Two of 1000 Guards of Nokogiriyama Photo

Photographer’s Note

Nokogiriyama Mountain is a Buddhist place in Chiba prefecture, close to Tokyo. The main attraction of a place is two huge statues of Buddha, both at the bottom of a mountain, but on the different sides of it. You have to climb the hill and then walk down, and on your way you pass about 1500 small sculptures of Gohyaku Rakan - enlighten disciplines of Buddha. These small statues (two of them on the image) represent the entire variety of human faces' expressions.

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triptych2003 (1396) 2006-07-14 7:37

the dof and positioning of this shot is awesome. a wonderful composition. b&w was a great choice for this. statues are simply designed but you've garnered fine detail from them. well done!

toddadams (566) 2006-07-14 7:53

Interesting close up look at the artifacts of this area. Nice detail. The black and white works well here.

anew (580) 2006-07-14 9:59

I love the b/w effect and the dof. Only, I would've really loved some explanation on what this is.
Thanks anyway Elena,
Anu

drm (406) 2006-07-18 8:49

Great POV, DOF and contrast, Elena. Thumbs up on the B/W choice too.
Mario

pk4dk (368) 2006-09-06 3:13

Great DOV positioning. Detail is perfect as it contrast. Well done.

Furachan (0) 2006-12-17 5:47

Shalom Lena!
Very nice pic, taken with care and with just the right depth of field. I am sorry to tell you that these two stone faces you chose to shoot among so many others...are NOT smiling ;o)))
Happy Hanuka and holidays!
Francis

ViktorVaughn (1515) 2007-04-27 2:29

Good focus on the front statue with the back statue slightly out of focus. I think you should have cropped a bit of the top part to focus more on the statues. There isn't anything interesting in the top part and I think it's unnecessary. Only a minor detail though, the faces are great.