Jan's comment in my last post reminded me that I forgot to include an important bit of information. To get the first shot of the temple I had to edit the heck out of it using different exposures. The highlights were blown out and the shadows were very deep. And of course I cropped and color corrected to the color I actually saw. Here is the best of the original photos I took:
And here is my version, closer to what my eyes saw:
And here is my version, closer to what my eyes saw: