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Posted in Photography, SoFoBoMo on Jun 7th, 2009
The fun part is over – making images. Processing was a minimal job – Â converted the RAW files to TIFF in PhotoShop with a slight adjustment of contrast and levels, a bit of sharpening or softening depending on the image, resizing them. Making the final selections and stringing them together with the help of a [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, boat, Buriganga, Dhaka, Photography, river, SoFoBoMo, street photography on Jun 6th, 2009
Day 4: The Jatrabari bridge across the Buriganga river. Drove out to try locate an aea where, apparently, the local Sarees in brightly dyed colors are hung out to dry. I’ve seen these before too and the image in my minds-eye was clear. I was expecting to come across brilliant fabrics in all colors and [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Photography, SoFoBoMo, street photography on Jun 4th, 2009
Day 3 [at the abandoned Rail Yard]: A commonly used “by-pass” or short-cut to the airport from the city, passes along the rail tracks where many old rusting rail wagons have been used as temporary housing by the homeless… and small “bastis” or make-shift homes made from bamboo, plastic sheeting and thatch had sprung up [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Photography, SoFoBoMo, street photography on Jun 3rd, 2009
Day 2: The chicken market in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar area. This market is wholesale veggies, fruit, chicken, goats…. and probably some spices… not sure. Vendors crushing fresh sugarcane for thirsty workers, the sherbet-sellers doing brisk business, “paan” and cigarette vendors carrying trays of their wares slung from straps around their necks. A busy place. And [...]
Posted in Bangladesh, Dhaka, Photography, SoFoBoMo, street photography on Jun 2nd, 2009
Switched my theme. Came back to taking street photos and enjoyed SoFoBoMo day-one to the hilt. The Fish Market at Karwan Bazar opens early morning everyday. A but slushy and smelly but the activity and atmosphere were just great for a early morning photo outing… The fish traders, buyers, helpers, hanger-ons, innocent bystanders, trucks, rickshaws, [...]