Dood’s Photo of the Day

Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 14th Sept’08

It was Sunday afternoon & I was roaming around alone in the downtown. Around 4 I decided to have my lunch and I ordered a tortilla soup in a nearby restaurant. After taking my order the waitress served the starting snacks along with a couple of Mexican salsa bowls, while I waited for the soup to arrive. Since there was no one to talk and nothing else to do, I just started playing with my camera.

So this photo, which looked quite decent to be posted here, is a result of just casual fooling around when I had nothing else to do

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 13th Sept’08

There are two important points in a girl’s life among orthodox Christians in Mexico, when she is presented before the society. First when she is 3 years old and second when she is 15. When the girl turns three, she is dressed up the way you can see in the image and taken to the church to perform some rituals. When she is 15 she is presented in front of the family and relations to mark her entry into adulthood.

I took this image at a local shop which was selling the dresses for “Presentacion de 3 años”. Once I was done clicking, I ended up talking to to shop owner for aorund 20 minutes discussing all sorts of random things; from religion to indo-mexican trade to India’s surge in BPO

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 12th Sept’08

How much do you think this man would be earning by doing what he does? He was too good either at what he was doing. Still, he was just standing under the shade of the tree on a busy Sunday afternoon and striking the strings of his violin.

Later during the day, I saw him shift his shop and move to another area with supposedly higher potential for business. I dropped a 5 peso coin in his tumbler as a token of appreciation for posing in front of the camera.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 11th Sept’08

It can certainly be titled as the most colorful balcony I have ever seen in my life. It didnt seem like a hotel or the balcony of a fancy restaurant, but almost everyone who passed by the place did have a nice long look at the eye catching color combination.

Its rare to see such contrasting colors painted in urban buildings & that too in the heart of the downtown. Can be classified as a nice piece of art.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 10th Sept’08

Dancing in public or anywhere in the presence of someone other than me for that matter, has always made me uncomfortable. Hence it is really amazing for me to see people dancing so freely and joyously in front of a crowd of hundreds.

This was one such occasion where dozens of couples, all in their mid fifties or early sixties were dancing merrily to soft music. I don’t think there was any special celebration as people were randomly joining the dancing troupe; but it was really wonderful to see these couples enjoy so merrily without giving any damn to numerous staring eyes all around them.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 9th Sept’08

I Love Graffiti & I have seen it painted on numerous walls in Mexico. For a long time I’ve been looking for a decent shot so that I could post it on my blog. Luckily last weekend I wandered away in the wrong direction while walking through the downtown and look what I stumbled upon. A whole gang of spray painters painting these incredible designs on the wall. I spent almost an hour at the place talking to them and observing how they do it.

Unlike the destructive form of Graffiti, which is legally banned in most countries this one was more of an expression of art. Through them I came to know about an annual Graffiti competition going to be held on 12th of this month. They invited me to the place and even offered their color cans in case I was interested in trying my hand at it.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 8th Sept’08

I spent my Saturday in a different way this time. I just sat in the middle of a park watching people and the different kinds of things they do. It was there when I saw an old lady selling some bird feed. People were buying small packets from her and feeding to the numerous pigeons which were flocking the area. One of the main reasons for people to feed the pigeons was to give their children an opportunity to play with the birds.

I captured one such moment in my camera. Its real fun to observe people, believe me.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 22nd Aug’08

It was raining all night yesterday. I got up and opened my window to get some fresh air. The first thing I saw out of the window were these crimson colored flowers drenched by the overnight rain and the tiny droplets hanging to their edges. My eyes weren’t even completely open but I knew that if I don’t shoot this now the water will be gone as soon as the sun comes up. So I reached for my camera and took some shots.

My window certainly gives a nice colorful view

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 30th June’08

This one is again from the Africam Safari in Puebla. Though you are allowed to drive in your own vehicle & even a rented taxi, there are these big jungle safari vehicles which take you on a tour of the whole place.

These vehicles are appropriately painted in “jungle” colors with all different animals appearing on different sides of them.

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Originally clicked and uploaded by – Pratosh Dwivedi – 29th June’08

This dummy shop apparently run by an African, was set up in the middle of one of the sections in Africam Safari at Puebla. There were fruits, vegetables and many other things neatly arranged in various cartons.

The dark guy, most probably the shopkeeper, didn’t look too much interested in the business though

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