***QUEEN OF THE DESERT*** Photo

Photographer’s Note

Shot it at Puskkar Fair..it's just 11 km. from Ajmer(RAJASTAN,INDIA) comes alive during Puskar Fair, when people from all over Rajasthan converge at Pushkar with their cattle stock. Pushkar Fair is regarded as one of the largest camel festivals in the world. Celebrated in the month of October-November, Pushkar Fair attracts domestic as well as foreign tourist to Pushkar in Rajasthan.
Pushkar festival is not about camels only but it is also about horses, cows, goats, sheep and most importantly about the lively people of Rajasthan, who come to the Pushkar fair in their best attires. The festival looks like a riot of colors with men wearing colourful turbans and women in pleated ghagaras (ankle-length skirts) of different hues. The festival offers a wonderful opportunity to see the people selling and buying camels, goats, horses etc. Bargaining, negotiations and transactions remain order of the days during the festival.
Sporting events are other attractions of the Pushkar Fair. One can enjoy the camel and horse races during the festival. Camel beauty contest is another highlight of the festival. The beautifully decked up camels are paraded and then the most beautiful camel is selected.
Pushkar is a religious town and is one of the important pilgrimage centers of Hindus. Pushkar is known for the holy Pushkar Lake and the many temples that dot the area. Puskar is associated with lord Brahma and is the only place in India, which has a temple dedicated to lord Brahma.
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isabela_sor (41881) 2009-06-22 10:00 [Comment]

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pauloog (6278) 2009-06-22 11:19

Hello Subir,
A beautiful view, richly coloured, of the woman accompanied by Ganesha, or is it vice versa ?
She seems very safe with some fierce man standing guard in the background.
a beautiful and very interesting composition.
regards,
Paul

zmey (7242) 2009-06-23 7:40

the queen is gorgeous and her attire too, but that HUGE almost washed-out-to-white space, taking up almost 1/3 of your frame feels just that: too big of a wasted area. unfortunately, I have no ready recipe to remedy that here. a vertical crop, centered on the queen would probably be too straightforward and those riders sure seem an interesting addition to your story. Maybe a higher point of view? But then again, I like how you have chosen to shoot this from below. a hard situation to manage.

regards,
kristaps

DavorSt (82) 2009-07-03 7:09