Kiva, Canyons of the Ancients, Colorado
The Colorado Plateau is full of surprises and mysteries. A special finding for me are reminiscence of ancient pueblo activity. Best known examples are Chaco and Mesa Verde, but there are many significantly smaller habitations and constructs left to be found by the vigil eyes. A special treat are kivas and in particular intact ones. Entering one gives me a similar feeling as being in an European gothic cathedral, even if the architectural elements cannot be compared at all.
Kivas are extraordinary. You cannot see the presence of a kiva unless there are two poles emerging out of the surface. They are kind of hidden. You have to climb down into the sacred space. Usually people have the feeling that a stair or ladder takes them up - hence the cliche “staircase to heaven”. To get to a kiva it means “ladder down”, into earth’s belly, into the darkness. I don’t have an answer what the intention of the ancient pueblo people was, but I can say that if I want to introspect, I close my eyes and I try to do this at a silent place. I try to subtract myself from the surroundings. I make forgotten what is around me. I try to listen to my inner self. I try to reconnect with my deeper intentions. These kind of feelings are called in Latin “religare” and it gave the origin for the word “religion”.
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Nikon D810
Nikon 19 mm f/4.0
1s at f/8
RAW ISO 100
10/11/2018
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There was a long preparation time to be able to navigate through Bolivia on my own. I opted to go during the rainy season to experience it with less tourist crowds, to have water on the Salar de Uyuni and get clouds in the skies. All these premises were met, although sometimes I wondered how Bolivia must look like when the tourist crowds are there, as even in low season there were spots that were completely overrun.
Second, I chose not to take always the obvious path. It was my choice to take the less known roads. This took us sometimes to unique places and sometimes it put us in some predicament. One of these predicaments were accessing the Salar de Uyuni and getting stuck in mud and high water. I planned driving from Sajama N.P. to Salar de Uyuni in one day. It took us three days.
At the end we saw places and experienced moments that we might otherwise not have seen at all and probably very few tourist, if any, have ever seen.
Present image is such a place. We were at the wrong place, but we were definitively there at the right moment! My faithful companions were always following my car and this time they got the honor to be included in the frame. Jen and Bill, you never looked so good! ;-)
Nikon D810
Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8
1/6s at f/9.0
RAW ISO 400
03/22/2018
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Standing in rubber boots and with my companion who dressed his tripod with tennis balls at Bandon Beach, OR at some late afternoon while the rising tide was coming in. The last light bathing the seascape gives the feeling of some pre-historic creature rising out of the water.
Nikon D810
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 86mm
30s at f/8
RAW ISO 100
05/10/2019
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Join me and explore Lake Powell on a houseboat on this 5 days workshop, October 20-24/2021. For more details you might want to check out MY WEBSITE.
One of my all favorite areas in the American Southwest is around Page and Kanab. I travelled uncountable times through this area for the last 14 years and there is still so much to discover! On my last trip I got for the first time to the lofty heights of the Paria Overview. It took me eight stitched vertical frames (original file 18K x 7.5K pixels) to be able to take the entire landscape with Colorado coming out of the Horseshoe Bend canyon, opening to Lee’s Ferry, being joined by the Paria River (coming from the right) to finally combined enter Marble Canyon and disappear in the far where Grand Canyon is located.
I really recommend to amplify this image to is max as there are a multitude of details all the way through!
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Nikon D850
Nikon 24-70 mm f/2.08 @ 38mm
1/4s at f/8
RAW ISO 100
05/17/2020
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A Needle in the Haystack is a nice saying for something extremely well hidden and virtually impossible to be found. Have you ever tried to find a Needle in the Badlands?
Technical Detail - Image stitched together out of 8 files
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