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Subject: [Leica] Kanyakumari
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:19:19 +0530
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George, Douglas, Luis Nathan & Philippe,

Thanks for looking and commenting.

These photographs were actually processed in black & white as they were some
of my submissions in the Digital B&W Print Exchange over the last few
months. I usually tone the prints in a mix of selenium & "Lenswork' warm
(33:67), using a hue blending action in Photoshop. I have now started using
the ABW mode in the Epson driver to get a similar result (10V,4H), while
debating whether it is worth spending an arm and a leg to upgrade to
Imageprint 8 for my Epson 3885 (US$ 715 for an upgrade!)

I actually like living creatures in my photographs, whether humans or
animals. I have decided that I do not really have the imagination to
photograph inanimate objects in a fresh and original manner. Therefore, you
will generally see humans in my photographs, even when I an documenting
architecture, if I can help it.

Cheers
Jayanand


On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:44 PM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at 
sfr.fr>wrote:

> All so graceful and elegant
>
> I love the mix of bamboo-laser, steeples, roman wall architectures
>
> India is the place where my eye and photographic soul rest forever - thank
> you Jayanand for bring her to me.
>
> Amiti?s
> Philippe
>
> PS: very rich BW again - you've found the adequate recipe :-)
>
>
>
> Le 28 d?c. 10 ? 18:45, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit :
>
>
>> Another in my ongoing series of photographs taken around India, this time
>> taken at Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India, which is the
>> confluence
>> of three major seas/oceans - Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.
>> It
>> was formerly called Cape Comorin. As I was getting ready to photograph my
>> wife, Neela, in the centre, I found this tourist getting a little self
>> conscious, so I clicked! The striped wall on the left encloses an ancient
>> temple to Kanya Devi, a virgin goddess who legend has it was stood up by
>> the
>> god Siva on their wedding day, from which the town takes its name. It is a
>> very old town, though a small one, even finding a mention from Ptolemy,
>> who
>> identifies it as a pearl fishing centre.
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/Trivandrum_20100124_0189BW.jpg.html
>>
>> C&C, as always, welcome.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
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