John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Ganesh

Chronicle Of Vital Individual Distancing, day 86. A representation of the Hindu god Ganesha. He is associated with arts and sciences, wisdom and intellect. He is also the god of beginnings. Ironically, I am including this picture towards the end of my COVID lockdown series which ends in two days. Three DNGs, melded into one picture using Affinity Photo software.

This picture is a merger of two raw negatives, one straight and the other with the focus pulled during exposure to blur the detail on the cut glass vessel behind. Ganesha is the Hindu deity of education, and the bringer of good fortune to any new enterprise. This little Ganesha was given to us by Hindu friends several years ago. SMC Pentax-A 50mm f1.7 lens on a Pentax K10D. RawTherapee and Serif PhotoPlus X4 software.