[Leica] Parthasarathy Temple

[Jim Nichols]

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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 4/30/2019 8:19 AM, Bernard Quinn via LUG wrote:
> Another excellent series. I like them all. If I had to pick I would say Grand Patenting or Old Friends!
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> Barney
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>> 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!
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-002.jpg.html
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>> Grandparenting:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-008.jpg.html
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-053.jpg.html
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>> Bystanders:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-026.jpg.html
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-035.jpg.html
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>> Three Generations:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-047.jpg.html
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>> Old Friends:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-054.jpg.html
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>> Piety:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-058.jpg.html
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>> Offering:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/Triplicane/Triplicane-20190425-059.jpg.html
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>> Please see LARGE
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>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
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>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
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