Street Photography
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Today is Ram Navami, culmination of nine days of festivities. Traditionally food is served to the people on the streets (started as a penance of the rich for the poor, but is now a general food distribution program by local shopkeepers).
One of the distribution centers is near my house, and the cooks started their job at five in the morning. They estimate the food will be ready by ten for distribution.
So here are a series of photographs starting at seven in the morning.
The venue. Yet to be spruced up
Cooking area
The cooks
Making of Puris
Now for the vegetables
I will be going there after 10 to take snaps of the finished products and distribution
One of the distribution centers is near my house, and the cooks started their job at five in the morning. They estimate the food will be ready by ten for distribution.
So here are a series of photographs starting at seven in the morning.
The venue. Yet to be spruced up
Cooking area
The cooks
Making of Puris
Now for the vegetables
I will be going there after 10 to take snaps of the finished products and distribution
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Impressions of one month of ownership.
For past month I have been playing around with the D3300. After more than 3300 shots, here are my impressions.
. The 24MP sensor is quite a lot of details.
. The camera is so light that you do not feel it is there.
. Though the DR is not as much as in D5300, D610 or D800 it is quite a lot. I can recover at least 1EV of highlights and 4EV of shadows without any problem. What this translates to is that I can be a bit lax in my exposure and still get a well exposed image.
. With high DR, there is less need for HDR. Where the scene has a DR of 13 EV or less, there is no need for HDR. Of course when the DR is extremely high, say 20+EV as in case of shadows in bright sunlight that is another scenario all together.
. Where the DX trumps FX is when the subject of interest is smaller than the the sensor area. Shooting birds and insects with 50mm or 100mm means that they are quite small, about 3-10mm on the sensor. With higher density of the 24MP DX sensor, you get more pixels than you would in a 24MP FX sensor. That is what DX shooters mean when they say that the focal length is "multiplied" by 1.5.
Where the lower end body is lacking
. There is no auto bracketing.
. Non CPU lenses are not metered, unlike in the D7100 and the FX bodies.
. The flash intensities are not calculated properly at shorter distance. It is fine only after 2 meters or so.
. The autofocus is a bit iffy, even at the centre. I have had a lot of front and back focusing (it is not consistent) if there are details of varying depth within the AF points rectangle. I guess more practice in locating the AF point is required.
On the whole I am extremely happy with this body. My D70 and the D300 may be built like tank, have a host of features more, but I always wanted a no frill body and the D3300 fits it to a T.
For past month I have been playing around with the D3300. After more than 3300 shots, here are my impressions.
. The 24MP sensor is quite a lot of details.
. The camera is so light that you do not feel it is there.
. Though the DR is not as much as in D5300, D610 or D800 it is quite a lot. I can recover at least 1EV of highlights and 4EV of shadows without any problem. What this translates to is that I can be a bit lax in my exposure and still get a well exposed image.
. With high DR, there is less need for HDR. Where the scene has a DR of 13 EV or less, there is no need for HDR. Of course when the DR is extremely high, say 20+EV as in case of shadows in bright sunlight that is another scenario all together.
. Where the DX trumps FX is when the subject of interest is smaller than the the sensor area. Shooting birds and insects with 50mm or 100mm means that they are quite small, about 3-10mm on the sensor. With higher density of the 24MP DX sensor, you get more pixels than you would in a 24MP FX sensor. That is what DX shooters mean when they say that the focal length is "multiplied" by 1.5.
Where the lower end body is lacking
. There is no auto bracketing.
. Non CPU lenses are not metered, unlike in the D7100 and the FX bodies.
. The flash intensities are not calculated properly at shorter distance. It is fine only after 2 meters or so.
. The autofocus is a bit iffy, even at the centre. I have had a lot of front and back focusing (it is not consistent) if there are details of varying depth within the AF points rectangle. I guess more practice in locating the AF point is required.
On the whole I am extremely happy with this body. My D70 and the D300 may be built like tank, have a host of features more, but I always wanted a no frill body and the D3300 fits it to a T.
I live in a colony which was started by Bengali Hindu emigrants from what is now Bangladesh. So it is a mini Kolkata. Today I took the camera and roamed around the main market which is within 200m of my house. I will present the images under the following headings
. General Streets
. Flower and vegetable sellers
. Fruit stalls
. Fish Market
. Mutton and Chicken shops
. The market
. Clothes Ironing in the back lanes
So here goes - General street scenes
Bricks stacked on the main road
Traffic jam at the cross roads
Carpet seller on the internal road
. General Streets
. Flower and vegetable sellers
. Fruit stalls
. Fish Market
. Mutton and Chicken shops
. The market
. Clothes Ironing in the back lanes
So here goes - General street scenes
Bricks stacked on the main road
Traffic jam at the cross roads
Carpet seller on the internal road
Continuing the street photography - Fruit sellers
Near the bank
Next to our block
Details of the offerings
Fresh coconut. These come from South India a journey of nearly 2000 km.
The stall owner
Stall in the market
Close up of the offerings
Another stall
Road side vendor
Close up
Mobile vegetable stall
Fruit juice vendor
The juice maker
The fruits
Near the bank
Next to our block
Details of the offerings
Fresh coconut. These come from South India a journey of nearly 2000 km.
The stall owner
Stall in the market
Close up of the offerings
Another stall
Road side vendor
Close up
Mobile vegetable stall
Fruit juice vendor
The juice maker
The fruits
Continuing - Fish Market
Rahu - Indian carp
Cutting the fish
Prawns
Pabda a Bengali delicacy
Cut pieces. The fish is sold either whole or for those who prefer smaller amounts, cut pieces
Pomfrets from Mumbai
Hilsa from Bangladesh
Bacha fish - a Bengali delicacy
Live Carp
Fish anointed with blood to indicate freshness. Fish sellers all over the world are a party to this scam.
