picture is unique and a replica of your soul

amazingly beautiful shot

Breathtaking landscape that ultimately blows your mind.

Picture is like looking at our past and heritage - beauthful!!

amazingly beatifull art shot..

picture is beautiful and unique, i wonder what is out there!

amazingly beautiful ART shot.. I even enlarged and put on my office wall...

Historic past and I am partial to the dry southwest----God's country!!

What a perfect picture on my desktop!

A vivid mixture of the past and the present. The bright sky and the ruins complement each other beautifully.

beautiful and really unique

Simply breathtaking !

An emergence of spirituality and a touch of Salvidor Dali combined.

I hope i will see this image for real.

I know what you are doing!

perfect shot, very good eye, makes you want to think what's out there. good luck!

Been there and it really is worth the trip. Great shot, from a kindred spirit.

Great concept and composition!!!!

Window to the Old Chapel Excellent composition, great colors and spatial arrangement, and compelling scenery. I have never been to this area in the West - but this gives me a real feeling for the place. It's a stunning and original picture, and as a photographer, I do appreciate it! Doris Baum

Folks, Thank you for your kindness and artistic comments. When I first visited Taos I only know what I've read from brochures and ads. I'd like to preserve the trust and wishes of the Taos to respect the sanctity of this place. Deciding to capture the image thru a distant collapsed door was on purpose. It gives that fleeting moment in time to remember and not to forget what the people who were buried outside the old chapel has to give up to obtain freedom - their lives.

The shot was a masterpiece! Visually stunning! It is a great literary piece in picture... I wish I can meet the photo artist who shot this...

what a wonderful scenery... i hope to see it in reality..

This photo brings me to the place. Great work of art and Amazing shot of the location. This makes me feel like I am the one standing in the middle of this landscape and over looking that door opening which brings a great view of the Old Chapel.

a real and amazing piece of art !!!i like the true colors of the wall ( the ruined bricks ).. it reminds me of my early past when i was an "altar boy "in one of the century old churches.... this is great !!!

What else can we say? "A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words." - Ansel Adams --- Neo Monteagudo

I'll be honest...I don't see this as the best photo of the bunch. It's nice...but the clouds are a bit burnt out...and there are at least 15 other shots I believe more worthy of all those votes...its nice...but not an image I'd remember.

Nice Shot!

I knew, from the moment you took a photo shot of Athena way back and my experience of you taking our family picture back then.. you take shots with your "soul" and see beauty beyond..you transform an ordinary scenery into a work of art.. Congratulations!

Truly a work of art. The essence of the place was captured in the shot. I would love to see the place and actually experience the feeling of being in that exact same place. =)

great picture!

this is a real and amazing piece of art. It really holds your breath. for sure, I am keeping this picture as my desktop background!!

very nice!!!

it takes a special eye of an artist to capture this image. cogratulations!

Absolutely beautiful, an eye catcher of uniqueness !! Ernie S Perez, Ryadh, KSA

Words are not enough to describe the picture...the picture itself describes it..

Your work is amazingly beautiful! It seems to hide a certain mystery only the soul can uncover.

A picture that's worth more than a million words.
Speaks volumes about earthly graves not being the end of it all. The freedom that was born from many lives lost for it is not lost in the next generation of freedom fighters.
- p.bebs t.

Nice shot Dan. Keep up the good work!

Taking a picture of a church and framing it with a broken window can only be visualized by a creative mind. Good work!!!!

It's a perfect picture, it captured the true beauty and vivid colors of the sky, the old chapel, and the nature around it.

bro you're a great photographer!I want to see and visit the place very soon..!

Its a work of art ,it captivate the beauty of nature and the photographer's shot gives meaning to the mystic window of the old church.Bravo Dan...

POV, composition, exposure, not too much PS,excellent. Worthy of Rembrandt, Van Eyck, Rubens. A photo within a photo. A glance into the past or is it the future.

Required a lot of thought to get this silhouette of the ancient building in the doorway of an ancient building. Brings up memories of our trips to the old Southwest. Super picture!!!

I was born and raised in NM~my great grandparents homsteaded there...you certainly captured the flavor of The Land of Enchantment..well done! It looks great as our wallpaper...good luck!

Breath taking . . .

A great photograph. I like that even though you know that you're looking through the door it still looks as though it's a mirrored image.

Beautiful shot, vibrant colors, clear message.

It breaks my heart as a photographer to see other people posting how they stole the image from you to use as a desktop background or hang on their wall. I'm sure they didn't think to pay you for your property.......

really...a beautiful shot! congratz friend.

You have a sensitive eye to a natural work of art. It is a GIFT that you have to treasure. Thank God for creating you a Pilipino. We are very proud of you.

i am very proud for you dan, for such beautiful shot. You really deserved to win. goodluck kabayan.

An impressive rendition of an artist. I am very proud of you. Congrats.

Great picture. It threw me for a moment, because I took the same picture when I visited Taos in July of 2007. The skies in mine were not as brilliant, but the picture is awesome. I framed mine and it is hanging on our wall at home. Nice shot.

Did the photographer have the permission of the Taos Pueblo to take the photograph? If not, I guarantee that there was a large clearly posted sign nearby that declared it was prohibited to photograph there. Total disregard of a people's sovereign right to determine what occurs in their homeland is a huge contributor to all the problems in which our nation is currently embroiled. What is being viewed here as an artistic photograph is in actuality an arrogant, callous snub of a tribe's right to self-governance. And the colonization continues...