living india- by albi
this time i will give you more informations about
my pictures taken with my nikon equipment:
during the two weeks i spend in pushkar and
varanasi; next on the right my wife took this
pictures with my nikon df and the 28-300mm3/5-5/6g
1/10s – f/3,8 – 12800 iso: handheld !!
on the camel market in pushkar,
1/1250s f/4,5 vr 28-300mm iso 320
often in india you don’t need a shop,
no need a seat or a table, just sitting on the ground
and do your business…living india:
all is handmade, far away from « just in time »
dogs are everywhere in town,
they sleep
at any place, in the middle of the street, i just read in « national geographic » that india has every year over 30 000 000 bites of dogs and 50 000 people are killed every year after infections from dog bites: is that possible today???
nikon df, 28-300mm 1/500s – f/11 – iso 320
« still live (nature morte) with five dogs »
« six pack on two wheels », no helmets, no security
they have other standards…
all the family is on the motocycle,
four, and four without helmets, the smallest
just has a dust protection, looks like a towel:
d4s + 70-200 1/1250 f/6,3 iso 1250
about dust protection: living india
is living with dust and smog,
it looks like nobody cares, in fact
it’s just impossible to accept for us!
d4s + 24-70mm 1/640s f/4
iso 200
railway station of varanasi, this water station is normally to fill up the railway with « fresh » water, but you can also use it for a private shower, nobody cares in india « everything is possible »
1/250s f/4 nikon d4s + 24-70mm
feeling save: the dogs are sleeping in the middle of the street, they don’t care…animals are everywhere and they « do » everywhere…
« dog slalom in india »
nikon d4s: 1/40 f/3,5 3600 iso
evening in pushkar, preparing street food, the boss doesn’t agree….
« doing better next time »
colors everywhere, proud people, they love when you take a picture
the market looks good, but we didn’t find any lemons…no lemons in india !!
1/250s f/3,2
1/60s f/8 nikon d4s 70-200
« the weel of bamboo juice »
I did ten pictures to got his eye and his hand..
1/160 f/8.. you are never alone in india, streets: full, the town: full, railway station: full, people are everywhere and that’s one of the reasons why you feel so good falling in the evening in your bed…alone with « almost » no noice: i had sleepless nights in india with music and dogs, if somebody could tell me: how can support the indien people it?
in india you will see often groups only with boys and groups only with girls, even boys hand in hand, i saw in a restaurant a couple eating together but masked behind a tissue, they will never walk hands in hands
open air transport system,
don’t forget: you are different, everybody is watching you !
save ganga-clean ganga: you better pray for a clean ganga…
this holly man was on a ghat at ganga river in varanasi early in the morning
you can take pictures, you better also give him first some rupis, business is business
ladies are always well dressed,
« dogs don’t care »
if i will be reborn in a dog:
i will live india!
1/800s – f/7,1 35mm with the 24-70mm
sometimes they clean, here close to the ghat where people join directly nirvana, burning on the ganga river, but cleaning like this means: dust everywhere…
1/250s f/3,2 – 800 iso – 24-70mm
welcome to cable city, electric cables are all over the sky
1/500s – f/8 – 200-500 f/5;6g
on the ganga river, varanasi, the other side of the river
always with a smile, he helped us to join the boat, i gave him some rupis, but is that enough ??
…feeling like: you could make more…i am sorry
1/1000 – f/4,5 – 70-200mm
« don’t move in this situation »
haircut, barber shop at pushkar camel fair, all is open air service, need a chair and a mirror and business is ready for action
1/640 f/3,5 – 24-70mm
« everybody is ready for the picture ? »
kids are so friendly, it’s like a game,
just for fun ! thanks india !!
something very, very important in india:
water, for europeen: clean water, we have been eleven in our groupe, ten have been sick during our stay, so you better look for clean water !
« far away from iso 9001 »
almost every building, every construction is just out of western « standard »
sometimes you need a rest
at the ganga river in varanasi, every evening for the thousands of indian tourists there will be hold a religious ceremony
125s – f/3,2 – 70-200mm – 2000iso
please click on the pictures below to see the slide show…
all pictures are with the mode « iso-auto », i chose the aperture first, than the speed and at the end i have a look at the iso and i change in case if it doesn’t fit in « my mind »,
for most street-shots i prepare before, so i can take most pictures like a « snapshot »
you arrived to the end of this post, just a little question:
what do you think about informations about the pictures:
do you need the time, aperture, camera informations, iso, lenses?
is it important or you don’t care?
thank you about your feedback, also do you prefer this post style, or you better see directly the pictures in a large size?
see you soon with more pictures from china, india and soon from prague, and perhaps from patagonia, but a 15 hour flight: you have to think about it !
