Apprendice and his Master Photo

Photographer’s Note

I must tell you that I didn't took this photo but my girlfriend. I've only cropped it, did some PS,but anyway, here is my artwork.
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Every ceremony is a start of something new. And here is my initiation "ceremony" as a traditional balinese wood carver.

We've spent all day in a museum to take art courses, me for wood carving and my girlfriend for traditional balinese painting.

This artwork is made of teak wood and is a stilisation of lotus flower (the real one you can see it in my previous post.) and after five hours of work is not finished yet.
On the left is the Apprendice and on the right is the Master looking that everything goes right.
We've spent here our last day in Bali and it was really beautiful.
If you have any questions...

fireflyz, Ged, tjanze heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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fireflyz (2079) 2005-09-01 14:11

Hi Tomi,
Sounds like a fun thing to do!
The exposure is great along with the choice of sapia. POV is excellent! Well done! One point for you, one for for your girlfriend :)
Cheers,
Skye

ndb1958 (9248) 2005-09-01 14:14

Hi Tomi,
I remember these scenes around Ubud. Nice capture! I like the sepia style on this. Well done,
Nino

feather (50078) 2005-09-01 17:46

Well done Tomi; not only a photographer but a woodcarver....
I like your treatment of this photo, tightly cropped to show the "action". Sepia is also a good choice as it echoes the colour of the wood.
Kath

danyy (69377) 2005-09-02 4:47

Bonjour Tomi,
une excellente maitrise du duotone sépia, peut-être un rien trop saturé.
Une photo très précise, pleine de détails, un cadrage axé sur les mains et le travail.
Bien vu.....
Daniel.

fabio_ts (13674) 2005-09-02 6:17

Da come vedo la tua destrezza manuale è quasi pari alla tua abilità fotografica.. però anche la tua ragazza non scherza con le foto!!!
complimenti!!
ciao, Fabio.

hdl (6737) 2005-09-02 7:34

You can tell your girlfriend that she also has an eye for a good shot. The sephia works very well here; it combines well with the subject: (ancient) craftsmanship. Nice with the hands working, good composition.

john_c (24635) 2005-09-02 12:43

Hi Tomi,
An unusual but very artistic sot. The sepia and white motif work very well. The amount of white pant leg showing is a little distracting, but does not detract from the overall success of the shot. The fine detail and the delicate wood carving in progress is most interesting and well seen. An original, ingeinous shot, Tomi. Well done.
John

Ged (391) 2005-09-02 19:06

Hi Tomi, good shot the sepia works well, its nice and sharp, not only does the carving stand out but the mallet and paint brush as well. Nice one!

Ged.

devimeuxbe (56280) 2005-09-03 3:59

Hi Tomi
nice focus on this beautifull work. The POV is great.
An interesting picture with a beautifull realisation.
Well done
Bertrand

tjanze (5674) 2005-09-06 3:04

Ja lep prikaz rocnodelskih spretnosti.Vsec mi je rjavi filter cez sliko.Dobro ti je to uspelo.Ostrina super in vidim,da ti ze punca gleda skozi lece,tako kot moja.

MvS (4163) 2005-09-07 15:58

Nice details and a good atmosphere.
Thanks,
Magnus

kclai (2267) 2005-09-12 2:24

Hi Tommi
Great shot and nice craving you got here. Love the sphia tone effect. Blended pretty good with the picture.
Maybe you should encourage your girlfriend to join in, in TE as well, since she got the photography skill.
Well done, Tommi and hope to see more of your posting.
Eric Lai

oochappan (22032) 2005-09-12 4:40

And I like this one too for the details of woodcarving, nicely croppped on the learning and teachers hands and a very warm sepia tone.

rbcy1974 (20746) 2005-09-16 4:30

Hi Tomi,
Great photo and postprocessing, the monochromatic colour is great. Very nicely framed,
Ill be back
Regards
Daniel

prumod (8264) 2005-10-25 5:48

hi tomi
i missed this great one really...
the tone you used here is fantastic... i like the sharpness/smoothness as in their rich state here... you've done a great job...
regards
pramod