entry smash 434: from the temple tower

it's a pleasure to once again time to post in my favorite contest- shadow hunters. we are up to the 434th week which is quite an accomplishment thanks to the dedicated shadow hunters team.

sometimes i specifically go out looking for shadows or even creating them myself but most often i just keep an eye out for shadows where ever i go. this post is one of those times. my wife had some errands to do in town, Shiroda in southern Maharashtra, India so i had time to wander around by myself. inevitably i stopped by the Mauli temple, which is the main temple in town. we have been inside many times but there is a tower in front of the temple that i had never closely examined. i discovered that it was open to go inside and up the stairs to the top. so of course i was interested. the tower isn't exceptionally tall but the stone stairs were steep, narrow, in need of some maintenance and made for people shorter than myself. but i ascended with care and managed to get to the top platform where i could step outside and walk around and take in the view from all directions.

since this is a shadow contest i am only posting views featuring shadows. at the time i was there the tower cast it's shadow on a building by the entrance in the temple complex. it appears that the metal sheet roof is covering an otherwise open roof terrace both for shade and protection from rain. i wasn't waving to anybody, i just raised my arm so my shadow could easily be distinguished from the shadow of the tower

here i was standing on the other side of the tower with a zoomed in shot of the roof with it's amazing patina

in this shot the angle of my view makes it appear that the roof does not extend over the ballisters but that is an illusion. in the photo the space between the foot of the roof and the top of the ballister rail is presented as a horizontal distance but of course in reality the distance is vertical. fortunately this gap allowed for me to see the rhythmic shadows of the ballistrade. any of these three shots could be my contest entry but in addition to the shadows in this last one i really like the mix of textures and the lines, both horizontal and vertical so i chose this one