[Leica] Triplicane

Sun May 5 20:10:41 PDT 2024

Don,
Thanks for looking.

A sari is just a six yard piece of cloth of a defined width as worn by the
young woman - there is no sizing involved. In general, that is the way a
saree is supposed to drape, in pleats. In this case, maybe the silk saree
is new, in which case the very light starch which it comes with could be
making it billow a bit. It gets softer and drapes better with age, as it is
used and washed (always by hand, and always at home for silk!). My wife
still wears silk sarees that our grandmothers purchased in the 1950s/60s!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 1:28 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> 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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>
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