Detail of a Carved Pumpkin

Detail of a pumpkin carved by Master Carver Ray Villafane at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—October 25, 2014. Ray Villafane is a Master Carver of pumpkins. He is a repeat winner of the Food Network’s “Challenge: Outrageous Pumpkins.” He is also a competitive sand sculptor, and has designed action figures and collectible statues for DC Comics, Marvel, Sony, and Sideshow Collectibles.

A description of Halloween at the New York Botanical Garden and additional photos can be found in my article, which is posted here.

Günter Klaus, yxelle, , and 186 other people have particularly liked this photo

93 comments - The latest ones

Malik Raoulda ^club

Hallucinant,les détails sont magnifiques ..!

10 years ago.

LutzP ^club

Great work, amazing!

10 years ago.

Nora Caracci ^club

fantastic shot, a catching eyes picture !!!!!!!!!!!!!

10 years ago.

Natrixxl ^club

splendid shot !!!

10 years ago.

Helena Ferreira

Great image and details!

10 years ago.

beverley

o0o thats brilliant Don ;-) oOo

10 years ago.

Pascal Graulich ^club

Exceptional work, and very good shot !

10 years ago.

Scott Lilley

Fantastic work and such good detail.

10 years ago.

sasithorn_s

Awesome work, Don ! Amazing detail!

10 years ago.

niraK68 ^club

wow!

10 years ago.

beverley

ADMIRED in 4U

10 years ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Amazing capture!

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10 years ago.

sasithorn_s

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10 years ago.

Pam J ^club

Brilliant work !

10 years ago.

jove ^club

Notable image

10 years ago.

Edward Bowthorpe

Superb,eddie,

10 years ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Stunning work.

10 years ago.

Dave Hilditch

Amazing carving. The pumpkin colour is lovely too.

10 years ago.

J.Garcia ^club

GREAT! Stunning work!!

10 years ago.

Jürgen

sehr gutes Foto, feine Details
Wunderbare Schnitzarbeit

10 years ago.

.t.a.o.n.

great !

10 years ago.

╰☆☆June☆☆╮ ^club

Wow, excellent !!

10 years ago.

Roger (Grisly) ^club

Great carving and a lovely capture, Nice job.

10 years ago.

Eliana Verona

Bela escultura.... transmite emoção na perfeição do rosto !

10 years ago.

M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!…

Amazing..... brilliant work to both the photography + sculpture

10 years ago.

beverley

o0o congratulations on number one spot Don ..
a great picture to lead with there ;-) oOo

10 years ago.

beverley

CONGRATULATIONS from the MEMBERS of EXPLORED 4U

10 years ago.

beverley

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10 years ago.

Annemarie ^club

:)

congrats on explore
Its so beautiful to be back to your wonderful images:)

10 years ago.

Valfal ^club

Very nice capture of a talented artist's work!

10 years ago.

Fantasyfan

Very cool piece

10 years ago.

Graciel·la Vidal

10 years ago.

Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿

SO very well done !!!
Excellent photograph, Don !

10 years ago.

J. Gafarot ^club

Amazing picture !

10 years ago.

Au Cœur... diagonalh… ^club

impressive job!

10 years ago.

Shuttering Yukon

holy cow! this is amazing!

10 years ago.

Eve

Excellent !!

10 years ago.

Jan

WOW ! That's amazing work ( both of you)

10 years ago.

RHH ^club

Would never have guessed this was a pumpkin. Very fine work and a beautiful photo, too.

10 years ago.

Love Song ^club

Beautiful tnx Don *_* J****************************************************

10 years ago.

Danielle

Fantastic création.

10 years ago.

Régis Desailly

Terrific

10 years ago.

H C

Fantastic work. It looks like some really old pottery.

10 years ago.

Tan Tee Huah

Great emotion!

10 years ago.

Christel Ehretsmann ^club

"I'm unhappy...."

10 years ago.

Valérie D

Très belle sculpture et très joli rendu dans ta photo +++

10 years ago.

Ecobird ^club

Amazing carving, particularly the eyes. Spooky but great fun. He is very talented. Lovely shot Don

10 years ago.

