[Leica] Marina Beach

[afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)]

Very nice slice of life. I like the discipline of using one lens, and I
think it shows here. Double pose is almost triple pose, and a very fine
catch. The short tele makes teenagers more 'compressed' with the
background.

Cheers

Alastair

> 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
>
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