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Published: 2006-07-01 13:36:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 3298; Favourites: 75; Downloads: 205
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Jizo for a lost child. The Jizo holds infants and toddlers, remembering the child that was lost.Note the infant in her arms and the toddler at her feet.
BTW, no PS funkiness here. That's the beautiful bokeh from a 200/2.8L. The lens still makes me
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this is so awsome. where is this? i love how you captured it.
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This was in a small little cemetery in the far western outskirts of Tokyo. A lovely little gem.
Thank you!
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stunning dof. drooling over the lens is fully understandable...!
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georgeus texture and focus again both of these jizo shots are amazing!
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Great capture Bill. You've picked out your subject really well and the repetition works wonderfully with this image.
One thing that I find distracting though is the large grey blob to the left of the shot. While I can understand your placement to balance the composition, for me it just seems to drag me away from the focal point. My eye keeps trying to work out what it is. So, I feel that a tighter crop around the subject would have been better.
I love shrines here so much. They are full of wonderful opportunities.
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Fair enough. It's a complex area. After I posted it, I started seeing shapes that I didn't notice before. I won't tell you what I see, since you'll have to decide for yourself.
And you are right. Great opportunities.
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Yeah, I hope I didn't sound too abrupt. I think it's an great shot, but I wanted to let you know what I saw when I looked at it.
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Not abrupt at all. Don't worry about that.
I appreciate you sharing what you saw. That's what I look for and appreciate.
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Cool, thats what I figured. Just wanted to be sure ^_^
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You don't need to worry about me. I'm pretty easy going.
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Sounds like you'd be perfect for that date then.
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Having just learned what "bokeh" means... I understand now, methinks. Beautiful job.
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Good bokeh is like good butter. Smooth and creamy.
Thanks!
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Well, everyone and their mother has already praised your DOF.
While impressive, I'd say that your composition is even more impressive. The line of statues arranged on the right side really draws the eye down through the photo well, and at the end of the line, there seems to be something there, but must be reconstructed through the viewer's mind. (thinking to myself: That could be a good technique to use if there are very strong lines leading to a vertex that is anticlimatic.)
I also like the statue in which you have chosen to focus. Not the first one, not the middle one, and not the last.
Beautiful shot.
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Thank you so much. I never like first or last, if I have the choice. And an anti-climatic vertex is perfect, since that leads the eye right back up the line from where it came.
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fantastic selective focus... I like this kind of a work... nice job
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Wow, I thought for sure that was going to be a blur in photoshop, but I am very impressed you did that with a lens.
Great shot and great use of the dof dude.
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None of that PS stuff.
Thank you!
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The blur effect is so awesome... Kinda makes me dizzy though
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Definitely could suck you in, eh?
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Its like WHOA! the foreground is blurry..but so is the background. ...whoooooaa.
It kind of makes me feel like a hippie. lol
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Enjoy the trip, dude!
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Its total radical
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The black and white has texture, but the color version seems so much more alive. This version is sooooo cold
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absolutely loving this one~! great use of dof
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Masterful DOF play
On a somewhat less related note, this reminds me a bit of Giger.
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It does look a bit like HR.
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One day, IΒ΄ll also have fun with a 200/2.8... but I gotta have a couple of paying shoots first
For the time being, IΒ΄m having fun with my 50/1.8
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And you should.
That 50/1.8 is my oldest (since 1990) and would be the last lens I'd ever get rid of. Even after my L's.
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And itΒ΄s a swell lens for panos (albeit stopping down a bit 
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Awww... now THAT is a beautiful shot and a beautiful lens!!!!! I want I want!
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Sorry. I'm keeping it.
Thank you!
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