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Destination: Peace through Enlightenment
Destination: Peace through Enlightenment
Marc923


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Destinations (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Location: Home
Date: Sep 14, 2005
Aperture: F/5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/10 sec.
Galleries: Travel
Date Uploaded: Sep 15, 2005

 Destination: Peace through Enlightenment

A Buddha figure I had. I used my Sigma 28-80 Lens on Macro setting. Yes, I know, the word destination is in my title.

PSP9 edits:
Crop, Contrast, digital noise removal, colorize, some clone stamps, resize, add border.

(Buddha means "the Enlightened") the Prince Siddhartha of the Guatama clan (ca. 563-483 BC) in northern India. According to tradition, he tried and rejected first the life of luxury and then a life of poverty and in 528 BC achieved enlightenment and began to teach.

Statistics
Place: 78 out of 191
Avg (all users): 5.5897
Avg (commenters): 6.8000
Avg (participants): 5.2278
Avg (non-participants): 5.8362
Views since voting: 1196
Views during voting: 277
Votes: 195
Comments: 14
Favorites: 4 (view)

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AuthorThread
 09/29/2005 06:32:25 PM
sorry,didn't vote on this challenge so missed this (my loss!)very very cool.love the texture of the face and those beautiful soft tones /colours to the right.
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 09/26/2005 01:06:32 AM
Thanks for all the nice comments. I appreciate them.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/24/2005 10:37:55 PM
Really nice tones here, and super use of negative space to hint at significance outside the photo. 10
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 09/24/2005 09:50:48 PM
This is one of my favourite pictures in this competition! I love the subject, the colours, & the feel of this shot! Great job!
8o)



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 09/24/2005 09:09:43 PM
This image captures the mystical essence with the shallow dof. great!
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 09/24/2005 11:31:27 AM
Using half the face creates a lot of impact.
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 09/24/2005 10:57:08 AM
very very good photo of the sculpure. I would have liked to see more of it. the blurry BG is good as well, except for the blue cast to everything. Best of luck /8
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 09/23/2005 03:11:12 PM
nice bokeh.
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 09/23/2005 01:21:54 AM
Beautiful take on this challenge. I really appreciate the minimalist approach and underlying meaning. Very good job.
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 09/20/2005 03:22:26 PM
I really like this image. Interesting (yet simple) composition, and very soothing colors.
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 09/20/2005 07:56:26 AM
This is by far the most gripping photo of all here. Draws you to want the solitude and inner peace the face portrays.
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 09/19/2005 09:04:24 AM
I like the half face of the Buddha statue. Nice soothing blue tones. I'd like to have more light shining directly onto the statue to create more shadow.
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 09/19/2005 09:00:19 AM
Soft and smiple...I like it.
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 09/19/2005 08:50:43 AM
Beautiful idea and the composition is dead on. I think this could be improved with some subtle d&b around the chin and checks so to match the nose. Nice work!
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