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With Every Dawn

“Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.”
(John Ruskin - English Writer, 1819-1900)

At dawn, I took this picture along the Ganges at Assi Ghat in Varanasi (Benaras).
This lady was draping her silk sari after taking a bath in the holy waters melting with silver and gold at that peculiar hour.
This graceful choregraphy could be a kind of unconscious ritual which helps to face the new day starting as if it was a new beginning of life.
After all there is a new beginning coming with every dawn.
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Taken in: India / Uttar Pradesh / Varanasi / Jawahar Nagar (show map)

Taken on: June 3, 2010

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ18, f/4.0, 1/200 sec, 13.3mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FZ18
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	13.3mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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