Eid Mubarak, after Breaking the Fast in Peshawar, Pakistan

This is the week of the Eid Festival in the Muslim world. What is

left after the sacrifice of the cows, buffalos, sheeps and goats are

the countless skins, which are collected in Peshawar, salted and

stored for further use. Thanks for your feedback and rating. Karl

Great documentary shot. I can't imagine how bad it must have smelled (from my own experience), congrats on getting the shot!

While I am a vegetarian I appreciate your sharing this event, but more importantly I'm happy that I did not get to share the smell. 8-)#

Karl, I like a lot the images you produce with the Xpan and a day this might even trigger a purchase, who knows.

 

This image is great. It has a great documentary feeling, it answers a question I had on the back of my mind about all aspects of this religious occurence, and is technically very well composed and lit.

 

I would just crop off the tiny bit to the right with the fellow looking a bit too much in the camera (cannot do anything with the one in the background though).

 

How cooperative in being photographed were they? Were you around for a while and then asked or what? I am curious about it.

Hi Salvatore, thanks for your interest and appreciation. First about the format: I am preparing a photo exhibition and for this I will have all the panorama photos in the same format. Therefore I have to accept some compromises. For this reason I did not remove the pillar and the man (which round the picture somehow up).

Of course as a foreigner and with the camera in hand I can not move unnoticed in Peshawar. Many people would like to be in the picture. Most of the time children jump in front of the lense. The problem in those very crowded streets is to have a free view on what I would like to have in the picture. And people would be surprised to see how broad the camera view is.

The Hasselbald XPan is really a great camera but it takes me much time to get the photos (send the slides to Karachi, waiting one week, scanning, processing...). Now I have started taking photos with the Canon 5D. What is better a Rolls Royce or a Landcruiser? But I like very much the Hasselblad Panorama format. Karl

great!

gran foto, me gusta mucho el momento y el lugar escogidos.. congratulations...

Muchas gracias, Carlos. Voy a ver sus fotos mas tarde. Karl

Love the composition Karl. Can almost imagine the pungent atmosphere there.