Past and Future, a photo from Kumanovo, West

Photographer's Note

Macedonia's Megalithic-era Kokino Observatory is located 1,030m above sea level on the Taticev Kamen Summit near Kumanovo. Archaeological and astronomical analyses have shown that the observatory is more than 3,800 years old. According to NASA, which released a list ranking observatories by age, it is the fourth oldest in the world, after Abu Simbel in Egypt, Stonehenge in Britain and Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

The guy is seating over the handcrafted thrones, where the preists or who ever seated, watched the movement of the sun and the moon.

Crop of the right half would be perfect, but I wanted to present every handmade throne.

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dospordostres (1170) 2007-07-06 15:23

Hi Martin
Great shot of a sunset. the composition with the guy on the rocks is really interesting, and add the colors and the sun and you got a great shot.
Regards,
Daniel

watercoolant (96) 2007-07-06 16:24

Hi Martin,

Nice balance between the brightness of the sky and the rock. Incredible that you were able to capture the detail on the rocks while non overexposing the sky.

Wilbur

grantlp (2113) 2007-07-06 20:26

Hi Martin,
Sunsets and orange sky always seem to have an attraction....as does this image. I find the colours in the sky, on the right hand side of the man, to be more prominant and attractive and the fact that he is looking that way, I feel that you should have included more space there. I think this is a good photo which would have been improved if he was looking into the larger space. Cheers Grant

london-vienna (44) 2007-07-07 0:43 [Comment]