<< Previous Next >>

This way to Ghost Palace


This way to Ghost Palace
Photo Information
Copyright: Tai Vo (taivo) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 709 W: 5 N: 460] (1840)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-04
Categories: Architecture
Camera: Fuji Finepix S5000, ISO 200
Exposure: f/5.0, 1/69 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Splendors of the Yangtze river, Personal favourites [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-05-15 3:25
Viewed: 2124
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
After passing through the blue-painted Ghost Street an imposing stairway to the Ghost Palace is awaiting visitors.

Unfortunately, the Ghost Palace has turned into a touristic attraction nowadays, with an horror house and a maze as the main attractions. But the scenery surrouding the Palace will make up for it. Also, the stairway (see photo) is very impressive because it's grand and you would feel very small when climbing it. Note the "halloween" masks on sale at the stalls, very appropriate for a Ghost Palace...

-----
Note: Cropping (both sides) and adjusting curves.

cmartos, joergen115, elihesamian, pamastro has marked this note useful
Only registered TrekEarth members may rate photo notes.
Add Critique [Critiquing Guidelines] 
Only registered TrekEarth members may write critiques.
Discussions
ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To cmartos: Climbtaivo 2 05-15 04:07
You must be logged in to start a discussion.

Critiques [Translate]

Really excellent Tai, thanks. I just asked if we could enter in my precedent comment. Quite a lot to look at here - very good -, and a lot of details making this shot really excellent. I like the POV and centering arch. Then the colours, well contrasted and saturated are a good balance for the brick grey wall and stairs. The green little tress emphasis stairs and people give an excellent idea of scale, amazing. A living place with all those people, tourists though, but there nothing to do here. A good feel of place volume and mood. Very well done. Thanks for sharing Tai.

I guess we're all guilty of turning beautiful/interesting places into tourist atractions. Anyway, nisely framed shot here, the tourist stand in the foreground add interest with distracting from the view through to the steps.

hi Tai, nice compo again with this interesting entrance, I like those stairs inside with green trees - nice composed. good to see ppl in the foreground, nice image

Nice and Inderesting picture

Another interesting shot. I like the POV and the excellent depth. The image is nicely balanced by the souvenir stalls, but that makes the shot for me is a truly typical Chinese moment: the man, standing at attention in the middle of the frame and heaving his photo taken. Excellent work.

You creat a great shot with excellent persistance of vision.What a lovely colors!
Well done!Tai!
I like the lady in center kneel for photography:)
You did great.

Very nice capture. The touristy feel is captured with these little tables of trinkets in front. Such a contrast to the awe of the place. This arch frames the stairs beautifully. There is great depth here. Those stairs are so huge and so imposing. I really like very large, imposing, stairs like this. And you captured it very nicely. It makes a great backdrop to the view through the arch. Very impressive and nicely captured.

Another extra fine photo! Well done!

Calibration Check
















0123456789ABCDEF