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The Temple of Heaven in Beijing is enclosed with a long wall.The northern part within the wall is semicircular symbolizing the heavens and the southern part is square symbolizing the earth. Chinese thought of "The heaven is round and the earth is square",....
the emperors would offer sacrifice to Heaven on the day of the Winter Solstice every year.
This ceremony was to thank Heaven and hope everything would be good in the future.
The Temple was built in 1420 A.D. during the Ming Dynasty
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I'm feature your image in my journal here: [link]
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Very beautiful!!
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The contrast between vivid color and dun, ashen stone is very striking and beautiful... The clouds really add something to the piece as well.
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To be perfectly blunt, I really don't think it's fair that so many of your deviations are on the top favourites list. I mean, you're an amazing photographer, but this site is filled with amazing photographers, and a lot of them get left out.
This is a nice shot, with the bland colours contrasted by that bright red, very nice.
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thats so amazing i cant put it into words!
what camera did you use? n lense?
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Gorgeous photo. would you mind if i asked how you attained the effect of the balance in colours? Waht filters did you use?
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This is amazing! The color is gorgeous!
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I really like the way the red, is like a ribbon left to float in the middle of the pic.
Nice effects, dramatic angle
Bravo !
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What kind of sacrifice would they make? 
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I love how the red of the wall is the only real color in the shot. It really is beautiful..
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everything in this looks so...surreal. i love the colors!
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a splendid image
inspiring photography throughout your gallery
Gazza
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ugh...
i would die to travel to a place like that.
i had no idea your work would be like this after i saw your latest deviation, but after looking at your gallery my god..truly inspirational.
i think i'll take an hour or so to browse it.
cheers.
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Its so interesting seeing you shoot a completely different culture, id love to see you photograph England. Id be really intruiged by your take on it.
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I love this photo so much, I am using it in my blog's header image. Thanks for all these wonderful photos!
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how do you get that contrast, clarity, colour and perfection in all your shots so easily?!?!?
another one of my favourites of yours... i think it is the minimalistic use of colours and excellent subject.
(i'm keeping this one in my inbox too)
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how do you get that contrast, clarity, colour and perfection in all your shots so easily?!?!?
another one of my favourites of yours... i think it is the sinimalistic use of colours and excellent subject.
(i'm keeping this one in my inbox too)
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the surreal colors, coupled with the splash of red, make for a brilliant photo!
i wish i was there... the honor, prestige, duty... wonderful
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I had onced been to this place before, but by that time i wasn't really intersted in photography. I really regret no taking photos as an intrest, you should visit Kunming since you like china so much. Trust me you will love every moment of it
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Have you been in the temple building itself with it's tremendous pillars?
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your gallery is wonderful - I could comment on so many images that my eyes/mind have been feasting on, but thought I'd just combine my comments into a single 
PS: I'm grooving on the square composition as well...very unusual to see it across an entire body of work.
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i await anxiously for the coffee table-sized book of your photos from China... and perhaps you'll give me a signed autographed copy and allow me to pay you in installments.
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i love this kind of architecture. 
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This, for me, is just the most amazing picture. Simply fantastic, no two ways about it!
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i want to bone this picture, it's so stunning
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Another awe one! That red just stands out perfectly in this. I wish I was there to view this. My heart aches for it.
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