As we were entering Chichen Itza I could have imagined that I was walking down one of the dusty streets entering the market area of the city. It was almost surreal to me as I formed those visions in my mind. That, of course, is the temple that you can see through the trees.
I took this photo from the plaza that the various structures of a beautiful mansion at Chichen Itza. It is undergoing restoration but has been badly damaged several years ago when someone took dynamite to an area of it trying to get inside. I am so glad the government stopped him.
This is a little temple located near the main temple at Chichen Itza, Mexico. I really like the way this photo turned out that makes it look as old as it actually is.
This structure faces the "Little Temple" in Chichen Itza. I wanted to give you the feeling that it is a very old building, because it is, and because I really like the way it looks.
I have been playing with "high key" editing for some of my photos. This one of the Salt Lake City temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a good example of the style I like. Slightly overexposed, black and white with just a hint of color brought back in.
After lots of adjustments I came to this High Key look which I really like for this setting. The white pelicans against a grey water really didn't have much contrast so I just played on that and gave it a "blown out" black and white look.
Finally figured out how to take bird photos. This was shot with a 500mm lens and the camera set to FX mode, that allows the lens to act like a 750mm lens. I also shot it with a 1/4000 sec shutter and aperture at f/8 giving the photo nice background bokeh with crisp subject and great colors.
