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Of One Hand Clapping
Of One Hand Clapping
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Challenge: Silence II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D40
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Date: Jan 24, 2009
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/3
Date Uploaded: Jan 24, 2009

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Place: 80 out of 178
Avg (all users): 5.2928
Avg (commenters): 5.0000
Avg (participants): 5.0169
Avg (non-participants): 5.3926
Views since voting: 510
Views during voting: 375
Votes: 222
Comments: 8
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02/01/2009 11:39:14 PM
I love your choice of title.
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02/01/2009 04:58:41 PM
What is the Sound of the Single Hand? When you clap together both hands a sharp sound is heard; when you raise the one hand there is neither sound nor smell. Is this the High Heaven of which Confucius speaks? Or is it the essentials of what Yamamba describes in these words: "The echo of the completely empty valley bears tidings heard from the soundless sound?" This is something that can by no means be heard with the ear. If conceptions and discriminations are not mixed within it and it is quite apart from seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing, and if, while walking, standing, sitting, and reclining, you proceed straightforwardly without interruption in the study of this koan, you will suddenly pluck out the karmic root of birth and death and break down the cave of ignorance. Thus you will attain to a peace in which the phoenix has left the golden net and the crane has been set free of the basket. At this time the basis of mind, consciousness, and emotion is suddenly shattered; the realm of illusion with its endless sinking in the cycle of birth and death is overturned. The treasure accumulation of the Three Bodies and the Four Wisdoms is taken away, and the miraculous realms of the Six Supernatural Powers and Three Insights is transcended.

The way you have set up your photo is very nice, simple but with good composition and a real Zen feel to it. I wish you had not cropped the bottom part of the table legs.
For those who are into Zen this image certainly conveys a feeling of silence. 6
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01/31/2009 03:49:07 AM
I can see how the Zen-like simplicity could invoke a feeling of silence, but cropping off the bottom of the feet of the stand leads my eye out of the image.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
01/29/2009 02:17:06 PM
first of there are no hands in this pic
second this is a contest of silence
01/28/2009 10:27:15 PM
Nice concept, but very flat.
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01/28/2009 02:25:36 PM
I really like the picture - but silence??
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01/28/2009 09:54:35 AM
I do not understand, in my modest opinion, the link with the silence, at least not so clear.
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01/28/2009 12:15:11 AM
There's something I really like about this photo. I kind of wish that the plant did not lead directly to the corner. Good job, nice photo.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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