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Brightly Coloured Priests


Brightly Coloured Priests
Photo Information
Copyright: Ian Trower (iant) Silver Note Writer [C: 3 W: 0 N: 15] (63)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-01
Categories: Ceremony
Camera: Canon EOS 30, 28-105mm USM Canon
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/30 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-12-29 10:45
Viewed: 803
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This was taken in Great Caodai Temple which is a huge temple near Ho Chi Minh City. Caodaism is a mix of several religions - Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism and Taoism. This mixture of different beliefs results in a very brightly and bizarrely decorated temple. These priests are part of a ceremony that takes place every 6 hours throughout the day. This was the midday ceremony that is watched by a fair number of tourists everyday.
I isolated the priests and used the patterns on the floor as a background. I increased saturation and lightened the shadows in Photoshop.
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Hi Ian
I like the POV you had here and indeed the bright colours. Nice compo this way.
take care, Albrecht

Brilliant idea! I like the color contrast and the geometry of the picture! It would be perfect if the priests were put at one of the corners of the compo.

Hi Ian,
Very beautiful shot, i like the background with mosaics.
Thanks for sharing
Hoa

Ian,
A very wonderful POV & colour!...
Like the mysttry the shot evokes!!.
Colours:10; Compo:9; Sharpness:9; Note:9; POV:9
Rated for maximum of 10.
Tomorrow.

Cheers,
Prem.

hi ian,

this is a wonderful POV and fantastic compo with the 2 different floor designs and different colored priests. really great idea and beautiful colors. one thing, i would maybe crop the top just a bit so that it doesn't run too long - like how you have the bottom cropped more tightly. great job!

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  • Girts (6)
  • [2007-02-11 12:04]

What a contrast, what colors! Like it a lot.

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