Vishnu, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 2000 by Phil Douglis

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19-FEB-2000

Vishnu, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 2000

I took this shot without flash, using the light from a distant doorway. The bright orange Buddhist robe reflected that light into my camera, while the ancient statue, stained by twelve centuries of incense, fades into the background. This image, too, is organized around contrast in color to express meaning . The brilliant orange robe is a gift from today's worshipers. The ancient, soot blackened statue of Vishnu seems eternal.

Kodak DC4800
1/250s f/4.5 at 17.7mm hide exif

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Date/Time	19-Feb-2000 11:47:29
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Exposure Time	1/250 sec
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Exposure Bias	-2.00
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Focus Distance	32.800 m

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Phil Douglis		20-Mar-2007 20:12
Thanks again, Sun Han, for the comment and for posting the first link to a YouTube video on my site. We both needed that "light from a distant doorway."

Guest		20-Mar-2007 18:41
here is a new clip-- inside angkor thom a clip truely depends on "light from the distant doorway", for seeing as well as listening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH0PxbwhfZE

Guest		20-Mar-2007 18:32
dress is just gesture, itself looks great

Phil Douglis		20-Mar-2007 16:14
And thank you, Sun Han, for this comment. I hope that this statue was as vividly dressed when you saw it as it is here.

Guest		20-Mar-2007 11:32
thanks Phil for you comment on my video, we once all pass by this Vishnu statue

Phil Douglis		23-Jun-2006 06:50
It's been two and a half years since you left this comment, Dan, and I just saw it for the first time. (I was on a long cruise when you posted it in December of 2003.) This image is a favorite of mine. I made it on my first digital trip six years ago and I feel that it remains one of the real sleepers in my cyberbook. I am very surprised that you have been the only person to stop and take note of what is going on here. You are right -- this image is a piece of time travel. I said in my caption that it was eternal. It actually does exist in the past, the present and the future. There are many centuries of time folded between the statue and the robe, and yet the faithful continue to flock to this diety, in hopes of a better future. I made it with a primitive digital camera -- my first. I was stunned that I was able to make an image this forceful in that extremely low light with this tiny three megapixel camera back in February of 2000.

Dan Chusid		30-Dec-2003 21:53
The contrast here with the future laid over the past is just wonderful. Regards, - DC

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