The Potala Palace, a photo from Tibet, West

Photographer's Note

Built at an altitude of 3,700 m (12,100 ft), on the side of Marpo Ri ('Red Mountain') in the center of Lhasa Valley,[21] the Potala Palace, with its vast inward-sloping walls broken only in the upper parts by straight rows of many windows, and its flat roofs at various levels, is not unlike a fortress in appearance. At the south base of the rock is a large space enclosed by walls and gates, with great porticos on the inner side. A series of tolerably easy staircases, broken by intervals of gentle ascent, leads to the summit of the rock. The whole width of this is occupied by the palace.The central part of this group of buildings rises in a vast quadrangular mass above its satellites to a great height, terminating in gilt canopies similar to those on the Jokhang. This central member of Potala is called the "red palace" from its crimson colour, which distinguishes it from the rest. It contains the principal halls and chapels and shrines of past Dalai Lamas. There is in these much rich decorative painting, with jewelled work, carving and other ornament.The Chinese Putuo Zongcheng Temple, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built between 1767 and 1771, was in part modeled after the Potala Palace. The palace was named by the American television show Good Morning America and newspaper USA Today as one of the "New Seven Wonders".[wikipedia]

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Robert1969 (6238) 2011-08-14 1:17

Hello Grzegorz,

Impressing building and a beautiful surrounding.

The composition and light are in a great balance....Good work.

Friendly regards,
Robert

dta (51454) 2011-08-14 1:27

Hello Grzegorz ,
A superb view of this famous palace . It looks so impressive . Like especially the light and the contrast with the darl sky and mountains .
Regards

HimalAnda (5630) 2011-08-14 1:59

Hello Grzegorz,

The light is beautiful and the contrast between the Potala and the dark background is very nice.

Stéphane

subhendu_bagchi (16590) 2011-08-14 2:06

namaste Greg,
an interesting composition with the palace with nice mountain in BG.
Congrats.
Best wishes.
Subhendu

Adrian_S (1159) 2011-08-14 3:25

Hello Greg,

you have taken the most out of these sun rays which made their way through the rain clouds. The sun seems to have worked like a huge lamp directed on the palace.

tfs
Adrian

siudzi (23891) 2011-08-14 3:48

Czesc Grzegorz,
Rewelacyjna praca! Wybrales przepiekne, oryginalne miejsce. Dodatkowo, cieple swiatlo zdecydowanie dodaje uroku calej kompozycji. Moje gratulacje!
Pozdrowienia, Gosia

Sergiom (39259) 2011-08-14 5:42

Bonjour Grzegorz

Une photo de toute beauté. Il est vrai que de voir un tel panorama n'est pas donné à tout le monde. On dirait une scène de film.Le point de vue et le cadrage sont impeccables.

Bon dimanche

Serge

ricardomattos (3175) 2011-08-14 8:09

Hello Grzegorz
Fantastic photo of this impressive palace.Ligths very well managed, perfect POV, sharpness and colors.Dramatic sky too with the mountains in the background.
Best regards
Ricardo

ManuMay (33345) 2011-08-14 8:13

Witaj Grzegorz!!

A dream like capture!!

Amazing moment of colours and light, amazing!!

Fantastic contrasts on light qualities, the illuminated red brown warm tones contrasting well to the dark blue sky and mount on the foreground...It looks really as a mystic place, shinning by itself!!

I love it!!

Have a nice day...and thanks for sharing this very beautiful one!!

Best regards...

Manu

Sonata11 (28341) 2011-08-14 8:47

Witaj Grzegorz,
Wow !!! no to jest dzielo sztuki, sliczne zdjecie. Widok jest bardzo, bardzo imponujacy, niesamowite miejsce i ta ogrona imponujaca budowla. Piekna architektura tego palacu. Cudnie wykonane zdjecie. Bardzo mi sie podoba. Moje gratulacje. Niesamowite zdjecie.
Serdecznie pozdrawiam,
Barbara

Zuzana_Stefkova (980) 2011-08-14 9:22

Hi Grzegorz,

beautiful landscape and architecture. You have been so lucky to capture it under this excellent rays of light.

Wonderful work, TFS.

Zuzana

mkamionka (24537) 2011-08-14 9:59

Czesc Grzegorz,
to chyba najlepsze zdjecie tego palacu jakie dotad widzialem. Rewelacyjne swiatlo. Przede wszystkim sam kontrast swietnie oswietlonego palacu z bardzo ciemnym groznym tlem robi niesamowity efekt. Boczne oswietlenie nadaje niemal 3D efekt plus oczywiscie znakomita obrobka.
To zdjecie dopiero przekonuje mnie ze naprawde warto sie tam wybrac.
Prawdziwy opad szczeny,
gratulacje,
M

ymrk (14929) 2011-08-14 10:25

magnificent local light downing the place..like a film part or so think.congrats.

y.

bartekp (4200) 2011-08-14 11:40

Cześć Grzegorz,

Kompozycja, śwtało supermiejsce.

