Kieu-Hanh Vu
February 2025 - Heading to Camel Fest
About the Image(s)
This image was taken last year at Pushkar, Rajasthan, India. We had access 4 days earlier to the camel festival. Pushkar Camel Festival is one of the world’s largest camel trade fairs. More than 30,000 camels are traded during the Pushkar Camel Fair every year.
It’s a fascinating sight, and an opportunity to witness hundreds of camels coming for the festival. The animals as well as the carriages are decorated for camel beauty pageants, and other competitions.
10 comments posted
Hi Kieu-Hanh. India is a fascinating place and this must have been a real highlight of your trip to witness this fair. Certainly a place to capture some fun travel images. The thing I like most about your image is the colors. The gold hues of the sand and the camel play nicely with the colorful wagon and cool greens in the background.
I am, however, bothered by some things about your image. Firstly, the crop is so tight that the camel's head is almost cut off. I'm also bothered by the odd blurring, the three dots and streakiness along the top. There is additional blurring in the upper and lower right sides of the frame. Was this intentional? Sorry to say, but for me, this image doesn't live up to the high quality that I'm used to seeing in your work. Posted: 02/04/2025 17:07:35
I am, however, bothered by some things about your image. Firstly, the crop is so tight that the camel's head is almost cut off. I'm also bothered by the odd blurring, the three dots and streakiness along the top. There is additional blurring in the upper and lower right sides of the frame. Was this intentional? Sorry to say, but for me, this image doesn't live up to the high quality that I'm used to seeing in your work. Posted: 02/04/2025 17:07:35
Hi Michael,
I appreciate and agree with your comments. The crop is too tight on the left because there were too persons carrying their buckets passing by the head of the camel. The three dots on the sky are flying birds,and the blurred corners are unintentional.
For photojournalism, I can only crop the image but cannot remove the blurred three dots. I will put into consideration to use generative fill to expand the left frame and correct other distracting elements if I want to use this image in open section. Posted: 02/11/2025 15:59:02
I appreciate and agree with your comments. The crop is too tight on the left because there were too persons carrying their buckets passing by the head of the camel. The three dots on the sky are flying birds,and the blurred corners are unintentional.
For photojournalism, I can only crop the image but cannot remove the blurred three dots. I will put into consideration to use generative fill to expand the left frame and correct other distracting elements if I want to use this image in open section. Posted: 02/11/2025 15:59:02
Kieu-Hanh, I've never been to India but imagine a camel fest would be incredible. I agree with Michael that the camel head and dots and streaking are distracting. You might consider cropping the top and using PDS Generative Fill to add content to the left side. Posted: 02/06/2025 02:13:42
Thanks for your comments, Andres! Please see my responses to Michael. Posted: 02/11/2025 16:00:27
Kieu-Hanh, your trip to India and the camel festival sound amazing. The cart with its canopy and all the bright colors of the blankets communicate the excitement and traditions of the festival. I too noticed the closeness of the crop by the camel's head. Was there a reason that you needed to crop tightly on that side? I know it's sometimes hard to get a quick shot when there's a lot of action and a crowd. Posted: 02/06/2025 16:46:36
Thanks for your comments, Ruth! Please see my responses to Michael. Posted: 02/11/2025 16:01:25
What an adventure! I played around with generative expand and rotating the image a bit. To be honest, I wasn't satisfied with the result, so I didn't share it. You might have some fun playing a bit more with the image. Posted: 02/10/2025 20:22:43
Thanks for your comments, Robert! Please see my responses to Michael. Posted: 02/11/2025 16:02:06
Kieu-Hanh, I admire your images depicting all of your travels! I have never been to India but I imagine it is fascinating and colorful. I hear it can overwhelm all the senses. This image captures the camel and riders well. I do agree with Michael's comments and I saw your response...understandable why the crop is so tight. Posted: 02/17/2025 00:49:53
Camels are one of. my favorite animals. Having seen a number of film is which they do the work and are so good about it, on my bucket list was to ride on a camel. My age now precludes this unfortunately, I think yo u took an excellent shot of the the lovely lady on the camel with the. house of great decoration being pulled behind. The colors which are predominantly of yellow tones are appropriate for the geographic area. I guess you didn't have time to take a lot of shots of this particular camel as his head is a little too close to the edge for my comfort. Otherwise, charming and what a set of photo opportunities you must have had. Posted: 02/19/2025 23:07:13