No, it is astonishing until you get used to the idea, and see how it makes everything fit in. 
Once you get used to the idea, it is no longer astonishing.
It is still astonishing even when you see how everything fits.
The man enjoys some time with the dogs.
the wrestler is an amateur
The children are trying to see what is inside the paper bag.
The monastery does not believe in making money.
A bare-chested man beholds a frozen lake.
A man with his arm around a woman.