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There are some photographers who are just pressing a button. And then there are the others who see the world in a very different way...
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Author Topic: The hand of the buddha  (Read 1926 times)
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« on: September 18, 2006, 01:56:55 PM »
There is a hill outside Pattaya with a golden buddha image painted on the side. Below the hill there is a pond which reflects the image. I attracted a large audience of Thais who could not understand why I was pointing my lens at the murky water rather than the lovely image on the hillside!
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« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2006, 02:11:19 PM »
Great idea! And the crowd's reaction reminds me of a rainy day at a market in Vientiane. I was taking a picture when two women laughed and asked each other, "They don't have mud in his country?"
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« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2006, 02:21:24 PM »
Good idea, that's what photography makes you do; to look at the world a little different.
I think I would prefer it with more DOF.
If you shot it in RAW, you might get more out of the white lotus.
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« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2006, 06:44:04 PM »
Well done! I spent quite a while trying to get an interesting angle of that Mountain Buddha image and was totally uninspired. I tried to include the water with an interesting reflection as the light faded but got nothing!
Bravo for this!
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« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2006, 11:24:02 PM »
The first time I saw the reflection, the flower was dead. Came back another day and it was too windy so the reflection looked crap. Another day and there was no wind; so the pond scum was spread everywhere. Last Saturday there was a light breeze to keep away the pond scum and a flower in bloom. Went back on Sunday to see if I could get something better and it was pond scum and a wilting flower! Has cost me a fortune in fuel!
I focused and exposed on the Lotus, but it doesn't seem to have much detail to offer. Exposure was F10, lens was Canon 70-200L at 115mm on 30D.
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2006, 09:20:45 PM »
Nice shot, It looks so real Shocked
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« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2006, 11:57:00 AM »
AS David implied, you win! This is a tough assignment, this hill Buddha, it's got the sun either on top of, or behind it,  so forget 99% of frontal shots 99% of the time, and you went for the detail shot, which is a great response to that photographic challenge. I'd like to be there when the workers put the gold leaf, inch by inch, on a makeshift scaffolding removed as they progress, every step of the way. Bring a (big) zoom and pray for an overcast cloudy day!  Wink
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« Reply #7 on: April 24, 2008, 01:12:39 AM »
this is a great image
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