That's a neat door. I want to know what's inside there.

I love the design, colors and POV..thanks for sharing. Happy New Year

There is something rather compelling about that shadow. Is it welcoming or slightly risky? In any case it's a great image.

A side door leading to 2014 perhaps! All the best to you and your friends and family in 2014!

I love Spanish names. They go on forever. This image is heavy with age and history. So simple and so elegant. Wonderful work. Happy trails in 2014 to you and Roy.

Wonderful capture Tara! I wish you and your family a very Happy and Wonderful New Year

Lovely shot with great texture in the wall and door. Happy new year to you and your family.

Superb capture Tara. God bless.

I love the element of mystery in this beautiful shot Tara.

very well composed!!!!! Happy new year!!

Excellent light you caught here sweetie. Happy new year to you both :)

Another excellent find and photo. Happy New Year Tara and Bill! :-)

Brilliant ! Happy New Year to you too :)

This door attracts me like a magnet. Very well spotted and photographed fantastic. With a touch of mysticism. Interesting place!! HAPPY NEW YEAR, my friend

A really wonderful shot of this backdoor. Lovely light and clarity :)

Very nice. Great photo and excellent composition and shadow.

Excellent composition and lighting

Great story and memories behind this door and walls.... The wooden door and the iron gate, grabs me completly! I'm impressed with the choices for the conservation of this place. Outstanding light! All is so beautiful, here!

Stellar sepia effects in this foto. And, now, I give up.

There's something so lovely about those old adobe buildings. I love the rough curves and wonderfully textured surfaces. You managed to get both, and frosted the whole thing with that warm sunlight and a mysterious shadow too--well done!

As always, you composition is flawless, Tara! This is absolutely classic! Happy New Year to you and Bill - and Mandy, too!

First, my server's in and out---it did this all last week too---so this session may be in a few visits. But that's ok, I like coming back a few times. Second, as you know, I've seen everything of yours (and have commented on a bunch of them privately, whether in your gallery or not), so you know I've been looking. And third---off topic---did something happen to Wayne? (Whaleman?) His gallery is down. I hope everything's ok with him...I should check the forum, but I will after I comment and upload. Now to your work... A fine end of year shot, because it feels bleak, bleached, empty---like the wee hours of a new year do---and very pregnant to me. But also very clean. Dry/clean. It's great that you left-in some of the stoop beneath the door, because it allows the door to be "raised up", Like it's floating a bit. And you captured it on the left, while all that dry plantlife stands up on the right---pure intuition, to me. Then, the darker orange, left, and the shadow in the door---so musical, so much contrast, balance. You got this beautiful balance, from a shot all skewed and textured. It's as if you arranged the elements by hand (which of course you couldn't have). And, in a wall of broken stone, to have that huge "rupture"---ie, the portion of the building on the far left, which is closer to us than the rest of the building---am I being clear, here? You shot it so that it appears to be on the same plane as the DOOR. You did 'foreshortening' (by shooting it almost flush): It's nearly flat with the door-wall. Just wonderful: Because it makes the divide seem like an earthquake rupture, like this big fault-line running up the building. (I hope you know what I'm talking about, because I'm having a helluva time putting it into words.) This is bleak, craggy, beautifully textured, and very bold. And reeking of the arid south---a perfect for the start for a new year. I love this.