Photographing Buddha 4

Eye of the Buddha
Originally uploaded by Bill Bevan

Have a good look at a Buddha image. There are often just small parts of the statue that you can focus on with a zoom lens. The eye is a good choice because it conveys so much about the 'humanity' of a person. Here, I chose to select the left eye from a tight angle below and to the right of the statue in a wat in Chiang Rai. I think the eye in this image holds your attention while also encouraging you to think about what is to the left of the frame, what the eye is looking at. When choosing just one part of a Buddha image try to include enough context so that the viewer can identify the photograph as being of the Buddha.