Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You timed your Quito visit well, catching a great burst of colour in those shots, Jayanand. Lots of comely maidens in great costumes - I like the way you caught eye contact in 10307 Douglas On 19/01/2019 04:02, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > The second and last set of photos from Quito. > > Walking around the old city, we ran smack bang into the annual Fiestas de > Quito festival, which goes on for a week or two, culminating in the first > week of December, and which celebrates the founding of Quito in the 16th > century. > > As we were walking around, I took this quick portrait of Neela and myself, > looking at a tableaux of a barbershop - the barber is a mannequin, not > real: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10279.jpg.html > > Then we were in the thick of things! One colourful group of pretty > senoritas: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10305.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10307.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10310.jpg.html > > A major feature of the celebrations is a beauty contest, the Reina de > Quito, and the winners went by: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10401.jpg.html > > Participants after their turn at the parade: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10297.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181121-10031.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10272.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10376.jpg.html > > These two guys really looked to me like stereotyped mafioso, but were > actually musicians: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10340.jpg.html > > The spectators did their own thing, and watched the parades (with one > homage to Jim Shulman!): > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10312.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10320.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10398.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10399.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10400.jpg.html > > I wonder if that hostel is the Ecuadorian equivalent of a Japanese love > hotel? > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Ecuador/Galapagos-20181122-10383.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >