About the Image(s)

Marble Carver was created last November when we were in Southeast Asia on a cruise ship and stopped in Da Nang which is a coastal city in Central Vietnam which was a French colonial port. It has one of the richest areas in marble mountains. Of course as a tourist, we were taken to one of the many shops where the carve the marble. Since I heard a continuous hammering sound, I went out the regular visitors path and found this man working on a large piece of white marble. Using a Nikon D850 with the Nikkor lens 28-300 mm f/3.5-5.6 at 170 mm and with these settings: ISO 200, f/14 and 1/60 sec. I took several shots playing with the shutter speed until I was satisfied with the result: sharp man and moving hands and flying marble chips. The image was adjusted in PP using lightroom and with white balance, light in the shadows, some vibrance and clarity and was cropped.
I am attaching a couple more image so you can see the kind of work they produce at the site, and you have the additional bonus of seeing Mrs. Vaisman and yours truly (It is said that rubbing Buddha’s belly brings good luck).