Udaipur

Photographer's Note

Udaipur has a wondeful market selling brightly coloured fruit, vegetables, spices and many other things. I think the nearest pan contains tumeric (Curcuma)which is obtained from the rhizomes of a plant growing in South East Asia. Tumeric is added to many curry and other dishes. Tumeric and its active ingredient, curcumin, is being seriously investigated for its medicinal properties. For a long time it has been used in folk medicine.

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yquem46 (38752) 2010-12-17 2:55

Bonjour Ann
Well done the selective focus on the colorful spices and the OOF BG with the saris of various colors
Incredible India !
Have a nice day
patrick

ashres (1055) 2010-12-17 3:08

yummy.. eating food with these spices will really make one red..... good focus, contrast.

tfs

sothy81 (9646) 2010-12-17 3:46

This is a great travel picture. Love the colors of these three different spices. They just made me feel so hungry now. The background people reflects location--marketplace. Well done. Sothy

macjake (98456) 2010-12-17 3:50

Hi Ann
great technical photo.
wonderful example of how to effectively use DOF in a scene.
the colours sparkle and come alive.
creative composition aswell.
cheers
craig

SnapRJW (31631) 2010-12-17 5:05

Hello Ann - Lovely shot! Very good colour on the spices which lead the eye to the hustle and bustle of the market behind. Great use of DOF. Best wishes Rosemary

batalay (41261) 2010-12-17 5:06

Hello Ann,

I love the composition, juxtaposing the mounds of spice with their brilliant colors, and the women's saris with their brilliant colors. By keeping the aperture at a mere f/4.5, you've also produced a blur in the background — the marketplace becomes a colorful backdrop to the precision of the mounds of variegated spices.

Warm regards,

Bulent

CLODO (45116) 2010-12-17 5:13

Hi Ann

you should like the color!
Sharp image on the spice jars, and you get the blurred sarees of the market at the back, the blue one contrasting with the warm hues of the shot.
Kind regards
CLODO

jlbrthnn (76043) 2010-12-17 6:10

Hello Year,
These coloured heaps make think at the same time of spices and pigments of dyeing. Beautiful spectacular and very interesting photograph. Cheer.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

npecanhuk (79329) 2010-12-17 6:31

Hi Ann!
Focusing on the colored spices and placing them in the lower foreground was a great idea and the blurred background is no less interesing and attractive! The whole image is wonderful! Top quality!
TFS - congrats,
Best regards,
Neyvan

digbymerry (3998) 2010-12-17 7:25

Hello Ann

Absolutely wonderful colours. I like the composition with the bowls of spices in sharp focus with the backdrop of the colourful crowd slightly out of focus.
I don't usually comment on photos that were taken a couple of years ago as personally I like to be topical but I could not let this picture pass.

Best wishes

digby

vasilpro (41801) 2010-12-17 8:58

Hello Ann,
Wonderful composition, beautiful colorful spices, excellent light management, lovely colors, very nice POV with very good focus.
Have a nice weekend, Vasilis.

korbee (6619) 2010-12-17 9:11

This is well focussed and very colorful,like it alwys is in plces like Rajasthan,lovely photo.

jan

dipsybee (296) 2010-12-17 10:52

Love the composition and colour of this shot. Good POV and I like the sharp detail of the spices in the dishes contrasting with the blurring of activity of all the people in the background. Excellent image.

Joy

Budapestman (82620) 2010-12-17 12:41

Hello Ann,
an impressive photo with attractive POV and vivid colours, the atmosphere of the photo is great, Tfs! Have a nice evening! Kellemes estét kívánok!
György

saxo042 (38078) 2010-12-17 13:06

Hi Ann,
A very fine assembly of colours, not onky from the different spices but also from the women. Maybe some of these powders also could be used as dyestuffs for textiles? Certainly a good curry dish can stain a white shirt, if you´re not careful;)
Kind regards
Gunnar

williewhistler (16606) 2010-12-17 13:39

Hello Ann,one day an almost monochromatic sand dune the next a glorious array of colours,you certainly give us a variety of images to brighten the winter gloom.
This is a simple subject beautifully captured.
Best wishes Les.

diomed (13926) 2010-12-17 15:40

Hi Ann,
amazing foreground in gradual warm tones of this spices with a very animated and colored scene in the background. Excellent composition, well thought.
NIce WE
Antonio

Nard (6972) 2010-12-18 9:48

Hi Ann

Great shot with this focus on the colorul spices and the blur on the people. I like the incredible shrapness on the first one and the 3 colors. really well done.
regards
Bernard

claudeD (47754) 2010-12-18 11:59

hello Ann,

Very fine picturecfrom India with an excellent composition an a multitude of colors.Very well seen and done.TFS.

