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

[jgovindaraj at eth.net (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Richard,
These are very nice - where were they? I presume somewhere near 
Bangalore? In Chennai, at least, the main temples are repainted once 
every 5 years, and they are colourful, to say the least.
Cheers
Jayanand


Richard wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com@leica-users.org
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+jnelon=netvigator.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
>> Richard
>> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 5:40 AM
>> To: lug@leica-users.org
>> 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.
>
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, 
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
>
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