Dick M

A lot different from the gapped teeth and triangle eyes/nose usually seen.

10 years ago.

RHH ^club

I laugh every time I see this! Such a great face!

10 years ago.

RHH ^club

Have a great evening and a great day tomorrow.

10 years ago.

beverley

o0o compliments Don, number one again ;-) oOo

10 years ago.

tiabunna ^club

A master carver indeed!

10 years ago.

Roger Bennion ^club

That is some expression :-) Superb detail in this shot, Don.

10 years ago.

(*NIKonGT*)

:-))) Great and Beautiful work !

10 years ago.

Esther ^club

Mighty impressive. Congratulations on Explore.

10 years ago.

RHH ^club

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10 years ago.

RHH ^club

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10 years ago.

Philippe_28 ^club

Awesome work

10 years ago.

Indycaver (Norm) ^club

Cool photo! Love it!

10 years ago.

beverley

Mmm . . . I like it !

10 years ago.

Dave Hilditch

Have a great weekend.

10 years ago.

Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨* ^club

une belle création artistique sur une citrouille*******************
Merci Don ! beau week-end mon ami ! bisous♫

10 years ago.

©UdoSm ^club

Hi Don have you carved this artwork? A great work...
Here the work of me and my granddaughter:
www.ipernity.com/doc/524691/35691113/in/album/661915
www.ipernity.com/doc/524691/35691111/in/album/661915
Best Greetings, Udo

10 years ago.

RHH ^club

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Think Pink!
Breast Cancer Awareness!

10 years ago.

RHH ^club

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10 years ago.

RHH ^club

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10 years ago.

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10 years ago.

Rabbitroundtheworld

Wow! You can't do that with carving a turnip. Fantastic work.

10 years ago.

Phill G

Blimey! What an extraordinary talent! Top drawer!

10 years ago.

Schussentäler ^club

great carved work

10 years ago.

Puzzler4879

Awesome, and I hope your Halloween was safe, scary and wonderful! Great shot, well deserving of Explore.

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Thank for sharing

10 years ago.

Natrixxl ^club

beautiful expression !

10 years ago.

Guydel ^club

Joli travail !

10 years ago.

Eunice Perkins ^club

Cleverly carved.

10 years ago.

FMW51 ^club

Excellent capture dear Don!

10 years ago.

Bernadette

A great work. I have enjoyed your article

10 years ago.

Alass ^club

Fabulous work

10 years ago.

menonfire ^club

Tolles Detail und markantes Gesicht ;-) !!! Grüße MAIK

10 years ago.

Nico Andries

Very impressive. Glad you showed it. I have been visiting fadedandblurred.com/articles/zombie-garden-ray-villafane and was blown away!

10 years ago.

Steve Bucknell ^club

Is this you looking at all those photographs, Don?

10 years ago.

polytropos ^club

t's really a masterpiece! Congrats to the carver!

10 years ago.

DOMCHO ^club

Spectaculaire sculpture
l'artiste sculpteur ne m'est pas inconnu je l'avais imité en virtuel :-)
www.ipernity.com/doc/domcho/11831630

10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.

Skipper

Quite remarkable for a pumpkin! The author is really an artist.

10 years ago.

HappySnapper

What an expression, great piece of art.

10 years ago.

Sylvie Coeffic

**************** :-)

10 years ago.

jove ^club

Notable masque y bonne prise

10 years ago.

Damir

first I thought it's your selfie !!!!!
;-)))))

10 years ago.

Diane Putnam ^club

Haha - that's great!

9 years ago.

Farlang

He has probably saw coming a major catastrophe. Great shot. Greetings, Heinz.

9 years ago.

Dimas Sequeira ^club

Stunning find! Superb carving work and light for the shot!

9 years ago.

Simone Maurel

Si beautiful image and. Details

9 years ago.

Rainer Blankermann

A professional´s work! Great expression. Thanks for sharing this well-captured image!

8 years ago.

Günter Klaus ^club

Wow,ich dachte,dass das etwas aus Holz ist,bevor ich deine Worte dazu las,ein tolles Kunstwerk,das du zeigst lieber Don :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Tagesausklang,liebe Grüße Güni :))

11 months ago.

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