The Photography Thread

"Got a cam? want to use it? DOn't know how how to? sitting IDLE..."
Well..thats how you identify a potential wanna-be-photographer.

Many of us will be having interest in photography and here's an opportunity to share our experiences.
I am soon going to upload some of snaps i took and these were really better than i expected.

I am working on a tutorial from what i have learnt from my experiences and request all experienced/non-experienced member to share their ideas/works.

just for sample i am uploading some of my work, and i hope you guys will like it.
*yfrog.com/62ogaaaaid3k8dvzbb8c4m9p0j

links to image: *yfrog.com/24ogaaaheomnd6ev8t0vjsvioj
*yfrog.com/66ogaaadmiufhsybgbfnwv9bxj
*img222.imageshack.us/img222/6404/ogaaaaid3k8dvzbb8c4m9p0.jpg

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u seem to be an electronic geek

dont u take any nature photos

lol..was that a comment or compliment? Waise..i am an electronics student.
I have some animal pics(kittensX2), but i am yet to upload them.Some editing part still left...

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i wish i had a SLR so that I could take a pic of full moon...

I am just unable to take full moon pic with any of my digital cams...I have 2 digicams and 3 cam phones... i could never take a clear pic all blurred..tried all settings

NEED Some advice:
WHats the best way to watermark the original images w/o compromising on quality?

@sujyop
can you please mention your cam details?

yup latest one is Sony T100...its 8mp with 1/2.5" ccd sensor and 35 - 175 mm lens....remaining details are here
*www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/T100/T100DAT.HTM

hey I'm an enthusiastic in that field any type of tips would be appreciated.

its quite good specs.

buddy..i am not a specialist..but what i have learnt..lighting plays a very imp role in quality of ur pics. fr indoor pics(as uploaded above) i have used a table lamp and a white dotmatrix page sheet as background.

if u r bit good at manual settings...try taking moon pic at night without any blur or even sunrise or water waves at night (balti me bhi chalega) ...plzz try any

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sujoyp said:
i wish i had a SLR so that I could take a pic of full moon...

I am just unable to take full moon pic with any of my digital cams...I have 2 digicams and 3 cam phones... i could never take a clear pic all blurred..tried all settings

An SLR is not essential for taking photos of the moon. You just need to set the proper exposure values and a good lens, preferably one with a long focal length. Here's a composite of some pictures I took of the moon with four different cameras, NONE of which is an SLR.

*img230.imageshack.us/img230/6535/moondifferentcameras.jpg

Another point is that while most beginners want to take a photo of the moon when it's full, it's actually not the best time. At full moon, the surface is evenly lit and comes out flat without interesting shades of light and dark.

@pimpom : cool dude.....

I have a sony W150, photography is a long time hobby ....guys post the links of any good photography tips and tricks websites that you find ...

@pimpom...great man.

Soo full moon is not the right time and u have taken all in B&W...dows B&W look better then coloured..

2ndly did u edited the pic or these r original ones.

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Actually, the shots were taken in colour. They were edited, somewhat sharpened with Photoshop and converted to greyscale (B&W) with Irfanview. I did the editing in a hurry and oversharpened the top left shot, making it look unnatural.

Whether it's better to put it in B&W or colour depends on the picture and the effect one wants to create. Here's one in colour, taken with a Panasonic FZ30.

I shot this one last November at about 4 am as I was heading for the bedroom half-asleep. I happened to glance out the window and saw the setting moon with the unusual red-orange colour caused by thick haze near the horizon, grabbed my camera and took a couple of shots. This one's also sharpened a bit.

*img374.imageshack.us/img374/4344/settingmoon12nov08cw6.jpg

I tried but again unsuccessful....do u use iso settings or normal screen selections

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OK. Here are some tips.

It's difficult to take a clear picture of the moon at night, especially with automatic exposure, because the moon is a small bright object against a large dark background. The camera tries to compensate for the dark background by increasing the exposure. The increased exposure is too high (too much light) for the moon and it comes out as a blurry bright white object. Is that the result you get?

The camera will also find it difficult to focus.

The best way to get a clear shot is to use manual exposure settings. But unfortunately, your camera doesn't have manual exposure settings. You could try this:

Set your camera to spot focus and spot metering. This will make it try to focus on the object in the centre and also measure the brightness of the object in the centre. Aim the camera with the moon in the exact centre. Let it take focus and meter by half-pressing the button. Then take a trial shot by fully pressing the button.

If the moon still comes out too bright, dim it by adjusting the EV (Exposure value). Your camera can be adjusted down to -2 in 1/3 steps.

Post your shot here and I'll help you evaluate the result.

hey... those are excellent pics

...and this thread is definitely going in the right direction .

good to see photographers here

check out my photos at *www.flickr.com/photos/izzikiorage would love to have your comments....

pimpom said:
OK. Here are some tips.

It's difficult to take a clear picture of the moon at night, especially with automatic exposure, because the moon is a small bright object against a large dark background. The camera tries to compensate for the dark background by increasing the exposure. The increased exposure is too high (too much light) for the moon and it comes out as a blurry bright white object. Is that the result you get?

The camera will also find it difficult to focus.

The best way to get a clear shot is to use manual exposure settings. But unfortunately, your camera doesn't have manual exposure settings. You could try this:

Set your camera to spot focus and spot metering. This will make it try to focus on the object in the centre and also measure the brightness of the object in the centre. Aim the camera with the moon in the exact centre. Let it take focus and meter by half-pressing the button. Then take a trial shot by fully pressing the button.

If the moon still comes out too bright, dim it by adjusting the EV (Exposure value). Your camera can be adjusted down to -2 in 1/3 steps.

Post your shot here and I'll help you evaluate the result.

Great will try today night...thanks for the tips

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One more thing: It will be best if you also set the sensitivity (ISO) manually. Try ISO 80 or 100.

only 80 or 100...my phone support upto 3200

sujoyp said:
only 80 or 100...my phone support upto 3200

hmmm......

In photography if u want take pictures in low light always use low ISO settings.
In low ISO settings the lense aperature increases and lets it enter more light (correct me if I'm wrong, experts).

@rithwick: to an extent that is true...most digital cameras compensate for a low ISO by increasing the aperture or by increasing the exposure time...ISO basically means how much the light received by the camera's sensor is amplified by the in camera processor...this leads to brighter photos even in dark conditions with low exposure but the photos have a lot of noise since a low quality signal is being amplified ....

if your camera supports long exposure times and during the photo you can keep the camera stable then go for the lowest ISO possible if not then increase the ISO ...but most cameras give really bad images at ISO settings of more than 800

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A high ISO lets you take pictures in low light, but produce more image noise, especially with small-sensor cameras like compacts and phone cameras. ISOs of 1600 or 3200 are mostly gimmicks and should be used only in an emergency where a bad picture is better than no picture at all.

This is why I suggested setting the ISO number manually so that the camera will not try to use a higher setting.

DSLRs have larger sensors and have less noise because the individual pixels on the sensor are larger. Moreover, the CMOS sensors they use are less noisy than the CCD sensors of compacts. Even then, as a general rule, it is better to go no higher than 800 unless lighting conditions make it necessary to use a higher ISO.

With point-and-shoot cameras, noise is usually noticeable at ISO 200 and gets worse at higher settings. The effect is less in good light but it's still there.

The disadvantage of using low ISO is that it needs a longer exposure (slow shutter speed). In low light, this can produce a blurred image due to camera shake or subject movement.

Going back to moon shots, most inexperienced photographers think they need a high exposure because the rest of the scene is dark. But the surface of the moon is as bright as a sunlit landscape here on earth. So exposure requirements are approximately the same as a daylight shot, though pollution and haze can change that.

The camera thinks the same way as an inexperienced photographer if it is set for auto-exposure with scene-average metering. That's why we have to use manual settings or spot metering.

Spot metering measures the amount of light in a small selected area. With simple P&S cameras, the selected area is in the centre, while advanced cameras offer the option of choosing other spots in the scene.

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he guys check this

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taken by canon d450

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Canon doesn't have a D450 model.

@swordfish: good photos dude.....especially the chivas one ...great highlights near the edges of the cap

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@ all ...this is my first post in the think digit forum,,i was drawn in to post specially because of this topic...
so here we go..
@ pimpom...
canon does have dslr by the name of EOS 450D..its an entry level dslr and would cost you around 40-45 k...if u need to read a review here's one.,,
*www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos450d/

and i specially liked the moon photos u'v posted..just a query...do u own all d 4 cameras u mentioned??

@ izzikio_rage,..hurr,...grt pics dude...shd have sent dem to d google theme contest...

this is a link to my flickr album..again comments are welcome..i havent updated the album for a while .but some i guess u guys wd like the techniques used in the pics..
*www.flickr.com/photos/mysticjayant

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mysticjayant said:
@ pimpom...
canon does have dslr by the name of EOS 450D..

I know that. But swordfish said "D450". I was just pulling his leg. It's like saying "My car is a Hyundai 20i" - strange mistake for someone who actually uses it, especially when a D before a number is used by Canon's arch rival Nikon.

and i specially liked the moon photos u'v posted..just a query...do u own all d 4 cameras u mentioned??

Not anymore. The Fuji S3500 was my first digital camera. I had it for a few months before I sold it and bought a Panasonic FZ20. Two years later, I bought an FZ30 and kept the two of them until I sold the FZ20 towards the end of last year. The Kodak is my brother's which I sometimes use when I need a smaller camera than the FZ30.

I also had a Panasonic FZ5 for some time, but I don't have any moon shots taken with it, so I couldn't include it.

@mysticjayant: wow ...amazing photos dude.....you'll have to post a tutorial soon ...specially for the halo photos ..

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pimpom said:
I know that. But swordfish said "D450". I was just pulling his leg. It's like saying "My car is a Hyundai 20i" - strange mistake for someone who actually uses it, especially when a D before a number is used by Canon's arch rival Nikon.

Not anymore. The Fuji S3500 was my first digital camera. I had it for a few months before I sold it and bought a Panasonic FZ20. Two years later, I bought an FZ30 and kept the two of them until I sold the FZ20 towards the end of last year. The Kodak is my brother's which I sometimes use when I need a smaller camera than the FZ30.

I also had a Panasonic FZ5 for some time, but I don't have any moon shots taken with it, so I couldn't include it.

dude cant you understand that i hava also posted chivas cap so this mistake is normal after having chivas

ok its canon 450D (rebel xsi) with tamron 18-200 mm lense .. now is it ok ?

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@pimpop,
I checked all the camera mentioned in your photo and they are not compact cam. they are fixed lense slrs with big zoom which is needed in moon shots. else you have to crop the pic which reduces the quality..

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swordfish said:
dude cant you understand that i hava also posted chivas cap so this mistake is normal after having chivas
ok its canon 450D (rebel xsi) with tamron 18-200 mm lense .. now is it ok ?

Relax. I knew what you meant. I was just teasing you.

Anyway, did you reduce the size of the picture (instead of cropping it) before posting it? If you didn't reduce the size, the size of the moon indicates that you shot it at about 85mm focal length. I thought you probably used a 17-85mm zoom lens.

@pimpop,

Now you've misspelled my name. You really have to lay off the booze.

I checked all the camera mentioned in your photo and they are not compact cam. they are fixed lense slrs with big zoom which is needed in moon shots. else you have to crop the pic which reduces the quality..

I didn't say that they are compacts. I just said that an SLR is not essential. Anyway, my cameras are not DSLRs. They are what are called super-zooms, bridge cameras or SLR-like cameras.

They are sometimes called SLR-like because they resemble DSLRs in appearance and operation, but they are not SLRs because they do not have a mirror and prism system that gives an optical view of the subject. They use electronic viewfinders (EVF) instead.

In any case, you can take good shots of the moon with compacts, especially those with long zooms such as the Panasonic TZ series, Canon SX cameras, etc.

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no man i used 200mm focal.. and i had to crop to make it look like big one.. sorry to mispell i had some more

ya i agree thay are not slr but bridge without mirror.. but i will suggst to buy slr instead of fixed lens.. its just my view..
please share some of your shots..
what gear do you use ?

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*farm4.static.flickr.com/3390/3623228794_92216f18eb.jpg

check this

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swordfish, appreciate your replies but I can't post a detailed reply now. A close relative died tonight and I have to go to bed now so that I can get up in time to attend the funeral at noon tomorrow. I came back from their house a short while ago. Will continue the thread tomorrow.

@swordfish: dude you are addicted to booze .....anyway nice pic.

one from my side

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3580538249_7a075200be.jpg?v=0
used my sony W150

P.S how do you put the photo in the post itself

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@pimpom , take rest dude...

@izzikio_rage , hehe man you got it...

nice pic dude.. like it..
to put picture in the post from flickr (I guess u r using it), open the photo and click on the "all size" on the top of the photo. select medium as big size will cause page to load slow. now copy the url specified below. in quick reply, there is one option to upload the picture. click on it. and paste the url of your photo. and voila....

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swordfish said:
please share some of your shots..

Here are a few. I have accounts at Imageshack and Photobucket, but I don't arrange my pics as galleries for viewing pleasure. I use them mostly for illustrating points in online discussions in forums and newsgroups.

The picture below is a single image pasted together from various shots. They are mostly snapshots rather than artistic ones. I have my 'artistic' shots in another hard disk which is not connected to my computer at the moment. It's 78KB, hope it doesn't take too long to load for those with slow connections.

*img233.imageshack.us/img233/9098/samples.jpg

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i like the lighening and butterfly shot most.. i tried many times to shot lighening but failed

@swordfish: thanks dude ..will try it out.

@pimpom: good work dude..

by the way next time when you post a photo please post the name of the camera and the settings used to take that shot. (you can get the ISO, shutter speed and all from the advanced properties of the image file ). It will help the others understand the settings used..

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3581349616_31451eff04_d.jpg

got it ...thanks swordfish

This pic was taken during trekking in uttarkashi.
camera sony W150
full auto mode
iso 100
not sure about the f-stop value and shutter speed. will check the orignal and say .

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swordfish said:
i like the lighening and butterfly shot most.. i tried many times to shot lighening but failed

Capturing a lightning strike requires a combination of proper technique, patience and luck. There are two approaches:

First approach: During a thunderstorm, lightning often strikes more than once in rapid succession. If you press the button right after the first strike, you may catch the next one.

Second approach: Set up the camera on a tripod, use low ISO and a narrow aperture. Set the shutter speed to several seconds. Press the button and hope that a good strike occurs while the shutter is open.

With either method, unless you're extremely lucky, you will have to repeat the attempt several times before you get a good shot.

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Correction to what I said earlier: Use low ISO and small aperture if you shoot during the daytime or if there's a lot of ground light. This is to avoid overexposing the ground objects. But if you shoot during the night, use a somewhat larger aperture and/or higher ISO.

Here's another shot. The B&W setting was unintentional. I'd set it to B&W for a previous shot and forgot to change it back to colour.

*img200.imageshack.us/img200/8156/lightning11sep08small.jpg

Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ30
ISO 80, Aperture f/8, Shutter speed 15 seconds.
It was nighttime and the picture was underexposed. I increased the brightness a bit before posting it. ISO100 and aperture of f/4-5.6 would have been better.

seems like i have to get a semi-slr soon....with manual settings...my cam is not good enough for all this

rhitwick said:
hmmm......

In photography if u want take pictures in low light always use low ISO settings.
In low ISO settings the lense aperature increases and lets it enter more light (correct me if I'm wrong, experts).

Photos always come good at the lowest ISO settings. The low the ISO the better but sometimes you also need to have a fast shutter speed or you will end up blurring.

Regarding your second statement, ISO does not changes the aperture or even the shutter speed for the matter of fact. ISO determines the sensitivity of the sensor to the light. When you increase the ISO the camera's sensor becomes more sensitive & vice-versa. You can compare ISO of digital camera to the speed of film roll. :smile:

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Sujoyp,
Get an SLR if you can afford one, but there are many compact point-and-shoot (P&S) cameras with full manual controls.

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@rhitwick and Cool G5:
You are both partly correct. Changing the ISO does not directly change aperture and shutter speed. But for the same lighting conditions, a change of ISO requires an opposite change in aperture and/or shutter speed settings. In auto-exposure mode, the camera's microprocessor makes the change automatically.

pimpom said:
Sujoyp,
Get an SLR if you can afford one, but there are many compact point-and-shoot (P&S) cameras with full manual controls.

mine has some manual control...but never tried soo calmly...will check it today

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sujoyp said:
mine has some manual control...but never tried soo calmly...will check it today

My BSNL broadband service has been down again since 5:30 this evening, so I can't browse around quickly. I'm posting this with my dial-up account which I've kept alive for times like this.

IIRC, your camera is a Sony T100, right? Sorry, but it doesn't have real manual controls. A camera with full manual controls will have Auto, P (Program), A (Aperture priority), S (Shutter priority) and M (full Manual) on the main control dial.

In Auto, your camera sets practically everything and you have very little control.

In P mode, you can set ISO, EV (image brightness), flash power. The camera takes care of the rest.

In A mode, you can control ISO, EV, flash and aperture. The camera sets the corresponding shutter speed.

In S mode, the roles of aperture and shutter speed are reversed.

In M mode, you control everything. The camera makes no attempt to set anything except focus.

If you want to learn photography, forget about scene modes, face recognition, smile recognition, etc. Those are gimmicks for people who just want to take casual snapshots. I'm not criticising such people; not everyone is seriously interested in photography. But those modes are not for people who want to learn more about photography.

Did you try taking a picture of the moon with spot focus and spot metering as I suggested earlier? Of course, the moon is less than half-full now and rises very late. You could try taking a shot during the day.

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@ pimpom...
i agree with u..not everyone is addicted to photography...n d camera manufacturers know dis..so dey keep on marketing their cams on petty things such as face recognition,MPs..and other stuff...

anyways...nice pics d lightening one ws cool...i shot a lightening but couldn't get grt results as u need a stable place to keep d cam for a long exposure shot,,mine was handheld...

for ppl intersted in photography...
this website gives very basic tutorials which are simple to follow...

