Thursday, 19th June 2008
Trichy Temple
by David Lazar
This photo is taken at the top of the 83m high Rock Fort - the only outcrop in the otherwise flat land of the city of Trichy in Tamil Nadu, India. Looking back down towards the hazy city, we see another decorative Hindu temple.
Equipment: Nikon D70s
David Lazar
I'm a photographer from Brisbane, Australia - and one of the joys for me (outside my musical profession) is travelling and capturing moments of life and beauty through photography.
My favourite styles of photography: Portraiture and landscape. Also, in general, I prefer shots which contain an element of 'cannot be captured exactly again'; that is expressive people shots, action shots and any scenario with a unique aspect to it.
Trichy Temple by David Lazar was photo of the day on Thursday, 19th June 2008. It is tagged City, India, Temples. You can leave a comment below.
40 Comments
Chris Reardon
That is unbelievable. Wowwww. Breathtaking.
Chris Reardon
One of the coolest photos I have ever seen
Kirk Jordan
Wowzer. This looks at once like a toy or a movie set from Middle Earth. (or .. an artistic portrayl of life imitating art!)
Madhav
Oh man, this is some serious stuff. you have a great vision..
Anurag
This is terrific, almost looks like a Martian landscape. For once the blown out highlights are adding to the drama. Great composition, great choice of focal length.
Cheers!!
Pauline Jones
This is a spectacular and surprising picture; I love the colors, well done.
Ahmed Sharif
WOW, WOW!!….. this looks like the landscape found in a Star Wars movie!!….. hard to believe that is was shot in Earth!!….. great work!!….. all the best!!
Malta Photography
Crystal clear shot. Hazy at the top very nice balancing of colors. I really fell in love with this photo. The bursting light at the top may be a little too aggressive but I still love this shot
Jaygees
Impressive!
Chris
very nice pic but
why is it all foggy?
Thomas Blackmore
just perfect
Rich
Now that is a stunner. The blue-green of the temple really picks it out of the rest of the red and the haze/sunrise combo is a winner. Only thing here is i think it would look (even) better if you lopped a bit of the right off – wasted space imo.
RAMANATHAN
My God. unbelievable.
what a picture. looks like a beautiful painting.
congratulations. I more amazed since i am just 250lms from this place.
ChrisB
It sure is one of those “cannot be captured exactly again” photos!
Andreea Teodorescu
Beautiful colors and light !
planet lover
Loved your picture and your approach to photography. Looking forward to more.
Jacob Maentz
Beautiful image, I love the colors and light.
Yasmin
Breath-taking. Could not be more perfect.
Alex
Congratulations, this is really a “unique scenario”!
Initially I thought it was a scene from a Star War Movie…
Marie Dunphy Harding
Love it!
Thank you David for this spectacular shot.
a.
Stunning. I love the sun.
Renee
Like everyone else has said this is a incredible photo!! Excellent! Thank you David for sharing!
Srirama Raja
Great shoot.
Dennis
Great moody shot. It portrays India beautifully.
Sanjeev
Very beautiful, very sci-fi, too. Is there a filter? ND or color? Trichinopoly, my fathr used o smoke cigars from there. They came in wooden boxes packed with banana leaves.. (-:
yasmin
luv the sun effect that is seen here!
yasmin
ps- very beautiful
David Lazar
Sanjeev – yes there is a ND filter but it was applied in photoshop, and also the colour enhancing was done in post.
Thanks to all who say they like it!
S. N. Rama Raju
I have visited this place a number of times but I just can’t imagine one could take a picture like this. Congrats !
Lakshmi
Great mood to the shot! Nice work on the processing to give the desired effect!
Courtney Platt
Gorgeous light and composition, but awesome contrast in the shadows!
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
This looks great. I really like the composition and the scene as a whole.I also like the monochrome colors but the bright sun in the left top is a little too much for me.
David Doe
That is an amazing capture. Bet this one will break the records for coments!! Excellent.
Susan Gagnon
This is a stunning vista you have captured at an opportune moment. I am very impressed, and would love to have seen that for myself.
TomBrooklyn
Those Hindus got it going on.
su
This is one impressive shot as shown by the number of comments. It does command a response, you cannot see that shot and ignore, it its wonderful.
varanasi
I love all the detail in the other buildings as well as the main temple. Thanks.
mike
Beautiful area and sky color. Amazing picture.
renee
Wow this shot got alot of feedback
nice job.
vinoth kumar
very nice picture .