Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for everyone who took a look, and to Sonny for the explanation of what, to me, was a mystery! Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 7:59 AM, scleroplex <scleroplex at gmail.com> wrote: > perfect!! > > a few more years of hair loss and i could be him! > :-) > bharani padmanabhan iyengar > > > > Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 09:37:41 +0530 > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > Subject: [Leica] Pedestrian > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Message-ID: > <CAH1UNJ27yASdYoFW+NU=5Ndj6-sSdhuKsYx9mDtusgxVpw8orA at > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 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 >