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Touching


Touching
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Copyright: Amir Aloosh (TheG1) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 292 W: 18 N: 129] (1411)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-26
Categories: Architecture, Ruins, Decisive Moment
Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 17-40 f/4L
Exposure: f/8, 1/15 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-06-02 3:50
Viewed: 541
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a close-up view of a huge door at the Forbidden City in Beijing, one of many doors all around the exterior and interior gates of the city. Those doors usually are 4-5 meters in height and 3 meters in width. Doors of imperial palaces and temples all around china are marked with those golden balls as you can see here.
The local peoples keep touching those golden balls every time they pass trough those doors (it might be related to a good fortune, but I don’t know)

Anyway, there was no light in that passage, so I didn’t manage to keep the touching hand freed, but I hope it still tells the story.
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  • verde Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 279 W: 87 N: 147] (957)
  • [2006-06-03 13:15]

I think it still works, but maybe not by itself. in a series i think it would work nicely. your note helps out too.

I think it is a nice shot compositionally too. great red door, hand blurred, and POV.
I like it
b

Hi Amir.
very good shot.the other one is also good ,but this one is much more interesting and powerful.
Did you look on the Forbidden City in "google earth" site?
David

Hi Amir,
I can understand why maybe you haven't got so many marks here, but I put it down to people not looking at it for long enough.
If the hand wasn't moving it would look like it was just hanging there. Secondly, it's just slightly out of focus on the golden ball at the front. The notes however explain it very well and so with a good pov and fair dof with great colours, deserves better attention.
Best Regards,
Mark

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