Thanks Bob for the nice suggestion of photographing the Tea Vendor from the front closer to his level.
We asked his permission to photograph him. His pose was very natural as he was busy with preparing tea for other folks too. In fact I requested one or two customers to please move away, such was the frequency of passer byes on the pavement. I chose the side and slight back position to expose for the entire wooden platform, tea and the ancient kerosene stove, which would otherwise have been hidden by the tin sheet wind cheater for the stove. Yes I could have stooped down or squatted on the pavement for a lower & better vantage point. This shot was on the busy broad Shyam Bazaar Business District of Kolkata - see the taxis and the busses. Kolkata is such a nostalgic mixture of East meets West - a magical place for Street Photography in India. Regards. Bipin. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
