Weekly Photo Challenge: Through

The Eastern Gate into Angkor Thom, Angkor, Cambodia.

More beauty lies beyond… All you need to do is walk through.

And I think that also goes for life.

I had a few different pictures in mind for this post – all related to doors and mainly some beautiful, iron-wrought door locks and handles.

Whenever in life a door closes, another one will surely open… And all you really need to do is take a leap and walk through it to see what’s in store for you on the other side.

So, enter Angkor Thom – or Great City, in Khmer. Walk onto the causeway, across the moat, flanked by naga-carrying devas, on the left, and asuras, on the right. Through the gate, covered in faces of Avalokiteshvara – the Buddha of Compassion. And behold the beauty of the last capital city of the Khmer empire.

That is what this door holds in store for you…

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22 thoughts on “Weekly Photo Challenge: Through”

frizztext on March 25, 2012 at 1:57 PM said:

The Eastern Gate into Angkor Thom, Angkor, Cambodia: very traditional …
once there were some bad times in Cambodia – I hope, such a door was soothing …

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- SLR - See Love Remember on March 25, 2012 at 2:24 PM said:
  
  Unfortunately the bad times have changed, but not passed. I can only hope that times will get better for the Cambodian people…
  
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Jennifer M. on March 25, 2012 at 2:17 PM said:

I love the use of light in this photo. It makes the subject matter ethereal 🙂

Great interpretation of the theme this week!

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- SLR - See Love Remember on March 25, 2012 at 2:23 PM said:
  
  Thanks so much! It is one of my fav photos 🙂
  
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smkelly8 on March 25, 2012 at 2:56 PM said:

Oh, I loved Cambodia. This is a great photo.

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- SLR - See Love Remember on March 25, 2012 at 4:35 PM said:
  
  I loved it too 🙂 I hope to go back again one day!
  
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Cris on March 25, 2012 at 3:59 PM said:

A little hard to see with these old eyes, but it looks like you nailed it. Nice one.

Please feel free to drop by and view my interpretation of Through:

Weekly Photo Challenge: Jesse James Through the Looking Glass

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- SLR - See Love Remember on March 25, 2012 at 4:42 PM said:
  
  Thanks for the compliment! 🙂
  Nice shot through the glass btw. I generally find those challenging due to the reflection.
  
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  - Cris on March 25, 2012 at 4:51 PM said:
    
    You’re welcome.
    
    Shooting through windows can be a challenge. A lot depends on where the sun is, I think.
    
    In fact, on the same photo shoot, I took a picture of an old store front with a large window and got a mirror-like reflection. It was hard getting a good shot without me in it. Perhaps I’ll be able to use it some day in another photo challenge.
  - SLR - See Love Remember on March 25, 2012 at 4:55 PM said:
    
    That could be a very nice subject for the next challenge: Reflection!
    Give us something to practise this week 😉
  - Cris on March 25, 2012 at 4:57 PM said:
    
    Good one! 🙂
Jo Bryant on March 25, 2012 at 8:06 PM said:

stunning building

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- SLR - See Love Remember on March 25, 2012 at 8:08 PM said:
  
  And they have four more where that came from 😉
  
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Find Focus on March 26, 2012 at 3:32 AM said:

Lovely light and composition in this shot! It’s great for this challenge…

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- SLR - See Love Remember on March 26, 2012 at 8:29 AM said:
  
  Thanks Heather 🙂
  
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Brenda Spiller on March 26, 2012 at 4:28 AM said:

Beautiful! I’d love to go there one day 🙂

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- SLR - See Love Remember on March 26, 2012 at 8:30 AM said:
  
  Go for it! I was thoroughly impressed with its beauty
  
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Kris Vera-Phillips (@queenkv) on March 26, 2012 at 3:47 PM said:

Beautiful black and white photo! Thailand is on my must-travel list.

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- SLR - See Love Remember on March 26, 2012 at 5:09 PM said:
  
  Thanks!
  I loved Thailand as well, though I must admit that Cambodia totally stole my heart 🙂
  
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The Wanderlust Gene on March 28, 2012 at 5:44 AM said:

So evocative in black and white …

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- SLR - See Love Remember on March 28, 2012 at 11:32 AM said:
  
  Re-visiting my photos from Cambodia always gives me that feeling 🙂 How I can’t wait to go back there again to see more… and more and more…
  
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