Buddha, the Massive Photo

Photographer’s Note

The face of a massive sitting Buddha in the compound of Boddhi-tataung (1,000 boddhi trees).

Originally the abbot who founded this complex set out to plant 1,000 trees and place a Buddha image under each. Now there are more than 5,000 Buddhas from merely life-size to a 90 meter long Reclining Buddha.

This guy sits on top of several large elephants. His eyelashes are made from 1/2" rebar. Each eyelash is approximately two feet long.

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Edwin (2039) 2003-08-18 2:55

Well framed sculpture shot. The eyelashes and its shadows are truly "eye-catching" Bob! ;-) And considering the use of a polarizer and the large bright surface you handled the difficult exposure metering very well here.

Darren (6819) 2003-08-18 3:40

The eyelashes are certainly what makes this shot Bob. I like your tight cropping very much, and your colors and textures seem to be spot on as well. Nice work.

Mike (693) 2003-08-18 4:13

Oh, this is extremely well shot Bob, the shadows are perfect, adding a great deal of depth to the picture, really imposing.

onyourbike (117) 2003-08-18 4:36

I like it! Shot at a nice time of day and the right angle so shadow adds to the picture, particularly the eyelashes. Also appreciate the photographers note.