Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to everyone for looking and commenting. This is going as my monthly submission for a Digital Black & White Print Exchange I belong to! The equipment used was a Nikon D300 with AF-S VR 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens at 70mm. The settings were 1/350 at f4 at ISO 200. The RAW file was processed in Adobe Camera Raw. Some cropping, contrast adjustments and a little colour balancing were done with Photoshop CS4; conversion to black and white and the toning were done with Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro, and sharpening was done using Photokit Sharpener. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Montie Talbert <montoid at earthlink.net> wrote: > Just superb, Jayanand! ?Do you mind sharing some tech details, > camera, lens etc? ?Thanks! > > Montie > > > >>On Aug 20, 2010, at 12:26 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >>wrote: > >> I had gone into the rainforests of the Western Ghats mountain range, >> at a place called Valparai in Tamil Nadu (the state which I belong to, >> and stay in), mainly to see the endemic flora and fauna (including >> leeches!) during the monsoons. At a beautiful view point - the day was >> very wet and overcast, so the landscape shots had to wait for another >> day - I met this man, Velu, who claimed to have seen Murugan, one of >> the Hindu pantheon of Gods at this spot in 1983. Since then, for the >> last 27 odd years, he has been coming to this spot at 11am to extol >> the glory of God. This has become a part of local folklore, so much so >> that the spot is nowadays officially called "Seen God". Here is Velu >> explaining to us the circumstances under which he saw Murugan. There >> are psychological connotations as well - "Vel" means spear in Tamil, >> and Murugan is always depicted with a spear in traditional religious >> iconography, and Velu is a popular name for the God. He seemed >> slightly unbalanced in a peaceful sort of way, but he spoke good >> English as well as Tamil, which probably shows an educated background. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3863bBWP2.jpg.html >> >> C & C always welcome! >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >