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The Letting Go of Body & Mind
The Letting Go of Body & Mind
shayfoley


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Letting Go (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S5000 Z
Location: Living Room
Date: Feb 6, 2004
Aperture: F/3.2
ISO: ISO 200
Shutter: 1/4 Second
Galleries: Abstract, Emotive
Date Uploaded: Feb 6, 2004

I had just begun reading about zazen, or the Zen Buddhist practice of koan meditation when this challenge was announced. In one particular passage, Dogen-zenji recalls the exact moment of his satori, or enlightenment. He describes the event as a "dropping off, or letting go" of body and mind. While the pose I struck is not entirely accurate, I felt that it gave the photo an understated power that the traditional "lotus posture" lacked.

Statistics
Place: 51 out of 188
Avg (all users): 5.4926
Avg (commenters): 7.0667
Avg (participants): 5.2718
Avg (non-participants): 5.6272
Views since voting: 1010
Votes: 272
Comments: 18
Favorites: 0


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02/19/2004 12:26:00 PM
I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to comment on my photo. The comments were overall very helpful, especially to me, as I have just begun getting into photography. This was my first entry into ANY photo contest, and I feel very welcome here at DP Challenge. Thanks to all.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/17/2004 07:38:13 AM
Fitting subject.
02/15/2004 12:30:12 PM
I very much like the lighting and symmetry of this photo. Maybe could've used just a little, tiny bit more lighting up near the face and upper body as you lose a little detail there. But overall, It's an interesting picture and a nice take on the challenge.
02/14/2004 08:51:50 PM
Interesting shot, the lighting creates an etereal mood.
02/14/2004 10:47:16 AM
the composition works for me, however some different lighting would have worked beter, maybe a bounced flash off the celing to help light up the subject but still leaving the back ground darker
02/13/2004 03:26:51 AM
I like this
nicely done 7
02/13/2004 01:53:14 AM
I like the interpretation.
02/12/2004 04:44:02 PM
cool idea, nice execution! looks a little pixilated. comes with those long exposures sometimes.
02/12/2004 04:09:57 PM
I like this a lot...except for the candles which I realize are important to the mood but their brightness is somewhat distracting since the eye keeps wanting to wander down there instead of on your focal point. Maybe red candles...? Anyway, what I do like is the man's pose, the halo affect of the lighting behind him, the red tones and the theme interpretation. I gave you an 8
02/12/2004 03:07:18 PM
Awesome take on the challenge. I actually thought of something very similar. I hope you get good scores, but from what I understand about peoples interpretation of the challenge from the forums and my own entry, you are probably getting some undeserved low scores.
My feeling about your picture:
I think you could have left out the light behind your subject to emphasize him a little more. The backgrounds competes for the attention of my eye a little. At the same time, I think the light behind is a decent idea, maybe just too much of it or something. The outline of the mat behind the bottom two candles is a little distracting as well. I am big about analyzing on where my eye goes in the picture. Good luck! 8
02/12/2004 11:04:54 AM
Wow... I really love it. Excellent work. 10
02/12/2004 06:16:50 AM
nice work..Just littel too dark
02/11/2004 04:39:29 PM
The shot is very grain, probably due to hugh ISO. I think there is software to clean that up. Otherwise a good image.
02/11/2004 10:37:24 AM
too dark - see //www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/expose-right.shtml
02/11/2004 07:47:15 AM
Good idea but something missing in the structure and setup of the picture
02/11/2004 04:21:36 AM
just relax. you look a little tense dude.
02/11/2004 12:52:03 AM
Very fitting
02/11/2004 12:30:16 AM
I like this.


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