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Colourful India

f/2.8, 1/50 sec, at 35mm, 100 ISO, on a Canon EOS 5D Mark IIf/2.8, 1/40 sec, at 40mm, 500 ISO, on a Canon EOS 5D Mark IIf/2.8, 1/50 sec, at 35mm, 100 ISO, on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Shot in locations within a few minutes’ walk of each other, these photos illustrate my theory that a great number of India’s population are involved in a conspiracy to provide visiting photographers with the most eye-catching, colourful photo opportunities possible.

16 Responses to “Colourful India”

  1. I like their conspiracy!! Love the colors and well done!

  2. Jeff Lynch says:

    Gavin,

    I love when you, Matt and David get together to shoot. It’s a feast for the eyes and the soul.

    Jeff

  3. Szerelem says:

    Oh dear lord – these are gorgeous!

  4. Masher says:

    Fantastic vibrant colours!
    Why didn’t the chap in the middle wear a blue shirt?

  5. Ray K says:

    Demonstrates the huge difference in culture from the states. Neighbors would be up in arms if someone painted their home in these colors, but it sure would make a subdivision more interesting. Wonderful images.

  6. [...] It’s been crazy-wet here in Delhi but what a reprive from the usual heat. So nice to be back, and to be shooting and collaborating with friends, walking in the chaos of Chandni Chowk, sitting in the quiet of a hidden mosque, or eating butter chicken at El Jawahar, a hole in the wall restaurant in the shadow of Old Delhi’s Jamma Masjid. One of the things I enjoy most is playing the unspoken game of “Do you see what I see?” while shooting with other talented photographers, and to come home at the end of the day and compare images. Which didn’t happen last night because I passed out before 8pm, while Matt and Gavin both live within a couple time zones of Delhi and didn’t get hit with the jet-lag stick the way I did. But the shot below is one you’ll find looking suspiciously similar to one on Gavin’s site. [...]

  7. Peter Pham says:

    Great images with nice colors and contrast. I agree with Masher, the elderly man in the middle with a blue shirt would make this a superb series.

  8. Great mix of colors, strong portraits.

  9. Gavin says:

    I suspect that the gentleman in the blue doorway didn’t wear a blue shirt so as to remind us that life is full of imperfections.

    Probably ;)

  10. One adjustment layer and some masking and dude’s sporting a blue shirt. :-)

  11. DaveT says:

    Like all great ideas beautifully simplistic but powerful. I like the concept of using RGB colours in a tryptych.

  12. David Sanger says:

    Oh to be back in India !

    Looking forward to more color work from you on this trip, excellently seen as usual, Gavin.

  13. Kevin Dowie says:

    Love a good conspiracy theory, love a good triptych more, nice work.

  14. Ashley says:

    Love the colors here. Well done portraits!

  15. Erin Wilson says:

    Beautiful images, Gavin.
    So good to meet you there…

  16. Really love this tryptych Gavin! Thinking about you guys…..Wish i could have come to Nepal!