Colors of The Street #2

Some of the things sold on the streets of Bandung. I like the colors and cute shapes of these key chains.


Today, my blogging friend Nobu of Chiba Daily Photo, Japan, and JM of Oeiras and Environs Daily Photo, Portugal, present me and BANDUNG DAILY PHOTO with this wonderful award. Thank you very much for the honor, Nobu and JM.

Now, on to six things that make me happy:
(1) Photography, (2) Blogging, (3) Travelling, (4) Friends, (5)Family, (6) My students. (Note: The numbering does not show order. They make me happy in different ways.)

And asrequired, I'm passing this award to:
(1) My very good friend Michelle of Rambling Woods Less Travelled. I love her nature blog for its reflective and informative contents. I especially love the wonderful quotes she posts everyday.
(2) Omami, Canada, for her beautiful photos and creative presentation.
(3) Livio of Torino Per Imagini for his wonderful photos and creative presentation.
(4) Carrie Hayes of View of You Photography for her wonderful photography.
(5) A new comer in the daily photo blog Share of My Journey for her variety and candid choice of photographic subjects.
(6) My good friend Laurie of South Passadena Daily Photo, California, for her beautiful photos and informative blog.

Colors of The Street

Last week, a couple of photographer friends from other cities came over to Bandung and asked if I could accompany them for a photo hunting. One of them happens to be the kind of photographers who like street scenes (street photography) and the other is one who is more interested in geometry and architectural photography. To accomodate their different interests, I took them to the city center (Jalan Asia Afrika, Alun-alun [The City Square], Jalan Braga, and a couple of different other places around the area where the streets are "alive" and where some of Bandung's most important architectural heritage are located.

The photo hunting tour I gave was quite productive. Each of us could get quite a great number of photographs that we are quite happy with.

I took this photo with my Canon Powershot A510, a small pocket camera that I always have with me. I was interested in the colors of these cheap but attractive belts sold by a street vendor at Alun-alun Bandung (Bandung's city square). I framed tightly to emphasize the interesting color patterns of these belts and deliberately included that card "OBRAL Rp 5.000" to give the photo an informative touch. "Obral" is the Indonesian word for "sale". At the current rate, Rp 5.000 is equal to about 50 cents US dollars. Very cheap indeed for their attractive colors and design.