*digital-photography-school.com/

and i couldn't post some of my pics here..pls be kind enuf to visit my flickr link n post some reviews...
*www.flickr.com/photos/mysticjayant

cheers,,,

while you can take most shots using the limited settings in a semi manual camera but for the more advanced ones ....long exposure ....blurred background etc ..you need good manual settings..

@pimpom and others, I've Canon SX10IS. Where am I standing?

pretty high up.....a SX10IS means that you are just below the SLR crowd...

the entry level slr crowd

google theme contest...

Tell me more abt it!

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rhitwick said:
@pimpom and others, I've Canon SX10IS. Where am I standing?

You have one of the top non-SLR cameras, congratulations and happy shooting!

Of course, no camera is perfect and it has some shortcomings, just like any other cam, whether SLR or P&S. E.g., the lens is not quite as good as a Panasonic-Leica lens, but it has lower noise than a Panasonic, and so on.

Re DSLR vs. P&S, it's a never-ending debate and some fanboys on either side make blind exaggerated claims. The fact is that both P&Ses and SLRs have advantages and disadvantages.

The main advantages of a DSLR are low noise and fast reaction (boot-up, focusing & metering).

The main advantages of a P&S are compact size, low cost and wide zoom range in some models.

A DSLR has something else that can be either an advantage or a disadvantage depending on the user. It has a wide range of lenses to choose from, but good SLR lenses are bulky and expensive, and there's the inconvenience of having to change lenses under different shooting conditions. There's also the very real danger of getting dust on the sensor and the rest of the mechanism while changing lenses.

Therefore, it is not wise to automatically assume that a DSLR is always better than a P&S.

As far as picture quality is concerned, a DSLR can produce better images than a P&S, but ONLY if it is fitted with good lenses AND it is used properly by a skilled photographer. Besides, a DSLR photo at default settings often look drab and dull compared to those from a good P&S. They often need post-processing with an image processing software.

In the end, it is the photographer, not the camera, that makes a good p[hoto.

INS-ANI said:
Tell me more abt it!

Google had a contest where you had to send in photos and the best would be made into themes for google's websites...the contest is over now...but keep an eye out for more like it..

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Where did my post go?

Anyways, I need a camera for design college which would include photography classes so would be needing an above average camera. I mean should be good enough. Budget is 12k max.

Chirag said:
Where did my post go?

Anyways, I need a camera for design college which would include photography classes so would be needing an above average camera. I mean should be good enough. Budget is 12k max.

Check the cameras mentioned in this thread.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117769

Chirag said:
Where did my post go?

Anyways, I need a camera for design college which would include photography classes so would be needing an above average camera. I mean should be good enough. Budget is 12k max.

Open a new thread & keep this only for photography discussion.

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Chirag said:
Anyways, I need a camera for design college which would include photography classes so would be needing an above average camera. I mean should be good enough. Budget is 12k max.

There's a large number of models in that price range and most recent models are good in their own way, but no single model is perfect, not even one costing 100K+. You have to narrow down your requirements first.

Will you be doing a lot of shooting in low light? Do you need a wide zoom range? Is small size important? Do you need a powerful built-in flash? Manual settings? You can't have everything in one package. You have to set priorities.

If you can't answer the above questions, at least tell us the kind of shooting you'll be doing.

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guys, i m after long time on digit forum.. for ISO, if light is enough then low iso are always best. for low light condition and to increase the flash range increase the ISO.
I think bumb shutter mode will be good to shoot lightening...
has anyone shoot smoke photo? i did one which is not up to the mark but just tried..
check this..

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3642113378_2af033486a.jpg

I am going to air show tomorrow.. will share pics soon

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I would take photos of people, animals, vehicles in motion and still and some nature pics - lightning, flowers and all. Would be needing them for sketches too.

Will you be doing a lot of shooting in low light?
No.
Do you need a wide zoom range?
Yes.
Is small size important?
No but preferred.
Do you need a powerful built-in flash?
No. Would it be helpful for the above kind of pics?
Manual settings?
Yea.

pimpom said:
An SLR is not essential for taking photos of the moon. You just need to set the proper exposure values and a good lens, preferably one with a long focal length. Here's a composite of some pictures I took of the moon with four different cameras, NONE of which is an SLR.

*img230.imageshack.us/img230/6535/moondifferentcameras.jpg

Another point is that while most beginners want to take a photo of the moon when it's full, it's actually not the best time. At full moon, the surface is evenly lit and comes out flat without interesting shades of light and dark.

i have a sony DSC H10 camera. can i also take pictures like yours, once i tried but my moon picture only contains a globe of light no spot visible. Please give me some tips.

Also i have some very beautiful natural photography shots

*www.panoramio.com/photo/22176337

Also u can see more pictures under my username " viva1986 "

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swordfish said:
I am going to air show tomorrow.. will share pics soon

Here are a couple of shots I took at the only air show I've ever been to. It's not an air show like the Paris or Farnborough air shows where they display all kinds of military and civil aircraft. This one was an aerobatics display by the IAF aerobatics team, the last show they did shortly before their leader was killed in a crash.

The Fuji S3500 I used didn't have manual settings and restricted my options with subjects like these. Nice attempt with the smoke shot. Keep it up.

*img134.imageshack.us/img134/7320/airshow24feb06.jpg

@Chirag: I'll get back to you after I've had time to check out currently available models.

@vaibhav_jain: Yes, you an take good pictures of the moon with a Sony H10. I'll continue with some tips when I have more time, probably tomorrow. It's nearly 4:30 am now!!

Nice to know that this thread is generating more interest in photography.

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good shot with your fuji cam..
i also have never been to air show.. this is the my first opportunuty

today sky is also good for photos

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Just a quick message: My nephew next door died suddenly this afternoon. I'm the senior male member of our colony and I won't be able to come online for the next few days.

If anyone remembers my mentioning going to Mumbai to escort a patient last year, this nephew was the one.

I'll try to be back in the forum after a couple of days.

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oh thats really sad..

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weather was very bad during show..

check this

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/3646063877_01182d2997.jpg

Please tell me how can i post pics here instead of links. my pics are of average size of 2.5MB. can i post the pics with this size.

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i already posted the way to put picture here..
you have to host your picture first in some sites like flickr or picasa.. then add the link here..

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swordfish said:
i already posted the way to put picture here..
you have to host your picture first in some sites like flickr or picasa.. then add the link here..

by link he means the link for forums.like in "imageshack" after uploading images check the right hand panel...there's a "get code for forums" section..other websites will have something similar.this will post a thumbnail of your image but if you want to upload full size images you have to see the image details then get the code.

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I dont know about imagesack as i dont use it but there will be sure some option for it. try it out

Guys plz don't put full size images. Our site is slow and think how would it become if big resolution pics are embeded.
Provide links only.

and for uploading use imageshack or imagx.com like sites.

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guys check this and comment.. this is old photo with compact camera

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3128/2638117747_912eca4b18.jpg

great photo ....I took one almost like it ...will upload it the moment I get my hands on my laptop...

thnks guys for helping check this out i click this with my Sony DSC H10 digicam.

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nice pics.. have you taken this in auto mode?

swordfish said:
nice pics.. have you taken this in auto mode?

yes i take it in auto mode.

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try and play with manual settings.. you will enjoy it and have good results

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drink it..

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Master MANUAL Mode to take the snap as you desire. Once you master MANUAL, you will find many discrepancies in AUTO mode.

@swordfish, how take that kinda photos? Means the object in focus will be clear only and rest other things will be blurred...

More pics which i shoot in HASTINAPUR (UP).

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rhitwick said:
@swordfish, how take that kinda photos? Means the object in focus will be clear only and rest other things will be blurred...

Short answer: You get that effect with a wide aperture (lens opening). The lower the f number, the wider the aperture. For example, the effect will be more pronounced at f/4 than at f/8.

An in-depth explanation will be rather lengthy and I don't have time for that right now. I'll try to post it later along with replies to questions I left unanswered when I suddenly had to stay offline for some time due to my nephew's death.

rhitwick said:
@swordfish, how take that kinda photos? Means the object in focus will be clear only and rest other things will be blurred...

One trick when using the auto mode is to move a little far from the object then enable macro mode (this makes the camera focus on the closest thing to the lens) and zoom into the object ..this will give you a focused object and blurred background

You can also use the spot focus and center focus options in place of the macro mode...

@all: amazing pics everyone ...please post the mode and the settings (ISO f value and exposure time) too

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rhitwick said:
@swordfish, how take that kinda photos? Means the object in focus will be clear only and rest other things will be blurred...

It is called shallow depth of field (I m not much in to this technicals but knw the word

) If you open aperture of the lens more then you hace smaller depth of field. smaller aperture meas big F no. (Its confusing !!)
nice trick by izzikio. never tried it.. will try it.. I generelly move my lens closer to object and use manual focus. Its hard for non macro lens.

One more thing for aperture. I read it somewhere on interenet and found it useful when i was new to camera. It said that camera aperture is like the window with doors. if you open the doors fully then more light will enter in the room and room will be bright. if you open window partially then room will be dark.
here window is aperture of lens and room is camera senser.
it is easy to remember..

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Recently went to nanital ...shot this photo from mall road

Camera sony W150
ISO 100
F stop - f/4.5
Exposure time 2sec

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hey its a nice pic..

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camera sony W150
ISO 100
Shutter speed 1/80 of sec
f stop f/4.5

This photo has that shallow depth of feild effect ...only the focussed drop is clear anything nearer to the camera or more distant than the drop will be blurred. A high depth of feild will keep these things relatively clear ......

@swordfish : thanks dude....

Guys my battery charger just died. So recommend me a battery charger, also I'm planning to buy rechargeable batteries too.
So...mention both.

My cam model Canon SX10IS

rhitwick said:
Guys my battery charger just died. So recommend me a battery charger, also I'm planning to buy rechargeable batteries too.
So...mention both.

My cam model Canon SX10IS

I use this model from Sony : *www.sony-asia.com/product/bcg-34hld4e

Its a really good charger & being rated 2500mah the AA size batteries last long. I am able to shoot for two days on heavy use which includes flash & long exposure shots most. I got it for Rs.900/- here in Dadar.

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I use the same charger as Cool G5 for a Canon S570 IS. I can't say if it's the best, but it does the job.

It's a smart charger in that it senses when the battery is fully charged and then switches to trickle charging. This is important for the NiMH batteries generally used for cameras that use non-proprietary AA cells as overcharging can shorten the life of these batteries. Those cheap Rs.200 chargers do not use smart technology.

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also look for compitible batteries on ebay .. one extra battery is handy in case of emergency

Rhitwick do remember to get at-least an extra pair of batteries. I am always carrying a spare charged set of batteries with me.

@all - I am thinking of getting a tripod but I am not on a good budget. The budget will be Rs.1000 & max is Rs.1500. What can I get under such a low budget?

Manfrotto & Gorillapod are out of question. Any local brands which are reliable? Anybody using tripod here?

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Cool G5, with known brands like Manfrotto and Gorillapod, you are assured of quality. But if these are out of your budget range, I suggest you go to a good photography shop and try out some models yourself, like Vivitar's Vivicam VPT series which should fall within your budget. Since you're in Mumbai, you could try places like J.J.Mehta & Sons in Dadar East.

Yes, Vivitar is available here. Got to hit J.J Mehta this weekend.
BTW do you use tripod pimpom?

Bandra-Worli Sealink shot by me last evening.

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Camera Used : Canon SX 100 IS
Exposure Time : 15 Secs
Aperture : F 8.0
ISO : 80
White Balance : Tungsten

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I use a tripod when needed, such as in low light when shutter speed is slow. It's also useful when you want to use the timer for a super-steady shot even if you're not going to be in the picture. Otherwise I click hand-held most of the time.

^Nice shot. If I may make a suggestion: With a small sensor camera like the SX100, you could use a wider aperture and still get a DoF that's deep enough fpr a shot like this. This will let you use a shorter exposure time, e.g. f/5.6 and 8 sec. Of course, a DSLR would need f/8 or higher.

BTW, when you try out a tripod, be sure to test the movement in tilt and pan axes. Some cheap tripods, especially all-plastic ones, can move only with jerks and squeaks.

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I e vanguard tripod. forgot the model number.. they are very useful in night photography and macro photography. dont look for very cheap local one..
nice shot cool g5.. if i were there i would have also taken it in long expo.

some of my long expo with compact cam.

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Camera:Canon Digital IXUS 75
Exposure:3.2
Aperture:f/2.8
Focal Length:5.8 mm
ISO Speed:80

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Camera:Canon Digital IXUS 75
Exposure:6 sec (6)
Aperture:f/2.8
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ISO Speed:80

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swordfish said:
nice shot cool g5.. if i were there i would have also taken it in long expo.

If this was in response to my suggestion to use a wider aperture and a shorter time, I am not opposed to long exposures in itself. My suggestion of f/5.6 and 8 sec gives the same exposure (same amount of light) as G5's f/8 and 15 sec. The wider aperture compensates for the shorter duration and image brightness remains the same.

This saves time, not just for the exposure itself, but also for the additional time the camera takes to retrieve the charge from the CCD sensor. Reading the CCD charge takes about the same time as the exposure time, and this doubles the delay.

When you want to take several pictures in succession, a difference of 15 seconds or so for each shot is quite significant.

The difference in the results with f/8 at 15 secs and f/5.6 at 8 secs will be in the depth of field (DoF), but with small-sensor conpact cameras, the DoF at f/5.6 is still very good.

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hehe man.. why you always take on yourself...

i didnt even read your post
check my shots i generally take max 5 sec exposure..

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OK. But coming so soon after my post, a less experienced reader might have thought your statement was an indirect contradiction to my suggestion. I just didn't want anyone to be misled.

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no probs dude..

@swordfish - The first shot appears a bit blown out, maybe one stop less in exposure would have done the trick. The second one is good.

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thanks man.. in my compact cam had very less option in exposure

but you know personally i like the first one..

^Its not that bad. Good shot.
The one who overcomes the shortcomings of his photography equipments is the true photographer.

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ya .. agreed... now i own canon d450 (450d

) ..

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great pics everyone....check one of mine....hope you can figure out how its done....This photo is straight from the camera...no post processing ...

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Hi. this thread inspired me to share my photographs too..
i do name my pics and None of them in automatic mode....so here are few of them..

1. "Sunset after Monsoons"
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2. "My three Musketeers"
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Color : Sepia

3. "Surface Says Alot"
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4. "Zoom In"
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5."Zoom Out"
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@Mystic jayant : How did you do that? Some torches along with slow shutter, I guess.

@Rhitwick - Which charger you purchased?

@joey_182 - I liked the first one. All the others are underexposed.

Hi cool joe. remembered me. I too want to post my pics here but how?

And why i am not able to view some pics. Are these removed or something else.

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toofan said:
Hi cool joe. remembered me. I too want to post my pics here but how?

The basic idea behind posting a picture in a forum is to upload the picture to an image hosting site and then post the link in the forum. There are variations to this.

The simplest way to do this is to upload the image to a free site like Imageshack: [u]*imageshack.us[/u]. You can do this directly on the home page or you can create a free account and upload it to your own page.

The advantage of having an account is that you have more control and it's easier to keep track of your images.

There are many other free image hosting sites and their policies are not all the same. For instance, some sites do not allow direct linking, i.e., your image will not show up in a forum as you can post only a link or a thumbnail. Sites also differ in the number of images you can store with them or with the maximum file size or image dimensions in pixels.

Thanks buddy.

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You're welcome. A few more suggestions:

Make a trial upload of a picture and copy the link. Click "Post Reply" (not Quick Reply) on this thread. Insert the link and click the "Preview Post" button. If you did it correctly, your image will appear on the preview pane above the message box.

If it does not show up, check the method. If you need help, ask here.

It's a good idea to keep the size of your image down so that they do not take too long to load, especially for those with slow connections. Use a maximum of 640x480 (preferably smaller) and save it as jpeg at 60-70% quality. This will result in a file size of a few tens of kilobytes.

Ohh I will try to resize the pics. But will they show clear. As my camera takes pics of about 3.5 mb in size. some go as high as 5.5 mb.

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There will inevitably be some loss of detail when we resize an image, and compressing it to a lossy format like jpeg will also cause some loss of quality. The more you reduce the size or compress them, the bigger the loss of quality.

However, if the reduction in size and quality is done with some thought and trial, the loss will not be obvious and the result is usually perfectly good enough for online viewing.

All the images I've posted here were treated this way before uploading them to the hosting site.

When you resize and compress the image, choose "Save as" and save it with a new name, NOT over the original file.

Don't save photos in GIF format as that will reduce the palette from 24-bit (16.8 million colours) to 8-bit (256 colours). GIF is fine for drawings that have a small number of different colours and produce smaller file sizes than jpeg.

Irfanview is great for resizing, cropping and compressing. Also for adjusting brightness, contrast, colour balance, etc.

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Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Shooting Date/Time 29/03/2009 5:46:49 PM
Shooting Mode Manual
My Colors Mode Off
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/1250
Av (Aperture Value) 5.6
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ISO Speed 80
Lens 6.0 - 60.0 mm
Focal Length 34.9 mm
IS Mode On
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Image Quality Superfine
White Balance Auto
AF Mode Continuous AF

Why this is showing as a thumbnail. I had saved this image at 60 % compression but when i tried it to resize its size increased to more than 10mb.

I am waiting for comments about that photo and some image resizing tips.

Thanks.

@CoolG5, I've bought Sony PowerCharger. Model: BCG-34HLD. It accepts 2700mAh. Both AAA and AA batteries supported.
The set came with two AA 2700mAh batteries. It costed me 900/-

I bought another two AA 2700 mAh same battries @200/- each
Total 1300/-

Now struggling with "Shalow depth of field"....its just not happening. I guess I've to revisit my camera manual :-(

rhitwick for shallow depth of field try to use some zoom, then use the f stop(AV) between 3 to 5. If i understood what you were talking then the problem solved.

