Two B&W Photos of ‘El Castillo’ (The Castle) in Tulum, Mexico First a wide view of Tulum’s El Castillo structure from off the right front corner. It’s the largest and most impressive structure within the Tulum complex and was the center of many ceremonies and human sacrifices back in the days of Mayan rule in … Read more…
Tulum Ruins in Black & White This photo is a black and white conversion of the main image in my last post from the Mayan ruins of Tulum, Mexico. It shows part of the Grand Palace in the background with other smaller ruins in the foreground. I both like and dislike this photo relative to … Read more…
We spotted this iguana after a 50-minute beach walk to the interesting little fishing village of Puerto Morelos, located between Cancun and Playa Del Carmen. Shortly after turning right off the beach toward the small town center, we saw this iguana sunning itself up on a high wall near a construction site. Like most iguanas, … Read more…
This photo shows a statue of an ancient Mayan warrior in a jungle setting in the Riviera Maya region of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. I liked the strong angled pose of this one, as well as the interesting fancy headdress. I call him a warrior here, but I suppose he could instead be a tribal chief … Read more…
Here’s a photo taken as we walked along the shoreline of the Cinque Terre village of Monterosso al Mare on a very cloudy, dark, and windy day. The colors on shore were very muted under this gray sky, so I decided to desaturate them completely in Lightroom 3, leaving only the Italian flag/pole and sea … Read more…
This shot shows the shoreline of Lake Michigan south of South Haven, Michigan, near Van Buren State Park. This was a late October photo, so there weren’t many people to be seen at all… mostly just a bunch of wind-blown seagulls.
This shot came from a late October walk along the shore of Lake Michigan near South Haven in the southwest part of Michigan. It was a really windy and brisk day, mostly sunny with lots of nice white clouds moving quickly by. The edge of Lake Michigan was about 20-30 feet behind me as I took … Read more…
This image depicts an ancient Mayan presenting a gift of corn. This may be Yumil Kaxob, the Mayan maize (or mais) god. I shot this one at a resort’s jungle garden in the Riviera Maya region, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The original had fairly muted colors in it, so I converted here to black and white.
Theseus (also called Thiseas), was the mythical founder-king of Athens, Greece. This is the upper part of a large statue of him near the Acropolis. I chose to convert to black and white here for a bit more drama and contrast against a blue sky with a few white clouds drifting by. Theseus was famous … Read more…
I liked this view of a large Mexican palapa building in the Riviera Maya region south of Cancun, photographed through a nearby ‘Nuevo Mayan’ style stone archway. This one worked well as a black & white, so I went with it for the version posted below.