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Collection: Portfolio
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Location: Queens, NYC
Date: Nov 10, 2018
Aperture: 2.8
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 1/4
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2018

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This is a work of art rather than a life image, which I've sometimes raised objections to so, hoisted by my own petard.

Henry (insteps) asked for information about the statue. I don't have anything because this is a garden statue several blocks from my home. My feeling was that this is the Buddhist goddess of compassion, Avalokitesvara.

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11/20/2018 02:28:16 AM
Originally posted by mariuca:

I believe that in general statues need to be photographed because they live through light.
That's the case here where the statue became what you wanted it to express.

I object strongly when they are photographed "in perfect light" to see it in all details, removed from any context and ready to be plopped in a catalogue.


That's what I have always wanted to say about photographs of statues, but until now I could never think of how to say it. Thank you.
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11/14/2018 09:02:25 PM
I believe that in general statues need to be photographed because they live through light.
That's the case here where the statue became what you wanted it to express.

I object strongly when they are photographed "in perfect light" to see it in all details, removed from any context and ready to be plopped in a catalogue.
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11/12/2018 06:14:39 PM
Emerging from black oil, you presented this sculpture well. I like to include information about the piece when shooting art.
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11/12/2018 02:00:04 AM
I think photographing sculpture is fine, and probably no different from photographing architecture, or for that matter, a horse or a dog. You still have to choose your angle and make the most of the ambient light (if you aren't providing your own.) I think this is a totally different kettle of fish than shooting a painting or a wall of graffiti (without anything to give it an individual twist).
I like the dark and contrasty tones here and the lost and found aspects.
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11/11/2018 08:14:48 PM
Originally posted by nam:

The strong tonal contrasts work wonderfully well to bring attention to the details of her attire. My favorite things are her facial expression and the position of her upraised hand. I find myself trying to hold my hand that way and imagine what I might be thinking or saying . . . I can't. I also really like her position in the frame and the very dark background.


Ariana Grande is working on a new tune, Buddha is a Woman...
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11/11/2018 08:13:28 PM
I too raise objections to photos of sculpture, but this one does have great shadows on it and silhouettes of leaves which add interest. It's well composed, too.
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11/11/2018 04:18:07 PM
all that inky blackness really serves to accentuate the subject, offset composition works well
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11/11/2018 01:05:16 PM
I really like the dark tones. This could be a movie still for one of those 1930s movies set in China.
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11/11/2018 10:53:16 AM
The strong tonal contrasts work wonderfully well to bring attention to the details of her attire. My favorite things are her facial expression and the position of her upraised hand. I find myself trying to hold my hand that way and imagine what I might be thinking or saying . . . I can't. I also really like her position in the frame and the very dark background.
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11/11/2018 07:36:02 AM
A case of 'don't do as I do, do as I say' ;) Under exposed works well here for me.
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