San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, AZ 04

An absolutely gorgeous Spanish mission outside of Tucson. Alas, they had lots of scaffolding around the outside of the building for repairs. So I had to attempt to shoot creatively. It's kind of like people who will only ever get to Washington, DC once in their lives and arrive to find their favorite monument encased in scaffolding. It HAS to be done periodically. But it can certainly ruin a once-in-a-lifetime trip.... (sigh....) Your thoughts?

Any comments or ratings are appreciated! :-)

Lou Ann, all 3 of them are beautifuly photographed with good angles, taking into account that there are so many scuffoldings as you have described it, you did real well.Very interesting forms, has even some ( middle) East characteristics....;-)) ( the arced form). has as well a feeling of a desert surrounding that I think Arizona has it, reminds me our desert in the Israeli south. Beautiful and interesting .

Nice lighting and so many things to look at here. Beautiful place!

I find the cacti garden a bit distracting, I would have liked the repeating arches have a closer view.