Wat Phra Kaew - Residence of Kings Photo

Photographer’s Note

The grand palace was establish in 1782 during the reign of king RAMA I the first king of the Chakri dynasty. It was his initiation to move the offices, royal residence, ceremonial complex, and religious quarters across the Chao Phraya river from the Wat Arun complex on the Thonburi District. From then onwards more buildings were added to serve all the royal functions and ceremonies by the king in throne of that present time.

Just imagine how this place was built, how much time it took, what kind of problem the craftsmen had to go through to achieve what we are seeing. This is evident to the achievement of Thai craftsmanship to work as a team and over come all barriers to accomplish what is now where we are. With this thought coming here is like filling yourself up with energy to confront any problem. Thais should be proud of their ancestors.

leo61, cliffchappell, fadingstar78, sevy, TopGeo, lilimih33 has marked this note useful

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TopGeo (22475) 2008-02-12 5:34

Hi Vincent excellent shot! A amazing picture with a closed frame and beautiful colours good the reception and the idea. Beautiful the Pov
Georgios

sevy (14070) 2008-02-12 5:42

Bonjour Vincent,

J aime beaucoup ce cadrage que je trouve assez original et qui permet de bien mettre en valeur cet edifice. Le choix de la symetrie et du centrage marchent tres bien sur cette photo.
J aurais quand meme prefere voir aussi les pieds des statues, juste au raz du cadre et voir aussi la pointe de l edifice.
Peut etre n etait ce pas possible, mais je pense que ca aurait ete mieux.
Mais une chose est certaine, ta photo me donne vraiment envi d aller visiter cet endroit.

Yves.

fadingstar78 (414) 2008-02-12 5:48

Great pic. I love the pov. You captured very well the colors, I like the gold in particular. great shot!

cliffchappell (223) 2008-02-12 5:59 [Comment]

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Riley (53) 2008-02-12 6:07

nice POV!
and very warm colours. i love the position of the statues, too

Silke

Across_Asia (306) 2008-02-12 7:13

Hi Vincent
Great shot here - POV and colour. However I would have preferred to include the entire tip of the building top.

Cheers / Steven

leo61 (44102) 2008-02-12 11:41

Hi Vincent!
What a pity that the top is cut,but anyway it`s a great shot of this nice temple.I like the symetry and the perspective.Wonderful golden tones ,fine details and great contrast with the partly clouded sky.
Regards,Leo

lilimih33 (9874) 2008-02-12 16:12

Hello Vincent!
Nice perspective and great detail and clarity!
Lovely gold light and gold monument!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili