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Over the Silk Road

This is one more picture that I have shot at the upper terrace which is at a few meters from Bivi Razaia Masjid, a small mosque, located in the chawk of Varanasi (Benaras).
Up there I know a Muslim family who works on the dyeing process of the famous silk Banarsi sarees.
I like to come there and to walk among the saris which are drying under the sun.
Each time a new color spreads out, like an offer with no restraint to the celestial king of light.
There is a dreamy atmosphere which takes me somewhere over the Silk road like in a ghazal by Shujaat Husain Khan...

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Taken in: India / Uttar Pradesh / Varanasi / Godoliya (show map)

Taken on: June 2, 2009

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ18, f/5.6, 1/320 sec, 10mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FZ18
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	10mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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