Hi Laura,
One of the great challenges of photography is learning how to see the moment, and then learning how to capture it.
It all sounds rather easy, but when you are confronted with a courtyard full of monks dancing, along with some rather great architecture, things can get complicated quickly.
An experienced photographer starts by asking themselves how they can get the most impact from the image. Is it by getting lower and shooting up at the architecture through the monks? Is it by going to a longer lens and compressing the foreground to the background? And when is the best moment to get these monks looking at their best.
These are all the reasons why I love photography… it is one giant dynamic puzzle that is forever changing, and presents so many different opportunities.
Now, only you know the restrictions put upon you while making this photo. We will assume for now that you ran with the best of them.
As for post production though… that is simple. I am going to suggest you crop the left and right of the image rather hard.
Why? It is because that monks across the foreground of the picture are spread far apart… and this creates a sense of disunity and emptiness. If you crop 20% off the left and right of the image though (making sure that you crop out any sense of that monks robe in the front left of the picture), suddenly we have one “hero” monk dancing on his own in the front of the picture, accompanied by a group accompanying him in the background. In fact, with a tight crop, it is almost like this monk is dancing off on his own.
The resulting image will look tall and narrow (it will have a ratio of almost 1:2) but it will look great on your wall.
I hope this is a help!
Cheers, Anthony