My first thoughts were "nicely composed, interesting lighted window pattern across the top, interesting subject ... awfully busy." I suspect, as you suggest, it would be a little easier to study if it were much bigger.

What to do?

I'll wait until a nice big print is hanging in a museum and drop by for an inspection.

It does look busy, but still very breathtaking... it has quite an ancient feel to it.

Lots of things to check out, but as always awesome.

I find it not exactlly confused but interesting, I like the colors, the illumination and the place it self.. I wonder what it is .. I think is a very good shot

Nice colors...the left side seems 'heavier' than the right side, kinda throwing it off balence. But I like the actual front of the building, along with the stairs. But the background is so busy!

too bad we can't zoom in on this one, there's a lot to look at

I've noticed lately that a lot of your shots have been at 800 or higher ISO. On the web they still look crisp. Are you using a tripod too? I guess that's a testament to your equipment, in this case the 20D.

Wonderful exposure and tones, but I agree with the others that it's too busy. Subject matter is great though. If you ever go back there again, maybe try for some abstract closeups, and really focus in on some areas.

Impressive symmetry. good job!

WOW!

I don't think it's confusing because you focus on the shapes and lines rather than the details.

I bet it looks great full size - it's one of those shots you want to see in maximum detail so you can immerse yourself in it, lose yourself in the detail.

Shame it was a Sunday, you could have gone in and got a closer shot of those horse statues...

I always want to know how do you manage to get those tones. I really like the sensation of a metal with these colors. The structure of the building looks quite complicated, but nice. I guess that, as you said the resolution is not helping that much.

Like it Dave. Kind of Gothic and skeletal. Very theatrical too. Reminds me of a Berkoff stage set. The lighting is wonderful.

I love how the top of building disappears into the dark.

There are aspects of this shot that I really like. I deciced to actually print it instead of just relying on the monitor.

I had appreciated how you had managed to hold the highlights as well as you did but I was bothered by the mottled zones across the center, which I assumed couldn't be helped.

The print is much, much better than the monitor version, more even across the middle, more appreciable detail. The busyness works much better and I'm sure is what initially drew you to the scene. Like they always say, "Never judge a photo by its monitor version."

Very nice David. It does seem a bit busy but it also works very well. I like the overall feeling of 'grandness' as well as the lighting pattern and tone which really makes the photo work for me.

~tough lighting to battle here...the expanse of this structure is eye-catching~

Thanks everyone.

Mexipickle: this was handheld, and while I did run it through Neat Image it was surprisingly clean in the first place.

Adriana: the tones, in this case, were achieved by adding a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to desaturate the image then a Curves adjustment to boost the midtones in the green channel (a bit), the same for the red channel (but about twice as much as for the green channel), and a decrease in the midtones for the blue channel (approximately equal to the amount the red channel was boosted).

Sharla: I haven't tried printing this one, but the full-res' screen version did look much better. This shot is all about the detail, and not enough of that comes across at this size.