I will post my new pic whenever I will master the resizing thing.

rhitwick said:
@CoolG5, I've bought Sony PowerCharger. Model: BCG-34HLD. It accepts 2700mAh. Both AAA and AA batteries supported.
The set came with two AA 2700mAh batteries. It costed me 900/-
I bought another two AA 2700 mAh same battries @200/- each
Total 1300/-

Now struggling with "Shalow depth of field"....its just not happening. I guess I've to revisit my camera manual

Good Buy.

For shallow depth of field,

1) Set the widest aperture on your camera i.e. lowest F-Number.
2) Backstep from your subject a little & zoom in to your subject. Do keep in min F-Number since it will change while you zoom in & out.
3) Use MANUAL Focus for better results. AUTO works fine but upto a certain degree only.
4) You will notice a heavy blur only if objects are far behind your subject. So keep that in mind you won't notice any significant blur if the objects which form the background are quite close to the subject.

Read this for further help.

Cool G5 said:
1) Set the widest aperture on your camera i.e. lowest F-Number.
2) Backstep from your subject a little & zoom in to your subject. Do keep in min F-Number since it will change while you zoom in & out.

Do I need to go for Macro or Super-Macro?

3) Use MANUAL Focus for better results. AUTO works fine but upto a certain degree only.

I was using Manual only, but I guess I messed up the settings.

4) You will notice a heavy blur only if objects are far behind your subject. So keep that in mind you won't notice any significant blur if the objects which form the background are quite close to the subject.

......so thats the reason I got zero blurr. Hmm, let me check with keeping things at distance.
B/w, I was trying at night, let me try at day.

Read this for further help.

Thanx

Do I need to go for Macro or Super-Macro?

No need.

ritwik here with manual coolG5 means with "manual focus" and you might be misunderstanding it with "manual mode".

The higher the zoom higher the blurring.

Can anyone suggest a good free software to resizing the images without any problem.

toofan said:
ritwik here with manual coolG5 means with "manual focus" and you might be misunderstanding it with "manual mode".

The higher the zoom higher the blurring.

Can anyone suggest a good free software to resizing the images without any problem.

Yes, you hit the nail. Rhitwick, I didn't meant MANUAL MODE but MANUAL FOCUS. :smile:

Toofan, you can use Irfanview. Small, Free & Fast.
Use Batch resize by pressing 'B' to convert/resize a handful of images.

Cool G5 said:
Yes, you hit the nail. Rhitwick, I didn't meant MANUAL MODE but MANUAL FOCUS.

Sh1t I WAS in the manual mode....

one question to all lightning picture photographers ,

How can you take the pic of lightning ? is that u press shutter the right time or set to long exposer ?

i really feel hard

and if it is lightning then it must be raining too
how you protect the camera ?

PS : I will be getting a good camera soon . expected to be a entry level dSLR .

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max_demon said:
one question to all lightning picture photographers ,

How can you take the pic of lightning ? is that u press shutter the right time or set to long exposer ?

Max, read my posts on page 2 of this thread. Then, if you have further questions, ask.

i really feel hard

and if it is lightning then it must be raining too
how you protect the camera ?

Don't you often see lightning from your window or your verandah? If you can see it, you can photograph it. You don't have to go out in the rain. In any case, rain and lightning do not always occur at the same time.

PS : I will be getting a good camera soon . expected to be a entry level dSLR .

Good for you. But don't think a good camera will automatically turn you into a good photographer. It takes patience, diligence, imagination, etc., but the results are worth it. Know that you are always learning. Learn from your mistakes and enjoy the process of learning.

For taking pics of lightning One can use the brust mode of the camera which takes some consecutive photos in one go.

But you need to be lucky and fast memory card so that these pics can be stored quickly.

The most important thing needed to capture lightning(or any nature pics) is patience of a sage.

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toofan said:
Why this is showing as a thumbnail. I had saved this image at 60 % compression but when i tried it to resize its size increased to more than 10mb.

I am waiting for comments about that photo and some image resizing tips.

Thanks.

You copied and posted the wrong link string. Your link was this (except that I substituted square brackets with parentheses, otherwise my post would show the thumbnail again instead of the text string) -

(URL="*img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=evening.jpg")(IMG)*img199.imageshack.us/img199/2138/evening.th.jpg(/IMG)(/URL)

First, the string (URL=................evening.jpg") and the (/URL) at the end are not necessary.

Only the string (IMG)*.............jpg(/IMG) is needed, but with square brackets.

Second, you copied the link for the thumbnail. See the .th.jpg near the end of the string. The .th points to the thumbnail rather than the full-sized picture. So, with this picture, the correct link should be
(IMG)*img199.imageshack.us/img199/2138/evening.jpg(/IMG) - with square brackets of course. Note the absence of the .th extension.

It's fortunate that you unintentionally posted the thumbnail as your picture is still way too big. You tried to post a 6 megapixel image of 815 KB. Here's how to resize your picture:

Open the image with Irfanview. Click the drop-down menu under "Image" or press Ctrl+R. The resize window will pop up. Under "Set new size:" type in the new size in pixels.

Check to see if the "Preserve aspect ratio" box is ticked (it is ticked by default). If it's ticked, you have to type only the size of the width or the height.

I saved your photo and resized it. A 600x450 at 70% jpeg quality results in a 52.8 KB file size, and 400x300 gives 38.2 KB.

Now try it yourself, but don't post it again until you're sure that the image size and file size are small enough for posting.

Thanks friend.

Pimpom and photographers I am looking to buy a tripod for my cam. Can you suggest any.
In my city I found.
1. One of Sony RS 1800.00 black in color and height of 3.5 feet.
2. Simplex Rs 900.00 & 800.00 aluminum made(clearly seen) and height of 4.5 ft and 5 ft.

And can you suggest any shop in Delhi. I can ask my bro to pick it up for me.

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Shooting Mode Manual
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/1250
Av (Aperture Value) 5.6
Light Metering Evaluative
ISO Speed 80
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Shooting Mode Manual
My Colors Mode Vivid
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/160
Av (Aperture Value) 3.5
Light Metering Evaluative
ISO Speed 80

Now comment how I would have improved on these pics.

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toofan said:
For taking pics of lightning One can use the brust mode of the camera which takes some consecutive photos in one go.

But you need to be lucky and fast memory card so that these pics can be stored quickly.

nah.. i dont think this will be helpful.. you need to have long shutter for lighening photos else you will end up with just dark photo..

^^ nice pics above..

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inspired to pur flower pic too..

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Camera:Canon EOS 450D
Exposure:0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture:f/8.0
Focal Length:91 mm
Exposure:+0.60

This is called a DSLR PIC.

But why you used aperture: f/8.0 it can be around 3.4 to 5.4 or something. I m new to photography so these questions will help me and other newbie.

Do you use tripod.

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Ever since I made one of my occasional visits to NASA's eclipse site last year, I've been eagerly looking forward to this day. The eclipse was to be only slightly over 90% of total in my area and I knew a photo of it would be nowhere nearly as spectacular as in the totality zone. But it's the first major solar eclipse I'd have a chance to photograph.

I decided to stay up all night rather than catch a couple of hours' sleep and force myself to get up all woozy headed. With some friends whom I've been informally guiding in photography, I went to the house of another friend who's in a good location facing the eastern sky.

Dawn came but alas, the morning sky was heavily overcast, with thick fog rolling in too. There wasn't even a faintly luminous spot to indicate where the sun was. We watched TV, the clock and the darkening sky as the moment of maximum eclipse came and went.

Some time later, the weather relented a bit and we began to catch glimpses of the receding eclipse. We started shooting and I took some 60 shots. The clouds were moving so fast that the brightness level changed literally from second to second.

I saw no point in trying to check my exposures in between shots as the next one would need a different level anyway. I went entirely by guesstimate and kept turning the shutter and aperture dials, using exposure values from f/11 at 1/2000 sec with a filter to f/4 at 1/20 sec without a filter.

I was pleasantly surprised when I later found that more than half of the shots had acceptable exposure, at least acceptable to me, given the circumstances.

Here's the very first shot, taken about 10 minutes after the moment of maximum eclipse:
*s48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/keimah/Eclipse-22Jul09_1.jpg

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toofan said:
This is called a DSLR PIC.

But why you used aperture: f/8.0 it can be around 3.4 to 5.4 or something. I m new to photography so these questions will help me and other newbie.

Do you use tripod.

It was so much sun light at that time so i kept it a little narrow so picture is not over exposed. No i didnt used tripod..
I have tripod but its a big one so not so handy to carry

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pimpom said:
Ever since I made one of my occasional visits to NASA's eclipse site last year, I've been eagerly looking forward to this day. The eclipse was to be only slightly over 90% of total in my area and I knew a photo of it would be nowhere nearly as spectacular as in the totality zone. But it's the first major solar eclipse I'd have a chance to photograph.

I decided to stay up all night rather than catch a couple of hours' sleep and force myself to get up all woozy headed. With some friends whom I've been informally guiding in photography, I went to the house of another friend who's in a good location facing the eastern sky.

Dawn came but alas, the morning sky was heavily overcast, with thick fog rolling in too. There wasn't even a faintly luminous spot to indicate where the sun was. We watched TV, the clock and the darkening sky as the moment of maximum eclipse came and went.

Some time later, the weather relented a bit and we began to catch glimpses of the receding eclipse. We started shooting and I took some 60 shots. The clouds were moving so fast that the brightness level changed literally from second to second.

I saw no point in trying to check my exposures in between shots as the next one would need a different level anyway. I went entirely by guesstimate and kept turning the shutter and aperture dials, using exposure values from f/11 at 1/2000 sec with a filter to f/4 at 1/20 sec without a filter.

I was pleasantly surprised when I later found that more than half of the shots had acceptable exposure, at least acceptable to me, given the circumstances.

Here's the very first shot, taken about 10 minutes after the moment of maximum eclipse:
*s48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/keimah/Eclipse-22Jul09_1.jpg

good pic.. Clouds become nuisance [FONT=&quot][/FONT]in your pic.. i hope you didnt see directly from viewfinder

you should have taken some drinks in night while you were awake all night with friends..

@Pimpom, that is an awesome photo!

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swordfish said:
good pic.. Clouds become nuisance [FONT=&quot][/FONT]in your pic..

Hey swordfish, you quoted my entire post, but did you read through it, especially the part where I described the shooting conditions? Clouds were unavoidable.

i hope you didnt see directly from viewfinder

Not sure what you mean here. Oh, you mean the risk of damaging my eyes by peering through a lens? Nah, I didn't use a DSLR. The electronic viewfinder (EVF) limits the brightness of any spot in view to well below danger level. Anyway, I didn't use the EVF. The swivel LCD screen is more suitable for this type of shooting.

you should have taken some drinks in night while you were awake all night with friends..

I don't drink, but maybe *you* had a few too many last night and couldn't get up in time to shoot the eclipse??? :lol:

S

^^ Man its my daily practice

Nice pic. Pimpom which cam do you have.

few pics

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Picture are taken in Patna .Unfortunately ,I couldn't see the total eclipse or the diamond ring due to clouds

Sun came out just after 3 min when total eclipse and everything was over .Still ,since I went there specially for eclipse ,so I decided to take few pictures of it .

So ,all in all it was a wasted trip

^Which camera did you use?

First One looks awesome in every sense. can you give the setting of these pics.

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toofan said:
Nice pic. Pimpom which cam do you have.

Thanks. I use a Panasonic FZ30. It's a 2005 model, so it's quite old by digital camera standards. In its day, it was considered to be the king of non-SLR cameras and rivalled many entry-level SLRs.

Its main shortcoming is a high amount of noise. This is true of all non-SLR digicams, especially of Panasonic. OTOH, it also has advantages over SLRs: it comes with a long-zoom, fast (wide aperture), high-quality lens in a body that is significantly smaller and cost about one-third the price of an SLR with equivalent lens and features.

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Stuge said:
few pics

Picture are taken in Patna .Unfortunately ,I couldn't see the total eclipse or the diamond ring due to clouds

Sun came out just after 3 min when total eclipse and everything was over .Still ,since I went there specially for eclipse ,so I decided to take few pictures of it .

So ,all in all it was a wasted trip

Nice pics. Too bad about not catching the moment of totality.

Since the totality zone was in the tropics in the rainy season, many others were also disappointed. I really feel sorry for scientists who made long trips to India, China etc., many of them from western countries, who were denied the chance to take scientific observations because of the weather.

In my town, the Science Promotion department organised a team that included the local astronomy club and many other interested individuals. They went to a hill top that they thought would be a good observation point. Even after the clouds had partly cleared, the thick fog that had enveloped us lasted even longer there, and they did not get to see ANY part of the eclipse at all.

pimpom said:
Thanks. I use a Panasonic FZ30. It's a 2005 model, so it's quite old by digital camera standards. In its day, it was considered to be the king of non-SLR cameras and rivalled many entry-level SLRs.

Its main shortcoming is a high amount of noise. This is true of all non-SLR digicams, especially of Panasonic. OTOH, it also has advantages over SLRs: it comes with a long-zoom, fast (wide aperture), high-quality lens in a body that is significantly smaller and cost about one-third the price of an SLR with equivalent lens and features.

I thought you have a dslr. Amazing results with this cam.

P

toofan said:
I thought you have a dslr. Amazing results with this cam.

A lot of people wrongly assume that a DSLR is a must to take good pictures, and that a DSLR always takes better pictures than a non-SLR. It's true that an SLR is a higher class of camera, but it's not always better at everything or for everybody.

I think it was you who asked for advice about tripods, wasn't it? I've been meaning to reply, but always forgot. I don't know of a particular model that I could recommend in your price range. The big-name models are all very expensive, but there are cheaper ones that are quite OK.

This is what I suggest. Go to a photography shop in your town/city and ask to have a close examination of the models they have in your price range. The movements should be smooth in all directions: swivel or pan (rotating it horizontally), tilt (angle up and down). The legs should also extend and retract smoothly. It should make the camera stay firm and stable unless you move it.

Don't go for an all-plastic one. These types usually have very jerky movements and it's very difficult to adjust them properly.

You might have a look at a Vivitar VPT 2400 or 3600.

@Stuge
nice pics

@ Pimpon thanks dear.

Pimpom congrats.

Check the last page of this months magazine. You had got your reward of that excellent photo of solar eclipse.

P

You mean they printed my photo of the eclipse?

I no longer subscribe to Digit and newsstands in my town have not been able to get the magazine in recent months. So I'll have to wait for my friend's subscriber copy to arrive.

Are you sure it's my photo? You can check this by comparing the cloud patterns in the picture. In fact, could you please do that for me?

If it IS my photo, they should have asked me first before publishing it. I would have readily given them permission. I would also have given them a much higher resolution version of the same picture. The picture I posted was heavily downsized. In the original photo, the sun's diameter is about 360 pixels across.

Have they given credits to pimpom in the mag?

BTW Congrats Pimpom :d

Friend I am so joyed that I cant tell you. If i could I would have scanned that page and posted here. I will try to do that later.

I am trying to copy how they posted that pic.

Its under community section(where they print the best post of the month from forum) page no 126 third last page.

pimpom
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Ever since I made one of my occasional visits to NASA's eclipse site last year, I've been eagerly looking forward to this day. The eclipse was to be only slightly over 90% of total in my area and I knew a photo of it would be nowhere nearly as spectacular as in the totality zone. But it's the first major solar eclipse I'd have a chance to photograph.

I decided to stay up all night rather than catch a couple of hours' sleep and force myself to get up all woozy headed. With some friends whom I've been informally guiding in photography, I went to the house of another friend who's in a good location facing the eastern sky.

Dawn came but alas, the morning sky was heavily overcast, with thick fog rolling in too. There wasn't even a faintly luminous spot to indicate where the sun was. We watched TV, the clock and the darkening sky as the moment of maximum eclipse came and went.

Some time later, the weather relented a bit and we began to catch glimpses of the receding eclipse. We started shooting and I took some 60 shots. The clouds were moving so fast that the brightness level changed literally from second to second.

I saw no point in trying to check my exposures in between shots as the next one would need a different level anyway. I went entirely by guesstimate and kept turning the shutter and aperture dials, using exposure values from f/11 at 1/2000 sec with a filter to f/4 at 1/20 sec without a filter.

I was pleasantly surprised when I later found that more than half of the shots had acceptable exposure, at least acceptable to me, given the circumstances.

Here's the very first shot, taken about 10 minutes after the moment of maximum eclipse:

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They had give you all the credit and I think they don't need any permission for this.

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Toofan, thanks for your congrats and enthusiasm, but that's not my photo. It's Stuge's. But the text is my post. Are you sure the photo you've posted again is the one in the magazine?

There's a mix-up somewhere. Did they give me credit for Stuge's photo or did you mix up the pictures? Please check again and clarify.

Sorry: In enthusiasm I just mixed up the pics.
It was your pic and this is the link to it.

The Picture is edited.

*s48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/keimah/Eclipse-22Jul09_1.jpg

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Thanks for your continued support. It was rather confusing for a moment.

M

*www.flickr.com/photos/mrintech-mrinmay-bhattacharjee/sets/72157621943454756/

Hope you Like Them :wink:

Nice Mrinmay!

M

Cool G5 said:
Nice Mrinmay!

Yeah! Thanks, I am just a Newbie ;-)

pimpom said:
Ever since I made one of my occasional visits to NASA's eclipse site last year, I've been eagerly looking forward to this day. The eclipse was to be only slightly over 90% of total in my area and I knew a photo of it would be nowhere nearly as spectacular as in the totality zone. But it's the first major solar eclipse I'd have a chance to photograph.

I decided to stay up all night rather than catch a couple of hours' sleep and force myself to get up all woozy headed. With some friends whom I've been informally guiding in photography, I went to the house of another friend who's in a good location facing the eastern sky.

