Simple Oak Bowl

[Prashun Patel]

9", finished with WOP. Still trying to figure out how to take pix. It's a personal victory bkz it's one of the first I was able to turn fairly thin, without tearout, and with no cracks; most of the oak I turn green cracks during the drying.

[Baxter Smith]

Very nice Prashun! That is a beautiful bowl! Did you twice turn this one? Looks to round to be onceturned.

[Kathy Marshall]

Beautiful bowl Prashun! You really got it thin! I like band around the middle and it looks like you got a really nice finish on it. Great job.

[David E Keller]

Very nice! 'Simple' is one of the hardest things to do well, but you've made it look easy!

[Prashun Patel]

Thanks. Baxter, yes, it is twice turned. I misspoke when I said 'turned green'. I meant rough turned from green, dried for a couple months, then re-turned.

[Roland Martin]

Very well done, simple, yet elegant.

[Donny Lawson]

Very nice touch with the band. That's a good looking bowl.

[Fred Belknap]

Very nice.

[John Keeton]

Excellent work, Prashun!! I like the form and detailing on this one, and the wood is very "clean". Looks like white oak??

On the pic - couple of suggestions - it is cropped a little close and the depth of field is not great. Perhaps use a smaller aperture setting and leave a little more background in cropping?

[Michelle Rich]

love the shape..you got that oak smooth!

[Mike Null]

Prashun

Somebody else used the word----elegant!

[Prashun Patel]

Thanks, All. John, this oak fell in my neighbor's yard. I believe it's white oak, but I never could tell the diff that easily between red oak, white oak, poison oak.

I am still working out big kinks in my photography. Is aperture the same as F-stop? I'm having trouble getting close enough to show detail but far enough to allow better depth of field.

I'm using a Cowboy Studio, which is a little small. When you photograph how do you place your lights?

The biggest a-ha I had wrt taking photos is to use a tripod (you suggested that, JK), and to use the timer. It really changed the focus.

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

Prashun,
Great oak bowl. There are lots of oaks and I believe you are correct about this one being white. Your shape is very nice and the workmanship clean. As far a photography, I am also working to learn more then I currently know. As far as depth of field is concerned, may I suggest setting your f stop to 22 and use whatever shutter speed is required to get good exposure. Being used to hand held cameras, we never think about shutter speeds over a small portion of a second but with a tripod and using the self timer to shoot the picture, you can hold the shutter open forever. Give it a try. That will solve depth of field for sure.
faust

[Dennis Ford]

Very good bowl.

[Roger Chandler]

Great bowl Prashun........good curve, the band is a nice feature and your finish is nice as well........with the thin-ness you achieved I would guess it is light to the feel for oak. Good job!