[Leica] Parthasarathy Temple

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Ric, Montie, Philippe, Don D, Douglas B
Thanks for looking.

I am an agnostic, but I like photographing around religious buildings and
festivals, because most people, quite clearly are not!

Cheers
Jayanand


On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 5:33 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Good stuff, Jayanand, but Grandparenting ll is the most attractive to me.
> Douglas
>
>
> On 30/04/2019 11:33, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG 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
> >
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