Shot back in 1972 when Agrigento's Valley of the Temples was open country and accessible day and night, I used Kodachrome X with a speed of 64 and my Canon FT with a 59 mm F 1:4 FD lens. Just out of the camera and no manipulation. In those days shepherds would bring their flocks to graze near the temples. Today it has bee made into a archeological park that requires a paid tickets for access and it' totally overran with tourists that come in cars and buses. The monuments have undergone protective restorations and the site is one of UNESCO's list of treasures of human heritage. Nevertheless it's worth seeing. What always amazes me is how these monuments survives without attention for over two thousand years. In other words they where not knocked down to build parking lots or condos.
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