Monastery on Wudang Mountain, China, March 31, 2013.
I have always liked the contrasts in this photo: A very young and pretty Chinese maiden dwarfed by a very old and somewhat ugly Chinese Monastery.
This Monastery is built, cut into, the side of a shear rock face. It was cold, misty, rainy that day. I could not see the mountain top or the valley floor below. I'm guessing about 500-600' up(my SWAG). Shooting was a 'bit cramped', I zoomed out as far as I could with my feet, without falling to my death. I had to be patient to get this shot. The area right in front of me was usually full of other tourists, it eventually cleared out and I pulled the trigger. The girl as the only person left in the scene was pure luck. My own tour group was yelling behind me, "we're leaving without you"! Good thing I'm in decent shape and do not get lost easily, catching back up was no problem
I'm very glad the girl is in this photograph. Her presence lends scale to the scene, and subject contrast. Without her presence, I feel this photograph would be just ho-hum. Soon, her generation will own and hopefully maintain these ancient sites.
Portrait orientation film shots do not display well on computer screens, do they? I'm having to scroll up-n-down to see the entire photograph.
Camera: Pentax MZ-3
Lens: SMC Pentax-FA*28-70
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Developing & Scans: Dwayne's Photo
Post Processing: Picasa
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