Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You provided a great sampling of Buenos Aires, Jayanand. My favorites were Tango and Mathieu. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 11/16/2019 7:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > The second installment of Buenos Aires photographs is up. This mainly > consists of two locations. Firstly, the iconic La Recoleta Cemetery, where, > most famously, Eva Peron is interred, together with droves of Argentina's > rich and powerful over the decades, which is part cemetery and part > Disneyland - the only cemetery I have ever been to where children run > around playing as if it were a park, without a care in the world, > unburdened with the lingering traces of ghosts. Maybe it is a public park > at that, judging the atmosphere is so sunny, festive and light.! > > Discussion: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14716.jpg.html > > Conversation: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14722.jpg.html > > Modern Times: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14764.jpg.html > > Portrait (at Eva Peron's grave): > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14746.jpg.html > > Looksee: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14747.jpg.html > > Impatience: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14727.jpg.html > > Curiosity: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14755.jpg.html > > We were supposed to go to Mendoza, the wine growing heart of Argentina, but > a pilot's strike put paid to that. So we stayed on in Buenos Aires, went to > a soccer match featuring River Plate, one of Argentina's top two teams. I > did not take a camera with me into a crowd of 70,000 screaming supporters, > but it was an experience, all the same. Walking back to the vehicle, in the > night, in the midst of 25,000 singing fans gives me the goose pimples even > today, when I think about it. The other place where we spent some time was > at a local flea market, which was great fun: > > Shop: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14777.jpg.html > > Craftsman: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14781.jpg.html > > Pose: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14790.jpg.html > > Tango: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14933.jpg.html > > The last photograph of this set can be put down to serendipity, so > important when exploring a city on foot. The four of us walked into a wine > bar for a refreshing glass, only to find that it was run by two youngsters, > and had opened only the day before. We found it to be a most agreeable, and > well priced place, and asked Mathieu, the young bartender, to arrange a > wine tasting (for missing Mendoza!) the next day. This is Mathieu in his > environs: > > Mathieu: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14667.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 >