[Leica] SHAR Road

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

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
>>
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