A dozen stupas – Buddhist gravestones -- merge together in rainbow of vivid colors in the cemetery of a Pakse temple. I noticed that the angle of the sun was creating a stripe of deep vertical shadow on each of the stupas. Although the stupas themselves were spaced several feet apart, I was able to use my long telephoto lens to “collapse” them so that they appear to be closer together. The key to this illusion is my vantage point. I kept moving until I found an angle that brought them as close to each other as possible, yet still reveal each vertical shadow.