What an amazing shot! There is so much going on that you can't help but look at all the different sections of the image looking for clues as to what is going on. Am I bothered by the column? I was at first. Normally I would automatically discard an image with an element that bisected it, but this is no ordinary image.
Years ago there was a photographer for Life magazine who struggled hard to make all of his images 'perfect' and he came darned close. Then one day he realized that 'perfect' was not very realistic. He tore up all his old images and vowed that all of his future images would contain at least some imperfection. Is this composition perfect? No, but damn if its not one of the most powerful I have seen in a long, long time.
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