Sacred light

This photo was submitted earlier but the "rate" option was disabled

unintentionally. Now honest critiques and ratings are all welcome.

Very nice. In the thumbnails, I was expecting a pure silouette, but was pleasantly surprised to find detail in the shadows.

 

A great presentation of a difficult subject to expose.

A wonderful composition! I like the way positioned the sun here!

Very good photograph.Regards

It has a "god like" feel to it. Nice composition.

Many thanks for all your comments. Here's the colour version if you want to compare.

Yuan, I definitely go for this toning more than the colour version. Nice composition with the clouds and birds in the sky.

This is a really beautiful image. The mixture of the sun's rays and the flock of birds give real motion to the photograph, while the foreground buildings add stability. This is one of my favorites. Rick

Enjoyable and appealing composition.

Yuan, great shot..i prefer the colour, more depth.

Excellent and very beautiful shot.

Very nice shot.!Good composition.! Great background.!Congrats.!

Yuan, amazing how the monochromic transformation gives this image a totally different look. I do like this better than the color for some reason. ^_^