100 Strangers : No. 95 : Babita by phil_howcroft

100 Strangers : No. 95 : Babita

Well this was almost the "stranger that got away" / "that I couldn't post". Let me explain

I am really good at remembering my strangers story and meeting, but I am not that good at remembering names, so I always enter the name of each stranger into my mobile phone, to ensure I don't forget their name.

So when I got home and looked at my mobile phone for the name of this lady my mobile phone auto corrected her name to "BABIES" !!! I'd carefully checked the name and had showed the name to the lady on my phone, but saving the text obviously automatically generated the auto correct !!!

Well that confused me and I realised I had a problem.

So I decided to google Indian female names beginning with "Bab". It wasn't an easy google name search as I got lots of names.

I selected a few names and added "nottingham indian dancer" to my search and I found Babibta !

So this is my 95th stranger, Babita. Google is quite scary in how it can find information !

I met Babita just before the Nottingham Pride parade was about to start. Babita was warming up on a side street. She was with her daughter (well I assumed it was her daughter, they certainly had a mother daughter feeling about them)


Babita is a trained and qualified Indian dancer and had a prominent role in the parade as she was just behind the marching band near the front of the parade.

I asked Babita if she would stand near the tiled wall of a shop as I thought it would make a good backdrop. Babita struck up a striking pose with her dancing sticks held above her head. However, I wanted to show a close up portrait of Babita, to showcase her amazing make up and jewellery.

Thank you for being stranger number 95 Babita , I hope you like the image if you see it on my photostream.

This picture is number 95 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page

https://www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/

My own strangers can be seen here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/57144254@N08/albums/72157657822400168
Beautiful portrait and good for you, for your clever detective work. I also admire her make up and jewelry. Even the strand of hair in her face adds a special touch.
August 9th, 2017  
Awesome shot
August 9th, 2017  
How did I know this was yours before I saw it was yours.... Fabulous portrait that you had to work extra hard to get. Fav.
August 9th, 2017  
A wonderful portrait of this beautiful dancer ! fav
August 9th, 2017  
Oh gosh - only five left to finish your series! What happens then? I like Babita with all her make up and with that lovely pose. Thanks for sharing. Fav.
August 9th, 2017  
Super image of her, and nice background...fav.
August 9th, 2017  
@allie912 thanks for your lovely words allison :)

@kerristephens cheers kerri

@quietpurplehaze thanks Haze, we all have our trademark styles / genres, I can usually spot pictures my friends have done on ehre too :)


@beryl thanks beryl for your supportive words

@sangwann thanks for your kind words and fave dione :)

@ivan thank you ever so much ivan
August 10th, 2017  
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