Added human interest enjoying Autumn at Pulteney Weir Bath

The Golden Temple, also known as Harmandir Sahib, meaning "abode of God" or Darbār Sahib, meaning "exalted court" , is a Gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India.[It is the holiest Gurdwara and the most important pilgrimage site of Sikhism.

The temple is built around a man-made pool (sarovar) that was completed by Guru Ram Das in 1577. Guru Arjan – the fifth Guru of Sikhism, requested Sai Mir Mian Mohammed – a Muslim Pir of Lahore to lay its foundation stone in 1589. In 1604, Guru Arjan placed a copy of the Adi Granth in Harmandir Sahib, calling the site Ath Sath Tirath (lit. "shrine of 68 pilgrimages"). The temple was repeatedly rebuilt by the Sikhs after it became a target of persecution and was destroyed several times by the Muslim armies from Afghanistan and the Mughal Empire. Maharaja Ranjit Singh after founding the Sikh Empire, rebuilt it in marble and copper in 1809, overlaid the sanctum with gold foil in 1830. This has led to the name the Golden Temple.

This photo was taken during late evening, and has two friends engaged on cellphone , even when they are in one of the holiest shrine of humanity. A couple is just gazing at the temple, a lady is standing perhaps to take a cellphone photo and one gent is just sitting idly. Both mundane and religion go together. One can also see on the left the long queue of pilgrims waiting patiently for their opportunity to go inside the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Everyone inside this temple complex has to be bare footed and has to compulsorily cover one's head.

Jungma & Ayi

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I wanted some human interest in this landscape shot, so I asked AI to include a motorcyclist coming towards the camera, and on the left-hand side of the road. Just in case you never thought AI was smart, think again. AI knew I am in Australia, where we drive on the left. No matter how much I tried, it would not give me a motorcycle coming towards the camera on the left side of the road.

Human Interest

buat yang belum pernah ke sini, di sinilah tempat kopdar (ketemuan) anggota flickr seluruh dunia. (ps: kalau mau) tidak cuma ketemu dan ngobrol doang. tapi sekalian hunting. not just face hunting. tapi all photography fields. landscape, seascape, foods, human interest, culture, surfing, macro. moon, sunset, sunrise, silhouette, night shot.... all in one!

All of today's pictures come from Chiang Rai market where we visited for the first part of a cooking class. I always love going to the market - there are so many colours and lots of human interest when we go

Primer día • First day

Sorrento, La Villa Comunale - mañana • Sorrento, La Villa Comunale - morning

Ahí están, indiferentes a lo que les rodea. Quizá han hecho varios miles de kilómetros para llegar hasta ahí, no se van a rendir por cuatro gotas de nada. Me siento profundamente solidario con ellas. Ya me iba del parque, se acercaba la hora de comer. Giré la cabeza para despedirme del mar y me quedé absorto por la composición que tenía delante. Dos segundos para visualizar la imagen en mi cabeza y otros dos para coger la cámara y disparar. Solo por esa composición —tres paraguas de colores vibrantes frente al gris del cielo, las dos figuras enfrentadas— habría valido la pena aguantar todo un día bajo la lluvia. Y dicen que la paciencia tiene su premio. El mío fue de primera categoría: ni de lejos soñaba con una foto como esta.

(De "Apuntes de Campania" - jmsdbg.com/campania)

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There they are, indifferent to their surroundings. Perhaps they've travelled several thousand kilometres to get here, they're not going to give up over a few drops of rain. I feel profoundly sympathetic towards them. I was leaving the park, lunchtime approaching. I turned my head to bid farewell to the sea and found myself transfixed by the composition before me. Two seconds to visualise the image in my head and two more to grab the camera and shoot. For that composition alone—three vibrant umbrellas against the grey sky, the two figures facing each other—it would have been worth enduring an entire day in the rain. They say patience has its reward. Mine was first-rate: I'd never even dreamt of a photograph like this.

(From "Notes from Campania" - jmsdbg.com/campania)