Stone Garden Photo

Photographer’s Note

Last month when i visited Darvish khan and his stone garden in a village called Balvard, i was very
excited to see him who was an old deaf-and-dumb shepherd and also his abstract artworks which were
a sign of his great imagination.
His eagerness to show his works and explain about them-although to establish communication with him
was not easy- could interest any visitor.
The trunks and branches of dry trees were the basis of his stone garden and on these trees, he used to
connect different shapes of stones to any other objects or even dead animals he might find where he was
living.
He had a description for each of those decorated trees and by nodding -specially to the sky and then to
his artworks- he was trying to share his thoughts and imaginations.
Unfortunately i heard of his death last week and decided to introduce him and his stone garden.In my
next post ,i will send his own picture while he was trying to explain about one of his art works.

pboehringer, robertosalguero, adores, h_sedghi, stego, saamb, christlagat, noborders, ViktorVaughn, jean11-3, manub, mamcg, elihesamian, llimone, aloyho, stranger, auldal, woozbman, vhemmati, HaDiHm, mafegan, Angshu has marked this note useful

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robertosalguero (2761) 2007-04-18 3:06

Hello Atousa. You seem to have captured a very interesting subject. The trees look very original and his idea for this garden very unique. Good picture with nice colours and good exposure. Thanks for sharing.

Roberto

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adores (15357) 2007-04-18 18:30

Hi Atousa!
This is a greta hommage! I had never heard about this garden and I find it fabulous, even more because of its author. I like this perspective showing may of his works. Colours are very good and you got a fabulous sky. Good work!
Wointing for his picture!
Regards, Anabela

Leo71538 (438) 2007-04-21 15:49

Thank you for the photo. I've Just seen the garden on T.V & read about it in internet. Always dreamed to visit the place.
I heard the sad news last week. What will happen to the garden?

zeca (20026) 2007-04-25 13:11

Hello Atousa!
Very nice and interesting capture! The subject is something amazing and its nice to see it and read about. The quality of your picture is also nice, with sharp details and beautiful colours.
Regards,
Zeca

mzmehr (917) 2007-05-02 2:34

Hi Atousa,
Very intresting subject, I don't undrestand what is the background of this idea to create a Stony fruit on vacant garden, but this photo background is great and meaningful enough to say hope and sky kind to every type of garden.
nice shot,

thanks for sharing
Mohammad

christlagat (536) 2007-05-05 11:41

Great and very interesting picture !
Thaks for sharing

ViktorVaughn (1515) 2007-05-08 3:06

An intriquing place and one which has alot of character. The man sounds like an interesting one and you are lucky to have talked to him and met him.

Good shot with the blue sky. I would have preferred if you had gotten closer to one of the stone trees so I could see it better. Otherwise a good shot.

pboehringer (770) 2007-05-15 13:03

Very interesting and nice late hommage to this unique shepard called Balvard. The image has an eerie look and reminds me in my phantasies of Medusa's frontyard. What a weird way to do Art.
Difficult to opiniate about composition not knowing the place better. It could have been interesting to get closer to a tree with stones and use it as a foreground. Another technical detail to improve your shot would be using a polarizing filter. It is amazing how much such filter changes everything. From all filters in the world, this is the most important one. Try it!!!
Cheers, Peter

konok (2005) 2007-06-10 18:57

Hmmm... He put the weigths from his soul to bee free and hang on the dead trees to keep...
You did good job!

manub (920) 2007-06-23 22:10

I just discovered your portefolio...

What a strange place!! What an interesting person! I just try to imagine from your picture this place in an apparently very remote place, with this old man... brrrr, how strange. the wide angle and the big part of sky enhances the feeling of solitude and surrealism.
makes me think of the american-indian cemetary that you can see in the famous movie "Jeremiah Johnson"
have a nice day
e

mamcg (4513) 2007-07-19 9:55

It will be an opportunty to visit such place and may ALLAH rest his soul in peace, TFS.

elihesamian (26091) 2007-08-31 21:26

Salam,
As you know I have seen the shot before in another site,still it's wonderful for me,a strange and unique subject,and pity I didn't see the place,but 'm thankful that you share it with us.well captured and composed with high sky(beautiful clouds formation) and well worked,Thanks Atousa.
Best Wishes
M

llimone (672) 2007-09-23 3:31

Hola Atousa.
Buena fotografia con un fantastico encuadre y unos bellos colores. Espectaculares las nubes.
Un saludo.
Ricardo

sahar1356 (37) 2007-10-18 20:55

Bravo. vaghean zobast :)

deadman (110) 2007-10-23 6:09

salam Aousa
I saw here in a short film and khnow about it.
very nice shot and lively.
thank tou for your comment.
Merci

aloyho (6109) 2007-11-22 18:09

Hi Atousa,
It is always nice to have a shot with a story and this is no exception. I like his personal expression in these artworks and this installation in the open and the great looming clouds tells of the greatness of this unsung artist. A well taken shot. It would be interesting to see how it looks like from a higher POV. Well done!!

Regards and a great weekend.

stranger (720) 2007-12-18 3:19

Great art work ... kind of strange but very interesting :-)

TFS,

Shahab,

woozbman (366) 2008-01-31 21:36

Hi Atousa,

A very unique place you have captured here. I like the way the trees seem to interact with the cloud. I didn't realize there were so many "plants" in his garden. TFS.

Best regards,
Lamberto

kiks (6013) 2008-04-16 8:12

Hi Atousa, indeed a strange art-work! But somehow beautiful and the cloud frame it just lovely.
TFS
KIKs

HaDiHm (21) 2008-04-26 0:18

Dera Atousa,
Nice Shot, thanks for useful explanations....

mafegan (4023) 2008-10-22 8:10

Hello Atousa
An artist with a great imagination and with the perfect sky you have created a bizzare photo. TFS, Marlene

SAMANDI (302) 2008-10-28 5:10

Salam atousa

ye akse mafhumi besiar ziba
tazade shakhehaye tize derakhtha ba letafate aseman ye tarkibe ali sakhte
TFS !

-- SADEGH --

cristiancu (268) 2008-11-21 2:07

apocalyptic
but very god
this man
It's doing something strange but fantastic

Angshu (33432) 2009-03-02 0:27

Salam Atousa
A fine tribute to Darvish who created this work of art. I went through your note with Peter & was initially with him that perhaps you could have gone for a closer approach. But as you said, the wide aspect of the entire 'creation' and the dominant clouds makes this attractive. In the lack of a polarising filter you could use 'Selective Colour' in PS2 and use the Black slider in cyan or blue to get the polariser effect. Do try it & let me know
Best Regards
Angshu

Dragut (1921) 2009-07-09 10:05

Hi Atousa

Very interesting gallery, beautiful pictures of your beautiful and unknown country. Pleasant to see Iran in pictures like yours and not thought media.

Kind