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Images => People, Portraits, Street, PJ & Cityscapes => Topic started by: Olivier on December 18, 2018, 05:49:03

Title: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Olivier on December 18, 2018, 05:49:03
This is from my recent trip to India. I spent the weekend in Bangalore and Mysore, between customer meetings.
No need to elaborate about the contrasts found in India, between amazing modernity and blasts from the past.  And there is no message here, I just like the atmosphere and the people in markets. I already did when living in France!

Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Olivier on December 18, 2018, 05:54:22
forgot to mention: all done with my X-T1 and the 18-55mm kit zoom. if only it could focus faster! I probably need to learn how use autofocus propperly, as I usually shoot with MF lenses.
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Frank Fremerey on December 18, 2018, 06:39:57
You sensually show the richness of the harvest these people yield putting their land to use.
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Fons Baerken on December 18, 2018, 09:04:45
Very much how i remember India from 45 years ago now, merci Olivier.
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Olivier on December 18, 2018, 13:17:31
Frank, Fons, thank you.
And merry Christmas everyone in advance. I am flying back to France today, from Singapore for the holidays. Winter, finally!
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: armando_m on December 18, 2018, 18:50:06
Very enjoyable series, thanks for sharing it
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Akira on December 18, 2018, 22:58:43
Wonderful pictorial series, Olivier!  A lot of interesting things are going on even in one image.  Thank you for sharing!
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Anthony on December 19, 2018, 00:22:14
Beautiful rich colours, market scenes well captured.
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Olivier on December 21, 2018, 10:51:40
Thank you very much!
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Olivier on January 05, 2019, 09:59:52
Back to Singapore now. Happy new year to everyone!

I have gone through my files from India and there are a few more that I like.
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: RBSinTo on January 05, 2019, 13:34:03
Excellent street photography.
Curiously, I prefer the second set to the first, as it's photos seems to be grittier.
Very well done.
Robert
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Frank Fremerey on January 05, 2019, 14:59:22
I love your work. Very subtle and with great artisian skill
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Nikkor Shooter on January 06, 2019, 00:11:34


You've done a great job protecting the whites at SR but not
a good one at retrieving the blacks in PP in most cases.

My pick would be #4 of the first set and #7 of the second. :P
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: John Geerts on January 06, 2019, 09:39:34
Very impressive work, especially the second series,  great portraits and you can smell the market (Chickens)
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Akira on January 06, 2019, 20:47:29
Wonderful captures of the daily life in India.  You stuffed intriguing details into the frames successfully.  Love the musical instrument shop!
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: golunvolo on January 06, 2019, 20:58:01
Portrait of life. Human and wonderful. Thank you Oliver and happy new year too!
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Olivier on January 12, 2019, 10:29:20
Thanks a lot for the nice words, I am flattered.
Nikkor Shooter: thank you for the critique. I tried to play with the blacks indeed and must say I did not like so much some of the pictures when more detail was apparent in the dark zones. The light was quite contrasted in some areas of the markets, and I liked that, although it is a challenge to photograph. Of course, I am sure I could do better with these files!
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: armando_m on February 04, 2019, 16:07:20
Came back to your thread after my trip to Bangalore, are any of this images from Mysore ? I was expecting views from the palace
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Thomas Stellwag on February 04, 2019, 16:56:45
excellent street photography
I rarely found images like these going so near to life without make up - f.e. the chicken slaugters
my fav is the electrical shop
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Olivier on February 05, 2019, 07:57:48
Thanks Thomas!
Armando, in both series, the first 4 are from Bangalore and the others from Mysore. I took the express train (only two hours) and spent most of a week-end in Mysore. I did visit the palace and while I enjoyed it very much, I found it quite hard to photograph. A bit like Versailles. Getting the whole palace is uninteresting and actually requires to step back so much that it creates too much empty space. And then I did not have enough time to think more about that... I really wanted to spend more time in the markets! Let me check what I have and I will post a couple of pictures.
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: Olivier on February 05, 2019, 08:02:22
As said, nothing really exciting. But it was great to visit!
Title: Re: A weekend at the markets of Bangalore and Mysore
Post by: armando_m on February 05, 2019, 12:47:51
Beautiful building, thanks for sharing