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Bongeunsa Lanterns


Bongeunsa Lanterns
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Copyright: Benjamin Voborsky (vagabondtravels) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1305 W: 85 N: 1111] (5888)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-01-04
Categories: Festivals
Camera: Nikon D200, Nikon 12-24mm f/4G DX
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/320 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): TE Moments [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-01-30 3:52
Viewed: 2085
Favorites: 5 [view]
Points: 170
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This another view from Bongeumsan Temple.

Once known as Gyeonseongsa Temple, Bongeunsa Temple is located to the north of COEX building, and was constructed in the 10th year of Shilla King Weongseong’s reign (794). In 1498, Queen Jeonghyeon refurbished Gyeonseongsa Temple at the east of King Seongjong’s royal mausoleum and renamed the temple as Bongeunsa. Originally located near the royal maulsoleum (1km southwest), the temple was transferred to its current location during Joseon King Myeongjong’s reign. 3,479 Buddhist scriptures of 13 types, including the works of Kim Jeong-hee, are stored here. The Buddhist ceremony called Jeongdaebulsa, is held every September 9th of the lunar calendar, where monks march carrying the scriptures on their heads and recite the Beopseongge (Buddhist rites).

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hi Benjamin,
i like the shot.its very colourful. nice perspective.
debabrata

Woaw !
Colors and compo are very nice !

Kaourantin

Hi Benjamin,

I love the colors and "symmetry" of your composition. Excellent POV, wel done!

Terimakasi,
Jürg

Hi Benjamin
wonderful composition! Colors of this pic are great!
Well done

ALessandro

Hi Ben,

Great colors here! Good perspective, perfect sharpness, very beautiful light.
I like it!
Greetings,
Leonor

Olá Ben, spectacular graphic image. The repetition effect from this perspective is quite effective and I also like the combination of primary colors. Very good shot!
Best wishes,
Ricardo

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  • faubry Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3504 W: 352 N: 4203] (27219)
  • [2007-01-30 5:02]

bonjour Benjamin, tres belle photo colorée; avec la ligne de fuite, j aurais, je crois essayer d inclure des personnages en dessous?
à bientôt
francine

hey
great colours. It's a very simple picture in a way, but effective.
tfs, jan

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  • tabora Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1185 W: 297 N: 1533] (12346)
  • [2007-01-30 5:14]

Bonjour Benjamin,

Couleurs et grande perspective,un joli shot.
A+ Joseph

Hi Benjamin,
I love the colors!The light and the sharpness is great,thankyou.

Hi Ben,
So I see you've been taking over the role of "official TE lantern shooter" from Rafal who got busy in shooting babies lately ;-)
I like here the multitude that gets busier as the eye ventures farther, plus the diversity of joyful colors, these lanterns are definitely a very attractive subject !
have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

Well, what can I say?
This has a tremendous impact, and I like the way you brought order to this chaotic image, with your careful framing of the rows of lanterns at the front.
The colours are great, and I think they would have had even more impact if you had under-exposed slightly to deepen the colours.
This is a great shot though Ben, well done.

Cheers,
Ben

a very successful photo!good sharpness and colors.congratulations..seda

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  • bwiti Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 783 W: 92 N: 1035] (5990)
  • [2007-01-30 9:24]

Tres belle composition...

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  • parbo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1558 W: 15 N: 1714] (6316)
  • [2007-01-30 12:24]

Hi Benjamin,

Your colorful view is spectacular from ground. You captured thousands of lanterns in splendid colors and sharpness. Congratulations.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

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  • anes_lc Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1237 W: 175 N: 1383] (13637)
  • [2007-01-30 17:12]
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your pic make me smile...that smile that is just telling :we must enjoy life.don't know why.great shot,beautiful colors.
anes

Hello Benjamin,
it looks very impressively... other, different, colourful world... :o) I like the composition and perfect sharpness.
Best regards,
Andrzej

there's a sony ad where all these brightly coloured balls bounce down a hill. thousands upon thousands of small colour raining down. this shot reminds me of that. apart from the colours of course, i like the repetition and perspective as the lanterns close in on each other in the distance. looks like breaking your leg has given you time to find some gems!

