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Breakfast in Pettah #9

March 15, 2023March 14, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_0200crop.jpg — A potential customer checks his resources before ordering breakfast from a stall on New Moor Street, in Hulftsdorp. October 2022.

^{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/2000 • ISO200 • R6 & RF 35/1.8 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

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Posted in explorations, food, life, people, street, urbanTagged 35mm, Aluthkade, bread, breakfast, buns, candid, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, Colombo, conversation, food stall, Hulftsdorp, Hulsfdorf, life in the city, money, morning, New Moor Street, people, portrait photography, portraits, R6, sarong, so Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, street, street food, street photography, street portrait, street scene, streets of Colombo, urban

Dinner in Pettah

February 22, 2023February 21, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

A kiosk on Keyzer Street provides a light takeaway to weary workers heading for home. Colombo, January 2023.

^{• 35mm • f/4 • 1/125 • ISO4000 • R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Posted in explorations, food, life, people, street, urbanTagged 14-35mm, anytime is teatime, black&white, café, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, city, Colombo, destination Sri Lanka, dinner, dinnertime, dusk, evening, evening tea, Keyzer Street, life in the city, pavement, Pettah, R6, sidewalk, so Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, street, street corner, street food, street photography, streets of Colombo, travel, travel photography, travel Sri Lanka, twilight, urban, visit Sri Lanka

Sometimes Life Gives You Oranges

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/img_0646.jpg — Six for two-hundred bucks, on 2nd Cross Street, Pettah. January 2023.

^{• 35mm • f/4 • 1/125 • ISO1250 • R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Posted in explorations, food, life, people, street, urbanTagged 14-35mm, 2nd Cross Street, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, Colombo, dusk, evening, everyday Sri Lanka, fruit, fruit stall, group portrait, life in the city, markets of Colombo, oranges, people, Pettah, portrait photography, portraits, Sri Lanka, street, street market, street photography, street portrait, street vendors, streets of Colombo, twilight, urban, vendors, young men

Korean BBQ

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/img_8484-copy2.jpg — Beef on the grill at Han Gook Guan, in Colombo. February 2023.

Posted in foodTagged Asian food, Asian kitchen, barbecue, BBQ, beef, Colombo Fort, cooking, food, food and drink, food photography, food porn, fresh food, grilling, Han Gook Gwan, hot food, iPhone SE2, iphoneography, Korean barbecue, Korean cuisine, Korean food, Korean restaurant, meat, pub/bar/restaurant, Sri Lanka, tasty food

Vada Time of the Day

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/img_0643.jpg — A food cart on the corner of Prince and 2nd Cross streets sells deep fried snacks of isso vada (a sort of mini pizza topped with prawns), ulundu vada (a black gram bagel), and rotti, to the evening crush in the Colombo market district of Pettah. January 2023.

^{• 35mm • f/4 • 1/125 • ISO1250 • R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Posted in explorations, food, life, people, street, urbanTagged 14-35mm, 2nd Cross Street, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, city, Colombo, crowded, destination Sri Lanka, food cart, life in the city, people, Pettah, Prince Street, R6, rotti, shopping, so Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, street, street food, street photography, streets of Colombo, travel, travel photography, travel Sri Lanka, urban, vada, vadai, visit Sri Lanka, wadé

A Soupçon of Refreshment

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/img_0671.jpg — Glasses of hot soup are served up from a cart on 3rd Cross Street, for labourers, vendors, and evening shoppers in Pettah. January 2023.

^{• 35mm • f/4 • 1/125 • ISO4000 • R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Posted in explorations, food, life, people, street, urbanTagged 14-35mm, 3rd Cross Street, black and white photography, black&white, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, Colombo, Colombo by night, evening, fast food, food stall, hot food, life in the city, monochrome, night in the city, Pettah, R6, soup, street, street food, street photography, streets of Colombo, urban

Breakfast in Pettah #8

December 19, 2022December 18, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/064a9990b.jpg — A food cart sets up to serve the early morning traffic of shop and office workers on Prince Street, in Pettah. September 2022.

^{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/100 • ISO100 • Canon R6 & RF 35/1.8 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Posted in explorations, food, street, urbanTagged 35mm, breakfast, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, everyday Sri Lanka, fast food, food cart, fresh food, life in the city, Pettah, Prince Street, R6, so Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, street, street food, street photography, streets of Colombo, urban

Breakfast in Pettah #7

December 13, 2022December 12, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

Egg rottis are oiled, stretched, folded, and readied for the hot skillet. Wolfendhal Street, Kotahena. October 2022.

^{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/1000 • ISO400 • R6 & RF35/1.8 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

Posted in activities, explorations, food, life, people, street, urbanTagged 35mm, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, city, Colombo, cook, destination Sri Lanka, eatery, egg rotti, environmental portrait, faces, food, fresh food, hot food, kitchen, Kotahena, life in the city, Pettah, portrait photography, portraits, R6, restaurant, so Sri Lanka, South Asian cuisine, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cuisine, Sri Lankan food, street, street food, street photography, street portrait, streets of Colombo, travel, travel photography, travel Sri Lanka, urban, visit Sri Lanka, Wolfendhal Street, Wolvendaal

Mango Season

December 8, 2022December 7, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_0159.jpg — Mangoes, and the ever-in-season Sri Lankan bananas (or plantains, as they’re commonly called here), being sold from a cart on Central Road, in Wolvendaal, in October 2022.* If you aren’t ready to take them home to ripen to sweetness, a case of exploding mangoes may be instantly had with the liberal sprinkling of chilli and salt.

^{• 24mm • f/2.8 • 1/1000 • ISO200 • R6 & RF24-70/2.8L •}

Posted in explorations, food, life, people, street, urbanTagged 24-70mm, bananas, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, Central Road, Colombo, elderly, environmental portrait, everyday Sri Lanka, fruit, fruit stall, head scarf, life in the city, mangoes, Masangaswediya, pavement, plantains, portrait photography, portraits, R6, senior, sidewalk, small business, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan women, street, street food, street photography, street portrait, streets of Colombo, urban, Wolfendhal, Wolvendaal, working women

Breakfast in Pettah #6

December 7, 2022December 6, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_0094d.jpg — A cook at work on Wolfendhal Street. October 2022.

^{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/125 • ISO160 • R6, with RF35/1.8 from Canon/Metropolitan}

Posted in activities, explorations, food, life, people, street, urbanTagged 35mm, black and white photography, black&white, breakfast, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, city, Colombo, cook, cooking, eatery, eating, environmental portrait, everyday Sri Lanka, food, Hulftsdorf, Hulftsdorp, kadé, Kochchikade, Kotahena, life in the city, monochrome, monochrome portrait, Pettah, portrait photography, portraits, pub/bar/restaurant, R6, Sri Lanka, street, street food, street photography, street portrait, streets of Colombo, urban, urban life, Wolfendhal Street, Wolvendaal, young man

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