Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/15

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Subject: [Leica] Kozhi Market
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 07:44:12 -0400
References: <CAH1UNJ1544_H6Wbb=M6QtJF540vBGXA7vwjU6qKH6LsJUhbXSA@mail.gmail.com>

Love this set

especially the chicken boys

ric


On Oct 15, 2013, at 7:21 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> We went to Kozhi (Chicken) Market on a Photo Walk last Saturday - an
> informal market where birds, dogs, rabbits and other such pets are
> sold, and which is supposed to have been taking place at this spot for
> over 100 years (who knows?). The problem is that most of the stuff
> sold there borders on the illegal - the cocks are fighting cocks for
> the most part (cock fighting is illegal in this country on paper), a
> lot of the other birds sold as pets are in contravention of the
> Wildlife Protection Act, and I even saw Australian Cockerels
> available. It is also jam packed with humans - as it was the first
> time for me, I did some trust building with the sellers (there were
> streaks of covert minor hostility apparent here and there), checked
> the lay of the land, got a feel for the place, all with an intention
> to return - and took very few photographs:
> 
> Piebald Cock: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Kozhi-20131013-045.jpg.html
> 
> Pigeons: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Kozhi-20131013-024.jpg.html
> 
> Puppy: 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Kozhi-20131013-075.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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