The Sweeper, a photo from Uttar Pradesh, North

Photographer's Note

If you're wondering why i'm posting so many photos of India from Varanasi, its because I haven't gone through all of my photos yet from the trip. So far I've only reached Varanasi and Agra, many more cities to go.

But I will try to mix it up a bit more as time goes by.

So here we are at Varanasi again, the Ghats and the Ganges River. You can still see parts of the sky is a bit hazy, the sun trying to burn off the morning fog that lingers around here.

This lady sweeper on the bottom left really caught my attention, as did the colorful steps leading up to the colorful architecture. It was basically a photographers dream presented to me :)

I'll post another photo in the WS looking the opposite direction.

Hope you like it

ikeharel, cornejo, worldcitizen, CLODO, Royaldevon, adramad, danos, COSTANTINO, ChrisJ, nikkitta, adores, ourania marcou esta nota como útil

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snunney (130967) 2015-05-24 7:01

Hello Craig,
Excellent point of view making good use of the steps to entice the viewer in and guide them towards the background buildings as well offering superb graphism. The people and the ever present cow are nicely spread across the frame, enlivening the scene. Top class technical quality as always.

Nicou (193806) 2015-05-24 7:01

Hlelo

quelle image et compo superbe ces escaliers avec les personnage et ce jeune et au sommet ces maison superbe compo et vue.
Bravo et belle journée
Nicou

jean113 (27847) 2015-05-24 7:04

Hello Craig, you chose the right shot for your post; this one has everything.
I like the depth you have achieved showing all the various flights of steps and the many styles of buildings.
The placing of the woman sweeping in the composition is perfect.
I particularly like the black cow,it looks a little like a cut out it is so dark!
Regards Jean.

ikeharel (113291) 2015-05-24 7:08

Great upwards POV with no lense distortion, Craig, and with beautiful red/brown colors of the building and stais in the FG.
Black cow stand-out good focal, and distinct from men and women around the place. WS with the opposite POV is a nice complementary post.
Have a nice Sunday,
Ike

npecanhuk (79329) 2015-05-24 8:08

Hi Craig!
Another wonderful picture of that place!
Special regards to the chosen pov, composition and colors!
TFS - congrats,
Cheers,
Neyvan

No_One (4) 2015-05-24 9:36

Hi Ceaig,
The shapes of the stairs are brilliant, what a cool way to put a strong lead into the picture. As I look up at all the buildings at the top, I notice that many of them look like faces. This is a new view of a ghat to me, the early morning setting in these busy places. It'd a way I never envisemged a place like this. Though I must say I only know of them at through this website. Very nice moment to shoot. Hope all is well!
Cheers
Noel

cornejo (61504) 2015-05-24 11:39

Hi Craig, very good picture of this interesting composition in the interesting place, very well captured in this image, with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Very good and interesting work well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.

Good evening and happy start to the week.
Best wishes from the south of Spain.
Angel.

mesutilgim (0) 2015-05-24 12:19

Hello dear Craig
Another nice capture from Varanasi taken with good pov.
Those sweepeers has great job also for the next few days.
But my favorite detail in your compo are those colorfull fassades on the upper part of your compo.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

worldcitizen (16048) 2015-05-24 12:37

Hello Craig,
I really like the POV in this photo. The stairs have a great graphism to them, and they lead us up to the colorful, small buildings on top. The sweeping woman definitely serves to anchor and balance the scene, and the warm lighting is great, too.

Gigidusud (21679) 2015-05-24 14:50

Hi Craig,
It's a lovely daily life scene that takes place in this fabulous place. Amazing a cow up the stairs. Very pretty colors and very good the other point of view in the WS.
I like it!
Have a nice week.
Gigi

carlo62 (81265) 2015-05-24 16:21

Ciao Craig
non credo sia un problema vedere ancora foto di questo luogo, potrebbe essere un problema se si trattasse di brutte foto, ma non è questo il caso, le foto che ci hai presentato fino ad oggi sono tutte molto belle e interessanti.
Credo che per te sia stato difficile scegliere quale delle due foto mettere in prima pagina, perché sono veramente belle tutte e due.
Saluti
Carlo

daddo (28748) 2015-05-24 17:07

Hi Craig. The steps are now clean and the rubbish I suppose floating upon or sinking into the waters of mother Ganga. Regardless of that unsavoury point, the POV is terrific and so is the light. The crowds are still to come and there is only a token human (and animal)presence in the image. Regards. Klaudio.

CLODO (45116) 2015-05-25 1:44

Hi Craig

good framing, but the stairs at right direct my eye on the green Tshirt of the walking boy, balancing the sweeping lady, and contrasting with the overall red hues of the houses and stairs.

People presence is important in this shot, describing the every day life

Cheers
CLODO

Royaldevon (85896) 2015-05-25 6:22

Hello Craig,

You have captured, not just a scene but, a whole lot of cultural differences. It is not apparent what, in west, we take as norm until you see the visual differences. We are unaccustomed to seeing animals roaming freely in the streets, streets are cleaned by mechanical devices and rubbish, for the most part, is deposited in bins.
Your photograph uses the colourful steps effectively, taking us quite naturally from the f/g to the overhanging buildings. The people add the story of life in India and scale.

Have a great day,
Bev :-)

Sergiom (117241) 2015-05-25 8:13

Bonjour Craig,

La grande qualité de cette superbe lentille c'est qu'on a l'impression de pouvoir regarder dans toutes les directions à la fois. Ici, il y a énormément de choses à regarder et en couleurs très affirmées.

Amicalement

Serge

rychem (72187) 2015-05-25 8:49

Very well captured, the steps are really impressive, I like the low POV, very nice scene with the sweeping lady,
regards Ryszard

Cricri (176) 2015-05-25 8:52

Hi Craig
Une belle volée d'escaliers menant vers les habitations particulières et colorées, bon POV, amusant de voir la vache noir sur les escaliers, ce mélangeant aux personnes, belle présentation
belle version en WS
belle soirée
cricri

adramad (72970) 2015-05-25 11:40

Hello Craig.
Two fantastic images, both this and the WS, both show the purest environment in India and its buildings, a sensational POV capturing the staircase, which gives perspective to the buildings, whose strong colors, give power to the composition.
Very nice colorful tones very effective.
Good management of brightness and superb sharpness.
Superb image. My congratulations.
All the best and have a good start to the week.
Luis.

Silvio1953 (221525) 2015-05-25 13:05

Ciao Craig, great view of fantastic place, lovely composition with beautiful people, wonderfuòl colors, splendid light and excellent clarity, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

danos (110407) 2015-05-26 0:56

Hello Craig,
nice the snapshot with the sweeper to clean the colourful stairs of the buildings above.I like the panoramic view of the place with the brilliant light of the day to enhance the clarity as the details of the scene.

Regards,Danos

Matyas (0) 2015-05-26 1:33

Hello Craig! Wonderful composition. Amazing street and houses. Fantastic women, boy, tourist. Good point of view. Very good composition. Well done!

COSTANTINO (116421) 2015-05-26 22:42

Good morning dear craig
and have a nice new day
I love shots of this kind showing
details from a different world
you must collect and publish
them into a book
regards
Costantino

ChrisJ (171822) 2015-05-27 2:04

Hello Craig,

Looks like a larger version of Pashuputinath in Kathmandu. I passed, when the restaurant downstream offered fresh duck that could be seen swimming in the river adjacent! The red and blue colours contrast strongly here. The people and the cow animate the scene. Tfs.

Fis2 (170693) 2015-05-28 12:51

Witaj Craig!
Very curious view.
Houses are amazing,
interesting scene from daily life.
Good POV, colours and light.
Photo has climate.
Nice afternoon
Krzysztof

mkamionka (74351) 2015-05-28 13:37

Hi Craig,
this is an incredible mix of uploads: Norway versus India! I am so jealous! Amazing composition here, the stairs make an interesting geometrically foreground filled additionally with people. But the main point of interest are the buildings. They are so charming, so colorful! Everything set against the lovely sky!
Beautiful work!
M

nikkitta (17070) 2015-05-29 14:57

Hola Craig

Very good POV with the steps leading the way to the EMPTY stairs, giving a graphic effect with the orange and white color, two cleaning women, a caw, as focal point, and so few people?
I prefer this one at the WS

Like the inclusion of the occidental dressed boy
Well done, regards

Maria
* STD ( not know what they mean ) , but if you approach the place there is a phone from witch you can do cheap call to any country for less than a dollar

abmdsudi (95869) 2015-06-03 5:22

Hi Craig
Great use of wide-angle lens, composition, the radiating lines, the shadows, the floor textures and the colourful back drop. The people adds so much liveliness to the ghats, the perspective is excellent as too is the exposure. Great daily life shot that you've made it stand out on the gallery page! Congrats
Best wishes

adores (46979) 2015-06-06 15:07

Hi Craig!
So much life going on here, women, children, cows... this is India! Well framed, I like the colours and the graphism of the steps.
Seems you're working faster than me, I still haven't seen most part of mine:)!

ourania (51103) 2015-06-13 6:34

Hello Craig,
a superb picture that describes the setting and the daily life in it, giving much information to the viewer and engaging them in a fascinating play of perspectives. I like very much the dynamic and solid way in which perspectives start from the lower right part and how different ones take over at certain points within the frame. The sweeper is enough to counterbalance all the rest. I also like the rich, characteristic colours, the mysterious and interesting people, the sweeper's shadow. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great weekend,
Ourania

Photo Information

Copyright: craig macintosh (macjake) (98438)
Genre: Lugares
Medium: Cor
Date Taken: 2015-02-24
Categories: Vida Diária, Arquitectura
Camera: Pentax K3, SIGMA 8-16mm
Exposição: f/8, 1/400 segundos
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Versão da Foto: Versão Original, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2015-05-24 6:28

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