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Wang's compound - rooftops


Wang's compound - rooftops
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Copyright: amos na (anadai) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 81 W: 0 N: 52] (2410)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-09
Categories: Castles, Architecture
Camera: Nikon D 70s, Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S V
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/320 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-02-13 15:13
Viewed: 623
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Wang's Compound is located in Jingsheng Town, Lingshi County, 35 kilometers (about 22 miles) from Pingyao Ancient City and 140 kilometers (about 87 miles) from Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. It is a luxurious residence built during 1762-1811 by the descendants of the Wang Family, one of the Four Families of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in Shanxi Province.

The compound occupies a total area of 150,000 square meters (about 179,399 square yards), of which 45,000 square meters (about 53,820 square yards) has been declares as a provincial protective cultural relic. Wang's Compound is not only an example of residential architecture, but also a museum of architectural art. Its sculptures of stone, wood and brick can be found everywhere in the courtyard. The crafts are refined and exquisite. Today, the architectural groups open for viewing are Gaojia Ya, Hongmen Bao, Chongning Bao, etc. Altogether there are 231 courtyards and 2,078 houses
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an architectural gem. the contrasting alignment of the rooftops plays really well with some of the rooftops being snow cover while others aren't.

Nice graphical composition with all the lines of the snow-covered rooftops. It just occurs to me, looking at it, that maybe you could make it even more graphic by cropping to a portrait orientation or square. It seems tilted to me - is this a) an optical illusion, b) deliberate (in which case perhaps more of an angle would be more effective) or c) accidental?

Well observed.

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