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the Humming Bird


the Humming Bird
Photo Information
Copyright: Barbara aka Morgwathien (Morgwathien) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 304 W: 70 N: 358] (1568)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-11
Categories: Daily Life, Nature, Artwork, Abstract
Camera: Olympus u810/S810
Exposure: f/4.7, 1/160 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Travelogue: Peru, February 2008
Date Submitted: 2008-05-15 12:26
Viewed: 725
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This image was taken on a flight above the lines at Nazca. The humming bird is my favourite geoglyph, needless to mention it's the best seen from above as it is not littered with other lines. Some general information about Nazca lines can be found all over the net - a piece is presented below.

PP work: increased saturation by 15 and contrast by 10, adjusted levels; cropped, resized, sharpened.

The Nazca lines are a series of geoglyphs located in the Nazca Desert, a high arid plateau that stretches 53 miles or more than 80 kilometers between the towns of Nazca and Palpa on the Pampas de Jumana in Peru. They are believed to have been created by the Nazca culture between 200 BC and AD 700. There are hundreds of individual figures, ranging in complexity from simple lines to stylised forms.

There are several hundred simple lines and geometric patterns on the Nazca plateau, as well as over seventy curvilinear animal, insect, and human figures. The area encompassing the lines is nearly 500 square kilometers, and the largest figures can be nearly 270 meters long. The lines persist due to the extremely dry, windless, and constant climate of the Nazca region. The Nazca desert is one of the driest on Earth and maintains a temperature around 25°C (77°F) all year round, and the lack of wind has helped keep the lines uncovered to the present day.

The Nazca plateau has been nicknamed the parking lot for spaceships ;)
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To mr_pedro: hello & thank youMorgwathien 1 03-12 14:25
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hi barbara.
fantastic image.
i am a firm believer in extra terrestrial activity in this area.
thank you for posting this.

'the truth is out there'
Brian

Witaj Basiu
To na prawdę robi wrażenie.
Super ujecie i ostrość.
Extra zdjęcie.
Pozdrawiam
Tomek

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  • sela Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 479 W: 1 N: 472] (3756)
  • [2008-05-16 5:07]

What a wonderful image, you captured it perfectly and thank you for all the infos.
Regards Rose

Hi Morgwathien,
Fantastic photo , very good. Congratulation.
Best regards,
Ralf

(:
1111

Hi Barbara:
When I saw the thumbnail I expected to see a tiny little hummingbird in the corner of the pic somewhere, But when I opened it up it was a birds eye view of an abstract hummingbird done in the floor of the desert... Well done with just one colour here, rare to find something like this on TL... I like the crispness of the photo ..... excellent note to go with it... Thanks Roman:0)

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1320 W: 31 N: 1634] (9994)
  • [2008-05-20 13:36]

Hi Barbara

I would LOVE to see the Nazca lines. You have caught this in clear and sharp details

TFS

Karan

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  • jan515 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2498 W: 56 N: 3862] (17484)
  • [2008-05-27 15:30]

Czesc Basiu,

Fantastyczne ujecie,robi wrazenie. Peru ma swoje wdzieki i znakomicie Basiu to ujecie zrobilas.Extra fotka.
Serdecznosci.
Janusz

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  • moli Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1407 W: 275 N: 1946] (11992)
  • [2008-06-04 14:22]

Kawalek historii pokazany.
Piekna sprawa musze przyznac i robi duze wrazenie.
Pozdrawiam Basiu.
Janek KLoss

Hi Barbara.
Excellent clear and sharp details.beautiful creative
work.Well done my friend.TFS
Greetings
H.Ayhan
:)

Impresionante fotografía!. Me encantó ver el albun y espero poder verlo personalmente en el futuro (jeje).
Un gran saludo,

Mauro

Neatly done. I have also been on these small planes to see the lines and have never felt so sick after getting out of a plane :).

TFS,
Pedro

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