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The Carver
Image Title:  The Carver
 
 By: Susie OConnor  
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Photographer Susie OConnor {K:34798}
Project #53 Tribute to Arnold Newman Camera Model Canon Digital Rebel
Categories People
Digital
Film Format Digital JPEG High
Portfolio People
Lens 28-135mm
Uploaded 7/9/2006 Film / Memory Type Digital
    ISO / Film Speed
Views 453 Shutter
Favorites Aperture f/
Critiques 37 Rating Critique Only Image
Location City -  Deming
State -  WA
Country - United States   United States
About This shot was taken today at a local chainsaw carving competition. We ended up buying this piece at the auction.

Last year at the show we bought a large bench carved by this same man and have really enjoyed his work.

As an aside, inspired by the events of 9/11 this man created a life sized carving of several firegfighters at work. He donated it to Squad 1 in New York City and it has found its permanent home there. Nyal is a retired fire captain from WA state (as is my husband) so he was impacted in a big way by this tragedy.

He's very talented and rightly proud of his work.
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There are 37 Comments in 1 Pages
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Alicia Popp   {K:83824} 7/9/2006
qué buen retrato... todo un personaje, simpático perrito y muy buen trabajo!!!
Felicitaciones por la imagen... me gusta, es muy expresiva!


Dave Stacey   {K:117501} 7/9/2006
Perfect addition to the project, Susie! Very well done environmental of this fellow!
Dave.


Robert Kocs   {K:89061} 7/9/2006
Absolutely great composition, very nice portrait
shot. Great bcw tones, exciting details. Lovely
work as usual dear Susie!

Best wishes my friend
Robert


Riny Koopman   {K:59745} 7/9/2006
The B&W fits well in this project!


Phillip  Minnis    {K:13391} 7/9/2006
Wow! Susie, what a great character this guy appears to be! A great shot! I enjoyed reading your comments in the 'About' box! Well done!

Cheers

Phil


Czeslav Gavinkovski   {K:7164} 7/9/2006
Great photo in very nice soft tones.
Cheers,Czeslaw.


Markus Scholz   {K:22812} 7/9/2006
Which piece did you buy, Susie? The left or the right;) Nice shot and about!

Regards, Markus


Pablo Dylan   {K:54541} 7/9/2006
Likeble portrait,i think.....
Sorry for my interpretation Susie

Pablo



stingRay part 2 .   {K:139396} 7/9/2006
A beautifully composed portrait of this talented man my dear Susie and I have especially enjoyed reading the 'about' regarding his work and your interest. A very good conversion into these soft mono tones. Excellent clarity of details and a worthy entrant to the project. Well done to you sweetie. My very best wishes to you as always....Ray


Giuseppe Guadagno   {K:33980} 7/9/2006
Good work Susie as your portrait shaws very clearly to us all his pride and satisfation.
Brava!
Ciao.

Giuseppe


Kathy Hillard   {K:25721} 7/9/2006
I think this is perfect for the project, Sissy. Good tones. Congrats on this new addition to your bear family :)
CU this afternoon...Kath


Laura Spell   {K:24080} 7/9/2006
Good candid shot of the wood carver. The tones, light, and contrast are excellent. I like that piece of wood! lol


Rashed Abdulla   {K:154599} 7/9/2006
I like every thing here tecnical wise.

All of the elements are perfect , the exposure, details, composition, contrast and tone, everything is perfect.

All of the best my friend


hdw Photography   {K:5961} 7/9/2006
Nice Susie....would have liked to see this in colour aswell.Best wishes
Hilton


Susie OConnor   {K:34798} 7/9/2006
Thank you for your version Pablo. After uploading it I did feel it was a little too washed out, but decided to leave it. I liked the softer tones. I think somewhere in between my post and yours might be just perfect. Have a good Sunday!
Susie


Kes     {K:18398} 7/9/2006
Hi Susie, just right for the project. You've captured a look of pride...his hand on the work lends to this sense well. The tractor in the background is a strong prop for a "down-home" hands on work theme. Well done.
Kes


Bill Ciavarra   {K:10183} 7/9/2006
Amazing what can be done with a chain saw!


