The unknown site of Vilcashuaman, a photo from Ayacucho, South

Photographer's Note

Following up on my Ayacucho trip theme, this is the ancient Inca Regional Capital of Vilcashuaman.

The Incas are mostly known to the outside world for the ruins of Machu Pichu which seem to be a small unimportant city.

Vilcashuaman was the capital of one of the Inca Empire's 4 provinces or Suyos. Basically, the Inca empire grew from dominating a small area to an empire larger than the Roman empire covering Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Northern Chile and Argentina and Southern Colombia. They were good warriors and adminsitrators. When conquering a new realm, they would incoprorate their nobility into the inca nobility to ease the domination process. The Incas were but the last of several Peruvian Pre-Columbian civilizations, many of which had much more advanced artistic slills than the Incas.

In the picture we see the Temple of Viracocha which was used as a base for a colonial church. The blue sky is natural highland sky colour.

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Luan (12971) 2005-08-22 3:48

Hello Daniel,
sympa cette photo, elle nous presente de belles contructions ainsi que ses habitants. Mais je vois qu'il a fait beau en plus...quelle chance.
Bientot le depart, j'en peux plus d'attendre ;o)
Amities
Luan

Wirraway (1985) 2005-08-22 4:03

Good shot of everyday life in Peru, well balanced composition with good colour, loved your interesting note thank you. very nice job.

Regards Ian
Townsville,Australia

pridel (233) 2005-08-22 4:13

bonjour Daniel
J'aime beaucoup cette scène, mêlant des éléments d'architecture et de vie quotidienne. pour moi ce mélange dynamise la photo. de plus la compo est bonne et bien proportionnée.
bien vu
Pascal

PixelTerror (0) 2005-08-22 4:16

Salut Daniel,
Une belle image lumineuse, bien composee et tres nette, je trouve ici la qualite bien meilleure que sur tes precedents posts, as tu change ton PP ? J'aime bien les couleurs naturelles et la presence des gens pour animer la scene, tu pourrais juste encore redresser la verticale cote droit.
Bonne journee,
Jean-Yves

oochappan (4880) 2005-08-22 5:18

A sharp and sunny excellent document shot, good composed with the church right and the girl th the other people in front left.

huynt (5081) 2005-08-22 5:23

Hi Daniel
I like the old wall. Well done in sunny. Best regards

gaby (19819) 2005-08-22 11:57

Hi Daniel très joli vue sur la vie quotidienne d'une petite ville qui a l'air très calme - j'aime beaucoup les couleurs que tu as fait ressortir -
Bonne soirée et merci
Gaby

Zepi (22848) 2005-08-22 18:25

Hello Daniel,
Une belle petite composition,il y a plein de vie dans cette image !
Les couleurs sont très pétantes,comme j’aime !
Beau travail
J’aime beaucoup
Merci pour le partage
Amicalement
Sébastien

alejandroguzman (4684) 2005-08-22 18:33

Me entancto la perpspectiva de la foto Daniel, nos mostras un imagen clara, nitida, en donde supiste aprovechar el espacio.

alejandro

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john_c (24666) 2005-08-23 10:40

Hi Daniel,
A very well composed and colourful shot. The woman walking and other people in the scene very much enhance and balance the foreground nicely. The colours really are natural and not overdone. I like the layered look to the scene - the different buildings all seem to fit well together, then there is a slice of forest and finally the sky. This is first class work, Daniel.
John

Drom (1205) 2005-08-25 11:21

Bonjour Daniel,
Excellant cadrage et superbes couleurs pour ces vestiges précolombiens.
Amitié
Dominique