Dawn came but alas, the morning sky was heavily overcast, with thick fog rolling in too. There wasn't even a faintly luminous spot to indicate where the sun was. We watched TV, the clock and the darkening sky as the moment of maximum eclipse came and went.

Some time later, the weather relented a bit and we began to catch glimpses of the receding eclipse. We started shooting and I took some 60 shots. The clouds were moving so fast that the brightness level changed literally from second to second.

I saw no point in trying to check my exposures in between shots as the next one would need a different level anyway. I went entirely by guesstimate and kept turning the shutter and aperture dials, using exposure values from f/11 at 1/2000 sec with a filter to f/4 at 1/20 sec without a filter.

I was pleasantly surprised when I later found that more than half of the shots had acceptable exposure, at least acceptable to me, given the circumstances.

Here's the very first shot, taken about 10 minutes after the moment of maximum eclipse:
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@mrintech nice pics but I think you haven't done touching to them.
Every professional photographer edits there pics so you should also.

S

congs dude pimpom

P

Thanks, swordfish. If I knew that they were going to print my post, I would have written a longer, more detailed and more interesting post.

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toofan said:
@mrintech nice pics but I think you haven't done touching to them.
Every professional photographer edits there pics so you should also.

which software?

mrintech said:
which software?

Adobe PhotoShop or GIMP for Serious Image manipulations.
PIcasa for simple one's.

Paint.Net ( Free one)
Adobe Lightroom
PHotoshop CS4

I use Paint.Net easy, quick, small.

Or you can use the software provided by the camera manufacturer.

Which camera do you use and its specs.?

P

You can do a lot with Irfanview too. For quick adjustment of brightness, gamma, contrast, colour balance, cropping, resizing, etc., I use Iview most often.

M

I use N73 ME

No Camera

S

I use adobe CS4 .. its best for RAW format edition..

S

check this ..
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Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Exposure: 0.001 sec (1/800)
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal Length: 91 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

Good shot but I find the rope distracting.

Shord fish where you shoot that pic. Its beautiful.
The background sky is awesome.

S

Thanks ..
its swiss

A couple of shots displaying the fear of Swine Flu which has gripped Mumbai recently

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These masks were distributed by head honcho of a party who himself hid under cover not showing up for the event(Flag Hoisting).

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Let Me Taste!

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Exploded!

Toofan, how did you take the first shot? Settings?

P

Cool G5 said:
Toofan, how did you take the first shot? Settings?

He took the picture with a Canon SX110 IS. Settings are:

ISO = 100
Shutter speed = 1/160 sec
Aperture = 3.5
Focal length = 20.1mm (3.35x zoom), equiv. to 120mm for a 35mm camera
No flash
Scene-average metering

@toofan : You should set your camera clock. It looks as if you shot the picture at 3:51 AM and that's probably not true. Nice picture. I've never had a chance to take a good shot of a snake. Here's a couple of pictures of some unusual cloud formations.

The diffracted sunlight is beautiful in this shot:
*s48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/keimah/?action=view&current=Cloudcolour.jpg

This shot shows what appear to be shadows of the cloud on a thin higher layer of cloud, but that's impossible. We had an interesting discussion of the phenomenon in a newsgroup a couple of years ago.
*s48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/keimah/?action=view&current=Cloudshadow.jpg

Thanks dear.
I was about to post the settings but you already did. Which software do you used?

If the shutter speed would have been a bit higher, the moving tip too would have been sharper. Am I right?
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Amazing shots !

What was the conclusion of that discussion. Its really amazing. Shadow in between then what would be the position of sun.

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toofan said:
Thanks dear.
I was about to post the settings but you already did. Which software do you used?

Irfanview with plugins. To show basic info like image size in pixels, number of colours, file size, etc. , the Iview hot key is 'I'. The plugins let you see the photo's EXIF data like exposure, etc. The hot key for that is 'E' when the basic info is being displayed.

shutter speed would have been a bit higher, the moving tip too would have been sharper. Am I right?

Correct. But then the aperture would have to be wider to compensate for the shorter exposure time. f/3.5 is about maximum for your camera at that focal length. The
remaining option is to use a higher ISO, but that would introduce more noise. In that situation, a good compromise might be ISO 200 which would result in a shutter speed of about 1/320 sec and still have reasonably low noise.

What was the conclusion of that discussion. Its really amazing. Shadow in between then what would be the position of sun.

Someone finally pointed out that the shadow is actually on a thin lower cloud layer. He provided a link to an explanation, so it must be true. But even on the full-sized image in my computer, I couldn't detect any indication of the lower cloud layer.

Correct. But then the aperture would have to be wider to compensate for the shorter exposure time. f/3.5 is about maximum for your camera at that focal length. The
remaining option is to use a higher ISO, but that would introduce more noise. In that situation, a good compromise might be ISO 200 which would result in a shutter speed of about 1/320 sec and still have reasonably low noise.

How you know that much about these things. I never thought that. Is it possible with DSLR to have f stop of 3.5 by using high shutter speed.

And what is this focal length. mean how it affect photography?

Focal length = 20.1mm (3.35x zoom), equiv. to 120mm for a 35mm camera

What this mean?

Nicon has a lens something like that VR is 18mm -- 120 mm. how to find that how much optical zoom is this?
mine is 6 -- 60 and its 10x. and 18mm -- 120 mm will be 6.6 X optical zoom(if i m right). now what is the difference between them,which is higher zoom.

So many questions to ask. Hope you get the point of my confusion.

S

wow. nice pic of snake tufan .. like it

thank you

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S

nice pic toofan...

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M

swordfish said:
nice pic toofan...

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OMG This is too good PIC :smile:

- Where this place is?

Offtopic: You added Contact Page in your Blog :grin:

sword fish wow! but tumne meri photo ko pheeka kar diya apne saamne.
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which place is this. Swiss. I wish I could be there. Its the effect of you pic.

S

Thanks mate.. Its swiss again..

mrintech, yes I added..

also my blog get hacked too

Toofan, ya swiss.. yours is also verryyy nice.. Pleasant colors to look at..

mrintech is a techy guy. mirntech wht you did to our mate. LOL

(just kidding).

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A photo I took at Kausani ....its a place near nanital ...famous for its sunset point...
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A photo I took at Kausani ....its a place near nanital ...famous for its sunset point...

C

I love hill stations. I love the pic. woot!

Actually its about 100 Kms from Nainital. Its nothing in comparition of plains but for hills its 3 hours of journey.

Kausani is very very beautiful place and Known for Bird watchers.And from there you can watch a full range of Himalayas. If you can post more pics that would be good.

Fooling around at work...
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Cyber Junki awesome pics.

Can you tell us how you took that means taken in flash or studio light or just ordinary light etc etc.

No flash or studio lights. It was taken with sunlight coming through a window with blinds at around 12 in the noon. It was slightly cloudy at that time.

I'm damn sure you're using a good camera. Such results are not possible on a normal 10k consumer grade camera. Which camera CJ?

And yes, the pics are good, especially the first one. The second one seems a spot over perfect exposure, that can be very acceptable though.

There are many people who can get great results with cheap point and shoots. I was reviewing the Sony A330. It's gone back now :sad:

cyberjunkie said:
There are many people who can get great results with cheap point and shoots. I was reviewing the Sony A330. It's gone back now

Thought so.
Still a DSLR is a DSLR. With great price come great snaps.
You guys are lucky still, you get to handle so many latest products while we have to stick with the one we purchase for a long time.

"With great price come great snaps." Probably the most ridiculous statement ever. Go to Flickr and find photos from a Canon PowerShot A480 or something. You'll find some seriously impressive stuff from Rs. 7,000 cameras. If you look for cameras over Rs. 2 lakh, you'll also find equally horrible shots..

Then let's see you say ""With great price come great snaps..."

Offcourse, I didn't meant it entirely depends upon the camera. I know even low end camera's can shoot great if one shoots within their capabilities.
But then a professional photographer can't reproduce the same photo he took with Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Canon Powershot A480. Can he? No!

Even a low end DSLR will beat a 10k model black-blue, offcourse not considering the poor skill of the shooter. I hope that's clear. :razz:

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Beetal BOy left Alone!

@toofan and chirag....thanks guys.....will post some more of the photos I took....
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one of the lake at nainital.....its a beauty by day and is almost unreal by night....
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@toofan: amazing photo of the beetle ......amazing control on the depth of feild....what is the camera and lens that you are using?

@all: An expensive camera helps but the real stuff is the photographer, a good one tends to turn even the limitations of the camera into amazing shots...

P

izzikio, that's a beautiful scene. But the tilt is irritating. It's easy to tilt the camera while shooting without knowing it and I sometimes do it myself.

You can rotate an image with Irfanview by any angle in steps of 0.01 degree. Your photo will look better if it's rotated by about 2 degrees to the right.

P

Nice picture, toofan.

Now, without peeking at the explanation below, can anyone tell what this is?

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It's the stinger of a honeybee. The bee left it behind when it stung my wife and I took it off with a pair of tweezers.

If it had happened during the day, I would have been able to take a bigger and more detailed picture. But it was night time, there wasn't sufficient light and since dinner was already on the table, I didn't want to go to the trouble of arranging some additional lightning. So I had to use the flash. I shot in macro mode, but if I put the camera too close to the subject, the lens housing would have cast a shadow on the subject. So this was the most close-up shot I could take.

BTW, although the sting of a honeybee is not bery painful to most people, some, like my wife, are very sensitive to insect stings. When a bee stings her in the neck, her face swells up like a balloon and she finds it very painful. It can even be life-threatening if the allergic reaction obstructs the respiratory tracts. I always have antihistamine shots and tablets handy in the house.

@pimpom: thanks, I somehow hadn't noticed the tilt till now.....but its pretty clear once you know its there.....

@ izzikio_rage: That pic was shot from a cannon sx110 IS. Not a DSLR

and the light post which is in foreground of the pic tells us that you have a mind of a photographer.

@pimpom I could not figure out that its a bee sting without the explanation below it. Because no one can think that a bee sting could be photographed

Yes the shadow of camera tends to come over images and it happens with me also many time while Indore shooting.

pimpom said:
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pimpom said:
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Pimpom Amazing amazing Pics. I saw them today. You said these were taken form Panasonic FZ30 and some other. Its unbelievable. I also had a Panasonic FZ28.(actually its not mine but i take care of it.)

Can I too take such pics with that camera.
Can SX110IS can also be used.
And how zoom is required ?

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toofan said:
Pimpom Amazing amazing Pics. I saw them today. You said these were taken form Panasonic FZ30 and some other. Its unbelievable. I also had a Panasonic FZ28.(actually its not mine but i take care of it.)

Can I too take such pics with that camera.
Can SX110IS can also be used.
And how zoom is required ?

Yes, you can take good pictures of the moon with an FZ28 or an SX110. The lens of my FZ30 is somewhat better than these in terms of quality (not zoom range), but the lenses of those two cameras are also not bad at all.

To take photos of the moon, you will have to experiment a bit. I'll give you some hints as starting points.

1. Use manual focussing if possible. If you can't get the focus right with manual focus, set the camera to spot focus. This makes the lens try to focus on the center of the picture.

2. You have to use manual exposure settings. It's very difficult (though not impossible with some cameras) to get proper exposure in automatic exposure setting. This is because the moon is a small bright object in a vast black background. In auto setting, the camera tries to compensate for the dark background by increasing exposure. The result is that the moon is overexposed and comes out as a blurry bright white object.

Set the control dial to M (manual). Also set ISO to 100, not auto. Start by setting aperture to, say, around 5, and shutter speed to 1/250 sec. The required exposure depends on atmosperic conditions, so these values are only starting points.

Take a trial shot. If the moon comes out too bright, decrease exposure by increasing the shutter speed in steps - 1/320, 1/400, and so on. If it's too dim, increase exposure by changing the shutter speed to 1/200, 1/160, etc.

Keep on shooting and change the exposure until you can see details of the moon's surface clearly in the picture.

3. Use maximum zoom for either camera. This will give you the biggest picture in pixels. The SX110 has a somewhat shorter lens (360mm) than my FZ30 (420mm), so you'll get a slightly smaller image. The 9 MP sensor wil partly compensate for this as this is larger than my FZ30's 8 MP. So the resultant image will be only slightly smaller than my shot with the FZ30.

My earlier FZ20 was 5 MP with a 432 mm lens, so the SX110's image will be bigger than that of the FZ20.

The FZ28 has a higher MP and a longer lens (486mm) than the SX110, so you'll get a much bigger image. The lens quality is also better. (Panasonic has the best non-SLR lenses, even better than most SLR kit lenses, and rivals many expensive SLR lenses. Panasonic's weakness is a high level of noise).

4. To avoid camera shake and get a sharp photo, use a tripod whenever possible, and use the self-timer even if you're not going to be in the picture. Avoiding camera shake is particularly important at long zooms. Most cameras have a choice of 2 or 10 seconds delay. 2 secs is enough for the vibration to die down after you've press the button.

5. The moon shots I posted were somewhat enhanced with Irfanview and Photoshop, so don't be disappointed if your shots don't come out looking as clear as those. OTOH, don't rely too much on post-processing. Too much processing can result in an unnatural look.

Also remember that no photographer, including those much better than me, can get a perfect shot every time. Keep on shooting, learn from the results and enjoy the good shots.

Thanks for these detailed tips. I will try to get some shots tonight.

And One good thing happened to me. I had bought a Vivitar Tripod last weak and now time for its real test.

^Which one you got? VPT-1200 or VPT-1800 or VPT-3600 or any other?

Its VPT 2400 available for RS 1800.00 in my city.

@toofan: an SX110; amazing work dude....

Thanks Izziko.

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Now this is the pic I had taken from Panasonic FZ28 at full 18x zoom.

f/5.0
shutter speed: 1/80
ISO: 100

a little bit adjustments and cropped in Photoshop CS4.( I am learning PHotoshop these days. Its quite huge to learn :cry:

)

pimpon and others please tell what improvement I need to do next time.

P

toofan said:
Now this is the pic I had taken from Panasonic FZ28 at full 18x zoom.

f/5.0
shutter speed: 1/80
ISO: 100

Great, congratulations. See, you can do it.

This is a better time to capture an interesting shot of the moon than at full moon. That's because sunlight is still slanting on many parts of the moon's visible surface and creates interesting plays of shadow and light on the ridges and craters.

Of course, I'm not against shooting the full moon and I've done it quite a few times. But at full moon, we are looking at surfaces where the sun is directly overhead and the features are not as interesting as at other times.

One personal viewpoint: Many others with better equipment and skills have shot pictures of the moon. They use high-end DSLRs with high-grade telephoto lenses of 800mm, 1000mm and even 2000mm. The lenses alone can cost $2000-10000. Such photo gear can capture details that are not possible with cameras like ours.

However, the majority of those shots come out making the moon look like a dull dead rock. Of course, the moon IS a dead rock, but it doesn't look like that from the earth. So I usually try to make the moon look like a shining globe in my shots. This needs adjusting image parameters both in the camera and in post-processing.

a little bit adjustments and cropped in Photoshop CS4.( I am learning PHotoshop these days. Its quite huge to learn)

pimpon and others please tell what improvement I need to do next time.

Yes, Photoshop is powerful but needs a lot of effort to master. Personally, I have a limited knowledge of Photoshop. In any case, you don't need Photoshop for cropping, adjustment of brightness, contrast, gamma, colour balance, etc. Irfanview can do all of those and is much easier to learn.

I suggest you use Irfanview for the things it can do and use Photoshop for things outside the scope of Irfanview.

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Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/320
Av (Aperture Value) 4.5
ISO Speed 80
This image is taken form Cannon SX110 IS on the same night as above one.

I had tried to add some extra brightness and contrast to it so that it may look a bit live. If the brightness or the contrast is over or less, then please tell me.

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toofan said:
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/320
Av (Aperture Value) 4.5
ISO Speed 80
This image is taken form Cannon SX110 IS on the same night as above one.

I had tried to add some extra brightness and contrast to it so that it may look a bit live. If the brightness or the contrast is over or less, then please tell me.

I'd say the contrast is a tad overdone. It might be OK if you were trying to show off how clear you can take a picture of the moon, and some people may admire it this way. But it will look more natural if you had increased the contrast by a smaller amount.

One thing you might keep in mind: Your first serious attempt to shoot the moon just happened to be at a time when the moon is at apogee (when it's farthest from the earth). This makes your image look smaller than it would be if it were taken at other times. The exact time of apogee was at 4:35 PM last Monday (31st August).

Now, for another kind of shot, you might try a shot like this when conditions are right -
*i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/keimah/th_Moon_and_cloud.jpg

This is a bit trickier than taking a shot on a clear night. Of course it's possible to produce this kind of picture by overlaying two shots with an image processing software, but the satisfaction wouldn't be the same as taking an actual shot of a real scene. This one is without any processing except for a slight adjustment of brightness.

thanks pimpom. And I will try to have some such shots.
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This is how the sunset looked last weak from my place. There were very very strong colors in the sky and its very difficult to find the right exposure. But a trial and error method worked for me.
But still I am not sure this is the right pic to post.

Only a little touching has been done to decrease the color temperature and saturation to fix the brightness of the colors.

Amazing shot toofan

Simply awesome!

Thanks dear.

A question for you all.
Do you print out photos(not of any occasion but random shots you feel are splendid. e.g. The shot above my post) & preserve them in an album?

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I seldom print my photos. Not because I don't want to, but because of a combination of lack of time, cost and laziness

I will print my appreciated Pics. but this time I am collecting them so that a mass printing order can be post of 100 pics or something.

How is snapfish.com? has anyone tried it. What is the quality of prints they offer.

their rates are cheaper then the rates in color labs of my city.But I don't have a credit card.

I haven't anytime tried snapfish.
Toofan, how much do you pay for 5*7 size prints? Which city you reside?

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There's an online photo printing service called picsquare.com based in Bangalore. I have not tried them but they have the lowest rates I know of. 6x4 = Rs.2.99, 5x7 = 9/-. Shipping charges will add to that and will be economical only for a fairly large number of prints.