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  • Ann75 Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1100 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-01-31 1:16]

Hello Benjamin,

What a wonderful shot with all the different colours lanterns. The perspective here is great and the light is well balanced! Great composition with beautiful details! Well done, Benjamin!

Greetings,
Ann

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4632 W: 120 N: 429] (40749)
  • [2007-01-31 3:14]

Hi Benjamin,
fantastic pattern, good captured theme, very nice colours and good composition. I like it. Well done photo.
Gr., Aleksander

Hi Ben,
Very interesting and colorfull photo. I have never seen such a concentration of lanterns in my life. The depth and the pov are very nice.
Best regards. Salvator.

Hi Benjamin,
What a rainbow of colors. I especially like the POV as it feels like a crowd, a sea, a shower of colorful lanterns... beautifull!
Thanks!
Vincent

Hi Benjamin,
I love these lanterns; very colorful shot. Well done & tfs.

Srinivasan

Hi Ben, beautiful image with a lot of colours and good repetition of the pattern !
the perspective is very good, and the wide lens is used perfectly!
ciao!
Valeria

Hi Ben,
I love the colours you've got here! Your management of the light and the image quality are excellent and your note, as usual, if both interesting and informative. Well done!

Hugs,
Tony

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  • cbrman Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2683 W: 287 N: 3417] (12742)
  • [2007-01-31 7:01]

Hello Benjamin,

Impressionnante succession de couleur ! Ces inombrables lanternes donnent un rythme superbe à l'image !
Excllente prise de vue !

A+

Dominique

Hi Benjamin
A particular photo in its colorful one. Defined colors affluent and I magnify resistance. Good work
John

a lantern invasion! good composition with wide range of colors. i love the fact of how they become larg to small!

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  • stego Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3438 W: 584 N: 4487] (13694)
  • [2007-02-01 0:41]

Hi Benjamin,
Wonderful pov and colors! You made a beautiful pattern with those colorful baloons.
TFS, Regards, José.

Hello Ben
What an amazing capture of these repetitive patterns. The repeating colours form a nice visual feast,
well done
Regards
Daniel

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  • siolaw Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3804 W: 393 N: 6247] (21410)
  • [2007-02-02 3:29]

Hi Ben,
A fine shot here with a huge density of lanterns, density getting higher as we go down the picture... needless to sat, colors are wonderful, sharpness is flawless... a good subject well presented
Laurent

Hi Benjamin,
Well taken, interesting effect with all these details and different colours, well made.
later ...

Hello Benjamin!
Interesting composition! Beautiful colours and sharpness! Good point of view!
Well done!
Lili

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  • mdetay Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 491 W: 3 N: 815] (3688)
  • [2007-02-02 20:16]

Ciao Ben,
Nice shot. Very graphic.
Well done. Congratulation.
Cheers from Hong Kong.
Michel

Hello Benjamin,
Vow! Beautiful pattern of the colored thousands lanterns in a great choice of POV and framing.
Cheers,
Marilyn

Great shot full of the joys of life. A very impressive amount of lanterns here and you have captured them perfectly. Very well done.

hallo benjamin,
nice shot,i like the mixing of colors.
at first,i think it's the balloons,but it's not.
surprised and fantastic shot.
regards
somkiat

Hi Benjamin,
Nice, joyful colours and perfect composition. Sharpness is great. Totally clear shot.
Zeynep

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  • david Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 427 W: 283 N: 641] (3962)
  • [2007-02-05 6:46]

love this shot ben ... it's a beauty!!

bong eun sa is my favourite temple in korea ... good photo mate! :)

wow... what is that...what colorful and nice shot u get... I love the angel u get it. TFS

Hi Benjamin,

another fine shot from your already impressive gallery, the deeper I delve the more I find. Your clever framing of these lanterns has brought a bit of discipline to the composition. I like the way they fall back in greater numbers, a bit like an army on the march. Lovely colours, though there appears to be only four, looks more somehow! Another superb capture, well done.

