a touch of color
hopes and dreams
Posted by e. (New York, NY, United States) on 22 March 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture.
We went to go visit the famous Wen Wu Temple, which actually turned out to be really disappointing for me. I think one of the charms of temples is to see the old art and architecture. This one, however, was so modern, and the paint was way too bright. Therefore, I'm not going to put up any photos of it. Next to the Temple, however, were lots of stairs going down to the Lake (since the Temple is on a hill). All along the stairs on both sides were hung these charms that represented the hopes and dreams of those who had come before me.
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Photo taken at the Wen Wu Temple by the Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan on December 15, 2007.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. - Shawshank Redemption
GJC from Kyoto, Japan
Sorry the temple was a disappointment (boy, do I know the feeling!) but you still got a wonderful image, very suggestive of the mass of our hopes and dreams as a collective. Well seen.
22 Mar 2008 11:27am
Illuci from Hurdegaryp, Netherlands
Wonderful colors, silver and red combined very well Did you add your hope and dream as well?
22 Mar 2008 11:28am
timothy sullivan from tokyo, Japan
yeah.. i hear the disappointment thing... but i dont think it was an experience wasted at all.
22 Mar 2008 1:54pm
Elle from Sydney, Australia
Wow I really like the effect of the non-focused objects. I hope you understand what I'm talking about. Haha I'm sorry I'm real bad at explaining. But, I love this shot! :)
22 Mar 2008 2:09pm
Michael Rawluk from Prince George, Canada
I love blogs because we get to see wonderful photographs and learn something as well. Thanks for this.
22 Mar 2008 4:54pm
Michael from Wuppertal, Germany
Nice shot and colours, thank you sharing the shot and the useful info!
22 Mar 2008 9:07pm
standley from brou-sur-chantereine, France
This is wonderful. Great DOF exercise!
22 Mar 2008 9:27pm
Rabbit from Richmond, United States
The DoF is FAB - it really makes such a sweet image.
22 Mar 2008 11:45pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
I am currently in Taiwan. Though your picture was taken a few months back, I think it suits the mood of Taiwan today- many people got their hopes and dreams fullfilled (and broken) today with the election result. Anyway, beautiful depth and color.
23 Mar 2008 12:15am
bronzebilly u.k. from Barry,Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
Hey e. ..Great measurement on the d.o.f ,pal..it really gives a sense of scale..great colours also,pal..nice one..
Billy..
23 Mar 2008 1:33am
Rags from Plano, United States
really cool DOF. I love the pretty colors in it too.
23 Mar 2008 4:43am
Porcsin from Debrecen, Hungary
We have the same place!
It is a fence and the lovers put locks on it!
Nice one!
23 Mar 2008 11:12am
Photonscribbles from Pune, India
ya teh DOF is greattt... the colours too..
I know...it must ve been dissapointing to miss the antique rusted feel..
23 Mar 2008 12:23pm
Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom
Yes, photo-destinations can be a disappointment if we build up a too firm idea of what we’ll find. But you sure salvaged a great shot here and the shallow DoF has really made it special.
23 Mar 2008 10:04pm
drphoto from Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Cool shot, great composition and DOF.
Dan
26 Mar 2008 6:19pm
Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan
You may not have liked the temple, but the location gave you the chance to shoot this one very interesting image. The perspective goes down in a blurr creating a most attractive illlusion of colours and shapes.
28 Mar 2008 5:28am
Nikon D40X
1/125 second
F/5.6
ISO 100
82 mm (35mm equiv.)