Chamundeshwari Temple Tower, Chumundi Hills, Mysore, India

[Manfred M]

This tower was likely built in the 17th century and is part of a well known temple that is located high in the hills, overlooking Mysore, India. I finally had a chance to take a architectural shot during "golden hour".

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, almost missed the monkey.

[rpcrowe]

Wonderful light!

[Ziggy]

Might be my monitor but it looks over processed.

[IzzieK]

Don't tell me you didn't use any polarizer here either...it was nicely exposed...OK...the monkey do not belong anywhere but I will guess they are part of the environment there. The monkeys there are a nuisance so did you get to feed those monkeys?

[Manfred M]

Might be my monitor but it looks over processed.

Here's the SOOC jpeg; shot at "neutral" camera settings. Set the black point and white point and the sky darkens up; move the gamma to slightly reduce the brightness and the sky goes "wow".

The image has a tiny bit trimmed off the top and bottom, some dodging and burning as well as removal of the branch sticking out of the top right hand corner. I run most of my images through the Nik Color Efex Pro Contrast filter (enhances the relief in the carving). That's it for the PP.

[Manfred M]

Don't tell me you didn't use any polarizer here either...it was nicely exposed...OK...the monkey do not belong anywhere but I will guess they are part of the environment there. The monkeys there are a nuisance so did you get to feed those monkeys?

No polarizer was used. I had one in the car, but didn't have it along at the temple (in fact I haven't used it at all on this trip, because I'm concerned about losing the 1-1/2 stops of light).

No we did not feed the monkeys; some people did. I got some pictures of the monkeys, but haven't posted any.

[NorthernFocus]

Incredible detail. Imagine how many hours of labor went into that place. Nicely captured.