You can check out details at *www.picsquare.com. Their rates are on the right-hand side on the "Order Prints" page.

5 x 7 inch prints costs Rs 8.00 per print.
4x6 costs 4 to 5 rs per print.

I am from (Haldwani) Nainital.

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guys you are rocking now a days.. I am of photography because of tight schedule and other work

toofan, I like your macro shots.. I love macros ..

Toofan, same rates here in Mumbai.
By the way, what do you guys do to protect your images from getting copied(for use) by the photo lab?

I mostly resize the images & give them. What else can I do to stop them from being used without my permission? Have you ever thought on this?

I think we cant do anything regarding this except suing them later.

I don't think resizing is of any good use because mostly images are used resolution wise in web. so if it has a good resolution while the inches are less it is a good copy to use at web.
Rest I don't know much about this.
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swordfish said:
guys you are rocking now a days.. I am of photography because of tight schedule and other work
toofan, I like your macro shots.. I love macros ..

Thanks dear.

I am also a photograpy enthusiast. How is my cam - Sony DSC-H-50? I wanna post pics i took here but do you guys mind if i watermark them? (I dont want ant stealing...

)

@ toofan and pimpom great pics ppl keep it up.

Go ahead post the watermarked versions.
We would be glad to see & critique if you desire.

Your camera is good.

Cool G5 said:
Go ahead post the watermarked versions.
We would be glad to see & critique if you desire.
Your camera is good.

Thanks and here you go.

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For a start.... :razz:

Scaled for ease... Please gimme some of your feedback

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Techalomaniac: Those pics are very good artistic efforts.

Some of the members who have participated in this thread are just starting to take a serious interest in photography, so a substantial portion of the discussion has been about the technical side of taking pictures. Perhaps it's time to start on the artistic aspect too.

@techlomaniac. Awesome dude.
Everyone has its own eye to see through the things. You play with feelings and soft colors.

YOu just inspired me and broadened my view. Thanks
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Ghughuta. [this is what we call this bird in our language(kumauni-Uttaranchal)]
This little creature is used of resting over my old Door Darshan "Antina". A bit touching to correct the exposure as this is a morning shot and sun was behind the bird.

^now that is an awesome pic

toofan said:
@techlomaniac. Awesome dude.
Everyone has its own eye to see through the things. You play with feelings and soft colors.

YOu just inspired me and broadened my view. Thanks
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*img529.imageshack.us/img529/7226/ghughuta3.jpg

Ghughuta. [this is what we call this bird in our language(kumauni-Uttaranchal)]
This little creature is used of resting over my old Door Darshan "Antina". A bit touching to correct the exposure as this is a morning shot and sun was behind the bird.

Amazing pic man! This is what I call capturing the expression. Notice the eyes of the bird and its feathers ruffling up a bit.

I shall keep sharing my pics with all here now. I started with photography only in november last year.

Even if it improves pictures a lot, personally I do not believe in touching up my pics. I like them the way they are. But, then again touching up is also an art acc to me and I respect all those who use it.

Nice pics Techalomaniac & Toofan.
I too believe in shooting a good shot than in post-processing. Agree with Techalomaniac.

I think improving your images using software is ok. All pros do this because its not possible to find everything perfect every time. But its only me opinion.

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All feedback welcome...

I like this one a lot and hence in larger res...

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Techlomanic good pics and nice vision.

If you can you should plan to have a DSLR in the coming year.

Does all these pics r taken in manual mode? If yes then you should buy a D-SLR.

Now this is just a example of what post processing can do to images.

*img215.imageshack.us/img215/974/techalomanica1.jpg

Here you can see the all the details in this image which were hardly visible in the original one. This mean that the original one was not properly exposed. I havn't produced them but they were hidden in the image posted by techlomaniac. i just corrected the exposure in a editting software.

Although the editing depends upon the mood/emotion you want to put on the image. But this is just a example.

toofan said:
Techlomanic good pics and nice vision.
If you can you should plan to have a DSLR in the coming year.
Does all these pics r taken in manual mode? If yes then you should buy a D-SLR.

Manual mode always.

I hate auto mode, using it only in case of a hurry when photos of celebs/leaders have to be clicked fast. About the D-SLR, nope I won't be buying it anytime soon as I got this cam in November 2008 for 18k and I have still not begun earning. When I do get a job, I shall get a DSLR or maybe even a waterproof DSLR.

toofan said:
Now this is just a example of what post processing can do to images. Here you can see the all the details in this image which were hardly visible in the original one. This mean that the original one was not properly exposed. I havn't produced them but they were hidden in the image posted by techlomaniac. i just corrected the exposure in a editting software. Although the editing depends upon the mood/emotion you want to put on the image. But this is just a example.

Good example. With a little bit of finetuning, this one could be even better. Maybe we can even start a touch-up others pics thingy here, like you click pics and upload and I will touch up. That way, we can all benefit. What say?

I am still new to photography and I believe that the best way to learn is trial and error. That's how I understood the uses of Shutter Speed and Aperture. Practical knowledge.

One more personal belief is that one must have an idea of how he wants a shot to look, something like a painting and the photo (after a few tries, of course) comes out that way. Again, spoken from personal experience.

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check out my gallery at
*frankzzsword.deviantart.com/
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check out my gallery at
*frankzzsword.deviantart.com/

Toofan, I'm not in opposition of PP but would like to avoid it as much as possible. Sometimes you have to PP an image since it was not shot properly. Though if you go overboard a PP image will look plasticky.

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/3891451259_6d8417915b.jpg

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/3892240210_24559cbb88.jpg

That macro rocks!

Is the second one without PP??? If so, then awesome! Else, awesome too! I can unearth tonnes of meaning from that pic. Please give us the time and location of that pic.

Coo:l the macro shot rocks. This is the first image i had seen of yours after those you posted when you reviewed your canon sx100 IS.

The second one rocks too. I think it is of evening time with the sunset mode.

I too don't do post processing. But only to some of my pics which were shot in extreme conditions.

And I don't need to edit my macros. They all come perfect.(only in my view.)
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Hey anyone seen frankzzsword pics. they are beautiful.

nice work frankzzsword.

This is some of d pics from my visit to malavli, near lonavala.

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Direct Link to Gallery
*img2.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=dsc007401.jpg

No post processing is done on the second one(neither on first one). As Toofan guessed rightly, it was taken in the evening at around 7:15 PM at Shivaji Park on World Photography Day

There was even a faint rainbow at that time & the whole atmosphere was beautiful.

Taken at,
ISO = 100
Aperture = 4.50
Shutter Speed = 1/8th of a second

I didn't had my tripod then but the shot came really steady with only a faint shake visible only at 100% crop.

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Hey anyone seen frankzzsword pics. they are beautiful.

nice work frankzzsword.

Thank You

@INS-ANI: Artistic work.
All of a sudden all the artists jumping into the ground.

INS_ANI one suggestion. If the images you post in web were reduced to a lower sizes then it will be a great help for saving the bandwidth. I only have 1 gb plan and i had to live in that limit for a month.

So if you can resize them to a lower size and resolution would be easier for me to watch them anytime. I too learned this from pimpom.

@toofan..
sure thing buddy..

*img200.imageshack.us/img200/1759/goldendrops.jpg

Golden Drops.

Toofan, you should have gone more closer to get a perfect macro. The background is still not blur to concentrate on the drops alone.
You did any PP?

*yfrog.com/4zdsc005431j
*img179.imageshack.us/img179/5861/dsc005431.jpg

I need some advice. Which is The best way to take close up photographs?
I own a Sony cybershot 12MP DSC-W210.

The above shot is not as good as it could have been.

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I don't have much time to spare for the forum these days, but it's good to see you guys becoming more and more involved in photography. We're seeing some pretty nice shots too. Keep it up.

I would have liked to comment on each picture, but as I said, I have a limited amount of time these days. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean that I'm an expert who can give lessons to all of you in photography

I just mean that I would like to pay compliments to the good shots when they are posted and offer some constructive criticisms where it's appropriate.

INS-ANI said:
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I need some advice. Which is The best way to take close up photographs?
I own a Sony cybershot 12MP DSC-W210.

The above shot is not as good as it could have been.

1. The highlights are blown (no detail in the bright areas). This is because you're using multi-segment metering which means that the camera tries to compensate for the dark background by increasing the exposure. The resultant exposure is too high for the highlight areas.

The principles are the same as for taking photos of the moon (I explained these to toofan some time back in the thread).

Try using spot-metering and let the camera take the metering from the ash at the head of the cigarrette. If the shot still does not come out properly exposed, try adjusting the exposure compensation settings (EV) and the flash power settings. Or experiment with manual exposure settings.

2. You're using flash. It's hard to get an even lighting with 3D objects with flash, especially at close range. Use additional lighting to illuminate the sides or use reflectors such as white cloth or paper so that some of the flash light will be reflected on to the sides of the subject.

3. You were shooting in a dark environment and this required the slow shutter speed of 1/3 sec. To get a sharp picture at that shutter speed, do not hand-hold the camera. Either use a tripod or set the camera on a firm surface (you might have done this).

4. You used Auto white balance. This can sometimes result in an unnatural colour with some subjects photographed with flash. Is this why you converted the image to greyscale? You could try setting the white balance to Flash mode.

Cool G5 said:
Toofan, you should have gone more closer to get a perfect macro. The background is still not blur to concentrate on the drops alone.
You did any PP?

Thanks dear. Yes I too think that a much closer shot would be much impressive after viewing the image. But at the time of shooting, I am impressed by those yellow (i don';t know what to call them). And I am try to focus them as main subject.
But after I saw it in PC I too felt the same.

I don't think(remember) i have done any post process. I will have to check the original.
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@INS-ANI: i wish to see this in color (the redness of the burning tip). Or if in B/W then the smoke should be more prominent. (only my feel).

As per your camera I will advise you to use the Macro mode for close-up.

And If you have maunal mode then pimpon is always there to help you.
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@INS-ANI: i wish to see this in color (the redness of the burning tip). Or if in B/W then the smoke should be more prominent. (only my feel).

As per your camera I will advise you to use the Macro mode for close-up.

And If you have maunal mode then pimpon is always there to help you.

*img198.imageshack.us/img198/4747/img0309kx.th.jpg

Shot the above image today when I was with my friend. Saw the spelling error on the board & was about to shoot just then my friend came in the frame & started posing. Took it in AUTO mode since my camera was running low on power. I liked this shot.

Cool Do you always move with your camera.

toofan said:
Cool Do you always move with your camera.

he he. You're right. Its always with me or you can say you can't find me without the camera(Friends always use this line).

Here are some more snaps I took of the recent Ganesh Utsav 2009. Please critique on them. While snapping I was wondering what would be an interesting angle. Most of the shots I took are upfront shots or sideshots.

Check out Ganesh Utsav 2009 Photo Album

@toofan
working on it buddy... gt some tut. will post soon

@pimpom
thanks buddy..wil try to implement your advice

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sorry friends to post this here, couldnt help it. my account doesnot allow me to post new thread. i am in real need to solve this problem, tried gogle no help...so please excuse and help me out.....
Please help me in solving this problem. whenever i try to install nitro pdf both version 5 and 6, halfway through the installation, this error message "Error 1935. an error occured during the ......component {9BAE13A2-E7AF-D6C3-A01F-C8B3B9A1E18E}.HRESULT: 0X80070003." comes up and installation quits by rolling back. I am using windows 7 version 6.1 build 7600 and nitro pdf was working fine. This problem started, after i uninstalled, when i tried to install the same version of nitro pdf. Please help me around, Thanks in advance.

@toofan
Here is the Image you requested.
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Direct link
*img3.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=45470884.jpg

Also as i am using sony DSC W210. i checked the settings. I guess it doesn't come with manual mode. I can't set aperture or focal on my own.

If any one has exp with similar series, please advice the best way out.

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Cool G5 said:
he he. You're right. Its always with me or you can say you can't find me without the camera(Friends always use this line).

I know what you mean. My friends sometimes tease me about it too. Two years ago, my 7-year old niece was hit by a light truck and I rushed to the hospital when I heard the news. A few days later, when she had passed the critical point, a friend remarked that I must have REALLY been in a hurry because I hadn't taken my camera along.

My wife and children always call me when they see something I might want to photograph. Earlier tonight, my daughter called me when she found this cute little frog in our bathroom.

*img195.imageshack.us/img195/3443/frogq.jpg

(My daughter has participated in two photography contests and won a prize in both).

@Cool. Very colorful pics. Specially the Images in which there is a light beam are looking very nice and different in approach.

@ins_ins: yes now these are the pics to watch. Actually the burning cigarette and the smoke has its own charm(not in a way of smoking

) and can be seen clearly in extremes.
Use the macro mode freely. Its best most of the time (taking close-up).

@pimpom: What a family sirji!

about the pic: just look into his eyes, these saying something but i am not able to figure it out.

Pimpon change its background to black or something and enhance this pic in photo editing software. It will be one of the best in your profile.

@pimpom - Nice.

@toofan - Thanks

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toofan said:
@pimpom: What a family sirji!
about the pic: just look into his eyes, these saying something but i am not able to figure it out.

He was probably thinking "Who's this guy invading my privacy?"

Pimpon change its background to black or something and enhance this pic in photo editing software. It will be one of the best in your profile.

I'll get around to that when I have more time. I simply cropped and resized the pic before posting it.

I had done this for you but forget the pen drive at home. I will post the pic as soon as possible.

@pimpom, toofan and cool G5 Nice photographs. Seriously this forum is not all that dead.

One more question to you all... I need some help here... Can you guys help me?
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=120905

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Basic Post processing. Removed the background which was distracting the beauty of this creature. Reduced the shining of the steel rod.

I know I am not up to the mark. I tried to bring back the blueness of his eyes which is hiding by the reflection of flash but it was killing the feel of the image.

Need ur feedback. what improvements can be done.

Pimpom: Did you shot the pic in raw mode?

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Good job with toning down the glare of the "steel rod". Actually this is the edge of the toilet cover.

The edges of Mr.Frog's body where it meets the now-dark background are too sharp and look unnatural. Blur it some more with Photoshop.

The part you also removed in the lower right-hand side is the flat part of the toilet cover.

No, I didn't shoot this in RAW. It was a quick snap in jpeg.

Thanks for the feed back. The point has been noted for future and I will correct the image I had.

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Camera Model Name DMC-FZ28
Shooting Date/Time 05/09/2009 7:40:44 PM
Tv (Shutter Speed) 13
Av (Aperture Value) 3.6
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 200

An Old pic..but worth posting...
Will surely remind you of your college days..
SMall Size:
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Just wanna add something.. The black box in the image is actually a cig packet.

Toofan - The pic is somewhat shaken. It would have been brilliant if you would have rested the camera on some rigid object.

@INS-ANI - I can't connect with the pic but that's because I'm in commerce stream. Engineers here will surely will. Still I loved this shot. Reminds me of my friends who are currently doing engineering

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That flower looks beautiful man. Which specie?
Colours, composition & exposure all seem really good.

cool:
I had taken night scenery with panasonic FZ28 and i am not sure about his performance.
I should have used the timer function.

And this flower we call is dopahariya. (DAy flower) which blossom in sunlight only. And after 12am it starts closing his petals back.

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this flower is somewhat strange. All the flowers in that pot have red petals. Its the only one with red and white.

I too haven't seen a flower with different coloured petals anytime. I liked it.

Thanks. if you were a biology student then you can easily understood the reasons behind this. I was a Maths-Bio student till 12 But I forget the Bio part.

I know the reason behind this

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My Street !

Nice shot Toofan.
Try taking one more reeling down it should come wonderful. Maybe position the road end towards side than the middle. Try it & post it here if possible.

I mean like this one. I was not on my knees though when I took it.

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What do you think Toofan? How is the shot?

Good Shot. you covering more space. The sky is also beautiful.
My focus was on the shining surface of the road early morning. And when i saw the shot in pc it was good enough. i took the shot from 5 to 10 cm up from the ground.
And In original one. On viewing the image in 100% I can see a buffalo (left of road)and two goats in center of the road which i was not aware at the time of shot.

What does reeling means?

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Ur shot has some pattern to watch.

I get one Idea from your image.

Take a shot from near that pond of water present in the road. Taking that as the main subject. I am too looking for such ditch in my nearby road now. And waiting for rain.

And my colony has not that much space to take it in landscape.

toofan said:
Good Shot. you covering more space. The sky is also beautiful.
My focus was on the shining surface of the road early morning. And when i saw the shot in pc it was good enough. i took the shot from 5 to 10 cm up from the ground.
And In original one. On viewing the image in 100% I can see a buffalo (left of road)and two goats in center of the road which i was not aware at the time of shot.

What does reeling means?
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Ur shot has some pattern to watch.

I get one Idea from your image.

Take a shot from near that pond of water present in the road. Taking that as the main subject. I am too looking for such ditch in my nearby road now. And waiting for rain.

And my colony has not that much space to take it in landscape.

Reeling in the sense crouching in such a way that you cannot see the horizon.
Nice idea but the place I took this shot is not anyway near my house, it's some well 45 min bus journey to the local university. I won't be going there anytime soon.

The road in your shot looks very newly made i.e. the top gravel. The shine on it looks beautiful & your focus is also spot on. 8)

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hey everyone ...one of cherai beach cochin....I loved the colours in this image....guess with a little post processing this could be made wallpaper material

One word: Very_Beautiful !

Too good

Speechless !

This is one of the nice snaps of my recent visit to malavli...
hope you will like it.

*yfrog.com/07dsc00793ddj

PLZ NOTE: High rez Image :3991X2037 1.4 Mb

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izzikio_rage said:
hey everyone ...one of cherai beach cochin....I loved the colours in this image....guess with a little post processing this could be made wallpaper material

That's beautiful - beautiful enough to be used as a wallpaper without pp.

Regarding post processing, I am not against it and I sometimes do it myself. But some people, even advanced photographers, are obsessed with it and think that EVERY shot HAS to be extensively manipulated with an image processing software. Personally, I think this is foolish.

