Diwali flowers, a photo from Bagmati, Central

Photographer's Note

Let me share with you a quick dive into my travel memories with this lousy scan. Consider this my delayed homage to the Children Day that was commemorated on the 1st of June.

I guess I was kind of lucky by arriving in Kathmandu on the eve of Diwali, the Festival of Lights, one of the most important Hindu festivals. The whole city had a festive air and the streets were even more crowded than usual. Besides Diwali, Newari, one of the main ethnic groups of the Kathmandu Valley, although mostly Buddhists, were also celebrating their New Year and there was an election campaign for Parliament going on, so there were colourful banners all over.

As far as I can remember and understand, this little girl was preparing flower necklaces, something that was seen all over hanging on the walls of the houses and on religious statues.

Update 7-jun-2007: sarahnatalie's WS is much better than this original version.

Location (latitude, longitude): 27.7069,85.31017 (not highly accurate).

lucasgalodoido, zeca, Wanda1, siolaw, riclopes, danos, xuaxo, sadeik, sarahnatalie, JCG, nivaldo, sufi, maloutim has marked this note useful

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lucasgalodoido (27698) 2007-06-04 20:07

Ol� Jos�!
Gostei dessa imagem, principalmente por causa da crian鏰! Muito boa a nitidez tamb閙, da pra ver todos os detalhes do piso!
Parab閚s e Abra鏾!

zeca (19762) 2007-06-04 20:38

Ol� Amigo!
Capturou um belo momento da pequena lidando com suas flores. Uma pena que o scanner rouba um pouco da qualidade da foto, mas mesmo assim ela � admir醰el!
Abra鏾,
Zeca

Wanda1 (15142) 2007-06-05 1:09

Hi Jose,
A good daily life shot and a nice tribute. The colours of the flowers stand out well and you have caught her nicely in action.
Regards
Wanda

siolaw (38294) 2007-06-05 1:28

Hi Jose,
An old one but it has a superb light and vivid colors, and she looks concentrated on stting up her flowers.. strong contrast gives atmosphere to the shot... the bit of another girl on the right couldnot be cropped as you would have lost the small bag of flowers... good compromise!
Laurent

Silvio1953 (223141) 2007-06-05 1:36

Hi Jose, lovely girl and splendid flowers with great colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

Graal (103040) 2007-06-05 2:26

Hi Jose,
very nice your remind from Nepal. Pleasant scene and good colours. Fine POV also. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

danos (110407) 2007-06-05 3:40

Ola Jose,
nice the view of this little girl as maker and vendor of these flowers-necklaces and her huge farm basket.Unfortunately the children's work in these countries of Asia, as Africa and generally in all the world,is something usual.The subject is not to become exploitation from the biggests,if however is to help her poor family, then what to say, let's do it.
Regards,Danos

riclopes (35577) 2007-06-05 4:01

Bom dia Jos�, � um prazer visitar as tuas viagens a este pa韘 distante e fascinante e tamb閙 ver pessoas nas tuas fotos ;-) Lembro-me de viver estes dias loucos do Diwali nas ruas da India. A barulheira era infernal e n鉶 consegui dormir bem durante uma semana. Nem todas as cidades eram assim, mas Pushkar foi a pior de todas. N鉶 est� nada mau este scan e penso que o mais complicado ter� sido a luz e em especial tentar n鉶 ter a cara dela demasiado escura. O resultado � bastante satisfat髍io. Gosto imenso destas cestas largas e da vida que as flores d鉶鄐 ruas. Melhor, s� se ela te tivesse a dar um grande sorriso, mas isso s� se tivermos sorte � que acontece... ;-)
Um abra鏾,
ricardo

diguina (430) 2007-06-05 4:39

Hola Jose
una brillante idea la de la ni馻 en rosa y las flores en amrillo,lo que hace de tu composici髇 una bonita flor.Buen trabajo.
Saludos.
Najib

Gustaw (21670) 2007-06-05 5:02

Hi, my friend!
Nepal! Wow! I never been in Nepal. It is very oryginal photo for me, cery interesting view. Good composition and good colours. Only I dont like shadow.
Marek

