Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, Thanks for looking. No walk today - it was raining in the morning... Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > You certainly built trust with the pigeon sellers, it seems. The guy with > the puppy looks a bit menacing! I can see that it is worth investing some > time in this place. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 15, 2013, at 1:21 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information