From One Tomb to Another:
One thing to remember when visiting archaeological sites, is that nearly everything is still under your feet. At Petra, most of the tombs and caves are about six feet under the path your feet can take. Many of the impressive facades you see are actually six feet higher.
This shot is from one lesser tomb to the great tomb known as the Treasury. The Treasury is so named because the local bedouins believed the king’s treasure was buried there. It was shot by rifles in the hopes that gold coins would come raining down as late as the 1920s. Luckily, the stone is made of pretty stern stuff, and much of the detail is still there, although we have lost the statue and most of the urn sculpture.
This photo is of course an HDR… the huge contrast ratios on most of Petra demanded I shoot a lot of HDRs. Hopefully it’s not too drastic.
