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Cholula-Puebla-México.
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A "structure" of concrete blocks and mortar by artist Sol Lewitt at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC
This week's FlickrFriday theme is: #Pyramid
Le thème de ce FlickrFriday est: #Pyramide
O tema desta FlickrFriday é: #Pirâmide
本次 FlickrFriday 主題: #金字塔
FlickrFriday-Thema der Woche: #Pyramide
El tema de FlickrFriday es: #Pirámide
Taken at Pyramid Lake in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. I will have limited internet access for the next six weeks, so I probably won't be able to respond to comments as I would like to.
To see more pictures from our 54 day road trip please check out my Road Trip 2009 set
I've just spent a few hours going back through the hard drives and looking at some images I missed from last year. Here are a few of the 40 odd images that I hope to upload in due time.
One from a local meadow.
Water Tank was once used for steam locomotives the tracks were removed around 1963. Anaho island with its distinctive pyramid shape can be seen on east side of the lake, the lake is on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reservation. Hasselblad 501C ,Carl Zeiss CF f / 2.8 80mm , Ilford FP4 Plus
The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989,it has become a landmark of the city of Paris.
Taken at Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation with a Vivitar XV 5 and Vivitar 135mm f2.8 lens and Kodak Ektachrome. I took it last February and had the film in the camera until two weeks ago.
Volcanic boulders and Pectols Pyramid in Capitol Reef National Park.
Shot using Canon 5d mkiii and EF 16-35mm F4, with Formatt Hitech 0.3 soft grad ND. Mounted on Manfrotto 190 XPRO4.
Pyramid Lake is an amazing place. Not only is the lake itself beautiful, but the area is surrounded by beautiful mountains, fantastic ancient tufas, and other beautiful and interesting features. Pyramid Lake is about the size of Lake Tahoe, yet during the ice age Lake Lahontan, of which this is the last remnant, was about 50 times larger. So basically, northwestern Nevada was one big inland sea with several islands consisting of dozens of mountain ranges. Hard to imagine now.
I suffered a bit for this one. I waded out into the shallow water and despite my best efforts the water soon flowed over the tops of my rubber boots, which made the chilly morning more interesting. :-) But, I really wanted that rock in the foreground. My next piece of photo gear is going to be a decent set of waders.
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The Bent Pyramid at Dashur, built for Snefru, on a hazy winter morning. The locally quarried masonry from which most of the monument is built is exposed at its crumbling base, with higher-quality imported limestone for the external sheathing. An unusual amount of this sheathing layer is still intact, in part due to Dashur's remote location. In contrast, the pyramids at Giza were largely stripped of their sheathing materials for reuse in Medieval and later buildings in Cairo.
Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, late 27th/early 26th century BCE, Dashur.
The Red Pyramid at Dashur was the third attempt at a pyramid for Snefru, the inaugural 4th Dynasty ruler who (rather madly) ordered the largest construction spree in human history via continual tomb-building projects. Two previous tombs appear to have been abandoned, with the collapse of a partially completed steep-walled pyramid at Meidum, and then the unused Bent pyramid about 2km to the south. The latter's angle was found to be too steep midway during construction and was adjusted to lower angle on its upper half; the Red Pyramid has this same angle (43°) throughout but a larger footprint, bringing it to equal the 105m height of the Bent Pyramid. The result was evidently the first straight-sided true pyramid. Though it was immediately surpassed by the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Red Pyramid remains the third largest ever completed.
4th Dynasty, early 26th century BCE, Dashur.
Teotihuacan is a vast Mexican archaeological complex northeast of Mexico City. Running down the middle of the site, which was once a flourishing pre-Columbian city, is the Avenue of the Dead. It links the Temple of Quetzalcoatl, the Pyramid of the Moon and the Pyramid of the Sun, the latter two with panoramic views from their summits.
Chaybert-StephenOachs Road Trip - Day 1
I met up with Chaybert (aka Brian Rueb) in Reno Nevada this past weekend to head into the Black Rock Desert to photograph a place known as "Fly Geyser", and then whatever else caught our eye.
After loading up, we left the armpit known as Reno (sorry Reno-ites, no offense) and headed north into the late afternoon. The sky was dramatic and we knew we wouldn't make it to Gerlach (our destination) by sunset so we decided to stop at Pyramid Lake to wait for sunset, which look promising. We found some nice composition on the southeast side of the lake and setup. The wind was blowing pretty good and the water was very choppy so we knew we were going to have to take some long exposures to smooth things out. Needless to say, the sunset did produce some great color and most excellent clouds.
This shot is exactly how the scene presented itself to me -- sharp foreground rocks (literally) and whispy, streaking cloud effects enhanced by a 25 second exposure at f/22 and using a 3-stop Singh-Ray ND filter in combination with a hard step 2 stop Singh-Ray ND (shameless plug).
Stay tuned for Day 2...and I'm sure if you want to read even more details, visit the Chaybert Photostream as he always has a way with words and the stories behind such adventures.
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This is one of the prettiest peaks in Fiordland National Park I think. Image shot from Key Summit, stitched together from three separate images. Pyramid Peak is a 2,295-metre-elevation mountain summit in the Fiordland Region of New Zealand. Lucky with some visibility this day as the peak is often fully covered by clouds. I like the contrast of the dark pointy peak and the white patches of snow and light. Glorious.
Trompe-l'oeil photographique de l'artiste JR sur une des faces de la Pyramide.
Paris, France.
(06/2016) © Quentin Douchet.
Pyramid Lake, Jasper National Park, Jasper, Alberta, Canada
A gorgeous sunrise from Pyramid Island on Pyramid Lake (not very creative when it came to names), looking east. I had run out of bugspray that morning, and was subsequently eaten alive by mosquitoes while trying to take photos. I was desperate and ended up using some branches to swat them off, but that didn't deter them. But for this dazzling sunrise, it was worth the blood loss and intense itchiness later on.
I want to say I am looking at Grisette Mountain, with possible glimpses of Mt. Dromore and Mt. Colin, but I am not quite sure about the last two.
The pyramid of Djoser (or Djeser and Zoser), sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser, is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the ruins of Memphis. The 6-tier, 4-sided structure is the earliest colossal stone building in Egypt. It was built in the 27th century BC during the Third Dynasty for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser. The pyramid is the central feature of a vast mortuary complex in an enormous courtyard surrounded by ceremonial structures and decoration. Its architect was Imhotep, chancellor of the pharaoh and high priest of the god Ra.
Pyramid Mountain, southeast side, viewed from Pyramid Island, on Pyramid Lake, near Jasper, Alberta. The ruddy coloring of the rocks is due to iron oxide (rust) content.
Pyramid Island with the footbridge to it is a favorite dark sky viewing site for local astronomers as the mountains shield the lake from light pollution and are at low vertical angles to allow viewing most of the sky.
Unfortunately for us, it was overcast like so almost the whole time we were in the area so we could not see the stars.