아름다운 불국사

Have you ever been attracted to visit a place after seeing some beautiful pictures of a place? I was. I bought a pack of postcard with the "beautiful Gyeongju" theme in Busan some years ago. Four years later I visited Gyeongju. In the pack of postcard which I bought there were pictures showing Bulguksa Temple in fall and winter. Different season seems to bring out a different beauty in the temple. When I visited Bulguksa Temple, it was spring. I took a picture of the temple from the same angle as those pictures shown in the postcards and it turned out quite well. However when I compared my picture with those on the postcards, I cannot seem to remember that there were branches overhanging in the position as shown in the postcards. I do suspect that "photoshop" had been used to create a more stunning-looking Bulguksa Temple. To me, with or without photo-editing, Bulguksa Temple still look beautiful.

Update: Song pointed out that there could be a tree behind the position which I took the picture and which I did not notice. She was absolutely right. I have checked numerous photographs of Bulguksa in the internet and all showed that there was indeed a tree. So the picture of Bulguksa in the postcard is genuine.

The first two pictures are taken from postcards. The last is taken by me.