Warden of the temple

Your opinions and ratings welcome

the person makes this photo - without him I'd have assumed the doorway was about 12 foot high!!!

Interesting picture, but the composition is IMHO wrong. The big lighted entrance right in the middle of the photo takes the eye away from what I think is the interesting part of the photo - the juxtaposition of the sitting figures and the monumental building. I usually like square compositions - sometimes a bit of a challenge - but in this case it doesn't work. I'd try cropping at least half of the wall to the left of the entrance. I think a vertical framing would improve the impact of the photo.

Hi Joel, thanks for taking the time to comment. I understand and respect your opinion, but I think that the composition as is may work in that the small figure doesn't meet the eye, so that when you find it you're forced to reconsider the whole picture, and understand how big the walls actually are.

I'd obviously like to hear other opinions on this issue.

Thanks again

Love the sense of scale. Also the frem within a frame. Good shot.

 

Very cool use of the portal as a compositional element and the person for scale. Nice work!

I'd like to see it oriented vertically

Great b&w work and the composition is just exellent!

The background could perhaps be a bit blured...

You've done a great job of capturing the immense scale .