To the extent of the feel of photograph P.P. is Ok. But if you totally changed the image for something else to something else then one can be praised for the post processing but not for the photograph.

izzikio_rage said:
hey everyone ...one of cherai beach cochin....I loved the colours in this image....guess with a little post processing this could be made wallpaper material

Awesome dude!!!

As pimpom says, this stand to be a wallpaper without any PP...

Bring more

thanks guys....am learning a lot from this thread....by the way the post processing done on the image of the chameleon was amazing......would be nice if you could elaborate on how it was done..

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A chameleon? I must have missed that one. There's more than 300 posts in the thread now, so what's the post #?

I think he may be taking about the frog.

Yeah... The frog is pretty good. toofan the PP can be a bit finer as pimpom said, but you did a great job.

@ izzikio_rage Good pic mate (the beach and the sky. The angle of the shot and the composition is next to perfect, while nature did the rest for you.)

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Good toofan but I feel the second flower in the backdrop causing nuisance in oogling at the beauty of the one in the foreground. Try from some other angle. I would like to see all edges of the foreground flower to make it a better picture. Just a helpful criticism don't take it the wrong way.

Yup I agree to you. I will definitely try next time when they will blossom. This image is taken at late evening. I don't remember exactly But I would have used the flash (low intensity). Taken from a cannon SX110IS.

Just trying my hand at Panning. Nothing extra-ordinary though, I need a lot of practise. Please comment.

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The taxi pic is pretty good. I would have liked the bike to be non-blurred. But, frame is well composed in both the pics.

Offtopic: I wouldn't be watermarking in Comic Sans MS font.

Wow Panning. Good images cool. I liked the bike one more.

@Techalomaniac - Forgot to change the settings under Irfanview hence the Comic Sans font.

Will most probably shoot some more pics in the week. I need to get better with panning.

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Beetal BOys!

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Thats a really cool image .....love it.

vamsi... Please resize the pics you post its a real pain to see such large pics. Post thumbnails here so that the thread width is not messed up.

Regarding the pic, Its decent and you can become a much better photographer with a little finetuning.

Try and focus on an object on the foreground and not the background. The focus is on the stem and hence if the frame did not include the blurred leaf, it would be pretty good. Hope this helps.

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Nice try vamsi. A little bit of exposure correction is needed to greatly enhance your images.

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Cool image toofan but where is the original one?

@vamsikrishna919 - Resize the pics to some respectable 640*480 which are appropriate for web viewing. Each of your image is still around 1 MB in size which is too big. While saving your image, save it in .jpg & reduce its quality to further keep its size down.

Your images are good but the flash seem to spoil them. Turn the flash off & try clicking. On a second though are they shot with a mobile phone?

G5, no those aren't from my feel phone. those was from Nikon CoolPix E5200 A sh!ti Digicam.

My friend's cat lying besides me when I went to his home. I had the camera with me & so I kept it in front of him & took the picture. I didn't got into composing image as I was fearing he might get angry & hit the camera with his paw. The light was fairly dim in the room so the image is a bit low on contrast.

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Title :Good Morning !

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Cool G5 said:
My friend's cat lying besides me when I went to his home. I had the camera with me & so I kept it in front of him & took the picture. I didn't got into composing image as I was fearing he might get angry & hit the camera with his paw. The light was fairly dim in the room so the image is a bit low on contrast.

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similarities?

@Vamsi. Nice images specially the Pink with water drops on them.

@cool: The original has a wall behind it with tearing paint. Is this cat that innocent.
And thanks.

@Stuge: Awesome Morning Friend.

Here are some of unedited pics of cats i found during my stay in my village.
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And the angry cat

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DIrect link
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Beyond The Reach!

This is the view of Hills form Pines (Nainital).

I have converted it to gray scale. Please comment on them so that I can improve.
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toofan really nice

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Title :Misty Mountains Far Far Away !

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Canon Ixus

Beautiful.

@INS-ANI - Those cats look really cute. Innocent too.

@Stuge - I loved the Good Morning shot. That seems to be a great morning for every shutterbug. Where was the shot taken?

@Toofan - Lovely Mountains. I prefer the coloured version since the grayscale didn't work at-least for me.

Some more panning shots :-D

Panning requires a hell lot of practise & also a bit of luck to master.

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Cool G5 said:
@INS-ANI - Those cats look really cute. Innocent too.

@Stuge - I loved the Good Morning shot. That seems to be a great morning for every shutterbug. Where was the shot taken?

@Toofan - Lovely Mountains. I prefer the coloured version since the grayscale didn't work at-least for me.

kasauni ,Uttaranchal

Some pics i took during my mini vacation last weekend: *img41.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=18092009096.jpg

I'm not really the photographer types, so go easy on me

@toofan I liked the grayscale more. Added mystery and somewhat would be suited for fantasy movies' cover like LOTR.

@ Stuge I liketh.

@ Cool G5 you are getting better...

@kalpik N82... Nice cam, but not really for photographers. Anyway, it really doesnt matter which cam.

And we have to go easy on you, don't we?

Where did u go for vacs? I like the trees.

I liked pics 1,5,7,8,9,10 and 15. :razz:

Yup.. I know N82 is not a professional cam.. But still.. The pics came out well, so thought of posting here

I went to Kanatal, Uttaranchal.. Stayed here: *www.kanatalresorts.com

The last few pics with the water and stuff is the Tehri Dam.. That place was amazing! I could still see rooftops of drowned houses!

@cool Now these are much much better and I will call the first one near to perfect.

@Kalpik : Buy a digi cam now. YOu has got the vision you need the proper gear for it.
Very very good shots.

And do visit Kumaoun Region(in Uttaranchal) also next time. Like Nainital, Ranikhet, Kausani, Munsari etc.

^toofan, u mean Munshiyari??? Where the roads end? I was there its like 100kms from Almoda. Beautiful place. Dint have a decent cam at that time, else....

Title :Stars-Go merri Go Round :
(Star Trail )

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30 sec (38 images ) stacked

*trying to find where I have hide the stacked picture with original colours *lol

D

thats a nice pic stuge...how exactly do you create that?

Techalomaniac said:
^toofan, u mean Munshiyari??? Where the roads end? I was there its like 100kms from Almoda. Beautiful place. Dint have a decent cam at that time, else....

Yes Its Munshiyari. After that comes Dharchula. I had gone till "Thal" a place before Munshiyari. But that time I was a kid studying at 10th and I had that "reel wala camera". And that time to me snapping a nature scene was like wasting of one shot.

then there is Pindari glaciar. Its a must go place. Very very beautiful Place all filled with mountains, and Snow.

Stuge. Nice image. How to create those. Some tutorials.

@kalpik - Nice images. I think you have clicked them in AUTO mode, next time try to tune the WB, Exposure Compensation etc & your pics should be more come out more beautiful.

@Star Trail :You guys can use Star Trail /Photoshop software for staccking purpose .

Capture as many as pictures as you can ,as this needs a lot of patience .1/2 or 3 hour long exposure photography is little difficult with digital sensor due to sensor heatingup problem .(THats why for start trails many people still prefer Flim )

The above picture is coposed of 38 images of 30sec each .ISO 200 ,f2.8

toofan said:
Yes Its Munshiyari. After that comes Dharchula. I had gone till "Thal" a place before Munshiyari. But that time I was a kid studying at 10th and I had that "reel wala camera". And that time to me snapping a nature scene was like wasting of one shot.

Same here. I too had only a reel cam!

then there is Pindari glaciar. Its a must go place. Very very beautiful Place all filled with mountains, and Snow.

We were gonna go there, but couldn't for lack of time!

But nonetheless, we went to a hot water spring. Smelled of sulphur..

Techalomaniac said:
Same here. I too had only a reel cam!

We were gonna go there, but couldn't for lack of time! But nonetheless, we went to a hot water spring. Smelled of sulphur..

hmm strange ,I've have been snapping pictures of Nature since my childhood(since the age of 9 years ) ,even when I had those ASA film camera (like Canon T70(SLR) ,Canon BF-7 etc).

I use to keep a camera for myself and click whatever I like

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I will post one or two pictures from that time

It will be good to see the past.

Some more Panning Photography Shots. Now I want to try panning some people, let's see how it goes.

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@toofan: the black and white shot is amazing....specially the way the way the crisp detail of the foreground melts into the mists of the backdrop....

@Cool G5: panning shots are great fun....but its a matter of luck and practice that your subject does not get blurred....your shots are pretty good....

@stuge: loved star streaks the first time I saw them.....what is the method to get such a photo...you used 30 shots right .....over how long a period? A tripod is a must I guess...

so here it is

Title :Above the Clouds !

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Note:This is a Scanned Picture Taken in 1994 l.Picture has been taken by me and I was around 8 + at that time .

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@izzikio_rage: I have posted the method above.
@G5:great going with Panning

This one is cool. Stuge, u were always a photographer it seems.

Stuge seems to be a born photographer

Thanks Izziko.

Stuge might have a camera with him right form the birth.
Which model you use these days.
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Down to Earth.

^Whats that insect called? Pretty cool pic man!

Opps I don't know his name. Thanks.

thanks for compliments guys

These days I'm using Nikon D40 and Canon Ixus 950IS .Ready to get Nikon-D700 ,but rumors suggest NikonD700x is about to launched .So,I will wait before it is lauched and get D700 at that time

I used to shoot with a yashica film-roll camera. Will digg my cupboard to see if I can find some goodies. I didn't experimented then since the film-roll & D&P were too costly.

I had a cannon one. But for me photography is limited to portraits.

Title :Behind the mountains

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D

stuge: thats a really really beautiful image...good job.

@stuge - You're too good man

Another excellent picture.

Today, I tried panning people & I found its lot tougher to get a good shot than doing panning on zooming vehicles. Here are a couple of images.

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Offtopic- I'm unable to post fullsized images from Imageshack since yesterday. Another forum bug or problem at Imageshack end?

coool nice ones.

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Its my Illusion!

I tried tried and succeeded at last.
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Cool after uploading the image. click on my images link and from there copy the first link

for forums.)

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Ghar ka Khana.... in the loving memory of ghar ka khana, which i get to eat once every year.

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While getting bored at my table.

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A bw snap of wall radium paint on my sis's room.

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An optical illusion snap... guess what it is?

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wHATS THAT AT FIRST IMAGE

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toofan said:
coool nice ones.

~snipped~

Its my Illusion!

I tried tried and succeeded at last.
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Cool after uploading the image. click on my images link and from there copy the first linkfor forums.)

Is that shirt levitating or hanging from hanger?
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Ghar ka Khana.... in the loving memory of ghar ka khana, which i get to eat once every year.

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While getting bored at my table.

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A bw snap of wall radium paint on my sis's room.

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An optical illusion snap... guess what it is?

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^^
The pics dont work

Lol aspire thats me.

@Aspire Lol man..

Its done using low shutter speed AFAIK.

hi these are my pics collection. All these have been clicked with auto setting. i like clicking natures still shots very much.
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some more!!!!

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My experiments with my cam :-D

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Vibhav good images as a starter.
One advice
Decide the subject first and then compose the scene. As in many images you don't have a subject. Eyes just keep searching for something.
And try to keep the subject in the main frame.

@vibhav - Get out of AUTO & experiment with MANUAL mode. You will start learning & eventually your photography skills would improve. Your images as pointed by toofan have no point of attention. Start learning the basics like rule of thirds, horizon etc & you should be able to click some really good pictures.

nice pic vaibhav for trial : ).You will need to understand the composition thing and other too .

I know that place in Delhi

and use Manual Mode too

Auto Isn't bad ,but some tweaks is always required even with point and shoot .

Read books and magazine too

Aila Stuge baba aap idhar bhi??

ViKiD™ here....

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Ghar ka Khana.... in the loving memory of ghar ka khana, which i get to eat once every year.

*img41.imageshack.us/i/dsc00471ah.jpg/
While getting bored at my table.

*img43.imageshack.us/i/dsc00508jd.jpg/
A bw snap of wall radium paint on my sis's room.

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An optical illusion snap... guess what it is?

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Follow the last URL if image don't works.

@toofan
The first image is of a uncooked poha. We call that stuff chura.

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toofan said:
Lol aspire thats me.

I'm talking about the shirt in the right upper corner

can you suggest me some tips and tricks or some books.

Aspire said:
I'm talking about the shirt in the right upper corner

Kid those are pants. :-D

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vaibhav_jain said:
can you suggest me some tips and tricks or some books.

The first manual is your Digi cam's manual.
or you can try.

Digital Photography Guide 2009 - Premiere Issue
download it from somewhere.

But before
What camera do you have.?

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toofan said:
Kid those are pants.

oh so are they levitating or hanging from hanger?

^Good question Aspire.

Ambar said:
Aila Stuge baba aap idhar bhi??

ViKiD™ here....

Yoo ! Vikid !

Nice....so i gotta start posting here!

let me copy my stuff from teh other forum!

i have sony DSC H-10

Its a nice cam. Now start using the manual mode. First read the camera manual's manual mode section. then you can download different books (hope you know how to download).

Or you can aSk cool_G5 and pimpom they can provide you some basic tutorials on how to use manual mode.

@vaibhav jain....as a kid I always wanted to know what would happen if I did that...
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just found an old sony cam....one writing the images to a floppy .....it has 10X zoom and is huge.....the battery is dead though.....suggest something cool that can be done with it...

Any Pero DSLR users here??

thanks for suggestion i know hot use manual mode but dont know how to experiment.

Title :FaceLift:

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@ amber : Stuge, Sword Fish are some of those who use DSLR.

@vibhav: two basic funda.
1. For person photography generally the background should be blurr. More the blurr more the image is impressive.
2. For nature(landscapes) photography generally more the depth of field more the impression you produce.

for background blurring use the f stop between 2.8 to 4.0 or something and use as much zoom you can.

for scenery use f stop above 5.

also check cool_G5 blog for blurr efect.
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@stuge beautiful again.

vibhav check the depth of field in this image by stuge. You can see the last edge of the building absolutely clear.

and for blurr effect example you can check my this image.

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Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Shooting Date/Time 05/08/2009 9:00:32 AM
Shooting Mode Manual
My Colors Mode Off
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/13
Av (Aperture Value) 4.3
Light Metering Center Weighted Avg.
ISO Speed 80
Lens 6.0 - 60.0 mm
Focal Length 60.0 mm
Digital Zoom None
IS Mode On
Image Size 3456x2592
Image Quality Superfine
Flash Off

@ vibhav - Don't worry even if you are not able to use manual mode.
First head over to wikipedia & read on terms like Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, White Balance, Metering etc.

After that you will be able to make head or tail of my post on Bokeh in simpler words getting a clear foreground image with a fuzzy background.

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Naini Lake.

Toofan : Cool pic, but last time I saw that lake i remember it was dark green and not even remotely blue.

Nice Image Toofan. Composition is spot on & the little boat adds some spice to the already excellent image.

awesome pic toofan

Thanks friends.

Techalomaniac said:
Toofan : Cool pic, but last time I saw that lake i remember it was dark green and not even remotely blue.

I tell you a surprising fact about Nainital. It changes its color three time a day sometime.

And I had seen that many times changing form green to blue or green to muddy in just minutes.

Painted Sky

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@stuge - Any PP done on that image? Good Image

yup ,post processing done (As usual ).like playing with brightness ,contrast etc .Infact I was able to create such an effect,as I selected the wrong white balance .

D

@stuge....if you don't mind can you please post a hi-res of your image...it looks great.

Nope don't do so. Just give the link to himadri as I had limited bb account.

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Clicked my friend who was enjoying cool breeze in an local train.

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Purchased a new original Nokia Battery for my phone today. It's the BP-5M rated at 900mah. Costed me Rs.690.

Cool G5 Thats a nice way to show-off your battery :razz:

Can you take the same pic with a tighter frame, so that none of the shadow is cut?

Cool Nice shot.

Now A days I am getting more interest in People Photography rather then Macros or Nature.

One example.

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Bunny My friend.

Nice capture of emotion toofan.

toofan said:
Cool Nice shot.

Now A days I am getting more interest in People Photography rather then Macros or Nature.

Thanks. And its not just you but me too getting addicted to photographing people.

toofan said:
One example.

*img340.imageshack.us/img340/1677/bunnya.jpg

Bunny My friend.

I had shot a similar emotion but had to delete the pic since my friend was unhappy with it. :cry:

Thanks cool.

Title :Golden Wheat

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@Himadri :I will pm you

@stuge - Good Shot.

Stuge good. Can you tell me where do you live.

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Pine tree

@Toofan - Was the MACRO mode on at the time you were shooting the shot? The background doesn't appear to be blurred or you purposely didn't wanted to blur it?

D

Stuge said:
Title :Golden Wheat

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@Himadri :I will pm you

this is also a very cool photo...but that blue thing on the field behind the wheat(not the one on the extreme right)....seems to be in air....what is it?

@cool: Nope no macro mode. I did it intentionally. My intentions were to take a shot which would be sharp to the far end. But when I was composing I felt the limitations of my camera. As the background doesn't come that sharp because I can't go beyond f stop of 8.

@himadri_sm: these are green houses.

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@toofan: the pine tree shot is pretty good.......just a suggestion ....I guess it would have looked better if it was taken in the evening or early morning.....

Thanks for feedback izzikio. I will try to take another shot at morning time as In evenings that area get covered by shadows.
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@amber very fine images try to re-size them down so that can be viewed easily in screen and that will reduce the image size also.

Will do next time..

PS: I think its the forum layout which is hindering the image!

Coz its displaying flawlessly on another forum

himadri_sm said:
this is also a very cool photo...but that blue thing on the field behind the wheat(not the one on the extreme right)....seems to be in air....what is it?

Sheds for Greenhouse Effect

@ambar :great pix

toofan said:
Stuge good. Can you tell me where do you live.

Delhi

nice pine tree picture

D

Stuge said:
Sheds for Greenhouse Effect

something doesn't feel right about it...like its been placed there...maybe the depth of field is creating that illusion.