With rgards from Luxembourg

JC

Suppiluliuma (3931) 2010-12-19 0:22

A mixture of colour, spice, lively dresses and human element. That's truly India. :-)

I liked the DOF, which enables us to concentrate on the foregound without completely sacrificing the details of the lively bazaar. A tiny bigger crop could be suggested.

Congrats...

With friendship,

Erdem

josepmarin (59385) 2010-12-19 4:57

Hello Ann,
a great work with the depth of field, the spices in foreground are focused well, while the blurry background gives a good 3D sensation.
The vivid colors of the spices and of the dresses of the people provide a great chromatic power for your composition.
It is a beautiful photo.
Best regards,
Josep

abmdsudi (95869) 2010-12-19 22:14

Hi Ann
Street markets are ideal places to really capture the atmosphere of an urban life as depicted here. They are always colourful and full of interesting characters and sometimes even unusual items for sale. The shallow dof helps to focus attention onto the stuff greatly, and the composition is well thought out, and the contrasting red gives the image a very vibrant and lively atmosphere. Excellent exposure, contrast and sharpness. Great capture, Well done. TFS
Best regds

AgnesNap (2) 2010-12-20 9:15

Hello Ann,
Very cool to see image from Udaipur. I have been there two months ago.
I love your awesome shot.
Regards,
Agnes

Merou (4726) 2010-12-21 5:02

Hello

I like the control of the POF. The result is very nice
TFS

quillo (11858) 2010-12-21 5:12

Hola Ann :

Beautiful composition with a very good technical work.
You obtain the just faded away into the later plane
so that it does not bother to the first plane of
the spices, that we see them in full splendour,
but simultaneously the vague one allows us
to imagine well the place where we are.
The colors and contrast are very well obtained.

Congratulations for in excellent work.

Un abrazo y feliz día...

pippotirella (687) 2010-12-23 13:32

ciao ann,
grazie per l'accoglienza.
ho visto tutte le tue foto. molto belle. questa che ho scelto è quella che preferisco. molto bella . complimenti

pastadog (13111) 2010-12-24 1:35

Wonderful frame, so colourful and especially effective blurred background back there... congratulations

baddori (20341) 2010-12-25 7:47

Ann
I watch TV programs in food preparation.
Today we have repeated at Christmas ... ... .. or so the menu last year.
This picture always makes me think of foods with different flavors and colors.
Perhaps a speech debunking.
The picture is a riot of colors and flavors.
GF

bema (26591) 2010-12-31 1:52

Hello Ann,

for sue this is one of the colorfulst parts of the world, and you show ithere in such a perfect way..
my compliments for this one!

thanks for sharing, and a happy new Year to you, kind regards Bernd

papaosmubal (14) 2011-01-10 5:12

great colors. great pov.

yso (4146) 2011-01-12 9:12

Hi Ann,
So beautiful colors and excellent depth of field, very well done, congratulations !
Regards,
Yves

kitu123 (31) 2011-01-12 22:59 [Comment]

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delpeoples (60342) 2011-01-22 3:01

HI Ann

Wonderful Daily Life scene with abundant colour and life. I like the use of the shallow depth of field, bringing the spices into focus. Excellent job, such an excellent insight into the life of this exotic country.

TFS and I wsih you a beautiful day
Lisa

roshangar (1682) 2011-01-27 7:52

Wow, lot's of colors, I like them and it's a great composition, it's pity that she is not looking, some times I just call people to say hi and take their smile:)But any way it's nice scene of life.

everlasting (19680) 2011-04-20 3:18

Excellent POV and use of DOF, keeping the people nicely placed in the bokeh zone and the main focus on the coloured spices

Wanda1 (15142) 2011-05-12 1:43

Hi Ann,
Colourful Inida for sure with the bright spices and the bright colours of the saried ladies. I like your use of dof to focus on the spices, but the colurs in the background still come through too. A nice image taking me back to India.
Regards
Wanda

Photo Information

Copyright: Ann Jackman (annjackman) (23019)
Genre: Luoghi
Medium: Colore
Date Taken: 2008-12-09
Categories: Cibo
Esposizione: f/4.5, 1/60 secondi
More Photo Info: view
Versione Foto: Versione Originale
Tema(i): ! ! ! * * * * Colors of India * * * * ¡ ¡ ¡, Food Glorious Food, CLODO's SELECTION XIV [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2010-12-17 2:25
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