Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric, Jim H, Nathan, Gene, Alastair Thanks for looking. Nathan the colour version is linked below. There is some CA on the twigs of the tree, and I was too lazy to remove it, so I converted it into B&W, liked it a lot and left it that way! Here it is then, CA and all: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/untitled-20140313-216C.jpg.html Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:17 AM, afirkin <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > Very good start; wonderful use of the wide angle in Africa. The clouds were > great that day, but you have also managed to capture the scenes in a very > sensitive way. Looking forward to more > > Cheers > > alastair and helen >> On March 23, 2014 at 3:07 PM grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: >> >> >> Great shots Jayanand, love them all. >> >> Gene >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>, "PSM" >> <psm-1857 at googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2014 9:59:24 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central >> Subject: [Leica] Ndutu 2014 >> >> Well, we had a great time and a very enjoyable trip to Ndutu this >> year, not least due to the couples gelling perfectly with each other. >> In fact, the owners of Ndutu lodge used to come to our group regularly >> and remark that they had never seen anybody enjoy themselves like we >> were doing, and the secret of our laughing all the time! A part of the >> reason could be the varied duty free lubrication that was on hand, but >> I would like to think that the Cummers, Firkins, Thomases and >> Govindarajs just liked each others company a lot! >> >> This place is fast turning out to be a sort of spiritual home for me, >> the Serengeti ecosystem is where I seem to be most relaxed and >> mentally at ease nowadays. I would like to start with a quartet of >> Fuji XE1 images, with the 18-55mm lens, which I had taken in lieu of a >> Nikon normal range zoom. Serengeti, in Swahili, means "Endless Plain", >> and you can see why here: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/untitled-20140316-307.jpg.html >> >> Neela liked this tree a lot, so we stopped the vehicle and >> photographed it (Alastair, Helen and myself). I thought the tree was >> something you would find in Tolkien's Middle Earth, and tried to give >> it that flavour in post processing: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/untitled-20140315-280.jpg.html >> >> The last two are views of the Ngorongoro Highlands from Olduvai Gorge. >> Olduvai Gorge is the place where the first steps to understanding Homo >> Sapiens' evolutionary history was taken by Louis and Mary Leakey from >> the 1930s onwards, and the digs and research continue to this day. I >> had always wanted to visit this place, but had never done so, but this >> time around we took half a day off from wildlife, and went off in >> search of our distant ancestors. There was a storm in the air that >> day, and the air was crystal clear, the sky full of puffy cotton >> clouds and the colours especially brilliant in the magical African >> sun: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/untitled-20140313-217.jpg.html >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/untitled-20140313-216.jpg.html >> >> Please look LARGE >> >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information