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The Holy Bindi
The Holy Bindi
kabelnicke


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Challenge: Religion (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6D ED
Location: Udaipur, India
Date: May 23, 2007
Aperture: f/5.3
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/320s
Galleries: Travel
Date Uploaded: May 23, 2007

 For this challenge I thought I could capture some images of Indian woman wearing red dots, or bindis as make-up. I was on my way to a temple when I saw this woman walking up- hill towards a spot on the street were a warm afternoon sun was shining. I quickly grabbed my camera, set it on shutter priority and shot a couple of frames. I checked the exposure on the lcd and then switched to manual mode but bracketed down one stop. She was now approaching the sun-lit spot and I fired away as fast as I could. I stood only about 5 metres away from her, but she didn't seem to mind to be photographed so I yelled hello in hope that she would turn towards me, wich she luckily did. I ajusted the shadows ever so slightly in Picasa2 (It's hard to find Photoshop in an internet cafe here), but didn't crop since I was happy with the bag she was carrying on here head, as another point of interest.

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Place: 78 out of 311
Avg (all users): 5.6545
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.3333
Avg (non-participants): 5.8240
Views since voting: 768
Views during voting: 261
Votes: 191
Comments: 3
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/01/2007 01:58:21 PM
I think this is the best in the bunch. Great shot!
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 05/31/2007 08:35:20 PM
sorry, but as a photographer your job is to convince me.

photographically, this is a nice picture. However, I am not convinced that this is religious.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/31/2007 03:38:42 AM
Haunting, penetrating. Arresting eyes.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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