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Awais Yaqub

I hope you will enjoy photos my littel effort to show what Pakistan actually looks like Visiting orignal places from where these people live will actually take one's whole life so these are from festival going on here. But i asure you makeups,dances,cloths,carvings,music is part of daily life in these areas not abondand at all :thumb But may be soon if world keeps going on ....:rolleyes

From where should we start :scratch

A performers from Sindh Sindh is door of Islam in Subcontinent

She sang really a sweet song



He was dancing to the music



What a poetry she sang it was really sad rumantic song:cry but here vocals were beautiful and a lot people clapped for her


Now where we shall go :scratch

Ok here is Chitral [FONT=&quot]some people may know highest polo ground and some know it for Kalash valley. And most important Alexander the great he passed from here some of his buddies left here and here they are now :ivar
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Some art work they do this is there part of living all hand work



Here is how it is made



After work we are tired let go for how people there entertain





Look at his veins :huh



Ok now lets go to :scratch yeah Punjab It is my land and land of 5 rivers Punj=5 Ab =water





Some kids things


I am cutting it short all photos are in Gallery about 75
Here is Danger Zone i.e Balochistan Brave and very hospitable people
i ate food there :ivar



Here is some weapons they used in old times

few hundred years old turtle shell and sword





Some music



House


NWFP Another danger zone these days people are very hospitable
famous Dnce of Swords these guys were very fast




Now lets see what deserts of Pakistan offers
Each bit of cloth is sewed sepratly by hand all colors are different bits

foot wear wore by whole Pakistan


A performer no things on head are not joined they are balanced and he was dancing :huh



Now we shell go to Balochistan's areas near sea my flash rechared and it was nearly built :wink



here they are in finised




Here is dance and balance !


Some random photos

here is salt lamps ! we have Whole Mosque built with Salt ! with bulbs inside



Nice photo frames at end ?!!!!



Now give me a break i am going to bed here can be seen all 75 photos larg size

http://awais.smugmug.com/gallery/2107820

any suggestion becausei will revisit it ? relating composition i used sony H5 nothing can be done for bluring background or :rolleyes

Dramatapix®

WOW... Awais... what a beautiful set of pictures. So colorful... so much heritage and history. Thank you for sharing these.

justME

Thank you for sharing these wonderful, colorful, images. WOW the colors!! The bead work is so intricate and fine. You really captured the spirit of the festival.

wxwax

Man, I just love these travelogues of yours, Awais.

This is wonderful stuff. Thanks so much for taking the time to post and to explain!

mr peas

awesome awais. i enjoyed them!

ChrisJ

These are fantastic, Awais! A nice peek into Pakistani culture. :ivar

Photographically, the two that really stand out to me are the first one (looks like it could be a magazine cover), and the finished pots.

I also really like the turtle shield and swords, and the chickens made me laugh.

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jdryan3

Great colors and a true sens of being there. I liked the 2 motion shots of the Punjab and the Dancing Swords. Plus I learned today Punjab is 5 Rivers:D

TristanP

Great series, Awais. Thanks for sharing.

cornerketch

Outstanding shots.. I really appreciate your pictures

Thanks

System

wow awais-

neat colors and comp and great subject matter; very interesting-


I think you've done a really great job here-

GREAPER

Wonderful pictures/ Thanks for sharing your culture.

gus

Now thats what i wanted to see mate Great to see what you see.

Richard

Fascinating series, Awais. Great color and expressions, especially on the musicians. I just love that group shot.

What is life like as a tourist in Pakistan?

Regards,

Awais Yaqub

rsinmadrid wrote:

Fascinating series, Awais. Great color and expressions, especially on the musicians. I just love that group shot.

What is life like as a tourist in Pakistan?

Regards,

Thanks Every Buddy

Richard life as tourist is great :ivari see a lot tourists all around Pakistan never saw them having trouble

JenGrace

I enjoyed your pictures and information. It's always interesting to learn about other parts of our world.

cdonovan

Beautiful Job..the colors are soo beautiful..thank you for sharing!:D

Antonio Correia

Nice pictures Awais.
At the beginning the colours and the shapes look like India, where I have been some years ago.
Of course Pakistan has his own culture and habits, but sometimes countries with the same border share some culture from old times.

Good work Awais, good work.
I'll go and have a look to the other photos.
All the best.

Seefutlung

Hey Awais - Nicely done. I enjoyed seeing your Pakistan. Just some remarks. You have a bit too much background in focus. This tends to get distracting. I suggest shooting at a lower F/Stop ... 2.8 or 4 for most of your shots. In some cases a longer focal length would help isolate the principal subject from the background.

Gary

DavidS

Nice shots. Beautiful clothing. Thanks for sharing.

Awais Yaqub

Antonio Correia wrote:

Nice pictures Awais.
At the beginning the colours and the shapes look like India, where I have been some years ago.
Of course Pakistan has his own culture and habits, but sometimes countries with the same border share some culture from old times.

Good work Awais, good work.
I'll go and have a look to the other photos.
All the best.

Antonio 60 Years ago both were same countries and people and culture are quite similer ! As Sindh and Punjab meat their bordars with India infect india also have Punjab
Thanks for looking and loving

Awais Yaqub

Seefutlung wrote:

Hey Awais - Nicely done. I enjoyed seeing your Pakistan. Just some remarks. You have a bit too much background in focus. This tends to get distracting. I suggest shooting at a lower F/Stop ... 2.8 or 4 for most of your shots. In some cases a longer focal length would help isolate the principal subject from the background.

Gary

Thanks Gary you are right but nothing happens when i shoot portraits unless i zoom at full 12x when i zoom Aperture goes to 3.7 it was quite difficult as there were a lot people so i had to go closer for portraits

Thanks for suggestion i wll go again there and try it

And thanks everybuddy for looking !

BigAl

Great series Awais! Thanks for sharing!

Awais Yaqub

BigAl wrote:

Great series Awais! Thanks for sharing!

I am glad you enjoyed it :ivar

Dee

Very nice
I really enjoyed your view of your country. That hand work must take a lot of patience and time to make shoes, etc.

I have the Sony F828 (well I will again when it's back from repair) and it is very difficult to get the background blurred, especially in scenes like you posted.

I bet you really enjoy the zoom on the H5 however!!!

Awais Yaqub

Dee wrote:

I really enjoyed your view of your country. That hand work must take a lot of patience and time to make shoes, etc.

I have the Sony F828 (well I will again when it's back from repair) and it is very difficult to get the background blurred, especially in scenes like you posted.

I bet you really enjoy the zoom on the H5 however!!!

Thanks Dee i agree with you bluring background in these cams i dont know about 828

photogmomma

Wonderful narrative and fantastic shots! Thank you for sharing your culture with us!

DavidTO

Awais,

It's so great to see what the world looks like in your corner of it! Thanks for not only sharing your pictures, but for taking the time to explain what's going on for us.

Fred W

Awais,

Your pictures are truely a joy to view. They are a wonderful display of Pakistan culture. GREAT JOB !!!!!

Awais Yaqub

Thanks Andi,David and Fred :Dalways love to hear from you

Bakat

Awais,
As always your pictures are exceptional! It is one of my lifes dreams to travel to Pakistan (with my camera of course), thank you for sharing your part of Pakistan with me!
Kat

Seneca

Oh my gosh that pottery is so beautiful - I know if I went there I'd would take hundreds of pictures and also bring back some pottery.

Your pictures are beautiful...what a beautiful story they tell.