Close view of a large yellow temple lantern painted with a figure in blue and red robes and a red key pattern, lit beside a gilded wooden beam.

Painted Lantern

Wanhua, Taipei, Taiwan. 2023

I moved in close enough that the lantern stopped being a lantern and became a painting. A figure in blue robes on yellow paper, a red key pattern underneath, and the gilded beams of the temple lit behind.

At f/1.8 only a sliver of it is sharp. I chose the sliver with the face.