The Vendor of Sweets, a photo from Andhra Pradesh, South

Photographer's Note

The fierce looking red spirals are 'imarti's.
Imarti: Imarti�(Hindi), Omriti (Bengali) or獱hangri犲n south India, is a dessert invented in慯he Mughal籑itchen and is now popular across the狢ndian Subcontinent犲ncluding袠ajasthan,�West Bengal蟵nd䒷outh India. Imarti is made by deep-frying抦rad flour�batter in a kind of circular flower shape, then soaked in sugar syrup and flavoured with cloves etc. The frying medium for the best (and expensive) quality is 'ghee' which is a kind of clarified butter. This modest vendor - who hastened to cover everything with polythene sheets when he spotted me with a camera - would probably use groundnut oil.
Imartis, especially the ghee variety, are really delicious but are often avoided by health fanatics who don't know what they miss.
Photo taken in old town area of Vizag.

pajaran, jhm, ourania, holmertz, Cricri, COSTANTINO has marked this note useful

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lousat (130033) 2014-09-26 2:26

Hi Satya,the sweets after the fish,now the dinner is complete on your table..ehehe..very nice capture,i like your original choice of point of view to show us the colorful people on the street too,very well exposed and caught whit fine detail everywhere! Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

miumiu (6117) 2014-09-26 2:32

Hi Satya,
Very interesting sweets!
l love sweets, so l stopped at your capture immediately.
l have never seen sweets like these. Your note is very useful too.
Thanks for sharing
Nice work!
Agnes

pajaran (102720) 2014-09-26 3:47

Dobar dan, popodne.
Lep pogled na prodavca jela, interesantan tekst o desertu opisom ...
Dobar trenutak snimka i kontrast, lepo pokazan prodavac i tezga sa jelom.
Dobra kompozicija, lepo uhvacen trenutak, lepe boje.
Lepo popodne i sve najbolje za vikend, srecno.
Paja.

Good afternoon, this afternoon.
Nice view of the seller of food, an interesting article about the dessert description ...
Good moment recording and contrast nicely demonstrated vendor and stall with food.
Good composition, well captured the moment, pretty colors.
Nice afternoon and all the best for the weekend, good luck.
Paja.

jhm (203085) 2014-09-26 6:08

Hello Satya,

l have never seen sweets like these, but this is maybe a speciality of your country.
Again a very well picture with perfect sharpness and clarity.
A nice composition, excellent presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

Sergiom (117241) 2014-09-26 6:17

Bonjour Satya,

Une tr鋊 belle sc鋝e de la vie quotidienne chez ces vendeurs de rue. Ici le point de vue nous donne le regard du vendeur sur le client ce qui est tr鋊 diff廨ent.

Amicalement

Serge

Nicou (193806) 2014-09-26 7:13

Hello

Ces ronds rouge je de demande ce que cela est superbe 嶰hoppe de rue quel cadrage avec les personnages en fond superbe vue.
Bravo t amiti�
Nicou

ourania (51103) 2014-09-26 12:46

Hello Satya,
your picture describes the candy stall with stunning precision and also shows a thorough story. The desserts, the details and textures of the stall, the reacting vendor, the surrounding people and the clear view to the street give a lot to the viewer. I like how this quick shot is so well balanced through diagonals of interest and colours. Textures, movement, colours and emotions look strikingly natural. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great weekend,
Ourania

abmdsudi (88597) 2014-09-27 1:49

Namaste Satya
Lovely street shot with some bright colours without being over the top, and they work a treat. The chap doesn't look too pleased though but that's quite a character you've caught. Nice candid well timed, Congrats
Best regards

holmertz (92898) 2014-09-27 3:06

Hello Satya,
I would rather eat fish than sweets, but sweets provide nice colours for a photo. I like your POV from the side giving us a good view of the street, which gives the photo a good depth that I wouldn't normally expect from a picture of a sweets stall. It's funny that the salesman hurried to cover the sweets with plastic sheets. I guess he thought you were a health inspector.
Kind regards,
Gert

Silvio1953 (205826) 2014-09-27 5:44

Ciao Satya, nice market scene, lovely daily life composition with good food, fine details, excellent perspective, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

Cricri (176) 2014-10-05 2:24

Hi Satya
J'aime la prise du c矌� du vendeur, les d彋ails et couleurs des aliments, la vue sur la rue anim嶪s, belle sc鋝e de vie
Good sunday
cricri

COSTANTINO (104245) 2014-10-07 12:03

Hello my dear friend
dynamic shot of this street sweet s vendor
the expression of his face shows his feelings
and his thoughts too when he spotted you with
your camera as you described that moment
he tryied to cover everything wth
polythene sheets
nice pov
regards
Costantino

mesutilgim (0) 2014-10-07 12:07

Hello dear Satya,
Another topclass Street scenery of this vendor; taken with good pov.
Alltogether a quite mouthwatering scenery.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

macjake (96157) 2014-10-08 1:33

Hi Satya
its always interesting to view these shots because there's much more to see than just the primary subject.

I enjoy vieing the bg and the secondary subjects too.
lots to see here, a real cultural shot
cheers
craig

Fis2 (155699) 2014-10-08 1:47

Witaj Satya!
I like your scene from the street.
Next interesting picture.
Good colors and sharpness.
Well done.
Have a nice afternoon
Krzysztof

imageme (1790) 2014-10-08 16:41

Hi Satya, I like your POV which lets me see the line of people in end of the street through the opening of the stall. Beautiful colors along with perfect sharpness. Best regards
Anna