Festival of Colours

On 19th Match, 2011, people of India, will be celebrating Holi, or the

the Festival of colors. People sprinkle coloured water and powders,

ushering in Spring.

Very beautiful image and the about given it a very interesting appearance, your exposure here is so effective and so well balanced while the details are so sharp and the colors are so vivid.

Thank you my friend for sharing it and wishing you all of the best.

this potpourri of color embodies the very spirit of the festival... a riotous celebration with bhaang (a local narcotic)... and the anand tandava of Shiva... a celebration of life

really very beautiful composition of the colors..congrats.regards.

So colorful! A pleasure to look at it! Congratulations A.K.!

Cheers!

PDE

Happy Holi. Raag korechhen naki, ekdom dekhchhen na. bhalo achhen to?

Rashed, original shot was sharp. I have worked on the image,trying to give an impression of spraying of coloured water from different directions.

Rajat, thank you for feedback. I do not disagree with what you wrote. That is darker and degenerated version of popular  Holi Festival. You should see Vasanta Utsav at Santiniketan or Holi played in the dignified  traditional way.

Mehmet, thank you very much for your encouragement  and support.

Pierre, many thanks , dear friend.

Kaushik, Oh, No! See you once in blue moon:-)

Very nice creative work, Amal!

Sorry, deri kore fellam. Asha kori Holi khub enjoy korechen :-).

Regarding the picture nothing much to say as already commented by all greats :-).

My best regards.

Kallol

Ruud, thank you very much,dear friend.

Jack, It is Spring in India.Nature and  man are celebrating with colors. I tried to portray that eclectic festival.

Kallol, I have not played with colors, for several decades. I spend a quiet day, listening to  music on the day of Holi.

This is a really spectacular color explosion.....

Very original and creative presentation......!!!

Hi A.K.

Amazing abstract. The colors are so joyfull and beautifull. Congrats.

Cosmin

Life never ceases to amaze. While we shared the deep sorrow of our brethren in the earlier image we are now celebrating the advent of spring which represents new life with this colourful image.The hues of this  image will certainly fill our lives with joy and happiness much needed at this juncture. Great creation.

Fantastic composition of colors. Regards.

Karolos, thank you very much for your encouraging feedback.

Cosmin, many thanks for your observation, dear friend.

Amrit, I agree with you. I was not in a mood to celebrate Holi. But Nature was celebrating it with colors in trees.

Sumon, your appreciation & support is a motivating factor me.

On its own, the photo is interesting. With the background information, it acquires the importance of its heritage. And for me, it brings back cherished memories of my school. I attended a fine school in New York from grades 1 through 12 where Art was a required course throughout. We used oil and another liquid (I can't remember what) to create an emulsion that was transferred to paper, dried and then used to make covers for our text books. They looked so much like this  that your photo brought a tear to my eye.

Thanks for shairng -

Alberta

I see this on two levels: 1, something akin to understanding a component of the human genome project and 2, on an artistic level I see a large flower with petals forming a large portion of the image. Should be hung prominently in a gallery.