Sitting Buddha Photo

Photographer’s Note

The third shot I've uploaded with very shallow "pin-point" depth-of-field. This was taken a mere half hour apart from my last, which was a set of bells.

I discovered this photo yesterday after recovering a whole pile of RAW files from a dump of a corrupt CompactFlash card. Since people seem to enjoy these shots I figured I'd post this one.

Tomorrow I will be uploading another newly-discovered shot, probably the one I am most excited about... until then, thanks for looking!

mugush, smash2707, eleparc, tityop, capthaddock has marked this note useful

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pilpel-adom (3016) 2006-02-01 14:34

Indeed, this is a beautiful and well done picture! Pressing and blurring is a great way to isolate THE ONE subject...Good vivid colors and well use of a wide open aperture! I guess you had a note about the place in your other post, so I will check it for the background info...
TFS
Chen

mugush (2088) 2006-02-01 14:52

the way you focued on second one is wonderfull..i like that.. good composition,, nice idea.. keep it up
Love
Mugush

BeatusFelis (55) 2006-02-01 15:04

composition is impecable. colors are vivid. overall effect astounding. it's as if flames were eating up silver. focusing at not the frontmost object centers the composition. largest figure in the back prevents the composition from 'falling' and sinking to the right.

bigtim (3487) 2006-02-01 15:09

Bonsoir Lewis,
J'aime cette prise de vue pour sa composition, la PDC bien choisit qui fait ressortir magnifiquement la 2eme statut et le contrast entre la pierre et les tuniques oranges! Bravo
Best regards
tiM

eleparc (24059) 2006-02-01 18:21

a classic but still a very pleasant shot to look at;-) impatient to discover the next move;-))

Eric

michel_r (1114) 2006-02-02 2:11

Hi Lewis,
I like your composition . Colors arevivid :
all of this make a good picture!
Congratulations!
Monique

CaptainJack (0) 2006-02-02 2:48

Hi Lewis, wonderful DOF and the added vibrant colors really makes this stand out and the statues eerily lifelife. Thanks for sharing.

Svillegas (1165) 2006-02-02 3:16

Hi Lewis,
Nice play with the DOF, great composition and colour saturation. Wonderful sharpness.
Sonia

tityop (6225) 2006-02-02 3:34

Hello Lewis,
Une image haute en couleur,
j'apprécie beaucoup la gestion de la DOF,
et j'adore la grande statue au fond !!
C'est très bien vu !
Thierry

SoupDragon (652) 2006-02-02 8:49

Could have been a B&W shot if it wasn't for that yellow! I think you have captured this one statue well. Provides a great view/focus. This is a Buddha, right? Interesting for me to see the difference (similarities) between Indian and Thai Buddha's.

cherryripe (18973) 2006-02-02 13:15

Hi Lewis
Well composed shot with the second statue well focussed which makes it stand out so well from the others. I like the line and the vivid yellow.
Regards Nikki

jinju (14265) 2006-02-02 19:02

Hey Lewis,

gotta say that I really like it a lot. Im sort of on this kind of theme as well with masks and other traditional non-living things. And usually I like to photograph people. But what works here is the yellow robes on these statues. In a way, they make us feel like the stone is living flesh. I like the beautiful bokeh as well.

langaloo (489) 2006-02-03 5:35

In a way, I find the creativity of this picture more interesting than the full face with lower-light, with only one Bouddah in focus,
Now I read your comment (I always give first impression then read the comment of the photographer and the other critics) and notice that you had problems too with "corrupt" (dirty dog!) CompactFlash card (256M), how did you get it back?

david (3972) 2006-02-03 8:53

this is a sensational shot! i'm particularly drawn to your very selective focus here, keeping only the second statue clearly focused.

the colours are also very striking. great composition!

xavshot (62369) 2006-02-04 2:59

très belle image avec une perspective et une répetition très bien trouvée. J'aime beaucoup les couleurs. C'est très beau
Bravo
Xavier

greg64g (11193) 2006-02-04 4:39

Hi Lewis

Great work to illistrate the dof. Colors contrat and cropping are excellent. that's an outstanding shot.
cheers
greg

voodoo-girl (694) 2006-02-04 6:16

Bonjour Lewis.
La photo est parfaite. Les couleurs sont frappantes et le flou est magnifique.
C'est mon rêve de visiter la Thaïlande.
J'adore cette photo.
Mel

capthaddock (28640) 2006-02-06 9:56

Hi Lewis - this is brilliant, the single focused buddha looks 3 dimensional, and the bright robes make a fantastic contyrast

BrianGraney (1734) 2006-03-19 4:31

Hi Lewis,
Finally remembered to take a look at your photos.
I love this one (and many others!) for the tight cropping and strong colours.
It certainly works to isolate the statue using the wide aperture.
Great photo.
Cheers
Brian
PS Can you remember where this was taken? I don't think I saw these when I spent a few days cycling round Ayutthaya

Photo Information

Copyright: Lewis Thompson (lewiz) (1293)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-14
Categories: Castles, Artwork, Ruins
Camera: Nikon D70s, AF Zoom-Nikkor ED 80-200mm f/2.8D, Digital RAW, HOYA 77mm UV
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/1000 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-02-01 14:30
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