Sunday 12 February 2012
JT's world through photography: Street Photography @ Little India
http://jtworldphoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/street-photography-little-india.html?spref=bl: Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, one of the icon of Little India, a holy place for the Hindus to worship their gods and ask for blessings. T...
Street Photography @ Little India
Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple, one of the icon of Little India, a holy place for the Hindus to worship their gods and ask for blessings. This place is packed with not just only the sincere worshippers but also many tourists who read about it on the internet or local guide books, a majestic temple surrounded by modern buildings.
Took these shots with my Olympus E-PL1, M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150mm F4.0-5.6 telephoto lens and 58 mm circular polarizing filter (CPL).
This place has a high number of Pre-World War II shop houses that are preserved behind as part of the country's heritage asset. Looking at the details of the exterior of the shop houses, you will find a combination of colonial mix with asian style architecture. Took a few shots of these shop houses in Sepia filter, hope it will bring back some memories.
Along the streets of Little India, you will come across many shops along the road selling strings of flowers, lime, pottery for storing of milk and oil as fuel for the oil lamps. These are the common items that will be used by Hindu worshippers to offer to their gods in the temple. Unknowingly, the fragrant and scent from these flowers, filled the busy streets with a touch of holiness and of course not forgetting the honey bees which travel miles to this place for a share of the flowers' pollen.
As I walked along the streets, I came across with this potrait, probably the images of two gods together. This potrait was done up nicely with proper frame but what was unique about it which drew me to snap a photo of it, was probably the way it was drawn. I find it very "alive" and perhaps trying to tell us a story. Don't you think so?
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