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last image of petra, i have kept the people at the bottom for scale or maybe i should remove them any opinions?
mike hawthorne

I like my images clear of people, although it could add to enhance the enormity of the complex, but for me that only works if the full bodies of the people are shown. If the latter isn't an option, try it without the people. The stairs can be used as another reference to how big the complex is, as stairs tend to have the same dimensions everywhere.

Hi Mike; : )

Yet an other nice image with a good balance of shadow and light. The orange light reflecting from the surrounding rocks on to the carved facades and structures create an enigmatic appeal. A warm inviting image for sure.

In my humble opinion, such ancient monuments as Petra that are grand in scale lose a bit of their grandure when people with backpacks and t-shirts are art of the scene. The photo suddenly becomes a tourist guide photo while a peopleless photo makes a wonderful poster worth hanging on any wall.
People dressed suitably for these ancient times would not have looked so strange even for a theatrical play staged in modern times; you know, like play costumes and the like.

Love the place.

Yildiz

mvanrheenen wrote:...as stairs tend to have the same dimensions everywhere.

Don't count on that. If you'll ever visit Armenia, I will gladly take you to a 2000 year old temple where each step is about twice of any ordinary BIG one.

Mike, I join the previous posters to express my wows.
Definitely worthy for Indiana Jones and the Last crusade

Dr. Harout wrote: Don't count on that. If you'll ever visit Armenia, I will gladly take you to a 2000 year old temple where each step is about twice of any ordinary BIG one.

They must've been tall people, those ancient Armenians

mvanrheenen wrote:

Dr. Harout wrote: Don't count on that. If you'll ever visit Armenia, I will gladly take you to a 2000 year old temple where each step is about twice of any ordinary BIG one.

They must've been tall people, those ancient Armenians

I doubt that too.
Whenever steps are too high you have to bow your body forward to climb the next step... a clever way to make people bow when entering a temple...

Dr. Harout wrote: I doubt that too.
Whenever steps are too high you have to bow your body forward to climb the next step... a clever way to make people bow when entering a temple...

Ha, never thought about it that way! Clever people back then!

I’m not totally keen on the half people either, I would prefer full people of none myself. It certainly is a magnificent object, and lovely photo, I see that some parts have been vandalized, I saw a TV doco on the (Egyptian) Pharaohs and the successive ones mostly ordered the vandalizing of any statues or busts of predecessors as they considered them to be a distraction for the populace in worshipping themselves as the new gods on earth, the previous ones having died were not really gods after all but the replacement Pharaoh is of course the real deal.
Greg