Morning Bliss

an old man getting ready 4 ablutions before prayer inside Wazir Khan

Mosque as pigeons descend down 4 food & water. ratings & comments r

welcome!

Good capture and cropping. Very good in black and white. Nice slightly out of focus background. 7-6

i really appreciate the relation between the man and the bird. One is big but seems gentle when drinking water, the 2 pigeons look so light... and they will share the same water... Great!!!!

Another fine work from you.

love this... excellent! perfect timing!

 

jb

Great composition. I like the effect of B/W.

Very nice effect of Black and white... wonderfull tones of grey .... the composition is good enough... in my opinion without the addition of birds the picture looks more strong and visible... coz the birds distract the eyes of the viewers... best regard and thanks for sharing this unique art work.... 7/6

Very good composition,exposure and choice of tone,Umair Bhai.

Very god capture.tones , ligt and contrast is very good.congratulation.

This is simply fantastic, the moment - essence of photography. Congratulation and thanks!

yes, a fantastic moment, beautifully rendered, a real story, great stuff. the brightest whites are just a touch too hot on my monitor (i have this problem with digital photos all the time and adjust them selectively constantly in photoshop), but its a quibble and easily adjusted if you think it worth doing.

Hola Umair...te puntue la imagen,, pero no me dio tiempo a comentarla, un bello trabajo en B/W. un cordial saludo,,y gracias por tus coemtarios,

Excellent!

An excellent street/doc image with that "decisive moment" feel to it. The light on the pigeons looks odd though; made me wonder whether this was a composite image. Ben is right about the highlights -- the man's shoulder and knee and the birds' wings are a bit too white.

7/6 Excellent image!!! Well done!

very good pic. black and white works well. the best part of this photo is its perspective. excellent. regards. amir.

Mystics tell us that in prayer the human and the divine meet. In the act of ritual ablution, the old man washes himself, of himself and of the world, with water, that pure and purifying elixir of life, as he prepares his soul to ascend to higher spiritual realms. His invocations and supplications rise to heaven to meet the divine barakah which descends down to earth--on the wings of doves. At this very moment, time takes on the color of eternity--it is a 'blissful' moment that lasts forever. It is a moment invisible to us as it can only be experienced firsthand but sometimes an artist's gaze succeedes in capturing that decisive moment and making that invisible reality visible for us. And we are grateful to him for that.

 

Umair!

 

This is shot a beautiful portrait!

Technically excellent and charged with emotion.

 

Thanks for sharing it.

 

Best wishes!

Great Shot, well done .

an impressive photo.I love this b/w shot and it's layers. 7/7

I saw this one today - excdellent capture ! this is documentary photography - regards M.G.HIONOS

exceptional b&w, such a story teller kinda shot.

I discovered a gem today :) amazing work!