Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, I think you have covered the high moments, very strong impressive images, really impressive. The Spanish people still have some ancestral traditions as ?El Toro de la Vega?, warn you that the images are very hard: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oqd_vgfmlc> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxUbpPpWJxA> Cheers Lluis El 16/08/2014, a las 08:09, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> escribi?: > I was wondering whether to post photos of a Hindu religious festival with a > lot of pagan rituals, obviously retained from our animistic past, that a > three of us had gone to last Sunday, with women prancing about in a trance > on dirt tracks red with blood, gory images of very casual and > matter-of-fact animal sacrifices, all in the narrow lanes around the > tranquil environs of a quiet temple - it was some contrast! All this, not > hidden away in some backwater, but bang in the middle of a city of 8 > million people! Unfortunately, I had taken my Fuji mirrorless system, which > was totally inadequate for the speed of the action taking place, as well as > the crowds milling around getting in the way - an effective, fast > continuous shooting mode was absolutely necessary. The situation cried out > for my Nikon D4 with a 16-35, but I suppose there is always next year! > Anyway, here are a few shots - all the action happens around noon, so the > lighting is very harsh, that cannot be avoided. A warning - some of the > photographs are quite explicit and graphic: > > The quiet Koyambedu Sivan Temple: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Koyambedu-20140810-202.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Koyambedu-20140810-084.jpg.html > > The festival procession: > > Procession: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Koyambedu-20140810-041.jpg.html > > Women in a Trance: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Koyambedu-20140810-049.jpg.html > > Blood on the Tracks: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Koyambedu-20140810-066.jpg.html > > Chicken Soup for the Soul: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Koyambedu-20140810-046.jpg.html > > Pastoral Scene: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Koyambedu-20140810-057.jpg.html > > Sacrifice: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Koyambedu-20140810-074.jpg.html > > Goat's Head Soup: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Koyambedu-20140810-076.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information