Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com