This an excellent example of how a wideangle lens can get large subjects into a picture, even in tight quarters. I wanted to not only include this huge Buddha statue (it stood more than 30 feet tall) as my background layer, but also a foreground layer featuring a silhouetted worshipper seated within rectangular prayer area, and a middle ground layer holding a soaring softly illuminated archway. I was limited in how far I could back up, because of the height of the arch. If I walked back any further it would have chopped into the decorative area behind the giant Buddha image. The vertical sweep of my 24mm wideangle lens allowed me to place all three layers in a coherent relationship. Neither a 35mm nor 28mm wideangle would have allowed me to make this picture.