin, 1900-2400 mt.
Endemic Tour in Peru : Guide Alex Durand alexdurand8bg@gmail.com
So hard to get this species : walking on a very dark night in a muddy and slipping mountain (myself falling many times) with a local guide, waiting hours under some rain falls and only 3 seconds for shooting : big challenge but finally we did it.