Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jayanand, I've enjoyed very much looking at your very good pictures, I've specially liked "Family", "Bathing Tusker" and "Mahout", all of them should be viewed enlarged to enjoy the great quality of your shots. Cheers Lluis El 01/06/2010, a las 18:20, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?: > Kodagu, or Coorg as it used to be known, is a verdant coffee growing > area in South India at the tail end of the Western Ghats, a range of > mountains that run parallel to and just off the west coast of India. > My family had gone for a quick four day holiday early in May, and > these are photographs from the trip. > > This set is from Dubare, an elephant training camp on the banks of the > 800 km long River Cauvery, though Dubare is just 50 km from the > source. The river is venerated as a goddess in South India, and is a > central feature of Hinduism here. The elephant training camp was set > up by the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore to train elephants for > religious and ceremonial duties, and has been in operation for over > 100 years. It is a great place to go because anyone can help bathe the > elephants, and is particularly helpful in introducing young children > to animals so that their fear of animals gets mitigated: > > The ferry across the river: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_106.jpg.html > > Fellow tourists: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_117.jpg.html > > Bathing tusker: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_203.jpg.html > > Mahout: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_265.jpg.html > > Going home: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_301.jpg.html > > Picnic: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_314.jpg.html > > Path (to the toilet actually): > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_316.jpg.html > > River pool: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_326.jpg.html > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information