SYMBOLIC "Prayer for Tsunami Victims"

 

Prayer for Tsunami VictimsI saw this gentleman sitting at the edge of a hill on a rock praying...... for something about which I absolutely have no idea.I have posted this symbolic photo as an appeal to all for prayers and help for Tsunami Victims. All of us are aware of the Tsunami disaster that Asia went through recently. The damage is to that extent that it will take years for the organisations to restore the life in the affected areas. We should all pray for those who were struck by this giant Tsunami and help them in any way we can. You can browse the internet and locate the organization in your locality. I use

 

Google

 

 

There are many organizations currently working on this task. These all links are working now.....

Tsunami Update provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on the current situation and implications in the countries affected by the recent, devastating tsunamis.

 

 

Tsunami Relief will give you some links to browse

 

 

Red Cross as always is doing the job.

 

Save the Children are also playing their part

 

Grameenfoundation is a website where people from U.S. can get information.

 

Helpsurvivors. is also carrying out restoration activities.

If we all do little I think we can put our share in this rebuilding process.

Thanks for viewing.......

 

 

Just wanted to say am honoured to be invited by mail to do an objective critque on this. My opinion is never always correct and only one view. Many have views. Its all just opinion anyway. We both learn by the interchange of ideas. Anyway time is short so will just modify the below including new considerations....thanks again.

 

"I saw this gentleman sitting at the edge of a hill on a rock praying...... for something about which I absolutely have no idea."

 

So then how does this relate to the Tsunami Victims if you have no idea?? He could be prayin for anything and even thats no too evident... he could also be counting money. So if your message of this pic is trying to convey that image well it fails misrably..BUT.. it could just be you were OFFERING a prayer, with this art...that makes it a different deal. Perhaps its just the wording and intent of your media thing not written properly... it directly invites the critquer to question if the pic speaks it message. Posting the pic alone with that title would eleviate all this confusion.

 

The pic itself is quite fine...liked it at first sight. Good light and texture seem to suit the subject and mood well. Whatever he is projecting is intense and you have caught a special moment here. Dof on right is good...bit of a prob with the hand cut in two and that shiney thing on the wrist could go, its out of synch. Basically real good as a photo and not so good as a "media production"....... 7/6

Hi.. Nice portrait and very thoughtful of you to post a thing like this. I think all of us should do what ever we can in any respect for the victims. All countries have, I think, officially have special accounts and online donations for this purpose.

 

Thanks for updating the links and they are working now. We join you in prayers like your symbolic picture.

nice portrait zafar..good dof and coloring 7/6

Well Doc being in medicine I can imagine the misery of the victims who survie the disaster.

 

Hunger, disease and epidemics of infectious dieases kill people slowly. It takes lot to restore life to normal. People who have lost their family members and don't have any house or food, one can't just have an idea about their problem. From my hospital many doctors have gone on voluntary basis to work in struck area. Thanks for bringing it notice.

attractive and moving, touching.Complimenti Zafar. Ciao.

prayers don't need 2 b related 2 anything. they r 4 all, everywhere. send more Angels, the world needs more now, than ever!

Another fantasti portrait!!!

Dr Rabbani. Your portraits are so intense that I completely ignored what you wrote in your request.

 

Being a doctore I think you know better the hazzards and after effects. Thanks for bringing it to notice.

The portrait is intense and meaningful.

The only (minor) remark is (IMO) the defocusing of the background got in post-processing and not with the aperture of the lens, but in any case the image is excellent.

Regards

wonderful Old Man and so great expression and DOF. Beautiful and impressive portrait dear Zafar!

Thank you, Biliana

Excellent portrait.Congrats.

A very good portrait.This a symbolic image,an appeal for help. "There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward...Through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth."Best regards.

By far this is the best lightness and sharpness among all your photos but i can't find any relation between tsunami and this image.

islamic prayer aren't like this .

i can see that this man is thinking in his life but nothing to do with tsunami..

about the jpeg compression , it is the best among all your photos.no noise at all.

6/7

Wonderful portrait. Kind regards.

