Street Side Shop Selling Chicken - Candid Pictures from Calcutta (India)
June 14th, 2008 |
Ranjay Mitra |
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Street side shops are an extremely common scene in almost all of Asian countries. The same holds true for Calcutta, one of the oldest & most populous metropolis on the eastern part of India. In the early morning, between 6 AM till about 10 AM every morning, farmers & vendors with garden fresh vegetables & fresh poultry would line up along the streets selling their wares to the city residents.
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We were driving by through one of the busiest parts of Kolkata at around 10:00 AM. As the market was winding up for the morning, we found this poultry vendor selling his last stock of chicken. Lately the city was worried with cases of bird flu reported at random. Vendors & poultry farmers have to take extra precaution to make sure that their chickens are not infected. Although prices are almost fixed for meat & poultry, the picture shows a buyer examining the chicken while it is being cleaned & packaged.
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The picture was taken on hand held Nikon D200 with a wide angle lens in available fluorescent light without any flash light. The cropping & minor color temperature correction was done using Adobe Photoshop.
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