Misalignment

When I first saw this remarkable shot in a temple in Bagan, Myanmar, I tried to align the meditating monk with the window frame in the background until I realized that the architecture is misaligned.  It's strange that the architects of this massive temple a thousand years ago made this off-center -- particuarly when they were very well aware of symmetry and balance -- and at first this bothered me a lot.  But as I look at this picture over time, it bothers me less and less.  What is interesting to note about this shot is that it is HDR, and during the three exposures this monk remained absolutely still in deep meditation.  My settings were f/8, ISO 250, 24-105mm lens, and the central exposure in the HDR composite was two full seconds.