So many fantastic facets in this photograph. That perfect placement of the reflection overlaying the old on the new. With a touch of Cartier-Bressons decisive moment with the two figures. I love the muted tones that blend the fore and background, modern and ancient architecture; also in the figures clothing too with the greys and blues.
I loved so many things about this image. The colours and subject really remind me of a William Eggleston photograph. The hard light makes is really graphic, the shadows creating more graphic shapes on more graphic shapes. And a composition that feels incredibly considered with the placement of the flag and sunbather between the columns and a wonderful depth on the right where we can see all the way down the colonnade.
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**This contest is open to photographers ranked between 1 and 250 in this week’s <a href="https://www.photocrowd.com/photographer-community/">Leaderboard</a>.** A feature of classical architecture in its many iterations through the centuries, columns and colonnades (rows of evenly spaced columns usually with a roof or arches connecting them) make an interesting subject for the photographer. Leading lines abound, either looking up at columns, or along colonnades. Or if symmetry is more your thing, there’s usually plenty of that to be found too. Classical columns can be very large, and including human elements in the scene can provide welcome scale. By definition colonnades can also be rows of other tall, evenly spaced objects such as trees, which might add some interesting variety to the contest.
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