[Leica] Triplicane

[Alan Magayne-Roshak]

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.
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What a treasure trove of images.

-- 
Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amagayneroshak at gmail.com
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