Boatman from Agra by Shirren Lim

While exploring Northwrn India I stopped at Agra to visit the majestic Taj Mahal. We explored the whole site even up to river behind the Taj. This shot of the boatman was taken one very early morning with the mist still lingering over the area. The boatman turn the boat 360 degeres around with his oar. I waited until I had the Taj behind him and took a few shots.

RICOH GR | Exposure ƒ/8.0 @ 1/160sec | Focal Length 18.3mm | ISO 320
Boatman from Agra by Shirren Lim

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | October 10
Award Score: 69 (Value 12, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 12, Skill 13)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Portraiture Photography
Photograph Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

Photographer: Shirren Lim (Jakarta, Indonesia) Registered
Born in Penang Island, Malaysia, in 1970, Shirren would find herself moving cities over the course of her life. She is now based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Shirren took up photography in 2009, as she thought it would be an interesting habit, later she discovered it as her true passion. Shirren loves portraitures best. To her, the expressions people wear are so beautiful, so telling, so uncovered in their sincerity. With her photo-taking, she tries and does justice to capture humanity in its many forms. Shirren’s work has been described as intense and earthy with her simple composition cutting to the heart of the subject matter. As a child, she had flipped through many of her father’s National Geographic magazines, but it was Steve McCurry’s 1984 “Afghan Girl” that she recall two decades later. That is what she wants to do with her life. She believes, someday, she can able to capture that one moment that could change the world. Her work has appeared in several web and printed magazines.

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