Category : India

boats, boats and more boats, Varanasi.

Boats, boats and more boats! A recurring, and fairly obvious, theme on the River Ganges at Varanasi.

Boat and flags, Varanasi

A small aperture was used to give sufficient depth of field, whilst the shutter speed was just fast enough to stop the movement of the flags

Boatful of people, Varanasi, India

A boatful of people makes its way along the Ganges,  a common sight at Varanasi.

The Bell, Varanasi.

A case for (occasionally) chopping off someone’s head in a photograph.

Woman in a red sari

It’s sometimes been said that photographers tend to belong in one of two camps, there are “hunters” and then there are “fishermen”.

Ceiling detail, Quwwatul Islam Masjid

Quwwatul-Islam (might of Islam) Masjid is part of a complex of mosques,  cloisters and courtyards built in what is now Delhi between the 12th and 14th centuries

Horse in stable, Old Delhi

Walking through Old Delhi,  one of the residents proudly showed me through to a small stable where he kept a horse at the rear of his home.

Man sitting in doorway, Old Delhi.

Old Delhi, and an older man was sitting in his doorway watching us go by and was happy to be in a photograph.

3 boys in Old Delhi.

Exploring Old Delhi provides an opportunity to see how the people go about their daily lives.  Many are happy to stop for a photograph. A young boy with an icy-pole pauses for the camera before devouring the treat, Old Delhi. Below.  A young boy wearing a black cap, pictured in one of the narrow lane-ways of Old Delhi. Below.  A young boy wears a plastic hat whilst playing on a motor scooter in Old Delhi.

Woman in orange sari, rural India

Photographed from a moving train as it travelled from Delhi to Varanasi, a woman in an orange sari was walking along a track next to the rail line