The Theyyum Festival at Kotalli near Kannur in Kerala was the highlight of our visit to the area and we spent an evening and most of a second day here photographing the people and the event. The temple was crowded and there were many keen candidates for a portrait.
A policeman wagged a finger at me. “No photographs of women,” he insisted several times, but the women were just as happy as the men to pose for their picture, and I soon lost the policeman in the crowd!
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Nice portraits in a difficult light.
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Always challenging, working in a crowded event! Thanks Tim.
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John, you’re welcome. I’m not sure there is an alternative except a fill light and one not on the camera. More to carry. As you said previously, you don’t use a flash.
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No, that’s right, I try to travel with the minimum of encumbrances…..the naked photographer….ha……should change the name of my blog!
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There you go. It could be a subtitle and with an obscure image of a nude person from the rear. It might bring s smile to everyone’s face.
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Would definitely scare the horses…
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