shopping in Peshawar Photo

Photographer’s Note

This scan of an old photo from a slide has been improved a bit, "with a little help from a friend", who had also improved the photo of my horseman in west China, posted not long ago... Many thanks to him, whose advice is always valuable ! My first version can be seen in the workshop.

This was a delicate photo to take ; the persons here were unaware that I took the photo because I was mainly aiming at the interesting facades above their heads, sometimes shooting fast at what happened below...

A passer-by who had nothing else to do arrived behind me and told me that I had been shooting at the women in burqa which was forbidden according to him, but I protested that I was mostly interested in the architecture of the houses ; he seemed satisfied with my reply...

Rarely do I have to half-lie like that, but I could not resist in that case... Had I asked for the permission to shoot, some persons would have agreed and taken unnatural poses, while others would have refused and sent me away.

Peshawar is a great city for its many bazaars, some covered, others in the streets in the open. One or two days are not enough to discover the whole city.

axiotea, mamcg, sunilshukla, hattori, siolaw, oochappan, kiwi_explorer, manatee, mugush, giorgimer, pierrefonds has marked this note useful

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axiotea (16305) 2007-07-11 22:03

Salut Cath,
Une vue bien contrastée sur ce bazar des ustensiles de cuisine et autres étameurs. L'activité et l'atmosphère de cette rue sont bien retransmises.... jolies couleurs et netteté agréables.
Amicalement
Marilyn

mamcg (4563) 2007-07-12 3:34

There a SAMAWAR cought my eye, those were of Russian ZAR age and there one man came collected all those SAMAWARS, it is a good eye catching shot.

sunilshukla (844) 2007-07-12 7:46

Hello Cath,
Another oldie goldie. I doubt if the market still stands today, it is in such a bad shape.
Sunil

Manash (498) 2007-07-12 10:26

Hi Catherine,
Very good shot...well done..But I am giving you a suggestion about composition..if you crop upper portion aupto the tin roof it may be better composed shot..just market and the human figure..
wow!
Best wishes,
Manash

hay_kes (28562) 2007-07-12 23:13

Merhaba Cath,
Gezdiğiniz yerlerden güzel fotoğraflar gönderiyorsunuz.Pakistan'ın günlük yaşam karesi.Eline sağlık.

hAyati

oochappan (22032) 2007-07-13 0:26

Quite a colormood by the facades contrasting the colorful dresses with nice textured foldings while all the shiny salesware pops out of the dark.

hattori (2) 2007-07-13 1:54

dear catherine
it is an impressive photo with nice composition and marvellous contrasts
congratulations
best wishes
nezih

siolaw (25834) 2007-07-13 3:32

Salut Catherine,
Une vue intéressante de ces bazars ou seules des femmes(qui me semblent d'ailleurs des Afghanes pour la plupart?) Le contraste et les couleurs rendent bien et on voit bien les différentes textures et couleurs des différents métaux utilisés.
Amicalement
Laurent

Stepan (27175) 2007-07-13 12:08

C'est très sympa et très graphique : les murs sur le haut, les vêtements et leur "verticalité", les ustensiles de cuisines...
Très bien vu et bien réalisé.
Stéphane

kiwi_explorer (12195) 2007-07-13 17:08

Hi Catherine,
I like this kind of daily life scene ... no pretences here just real life. I purposely retained my cheap Kodak point and shoot camera specifically to capture local market scenes ... I won't be so worried if it get snatched :) You were brave in taking this photo alright. Well captured and pretty good image quality considering it is scanned. Well done! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

manatee (4297) 2007-07-13 21:34

Hello Cath:

Even the picture is a liitle far away i like the people passing by and the whole pic with all this appliace for saling.

Nice colors

Have a nice weekend

xavshot (63137) 2007-07-13 23:19

Bonjour Catherine
j'aime cette photo avec ces teintes et ces nombreux détails. Une belle ambiance, bien rendue. Bravo.
amicalement
Xavier

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mugush (2088) 2007-07-20 6:40

what i learn from past photography experience that never ask a permission for taking picture ,just do it(ya i know after effect can be desaster:)) but it always worked for me..
once again you showed us typical daily life scene and very responsible note..
keep it up
love
mugush

brevbrev14 (372) 2007-07-25 4:59

Hi Cath, woow...great colours and tones here!
but what i like more is the light...
a great scene of daily life..
fantastic composition!
i like a lot!
bravo!
ciao!
Valeria

giorgimer (21478) 2007-08-03 7:14

Hi Cath,

very interesting scene with the sequence of typical dressing and thei shapes.

Thanks again for sharing your photo experiences

Gio

pierrefonds (26669) 2007-08-04 15:41

Bonsoir Catherine,

Une belle image de ce marché de chaudrons et d'assiettes à Peshawar, la photo a une bonne composition, netteté et de jolies couleurs. Bonne soirée.

Pierre

Angshu (34141) 2007-08-20 0:28

Hi Cath
I hope you're back...I missed this golden oldie. A great daily life scene & reading your note felt you've done a pretty good work with your candid shot. I like your inclusion of the buildings at the top & the tin shades above the hanging wares. Very good shot Cath
Regards
Angshu

dilane (10289) 2007-12-10 5:49

bonjour Catherine,
Je ne sais pas pourquoi je n'allais pas ouvrir cette vignette, et puis j'ai changé d'avis... fort heureusement - on a souvent tort de nous fier aux vignettes... c'est une très belle scène que tu nous offres - et la palette de couleurs fort interessante - bravo -

eversmile (6443) 2008-10-04 16:59

Salut Catherine

je t'envie d'avoir pu voyager au Pakistan. C'est une de mes destinations rêvées d'aujourd'hui, un rêve écorné, inaccessible... Sur ta photo, c'est les voiles colorés des femmes qui m'attirent, le mouvement de la rue, l'activité dont j'aimerais entendre les sons... Les tons bien saturés des façades sont chouettes aussi.
En tous cas, bravo d'avoir bravé ta peur pour prendre la photo... C'est ma préférée des trois dans ta trilogie Pakistan.
Amicalement,
Marine

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