The Luminous orange robe

In a room there sits a monk across an opening.........

I received a 1/1 rating from you. I checked your photo.net site and you do not even have any photos in it! If you are going to rate ridiculously low then at least have the courtesy to explain your ratings rationale in the comments column so that I can improve.

Don't be too concern with Michael's rating Alec. Perhaps he is new to photography and hasn't an idea about the value of a silhouette or ambient lighting. How do you get all these great compositions? Well done.

This, for me, is one of the most appealing shots from your folder - composition and colour mainly, but there's also a very dramatic shift in mood from the soft and muted tones of the monk's robe to the bright day beyond. It's a rare thing to catch both an indoor and an outdoor atmosphere in one shot.

Calls himself "the master" and appears to be a phototyrant with too much camera and spare time on his hands....If he keeps up his ratings for a bit longer, photo.net will lock him out.

Nice shot. I think you did it right in doing your exposure out the window, maybe a bit of fill flash would highlight the monk's face a bit more.

i like it, but i'd call it " the world inside and the world outside" =)