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The Roadside Vendor

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Av: F/7.1; Tv: 0.01s (1/100); f: 55 mm; ISO: 200

I clicked this photo as I was walking through a busy market street in Bengaluru. The shops were just opening and the vendors were just starting to set up shop as I saw this old vendor laying out his stuff across the road from me. I clicked a couple of photos of his, across the street; throwing my camera settings to Black and White with increased Sharpness, for the effect.
I did play around a little with this photo in Adobe Lightroom and used a very nice preset for the White Balance and Lens Corrections. I switched over to Photoshop for the borders.

What I like about this photo is obviously the whole emotion of the photo and the varied graduated shades which are on display. The extra dark areas in this photo give a lot of depth to this photo. The textures on the door behind the vendor is one of my favorites & I’m glad this image has captured the different shades in the background alone.

Improvements I would like in this photo include a better visualization of the face and a closer look capture of the facial expressions. I should have made better use of the opportunity to try a few more shots from closer quarters.

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9 Comments

  1. Comment by bambi:
    Saturday, September 5th 2009 at 11:22 am | 

    Very real and poignant.Captured the moment beautifully

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  2. Comment by Aishwarya:
    Thursday, September 10th 2009 at 11:35 pm | 

    Its lik an old photo or painting rakshith! beautifu!!! if only u had captured his expression too….would lik to c d original photo too…i mean before u “adobed” it…

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    • Comment by Rakshith:
      Friday, September 11th 2009 at 10:33 pm | 

      Well, we the vignetting and all, it does have an antique feel to it. I liked the original photo also as it was… Pretty nice lighting. But, yeah, there was hardly any special expression on his face. So, dint miss out on much… :D

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  3. Comment by Vishal:
    Tuesday, September 15th 2009 at 11:35 am | 

    Hey hi,
    Thats an very nice capture.

    I have just started learning photography.
    Would like to learn a little bit of post processing as well.
    I would really appericiate if you could write a blog about it and show the process of how and what you did to get this final shot from the original one.

    Thank you

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  4. Comment by Rakshith:
    Thursday, September 17th 2009 at 10:43 pm | 

    Thank you, Vishal.
    Hmm, thats an interesting idea. Will look into it if time permits, cos i’m a little busy with my academics for a while now. :(

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  5. Comment by soubhagya:
    Tuesday, October 13th 2009 at 7:34 pm | 

    very nicely done, the textures have an ethereal feel to it, like d symmetry also the inverted sevens, the 2 locks, and the bags along side the vendor. altogether, very nicely done!

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