Wat Phra Kaew, a photo from Bangkok, Central

Photographer's Note

The "complex" of the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew, is probably the "highlight" of Thailand's capital, Bangkok. Besides the luxury of the old palace, you 'll see there one of the 3 most important Bhuddist temples in Bangkok, Wat Phra Kaew (the other two are Wat Pho and Wat Arun), also known as "Temple of the Emerald Bhuddha". The travels and adventures of Emerald Buddha (or Phra Kaew Morakot, a statue probably made of jasper and not emerald) could be the scenario of the next sequel of Indiana Jones. The colours and the ornament of the temples are of extreme beauty and there are so many gold leafs that you will be tempted

* I cropped the bottom of the photo and changed a little bit the perspective as my friend Shailendra (s10001in) suggested. You can see the result in workshop.

Paolo, coco, sandrasilva, cjmm, Xalkida, xuaxo has marked this note useful

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Paolo (41258) 2006-05-16 5:27

Hi Hercules, amazing and typical view of the beautiful Grand Palace. excellent colours and wonderufl tones, good POV and focus.
thanks, ciao

Albrecht (11283) 2006-05-16 6:48

Hi Hercules
Beautiful temple and good compo and colours.
greetings Albrecht

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2006-05-16 6:51

Hola Hercules.

Bonita foto con bonitos colores. La luz tambi閚 era buena y eso hace que los colores resalten a鷑 m醩.

Un saludo, Oscar

veronika (6058) 2006-05-16 9:36

Im tempted already when looking on this picture Hercules :) You know that i would like to visit all these places you have been to - Thailand, Nepal.., but i think it wont be so soon, so thank you for these pictures Hercules, i can still learn something new from them :)
Have a nice day!
Vero

coco (30439) 2006-05-16 10:07

Kalispera Hercules.
Leo la nota y no puedo dejar de imaginarme este lugar con m鷖ica de John Williams de fondo.
Sencillamente una buena composici髇 con buenos colores y un resultado muy atractivo.

Ta leme.

s10001in (0) 2006-05-16 10:33

Hercules Milas ,
Vivid colors & sharp image,
Very attractive.

But may be I am wrong..but I feel strange of POV.
Is it not better to crop bit more of Green ground.
Bit tight cropping may make this image more effective!!!

Please comment.

sandrasilva (644) 2006-05-16 11:58

Ol� Hercules!
First thanks for your visit and critique.About this photo,is a beautiful shot with amazing colours,well captured.
IDEA : ****
COLOR : *****
CONTRAST : *****
LIGHT : *****
Note : *****
FRAMING : *
I wish you BEST.Sandra

cjmm (4479) 2006-05-16 13:36

Hi Hercules,

The place does really look terrific.

I like very much how you exposed and processed the image, with very good colors and great dynamyc range (this still being the challenge for digital cameras), which rendered nice highlights and good shadows.

Regarding the composition I have some mixed feelings about the FOV, which I feel that could have been a little wider (on the sides).

Anyway, I think that the idea of cropping part of the grass on the foreground resulted in a better image.

Kind regards,
Carlos

delkoo (68) 2006-05-16 13:39

hi hercules
everything all right, light, focus,colors, POV.
well done

didier

Xalkida (11744) 2006-05-17 10:35

Εξαιρετική φωτογραφία φίλε Ηρακλή! Το κάδρο σου είναι θαυμάσιο. Τα χρώματα εξαιρετικά ζωντανά, λες και είμαστε εκεί! θαυμάσια!

CRATEOS (7278) 2006-05-17 11:02

panemorfi foto file ...exotika panemorfi !!!!!!!!Nikiforos

(i Sony Cyber-shot floutari sto kentro tis foto ke sto palamidi to vlepo ke stin dikiamoy episis tin DSC-W7...ayti i entiposi arxizi na moy dimioyrgite file moy...kati simbeni stin mesi apostasi ton fakon tis ...kati simbeni..)

rabdelnoor (3423) 2006-05-18 23:42

Hi Hercules,
What a beautiful and interesting architecture of this palace. Very nice combination of different forms and the variety of colors.
Take care
Ricardo

partha (14023) 2006-05-22 6:50

An ideal architectural view.Nice compositional balnce and the colour tonality is outstanding.
Partha

xuaxo (6854) 2006-06-05 7:34

You achieved to present us a very complex mix of coulours. Very good result.