First pictures from my Indian trip

[madamasu]

All were taken with the D700 and Leica-R lenses. I used a little of Orio's Zeissification instead of sharpening myself, which mostly was not necessary anyhow-if the focus was correct.
The saturated colours are just as they came out of the camera (all RAW). I was astonished myself, like in the first one:

The wedding-season having just begun, one could hear the bands very frequently, and I was of course only too glad to take pictures of these colourful activities.

1)Musicians of a wedding band. 90mm Elmarit ISO 320 @f 2.8:





2)A woman watching what is going on partly hidden by a curtain. Same as above:





3) An elderly man with very strong lasses on the market next to my hotel.
This is a crop, but I intended to crop it in the first place.
Elmarit 90mm, ISO 320 @ f 4:





4) A porter taking a short rest, with one of the heavy sacks he has to carry.
Summicron 50mm ISO 320 @ f 2.8:




The next pictures are from the wonderful town of Jaisalmer, about 1000km to the west of Delhi in the middle of the huge Thar desert.


5) The first one is of a happy cow with immense horns. She always comes to people and wants to be scratched around the ears and shows very distinctly, how much she likes it. The yellowish buildings in the back are coloured golden by the afternoon sun. Jaisalmer is not without reason called the 'Golden city'.
Summicron 50mm ISO 320 @ f 2.8:





6) A man getting out of a bus. I took this pictures from the hip without really focussing.
Elmarit 90mm ISO 320 @ f 4:





7) A musician sitting on the steps in front of the palace in the Jaisalmer fort.
Apo-Telyt 180mm ISO 200 @ f 3.4:





8 ) Muslims normally don't like to be photographed, but many Indian muslims love it. When I saw this gentleman from the state of Sindh, a huge man with henna-coloured hands, some yellowish make-up on his face and black 'kohl' around his eyes, I asked him, if I could take his picture and he felt very flattered. Normally a 28mm lense isn't my favourite protrait lense, but it was just on the camera, and so I used it. The white of the turban is overblown, but I still like the pictures. The colours are incredible, I think. People told me later, he was a singer.
Elmarit 28mm ISO 320 @ f 4:





9) The same man:





10) The last one is from the Meherangarh fort in Jodhpur. I took the pciture through some Venetian blinds.
Elmarit 28mm ISO 320 @ f 5.6





All in all I took about 1300 pictures and will upload the ones I like on my flickr page.

Thomas

[bogolisk]

Beautiful series. Look like pics from a photography book. My favorite is:

[bogolisk]

The series reminds me of National Geographic. Outstanding professional works!

[karabud]

Stunning!Congrats!

[tobbsman]

Superb photographs. That must have been a great trip, Thomas. I am looking forward for more ...

Cheers
Tobias

[dakoo]

amazing pictures..
The 1st shot, cow shot are great.
The nice contrasty colors really stand out, waiting for more of these shots.

[integrale]

National Geographic potential - outstanding!

[Nesster]

F A B U L O U S!!! awesome photos, great color, great human and other interest, well framed and composed, spot on perfection!

[trifox]

stunning set!! wow !

All perfect - my fav number 2 and 5 !! but all GREAT! ..

tf

[Rolf]

Halllo Thomas,

very good images. Great colors and sharpness. Perfect.
Seems to be a perfect combination.

Tolle Aufnahmen, das war bestimmt eine interessante Reise mit vielen einmaligen Erlebnissen.

freundlichen Gruß

[fatdeeman]

Beautiful photos! I like the cow the best!

[Uzay]

Beautiful photos, i like them all, i'm a D700 user and very interested in Elmarit but

[poilu]

amazing! timeless, great pics

[eeyore_nl]

Excellent pictures!! I really enjoyed them!

[kds315*]

Impressive! Intense colors!

[LucisPictor]

I hav missed this thread until now. Excellent, Thomas!

[kuuan]

beautiful Thomas!
love the Muslim man
India, strong characters that you caught!

very impressive colors