Pozdrawiam

Bartek

Budapestman (82620) 2011-08-14 11:43

Hi Grzegorz,
a fantastic view with spectacular composition and beautiful architectural details, the deamatic sky add a lot to the photo, Tfs! Have a nice week! Kellemes hetet kívánok!
György

stevesaba (8019) 2011-08-14 15:02

Hi Grzegorz,
A gorgeous shot, with such inspiring light, and perfectly executed! Great use of the 70-200! A classic shot! Well done, warm regards,
Steve

emka (58152) 2011-08-14 15:03

Witaj Grzegorz,
Wybrałeś ciekawy POV a z tym niezwyklym światłem, wieczorem a może przed burzą, pałac robi olbrzymie wrażenie. Fantastyczny kadr i niebo rzeczywiście imponujace. to zdjecie przypomnialo mi moją wizytę w tym pałacu, a raczej ile czasu musiałam załatwiać bilety - zajęło mi to trzy dni, ale bylo warto.

Świetne zdjęcie. Gratulacje.

Pozdrawiam

Małgorzata

PS. Wiekszość widoków, które pokazujesz, znam, bylismy w wielu tych samych miejscach. Z zainterestowaniem oglądam zdjecia. TFS :)

Wanda1 (13950) 2011-08-15 1:33

Hi Grzegorz,
This is one place that I have always wanted to see. Your image shows it so majestically rising up from the mountains with that lovely warm glow of light upon it enhancing all the fine details one the Potala. the dark clouds add that nice extra bit to the shot and seem to make the palace stand out even more.
Regards
Wanda

sandpiper (6007) 2011-08-15 1:35

Hi Greg

Fantastic light, building and great POV. Good processing too.

Chris

kato (6777) 2011-08-15 8:58

Hi Grzegorz,

You're capturing well this Lhasa town by a good composition and very excellent tone, so it's impressive and interesting to see beautiful architecture in highland. And, mountains of the background draw out well this impressive architecture, I think.

Regards,
mikio

prasun984 (5590) 2011-08-15 10:05

excellent architectural shot on the mountain...like the light & shadow effects on the palace...also like the textures of the wall of he palace...

wonderful atmosphere with Good exposure controlled....nice color contrast & sharpness...

Very good shot with nice Note...

Prasun

eldancer1 (17064) 2011-08-16 9:25

Wow! Awesome capture of this architectural marvel! Love the way sunlight is hitting the palace with dark clouds in the bg. Great pov and it has a good dof with sharp details. Wonderful colors. Well done, tfs.

npecanhuk (53909) 2011-08-17 13:08

Hello Greg!
Exotical & magnificent place, both for its natural and architectural details!
Very beautiful picture with excellent level of sharpness, exposure, chosen pov, colors, horizontal format, black & white borders, contrasts and composition!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

Fis2 (73114) 2011-08-21 12:31

Czesc Grzegorz!
To jest budowla...
Pieke swiatlo a co za tym idzie kolorystyka.
Super klimat oddaje ten kadr.
Jestem pod wrazeniem, lubie takie...
Pozdrawiam
Krzysztof

ravinmb (1214) 2011-08-22 22:44

Hi Grzegorz,

Potala is a very famous place and you have captured it very well. The place is really marvelous. I like the warm light that is reflected from the palace and the background little darker.

TFS & have a wonderful day.
Ravin

sway (434) 2011-08-26 3:00

Wow. An amazing place! Beautify captured. Love the stormy sky with the sunlight on the Palace!

COSTANTINO (42746) 2011-08-26 7:55

Hello
amazing view of this wonderful palace
the colors are classic and add beauty
the composition and the lights are
in a great balance,you did your best
regards
Costantino

mdetay (4863) 2012-05-24 23:24

Hi Grzegorz,
Great shot, extremely nice colors.
One of the best shot I have seen of the Potala.
Congratulation.
Cheers.
Michel

kwekwekan (620) 2012-06-07 17:22

Hello Grzegorz,
Absolutely beautiful lighting! Great contrasts and variation between colour tones & very well composed as well. TFS
Caleb

macjake (39235) 2012-06-07 17:26

Hi Grzegorz
wow, are you kidding me!
this photo would make a great shot even without the elegant warm golden light - the subject is A+++++
And i like how the subject is placed just under the rim of the mountains in the bg, perfect placement from a visual standpoint.
I can look at this one for hours!
wow
craig