@ Mark & Bob - I completely agree about the room and the clutters. Since I was just essentially nuking the whole room with light, I was concerned about the lit background in the frame as well. I love the Mandala selective lighting idea!! Two birds with one stone. I've got a grid I can use. Maybe burn in just a hint of ambient and vignette the outer edges. Thanks!! I'll try that today when I go back.


@HDNitehark - The OOF idea was the first to go unfortunately. Would have been made a very interesting photo with the focused Mandala drawing the audience in. But from the angle I was shooting at (standing on a chair is as high as I got), with shallow DOF only a sliver of the length of the Mandala was in focus. So essentially the entire photo was OOF [:'(]


There was a rare occasion where only one monk was working, so I managed to use the adjacent wall to bounce the flash for an up close and personal shot [] The low angle of light really adds definition to the sand so personally I really like this one.


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