Gateway to the sun

This is another attempt I made to compose some Inca ruins Ihappened to have all to myself thanks to a somewhat uncomfortablenight and a pleasent early start. Unfortunatly the light was notoutstanding, and the sky terrible. So I had to make-do with lines...What about the result?

Comments, criticism, suggestion and ratings are much appreciated!

p.s. If you do not want to take Inca ruins too seriously, or are inneed of a sense of scale, then please try here.

I really like the leading line at the bottom, but I find myself missing the doorway in the furthest wall that's in the first picture. It provided a sense of destination, as well as mystery to where it leads. The blank wall through the arch isn't as inspiring. On my monitor, the picture could also do with a bit of a contrast increase, not too much though.

 

However, I prefer the position of this photo over the first. The differing planes and line directions are more interesting.

Stephen, that's exactly the way I feel about this. When I was shooting it I thought it was very cool the way there was an arch from the lower wall up the blocks through the door... but then there was nothing behind it.

 

Maybe I should have arranged the red-dressed "gatekeeper" in this shot as well...

Overall, the texture to the composition is fantastic - the different planes and tones to the stonework. Very well captured. I agree that this shot lacks the final impact of an inviting (or uninviting!) portal. Perhaps, to address this you could tweak in PS to highlight the arch over it's surrounds? Or darken the far wall? However, I am not sure how you feel about digitally tweaking compositions :) M

This is what is called the thinkinjg mans picture

the longer you look the more you see.7/7

that is what art is all about.

is it not.

Actually, the absent passage is prescicely why I like this one. It's the more unusual of the two because of this. People expect to see a door or opening after an archway and this subverts that expectation. I also feel that the relative tones come through stronger in this photograph because there isn't that immediate pull of the concentric rectangles - if that makes any sense. Maybe it's the proximity or tight composition, but I feel closer, more "there" in the first shot (it could be the relative sizes of the uploads, though). All in all, both are surprisingly different, and I've enjoyed viewing them.

 

cheers,

Aaron

the soft light massages the earthy tones in this pleasingly layered composition.

Salvatore, It's amazing how taking a few steps one direction or the other can change everything! The composition is both more subtle and more complex than the other. It doesn't grab you immediately like the other one did. However, this one after looking a while is more imposing. As the viewer, I feel smaller and more isolated. I'm at a loss to say which one I prefer.

I like this image very much for the composition,light and sheer beauty of simplicity.You have achieved -"Art lies in concealing art." Best regards.

One can feel the eye of the Geometrist in this image. The almost scientific approach of the shapes of the construction is obvious. All is a matter of lines in addition.

Well ... 7/7, no ?