(I am not a religious person and I do not know what the man himself think about this photo, that is up to the photographer to take care off)

Nice thought and a great photo as a bonus. Your portraits are full of life.

for the Tsumani victims and for humanity. His thoughtful eyes seem to convey this. I also think the blurred background is more than suitable. Tsumani "erased", literally, people and land. After the first enormous shock, it's easy to forget because life goes on. Yet the survivors, the children first of all, need support both material and spiritual. I appreciate your artistic reminder, Zafar, reminder to pray and to visit the organizations raising funds. Memory is what keeps our humanity alive. We are part of this humanity, of the human beings who are struggling to live on.

 

 

Another very beautiful portrait 7/7

Zafar- The image is wonderful. Lovely DOF and composition, the lighting and the message "of prayer" is clear to me. As I read the other comments, I am reminded of something I was taught years ago. Being in medicine, I am sure you were also taught to be aware of the difference between "concrete" & "abstract" thinkers. Being able to understand what kind of thinker a person is, helps to understand how they interpret the world around them and how they react to it & also how we intern relate to them.

 

I smile every time I remember the "newbie" in the CCU, who saw what she interpreted as V-tach on a patients monitor. Before we could stop her, she ran in, ripped the newspaper out of the patient's hand and thumped him on the chest! (Obviously, years ago). She was a concrete thinker. V-tach= V-tach An abstract thinker, may have looked at the patient, seen he was reading the newspaper, asked him if he was feeling OK, and readjusted his monitor leads, concluding it was artifact from a loose lead. In the mind of the abstract thinker V-Tach= V-tach or loose lead or patient playing with the monitor leads, etc. Each type of thinking has it's place and is very important. Abstract thinkers also have their downside. They tend to over think things and at times need concrete thinkers to bring them back to the real world. There is no right or wrong in either type of thinking, but sometimes it becomes difficult & frustrating when the 2 meet. Each is speaking their own language and neither may understand the other. This is where it becomes important that each understand the different types of thinking.

 

So with this in mind: Paul- I can see that by just looking at the image without Zafar's explanation, one may not draw a line to the Tsunami victims. BUT- Zafar did explain how he arrived at his interpretation of this image, thus drawing the line to the Tsunami victims for you. Classic example of Concrete vs. Abstract thinking. Absolutely nothing wrong with either, but frustrating to both when they cross paths.

 

Just a note: Myself being an Abstract thinker, without your interpretation, I might have easily interpreted this as a Moslem prayer for peace and understanding. His face is peaceful and to me his face expresses questioning & thoughtfulness, maybe asking for understanding of this whole mess. Sorry so long and thanks for sharing the message. Very thought provoking anyway you look at it.

 

EXCELENTE...... Como siempre... eres el MEJOR, un cordial saludo...

I really aprreciate your comments. The reason I submitted the photo was primarily to make people realise that it is not the end when these disasters go away... actually the problem just starts after the storm. People who are left behind have nothing to look forward to. No family no food and no house. Spreading epidemic diseases in children take the death toll sky high. All of us soon forget what happened. This is just a reminder to all of us not to forget it as still we have to do a lot. Kindest regards to all

Zaffar...I very much like the image of the man, but find the background somewhat artificial looking and a distraction. Particularly the yellow color to the right of the man's face. I wonder if desaturating your background would help remove some of this artifical look.

 

As far as the tsunami victims, my heart opens to them as it does to all the victims of disease and oppression in our small world. All those suffering with HIV/AIDS in Africa and South Asia, all of the victims of the violence in the Middle East....they all deserve our prayers. Mother Theresa once said: "I never look at the masses as my responsibility; I look at the individual. I can only love one person at a time--just one, one, one. I pick up one person. Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand."

 

I appreciate you posting a photo that reminds us all to be thankful when we get up in the morning that we have the health, freedom and resources to take photographs and share them with one another. Namaste. Rick

expressive,sensitive,impressive...

Only one image.A lot of comments coming through..How impressive this one is..!I can't give any critique for this..Kind regards.

All right, here are my two cents: The image is beautiful, artistically. It really doesn't matter who he is, how he prays, or what he prays for...it's the point that he finds it important to reflect and pray at all that is most important. Many people are too busy with "important" appts, jobs, etc to take the time to really see anything around them and to reflect on that. Great job! You took the time to notice and convey in your art what this man is doing.