Regards

Stephen

Colourful collection, bit busy maybe, further nice. wEll done.

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  • zeca Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2789 W: 162 N: 3842] (16546)
  • [2007-02-08 21:58]

Hello Benjamin!
Beautiful colours! I like the way you framing the lanterns and I am wondering how nice should be all this lamps on! Great capture! Nice DOF!
Regards,
Zeca

Hi Benjamin
Such a colourful photo! Very good!

Hello Benjamin,
There is superb perspective in this shot, the finite sizes of the lanterns converging into microscopic spheres and vanishing. Very original and well composed shot, exquisitely exposed. Trained in matematics and art (I am a theoretical physicist), I have done some work in "projective geometry," which is one of the areas that mathematics and art intersect. I love this shot,
Warm regards,
Bulent

Hi Benjamin
This is a wonderfull festival of colors. I really like your short cropping and the excellent sharpness and light.
Also, this is an interesting report.
Really well done
Bertrand

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  • xramm Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 162 W: 4 N: 37] (681)
  • [2007-02-10 2:47]

Hi Benjamin
Lanterns' colors are good in harmony, just I want to see this with taken by a longer lens, how it will look.good work
TFS
Hakki

Hi Ben, amazing shot of this "sea" of infinite colorful lanterns, gradually becoming smaller. Fantastic job, congratulations! Daniel

Hi Benjamin,
Nice capture. I like the different patterns and perspective. Good job!
Thanks for sharing.
Ahmet

THis is my favorite time of year in Korea. I am impressed that you broke the common style of shooting the lanterns a night and it seems that you have focussed on the color and composition a lot. This makes for a great shot and it stands out a lot. The colors in particular are wonderful!

Hi, Benjamin. A very colourful image and a feeling of depth created by the lante'ns in the foreground. The light is excellent.

wow what a colourful picture here, i love it ! so many balloons/lanterns ! really good pov which u chose ...

daniel

Hi Benjamin,
Excellent colourful shot with a lovely pattern. I like your POV and perspective.
Very well done my friend
Aires

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  • sebcz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 667 W: 149 N: 348] (2345)
  • [2007-03-01 6:24]

Hi Benjamin!
Very good PoV, making the mass of the balloons seem endless. TFS,
Seb

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  • MIG13 Gold Star Critiquer [C: 1854 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2007-03-05 15:02]

A magical mood you've captured here, Benjamin! Great POV and colours! Well done! TFS! Regards! Miguel.

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  • jasmis Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2849 W: 611 N: 3031] (36671)
  • [2007-03-09 14:01]

Superb mosaic of strong colours. Really incredible composition.
Interesting note, too. Regards.

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  • dilane Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 634 W: 128 N: 1045] (8743)
  • [2007-03-10 13:03]

Hi benjamin,
It isn't the style of my pictures and when I see yours, I was surprised, thanks for your commentary.
I like this photo with the max of colors, thanks.
regards
dilane

Hello Benjamin,

super, a very nice shot....I like it very much !!!


Bea

Very good !!!!!!!!

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  • guli Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 62 W: 0 N: 11] (212)
  • [2007-03-14 5:16]

hi benjamin,
very good!!!!

Hi Benjamin,
Very well captured shot from a very good pov.
Excellent colors with superb light, details, and sharpness.
Well done. Best regards. Uğur

Hello Benjamin,
Wonderful composition very colorful, I like very much the graphism of these lanterns. Well seen and composed, congratulations.
Best regards
Christian

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  • atus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2278 W: 200 N: 4321] (14508)
  • [2007-03-21 18:25]

Hi Ben,
fantastic and very effective shot of all these colourful lanterns. The light is very well managed and the perspective is simply great. Great idea to take it! Tfs and best wishes.
Attila

Hi Benjamin,
One of your best photos for sure, wonderful perspective with the balloons.
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

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  • paura Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3823 W: 8 N: 2531] (20343)
  • [2007-03-28 17:18]

Ben,
Very beautiful colorful shot. Excellent composition. Well done.

