Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/04/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand The incredible detail of this vast work must have kept a lot of people busy for many years. I'd love to travel to India to see this in the flesh - no pun intended.... Douglas On 02/04/2023 04:41, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote: > I had been to Panna Tiger Reserve last month, and our group spent a > morning photographing in Khajuraho, which is a mere 30 minute drive away. I > had been there with Neela in December last year as well, and the one > thought that I can categorically share is that the emphasis on erotica, > which constitutes around 8-10% of the carvings there, is overdone, and > tends to divert attention, totally unnecessarily in my view, from the > magnificence of the temples and the beauty of the intricate, complex > decoration. Here is an additional selection of photographs of the sandstone > temples of Khajuraho in my gallery - they are all from the Western Complex > of temples, save one, which is from the Eastern Complex. All photographs > taken with the Nikon Z7 with the Nikkor Z24-120mm f4S lens: > > Framed: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-623-Edit.jpg.html > > Unusual Perspectives: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-697-EditBW.jpg.html > > Around the corner: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-703-Edit.jpg.html > > Cut Out: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-597-Edit.jpg.html > > Looking Up: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-594-Edit.jpg.html > > Layer upon Layer: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-682-Edit.jpg.html > > The Colours of Sanstone: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-700-Edit.jpg.html > > Leica Glow: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-604-Edit.jpg.html > > Lion and the Lady: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-721-Edit.jpg.html > > Shadow: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-616-Edit.jpg.html > > Exterior Detail: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-744-Edit.jpg.html > > IR (with 590nm filter): > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Panna+Z7-20230322-744-Edit.jpg.html > > Last, but not the least, an addition to the erotica folder, a private joke > by the artisan who carved it in the 9th Century, if you will, of the last > in a row of elephants in a panel seeing an amorous couple and having a > chuckle to itself: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Varanasi/Khajuraho/Khajuraho2/Panna+Z7-20230322-611-Edit.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE. > > Comments and Criticism, as ever, are always welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information