Taken of the giant Mao portrait hanging above the front gates of the Palace Museum overlooking Tiananmen square. Shot RAW, converted, contrast, levels, curves, rotate, crop, resize, submit
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Very clever, waldo almost but not quite could be taken for one of those white pillars. Amazing how he is poitioned so as not to break the symettry of the pillars
Good job, though possibly a tad dark in the top third
I really like this shot; the muted tones, matching both on the lower wall and on the upper columns, give the image a sense of cohesiveness for me, one that seems to fit with my idea of China's communist theology. I love that you've chosen a person who almost could have been one of the white pots (or whatever they are), and whose appearance comes close to those things. I might have tried this with the person offset a bit (making Mao a bit offset, as well), but that might not have worked. Interesting image, well presented.
I like how you hid waldo admidst the posts. Maybe having waldo have black pants and the shirt tucked in would have been even better. If you even knew waldo that is. Nice work.
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