Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Just catching up here, Jayanand. Seems a fascinating place with a huge > amount of fauna, and sadly under threat too per Wikipedia. I like > Synchronicity and Skimming the most. > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" < > jayanand at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" < > psm-1857 at googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 2:18 PM > Subject: [Leica] SHAR Road > > > We are just coming out of the first certified hurricane to hit Chennai >> since 1994, and all utilities were restored late last night after three >> days without power. Around 7500 trees have been uprooted around the city, >> so that our ample green cover resembles a half-rotting green carpet at >> present. No complaints, though, as the rain was sorely required for the >> city's reservoirs - even with this deluge, we are still 50% short of our >> normal annual precipitation. >> >> The funny thing was that 24 hours before the hurricane, with windspeeds >> touching 120 kmph, made landfall, I, together with a couple of friends, >> were peacefully photographing birds at the Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary, in >> the shadow of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikote High Altitude >> Range), our space rocket launching station, barely 15-20 km from where the >> hurricane crossed the coast - so you could say that these were taken in >> the >> shadow of a hurricane.. It was a cool, lightly overcast morning, so we >> kept >> photographing till almost 11 am before returning to our homes, a couple of >> hours back by road. The light was a bit dull early on, making for good >> minimalist photographs, before brightening up very evenly, perfect for >> colour later on. The water level in the lake was alarmingly low, as can be >> most clearly seen in the photograph entitled "Conversation", with vast dry >> areas, so the deluge should have done some good there as well. >> >> Here are some of the photographs: >> >> Fly-by: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-1430.jpg.html >> >> Synchronicity: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-025.jpg.html >> >> Conversation: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-035.jpg.html >> >> Hovering: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-838.jpg.html >> >> Skimming: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-048.jpg.html >> >> Face Off: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-1564.jpg.html >> >> Scrap: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-1356.jpg.html >> >> Duet: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-1378.jpg.html >> >> Catch: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-743.jpg.html >> >> In It Goes: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-756.jpg.html >> >> At Rest: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-802.jpg.html >> >> Dive 1: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-923.jpg.html >> >> Dive 2: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-925.jpg.html >> >> Face to Face: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-1095.jpg.html >> >> Take Off: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-1124.jpg.html >> >> High Tension: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/PLBS/Shar+ >> Road-20161211-1674.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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >