Domes and Minarets Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Taj Mahal was constructed using materials from all over India and Asia.

The translucent white marble was brought from Rajasthan, the jasper from Punjab, jade and crystal from China. The turquoise was from Tibet and the Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, while the sapphire came from Sri Lanka and the carnelian from Arabia.

In all, twenty eight types of precious and semi-precious stones were inlaid into the white marble.

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corniste (4236) 2009-10-10 1:43

Bonjour André,

Voici un point de vue assez éloigné des vues habituelles de ce monument. Avec les derniers rayons du soleil, cela donne une excellente atmosphère!

Bonne fin de semaine,

Jeff

sayantan20023 (166) 2009-10-10 6:19

Hi Andre,

Absolutely beautiful, wonderful photograph, the best about this photograph is your timing (on account of the sky) and of-course the reflection.

Thanks for sharing.

Regards,
Sayantan Mukherjee

feather (50480) 2009-10-10 6:49

Virtually impossible to find a new POV, but this WA view with the twin 'temples' included is one of the lesser known views. The early(?) light is lovely with the peachy tint on the right and some 'God's Rays' emerging from the clouds. Better not forget the reflections with are stunning.
Kath

maltese (21539) 2009-10-10 9:59

Salut André
Une belle ambiance bleue et un point de vue qui change sur cet endroit tout en jouant parfaitement sur les reflets
Bon boulot!!
Amicalement
Hervé

Vato_Law (11768) 2009-10-10 12:36

Hello Andre.
Taj is Taj, and even is there are millions of photos of it it's impossible to resist and take one more.
I found your pov, even it's not original, nice as it frames Taj with the other temples surrounding it and we have a double scene given by the reflections as a bonus.
The cooler tones, are for me a new on photos around this monument as I've seen, in plain daylight, in blue hour, at dark night but never with this kind of cooler light, and this is something I like, it gives a sense of mysticality and of greatness it surelly has.
The sunrays piercing thru behind the clouds are a nice add to the mood of this photo.
Cheers.
Paulo

jjcordier (25446) 2009-10-10 21:49

André
Tu as réussi à trouver un angle de prise de vue original pour ce célèbre Taj. Ta version bleutée est vraiment belle avec ces beaux reflets et ce soleil en projecteur céleste pour éclairer la star.
Amitiés
JJ

cbrman (19097) 2009-10-11 3:37

Hello André,

Un endroit qu'il doit être magique de visiter.
Surtout si on prend le temps comme toi de saisir ce temple sous cette lumière tamisée. Le soleil se cache dans les nuages et la luminosité se trouve atténuée dans le ciel. Tu as également su profiter des reflets dans ce bassin.
Bravo !

A+

Dominique

vardhanharsh (104) 2009-10-14 22:47 [Comment]