Wednesday, May 10, 2017

The Temple


It can be difficult photographing something that has been shot by everyone who sees it, and coming up with an image that is yet somehow still interesting.  It can also be difficult when the image you take lacks the pop that your naked eye sees.  But as I was pulling out of the parking lot of this magnificent building and glanced out of my driver's side window at this jaw dropping edifice dedicated to the worship of God, I saw the gleaming white marble against the deep cobalt blue of the sky.  I slowed down, put the car in park, got out, and took a shot.  The image in the view finder somehow lacked the pop that my eyes could see, but a little auto-enhance function in the software seemed to find what the default settings could not - the perfect image.

Shot with an iPhone 6s Plus, I'm usually not a fan of the "enhance" function as it seems to, more often than not, enhance the image away from what the naked eye actually sees.  In this case, the slightest of changes in lighting actually worked the way I hoped it would in revealing the Temple and sky as it really was.