The altar of the cathedral in Lima, Peru (officially, Basílica Catedral Metropolitana de Lima y Primada del Perú).
This (third) Cathedral of Lima was built between 1602 and 1797 — the altar was made in 1799 by Matías Maestro. This image is an HDR stack of 3 photos made with an OM System OM-1 camera and M.Zuiko 8-25mm f/4.0 lens.
A pair of Peruvian thick-knees keep an eye on the ruins of Pachacamac (near Lima), Peru.
These little guys normally live in shrubland and grassland, so it’s impressive how prevalent they are in Pachacamac — it’s about as dry a desert area as you’ll find (no shrubs or grass), although it’s relatively close to grassy areas by the Pacific coast.
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OM System OM-1 camera, M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 lens
40mm, ISO 200, f/11, 1/320 sec
So filed under the category of “How did I only now hear about this” is an excellent local (Denver, Colorado) event — “Bright Nights at Four Mile.” It’s a collaboration between Denver’s Four Mile Historic Park and Tianyu Arts & Culture, Inc., the largest producer of Chinese lantern festivals in North America. The result is a wide array of larger-than-life lit sculptures spread out over 12 acres. Great for photographers, fun for visitors of all ages, I just can’t praise it enough!
Unlike most other moai from Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Hoa Hakananai’a was carved from basalt (vs. the softer volcanic stone which was generally used).
This is the Botanic Museum at the Lund University Botanic Gardens in Lund, Sweden:
Or at least, the above is a view of the museum through a 665 nm infrared filter (with a red / blue color channel swap and other tweaking).
Using less processing on the same photograph results in a view that’s (to my eye at least) a bit more sinister in appearance:
In regular visible light, it looks more like this:
One of the nice things about photographing in infrared is that it works well in bright mid-day sunlight (which tends to be less flattering for other uses). The flip side of this coin is that when you’re visiting places like Scandinavia, you may not get bright mid-day sunlight all that often.
My sentiments exactly — spotted while walking in York, England, UK.
We recently went camping in the White River National Forest, here in Colorado. The camping areas are adjacent to the Flat Tops Wilderness, so we enjoy being able to dip into the wilderness on some quick hikes. Here’s a 2-frame panoramic view across Anderson Lake (near Trapper’s Lake), looking south from the Wall Lake Trail in 590nm infrared, with a few color tweaks — click to enlarge it:
Art by Hosanna McGowen and Alyssa Kirstein; seen at the 2024 Denver Chalk Art Festival.
This work won the Best Use of Color award at the Festival. Continue reading
I’ve wanted to see the Nazca lines for quite a while, essentially since I first heard about them as a kid. Earlier this year, I finally had the opportunity to check off this long-standing item on my personal “bucket list.” Continue reading
Art by Natalie Gillespie; seen at the 2024 Denver Chalk Art Festival.
This work won the Peoples’ Choice award.
The photo above has been rectified, to show what it would have looked like from above. The non-rectified version (also capturing the artist holding her award) looks like this: Continue reading
