Duomo di Monreale (Palermo)

The online version shows no signs of having been pieced together or overlaid in order to balance the lighting of such intricate detail. And yet the limited light sources that would be allowed (in preservation of the artwork and finishes of the interior) coupled with the invisibility of whatever additional light sources you used...this photo strikes me at two very deep levels of passion.

I find myself awed by the architecture, examining so many details from the perspective of a worship designer seeking to communicate awe and reverence with joy and celebration...

...and then, the photographer in me remembers that I am seeing things that in this setting would take my natural eyes a moment or two to readjust as I looked from organ pipes beneath the window's glare, to the benedictionary Jesus over the altar - and then down to the smaller icons below, the couples' kneeler, etc.

An awesome subject, presented in an awesome photograph. An offering worthy of the One Whom the architecture was intended to glorify.

Thank you for sharing such a beautiful piece of your work!