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Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in November of 1776.  The stone church was destroyed in an earthquake in 1812 killing 40 people.  The mission was secularized in 1833 but returned to the Catholic Church in 1865.  Today it is one of the best preserved mission complexes in California.

The Photographer has selected to photograph the repeating brick arches along one of the faces of the mission.  The old bricks and tiles create interesting textures and patterns.  This was taken on an overcast day thus avoiding hard shadows that would have been cast by the columns.  The sky has become on giant defused light box.

The photographer has done some manipulation of this image.  I would suggest that he may wish of take a look at a little less contrast.  You can see in the shadows the pixelizing effect too much contrast can cause.  Along the ceiling of the covered ach way there are lights.  You may want to clone these out of the image. This will also eliminate the contrast pixel problem with them.  Also in the distance is a trash barrel that could be either moved at the time the photograph was taken or cloned out on the computer.

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