Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Central Chennai is by and large fine, our area, for example, is dry as a bone - the city expanded by building on reclaimed lake beds and swamps, and they have been inundated - as much by our storage lakes overflowing, and the water channels consequently breaching their banks, as the rainfall per se. Thanks for enquiring Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Jayanand. And glad to hear you're OK, the flooding in Chennai > sounds awful. > --Peter > > On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 7:46 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> That kabab looks like what we call a malai kabab (marinated in cream >> with herbs before cooking)! >> >> I like the first photograph as well. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> >> wrote: >> > While based in Seville, we took a bus tour to Granada and the Alhambra. >> > Being with a tour group has its advantages and disadvantages. We didn't >> have >> > to drive, deal with multiple forms of public transit or hassle with the >> > labyrinthine ticketing procedures. And we had two wonderful, informative >> > guides. But we were always in a large group of people. Getting a decent >> > picture sometimes involved maneuvers worthy of news photographers at a >> major >> > event, which went against my usual code of politeness. Even so, I still >> > sometimes had to clone out a person who pushed in front of me just as I >> > tripped the shutter, or do a Hand of God burning-in. I guess I'll never >> > work for Reuters. >> > >> > The "old town" is built on a very steep hill. Let's start there. >> > >> > Old Granada street: >> > < >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/23397666132/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >> > >> > Tea, anyone? >> > < >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/23480047756/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >> > >> > The Alhambra from Old Granada. We ate here, with approximately this >> > view. >> > < >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/23506186635/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >> > >> > Door >> > < >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/22877860664/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >> > >> > (Very) steep street: >> > < >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/22877860664/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >> > >> > Kabob: >> > < >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at >> N04/23210413900/in/dateposted-public/lightbox/ >> > >> > >> > Olympus E-M5 and 25/1.4 Leica/Panasonic Summilux (first) or 20/1.7 >> Panasonic >> > (the rest). Enjoy! >> > --Peter >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information