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Temple of Horus
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| The Temple of Horus is at Edfu. The site was buried under sand for nearly 2000 years. It is the largest and best preserved Ptolemaic temple in Egypt. Construction began in 237BC with the main temple complex taking 25 years to complete. The first pylon is 36m high which then leads through to a large colonnaded courtyard which contains the two famous black granite statues of the falcon god Horus. The reliefs on the walls of the pylon show the pharaoh Ptolemy XII. |
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Hi Colin, nice photo, I like the light ( I guess the picture was taken in the afternoon) and the nice combination of earthy tones and the blue sky. In my opinion perhaps a bit of the bottom part and a bit of the sky should have been cropped to give the picture a more panoramic feeling. I made this change in the workshop, I hope you don't mind.
Regards, Christian
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Hi Colin !
I like this shot, especially thos contrasts of colors between the beautiful blue sky, and the warm tones of the temple. Very well croped too. Maybe I wouldn't have included the rocks on bottom. Well done anyway !
Pascal
Another nice image from Egypt. An image with fine detail from the sand to the carved images. And best of all is the scale between the people and pylon. I also like the mix of the modern colors of modern clothes with the ancient structure and the color of the sand and pylon. I think it would work better, though, if it were rotated to the right. And perhaps also touched up with a bit more contrast and sharpening. But that contrast in modern and ancient and the scale are nicely captured.
