Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/25

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Subject: [Leica] Marina Beach
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:23:05 -0500
References: <AANLkTimrnczUAh23u+KkAeKgZNYTZB-3Nnks-E6Vwvcu@mail.gmail.com>

Fascinating!  You live in a very photogenic place.  I love the silhouette of
the policeman.  All of the shadows are very, very dark, but I guess that's
the bright Indian sun.  I'm sure the details are there in the shadows to be
pulled out.

Tina

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> The last two weeks have been quite hectic photography wise, and I have been
> on the streets and beaches of Chennai quite often, trying to photograph the
> celebration of the harvest festival of Pongal around town, which runs over
> a
> couple of weeks. These are from Marina Beach, on one of the days of the
> festival called Kaanum Pongal, when normally 250,000 people congregate here
> to enjoy the carnival like atmosphere. This year, however, there were very
> few people, I really don't know why! All shots taken on an Nikon D700 with
> a
> 15 year old AF85mm f1.8 lens:
>
> Double Pose:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_018-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Teenagers:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_170-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Interaction:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_087-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Shootout:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_184-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Fast Food:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_188-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Dusk:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_196-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Cop:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_154-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Lookout:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_148-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Coast Guard:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/PSM+Pongal_20110117_102-Edit.jpg.html
>
> C&C, as always, welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


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