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Subject: [Leica] Jayanand & Siddharta
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue Sep 30 18:51:26 2008
References: <3cad89990809300943h74c82f41u6c8d414bf661bec@mail.gmail.com> <48E276FE.7050905@tele2.fr>

Yes, he is the one. My younger son, Aditya, is the one here (taken with 1954
M3 and Elmar50 f3.5):

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album333/Aditya.jpg.html

These two photographs were taken a few years ago. Siddharta is getting
married in November, and this trip to the Masai Mara was the last unfettered
bonding session with his father!

Cheers
Jayanand




On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:29 AM, Philippe AMARD 
<philippe.amard@tele2.fr>wrote:

> Featured in your gallery
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album333/Siddharta.jpg.html
> Is he the one who borrows his father's beloved N...XXL  umbrella zoom? if
> so, he is right to do so.
> Do you know that his name is famous, and more than that over here, due to a
> wonderful book by Hermann Hess, telling the story of the Buddha.
> The portrait, which I hadn't seen yet, is simply excellent
> Nice son you have there.
> Alice and I also enjoyed the rest of the family shots, and Agra, and for my
> part Fathepur Sihkri - I keep such a wonderful memory of the place and its
> magic.
>
> Thanks for posting dreams Jayanand
> Best from Western Eurpoe
> Philippe
>
>
> Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
>  I just returned home after two weeks photographing in the Masai Mara in
>> Kenya. A magical place without any doubt. I just started processing my
>> photographs, so here is the first installment - three photographs of a
>> lioness up a tree:
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080910-1544.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080910-1554_1.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080910-1574.jpg.html
>>
>> A shockingly blond lion, but with a retinue of flies:
>>
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080916-2721.jpg.html
>>
>> Cheetahs - two shots:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080911-163.jpg.html
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Masai+Mara/20080915-2561.jpg.html
>>
>> The equipment used for the most part is a Nikon D300 with the 200-400VR
>> zoom
>> + Nikon 1.4TC, substituted occasionally by the 80-400VR zoom (when my son
>> was using the former).
>>
>>
>> Comments and criticism always welcome!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Jayanand
>>
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