"...knock, and the door will open"

Thank you for your comments/critique. -koushik

Excellent composition, I like the title, great shot.

 

Regards.

 

Alberto

Thank you for the appreciation and support, Alberto. The title is of course from the famous Jim Reeves song "welcome to my world" --- the title of the other photo in this folder. -koushik

Excellent comp. I like BW and somehow I'm getting familliar with your borders :).

Must say, you have really great eye for comp.

congrats, VS

Strong composiiton

the massive door overpowers the people so much...it's almost frightenning....

Koushik, very good composition. Perspective and human figures make the temple door look massive. I have been knocking at the gate, but no luck for me:-)

This is a fine image. The b&w is the key to its effectiveness. Well done! Regards, ~~~~~Linda

Vukasin, Jef, Laurent, Amal-da, Linda, thanks a lot for the appreciation and support. Amal-da, why did you remove the other version? The women here do look a bit dark. -koushik

Its an interesting composition. Monotony of squares broken by those two female characters. Well done.

Super composition!! Great in B&W!! The framing's great too!!

 

Best regards,

 

Vamsi Krishna

Nice shot ,beautiful composition ...........................regards

Well seen and captured. Great photo. Regards!

Well done! Good capture! Regards

Arup, Vamsi, Falak, Lester, Hayder, thank you for the appreciation and support. -koushik

The inclusion of these people show us all just how huge these doors are...great display.....Regards

How great this picture, with a strong impact due to its optical characteristics. How did you obtain the perfet vertical lines? In camera with t&s lens? In post-production?

 

Congrats, my friend

 

Mauro

Keith, Mauro, thanks a lot for the appreciation and support. Mauro, the alignment was achieved by the maker of the door...I deserve no credit for that. It is the door of a temple in Pondicherry, a huge one. The reason I did not mark it as unmanipulated is that I decomposed it in RGB channels and kept only the red channel to get the contrast and retouched some defects of the door panel. Here's the original. -koushik

Hi Koushik. Do you mean that the door's maker handcrafted a door with divergent vertical lines to correct the perspective error just the way the ancient Greek architects made with the Parthenon in Athens 2500 years ago?

 

Mauro

Dear Mauro, I see your point now. I actually sat down to take the picture...the door is bigger than what I could capture in one frame. I guess that's the reason of getting no perspective error. I have a simple automatic camera and there's no way to attach extra lens etc. In this instance I didn't make any changes with the software. But I agree with you that I was lucky not to get perspective error in this. Thanks a lot for raising the point, I had overlooked it. -koushik

Perfect caption for this excellent capture, Koushik. The b/w enhances the image. Very good photograph! Best regards!

Koushik, very well seen by your 'photographer's eye' and very nicely composed with your artisatic insight.Best regards.

Excellent composition dear Koushik ....

David, Sumon, Ayse, thanks a lot for the appreciation and support. -koushik

interesting image ...different ...