Challenge:Book Titles (Classic Editing) Camera:Sony DSC-F717 Location: The Verde Valley in Arizona, USA Date: Nov 8, 2003 Aperture: f/6.3 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/1000th Galleries:Landscape, Travel Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2003
Montezuma Castle is It is located between Phoenix and Flagstaff in north central Arizona just off the main freeway.
It is a well known indian cliff dwelling of the Sinagua Indians that settled in the Verde Valley in the 12th Century.
In its hayday the primary cliff dwelling was home to about 20 families. 40 other families lived nearby in a ground level condominium. The Sinagua were a pastoral people and grew crops for food along a nearby creek.
Since I knew my book title would sound like something made up I thought it would be a terrific idea to include it in the frame.
Nobody agreed. :)
Dang, and I worked hard to bring in detail from the shaded foreground area.
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This is a very nice shot of Montezuma's Castle - but I would prefer it without the book in the foreground. I would probably have cropped out most of the rocks and left the focus on the Indian ruins. Great idea for the challenge.
Beautiful nature shot! :-) Anyway, I am not sure about the book, I think it spoils the composition. :-( The colours of the book don't fit the colours of the environment, and it leads my eyes away from the subject.
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