This 240 high foot minaret, finished in 1193, marks the advent of India's Muslim sultans. It towers over Delhi's first mosque. I wanted to make an image that put this historic monument into context. I anchor the image with just the top edge of an ancient bridge that served as an approach to the minaret. The bridge fragment becomes a foreground layer, which I completed by adding some branches from an overhanging tree, filling the empty sky and partially screening the top of the monument. Just as I was about to shoot, a cooperative bird landed on the bridge to complete my composition.