Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand I do two things on my travels - one is to eat "local" meaning I do not look for Chinese Restaurants ( in India my favourite is Indian Vegetarian ) and the other is to check out local 'wet' markets or village bazaars - they are colorful, ethnic and the vendors are proud of their produce and fruits of their hard labor I appreciate your picture although I venture to comment it may be half a stop under? Joseph -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jayanand Govindaraj Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:22 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Vegetable Vendors Philippe,Ric,Peter,Jim, Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on the photographs. I fear that this is a way of life that wont be around for very much longer. Organised retail chains in groceries/fruits/vegetables are just getting off the ground here, amidst serious street protests in parts of the country, and Walmart, Carrefour and Tesco are sniffing around and finalising joint ventures. I am afraid that we Indians will have to trade in eating freshly grown vegetables for cold storage rubbish in a few years. Campa Cola is dead and gone, swallowed by Coke & Pepsi. Both of them advertise so much, and with the premier cricketers, that common wisdom has it that they effectively choose the Indian cricket team!! The cricket establishment here is an avaricious one, controlled by politicians and industrialists, so maybe they do. Cheers Jayanand On 10/11/07, Philippe Amard <phamard@numericable.fr> wrote: > > Wonderful pictures Jayanand! > I love them and feel really home when I watch them. > BTW: do you still have "Campa Cola"? Or have Pepsi and Coke invaded the > subcontinent too? > > What I like best of course is the people. Fantastic folks the Indians > are. And you caught the spirit and soul , the very essence of their > smiling and mysterious personalities so well. > The rendition on the walls in the background is smashing. Not easy I > guess when tyou also want to get the skin tones right, which you do. > > Congratulations for the set. > Keep them coming, I'll be delighted. > > Phil...X > > > Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > >I was taking my usual walks around Mylapore in Chennai, when I took these > >photographs of roadside vegetable vendors. All taken with Leica R6.2 with > >the 50mm Summicron and Fuji Reala print film. > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand_001/album254/VegSeller1.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand_001/album254/VegSeller2.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand_001/album254/VegSeller3.jpg.html > > > >Comments and criticism welcome. > > > >Cheers > > > >Jayanand > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information