Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Another excellent series. I like them all. If I had to pick I would say Grand Patenting or Old Friends! Barney Make America Kind Again! Barney Quinn, WK3Z 301-775-1386 > On Apr 30, 2019, at 6:33 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at > leica-users.org> wrote: > > I got out and went on to the streets for photography after quite some time > last week, for the Ther (Chariot) festival at Parthasarathy Temple in > Triplicane. I always find it more rewarding, photographically, to look away > from the huge, intimidating Ther, to the reactions in the crowd, and this > time was no different. I went out with the Nikon D850, because my favourite > lens currently for these sort of crowded situations is the AFS Nikkor 58mm > f1.4, which has such beautiful transitions that everything looks dreamy and > painterly, and the subject literally pops, especially when used wide open. > This very modern lens is, refreshingly, not designed for maximum sharpness > but for a "look", which at least I really like. All street portraits, > except for the last one, which I suppose is half a portrait, at least!: > > Boys do not normally do this, it is the province of the ladies! > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-002.jpg.html > > Grandparenting: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-008.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-053.jpg.html > > Bystanders: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-026.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-035.jpg.html > > Three Generations: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-047.jpg.html > > Old Friends: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-054.jpg.html > > Piety: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-058.jpg.html > > Offering: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-059.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