It's lovely, Jes. The bells ar silhouetted against the blue sky, yet you can still make out the texture of the walls. The sun didn't let you down, it made the shot more dramatic.
Good one! Love it!

Hey Jess, really interesting angle with the sun behind the peak of the tower. Even so, you've managed to maintain detail in the shadow areas. Nicely done. anne :-)

nice shot

Nice capture...I like the "shillouettation" made by the evening sun!

Actually, I feel the sun creates the sillouette which makes this shot. You captured a nice balance between full sillouette and building details but with a burned out sky. Do you have the option to shoot in a larger format (ie: up to 1600x1200)? Would increase downlaod interest in you r shots. Cheers! - Dave

This is a beautiful building you have captured I like the bells and the design of the wll great work
Jason

Hi Jessica...I really like the silhouette of the bells against the sky. It makes for an interesting and unique image. I imagine that was a beautiful sight to see. Thank you for sharing it with us. Thanks for visiting my first fractal ~blazing comet~. I really am curious to learn more about fractals....what I know now would fit under your fingernail with room left over! Thanks for the warm words of encouragement. They are deeply appreciated :~)

Gorgeous, Jessica... superb angle.

Hey thanks for the memories. I used to live in Austin (10 years), and I and an ex-girlfriend used to like driving down to San Antonio for a mission visit. I only wish that back then I'd been into photography. At that time I was studying European history. I remember San Juan well.

The Mission trail was part of the Camino Real, the trail that stretches from South America, north through Mexico City and San Antonio where it branches into two trails, one heading west to San Diego, Los Angeles, Solvang, and San Francisco, and another branch heading east through New Orleans all the way to San Augustine on the Florida Coast. This was the funnel through which all the riches of two continents flowed to finance the building of all those fabulous cathedrals that litter the cities of Spain. It was these riches that financed a century of war with the rest of Europe.

As it turned out it also brought about the destruction of Spain. All that gold caused massive inflation that destroyed the social fabric of the empire. What is curious is that contrary to popular belief It seems to me that the natives of most of the lands colonized by France and Spain did relatively well compared to the native populations of most of the lands colonized by the Dutch and the English. The Spanish were more likely to mix with their aboriginal victims than were the English who tended to hold themselves aloof from their victims. And yet the English came out on top in the long run. I suppose there's a lesson there to be learned, but I'd rather not learn it.