Varanasi Cat

This cat certainly has a mean look in its eye, which is strange as cats usually take a liking to me. I do like cats. Boiled with rice preferably.

Joking…… Just joking…

 

Counting the takings

After the shock of celebrating my birthday yesterday with a picture in technicolor, here we are back to another truly exciting and memorable monochrome.

Perhaps the title for this one should be ‘Peanuts for Peanuts’.

 

Workshop mono

A street scene captured in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It’s sometimes difficult to read peoples reactions to having their picture taken.

Is it suspicion, fear, annoyance? Does he think that he’s been caught out?

I’m pretty sure that I would feel all of those and more….

Do we have the right to intrude? Should we reserve the right for people to see only our good side, or should we use our camera to catalogue and record even the negative and less than ideal conditions? I almost decided to delete this picture.

But life can be dour…..

 

Taking a Break

A well earned rest in the middle of the day.

A street scene from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

 

Dog Tired

A surreal scene on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

 

Shy Smiles

Shy Smiles in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

 

A Surprised Welcome

Varanasi back lanes twist and turn and on this occasion I’m not sure who was more surprised as I came around a corner, to a welcome on the wall, and a girl hurriedly stepping aside.

 

 

Potato Vendor

A cheerful street seller with his barrow in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

 

Varanasi Archway

There maybe serious health and safety issues about working under that archway, but it makes for a photogenic scene. I love exploring places like this. There is always another corner to peer around and another alleyway to discover that’s full of incident and detail.

Saucepan Mender

This scene is part of my series of monochrome pictures of India and was taken in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.