[Leica] Fiestas de Quito

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 1:05 PM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> It seems that Nathan's years of posting have had a positive effect.  The
> series is well done.  I especially appreciated the images where you got
> down on the street and found individuals of character to record.  And it
> never hurts to emulate Jim Schulman.
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 11:02 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org wrote:
>
> > The second and last set of photos from Quito.
> >
> > Walking around the old city, we ran smack bang into the annual Fiestas de
> > Quito festival, which goes on for a week or two, culminating in the first
> > week of December, and which celebrates the founding of Quito in the 16th
> > century.
> >
> > As we were walking around, I took this quick portrait of Neela and
> myself,
> > looking at a tableaux of a barbershop - the barber is a mannequin, not
> > real:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10279.jpg.html
> >
> > Then we were in the thick of things! One colourful group of pretty
> > senoritas:
> >
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10305.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10307.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10310.jpg.html
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> > A major feature of the celebrations is a beauty contest, the Reina de
> > Quito, and the winners went by:
> >
> >
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10401.jpg.html
> >
> > Participants after their turn at the parade:
> >
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10297.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181121-10031.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10272.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10376.jpg.html
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> > These two guys really looked to me  like stereotyped mafioso, but were
> > actually musicians:
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10340.jpg.html
> >
> > The spectators did their own thing, and watched the parades (with one
> > homage to Jim Shulman!):
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10312.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10320.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10398.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10399.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10400.jpg.html
> >
> > I wonder if that hostel is the Ecuadorian equivalent of a Japanese love
> > hotel?
> >
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10383.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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