The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia, are astonishing. These 12th century structures were not constructed in the normal fashion in which blocks of rock are piled on top of each other. Instead, thousands of workers cut and removed rock material, and the churches are what remain from the original bedrock. It's brilliant conceptually and artistically, and the enormous effort is a tribute to the devotion of the Ethiopian Christians. I met pilgrims who walked 200 miles barefoot to visit this holy site. I took this shot with a 14mm lens, and my settings were 1/500, f/11, and 2000 ISO. The lens was about 24 inches from the immediate foreground. My next Ethiopia tour starts January 21.
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