City Market

A couple of weekends ago one of my colleagues, Kevin Dobler, came over.  Kevin is a senior member of our organization who is managing the strutural activities on a couple of new airplane programs.  Kevin is also a professional photographer.  He has a blog.  Google "Kevin Dobler".  It is worth a look.  He has been given a Nikon D3X to shoot with for a year so Nikon could get some of Kevin's images out there with their new camera.  On this day Kevin and I decided to go into the streets of Bangalore and shoot some pictures.  We started early, 0600.  Of course any outing like this demands Bangalore's finest rick driver, Rabhi.  He and Kevin are shown here.

City market was our first stop.  Rabhi's suggestion.  It was a rich photo op.  Folks from the surrounding villages come in to sell.  The area of the market we visited featured fresh herbs, veggies and flowers.  Kevin and I stuck out and were an oddity.  The village folks were curious in a friendly way.  Most were happy to have their pictures taken.  The ladies below especially.

The flowers were brilliant and everywhere.

I forget what this lady was selling.  I was taken by how happy she seemed.  Here she is flashing a beautiful smile that brings a lot of sunshine to this page. 

 Many people scurried about like characters from Alice in Wonder land.  They brought goods in through the crowds that were shoulder to shoulder.  I don't speak Kanada but I know I was hearing, "get outta the way!"

This fellow was very friendly.  Kevin got a great image of him and has posted it in his blog.  He is selling tender coconut which I have discussed in previous posts.  These were a bargain at 5 RS.  They are 10 to 20 RS on the streets.  He was eager to have his picture taken. 

Here Kevin is enjoying this great natural bargain.  As I have said earlier, there is a lot of lore surrounding this drink.   

I love this image. Such a bright red saree. Such an intimidating figure. When I saw her, all I could think of was "Jabba the Hut".......in a good way.

Fresh herbs.  Corriander and mint.  Other things I didn't recognise.  As we walled throught this area the air was filled with their odors.  That combined with the brilliant sights was a great sensory experience. 

The prices were good.  These heads of cauliflower were about $0.07.  What I saw here was much fresher and better looking than anything I have seen in the local supermarkets in my neighborhood. 

 I love to do this.  These folks always get a big kick out of seeing their images.  I usually will ask if they have internet access.  Some do and for those I send them the pix.

This image is from a different area.  The area is called Avenue Road.  On Avenue Road they feature mostly text books and stationery items.  Here this fellow is selling bananas.