Vel festival - Black & White series (17)

Posted by Jeremie (St-Etienne - Paris, France) on 31 August 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture.

Last photograph of the Vel Festival - Black & White series, an old Tamil woman aclaims a man being lifted up. At this point, I was close to the overdose of hooks and distorted skins and left the procession, nearly 2 hours after it started. I think I had got enough...

For general comment on Vel festival, meeting point on 15th of July...

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Nikon D200
1/160 second
F/9.5
ISO 200
255 mm (35mm equiv.)

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