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    A Photographer's Guide to Palenque
    A Photographer's Guide to Palenque
    A Photographer's Guide to Palenque
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    A Photographer's Guide to Palenque

    By Seldom Scene Photography

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    About this ebook

    Part of a series of eBooks on photography at Maya ruins, "A Photographer's Guide to Palenque" goes far beyond the usual tour books. It's a comprehensive guide to the ruins, with an eye toward making the photographs you make there the very best they can be.

    This eBook will give you:
    * A road map and directions to help you get to the ruins
    * Ten maps of the structures in the ruins (one overview map, and nine detailed section maps)
    * Photographic equipment suggestions — what I’d suggest that you take, what you can safely leave at home
    * A description of any photography restrictions at the site
    * Comprehensive descriptions (with images) of the viewable structures at the site, to help you plan your time there
    * Descriptions of on-site facilities (restrooms, water, etc.)
    * Enough historical background to help you make sense of what you see
    * Tips to help you make the best photos you can at the site

    If you’re headed to Mesoamerica with photography in mind, spending just a few dollars on a little research can make your trip more worthwhile — both by helping you prepare for a visit to a site, as well as by helping you decide which sites to visit. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a particularly serious photographer, these guides contain the most comprehensive information on any given ruin available in a single place. Along with saving you time before your trip, each will provide you with a bounty of information you can’t otherwise get before you walk the ruins yourself.

    Purchase of the eBook also gives you access to its corresponding page on the Seldom Scene Photography site with special supplemental content. The eBook’s page has links to related material online, images you can download for computer or iPad wallpaper, as well as an editable “shot list” with maps and structure images (print it out and carry it along on your visit).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSeldom Scene Photography
    Release dateNov 14, 2012
    ISBN9781301381562
    A Photographer's Guide to Palenque
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    Seldom Scene Photography

    This is the Smashwords home page for Eric Seale, photographer and author at Seldom Scene Photography. Come along with me as I help you make your best photographs in all sorts of interesting, far-flung places!

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      A Photographer's Guide to Palenque - Seldom Scene Photography

      A Photographer’s Guide to Palenque

      By Eric Seale

      Seldom Scene Photography, Inc.

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright and Other Legalities

      Copyright © 2012 Seldom Scene Photography, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide, including resale rights. You are not allowed to give or sell this eBook to anyone else, in whole or in part. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without written permission from the author.

      Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and author do not assume, and hereby disclaim, any liability or responsibility for any loss or damage caused by errors or omissions in this guide, even if such errors or omissions result from negligence, accident, or any other cause.

      This guide is written for individuals pursuing recreational activities. As all such activities inherently contain an element of risk (limestone steps, for instance, are notoriously slippery when wet), the publisher, author, affiliated individuals and companies disclaim any responsibility for any injury, harm, or illness that may occur to anyone through, or by use of, the information in this book.

      Also note that with the exception of the color maps, all section maps in this eBook appear courtesy of Dr. Edwin Barnhart and the hard work of the Palenque Mapping Project.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Table of Contents

      About these guides

      An introduction to Palenque

      + Getting there

      + When you’re there

      Palenque’s history

      Exploring Palenque

      + Temple XII

      + Temple XIII

      + Temple XI, Ruz Lhuillier’s Tomb

      + Temple of the Inscriptions

      + The Palace

      + Temple of the Jaguar

      + Temples of the Cross Group

      + Temple of the Sun

      + Temple XIV

      + Temple XV

      + Temple of the Foliated Cross

      + Temple of the Cross

      + The Southern Acropolis

      + Temple XVII

      + Temple XXI

      + Temples XX, XXa

      + Temple XXII

      + Temples XVIII, XVIIIa

      + Temple XIX

      + The North Group and its Neighbors

      + Ball Court

      + Temple X

      + Temple of the Count

      + The North Group

      + Group C

      + Queen’s Bath

      + Group B

      + Murciélagos Group

      + Group A, Group I / II

      + Site Museum

      Appendix A – An introduction to Maya history

      Appendix B – Architecture of Maya ruins

      Appendix C – References and other material

      About these guides

      This eBook is one in a series of guidebooks written and published by Seldom Scene Photography, Inc. I wrote them to help photographers (whether professional or amateur) make the most of their time at a variety of Maya ruins, as well as to help you decide just how much gear (and what gear) you need to take in order to accomplish your goals.

      This eBook is not intended to be a full-fledged tour guidebook, so you won’t find information about local hotels, quaint shopping areas, exciting exotic local events, etc. It’s also not an archaeology or history book, so I’ll give you just enough of this material to help you put your surroundings in context.

      But every eBook in the series will give you...

      • A short list of sights to see if time is tight

      • Tips on items of interest in the ruins, particularly things that may not be so obvious

      • Enough historical and cultural background to help you make sense of what you see

      • Suggestions on what lenses and other photographic gear you might want to take

      Should you need a bit of background information about Maya history and architecture, please refer to the appendices, which briefly cover this material. Also note that supplemental material for this eBook (including expanded versions of the appendices, and essays on travel to the tropics) is hosted on the Seldom Scene Photography website. See Appendix C for more on this topic.

      Since the countries now sited on Maya territory use the metric system (as does the majority of the globe), this eBook gives preference to metric units. I also, though, include imperial equivalents in parentheses for the convenience of fellow U.S. residents.

      This eBook includes example images of the structures seen at this site. For each, I’ve identified the camera settings used when making the photograph, as well as the lighting conditions at the time (full sun, bright shade, etc.). Note that I specify lens focal length in terms of a full frame (35mm) equivalent; if you’re using a DSLR with a cropped sensor, you’ll need to do the math appropriate to convert this to your camera’s system.

      An introduction to Palenque

      Palenque is the modern name for an ancient Maya city that flourished during the Maya Classic period. In today's terms, it is in the southwest corner of the Yucatán peninsula in

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