[Leica] Marina Beach

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

> Philippe, Tina, Bob, Ric, Jim, Michiel and Alastair,
>
> Thanks for looking. Philippe it is good to see you have not forgotten your
> Hindi!
>
> A few things - I deliberately processed 'Cop' and 'Coast Guard' as you see
> it to approximate what I was seeing at that time - the first as black with
> small details where the setting sun was hitting him, the second as high
> contrast. There is detail in both the RAW files, and can be brought out.
>
> When you expect a quarter of million people to turn up, you need a lot of
> policemen around - but when they do not turn up it looks excessive. The
> main
> reason for the low attendance was it was a Monday, and a working day. I
> believe the big crowds had turned up on Sunday. Water access was not
> allowed
> because it is impossible to manage such a crowd at water's edge,
> especially
> as the shelf falls away very steeply here, and currents are wicked, and
> accidental drownings are not rare events. You will see very few people
> attempting to swim in the sea on the East Coast of India - the West Coast
> is
> where all the famous beaches and placid seas are.
>
> I am at present debating whether I should get a normal range zoom in lieu
> of
> primes from 24 to 85mm, as Nikon do have a very fine one, the 24-70 f2.8,
> but the weight keeps putting me off from buying it!
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand

I've got that lens in the 'fake' travel cup version - given it for
christmas. Nice size of cup ;-) It does not have VR which would put me off
more.

Cheers

Alastair