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Macro Mondays, theme: Smell
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Memories carried on the breeze
with gratitude always for this place
our sanctuary
my childhood playground
of no fears
only adventure
boundless joy
still my go to place for reflection
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Incense sticks burning. In a completely dark room, I used the flash to freeze the smoke and half a second exposure to capture the burning fire. Strobe : 1 * 1/2 through softbox on right triggered by Cactus. Reflector on left.
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South of Hanoi is a small town named Quang Phu Cau.
It is Centuries old and known for the millions and millions of Incense, which they have been creating for over a 100 years…
While famous for its golden temple, Kinkaku-Ji (in Kyoto, Japan) has interesting moments to be found throughout the grounds.
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Quang Phu Cau, known as "the incense village," is located about 35 kilometers south of Hanoi in Vietnam. In Quang Phu Cau, time isn't measured by clock hours. Instead, it's dictated by the rhythm of the incense workers' hands as they dip bamboo sticks into pink and crimson red, the colors of fortune and joy, purity and gratitude in the East. Making incense in Quang Phu Cau is a centuries-old craft, a heritage passed down from parents to children like an ancient family secret. These secrets blend charcoal and cinnamon, aromatic herbs and resins, fragrant woods, and the treasure of agarwood, Vietnam's "Oud." Perhaps you use incense to fill your home with intoxicating aromas, but for Vietnamese people and for other cultures as well, incense holds a meaning that transcends mere air freshener. It is the "spiritual bridge," where the smoke rises, carrying the messages of mortals, their wishes and prayers, directly to the realm of ancestors and deities. Incense workers, hidden beneath their enormous conical hats, create bouquets arranged like giant flowers to maximize drying time. Incense making intensifies as Tet, the Lunar New Year, approaches. It is then that the streets, squares, and fields of Quang Phu Cau become geometric carpets where craftsmanship transforms into visual art in shades of pink and electric crimson. In the heart of the Vietnamese jungles, incense holds a secret that is a life lesson: the Oud, the Wood of the Gods, agarwood. The Oud does not come from a healthy tree, but from its wounds. It is born from resilience, healing, and self-healing. When an Aquilaria trunk is struck by lightning, a branch broken by the wind, or affected by mold or fungus that grows on its bark and feeds from within, the tree secretes a dark, dense resin for protection. It is in this healing process that most desired, and most profound aroma in the world is born, proof that the most sublime things are not created in happiness, but rather born from struggle, sacrifice, pain, learning, resilience, and the healing of the deepest wounds within. When you burn one of these incense sticks, you release not only smoke, but also the story of a wound transformed into fragrance, a tribute to struggle, a tribute to the beauty that arises when we transform our fragility into something spiritual and profound within our hearts. The next time you light an incense stick, remember that you are igniting a process that unites earth (the bamboo), air (the aroma), and fire, creating the most essential element of Vietnamese spirituality.
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A local craft business, where people could order incense sticks in any size and individual decorative designs
(George Town, Malaysia 1983)
The photo was taken in 1983 with my analog Nikon FE camera and 35mm slide film, and now scanned with Nikon Coolscan 4000D film scanner.
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the smell of incense. You like it or not.
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Ba Thien Hau temple was built in 1760 to honour Mazu the ‘Lady of the Sea’ and when you enter through the iron gate you will see massive stone incense burners in front of the entrance of Mazu’s altar. The exterior is beautifully designed with the traditional curvy roof on which small porcelain figures are standing symbol for themes from Chinese religion and legends.
Macro Mondays 'smell' theme.
The swirling smoke of a lavender incense stick, lit by off camera flash through a snoot at 1/128 power. The smoke colours were added in processing.
The image measures approx 2" in width