It was really interesting to read the comments, approximately 50% liked the horizontal orientation and the other 50% thought that I should have rotated the image 90°. The truth is, I actually thought that the "right" orientation is the portrait one, but when I tried it, I somehow didn't like it. It lost the details and the punch. Then I decided to go for this "strange" rotation. The image was taken at La Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, Spain during my business trip. I had only my "tourist" camera with me, I shot handheld, supporting on the church bench. I never thought I had any real chances in this challenge, but my wife liked the image amd me myself was actually pleased with the pic once I downloaded it and processed. So I decided to go for it.
Thanks a lot for the votes and the comments, shoot and prosper!
Composition: 2
Technical: 6
Creativity: 6 - Giving you an extra point for thinking differently even though I don't think it works for this image.
Appeal: 5
Challenge: 4
Overall Score: 5 - (weighted - NOT a calculated average)
The 90° rotation fails here for me anyway. Othwise an interesting shot and technically well done.