Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A most interesting and enjoyable set, Jayanand. Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 2 June 2010 07:08, Lluis Ripoll Querol <lluisripollquerol at gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Jayanand, > > I've enjoyed very much looking at your very good pictures, I've specially > liked "Family", "Bathing Tusker" and "Mahout", all of them should be viewed > enlarged to enjoy the great quality of your shots. > > Cheers > Lluis > > El 01/06/2010, a las 18:20, Jayanand Govindaraj escribi?: > > > Kodagu, or Coorg as it used to be known, is a verdant coffee growing >> area in South India at the tail end of the Western Ghats, a range of >> mountains that run parallel to and just off the west coast of India. >> My family had gone for a quick four day holiday early in May, and >> these are photographs from the trip. >> >> This set is from Dubare, an elephant training camp on the banks of the >> 800 km long River Cauvery, though Dubare is just 50 km from the >> source. The river is venerated as a goddess in South India, and is a >> central feature of Hinduism here. The elephant training camp was set >> up by the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore to train elephants for >> religious and ceremonial duties, and has been in operation for over >> 100 years. It is a great place to go because anyone can help bathe the >> elephants, and is particularly helpful in introducing young children >> to animals so that their fear of animals gets mitigated: >> >> The ferry across the river: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_106.jpg.html >> >> Fellow tourists: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_117.jpg.html >> >> Bathing tusker: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_203.jpg.html >> >> Mahout: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_265.jpg.html >> >> Going home: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_301.jpg.html >> >> Picnic: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_314.jpg.html >> >> Path (to the toilet actually): >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_316.jpg.html >> >> River pool: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kodagu/Kodagu_20100511_326.jpg.html >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, 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 >