A lady from the Nepali Limboo tribe in Sikkim, with traditional nose-piercings. Look out for the blog post coming soon on our village tour we did in Darap where we ended up at this lady’s house, eating popcorn.
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Random portrait of a girl who lives in Bolgatty Island village, where we live. Just happened to be walking past her purple-painted house and she immediately posed for the camera, as is typical here in India. It has quickly become one of my fave street portraits.
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Curated by +Alfie Goodrich, this is a submission for #OnePrimeWednesday, shot with my 50mm prime.
#travel #india #street #portrait
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I posted this up yesterday and then took it down as soon as I spotted #PortraitTuesday, hosted by +Laura Balc. So there I was, about to click ‘Share’, and then discovered that she has themes for her portrait submissions and this week it’s ‘spooky’. Hmmm. I’m afraid Halloween isn’t celebrated here in India, I have nothing spooky on my boat, and it’s too late to play around in Photoshop to apply some spooky settings! Sorry, +Laura Balc and apologies to +Steve Boyko (I think!) who commented on it yesterday.
Oh well, I’ll share it anyway and next week I’ll be sure to keep an eye on the theme!
#share #portrait #india #PortraitTuesday
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One of two for #MyTownTuesday, curated by +Eric Leslie and +Melanie Kintz. Market workers loading up sacks of chick peas onto delivery men’s heads.
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I hope +Niki Aguirre, +Athena Carey, +Lee Daniels and +Christina Lawrie see the same natural radiance these girls exuded as I did when I met them in Madurai. Identical uniforms, identical hair, identical ribbons… and all naturally comfortable with themselves.
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This is an HDR shot, a composite of three identical images exposed differently, to pick up detail in the light and shadow areas. It is a submission for another photographic theme and follows on from the set I took at the banana depot.
All my submissions today are from the banana depot in Cochin, south India. I even attempted an HDR shot of the depot, which was tricky as the people were moving animatedly throughout the day. This is for #TonemapHDRTuesday, curated by +Drew Pion and +Stephanie Suratos.
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My first submission for #TreeTuesday, hosted by +Christina Lawrie, is of the trees that line Bolgatty Palace Hotel, on Bolgatty Island, which is my home.
#TreeTuesday #tree #travel #india #kerala
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Does this count for #TransportTuesday, curated by +Gene Bowker? I hope so, I had a lot of fun in the banana depot yesterday and saw these guys transporting their goods from the depot to a retailer.
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Second submission for the #MyTownTuesday theme, curated by Eric Leslie and Melanie Kintz, taken from just round the corner to my first submission. Another worker carrying yet more stuff on his head under the blue tarpaulined roof of the market.
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My first submission for #TuesDecay, hosted by +Ian Ference, a fellow Canon user. Rather than go for an old, battered, black and white decayed look, I took a photograph of a decaying sign just on my doorstep (the Bolgatty ferry pick-up point) and brightened it up.
#TuesDecay #india #travel
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I should probably save this for #SunsetSaturday but I couldn’t resist popping this one up now. It is the view just before I catch the ferry back to Bolgatty Island from Ernakulam. In the far distance are the famous Chinese fishing nets.
#sunset #india #travel
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This one was part of my LRPS set, and one of my fave shots from Port Sudan. His slight snarl gets me every time, despite the fact he was a very nice chap. We ended up playing ‘light-sabres’ with his meat cleavers.
See more: http://www.followtheboat.com/2010/01/27/the-journey-to-port-sudan-an-eye-opener/
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A typically packed bus in Cochin, Kerala, south India. It’s predominantly Catholic here, hence the nuns. Don’t forget you can click on the image itself to view it full-screen in a lightbox effect.
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