Mary Slade   {K:40918} 7/9/2006
Great image of two characters Susie! Good in B&W. Good to hear about it too!


Don Loseke   {K:32503} 7/9/2006
That will be quite a nice addition to your home.
He is very talented. Don.


Susie OConnor   {K:34798} 7/9/2006
Your wish is my command Hilton!

In color


vanessa shakesheff   {K:63930} 7/9/2006
It must be wonderful to be able to create such wonderful objects from wood ...he is very talented ..lovely capture and interesting about.nessa


brit warren   {K:1516} 7/10/2006
Love this shot. Great piece of work. Now that would be a great competition to see. Great set-up for the shot. Your shots are always perfect in lighting and composition. Background is always appropriate to the shot. Let me know when you're giving lessons. I need to pointers.


Eb Mueller   {K:22993} 7/12/2006
Quality print, Susie! The setting includes interesting elements and some humour! I do get a sense of character. There is something of the man in the bear!
Eb


Gayle's Eclectic Photos   {K:91033} 7/13/2006
good one for the project...ya know,i am fairly certain that my first com to you was on a shot of another carver in Deming...there is no forgetting that particular guy! ;>
This carving artist has a pleasant look and you captured him well...nice conversion,Susie
regards,gayle


Ninni Termine   {K:8961} 7/14/2006
A perfect shot for the project, great!
Also likeable and well realized the nice sculpture.

Ciao
Ninni


Sheila Carson   {K:5912} 7/16/2006
Nice tones on this one Susie!


vanessa shakesheff   {K:63930} 7/27/2006
Hi susie hope you ..kath and all the families are well ..noticed neither of you have posting ..best wishes nessa


Susie OConnor   {K:34798} 7/28/2006
Hi Nessa,
Thank you so much for asking after us. We have both been so busy that there hasn't been much time for UseFilm. Running the cafe and keeping up with family obligations has been eating up our days! )
I hope that you are doing well too. I've been watching from afar, but haven't been doing much commenting at all.
Hope you have a great summer!
Susie


Galal El Missary   {K:84194} 7/30/2006
Nice shot , i like the tones & lighting , well taken .

Galal


jacques brisebois   {K:57481} 8/13/2006
wonderful capture, he has a really particular look.


Rachel Leah   {K:24704} 8/28/2006
Nice shot! The lighting and coloring really add to the carver feel of this! :) I love it, excellent work :)
~Rachel~


Kanwarpreet Singh   {K:1878} 9/2/2006
WoW! Great story to go with a really expressive capture. Susie, your posts are always fun to view. :)

Rgds.
kp


Yahya El Hosafy   {K:8366} 9/13/2006
hey Susie, how are you my friend, you have been away for a loooong while now, so i was just checking you are ok.
hope to hear from you soon.


Susie OConnor   {K:34798} 9/13/2006
Hi Yahya,
How nice of you to check in on me! I am doing very well. I've been using another photo site: pbase.com
It seems to work better for me. I can upload more pics and seperate them into galleries.
I really appreciate your concern. I hope that you are doing well too on your side of the world.
Many blessings my friend!
Susie


Janet B   {K:16139} 10/16/2006
WOw...I only wish I had an ounce of the talent :) Wonderful image of this man...proud of his work! Hope you and Kathy are doing well!


Fabiola Barrientos   {K:8166} 1/29/2007
Hie dear Susie, excellent shot and b&w..many photos without see you, jeje..Im a little busy.
xxx
FA//


Ahmed Ismail   {K:19853} 6/5/2007
Hi Susie
I had been away for sometime. Looked through your images and saw that you have been away for a while now. Hope you are just busy.
Nice B&W shot.
Regards
Ahmed


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