MELASTI CEREMONY - The morning spirit Photo

Photographer’s Note

Still want to share my serial photos of Melasti ceremony, a traditioanal ritual of hindhu balinese, which was held, last week..

I took this photo early in the morning, a few moment before sunrise.. These balinese were "cleaning" their soul before starting the ceremony.. symbolized by washing their feet on the beach..

I hope you like it.

PEACE !!

tityop, luisafonso, gary91, Buin, thaprem has marked this note useful

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jinju (14265) 2006-04-08 3:51

Perfect light Yoga. Something Ive noticed in your shots before..you make it a point to shoot in great light, right? Wel you did here. The result is a fantastic shot with a golden hue. I like the strange scene especially with that effigy against the golden sky.

shiva_sg (600) 2006-04-08 3:51

Wowww Yoga, This one is stunning. Beautiful golden sky. The sea almost blending with the sky at the horizon. Fantastic composition. Including the human elements is great. TFS.

Siva

PixelTerror (86254) 2006-04-08 3:54

Salut Yoga, tres belle cature de cette ceremonie avec des tons dores superbes et d excellents details preserves sur les personnnages, je suis au Japon et j ai ete aujourd hui a une ceremonie de l anniversaire de Budha.
Amities, Jean-Yves

vapours (7913) 2006-04-08 3:58

Just like all your other shots, I love the proffesionalism shown in this shot, everything about it just seems to be perfect. Great colour once again.

MiguelP (14326) 2006-04-08 4:00

The light is so magical. What a moment! The photo is full of mistery, a photo to really enjoy.

tityop (6225) 2006-04-08 4:01

Hello Yoga,
Superbe image que tu nous proposes la.
Comme JY, j'aime les teintes chaudes et les détails sur les personnages.
Vraiment supebe!
Amicalement Thierry

alita (477) 2006-04-08 4:06

Salut!
La stylisation des couleurs est tres reussie a mon avis, belle composition! Ca me donne l'impression de quelque chose irreel et fantastique!
merci de partager!

InasiaJones (20427) 2006-04-08 4:08

Salut Yoga,

À nouveau tu nous en mets plein la gueule! J’adore l’effet monochrome et la composition incroyable. J’aime bien retrouver les personnages entre la bande de sable foncé et le ciel à perte de vue.

Tout est à sa place dans cette superbe photo en contre-jour!

Magnifique!

André

gaby (19793) 2006-04-08 4:14

Simply mon ami comment vas tu ? - que c'est beau et bien photographié, splendide et intense - vraiment très fort cher ami -
Bravo et bon week end
Gaby

francad (248) 2006-04-08 4:26

Really a nice picture; all is beautiful: ligt, colour, and a very good feeling; well done
Peace
François

luisafonso (858) 2006-04-08 4:48

I love it! The shadows, the golden light and the strong composition. It's full of drama and we can almost feel the action that is going there. You used a perfect shutter speed to freeze all this movement. The sharpness recorded by your camera is also impressive. Very beautiful.

mouzakof (396) 2006-04-08 5:13

amazing colours....
excellent shot

thanks for sharing

ndb1958 (9248) 2006-04-08 5:41

Hi Yoga,
it is an amazing scenery and the tones and the light are great again.
Great series!

Curioso (9119) 2006-04-08 6:16

That's a great scene Yoga. It adds a great mood to that ceremony : better mood, makes it more mysterious. The compo is perfectly balanced, the exposure is perfect and the silhouettes are awesome against that great sunset.

vagabondtravels (6115) 2006-04-08 8:32

Awesome capture. Really nice.

pridel (233) 2006-04-08 16:52

Hi Yoga
Always a magic universe
I like the yellow light which invades the screen and the shadows.
It is very beautiful.
Pascal

Cbill (1207) 2006-04-08 16:53 [Comment]

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gary91 (15321) 2006-04-09 5:28

Bonjour Yoga,
Depuis le temps, je n'avais pas réalisé que tu parlais français ;-)Et bravo car ton français est vraiment impeccable !
Sinon, ton image est une fois de plus superbe. Ces teintes magnifiques du lever du jour accentuent le mysticisme de la scène.
L'utilisation du grand angle permet aussi de mettre ne valeur les nuages sur l'horizon.
Du très beau travail. Bravo.
Amicalement. Christian

Buin (37816) 2006-04-09 6:25

Hallo Yoga!
What a wondeful - and for European eyes unusual - view in these breathtaking colours! A great photo and a photo in the sense of TE: Learning more about our world.
Thank you for showing and the comment!
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

arnabchat (7048) 2006-04-10 1:12

fantastic light. a very beautiful feel in this shot. great series you are in the middle of.

dont know why, for some reasons i am thinking of a 6x6 without the top.

thaprem (2494) 2006-04-10 7:39

Yoga,
An absolute Spell Binder!...
I am floored to see the Cuture from our home rooted across the globe in such rich & enriching way...
Thanks for thsi experience.
Prem.

Angshu (33795) 2006-04-22 3:34

Hi Yoga
I love this shot. Perfect light with a strong golden hue. Nothing that I say can be enough. I'm putting it as one of my favourites
Regards
Angshu

partha (13657) 2006-04-30 3:57

An excellent ceremony shot. Brilliantly covered and documented,an useful note as well.