UnTrained (0) 2007-06-05 6:35

Ol� Jos�,
colourful scene, good POV.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

ayniLL (0) 2007-06-05 15:27

what a wonderful picture to learn the world
i guess kathmandu soo different country in the world and you are very lucky for seen there...
i like this photo
TFS

xuaxo (6854) 2007-06-05 15:42

Ol� Jos�
� muito interessante esta imagem. Na miniatura pensei que fosse comida.
F

vincz (19113) 2007-06-06 5:32

Elle est vraiment completement a ce qu'elle fait. Tu as su l'attraper au moment ideal, 100% dans son arrangement floral. Tu aurais peut etre pu essayer de couper le "bout de personne" sur la droite mais cela aurait peut etre conduit a un cadrage trop serre.

feather (51130) 2007-06-06 11:37

The scan quality doesn't seem too bad. I like the way you have captured the concentration of the girl as she arranges the flowers in her basket. Very interesting photo.
KAth

sadeik (3282) 2007-06-07 3:36

Very bright yellow which is a great contrast,allowing for the scanner this is a lovely shot of the child although a lower POV may have been better and shot from the right in the shade so you caught the light on her face, keep scanning

Simon

sarahnatalie (697) 2007-06-07 15:00

Hi Jose,
I like this image a lot, and the scan isn't that bad. I did a little workshop mainly because I am distracted by the blurry figure on the right edge. Otherwise, it's great- especially the pensive expression of the girl and the nice yellow of the flowers.
Sarah

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JCG (35153) 2007-06-08 14:43

Bonsoir Jos�,

Dado que fazes o esfor鏾 de falar em franc阺 vou fal�-lo em portugu阺. Gosto muito dos gestos aplicados desta pequena rapariga para escolher estas bonitas flores amarelas e de disp魊-o no cesto. Imagem muito luminosa que d� cores incontest醰eis. Bonito e interessante foto, obrigado Jos�.

J'esp鑢e avoir 閠� clair (je me suis aid� d'un traducteur)

Com todas as amizades e um bom WE,

Jean-Charles

nivaldo (15417) 2007-06-10 22:34

Ol� Jos�!
Uma linda captura deste pa韘 t鉶 long韖uo para mim... Crian鏰s s鉶 iguais, s鉶 meigas e delicadas, no mundo inteiro!
Maravilhoso flagrante,natural, de imagem e c魊es!
Um abra鏾,de Recife,
Nivaldo

sufi (9588) 2007-06-13 2:11

Merhaba Jos�, my friend...
It's a beautiful point of view and very affective composition, indeed...
The colors (especially the tones of yellow), the light and the details are wonderful... The position and the expression of the little girl are great...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.

maloutim (13617) 2007-07-15 12:20

J'aime beaucoup cette photo pour le sentiment qui s'en d間age. Cette petite a l'air si concentr閑 sur le choix de ses fleurs pour composer ses colliers. C'est 閙ouvant, et tu as bien su capturer cette 閙otion. Pour un scan de 1994, ce n'est pas mal du tout! La lumi鑢e met bien l'accent sur les fleurs qui sont le th鑝e du jour, et en m阭e temps, l'ombre dans laquelle se trouve la fillette fait ressortir son air de concentration.
J'esp鑢e que tu passes de tr鑣 bonnes vacances, et que tu auras de superbes clich閟 � nous faire partager � ton retour.
Amiti閟!
Marie Louise.

Bluejeans (64251) 2007-07-25 12:40

Oi amigo que bela foto de rua , gostei muito desta cesta cheia de flores amarelas no chao , bom enquadramento da foto , gostei das cores , bom trabalho de scan , parabens!!!
Um abra鏾 Gon鏰lo

paura (25802) 2007-11-26 2:45

Jos�,
A fotografia, sob o aspecto de composi玢o art韘tica, est� muito boa. Na parte de defini玢o ela sofre um pouco, n鉶 perdendo, todavia, o grande valor final.

Abra鏾

Paulo