giddavr

thank u photo.net for selecting this as POW. And thank u all who have commented on the picture.

Now some clarifications. The reticulation pattern seen in the larger picture was due to the scanner which was a commercial scanner as I dont have any personal scanner. The actual print does not show this pattern and only shows the natuaral grain inherent in Tri-X. Actually the thumbnail shows the actual print quality though with a slight loss of contrast. The original print is far far better and there was absolutely no digital manipulation, I just scanned the original 12

x 15 print, compressed it slightly and uploaded it.

As to the actual picture it was taken at Araku which is a hillstation in south india. The cowherd was posed but the cattle were as they were and the fog was actually smoke from burning grass which was actually set on fire by the cowherd as the smoke drives away mosuitos from the cattle giving them much needed relief from mosuitobites.

Thank once more for POW

ramaiah