Saturday, December 1, 2012

- Photo Feature - “Horses Compete at Chaubari”

- Photo Feature -

Horses Compete at Chaubari

Kartik Poornima is a holy occasion for Hindus in India. According to the Hindu Mythology this is considered to be the day of Lord Shiva, Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, Lord Angira and Lord Sun. There is a tradition to take bath in the holy river, Ganga on this particular day. This festival is celebrated at Chaubari Village of District Bareilly of Western U.P (India) annually at grand level. This village is situated very close to the river Ramganga. A big fair takes place at Chaubari on the occasion of Kartik Poornima. A number of activities take place in this fair. Horse race is one of them. In fact this race is a type of demonstration of the ability of horses. The horse-sellers come to this fair from different parts of the region. They try their best to show the skills of their horses. The buyers watch the race attentively and the horses which are found best are sold at high prices. Like previous years, this year also the fair was organised with enthusiasm. Horse-race was the center of attraction for visitors.
(The images of this event, presented here, were taken with a Nikon D-90 camera at shutter speed priority mode (at 1/1000 sec.). The lens was 18-105 mm (Nikon). ISO of the camera was set at 500.)

--Dr. Pankaj Sharma

27 comments:

  1. Thanks for detailed information and lovely action shots :)

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  2. Nice event photography. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Thanks for your compliment Tilak Ji and you are welcome.

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  3. Interesting event! Loved the first photo very much! Thanks for sharing! :-)

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  4. Great images.

    Kishore B. Jothady, Hon. PSI., APSI
    Mumbai

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  5. What a perfect shot,Pankaj Ji
    Congrats !

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  6. nyc click sirrrrrr................

    Saba Fayaz Syed-Hyderabad

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  7. very nice dr saheb.

    Indrajeet Malodia (Indore)

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  8. Superb capture..One with raised Hand as a sign of victory I liked most.

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  9. पंकज भाई... इन फोटोज में काफी जीवंतता है.. नाइस.

    Kumar Rahman-Delhi

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  10. Super snaps.


    Radha Krishna Murthy M V

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  11. Bahut khoob, excellent photo..Kudos to you pankajji...

    Deepak Sharma-Kalyan (Mumbai)

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  12. Pankaj,

    Splendid photographs of the horse races.

    Regards

    RK Paul
    Delhi

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  13. Beautiful and action pack photos of horses.

    Shivji Joshi
    Godavari Vallabh Niwas
    Makarana Mohalla,
    Jodhpur - 342002
    Rajasthan
    INDIA

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