Thanks for posting this interesting gallery, Rick. On our last trip to Italy, we started out to visit Herculaneum, but a wildcat strike prevented us from getting there. I really enjoy the opportunity to see a small sample of what it is all about.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 2:28 PM Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > A nice tour. I particularly like the classic (Classic) statue, next to > last image. But I don’t much care for the framing of that shot, wish you > had shifted your view slightly further left and also not cut off the > bottom. I assume you were limited by space and available lens selection... > > Stan > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Feb 10, 2019, at 5:57 PM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > After yet more computer and Lightroom trouble, I’m back with another > small gallery from Italy, this time from Herculaneum. > > > > Herculaneum lay north of Vesuvius; early in the AD 79 eruption the wind > blew the ash cloud south to bury Pompeii. The eruption caused most of the > residents of Herculaneum to flee. though; which was a good thing because a > few days later the wind shifted, the huge cloud of hot gas and ash over > Vesuvius collapsed, and the city was incinerated with superheated gas > before being buried in 20m of ash. > > > > Only about 1/4 or 1/3 has been excavated; the remainder lies under the > modern towns of Erculano and Portici. > > > > > https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/organize/Italy-11-2018/Herculaneum/i-GvFLSqR > > > > Comments appreciated! > > > > Rick > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