Paulo

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  • danos Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3128 W: 83 N: 4558] (17031)
  • [2007-04-04 12:01]

Hello Benjamin,
it's really an impressive shot with a good POV and perspective, from the Bongeumsan Temple.A colourful capture with plenty of light and lanterns.Well done.
Regards,danos

Hi Ben, as i'm in a serie of "repetition of motifs" i can't resist commenting this one which is really impressive and i understand easily the succees this picture already had here, impressive geometry and artistical effect for those lanterns, fill of color, i also like the way you posted it, natural, without too much PP
Excellent, of course!

¡Wow! ¡Wow! again, what a riot of color, I've seen plenty of lantern photos but never such a sheer quantity of them in one frame, well done.

i am speechless! can't find the right adjectives to describe this gem of a work!!
benedict

Colors
composition
sharpness are beatiful.thanks.Nezih

Hi Benjamin,
This has a tremendous impact, and I like the way you brought order to this chaotic image, with your careful framing of the rows of lanterns at the front.
The colours are great, and I think they would have had even more impact if you had under-exposed slightly to deepen the colours.....
waseem khan

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  • Steft Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1350 W: 131 N: 1574] (5958)
  • [2007-04-29 9:53]

Hi Benjamin,
Here is another colourful photo! I like this one even better. The colours are very good and the repetition of shapes gives a nice graphic effect. This photo has a vere festive atmosphere.
TFS,
Stef

Hi Benjamin,

This one is the second picture very spectacular of your gallery.

Colorful and many many lanterns.

Jean-Pierre

Hi Benjamin,
What an amazing shot with anteresting composition, beautiful colors and good point of view.

Well done
Alex

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  • Wanda1 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1208 W: 21 N: 1411] (7580)
  • [2007-05-22 10:12]

Hi Benjamin,
Wow! So spectacular all these lanterns. I love all the colours, and your wide angle to include so many is great. An amazing shot with good sharpness and depth.
Regards
Wanda

Great color and depth. ...umm, really that's it. Prety much perfect photo. ...wait - I don't like the pole.

Great work
John

Daar hou ik wel van, van monotone basis dingen met kleur.

Hello Ben,
What a nice pic.
Colors and sharpness, excellent. POV idem.
Exceptional DOF
Greetings
Raimundo

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  • mikeo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1059 W: 91 N: 1048] (7497)
  • [2007-10-20 6:38]

Hi Benjamin,

Superb composition with amazing colours!
Very nice composition and good POV!

Greetings
Aga

Hi Benjamin
Superb pov creating depth in this randomly repetitive pattern. I was looking for a 5th color but there isn't.
Regards from Canada
Pierre

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  • cak Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 238 W: 17 N: 22] (2553)
  • [2007-11-13 15:59]

woov . they are like china army.thank u

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  • aofl Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 48 W: 3 N: 72] (913)
  • [2008-01-30 14:21]

Very nice photo. Nice colours and sharpness

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  • zmey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1113 W: 72 N: 1077] (4201)
  • [2008-02-04 6:08]

hello benjamin

this is quite a color festival here. i love the way you have filled the frame: not a single distraction. very informative your note, too.

my compliments and TFS
kristaps

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  • MarcT Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1552 W: 491 N: 2960] (12053)
  • [2008-02-11 6:03]

Hi Benjamin,
I went through your galery and came back to your most famous pictures. This is also interesting bacause the almost infinite repetition of colors and shapes.
Well done
Marc

The colors are amazing, especially in this composition! Very useful note too

Hi Benjamin,just a great shoot, compo colours sharpness got it all TFS Alain

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  • ChrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 8647 W: 911 N: 11403] (55282)
  • [2008-03-03 4:24]

Hi Benjamin

An old one from your archives. Superb colour & repetition. I was broke & penniless around the time of the Jinju lantern festival last year but have plenty of funds now. Good sharpness & pov. Tfs!

Wow, lots of briliant colors in this simple yet fullfiling composition :)

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