revelation

Well, both those pictures are taken with my Sigma 12-24 lens, which creates fantastic distortion. The first trick is underexpose slightly to stop the highlights from blowing out... that first photo - you mean the one with the people by the wall? That was taken at 8am on overcast morning, so the light was very even - just had to tweak the curves slightly.

The one with the church was taken with the same lens, but using a circular polariser, which is great for stopping clouds from blowing out.

Both shots have very little photoshopping done - just levels, curves and saturation. The only heavily edited images of that lot are the harpist and the red coated woman at the temple (to get the exposure even).

Well in fact what i wanted to say is that i'm here for one month, but i planned to stay one or two years