An old man is on his way back to shore, after immerse himself in the sacred River Ganges. I also went into the river but only a few feet, and I can tell you it was freezing cold,

This is the Rishikesh part of the River Ganges, and it’s not polluted at all – the further down river you get the more polluted it gets – I wouldn’t have gone out in the water if it were polluted.
But the Indian people are used to it, and doesn’t seem to have any problems immersing them self into the water, no matter where on the river they are.

I cloned away a part of another person, who just managed to get in the frame, other than that it’s a color and contrast adjust only photo.

• Camera: NIKON D300
• Shutter speed: 1/2000s
• Aperture: ƒ/5.6
• ISO: 400
• Focal length: 200mm
• Taken: 26 March, 2009

The Old Man and the River Ganges by Bo47 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

2009 Asia Ganges Human India Man Nikkor 18-200mm f:3.5-5.6 Nikon D300 Orange River Walking Water