This is the El Castillo pyramid located at Chitzen Itza, in the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico. Recently voted [2007] as one of the New Seven Wonders of the world.
I'll be honest, if this actually does well I'm nervous about a validation because I cloned out a few people. I did submit a query and Langdon himself said it was okay, but I would still be worried. I definitely loved this version more than if I were to keep the extra people and with Langdons okay I had to submit it.
I wish I could have submitted it to a free study but it was taken two days before the end of the month..plus I was on my honeymoon. I'm just looking for a new personal best and hoping it doesn't get past over because the best of challenges seem to promote a higher standard of voting.
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Looking at this, I can feel the heat and humidity, even though it's been four years since I've visited there. I love the processing, especially the sky. To me it looks like a *little* rotation clockwise might be in order; the pyramid looks like it leans slightly left. The near corner is vertical, but it still seems to lean left.
Ah, someone else was here this last year (another photo in the challenge). I like this color version, too. Nice with the trio there in the corner - provides a good sense of scale!
Great sense of scale seen in this with the inclusion of the people. Unfortunately the processing has had an effect on the clouds which doesn't appeal to my taste. 6
Nice shot, sky is almost over the top, a little more processing on it and it would have been taking too much attention from the pyramid but I think it´s just right, I like this one, gave an 8.
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