The Flower Market, a photo from West Bengal, East

Photographer's Note

The Flower Market : This is a Flower Market next to the Mullick Ghat near Howrah Bridge in Calcutta.This market was established some 125 years ago.This is the largest wholesale market of flowers in eastern India.The market starts at around 4 am and gathers pace as the day goes by.Flower cultivators and dealers come here from local suburbs to sell their flowers which include which different types of lotus,marigold and roses.The market is overcrowded,chaotic and filthy,but still gives an altogether different experience.In this image itself, if you can count,the number of persons in the frame is close to fifty.The market becomes more lively and vibrant in the marriage and festive seasons.

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Silvio1953 (221563) 2015-10-18 7:46

Ciao Farhat, nice scene with a lot of people, famntastic colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio

holmertz (102672) 2015-10-18 8:19

Hello Farhat,
I was here on my latest (and possibly last) visit to Calcutta in 2009. It's a fascinating place and a dream come true for any photographer who likes colours. You have captured the magic of this place perfectly.
Best wishes,
Gert

PaulVDV (62886) 2015-10-18 9:00

Hello Farhat,
There are indeed a lot of flower sellers on that market! But what is the lady in the right lower corner selling?
This is a most colourful market scene.
You found a very good high viewpoint and only one man has noticed your presence.
Excellent daily life-picture!
Best regards, Paul

jean113 (27853) 2015-10-18 9:06

Hello Farhat, your high point of view gives a good impression of the busy market; people in all sorts of poses.
Such a colourful scene,and distinctively Indian with the long strings of flowers.
Everyone totally unaware of you and your camera.
Regards Jean.

adramad (72978) 2015-10-18 9:21

Hello Farhad.
A composition pride that immediately attracts our attention, for that spectacular chromatic, with the variety of flower garlands and colorful motley costumes.
Great photo, very good lighting and excellent sharpness.
Well done. I love.
You enjoy the Sunday and happy start to the week.
Best wishes.
Luis.

CLODO (45116) 2015-10-18 9:47

Hi Farhat

Well taken from an overhanging POV to get all the dots of colors, the orange and yellow flowers being the principal ones
Good night
CLODO

ourania (51103) 2015-10-18 10:15

Hello Farhat,
this is a very attractive and interesting picture, subject, point of view and quality are superb. You did the most of your vantage point and chose a great perspective to fill the entire frame with the people, the flowers and the busy atmosphere of the market. The heaps of flowers make irresistible focal point but the people and the transactions are very interesting too. Great work, congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great week,
Ourania

No_One (4) 2015-10-18 10:35

Hi Farhat,
What a range of colors, this place looks amazing! While I am not a fan of flowers, the colors they bring when they are all in place is superb and you really captured that perfectly here. Such vivid colors, the burst from the screen!
Cheers
Noel

danos (110407) 2015-10-18 13:54

Hello Farhat,
a very nice and colourful flower market with all these vivid colours to dominating the scene.A really impressive scene with the brilliant light of the day to enhance even more the contrast of the colours between them.Excellent presentation.

Regards,Danos

PiotrF (54636) 2015-10-18 15:58

Hello Farhat,
Very nice capture of a daily life, nice high point of view.
Good framing, clarity and sharpness.
Very well composition, lovely presentation.
Regards
Piotr

ChrisJ (171822) 2015-10-18 20:06

Hello Farhat,

Wonderful vibrant color and saturation with excellent sharpness and superb repetition of patterns and shapes. I like the downward pov and the bright orange marigold chains. Tfs.

rychem (72187) 2015-10-18 20:21

What a colorful photo, fantastic scene, great view of these fowers en mass, very well captured from a high POV
regards Ryszard

pajaran (115861) 2015-10-18 23:25

Dobar dan.
Lep pogled i trenutak, interesantan tekst o trzistu cveca ...
Lepo pokazano, dobra ostrina i kontrast, lepo uhvacen trenutak sa prodavcima na trznici cveca.
Dobar rad i kompozicija, lepe boje.
Imajte lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje u novoj nedelji koja je pocela, srecno.
Paja.

Good day.
Nice view and moment, an interesting article on the flower markets ...
Nice demonstrated, good sharpness and contrast beautifully captured moment with vendors on the marketplace flowers.
Good work and composition, nice colors.
Have a nice and successful day, all the best in the new week which began, good luck.
Paja.

jemaflor (147104) 2015-10-18 23:45

Hi F,
Great view with all these colors, well captured, anice scene well captured, tfs.

Matyas (0) 2015-10-19 0:33

Hello Farhat! Amazing high point of view. Fine place. fine people. Amazing colours. Ideal brightness. Good exposure and capture. Nice frame. Regards!

snunney (130967) 2015-10-19 2:51

Hello Farhat,
What a wonderful sight this is! So colourful and so animated and all captured in such wonderful detail.

eldancer1 (36343) 2015-10-19 7:35

Must be a very popular market to have lasted for over hundred years. I like your pov showing most of the vendors and their colorful flowers. Good lighting and nice details. Well done, tfs.

ikeharel (113319) 2015-10-19 7:37

Fabulous yellow and strong/warm orange color, Farhat, and people that made the scene lively.
Superb high POV, shown well all smallest details.
Best regards,
Ike

delpeoples (60342) 2015-10-20 5:19

Namaskar Farhat

This is a superb photo. With a great high POV, impeccable sharpness and marvellous vivid colours, you have really captured the essence and dynamism of this wonderful place. Excellent work, one of your best photos.

Warmest wishes
Lisa

Hansaphotos (11381) 2015-10-20 7:56

Hello Farhat

What a colourful picture from this flower market. Very good choice of POV to show us this wonderful daily life scene. Great work:) Thanks.

Greetings, Erling

mcmtanyel (68479) 2015-10-22 22:26

Hello Farhat,
What a colorful view! One could get lost in the bright colors and shapes of this photo. Well seen and excellently rendered!
Regards,
MT

fds (9963) 2015-10-22 22:45

Dear friend farhat fantastic picture with fantastic colors and Great document for my
I Licke very much this all picture from Calcutta with the life of the peoples
Congratulations

Fis2 (170717) 2015-10-23 1:06

Witaj Farhat!
Very interesting scene from daily life.
Good framing and composition.
Excellent colors and light!
Good work.
Have a nice afternoon
Krzysztof

Nicou (193806) 2015-10-23 8:42

Hello

Fantastique vue de ce marché aux fleurs quelle image et toutes ces belle couleurs avec cet orange des fleurs tous les personnages quelle vue splendide.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

cornejo (61504) 2015-10-24 5:19

Farhat Hello, very nice picture of this interesting scene of daily life, well composed and captured in this interesting image with good sharpness, light, color and quality. A great job well done, congratulations my friend. Thank you for sharing this interesting work.

Good night and good Sunday.
All the best from southern Spain.
Angel.

Tue (92328) 2015-10-24 14:01

Hello Farhat,
Great photo from this high POV overlooking the flower market. The bright colours of the orange and yellow strings of flowers are very attractive and are nicely alternated by the visitors. There's a lot to discover in the photo.
Lars

macjake (98454) 2015-10-27 4:16

Hi Farhat
no, not good enough - I think you needed to add more colour into the scene haha
Just kidding of course :)

this one blows my visual senses!
certainly jumps off of the gallery page and captured my attention immediately.
the colours of India are beautiful.
well captured
cheers
craig

Cricri (176) 2015-10-27 10:31