# 294 Morning Prayers

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p.2 #1 · # 294 Morning Prayers

Thank you so much, Tom. It's nice to hear from you and I'm very happy tht you like the shot. As to the book - it would be hard to do morning prayers without the prayer book!

All the best,

Endre

twee wrote:
What a beautiful shot! The blue on the book is a very nice accent. Good luck this week!

Tom

May 15, 2008 at 12:24 AM

Yakim Peled 1-time assignment winner

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Strad wrote:
As to spelling the Hebrew word "Shaddai"... In Hebrew it is made of three letters Shin, Dalet, and Yud. Shin looks sort of like a W or three fingers held up. You can see another Shin just behind the Tefillin box on the upper arm as well as a little bit of the Shin on the hand. Dalet looks sort of like a backwards small r. That is done by winding the strap around the middle finger twice and then a third time around the middle and ring finger. (Hard to describe without a photo). Finally, the Yud is the smallest letter that looks like an apostrophe. ( ' ). It is also done by winding once around the tip of the middle finger leaving a space between it and the start of the winding for the Dalet. Does that help?

Endre, a picture is worth a 1000 words. Don't you know that?

And if I may continue the lesson, it is an acronym of 'Shomer Dlatot Israel' which translates to 'The keeper of the doors of the Israeli people'. This is why this acronym is found on every door of any house of all Jews, even the non-religious one like myself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezuza

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

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May 15, 2008 at 06:44 AM

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p.2 #3 · # 294 Morning Prayers

Endre, the picture is now perfect. A finalist IMHO.

I live in Rosh Ha'Ayin which is about 15 minutes east of Tel-Aviv.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

Strad wrote:
Thank you so much, Yakim! I appreciate your kind comments and the great suggestion. Of couse, I immediately went back and re-cropped it. It was an easy fix and I am surprised i didn'd do it right the first time. Sometimes we get caught up in the photo of the moment and forget to take a look at it with fresh eyes.

I'm glad you find the shot meaningful in other ways, as well. Where in Israel do you live? I've never been to visit but will someday. Soon, I hope.

All best wishes,

Endre

Yakim Peled wrote:
I echo what everyone said. The lighting, the composition, the unusual headless portrait, the lot. Simply a great shot. Also, as a member of the Jewish religion, this picture has added symbolism for me. I remember when I was 13, oh so long ago……

Just one thing bothers me, the cropping of the book. Unlike the head (which is completely missing and thus it's not disturbing) the slight crop of the edge of the corner of the book leaves a bit of an uncomfortable feel of something which is incomplete. I think a step back (prime) or a slightly wider angle (zoom) would be more appropriate here.

JMHO of course.

Happy shooting,
Yakim.

May 15, 2008 at 06:48 AM

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p.2 #4 · # 294 Morning Prayers

I like it, though the head piece is really a critical component of this ritual, to me it looses a lot having the head cut off...

Good Luck in the voting!

May 15, 2008 at 03:34 PM


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