Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand What a great series of b&w street portraits. As a matter of interest what did you use for b&w conversion, or did you shoot jpeg in b&w (most unlikely I would have thought)? The Nikon 85mm lens was always one of my favourites when I was shooting Nikon, a great lens. Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or +44 (0)797 287 7932 > On 4 Apr 2017, at 04:29, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > > Koyambedu is the wholesale market for fruits, vegetables and flowers in > Chennai. It was built on what was the outskirts of Chennai 20 years ago, > and is one of Asia's largest, sprawling over almost 300 acres. The City has > expanded to the extent that the complex is now well within the municipal > boundaries. fairly central! > > I went for a photo walk there with a few friends and both my sons on Sunday > morning. Despite a truckers strike, it was bustling as usual. To start > with, I am posting a series of B&W portraits and studies of those who work > there. All these photographs taken with the Nikon D800E with the AFS Nikkor > 85mm f1.8G: > > Street Portrait 1: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Koyambedu/Koyambedu-20170401-100.jpg.html > > Street Portrait 2: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Koyambedu/Koyambedu-20170401-135.jpg.html > > Street Portrait 3: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Koyambedu/Koyambedu-20170401-168.jpg.html > > Street Portrait 4: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Koyambedu/Koyambedu-20170401-143.jpg.html > > Smartphone: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Koyambedu/Koyambedu-20170401-269.jpg.html > > Backlight: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Koyambedu/Koyambedu-20170401-112.jpg.html > > Shopkeeper: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Koyambedu/Koyambedu-20170401-125.jpg.html > > Flower Seller: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Koyambedu/Koyambedu-20170401-191.jpg.html > > Bananas: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Koyambedu/Koyambedu-20170401-026.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