{"id":3037,"date":"2024-05-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:27:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:27:33","slug":"secret-walls-of-the-cliff-dwelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=3037","title":{"rendered":"Secret Walls of the Cliff Dwelling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gila-Left-Side-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gila-Left-Side-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gila-Left-Side-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gila-Left-Side-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gila-Left-Side-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gila-Left-Side-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Gila-Left-Side-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Left Side, Gila Cliff Dwellings<\/em> (click image to enlarge)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Nikon D810, 1\/320 sec, f\/16, 24mm, ISO 200<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a ground-level view of the left side of the Gila Cliff dwellings.  I especially like the little bridge-like structure coming off the big wall on the right side.  I also like how the walls in the center blend in so well with the surrounding cliff-side.  Notice the sharp edge between the cliff top and the blue sky.  This is the result of using a circular polarizing filter.  The clear blue sky and sharp edge actually detracts from the overall composition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dwellings sit near the top of a ravine.  However, the only way to reach them is from the bottom of the ravine.  To reach the dwellings you have a choice of a long, not so steep approach, or the short, steep approach.  While neither route is strenuous, I would hate to make it several times per day while fetching water or going hunting or hunting and gathering, which I image were daily chores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gila Cliff Dwellings: <a href=\"http:\/\/33.227263\u00b0 -108.267446\u00b0\" title=\"\">33.227263\u00b0 -108.267446\u00b0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikon D810, 1\/320 sec, f\/16, 24mm, ISO 200 Here is a ground-level view of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[743,741,107,618],"class_list":["post-3037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-mexico","tag-gila-cliff-dwellings","tag-national-monument","tag-new-mexico","tag-photography"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3037"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3051,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037\/revisions\/3051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}