Arunima Chattopadhyay
July 2025 - Goddess Durga boron
About the Image(s)
This is the image of a religious practice on the day of when Goddess Durga is bid farewell and the community women offer sweets to the Goddess before they say goodbye and immerse the idol of Durga into the ganges.
Taken by Nikon z6ii
f-5, SS-1/60, ISO -2000
8 comments posted
Laurie Bergner
Interesting theme and colorful. I think it might be stronger if you cropped, especially from the right side, but maybe even the left side, to focus more on the Center woman. Posted: 07/05/2025 11:03:09
Thanks Laurie Posted: 07/09/2025 09:03:57
Karl Leck
Hi Arunima, t's always nice to learn more about other cultures. This image of a woman touching or painting the goddess shows her devotion. I agree with Laurie that the central woman and goddess are the story and the rest could be cropped out without loss of story. Karl Posted: 07/07/2025 08:55:54
thanks Karl Posted: 07/09/2025 09:03:41
Nicely done. I think I would crop the right but would not crop out the left because the woman on the left is also engaged in bidding farewell and so forth. Posted: 07/07/2025 18:33:32
You guessed it right. both the women are engaged in the activity. I will try cropping the right part for better focusing on the story as everyone suggested. Posted: 07/09/2025 08:38:48
I think Karl's crop brings better focus to the story Posted: 07/08/2025 10:34:41
thanks Edward Posted: 07/09/2025 09:04:21