@stuge: I asked because all your pics are of hilly region.

Out-Of-Focus Photography

Every photographer craves for razor images. Have you ever wondered out of focus images can sometimes be good than razor sharp ones? Fascinated with blur in digital photography, I thought what if I blur the subject? I love the kind of hazy cinematography portrayed in movies showing the vision of a drunken character. I thought if it did wonders on video it should do the same in still photography too. I went ahead & the results were a treat to watch.

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Read Complete Article

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Cool G5......Thats really Cool...

Beautiful...

A random pic...

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a little off the track....what is the cheapest external flash (gun) that I can buy...and how much?

@gaurav: good and inspiring article and images. YOu always give me new Ideas when I am thinking now what to try.

Amber: for me this is your best image till now. And somewhat different.

^He's not Amber, He's Ambar or ViKiD

@G5 :Nice .One more line for the addition in the article .Out of focus photography technically is known as Bokeh .

I have also done few such experiments with my point and shoot ,but pns isn't really made for bokeh photography .

few pictures of my experiment with point and shoot .(not good at all )

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vertical

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horizontal :

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Stuge can we see some examples from DSLR.

@stuge - Not bokeh exactly cause the whole subject is blurred. You can call it bokeh when a part is focussed sharply while the rest is blurred away. I had written an article on bokeh sometime back.

Even I have a point & shoot & craving to get a DSLR which is not possible as of now. You're right P&S can't get the heavy bokeh which we see in pics shot from a DSLR. Maybe its time I graduate to DSLR but currently short on funds. You have some great pics in your stock.

@Toofan - Anytime Toofan. I also love to see those beautiful perspectives in your images.

@toofan its just a vella image xD

@techalomaniac..... hmmm...aila baba how do jo0 noe me??

sometime Vella (?) is upto the mark.

Ambar said:
@techalomaniac..... hmmm...aila baba how do jo0 noe me??

It was very difficult. Had to borrow a couple of eyes from a bat. You dunno what all I had to go through to noe you!

lolz....

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Not bokeh exactly cause the whole subject is blurred. You can call it bokeh when a part is focussed sharply while the rest is blurred away. I had written an article on bokeh sometime back.

well,its upto you what you want to say ;-)

@Toofan :I haven't done much bokeh stuff with my DSLR .At the momentI'm waiting for the 50mm f1.4 lens along with D700 .I may get 50mm much before that .

D700 Wow. If am not wrong that one is the second best performer after D3.

Hey... great Bokeh shots Stuge.
Anyone here tried tilt-shift?

taken with nokia n72
edited and tweaked
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wanted the sun Xcaltly in middle of tree's but cudnt happen becauze i was on moving car
taken with my SE w595(no autofocus)
no tweaking or editing
just optimized for forum
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kaantee

unedited ,, w595
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osx style

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plane sky ,i luv this image
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my Only Girl friend

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guys plzz comment iam much interested in photography

EDIT: I like the sun between the trees. Very nice considering especially that they were taken from moving car.

Good photography overall azzu or ajju!

Good images specially sun between trees and Kante.
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Whats Wrong! I Can't Be There Everytime.

Nice shot azeem. The trees shot is good considering you took it from a moving vehicle. Even the road in the first shot is good.

@Toofan - This shot is good. The guy seems really worried, just like a husband out of labor room.

Thanks. What a guess Man.
They were expecting the baby those days. And may be he was talking to her wife.

great pics azzu .....especially the one with the sun and the trees.....great planning on your part to be able to take that from a moving car....

good picture vimal and Azzu

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Camera :IXUS 950is

Stuge You always comes with perfect Images.

@Stuge - That's a really beautiful image. Wonderful colors. One thing I would like to say is the background is a bit cluttered to bring out the best from the flower. A smooth non-complex background would have helped. Maybe try shooting from a different angle.

Regarding cheapest external flash gun, I think Canon Speedlite 270EX. For which camera you need? Nikon or Canon?

Cool G5 said:
@Stuge - That's a really beautiful image. Wonderful colors. One thing I would like to say is the background is a bit cluttered to bring out the best from the flower. A smooth non-complex background would have helped. Maybe try shooting from a different angle.

Dude ,I'm, aware of it

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Background was terrible from all sides .

Was just helping you

No Worries stuge.
And what about the flashgun? You want one for Canon or Nikon?

BTW guys I would like to know your suggestions on this;

I would like to display my Flickr Photostream on my Wordpress Site. For the same, I selected the plugin Flickr+ Highsilde. The plugin is working fine but I was wondering is there any other way, more interesting way to display photos on wordpress?

which DSLR you have got ? for Nikon go with Nikon and for Canon go with Canon ,speedgun .Simple as that

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I guess ,I'm able to get you properly ? what do you want to know .

Random stuff

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I loved the second shot CJ. I think you're passionate about macros which you're really good at.

Sharing few on my old pics... most of them taken from N73..
A cloudy day
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Cyber Junk Nicon's Lens Cover Is nicely composed.

Ins-Ani: beautiful Images.

@CJ post more. What is the third image though? Table corner? My imagination ran wild for some time staring at it.

@INS-ANI *img143.imageshack.us/img143/1522/image404.jpg is really awesome.

Ok. Posting some of mine.

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Anoroin: Very beautiful Images and composition. Although the book and worm shots are incorrectly white balanced but The vision is there.

Its raining raining and raining whole day. And my left eye went wrong yesterday. I had a checkup and now I am using PC by wearing a black goggles. Although the Doc. Advised me to take a rest but Cant stop my urge.

Did I Saw You Clicking ! Look Into My Eyes.

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Anorion said:
@CJ post more. What is the third image though? Table corner? My imagination ran wild for some time staring at it.

Apples IMO.

All you guys have jumped in with great pics. Suddenly there are a host of photographers in here!

^Was looking at it in a CRT monitor, honestly, it was looking really strange.

Anorion.. Me too using 17" CRT, looked strange at first, but it was made easy by the fact that I was eating an Apple. I was thinking, "Hey, haven't I seen these thingies in the pic somewhere?"

@ ALL : Please have a look here. *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=945285 Use this addon especially for this thread, where people sometimes post large res images. All credits to tarey_g. :razz:

great clicks guys

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This is the Morning Shot And I tried to shot the sun. And the result is this.

Nice shot toofan.

Anorion, the book shot is nice. One stop higher on shutter would have made the page come out very sharp.

great shots guys

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this shot was taken ,when there was no rain in delhi ,and clouds were playing hide and seek game .reason for the title as well.

in b/w this is Sun and not Moon

How The light become red at night?

toofan said:
How The light become red at night?

hmm its a shot of Sun .Read again

Friends It was raining continuously form Pas 48 hours in Uttarakhand. And now this evening we get to see the sun. I am posting what I saw.After two days of Black and white Nature comes up with ...................

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Look At Me. How Colorful I am!

Only minor P.P.(a little little on contrast) has been done.

^ You might be feeling better especially after two dull days. Nice snaps.

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^Whatta catch, although background is distracting.

C

oye people, I know not a right thread to ask, but then its pretty urgent. Need to buy a camera and would be getting it from Dubai. So, suggest me a camera under 12k.

What are my needs? I don't know. I absolutely have no idea about cameras and stuff. I mostly would take nature and human expression pictures. Thats all I know.

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oye people, I know not a right thread to ask, but then its pretty urgent. Need to buy a camera and would be getting it from Dubai. So, suggest me a camera under 12k.

What are my needs? I don't know. I absolutely have no idea about cameras and stuff. I mostly would take nature and human expression pictures. Thats all I know.

Thankyou.

Acha, I forgot ki looks don't matter but if would be great if it looks good. I want performance camera.

Anorion said:
Ok. Posting some of mine.

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I hope you don't mind

I liked this picture very much .SO ,I wanted to tweak a bit with it .

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nice colours toofan

Thanks.

Nice P.P. Now the book really looks focused.

Chirag you can refer this months Digit. I didn't got my copy but as per my knowledge. these are the best in there category.

1. Cannon's SX120 IS will be available in you budget. And this has full manual controls and 10 MP + 10x optical zoom + cannons latest digic IV processor. In india this is available at RS 15000.00

2. Panasonic TZ15 Digital Camera. Manual controls+ 9 MP + 10x optical zoom + HD video.. Rs 15500.00 In india.

3. Sony H20: 10 Mp+ 10 x optical zoom + HD Vedio Rs: 17500.00

4. Olympus-SP 565UZ: 10 Mp + 20 x Optical zoom + Raw format capture capablity. Rs. 17000.00 In india.

toofan said:
Chirag you can refer this months Digit. I didn't got my copy but as per my knowledge. these are the best in there category.

1. Cannon's SX120 IS will be available in you budget. And this has full manual controls and 10 MP + 10x optical zoom + cannons latest digic IV processor. In india this is available at RS 15000.00

2. Panasonic TZ15 Digital Camera. Manual controls+ 9 MP + 10x optical zoom + HD video.. Rs 15500.00 In india.

3. Sony H20: 10 Mp+ 10 x optical zoom + HD Vedio Rs: 17500.00

4. Olympus-SP 565UZ: 10 Mp + 20 x Optical zoom + Raw format capture capablity. Rs. 17000.00 In india.

Agree with Toofan. These are some of the best camera's which will fall under your budget. Toofan has done all the hard work of jotting down the specs.

toffan ,which one are thiking of getting one ?

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I guess ,I have not shared this one

Location --> Delhi

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@stuge - pardon me for not reading if you have mentioned it but which camera?

@toofan - Should I go with sony? If you had to buy from those four, which one would you choose? I am inclined towards sony beacuse of high rating at dpreviews.com and it looks fine too. Are the rates going anytime soon? 17k is pretty high. I might buy canon because of budget. Is sony worth 17k or will canon perform better? Can anyone staying in mumbai confirm the price of sony H20 and canon sx120 at Alfa? Anyone? Thankyou.

@Stuge... what did you do to it specifically? I don't fool around with my photos after I click them... know that's a very old fashioned approach, but never had a sense of making those small changes that make it better. Can you tell me what you did? I understand photoshop, so I will understand even if you tell it in brief.

Chirag said:
@toofan - Should I go with sony? If you had to buy from those four, which one would you choose? I am inclined towards sony beacuse of high rating at dpreviews.com and it looks fine too. Are the rates going anytime soon? 17k is pretty high. I might buy canon because of budget. Is sony worth 17k or will canon perform better? Can anyone staying in mumbai confirm the price of sony H20 and canon sx120 at Alfa? Anyone? Thankyou.

Actually if you are ordering from Dubai then you can also get

Panasonic TZ7: 10 mp, 12x optical zoom, HD vedio and excellent quality and it costs $300.00 abroad and Rs 20000.00 in india( if its available).

Here you will find its better then sony H20
*www.photographyblog.com/reviews/panasonic_lumix_dmc_tz7_review/

But these are review sites. product has to be used by you.

I own a cannon sx110 IS and it works excellent for me. And seeing this I will go for Cannon sx120 IS. But if I will get the panasonic TZ7 here in india and at same price as outside then I will go for TZ7 for his extra zoom. wide angle lens and HD videos.
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@Stuge you make a simple looking seen more interesting by the P.P you done on it.

@anaroin: start by balancing the colors and then increasing the contrast. I too will try to modify that image tonight as this is one of the most attractive shot I had seen.
which camera you used. Is it Mobile Phone.

@ Chirag Don't buy Sony. It has a memory stick pro duo which costs double of the standard SD card. Anyway, Canon, Nikon and Panasonic have better models than Sony H20 although I can't point a finger at a particular model. I use the Sony DSC-H50 and am satisfied with it although I have never used a crossover camera of any other brand. Hope this helps.

@Arion :First -> Spot removal /dust removal->-->Image -> Adjustments -> I played with colours ,contrast ,brightness etc --> used quick selection for sky and increased the saturaton there -->>after that --> canvas for framing . .A polariser was required for your picture .

Well,its upto you ,which software you wanna use for post processing and whether you wanna do it or not .During flim days ,photographers use to use pro fllm (for more saturation ) ,ever since photography has turned digital ,it has become very easy and flexible.

Usually, I don't do lot of processing in my images and I never do deletion /additon of moon /sun .I'm still learning CS4 and it will take sometime before I master it .most of the times I use Lightroom /capture NX.

@Chirag--. Regarding ,which camera to buy ?? Get either Canon or Panasonic .

@Toofan

icture was taken in RAW ,so I had the flexibilty to edt accordingly .Thats the beauty of RAW

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@people - I read on dpreviews that TZ7 a.k.a ZS3 has no manual controls. You guys keep talking about changing and playing with manual controls. How exactly having manual controls helpful? I mean, sure I would love to get into photography but atm have no knowledge about it. I have been clicking photos till now by just clicking the button, no settings or whatsoever. But now I would like to learn about it. So is TZ7 a good option?

@Stuge: ok, thanks.

@Toofan: I used an EOS D400

@Chirag: Yup you will not get the manual controls which are must if you want to do some serious photography.
If you want to do some advance and serious photography, want some control over the image, then go and buy the cam with manual controls.

@anoroin: lucky man.
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Leading towards Life!

^Excellent

wonderful picture toofan

keep it up !

Thanks friends. Its your praises, comments and criticism which keeps me inspiring.

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Shot this last night. No Post-Processing.

C

Okay so TZ7 is out of question. Need to decide between TZ15 and Sony H20. Sony looks good too.

Apart from Memory stick being costlier is there any problem? Is TZ15 better than H20? Any user?

[Edit] Even T15 has no manual controls. So should I go with Sony H20? No models from Nikon?

cool g5
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Title :who ate my cake !

..its mee

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@Cool G5 What cam did you use? and what lense? Saw the moon yesterday night too... saw it rising, was really huge, and orange.

@Stuge: Now I am hungry.

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@Anorion - I used Canon Powershot SX 100 IS which has 8MP Sensor & 10x Optical Zoom.

Cool G5 said:
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why confused emoticon ?

@Arion--> :mrgreen:

@Gaurav: It looks beautiful.

@stuge: Yummy.

I think you accusing cool g5 for the stolen cake.

@stuge - Why the ======== ?
The cake looks yummy but I hate such uber chocolatey pastries .

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took this pic at sunrise....burst mode really rocks...

@izzikio_rage - Good shot man. Yes burst mode rocks but only if you have a good camera or else you can miss the very special moment. You were in really good position to take this shot.

@izzikio_rage: woah that's a nice catch.

@Izzikio_rage: Beautiful. Reflection of sun on the river and that jumping boy. Wow!
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Raining!

This shot I took when its raining continuously for two days.
And I was thinking of capturing the rain drops. But the light conditions doesn't allowing me to take a fast shutter speed. After several tries I got this.
Shooting Date/Time 05/10/2009 3:58:27 PM
Shooting Mode Manual
My Colors Mode Off
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/160
Av (Aperture Value) 4.0
Light Metering Evaluative
ISO Speed 400
Focal Length 28.1 mm

toofan said:
Raining!

This shot I took when its raining continuously for two days.
And I was thinking of capturing the rain drops. But the light conditions doesn't allowing me to take a fast shutter speed. After several tries I got this.
Shooting Date/Time 05/10/2009 3:58:27 PM
Shooting Mode Manual
My Colors Mode Off
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/160
Av (Aperture Value) 4.0
Light Metering Evaluative
ISO Speed 400
Focal Length 28.1 mm

I know it is difficult to capture the fast moment on our not so good cameras which exhibit a lot of noise if the ISO is cramped up.

On low ISO you won't get a sharp picture but trails of rain drops. I too have same problem capturing rain. Never was able to get a good picture under rains due to low light. Again your shot is good but again had it not being camera limitation it would have been better.

BTW guys what is a Teleconverter? What does it do?

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Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Why the ======== ?
The cake looks yummy but I hate such uber chocolatey pastries .

I crave for those cakes at least once in two months

@Izziko:nice picture there buddy !.

@INS : Pl don't take it as an offence ,but your first picture is terribly overexposed and has flaring too .
Tamatar /Tomato looks nice .

Sry buddy, but its the best i can get from my digicam.. has no manual exposure control.
Sry for the casual snap..

^Which camera you use INS-ANI?

Title :Yummy Blur !

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@ Cool: Tele converter is a type of magnification glass that can be used in front of lens to increase its zooming capability. Say if its 1.6x then it will be X times the zoom you are using. For my camera if I use full 10x then it will become 16x.
But I can;t use that because my camera don't support that.

But Panasonic ones do. Panasonic FZ28 supports tele converter and It has spirals made in front of the lens to attach that.

@stuge: I had to break my screen now to eat your cake. Or will you parcel it to me on depawali.

@INS: good shot. The color during the sunrise is blending with the mist so beautifully. You can't control the limitations of your camera. But you can do some Post Processing on that shot to make is more attractive and hide the flaws in it.

@stuge - Awesome! Now even my mouth has began to water

@Toofan - Does teleconverter depreciate the image quality? I think teleconverter should come handy when shooting very distant objects like the moon.

No quality loss. Yes they are indeed very good for wild life and distant photography. Are you going to use them with your camera. if yes then how?

Cool G5 said:
^Which camera you use INS-ANI?

Sony DSC-W210

toofan said:
No quality loss. Yes they are indeed very good for wild life and distant photography. Are you going to use them with your camera. if yes then how?

My Camera does supports teleconverters. I don't have any clue about the price but if its not for a fortune then I'm surely getting one.

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The above shot was taken on the day when the Bandra-Worli Sealink in Mumbai was thrown open for public. It was taken from a garden on Dadar Coast. The time was around 7:40 AM. I remember the elders in the park giving a weird look while I was snapping & they were taking their morning walk. :mrgreen:

Looks like some weird woman is in the tree.

Its a nice show of symmetry, maybe would have been a but better if more light would have been present.

It was foggy since it was morning time & that's the reason for low light. I tried with different exposure but still I think this is the best picture possible.

