The Temple of Karnak (Colour)

Scan it once where it is cut off at the knees on the columns. Very effective. Scan in slightly smaller so no scrolling is necessary.

 

Steve

Love the whiteout at the top suggesting 'heavenly light' or some such.

Picture perfect if you can crop out the mullah.

I love the saturation.

i really like it! it shows how small we are.... i just think, if i was there, i would ask somebody to sit there on the ground where the man is going...

GREAT JOB! nice color, interesting motive!!!

Striking!

That's a great shot. I think the inclusion of the person completes it.

Very nice indeed. Good use of colors.

Yes, taking the man into the picture realy makes the columns even larger. The colour of his clothes contrast very well with the colour of the columns. Well done!

Absolutely gorgeous. Lovely colors and beautiful composition. Light coming from above has created a very warm mood in the picture..

 

 

 

Kind regards.

It was midday, and The Hypostyle Hall at Karnak was full of tour groups. I had to wait for

45 mins for a shot with no tourists (although every pillar in the shot must have a tourist

behind it!), and then what luck, this attendant in traditional dress walked into the shot to

give

scale and context! - How lucky was I?

 

Any comments, ratings and critiques would be welcome - Thanks!

Beautiful shot! Excellent saturation!

Don't crop out the guy. He give it scale.

 

I don't normally recommend this but you might play around with some perspective correction in PS. But not too much, just enough to straighten out the pillars at the edge.

 

Very nice. I much prefer this to your B&W version.

You were,indeed, lucky and your long wait has rewarded you with an excellent capture. The light,colours,details,everything evinces the charm of ancient Temple of Karnak.Best regards.

Outstanding picture Nicholas.

Love it.

 

The man on the right gives a GREAT use of a prop to give perspective on the size of the temple.

 

Best.

 

gabriele

I love this photograph. It shows great detail, especially the carvings in the pillers. I think it's a beautiful picture. It shows the beauty of the setting and the lighting is spectacular. It's most defintly inspiring. Your comment on my photograph is defintly encouraging and greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Brayden

great lighting. and good that you got the details on the pillars. the man though he distracts a bit gives a nice perspective to the picture. i have thought abt it and still could not think of any other place when he could have been place and the frame looked any better. thus, i guess u did as best as u could under the circumstances

Thanks for everyone's kind comments. This is one of my favorite photographs. This is partly because it's also one of the first photographs that I took, after becomming "serious" about the art! I also think that it was the first image that I posted on this website.

 

I posted the same image in B&W, but I have to work on it a little.

 

I've corrected the converging verticals in photoshop as suggested by Edward Horn. I think that the image has been improved. What do you think?

 

Kind regards, Nick.

Nice job Nicholas!

A shot of the day... IMHO.

Chuck

Very very pretty!

Awesome shot, Nick! I don't understand how you got those colors.

7/7!

 

 

Cheers

 

 

 

Misha

 

 

Nicholas, tempus edax rerum! Aesthetica - 7+!

 

Saluto ex Oriente! S.M.

Wonderful detail, composition (I prefer this to the corrected perspective version, in this one it feels like the pillars are stretching to reach the Source of light) and the story to go with it. I'm glad you were so patient in wait for the crowds to hide themselves, in order that you could share it with us.