[Leica] Triplicane

[Don Dory]

First I would like to say that life appears to be getting back to normal
after the pandemic and that normal activities have returned.  My favorites
would be the two Sway images as I appreciate the art being put on the
surface as much as the henna at weddings.

An ethnographic question, in one of your street portraits the women's gold
sari appears to be composed of more cloth than necessary.  Could this be a
sign of wealth or is it more likely that she has a little worn sari from
the family that doesn't fit as well as it could.  In the western world
there were periods where status was conveyed by the amount of material in
the clothing.

All the best.

On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 11:22 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> After a break of a couple of years we went to the Brahmotsavam of 6th
> century Parthasarathy Temple at Triplicane in Chennai last week, on one of
> the relatively minor days to beat the crowd. The festival, which lasts a
> week, entails giving the deity of Lord Vishnu an airing around the extended
> area surrounding the temple, on various ceremonial palanquins carried by
> the devotees, culminating in a ride on a huge chariot also pulled around by
> the devotees. Not being a particularly religious person, I never fail to
> get amazed and awestruck by the amount of pain and effort that devotees
> expend in order to express their deep belief in the religion of their
> choice.
>
> This is a fairly large submission, so please bear with me.
>
> All photographs taken with the Nikon Z8 and the Nikkor Z 135mm f1.8S
> "Plena", arguably the best portrait lens I have ever used in 60+ years of
> photography.
>
> Firstly, the pain, effort and fatigue of deep, extreme belief:
>
> Pain:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-259-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Effort:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-648-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Fatigue:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-657-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Sweat:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-670-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Push:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-175-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Rest:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-466-Edit.jpg.html
>
> The rest are all photographs of people. To start with, some neighbourly
> mingling:
>
> Conversation:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-817-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Interaction:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-531-Edit.jpg.html
>
> There is something about making a kolam that induces people to sway
> gracefully:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-033-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-1186-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Old people watch the procession from their houses - it always reminds me of
> being caged:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-393-Edit.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-506-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Young devotees carry ceremonial umbrellas, but I was limited by my lens
> into making portraits of them:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-924-Edit.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-1019-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Next comes two friends of mine, one a participant, and the other
> photographing, just like us:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-705-Edit.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-073-Edit.jpg.html
>
> A couple who rumbled my photographing them:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-519-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Finally, a bunch of street portraits:
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-946-Edit.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-1106-Edit.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-687-Edit.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-076-Edit.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-091-Edit.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-437-Edit.jpg.html
>
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-305-Edit.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Criticism and comments, as always, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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Don
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