Evening Prayers - Varanasi

[Manfred M]

After the sun goes down, seven Hindu priests chant and say prayers for the protection of the world from the central ghat in Varanasi. The light was terrible (backlighting) and I had to crank the ISO as high as it can go to get a few decent shots. I was sitting in a small rowboat on the Ganges to make this capture. I did a B&W conversion to reduce the impact of sensor noise and create a grittiness to the scene.



There were thousands of people on the ghat and many hundreds more sitting in wooden boats on the river. Simply amazing...

[bnnrcn]

Amazing indeed Manfred, do they do this every night or is it just a special occasion ? Thanks for sharing

[Manfred M]

Amazing indeed Manfred, do they do this every night or is it just a special occasion ? Thanks for sharing

This is a nightly event. It starts after sunset.

[gregj1763]

Regardless of the quality of the image Manfred, a scene that is well worth capturing and one that I'm sure you will remember forever.
Amazing place

[mugge]

Beautiful in black and white. The cranking up the ISO certainly worked.
Ole

[John 2]

Regardless of the quality of the image Manfred, a scene that is well worth capturing and one that I'm sure you will remember forever.
Amazing place

+1 from me. The grittiness adds to the comp IMHO and captures atmosphere. Just goes to show.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.