Zafar Mahal - "The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple
by dougi555

Comment by daisydavid:
Beautiful structure, a good travel shot to promote Delhi. A little too symmetrical to tell a story, other than to marvel at the artistry of the stone. You nailed the symmetry marvelously and the carving is a joy to explore.5.

Zafar Mahal - "The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple
by dougi555

Comment by Garry:
Such a beautiful structure, with great character! I like the use of tonemapping to expand the tonal range, but I wish there was some shadow and darker areas to give it some depth. A little burning would've helped immensely!

Zafar Mahal - "The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple
by dougi555

Comment by Bear_Music:
I love the delicacy of the rendering here, the frieze-like quality of the processing, which perfectly presents the elaborate intricacy of both materials and architecture. On a further technical note, you've squared it up nearly flawlessly; there's a bit of keystoning (slightly wider at top than at bottom, but the horizontals seem spot on, the POV is exactly on center, it's all as it should be.

Fits the book fine too. One might have expected a more decadent picture, but....

Regardless. It's an 8 for now, with possible bump depending on the rest of my voting.

Zafar Mahal - "The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple
by dougi555

Comment by Aliaa:
Agra Fort, right? Love the photo!

Zafar Mahal - "The Last Mughal" by William Dalrymple
by dougi555

Comment by Denielle:
Love the symmetry in this photograph. The colors are lovely. The detail is great. And the title is fitting.
Very well done. 8

...another day starts
by dougi555

Comment by rjkstesch:
I gave this shot a 5. I like the coloration and silhouette. The top half of the image is lovely. In order to do well on DPC, a sunrise/sunset image needs something special. I don't feel this has it and in fact the cars and stadium lights take away from the natural aspect of the image.

The Weathered Entrance
by dougi555

Comment by bmartuch:
Neat looking door. That would be a great place for portraits.

The Weathered Entrance
by dougi555

Comment by glad2badad:
Ohhh ... man. I can appreciate your approach to this, however this is just screaming for a clarify filter and / or some HDR to make it pop.

Eternal love............
by dougi555

Comment by Garry:
(voted earlier, coming back to comment)

My team and I were marveling at the dearth of comments in this challenge so we thought we would at least attempt to correct that a little:

Very nicely done. Really like the narrow DoF! Not so sold on the heavy noise, though.

Comfortably Pink
by dougi555

Comment by lei_73:
Wow! So unusual!