Suzhou Mall - Temple of Mystery Photo

Photographer’s Note

Suzhou Mall on a cold overcast day. The Taoist Temple of Mystery pictured here, sits in the middle of the Guanquian Jie shopping Mall. It was built in the 3rd century ad, & rebuilt in 1181 ad.

The foreground ornamental plants are a type of cabbage, or kale, commonly found decorating Chinese Parks & gardens.

Fixfocus, PixelTerror, maphoto, nwoehnl, weswang, jmdaoudal, singuanti, bazal, aloyho, orme, joseelias has marked this note useful

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bantonbuju (48796) 2005-06-18 3:44

hi chris, today we received a very classical archi shot yet very beautiful - the colours are so nice, and the composition allows to see the whole temple nearly;
nice work;
have a nice we, jerzy

supereira (9576) 2005-06-18 5:00

Great shot.I like the prespective and DOF.Very good colors,light and sharpness.I like the contrast between the temple and the sky.I like the detail of the persons.I like the plants.Well done!

chinchini (27823) 2005-06-18 6:04

Bonjour Chris,
Un cadrage parfait de ce temple avec ce parterre de fleurs très colorées. Chez nous aussi, on plante de plus en plus cette variété de choux pour orner les espaces verts. L'image du temple est d'une ecellente netteté.
C'est très beau Chris.
Bon week-end mon ami/Pierre

huynt (5077) 2005-06-18 6:58

Hi Chris
A great shot. The colorful and light lanscape. Temple is very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-06-18 8:56

Hi Chris,
A fine capture of this interesting and colorful temple,but what really cought my attention are the decorating cabbages,I´ve never seen this before.
have a nice weekend,
hermann

cessy (13647) 2005-06-18 9:00

very nice shot, Chris
the yellow and red looks wonderful
the temple also very well captured

maphoto (8076) 2005-06-18 13:43

Nice daily life shot Chris, nice angle and good choice as a foreground with these plants, colorful, well seen.

AmiBe (6042) 2005-06-18 14:18

Hi Chris,
good diagonal compostioin with the stone and the temple.
I like the red and yellow colors.
I'm surprised by his age, it doesn't seem very old.

greg64g (11193) 2005-06-18 15:17

Hello Chris,

Nice colors for this one, this is a nice daily life, i like the foreground too.
cheers
greg

nwoehnl (120) 2005-06-18 15:38

Hi Chris. Nice presentation of the temple, interestingly seen within the contemporary context of the shopping mall. Good inclusion of the patterned flowerbed in the foreground, and nice lively add from the strolling pedestrians. The vivid colors are quite pleasant, too.

PixelTerror (86861) 2005-06-19 5:30

Hi Chris,
Beautiful temple, I like your PoV and framing, scan quality is here outstanding and I like personally the associations of the yellow and red colors, they are vivid and well contrasting thanks to the good sharpness.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

jhm (83378) 2005-06-19 7:25

Hi Chris,
I find here the "Temple of Mystery" the most real eyes catcher, perfectly of lighting and colours, the flowers on the foreground are a nice detail.
Good composition too.
Best regards,
John.

weswang (18223) 2005-06-19 11:28

Hi Chris, A nice and clear shot to this famous place. It looks like a busy place. I like your composition and the color contrast in this picture. You have a vivid people activity and very attractive color in this picture with great details and sharpness. Well done.

hdl (6737) 2005-06-19 11:57

A temple inside a mall? It's a very nice historic building that seems very well preserved. Good pov with the cabages in the foreground of which the colour is repetitive in the temple. In Belgium they would just have torn down the temple; thanks to the Chinese people for respecting their cultural and religious heritage. I'll be back.

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-06-19 17:28

C'est interessant ! Looks like innacessible places for an occidental so far and so different.
Framing colors and quality are good, and this temple looks realy like our church in our villages, a common place, a part of the community 's life.
I like it
Jean Michel

naxius (16679) 2005-06-20 3:29

Hi Chris,
Very interesting shot to discovering that country. The architecture is splendid.
Beautiful colors.
Bravo.
Alex - green soon

bazal (7898) 2005-06-20 5:29

Hi Chris.
Nice colors and composition. Interesting architectural style of the building. The cabbage used here as ornament are found in France too, for a few years and they are used to put a colorful touch in public gardens and in roundabouts.
Nice shot !

aloyho (6109) 2005-06-20 9:19

Hi Chris,
A vivid shot of this interesting place. The usual red relates well with chinese culture. The crowd gives that busy and lively mood and the place look spotlessly clean. Great detail and light control. Well done!! Regards.

singuanti (15240) 2005-06-20 14:40

Hi Chris. Well the weather sure was on your side for this one. I like the composition which follows the rule of thirds brilliantly. The people add scale and vitality. Beautiful shot Chris!

orme (6746) 2005-06-23 5:10

Great composition, Chris. The architecture is excellent. I like how you have framed it with the flowers in the foreground and the people filling the space in between. Well captured.

joseelias (367) 2005-06-23 8:37

An historic temple placed in the middle of a mall! Now that’s quite curious… :-)

Nice POV with good colors. It’s also curious those plants. If they are what I’m thinking, we actually eat them in Portugal… Still, I don’t like them a bit… :-)

mumek (17510) 2005-07-19 17:29

Good afternoon Chris!
Very interesting scene from Suzhou. Because of walking people , the scenery is alive. Good colours of the buildings contrasting nicely with the foregrond. Thanks for sharing
regards
ziggy