Very nice lead in to the image, good one! tigs=^..^=

I like the way the architectural space draws the eye down the passage and into the lighted area. The door which is emphasized by the arch looks very far away.

Of course the angle brings out the beauty here... stunning capture, bravo.

Katrin, this photograph of yours is quite nice, loaded with color, architectural geometry, and a bit of mystery. I have no idea what your experience level is, in terms of photography, or the equipment you have to use, and I do not wish to denigrate your skills or results in any way, but if I may make a suggestion, it is purely out of respect for you and the art. That being said, I placed a copy of your image in my iPhone file to conduct a little editing. First I used both the horizontal line of the steps and vertical line of the arch opening to straighten the photo a little. The colors in your photo are terrific, under the lighting conditions that are present, so I only brightened the image a small amount, to lighten the corridor shadows a little. Then, because the late (?) or early (?) day light is so strong in the angles above that archway, I cropped down from the top to keep just a little of the bright sunlit triangle of wall on the right, above the arch, and a bit more of the one on the left. Eliminating most of that bright wall then naturally allowed better contrast in the shadowy areas in the corridor: the light and dark were no longer fighting so the darker corridor became a little lighter. Leaving a little bit of that bright wall allows the viewer to understand the architectural nature of this structure, above the arch, without the eye having to fight the contrast burnout. Then I cropped in on the right, just to the right of the green foliage in that far right pot. What that does is create a mild panoramic of the photo and actually put even more emphasis on the arch by offsetting it to the right and maintaining the long corridor wall on the left. Then a small touch of sharpening and suddenly it was, for practical purposes, a new photograph altogether. Please bear in mind that this is only a suggestion, based on nearly four decades of photo editing and publishing. In every photo I take, I capture a bit more of the scene than necessary, so when I open it large in my desktop computer, I later look for the photo hidden within the photo. If we look closely it usually shows itself to us. I enjoy the pure instinct in your captures and look forward to more.

-nik