Nice 'out of the box' thinking but it's a bit too centered.

Agreed but overall good photo

nice photo and nice idea, never seen

Beautiful photo

Very creative take on the theme author

very colourful -- maybe crop of the right to remove the shadow which is a bit distracting

Gorgeous! love the colors author

Not on theme. IMO these are not pyramids. They are just sharpened stakes that have had the ends cut off.

The fact that the ends are cut off makes them 4 sided, not triangular. I'm with you, meatman.

And even if the ends were not cut off, the base's would be round. lol. a no-win situation

meatman you would do well to read rule 3.7
This is a mods decision.
You already made your point with your first comment.
pyramids do have 4 sides btw

Pyramids can have an infinite number of sides. And one of of the sides is the bottom. It is not the polygon that is created by cutting off the top. At least that is what 2 1/2 years of geometric topography at Ohio State taught me.

what ever then red flag this entry and move on according to the dang rules.
Good luck to you Author.

The polygon exists .. just you do not see it, because it is joined to the log There is a point, an ideal section where the pyramid begins. Otherwise, what words would you use to describe the shape of these logs? I say .. think differently ...
I would add, have you ever seen the unfinished obelisk in Aswan ??.. You can not see one of its sides, but everyone calls him obelisk ..

Please look at the tip in the picture "Close to houses"

It is certainly a pyramid and its tip is cut off ..

What I mean is that if you accept that the pyramid of Giza is truncated and its faces are not perfectly flat, but they are built in terraces, then it makes sense also my pyramid shapes are truncated at the top (like the Mayan pyramids). What really matter is that the lines of the triangles converge towards an ideal point.
As for the base, the pyramid of the Louvre is really empty .. so even in this case the polygon is an optical illusion, because it is immaterial ..But if we mean by the word pyramid not the triangle shape, but the overlap of multiple items, then you are right,

these are not pyramids.. In any case thanks for the comments.
This is the first time that my photo is being discussed across the world for so long .. and this is an interesting experience

Very creative idea author! tough crowd ut i think id call these pyramids but that's just me

The term "pyramid" is a geometric reference to the shape of these construction. The Mayan version of the pyramid is truncated so that a temple can be built on the top.

Yes, you're right. Must be why they call them the "Mayan Pyramids"

Maybe a bit of rotation to make the base horizontal

The outer surfaces of this particular structure are not triangles. They are polygons, hence this is not a true pyramid.

In geometry, a pyramid is a polyhedron formed by connecting a polygonal base and a point, called the apex. There is no geometric point in this structure. At the top of this structure is a polygon.

polygon, schmolygon - the fact that thses are considered Mayan pyramids is good enough for me. Guess the Mayans weren't as good at mathematics :P

It is the Temple of Kukulkan in Chichen Itza and regarding to Wikipedia, it IS a pyramid !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichen_Itza

You're right, this was at Chichen Itza (hottest place I've ever been - it was almost 110 that day). Thanks for your comments