Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Love this set especially the chicken boys ric On Oct 15, 2013, at 7:21 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > We went to Kozhi (Chicken) Market on a Photo Walk last Saturday - an > informal market where birds, dogs, rabbits and other such pets are > sold, and which is supposed to have been taking place at this spot for > over 100 years (who knows?). The problem is that most of the stuff > sold there borders on the illegal - the cocks are fighting cocks for > the most part (cock fighting is illegal in this country on paper), a > lot of the other birds sold as pets are in contravention of the > Wildlife Protection Act, and I even saw Australian Cockerels > available. It is also jam packed with humans - as it was the first > time for me, I did some trust building with the sellers (there were > streaks of covert minor hostility apparent here and there), checked > the lay of the land, got a feel for the place, all with an intention > to return - and took very few photographs: > > Piebald Cock: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Kozhi-20131013-045.jpg.html > > Pigeons: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Kozhi-20131013-024.jpg.html > > Puppy: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Mischennai/Kozhi-20131013-075.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information