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Evening on 2nd Cross Street

February 24, 2023February 23, 2023 David Blacker2 Comments

Pedestrians, traffic, and pavement hawkers vie for space in Colombo’s major bazaar, the Pettah. January 2023.

^{• 35mm • f/4 • 1/125 • ISO800 • R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

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Posted in explorations, life, people, street, urbanTagged 14-35mm, 2nd Cross Street, black and white photography, black&white, busy, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, city street, Colombo, dusk, evening, life in the city, monochrome, naattami, pedestrians, people, Pettah, R6, Sri Lanka, street, street photography, streets of Colombo, twilight, urban

Rush, Rush, Rush

February 7, 2023February 6, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/img_0660.jpg — Daylight begins to fade on Prince Street, in Colombo’s Pettah area. January 2023.

^{• 14mm • f/4 • 1/125 • ISO2500 • R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Posted in explorations, life, people, street, urbanTagged 14-35mm, black and white photography, black&white, busy, Canon, Canon Asia, Canon Sri Lanka, city street, Colombo, life in the city, monochrome, naattami, pedestrians, people, Pettah, porter, Prince Street, R6, scooter, Sri Lanka, street, street photography, streets of Colombo, urban, walking

Street Vendor, Maharagama, Sri Lanka

November 29, 2019June 10, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Textile Vendor, Maharagama, Sri Lanka by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — A vendor sells hand towels on the busy streets of Maharagama, a southeastern suburb of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo. April 2018.

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Posted in explorations, life, people, street, urbanTagged 24-105mm, 6D, businessman, busy, crowded, everyday Sri Lanka, life in Colombo, life in the city, Maharagama, markets of Colombo, Pamunuwa, portrait photography, portraits, salesman, Sri Lanka, street, street market, street photography, street portrait, street portraiture, street vendor, streets of Colombo, textile bazaar, urban life

Choosing Mangoes, Manning Market, Pettah

November 26, 2019June 10, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Choosing Mangoes by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — An elderly businesswoman examines mangoes in Colombo’s largest wholesale produce market; the Manning Market, Pettah, April 2018.

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Posted in explorations, life, people, street, urbanTagged 24-105mm, 6D, busy, buying and selling, Colombo, crowded, fruit, life, life in Colombo, life in the city, mangoes, Manning Market, markets of Colombo, people, Pettah, shopping, Sri Lanka, street, street market, street photography, streets of Colombo, travel, travel photography, urban, urban life, urban living, wet market

Night in the City

December 19, 2018June 22, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Jampettah Street and St Anthony's Kochchikade #2 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — Jampettah Street and St Anthony’s Kochchikade. Colombo, Sri Lanka. September 2018.

Posted in explorations, life, people, street, urbanTagged 24mm, 600D, busy, church, Colombo, Colombo by night, crowded, evening, Jampettah Street, Kotahena, life in Colombo, life in the city, motorcycle, night streets, nighttime, people, rider, Sri Lanka, St Anthony's Kochchikade, street photography, streets of Colombo, taxis, traffic, travel, trishaws, tuk tuks, urban life

Strike a Pose

October 18, 2018June 23, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Bazaar, Maharagama, Sri Lanka by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — Maharagama Textile Bazaar, April 2018.

Posted in explorations, life, people, street, urbanTagged 24-105mm, 6D, bazaar, busy, city, city life, crowd, crowded, life, Maharagama, market, people, poseur, posing, shopping, Sri Lanka, street photography, streets of Colombo, urban, urban life

Dawn at the Manning Market, Pettah

October 12, 2018June 23, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Manning Market, Colombo, Sri Lanka #14 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — One of the largest wholesale fruit and vegetable markets in Sri Lanka, the Manning Market, in the Pettah area of Colombo, is at its busiest at daybreak. April 2018.

Posted in explorations, life, people, street, urbanTagged 24-105mm, 6D, black&white, busy, buyers, buying, Colombo, consumers, crowd, crowded, fruit market, indoor market, Manning Market, monochrome, people, Pettah, selling, Sri Lanka, street photography, travel, vegetable market, vendors, wholesale, wholesale market

Off-Duty Naattamis, at the Manning Market, Pettah

September 12, 2018June 24, 2020 David Blacker2 Comments

Manning Market, Colombo, Sri Lanka #21 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — Their heavy lifting done for the day, two naattamis — the Sri Lankan version of stevedores or longshoremen — head out of Pettah’s famous Manning Market. Colombo, Sri Lanka. April 2018.

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Maradana Junction

March 30, 2018July 6, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Looking East towards Maradana #8 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — The Maradana Railway Station (in the centre of the photo), built in 1908, and the Elphinstone Theatre (extreme left), built in 1916, are two of Maradana’s most enduring landmarks. Shot, facing east, from the 350m tall Lotus Tower. Colombo, Sri Lanka. March 2018.

Posted in cityscapes, explorations, landscapes, urbanTagged 24-105mm, 6D, aerial view, bird's eye view, busy, city, cityscape, Colombo City, crowded, downtown, Elphinstone Theatre, landscape, Lotus Tower, Maradana Junction, Maradana Railway Station, panorama, Sri Lanka, traffic

Late Afternoon on Unawatuna Beach, Sri Lanka

January 12, 2018July 1, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Unawatuna Beach, Sri Lanka, in the Afternoon #1 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com — January 2018.

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