[Leica] Vishnu's Dreaming - visits to two Hindu temples

[richard-lists at imagecraft.com (Richard)]

Hi Jim, I don't know whether these were ever in color, but they are 
700-1000 years old, so there is no color now. The ones currently in use are 
in color.

For people that recall, I lost a 6 month old hard drive last year with 
photos on it. The ones that are forever lost are the Epson R-D1 photos of 
an Indian village celebrating the Holi Festival - the Goan tour guide liked 
us so much that he invited us to his village. It was one of the most 
honored things people have done to us. Somewhere on our server, I have 4-5 
pictures that I post. Those are the only ones left :-( (Yes, I have a 
reasonably good back up strategy now for digital RAW files. I have a 1 
Terabyte network server that just backs up all the RAW files in the back 
ground)

 From the same trip, I do have a set of slides that I need to rescan and 
process. There are a small number of nice photos there.

Thanks for looking and commenting.

At 10:30 AM 6/10/2006, James R. Nelon wrote:

>Richard,
>
>I really enjoyed the images, especially seeing the textures and shading of
>the stonework. In many Hindu temples, a lot of vivid colors are applied to
>the images. Was this the case here? If so, I missed being able to see the
>artistry of the colors since you shot in B&W.
>
>Jim Nelon
>Formerly in Hong Kong
>
>
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>Subject: [Leica] Vishnu's Dreaming - visits to two Hindu temples
>
>How can one take pictures of the Grand Canyon? With the exceptions of few
>awe inspiring pictures, most are just photographs of a hole, albeit a big
>one, on the ground.
>
>Thus with some trepidations that I present this gallery:
>http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/061006/
>The photographic contribution is close to nil. Nevertheless, it records a
>cultural heritage that belongs to all of us. The first set of photographs
>is from a stone temple built around 12-13th century. The workmanship is so
>startling that the artisans carved through some of the statues, as shown in
>the very first picture. I *believe* (but could be wrong) that this temple
>is Shiva's temple. The second set is from a temple built around 10th
>century and their styles are somewhat different. I believe this temple is
>Vishnu's temple. The last picture is of Vishnu dreaming, from whose navel
>Brahma, the Creator comes forth.

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