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Closing Time on Keyzer Street

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

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/img_0689.jpg — *Shutters begin to fall with the twilight in Pettah, Colombo’s shopping and market district. January 2023.*

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

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 •}

Evening Tea in Pettah

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/img_0677.jpg — *A kiosk on the corner of Keyzer and 3rd Cross streets provides sustenance to shoppers and departing city workers alike. Colombo, January 2023.*

^{• 26mm • f/4 • 1/125 • ISO4000 • R6 & RF14-35/4L •}

Holy Smoke

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/12/img_0051.jpg — A Wolfendhal Street shopkeeper lights a bowl of incense; a daily ritual at the opening of business. The smoke will then be carried through the premises, with the dual purpose of showing devotion to the local deities and driving out out any pests (natural or supernatural) that might have sneaked in during the night. Hulftsdorp, Colombo. October 2022.

^{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/1600 • ISO100 • R6, with RF35/1.8 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan}

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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 •}

Breakfast in Pettah #3

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 David BlackerLeave a comment

https://sonofthemorninglight.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/064a0016.jpg — Rasa and an assistant open their breakfast stall on the corner of Prince and 2nd Cross streets, serving tea and spicy beef and onion sandwiches. Pettah, September 2022. I love the blue wood often seen in these small wayside ’boutiques’. I’ve no idea why blue is popular. Even when I lived in Europe, a blue Ikea bookshelf instantly brought back memories of Mutwal and Kotahena, and I bought it.

^{• 35mm • f/2.8 • 1/200 • ISO400 • Canon R6 & RF 35/1.8 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan.}

Kandyan Girl

January 23, 2019June 19, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Shopkeeper, Main Street, Pettah #2

October 2, 2018June 24, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Red Day

August 13, 2018June 27, 2020 David BlackerLeave a comment

Red Painted Town by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com

In the Corners

September 26, 2016 David BlackerLeave a comment

Corner Sales by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com

An ancient woman sells little daily essentials — from ballpoint pens to Panadol pills to soap and boiled sweets — to office workers from a makeshift stall in the shelter of the Bristol Building, on the corner of Prince and York Streets, in the Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. September 2016.

600D+EFS24/2.8@1/500,f/2.8,ISO400