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Temple Wheel


Temple Wheel
Information sur la photo
Copyright: Bob Wallace (BobTrips) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 562 W: 357 N: 74] (1847)
Genre: Gens
Média: Couleur
Date de prise de vue: 2001-02-24
Catégories: Transports
Appareil photographique: Olympus C-2100UZ, 7-70 mm IS, ISO 100, 2 meg Digi, UV
Exposition: f/3.2, 1/200 secondes
Versions: version originale
Date de soumission: 2004-02-18 14:00
Vue: 969
Points: 4
[Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe
This wooden wheel takes us back to the days before steel and rubber. It's part of a 'wagon' used to parade religious figures during festivals.

The marks of the craftsman are still seen, the saw marks on the axle, the scribe lines used to lay out the mortise. The worker has chosen a piece of wood with confused grain, almost a burl, for the wheel. The lack of straight grain diminishes the chances of splitting.

When it was first used the wheel must have shown tool marks and had somewhat square edges. With time and miles traveled the edges have rounded, the texture roughened. In the upper edge one can see a hole where a knot has fallen out. Worms have taken a toll.

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Discussions
Enchaînement de réflexionsInitiateur de la discussion Messages Modifié
A randompics: The wheel...BobTrips 3 02-19 01:30
A CatEye: Some more hand work...BobTrips 2 02-18 21:44
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This is an excellentshot, Bob. a little bit different from your usual. I like the shapes and the well captured texture. Excellent note. I would prefer a verticl format (a portrait format) in order to have a complete circle of the stone, and less background. I also prefer a narrower DOF.
Anyway, it's a good shot, perfect for TE. Well done.

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  • Cat Gold Star Critiquer [C: 223 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2004-02-18 20:08]
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I like this shot for more reasons than I can count! I am huge fan of true craftsmen, unfortunatly everything is mostly made by machines now. This is a lovely composition and I think you have captured very well all of the rich warm colors of the wood along with the fabulous texture! Great job, and interesting notes!

Nice shot, Bob. Very clear and sharp image. I am from Nepal myself, so I was wondering where you took this shot.. I mean do you have any idea what kind of wagon does this wheel pull. Usually the ones used to pull the wagons during festivals are quite huge..This one seems not so large..

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  • zto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 890 W: 247 N: 24] (292)
  • [2004-02-20 14:06]

This is a nice shot. You have really been able to catch that intresting structure of teh wood. Itmight even be possible to get out some more details by sharpening it a bit more. your note was really intresting as well.

So sharp, so close... Looks like we can touch and feel the texture. Nice work!

PS: It made me remember when my parents bought an old farm in south east of France, we found the same kind of tools, just like the wooden pen in the axle/spindle (right or wrong word?), also many wooden utensils for picking grapes and making wine were very common in our area, and there the wooden weel were used as kind of a pers or mill...

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