MANHATTAN – Another day shooting real wide with my new 12-24 Sony G lens. One issues shooting cityscape or landscape with a very wide lens is the following: the lens really needs to be level or the perspective gets weird. That generally means that there is too much foreground – half the frame filled with the ground. The solutions are to crop to square, cropping the foreground out, or as I’ve done today, find something to fill the foreground. Working wide results in a lot of near-far images.
Day 3132 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Bike RackQ Line Uptown
On this date eight years ago (day 211 of one photo every day): Citicorp Center One of my favorite images from this project.
MANHATTAN NEW YORK – We didn’t got to Warren this weekend because we needed the time here to get sorted into our daughter’s apartment, where we’re staying while the work on ours is being completed. Just ok on the photography front.
Day 3062 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Manhattan CourtyardOld Technology
On this day five years ago (day 1235 of one photo every day): Gasparilla Range Light Boca Grande Florida.
VARANASI (BENARIS) – We had a long day here, visiting the great Sarnath Stupa, a monument to Buddha marking the site where he delivered his first sermon. Then two trips on the Ganges, one in daylight and one after dark, with intermittent walking it between. This is the holiest of all Indian cities, for Hindus comparable to Jerusalem. I have many images so I’m posting a gallery for the day.
Day 3054 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
KOLKOTA INDIA – Today we went down on the Ganges to a neighborhood that specializes in Hindu religious images. The process starts with a bamboo matrix that is fleshed out with straw. Artisans then apply multiple coats of Ganges mud, which is what actually makes the statues holy. They are then sanded and painted and decorated.
Day 3053 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
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On this date exactly seven years ago (day 496 of one photo every day): Dinner at the Knick
KOLKATA INDIA – Kolkata (ne Calcutta) is the third largest city in India – it is actually not visited by many tourists. It was the seat of the British Raj here until the government was moved to New Delhi starting in 1912 in anticipation of hostilities with Japan. Many of the large colonial-era monuments are in use as government buildings and are not easily accessible. We are spending most of our time on foot here in the extensive markets.
The first image below is my favorite of the day – it pictures a Hindustan Motors Ambassador, which were widely sold in India starting in 1955 or so; legions of them are kept alive here as taxis.
Day number 3052 of one photograph every day for the rest of my life.
Hindustan AmbassadorKolkata StreetKolkata StreetKolkata StreetKolkata StreetKolkata Street
On this date exactly five years ago (day number 1226 of one photo every day): Tree at night Three frames handheld and stitched.
