subroto mukerji Loc: New Delhi, INDIA

PAToGraphy wrote:
p18 These are very colorful and several "set a mood". In the first bus, no one is looking at the camera. In the second bus, the composition of just the eyes of 2 riders at the very top and the logo and peeling paint of the "eco" bus. The drivers…I like the portrait. He doesn't even seem to notice you and looks more as if he were hot and tired. The gentleman with the bicycle and the newspapers, is a picture that comes to mind when I think of "India" - as it used to be, and in many ways still is. Correct? The fruit vendors are wonderful composition and color. Those berries look like olives. But the bananas and the fruit cart are very colorful. And then the face of Jesus watching - a good "catch". Thank you for sharing these with us. I know it is not easy for you to "shoot" and wisdom is necessary as to when and what to shoot, but these images bring alive the world in which you live and move each day. Things that are "every day" to you, are not "every day" to us in the US. And I am sure the reverse is also true.[/quote]

Pat, you have very sharp eyes, you didn't miss even the smallest detail or motive, thanks a ton for sparing the time and energy to vet these grabshots. I wanted to run these images of a very different India past you and the others, whose lives / environments are so very different. Jesus is on the boundary wall of a home for derelicts, and saints / savants of other religions are also featured, e.g., the Buddha. Yes, this is some of the India that is essentially timeless.

subroto mukerji Loc: New Delhi, INDIA

p 18...Teri O, FIRE ANGEL was amazing! Superb imagination and idea conversion !! Loved all the fireworks images everyone posted, I guess the 4th of July is a special day for all freedom loving people of the world. Adams, Ben Franklin, Jefferson, and all of them were vindicated on that day, as were the pioneers and the mountain men like Jim Bridger and Kit Carson and all the many other heroes who made America the greatest country n the world.

catgirl Loc: las vegas

yes, the hike that was supposed to take aprox 1 hour, took us 8 hours

Janice Loc: Kentucky

sure will, think I would have learned my lesson by now after the Bryce Canyon expedition[/quote]

when you went hiking with your sis?[/quote]

yes, the hike that was supposed to take aprox 1 hour, took us 8 hours[/quote]

I remember

Teri O Loc: California

I am in awe, Subroto, that you are so in tune with our history and know so much about the pioneers and "characters" that shaped our country in the beginning.. I am a history buff - sort of - and some of the things and people you mention each time you post I learned about in school and of course I am an avid reader, I love the "country" cowboy sort of things and, I am proud to call you a friend..

Teri O Loc: California

OMG... did you not have a Ranger guide or a trail map??? When I worked there in the Rangers office one of my duties was manning the two way radios when the rangers had to go rescue someone who had either fallen off one of the viewpoints (NOT following instructions to stay on the path) or got lost and dehydrated... they used to post Rangers at the tops of the trails to make sure the hikers had everything they needed...... I'm SOOOO happy you made it back okay.. you did right?? did not have to be rescued??

subroto mukerji Loc: New Delhi, INDIA

[quote=Janice]

p 18: Thanks, Janice ! Just wanted to show you folks some scenes from everyday life in Delhi-- grab shots, but aimed at conveying some of the hustle and bustle of life in the metrop. Sure helps to have these little P&S's handy. In good light, the image quality isn't too bad, can even give a dslr a run for its money. The pic/s you refer to were shot with the Coolpix P500 @200 ISO, F4, 1/400th sec., 6.7mm = c. 35mm in dslr terms. Glad you liked it, I thought you guys might like to see the way many Indians sit, he can hold this pose for hours, I couldn't hold it for even a minute ! ;)

subroto mukerji Loc: New Delhi, INDIA

[quote=Teri O]

Teri O, the feeling is mutual, I am proud to be your friend. I lmajored in Medieval Indian History for my Master's, but what little knowledge I have of America has been hoarded over 60 years of avid general reading. So, I love America, am somewhat familiar with your nation's history, was always an avid reader and even became proficient in handguns thanks to everyone from Wyatt Earp (who used a Buntline Special) to the Cisco Kid to Doc Holliday and even (hahaha) Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett (sorry, PATo !!) We musn't forget Annie Oakley (of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN fame), who inspired me to take up target rifle shooting successfully. I could go on and on about America and fill up pages on this website in no time, I am fanatical about its early history--especially the gold strike at Sutter's Mill and Levis jeans (which began there, in a way). In fact, I am enamoured of America, it got under my skin a long, long time ago. I love its tremendous energy, its pioneering spirit and its sheer size and beauty...all without ever having been there (in this lifetime). Perhaps "awe" is too strong a word (but so nice of you to use it), but yes, I feel the same tug at the heartstrings for America, that intangible something that makes all of us so proud to be associated with this great nation. As I've said before on this site, "God Bless America !"...and God Bless you and Pat and JacLee and all the other wonderful friends I have made here on the Hog.

Teri O Loc: California

[quote=subroto mukerji]

Since you do like Sutter's mill history I will put together a series of the pictures I took when my husband and I did what they call the Highway 49 Tour.. Highway 49 aka the Gold Road.. and all it entails was a fabulous road trip.. I will put it up on the Photo Gallery and let you know when its done... maybe this afternoon, maybe tomorrow morning... okay... see ya later

catgirl Loc: las vegas

tell you what happened when I see you lol

Teri O Loc: California

deal!!

subroto mukerji Loc: New Delhi, INDIA

[quote=Teri O]

Boy, looking forward to THAT !! America has a fantastic road network (and a tradition of travelling long distance by car, thanks to Henry Ford). I'll be very keen to see Sutter's Mill through your lens! Anything on the Oregon Trail will also be welcome. THANKS :-o

photophile Loc: Lakewood, Ohio, USA

I enjoyed that photographic visit to India, very interesting.

subroto mukerji Loc: New Delhi, INDIA

p 20: Glad you liked it, photophile. Will post more as and when. Don't find good daylight too often these days (monsoons) :|