Premium Photo Competition 2014 Q1 : Entry Number 121

The wall that never ceases to amaze. In an image made both beautiful and impressive. Well done!

Thanks to the judges for the Award of Excellence mark. Much appreciated ! This photo is a good example of why I always carry a small back up point and shoot camera. I wanted to get a shot of the Great Wall that was different and had no people on it. In order to do this I went to the Great Wall in Badaling, China on one of the coldest days of the year at 7.a.m in the morning. I had been taking photos all morning and the batteries on my big DSLR cameras finally gave out because of the cold. All I had working was a small Canon G9 compact camera when I took this shot in the late afternoon. Although the straight photo is nice it didn't have the 'antiquated' feeling that I was looking for so I tinted the photo to give it the look you see here. I think it works well and I'm glad the judges appreciate the photo. Thanks again.......