Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Five weeks is a long time; you will certainly get more than a flavour of the country. Herewith, a few suggestions. 1. Take with you a 6x9 or 6x12 camera with shifts if you intend to take photos of monuments. A 35mm camera with a wide angle lens is not adequate to do justice to these structures IMHO. No need to take a view camera, Horseman makes a shift camera that is quite portable. If you don't want to do this, take at least a 28 mm shift lens for your R. 2. Ride the trains. If you are adventurous, and your husband is with you, try third class. The photo opportunities are endless and you will almost never get turned down if you ask to take a fellow rider's picture. 3. Look after your health. Avios dodgy food at roadside stands and small restaurants. Drink only purified water. Take one of those portable plunger pump type water purifiers based on ceramic micro filters and activated charcoal - I forget what they are called - that were originally designed for military use. They will even make ditchwater safe to drink. 4. Buy yourself some decent guide books. The Blue Guides are my faves, but there are others. 5. What to see? The old momuments, the Taj the temples - Khajurao comes to mind, the Red Fort and others, the caves at Ajanta and Ellora. Many others, as time permits. 6. Take a cruise on the waterways in Kerala, lush and very photogenic. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@comporium.net> To: <digitalusersgroup@yahoogroups.com>; <lug@leica-users.org>; <paw@micapeak.com>; <seephoto@micapeak.com> Sent: Saturday, 15 December, 2007 10:48 AM Subject: [Leica] Trip to India - Suggestions? > Fellow photographers: > > My husband and I are planning a photo trip to India in January and > February - about 5 weeks in all. India is so big, I'm feeling > overwhelmed. Does anybody have any suggestions for "don't miss" photo > opps in India? (Besides the whole country!!) Suggested places to stay > and eat would be great, too. > > TIA - > > Tina > > Tina Manley > ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI > http://www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >