[Leica] Triplicane

[lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)]

Hi Jayanand,

I like very much this excellent document, specially Effort, Fatigue, Sway1 
and 2, Inter action, Young devotee 

Viewed large are quite impressive, I see you have used a 135mm and generally 
at wide apertures, do you work with autofocus? the bokeh is excellent, I 
like also the light and colors of Caged 1 & 2.

Thanks for sharing!

Cheers
Lluis


> El 5 maig 2024, a les 6:21, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> va escriure:
> 
> After a break of a couple of years we went to the Brahmotsavam of 6th
> century Parthasarathy Temple at Triplicane in Chennai last week, on one of
> the relatively minor days to beat the crowd. The festival, which lasts a
> week, entails giving the deity of Lord Vishnu an airing around the extended
> area surrounding the temple, on various ceremonial palanquins carried by
> the devotees, culminating in a ride on a huge chariot also pulled around by
> the devotees. Not being a particularly religious person, I never fail to
> get amazed and awestruck by the amount of pain and effort that devotees
> expend in order to express their deep belief in the religion of their
> choice.
> 
> This is a fairly large submission, so please bear with me.
> 
> All photographs taken with the Nikon Z8 and the Nikkor Z 135mm f1.8S
> "Plena", arguably the best portrait lens I have ever used in 60+ years of
> photography.
> 
> Firstly, the pain, effort and fatigue of deep, extreme belief:
> 
> Pain:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-259-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Effort:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-648-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Fatigue:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-657-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Sweat:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-670-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Push:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-175-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Rest:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-466-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> The rest are all photographs of people. To start with, some neighbourly
> mingling:
> 
> Conversation:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-817-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Interaction:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-531-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> There is something about making a kolam that induces people to sway
> gracefully:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-033-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-1186-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Old people watch the procession from their houses - it always reminds me of
> being caged:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-393-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-506-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Young devotees carry ceremonial umbrellas, but I was limited by my lens
> into making portraits of them:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-924-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-1019-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Next comes two friends of mine, one a participant, and the other
> photographing, just like us:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-705-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-073-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> A couple who rumbled my photographing them:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-519-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Finally, a bunch of street portraits:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-946-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-1106-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-687-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-076-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-091-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-437-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/TCane/Triplicane-20240428-305-Edit.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Criticism and comments, as always, welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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