Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Jayanand, for this great series, I like the portraits very much as
well as the B&W, you're doing a wonderful job capturing the mood and the
atmosphere of this very specific and unique event.
JM
Jean-Michel Mertz
Strasbourg
> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:43:52 +0530
> From: jayanand at gmail.com
> To: lug at leica-users.org; psm1857 at googlegroups.com
> Subject: [Leica] Kumbh Mela
>
> I finally got around to finishing editing my Kumbh Mela photographs.
> The first few photographs document our going out to take the holy bath
> at the meeting point of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna, called Sangam
> (means confluence in Sanskrit). It was a very auspicious day called
> Vasant Panchami, and in spite of very iffy weather, the estimated
> numbers of pilgrims who had a dip on that day was supposed to be 7-10
> million. A bath during this period at this spot is supposed to wash
> off all your earthly sins:
>
> Starting Point:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-136.jpg.html
>
> First View:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-223.jpg.html
>
> Bathing Ghats:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-242.jpg.html
>
> Sangam:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-250.jpg.html
>
> Boat Boy:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-262.jpg.html
>
> Bath:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-305.jpg.html
>
> Spiritual Cleansing:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-315.jpg.html
>
> Spiritual Cleansing 2:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-333.jpg.html
>
> After the Dip:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-340.jpg.html
>
> Unbroken Lines:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130215-361.jpg.html
>
> Te next set is from the tented village that is put up for forty days
> to house millions, during a brief period of sunshine in an otherwise
> wet and soggy trip:
>
> Pilgrims:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-678.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-464.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-489.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-492.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-575.jpg.html
>
> A little pot session:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-652.jpg.html
>
> Sadhus (Holy Men):
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-476.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-667.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/kumbh/Kumbh_2013-20130217-674.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>
> For what it is worth, as this was a topic of discussion recently on
> the LUG, the whole series taken with the Fuji X-Pro 1 and 18-55mm
> lens.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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