Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Obviously can ONLY be taken by a Leica M9 and the 90/2 AA. See how sharp it is?!! (* satire * I know what gears Jayanand normally uses and I have a few of his superb prints through the Print Exchange as well) On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Montie Talbert <montoid at earthlink.net>wrote: > Just superb, Jayanand! Do you mind sharing some tech details, > camera, lens etc? Thanks! > > Montie > > > > >On Aug 20, 2010, at 12:26 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I had gone into the rainforests of the Western Ghats mountain range, > > at a place called Valparai in Tamil Nadu (the state which I belong to, > > and stay in), mainly to see the endemic flora and fauna (including > > leeches!) during the monsoons. At a beautiful view point - the day was > > very wet and overcast, so the landscape shots had to wait for another > > day - I met this man, Velu, who claimed to have seen Murugan, one of > > the Hindu pantheon of Gods at this spot in 1983. Since then, for the > > last 27 odd years, he has been coming to this spot at 11am to extol > > the glory of God. This has become a part of local folklore, so much so > > that the spot is nowadays officially called "Seen God". Here is Velu > > explaining to us the circumstances under which he saw Murugan. There > > are psychological connotations as well - "Vel" means spear in Tamil, > > and Murugan is always depicted with a spear in traditional religious > > iconography, and Velu is a popular name for the God. He seemed > > slightly unbalanced in a peaceful sort of way, but he spoke good > > English as well as Tamil, which probably shows an educated background. > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Rainforest/_JGR3863bBWP2.jpg.html > > > > C & C always welcome! > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]