Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand For me these are both great shots, but I find the first has a certain symmetry whilst the second is (for me) confused. As for the colour v mono issue, personally I prefer the colour shot - but then I love the richness of colour in photographs of India in most cases. Keep clicking the shutter! Gerry On 10 Apr 2011, at 05:17, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > The Ranthambhore Fort is a 10th century fort, the second largest in India, > and looms high on a hilltop overlooking the National Park. Even though the > fort is inside the park, there is a functioning temple up there, so > pilgrims > are allowed unfettered access to it during the daylight hours. As I was at > the steps leading to the fort after my morning safari, I saw a group of > colourfully dressed teenagers come down from the fort. As they came to the > bottom, one of the girls kicked a pebble at a group of Hanuman Langur > monkeys: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Ranthambhore_20110305_0902-Edit2.jpg.html > > At once all hell broke loose as the monkeys charged the girls, causing > panic > for a brief while: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Ranthambhore_20110305_0910-Edit2.jpg.html > > I had a lot of trouble processing these shots because of shooting into the > sun in harsh sunlight, leading to pretty dark shadow areas, and high > contrast. Because of this, I have processed one in Colour, and one in Black > & White - which do the viewers prefer? > > C&C, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information