Peyote Dreams Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Huichol Indians who live in the western Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico are known for their intricate beadwork. Using dried gourds, they coat them with bee's wax and apply beads to form intricate patterns. Many of the designs are representational of items in nature that they revere such as the deer, the lily, and the peyote. The six segmented design seen here represents a peyote button which the shamans (spiritual leaders) consume in order to experience prophetic visions. Needless to say, their stalls in the marketpace are a riot of color.

ManuMay, claud26point2, LamCam, CycleEyes, rlrad has marked this note useful

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ManuMay (10314) 2009-03-06 9:54

Hi Dave!!

Super!!

A good macro colourful and hardly grafic content, colours and details are brilliant!!

Great work, and nice idea to shot...

Have a nice week end.
Best Regards

Manuel

See you...

claud26point2 (593) 2009-03-06 10:09

Hi Dave-
Wow. Incredible clarity on these colorful beaded works of art. The note was very interesting.
-Claudia

diomed (3433) 2009-03-06 14:54

Hi Dave,
very nice texture with amazing colours. Very good composition.
Congartulations!!
Nice evening
Antonio

LamCam (3603) 2009-03-06 15:03

Hello Dave,
A beautiful detailed shot with a well chosen balance of colors. Bright and eye-catching. Interesting note too!
Best wishes....Maggie

rlrad (1187) 2009-03-06 16:10

Nice composition Dave, very colorful and sharp. Strangely, though, my last experience with that type of button was much more colorful and much less sharp. Hmmm, maybe I had the wrong shaman. Any recommendations?

Regards,
Reed (I can see my own thoughts) Radcliffe
Somewhere in between the space/time continuum

specialist (733) 2009-03-11 4:48

merhaba Dave,

simply excellent. the shot is very colourful and is even like
a lure attracting fish around ;) cheers,

kurtul

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RedDevil (1071) 2009-03-12 4:23

Hi Dave,
Perfect macro, excellent POV and sharpness, it looks like a rainbow. Bravo
Salvatore

emilbo (9139) 2009-04-15 16:30

Salut Dave!
L'aspect graphique de la photo et la répétition des motifs rendent la scène très intéressante. La qualité d'image est excellente, les couleurs attirent l'oeil et sont merveilleuses.
Tout mes compliments,
Amicalement,
Emilius