The Pyramid of Giza @ Cairo, Egypt - a photo on Flickriver

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105 MM F4 L IS USM
B+W Circular Polarizer

Yes this is a 10 years old image. In fact this year I did plan to visit Egypt one more time during Christmas. However, with the current COVID situation, it is very unclear if that trip will also be cancelled or not. Like it happened during my Easter visit to Morocco. So I found this image from the archive and though of sharing it.

Very classic image of one of the oldest standing monuments of human history. A feat of engineering that still makes you wonder.

Egypt is a classic place and probably the one I have fantasized about the most during childhood. The fantasy was waved more with The Mummy movie. I was studying in college and the move really made me feel that I have to visit Egypt once in my life. With the wheel of time when I finally reached Egypt for the first time in 2008 it was very different than what I saw in the movie. But still it had its own charm. I just purchased the Canon 5D during that time. My first serious camera. With almost no experience I took horrible images. I was happy with those images though at that time. But within few months I realized that I messed up completely. So I had to get back to Egypt for another attempt. The second trip was much better from photography point of view; but due to small age of my son, I couldn't spend too long in the white desert.

After that the problem started in Egype. But now things seems to be under control. So this time I will spend more time in the desert. At the same time hopefully I will be able to manage some videos of this amazing country as well. Too bad that done is a complete no no in Egypt. This is a place where areal views would have been very interesting. But well, I will try the best I can if I manage to get there.

I intend to take the same picture this time as well. Only that I will wait for more camels and I will go there not during mid day rather more close to evening so that I get a nice a dark shadow on the left wall of the Pyramid making it look more 3D. But 10 years back, all those ideas were far from reality. But still I am happy with what I did manage to capture that time specially if I compare that with my 2008 attempt!

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Taken in: Egypt / Giza / Nazlat as Sammān (show map)

Taken on: November 21, 2010

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, f/8.0, 1/125 sec, 60mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	60mm
ISO:	50
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.2 (Windows)
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