Large Carp - about 6 to 8 kilos each
Rahu - Indian carp
Cutting the fish
Prawns
Pabda a Bengali delicacy
Cut pieces. The fish is sold either whole or for those who prefer smaller amounts, cut pieces
Pomfrets from Mumbai
Hilsa from Bangladesh
Bacha fish - a Bengali delicacy
Live Carp
Fish anointed with blood to indicate freshness. Fish sellers all over the world are a party to this scam.
Large Carp - about 6 to 8 kilos each
Continuing - Mutton and Chicken shops
There are two shops in the market, and we buy from both.
Shop 1 - Display at the entrance
Shop 1 - Goats strung up in the shop
Shop 1 - Pieces cut for your convenience
Shop 1 - The owner and chief butcher
Shop 1 - Assistant to the butcher
Shop 1 - Frozen products
Shop 2 - Display in the shop
Shop 2 - Butchers chopping board!
Shop 2 - The owner and chief butcher
Shop 2 - The assistant at work
Shop 2 - Frozen products
There are two shops in the market, and we buy from both.
Shop 1 - Display at the entrance
Shop 1 - Goats strung up in the shop
Shop 1 - Pieces cut for your convenience
Shop 1 - The owner and chief butcher
Shop 1 - Assistant to the butcher
Shop 1 - Frozen products
Shop 2 - Display in the shop
Shop 2 - Butchers chopping board!
Shop 2 - The owner and chief butcher
Shop 2 - The assistant at work
Shop 2 - Frozen products
In the back lanes of out block, there are at least four sets of persons doing the ironing of clothes. As the washing machines have taken over washing of clothes in the last thirty years, the washer man has slowly disappeared. He used to wash and iron the clothes, but with his exit the opportunity for ironing clothes has come up. Here is one of them. It is normally a husband - wife team with children bringing and delivering the clothes. Note the ancient coal heated cast brass irons used.
The man
With his Irons
The coal heated irons. The body is brass and the bottom plate of cast iron.
The man
With his Irons
The coal heated irons. The body is brass and the bottom plate of cast iron.
I remember those irons growing up in Hungary in the early 60's. My grandmother had one, and told me not to mess around with it. I did, and got burned.
Took the camera to the fish market today. Here are some shots. Most of fish eaten inland is fresh water fish, usually farmed in ponds. Some sea fish comes, but as it is frozen, the demand is not much, except for boneless varieties which are used for fried or barbecued snacks.
General View
Individual Species
Indian Caro - Rahu
Rahu rounds from a biggish (6kg) fish
Baasa Fillets
Small Pomfrets (250-300g). The larger sizes go to resorts and restaurants
Small Fish - Mourala, about 2 inches long. Normally fried crisp and eaten with rice.
Tangda, another river delicacy.
Pabda, a fresh water delicacy.
Hilsa. These mostly come from Bangladesh. These migrate just like Salmon, except that they have millions of small bones. A great delicacy for Bengalis.
Giant Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Cutting fish.
The cutter is a huge Machete like structure fixed to a board - standard Indian knife, called Boti in Bengali. It comes in various sizes, the fish sellers use a large version, while a smaller one is used at home. The domestic version of Boti is held to the ground with the feet and both hands used to cut. One can produce extremely fine cuts of vegetables - millimeter thick potato fingers and wafer thin chips are easily done.
General View
Individual Species
Indian Caro - Rahu
Rahu rounds from a biggish (6kg) fish
Baasa Fillets
Small Pomfrets (250-300g). The larger sizes go to resorts and restaurants
Small Fish - Mourala, about 2 inches long. Normally fried crisp and eaten with rice.
Tangda, another river delicacy.
Pabda, a fresh water delicacy.
Hilsa. These mostly come from Bangladesh. These migrate just like Salmon, except that they have millions of small bones. A great delicacy for Bengalis.
Giant Prawns
Tiger Prawns
Cutting fish.
The cutter is a huge Machete like structure fixed to a board - standard Indian knife, called Boti in Bengali. It comes in various sizes, the fish sellers use a large version, while a smaller one is used at home. The domestic version of Boti is held to the ground with the feet and both hands used to cut. One can produce extremely fine cuts of vegetables - millimeter thick potato fingers and wafer thin chips are easily done.
Ram Navami again, some shots around my house
View of the cooking area
Puri dough
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Rolling and frying Puri
Close up
Fryin
Puris fried and ready for distribution
Cut vegetables
Another view of the cooking area
Distributing food at one of the temples
Volunteer serving
A sadhu enjoying free meal
View of the cooking area
Puri dough
g
Rolling and frying Puri
Close up
Fryin
Puris fried and ready for distribution
Cut vegetables
Another view of the cooking area
Distributing food at one of the temples
Volunteer serving
A sadhu enjoying free meal
Having a get together of a few relatives at home. Details of Mutton cutting and dressing. Required around 4 kg, hence the front shoulders and ribs would do.
Goat carcasses line up
The front half of the goat
Separating shoulders from the rib cage
Major cut down the rib cage - separates left and right side
Separating the shoulder
separating shoulder from front leg
Sizing
Cutting into smaller pieces
Cutting into smaller pieces
Major cut
Separating the surface membrane
Chopping ribs
Final take
Goat carcasses line up
The front half of the goat
Separating shoulders from the rib cage
Major cut down the rib cage - separates left and right side
Separating the shoulder
separating shoulder from front leg
Sizing
Cutting into smaller pieces
Cutting into smaller pieces
Major cut
Separating the surface membrane
Chopping ribs
Final take