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The Way
The Way
Joey Lawrence


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Camera: Canon EOS-5D
Lens: Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
Location: Varnasi, India
Galleries: Travel, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: Feb 23, 2007

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Comments: 4
Favorites: 2 (view)

Breaking the wheel of karma samsara is no easy task. Varanasi residents float these lotus flower candles out upon the holy Ganga River for good karma.

She is in a trance, swirling her fire in the air- waiting for the sun to rise the same way it does everyday. When it does, she will bathe in the Ganga and wash away sins of past lives.

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11/12/2007 11:52:43 AM
goodman just showed me this. WOW - so beautiful. and NO it does not need to be sharpened. The softness is powerful and works with the subject. That lighting is to die for.
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04/05/2007 12:36:33 AM
could use a little sharpening, joey, well done, though.
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04/04/2007 02:56:22 PM
Fabulous light.
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02/24/2007 03:06:58 AM
this is so beautiful joey.
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