eye contact, a photo from West Bengal, East

Photographer's Note

artisan at kumarpara, prasastha is giving final touches to an idol of "ganesha" before starting to colour it within few days as festive days are nearing rapidly. organisers already started to press them to finish their "durga" idol fast.

for more detail on prasatha see here.

cobraphil8, ChrisJ, oochappan, atus, Paolo, ramesh_lalwani, rasmis has marked this note useful

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hay_kes (31439) 2006-08-29 2:44

Hi Arjun,
Nice shot again. Good colours and composition.
Well done.
Regards.

hAyAti

sabyasachi1212 (19779) 2006-08-29 2:46

Hi Arjun,
Thanks for pointing out the eye contact, they both seem to be intensely staring at each other. Excellent POV. What kind of light was there? The skin tones look a bit distorted.
Best Wishes
Sabyasachi

axiotea (21651) 2006-08-29 4:19

Hi Arjun,
Nice to see that artisan giving final touches and the way he is concentrated to do it.I've done a small WS..Hope you don t mind..TFS..
All the best,
Marilyn

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dhurjati (2709) 2006-08-29 4:40

Hi Arjun,
Very interesting stare at each other indeed!!The lord Ganesha seems to be pleased enough that he is being cared upon!!But the skin tones at places looks a bit blurry to me,may be problem of light??
Interesting snap.
TFS,
Dhurjati

arnabchat (7233) 2006-08-29 5:04

the POV gives the expression in Ganesha a different angle. well worked.

delkoo (68) 2006-08-29 5:17

hi arjun
you show us the final touch to enhance the beautiful statue of ganesh.

nice one
didier

ChrisJ (160008) 2006-08-29 6:09

Hi arjun

Good contrast between Ganesh, Shiva? & the other statues with the man. Excellent pov & an interesting subject. Well done!

priyasri_80 (363) 2006-08-29 7:02

Nice shot. Great POV.
Priya

chanjits (4460) 2006-08-29 8:54

hice shot dear well lit photograph the idol are marvelous in detail thanks for sharing.

prumod (8300) 2006-08-29 9:34

hi arjun
one of the another best in this series...
nice shades... good quality too...
take care
pramod

oochappan (4880) 2006-08-30 1:40

A well framed clear portrait of the artist Arjun, he got a very contrated expression finishing Ganesh, well placed at the side.
greetings
Henk

jinju (14265) 2006-08-30 3:25

Hi Arjun,

thgeres a nice interaction between the man and the statues, as you say, eye contact is made. But theres more than that. The physical connection is there too which underlines the eye contact. The only drawback is that theres a bit of softness in this image. If this was tack sharp, wow. Still a good idea a nice result.

prezntime (3946) 2006-08-30 8:08

Good day friend.
You know, you have managed to instill in me the anticipation for this festival that I feel for a holiday such as Christmas. Your photos are working. Again a great shot, I like the concentration that the artisan is showing to the idol. The contrast of his vibrant colors against the muted colors of the idols work well.
good job,
Chris.
:) be back.

Wanda1 (15142) 2006-08-30 9:58

Hi Arjun,
This is an excellent shot of this artisan going about his work, I love the colours and the composition, also good light.
I hope you are going to take many photos of the festival.
Regards
Wanda

rosaline (0) 2006-08-31 4:14

Hi Arjun
Good capture of this artisan at work. The contrast between the colourless Ganesha and the artisian is quite marked. I like the composition and the pov. The light is a little strong on the artisan but the shot still works well.
Good work
Aubrey

saigon (6443) 2006-08-31 5:20

fantastique composition!
un veritable travail d'amour entre l'artisan et l'oeuvre,je dirait presque une relation sensuelle!
bravo ARJUN!
aldo.

Schultzy (5446) 2006-08-31 9:21

Hello Arjun,
Great shot and perfect tittle, it seems a real "eye contact".
Interesting subject, well done !

atus (15878) 2006-09-04 5:44

Hello Arjun,
very well captured interesting shot from a good pov with nice perspective, well visible details and well saturated colours. Well done!
Best wishes.
Attila

scalerman (26900) 2006-09-06 18:52

another great shot from you Arjun. I would have used unsharp mask even more, but I'm no PS expert. good notes on this one and before. regards, c

e30mike (312) 2006-09-08 4:51

Very nice title, I probably would not have noticed that he is looking into the eyes of his sculpture, as if it was communicating with him. Well done!

Paolo (41258) 2006-09-12 3:55

Hi Arjun, amazing shot, full of sculptures and with a beautiful mood.
good saturated colours and a strong light.
thanks, ciao

entrelec (8328) 2006-09-12 6:19

Like this compo, the man and the idol he builded, very symbolic.
Have a good day

Joel

faubry (35447) 2006-09-13 6:45

hello Arjun, very beautiful concentration from this man!! i like, do you know Mamalipuram
soon
francine

ckuhn55 (2670) 2006-09-13 8:52

So interesting, glad you have artisan in the picture

ramesh_lalwani (3213) 2006-09-15 2:05

Prashanta present colorful contrast to clay model.Well captured.TFS
Ramesh

rhizomes (15343) 2006-09-17 12:24

Hi Arjun,
Very impressive picture ! I like the colors, the light and the composition ! This man looks very attentive to the sculpture, very beautiful !
Christophe

rasmis (291) 2006-10-05 15:59

Hi Arjun, this is very nice shot. Nice colors and clear photo. Well done.

everlasting (17682) 2006-10-07 5:27

I like this craftman at work and yes, the eye contact that he has with ganesh. Great timing.

woodyman (224) 2006-10-29 5:02

Arjun
Although I like the lighting in a lot of your statue photos better, I like this because it tells me about daily life. The man seems very concentrated and cares about the detail of his work. I wonder why all the hands are missing - maybe they are sculpted separately and added later
Cheers
Ian