Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad > On 28-Aug-2014, at 12:15 am, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > Regardless of the rest, Sacrifice is an amazing shot?talk about timing! > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On 16 Aug 2014, at 08:09, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information