The light striking was couch was mesmerizing. Found in el Convento del Santo Ecce Homo, a Dominican convent founded in 1620, just outside Villa de Leyva, Colombia. - www.retake.com

Villa de Leyva is a small colonial town in the highlands of Colombia. It was founded in 1572 and remains largely untouched. It's a 4 hour drive from Bogotá, and it's perfect if you're looking for a place where time stands still.

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I thought I'd call this "The Smoking Fountain of My Friend the Dog." It was taken in the Plaza Mayor, one of the largest town squares in the Americas (130 x 130 yards). This was shifted and tilted with the 17mm T/S lens Canon came out with recently.

This was taken in the Plaza Mayor, one of the largest town squares in the Americas (130 x 130 yards).

The last (visible) vestige of her humanity removed, this "nun" was found in el Convento del Santo Ecce Homo, a Dominican convent founded in 1620, just outside Villa de Leyva, Colombia.

These phallic symbos, rocks buried in the earth and standing ca. 4' tall, symbolized fertility. They also had a more useful purpose in that the cast shadows were measured to determine the appropriate planting season. Found at the Muisca observatory just outside Villa de Leyva, dating from ca. 500 A.D.

This phallic symbol, a rock buried in the earth and standing ca. 25' tall, symbolized fertility. It also had a more useful purpose in that the cast shadows were measured to determine the appropriate planting season. Found at the Muisca observatory just outside Villa de Leyva, dating from ca. 500 A.D.

The light striking was couch was mesmerizing. Found in el Convento del Santo Ecce Homo, a Dominican convent founded in 1620, just outside Villa de Leyva, Colombia.