Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice multicultural image, Jayanand. I see Sonny already explained what a pumpkin run refers to. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Feb 4, 2012, at 5:07 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > A couple of days ago I went for a walk to try and photograph birds in a > notified wetland that surrounds my house from the road, as no visitors are > allowed inside the protected area. The birds were too far away, but I got > this Shulmanesque figure walking down the road, with the incongruous > combination of a large, almost defiant mark on the forehead, which depicts > him as a devotee of the Hindu god Vishnu, and a typical T Shirt from the > USA that denotes a "Pumpkin Run" (whatever that might be!. I was also taken > up with the curious child just behind him, who was probably wondering what > I was doing, because I was some distance away. The photo is not tack sharp > mainly because this was taken after sundown, with a Nikon D7000 and the AF > 180mm f2.8 with a 2x Kenko Teleconverter (effective 540mm in 35mm terms), > handheld at 1/125 at ISO3200. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/People/Poonga_20120202_152.jpg.html > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >