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Every Dawn

"Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close."
(John Ruskin - leading English art critic of the Victorian era, watercolourist, social thinker and philanthropist, 1819-1900)

On a February morning at dawn, this lady came to take a bath and worship in the holy waters of the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras).
Her natural beauty and elegance were stricking, she was happy and even though her face was bearing the lines of life she was reflecting the embodiment of gracefulness and of a solar soul...

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Taken in: India / Uttar Pradesh / Varanasi / Godoliya (show map)

Taken on: February 13, 2012

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ18, f/3.6, 1/100 sec, 17.5mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FZ18
Aperture:	f/3.6
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	17.5mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Macintosh)
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