Yes, I understood that by having a look at the clouds. But somehow, the picture looks a bit gloomy to me because of the clouds. As if the future of the Sealink was dark. Anyway, its just my imagination maybe. I liked the symmetry and the tree which is at the best place it could be in the pic.

Nice Imagination.
I feel a relaxed looked in this picture. Different people, Different Imagination.
I never saw the dark side until you pointed it out.

Offtopic - The sealink future seems to be very bright since sooner BEST buses services will start over it & also David Coulthard breached the 100km/hr speed limit in the yesterday's Redbull SpeedLink where he clocked 260km/hr

Its going to be a cash cow for the authorities once the second lane becomes operational.

toofan said:
No quality loss. Yes they are indeed very good for wild life and distant photography. Are you going to use them with your camera. if yes then how?

hmm Generally sharpness tends to decrease, and increase in stops by 2 .ie f2.8 --> f4.Therfore shooting in dark becomes a problem .I mean lens becomes slower with teleconvertors .

Cool G5 said:
My Camera does supports teleconverters. I don't have any clue about the price but if its not for a fortune then I'm surely getting one.

read the above .In b/w which camera + lens system are you using ?

Stuge: he is having cannons sx100IS.

@Cool: Please provide the link regarding these tele-converters. I am not finding any thing regarding cannon tele converts.

I had seen somewhere. I'm also not finding it.

Some sites mention Digital Teleconverter. Now hearing the word digital spells disaster something like digital zoom.

Techalomaniac said:
Yes, I understood that by having a look at the clouds. But somehow, the picture looks a bit gloomy to me because of the clouds. As if the future of the Sealink was dark. Anyway, its just my imagination maybe. I liked the symmetry and the tree which is at the best place it could be in the pic.

Cool this is the power of photography. Your Image make him think so much. Means you images is very very impressive.
You can provide a little warmth to that Image and then see the mood of image changes easily.

Cool G5 said:
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I don't know what effect/mood its creating but it can be best judged by you.
Just for my practice I had just balanced the colors and then added a warmth filter.

Now I'm feeling the image to be spooky

Thanks for the appreciation guys. You help me to improve my work.

Toofan just time traveled that pic. From early morning to evening.

Somehow, the sealink does not look glorious to me or maybe I do need a doctor. Its good and its just IMO. The sealink has been overhyped with great photography IMO. Great to catch a different mood of it, when its shed its makeup.

Offtopic: I'm thinking of the sealink like I would of a celeb. I need a doctor I think.

Yes you all are right. I think I just went too far with this. May be the color balancing would have done the job and I added an extra warming filter.

Due to the low size of this file. I din't tried much of the tweaking. Thanks for feedback.

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This shot was also taken on the same day I shot the above one.

WoW! Nice Shot.

Coool pic Cool G5! No PP???? great! I will upload a pic soon. This pic to me looks like has its aim set in to bring out the colour of nature. All colours are vivid and striking. Gimme some time and I'll upload a pic which I tried to capture the soft essence of a flower, no vividness.

Yes Pranay, no PP.
The image looks great with its vibrant colors.

C

Budget: 15-16k. Camera: Canon 120SI. Getting from Dubai. Decided 99%. Fine na? Don't post any better cameras now.

Just saw:

Canon 120SI: *www.dpreview.com/reviews/read_opinions.asp?prodkey=canon_sx120is

Sony H20: *www.dpreview.com/reviews/read_opinions.asp?prodkey=sony_dsch20

Again confused.

@ Cool, you really cool.

@ Chirag, consider the memory card too. Sony Memory stick pro duo is expensive compared to canon Sd card.

deleated -----------

I had read somewhere sony doesn't have manual focus. So verify this also.

go according to your budget. Nothing is perfect. And if you need camera for learning purpose (only if you wish to upgrade to DSLR) then go Value for Money.

Sony had a plus point with HD video & cannon had with full manual controls.
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Cool: it looking like wide angle type. Do you cropped it or shot that image at wide angle.

@Chirag - Check the following links.

*www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=144&modelid=18329

*www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3947&review=canon+powershot+sx200

@Toofan - My camera doesn't has a wide angle lens but the shot was taken in wide-screen mode. Even the shot I posted before(Sealink) is shot in Wide-Screen mode. Sometimes wide-screen mode works wonder for images which otherwise appear bland. Just my thought. I seem to compile great photos in widescreen mode than normal mode. Something is wrong with me I guess

@Techalomaniac - he he. Thanks buddy.

@all - I just lended my Canon SX100 IS to my friend who needs it tomorrow for a college trip. I know he will take good care but still I'm feeling a bit worried about my cam. It's like another heart of mine.

M

grt job izzikio...magical image there..

heres a shot i took this sunday morning..camera canon sx100, manual focus, iso 100
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My sony lacks manual focus toofan

Whatta pic mysticjayant! Pretty cool. Manual focus is a feature i do miss a lot!

Cool G5 said:
I just lended my Canon SX100 IS to my friend who needs it tomorrow for a college trip. I know he will take good care but still I'm feeling a bit worried about my cam. It's like another heart of mine.

Very Very true. Few months ago one of my friend asked for my can and I just denied. But last weak my best friends brother asked for cam then I can't say no to him. And the next 8 hours were like hell to me. I don't know why I feel so tension. Its like handing my girlfriend to someone else. I hate borrowers. Really. If you can't afford then you should not fulfill your need by taking someone else goods.
For next time if you can't say no then prepare some excuses before hand to tackle such situations. It works.

@mysticjayant. Very Very fine image. The colors and the whole composition of shot is excellent. Good job.

@techlomaniac: Manual focus in not necessary for this kind of shots. I took most of my macros in Macro mode. This way It took less time in bushes and safety from mosquitoes and other friends in similar category.
I use manual focus only there when my auto focus is not working fine. and then too I mostly trick my camera by first manual focusing and then shifting it to auto focus for sharp shot.

C

Canon SX200 is COSTLY. I think I will go with SX120. Construction of Canon is the only problem but I think I will manage.

[EDIT] Can anyone confirm the proper price of SX200? On ebay it says 21k at most of the places and 16k at some places. Am ordering it from Dubai. If its 16k, am so buying it.

toofan said:
Its like handing my girlfriend to someone else.

You stole the words from my mouth. My friend called me this morning & said that the camera batteries discharged midway leaving the lens out & lens cover open. But luckily he borrowed batteries from a friend & the problem was solved. At that moment I was fearing whether he must have put them the correct way & have closed the door gently to prevent any damage. I will get the camera in the evening at 7PM. Till then no snapping of pics. Its going to be a long day.

@mysticjayant - Really good shot. Thumbs Up.

@techalomaniac - As toofan rightly added manual focus is not necessary but it really comes handy when Auto-Focus fails. Though manual focus is a good feature but becomes difficult if you don't have an optical viewfinder(like on my camera) & have to rely on the small image in the LCD.

BTW guys how can one start charging for his photographs? Any idea?
Now there is a family which hired me as their secondary photographer for the wedding. Being my neighbors, I was not in a position to say no & eventually ended up shooting & then making the gift CD of the same.

Now another family has approached me & they too want me to shoot. They had seen me snapping this ganeshutsav & liked my work. This time I don't want to shoot for free & I want to make it clear that I won't do it if they don't pay. How can I explain them? I wish to tell them the straight forward way like expenses on camera maintainence, batteries, computer & offcourse my time. What do you think? Also how much should I charge? Charge for shot or charge for time(Hours)?

Cool: Today from morning 9.30 to 11.00 am I took 25 images and charged @15.00 per print. Without any PP done on them. It was some inspection work of a government office.

So you just contact the photographer near you and ask him how much he charge.
For charging to the parties contacting you, you can inform them that you earn that much money from you photography so that they may get a hint. And if you are bold enough you can directly ask them that you charges that much amount per printed photo and giving the originals will take some extra charge but you will give them for free with the printed photos.

Chirag: one of my friend bought a Sony H20 today for 17990.00.

Title: - Painted Flowers !

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and one with frame

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@G5 -->COOL flower shot G5

Nice shot stuge. Is it a bedsheet or a gift wrap paper? Or none of them?

Cool G5 said:
Nice shot stuge. Is it a bedsheet or a gift wrap paper? Or none of them?

none of them

its a tray I saw in the market ,

@jayant.....amazing shot dude...especially the way the water droplets have been used....

Jayant I want to know more about you. Some history of yours.
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very nice toofan

Check this

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@toofan - Is that image shot from a mobile? Nice rangoli & lamps.

I too spent the last night trying to get some good pics of lamps. Will post them later since I got to go LCD hunting now.

And yes my GF, Canon SX100 IS is back with me. The friend returned it in the same mint condition as I had lended it to him.

Good to hear that You get your gear alright.

Yes This was taken from my Nokia 3230. A 1.3 megapixel cam.

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Diwali Diya outside my home

Humayun Tomb from train !(see the red monument )!

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wihtout frame

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I didn't like this pic at all .

@Cool How you took that shot. There is no noise visible. IS there any noise in Original One.

I didn't like this pic at all .

@Stuge: This is a good shot why don't you like it.

@Toofan - Taken with a Tripod on the lowest ISO i.e. 80.
I had camera set on a tripod with timer & then shielded the lamp with a book from side to prevent the slight breeze from blurring the flame. At first I was shooting without shield & because of low ISO the breeze would always make the flame blurry.

@stuge - The shot is nice considering you took it from a train. Its only that it doesn't brings the viewer attention to the tomb.

I want to shoot fireworks today. Any special tips to do that although I had thought what I had to do. Personally I don't like fireworks but will enjoy shooting them.

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Whats He Doing !

toofan said:
I want to shoot fireworks today. Any special tips to do that although I had thought what I had to do. Personally I don't like fireworks but will enjoy shooting them.

Some things I would take into account when shooting fireworks,

1) You need to rest your camera on a tripod or a rigid surface. This is very important.

2) Most of the cameras take some time focussing on fireworks & sometimes due to this you may miss a shot. A quick remedy would be to set the focus on infinity & take snaps.

3) If you want a smooth look to those fireworks shoot at lower ISO but remember the lower the ISO the higher the shutter speed & hence more are the chances of blur if you bump the tripod or shoot handheld.

4) You can shoot handheld but then you will need to crank up the ISO. If you use a normal-prosumer camera like I do, going above ISO 400 will give you nothing but just noisy images. Avoid using ISO shift feature of your camera.

Cool G5 said:
3) If you want a smooth look to those fireworks shoot at lower ISO but remember the lower the ISO the higher the shutter speed & hence more are the chances of blur if you bump the tripod or shoot handheld.

hm why will anybody bump the tripod .unless one is surrounded with junglies

..kidding

in b/w toofan : since you are using p&s make sure you use timer(2sec one ) to shoot pic .it calls for hit and trial method ,much worse than lightinig lol

@Cool 5:I know that tomb can't be seen(its not a main subject in that pic ) .While given that title, my brain went grazing ..haha

@toofan :well thats my perception bro

@stuge - I mean take care not to bump the tripod.

@toofan - You took any pics today of the fireworks?

@all - Had a Thinkdigit Photography Meet today & it was excellent. Will post the pics here soon

@toofan
You took any pics today of the fireworks? if yes, then please post it here! i really want to see...

and that kid is thinking "ye uncle kya kar rahe hai! meri toilet kiye hue pant ki photo toh nahi kich rahe na!" :mrgreen:

Here are some pics from my camera of the Thinkdigit Mumbai Photography Meet which we had today.

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Rhitwick chugging happily on the rocks at Bandra coast. Some good bokeh in the background for Rhitwick to oogle on.

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Rhitwick capturing some small boats I guess. Again a bokeh shot which Rhitwick is Krazzy about

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Rhitwick & Pranay taking my snap so I decided to take their's. Tit for Tat

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Pranay clicking crows from rock edge at Bandra coast. I feel like kicking him in to the golden water

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Sunset at Bandra Bandstand.

This was just a glimpse will upload more soon.

^Great to see photos of you people... anyone have good diwali shots?

I was telling G5 about my try at capturing soft colours of nature... Here it is.
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Krow killed Techalomaniac and is taking credit for his pics.

I will hunt you down

, kaale kauwe :cry:

Katapults don't work on me.

Cool G5 said:
@toofan - You took any pics today of the fireworks?

I didn't. My whole time was wasted by guests. Who keep coming one after other. As soon as i was reaching to terrace, someone shouting from Gate Vimal Kahan ho.
Now I will have to wait for 1 year.

Cool I like the Portrait of Ritwik the Most. So nicely Shot and everything is perfect about that shot.
Second I like Pranay shooting down his mates(crows) from rock edge.
All the golden glory that shot has.

Krazzy Warrior said:
@toofan
You took any pics today of the fireworks? if yes, then please post it here! i really want to see... and that kid is thinking "ye uncle kya kar rahe hai! meri toilet kiye hue pant ki photo toh nahi kich rahe na!"

No its not uncle Its His Daddy.

toofan said:
I didn't. My whole time was wasted by guests. Who keep coming one after other. As soon as i was reaching to terrace, someone shouting from Gate Vimal Kahan ho.
Now I will have to wait for 1 year.

<< Rawan ke daas head :sad:

toofan said:
No its not uncle Its His Daddy.

woh tera beta hai???

Yup.

I love him the most.

@Toofan - Which portrait of Rhitwick? The very first one in which he is seen walking on the rocks? or the second one?

@krow - To finally techalomaniac converts into a crow. In next meet I will capture you in front of the sun

Nice shot. Maybe you should have gone closer a bit. And when are you going to post the pics you shot yesterday?

@ toofan Can you post the same pic without the blue background?

@ G5 Resizing now. Will post soon don't worry. Adding a Krow watermark this time.

@Krow - Resize but do not watermark.

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Ankit & Kaustubh posing for a shot.

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Rhitwick clicking the Sunset.

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Pranay clicking the snakes in the crevices of the boulders at Bandra coast.

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I don't know what is Kaustubh clicking

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Ankit the gamer, imagines my tripod for a quake 3 rocket launcher!

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I dedicate this picture to Krow & RGV.

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Pranay(Krow) clicking Crows.

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Pranay & Kaustubh engaged in calls from their GF's I guess.

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Sunset at Bandra Bandstand.

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Members alighting at Bandra Station for a quick bite of Kunj Vihar Vadapav while himesh reshammiya zooms past. P.S : The guy in yellow Tshirt is Ankit.

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Rhitwick warns Pranay of a possible stomachache.

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@krow - Overexposed? Don't you think so?

I was trying to do that only, clicked this last saturday. Was seeing if I could make the clouds look blue. Anyway, some PP is due I think. It is very over-exposed.

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I dunno what to say about this.

Good composition.
I feel it is a spot down over perfect exposure. Just my feeling.

Cool G5 said:
@Toofan - Which portrait of Rhitwick? The very first one in which he is seen walking on the rocks? or the second one?

Yes the first one.

Pranay & Kaustubh engaged in calls from their GF's I guess.

Nope they are talking to each other.

Maniac: Very very nice Picture the last one. In those conditions where the sky is brighter you can take two or three shots using tripod. First setting the exposer for sky then on second setting the exposure for the darker tones In this images the Hilly area and down side of it. And then you can take a overall exposure image like you have taken. And then do the PP in Photoshop. Merging them together. Its the HDR effect If I am not mistaking.

Here is the original one.
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Diwali 2009

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I wish I didn't lend my 50mm lens

^ Finally

nice.......

toofan said:
Yes the first one.
Nope they are talking to each other.

Maniac: Very very nice Picture the last one. In those conditions where the sky is brighter you can take two or three shots using tripod. First setting the exposer for sky then on second setting the exposure for the darker tones In this images the Hilly area and down side of it. And then you can take a overall exposure image like you have taken. And then do the PP in Photoshop. Merging them together. Its the HDR effect If I am not mistaking.

He He. Thanks.
And it is not called HDR but it is known as Exposure Bracketing. Read your camera manual to learn about exposure bracketing.

@stuge - Great Images stuges.

toofan said:
Nope they are talking to each other.

Maniac: Very very nice Picture the last one. In those conditions where the sky is brighter you can take two or three shots using tripod. First setting the exposer for sky then on second setting the exposure for the darker tones In this images the Hilly area and down side of it. And then you can take a overall exposure image like you have taken. And then do the PP in Photoshop. Merging them together. Its the HDR effect If I am not mistaking.

All I did was take the pic in manual mode with high shutter speed and Med F value. I dunno what HDR effect is.

Here is the original one.
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Look, I don't want to sound rude or bossy, but your PP spoiled the pic for me. This original pic is awesome. The baby looks so much more philosophical to me now. Maybe some day he will be greater than Socrates himself.

Cool G5 said:
Good composition.
I feel it is a spot down over perfect exposure. Just my feeling.

Feel free to criticise all my works. I am open to it totally as I think that's the best way to improve. My photography is by no means even half as good as many who post in this thread and I want to improve by leaps and bounds, which is only possible if you guys gimme some constructive criticism.

Cool G5 said:
He He. Thanks.
And it is not called HDR but it is known as Exposure Bracketing. Read your camera manual to learn about exposure bracketing.

As I said previously, I only played with the shutter speed and aperture value in manual mode. Please enlighten me as to what you guys are talking about.

@stuge - Great Images stuges.

Yeah, Stuge's photography rocks.

Exposer bracketing is a camera feature but I am speaking of taking both the foreground and the background(brighter) in somewhat brightness. I don't know what it called.
Cool Does our camera supports the Exposour bracketing feature?

Maniac: I didn't do any thing to the child's face. I just removed the disturbing background. May be you are right let me thing about that.

And exposure bracketing is taking three images of one scene in different exposures. -2 0 +2 exposures which the camera does at the same time for us.

I am saying that in that shot you composed the shot with the compensating exposure which is by default. this makes the foreground darker. But If you would have taken another shot (for example) by lowering the shutter speed and increasing the exposer so that the foreground become equally bright as the background (sky) in the first shot. Then you merge those two shots in Photoshop to make the whole shot equally bright.

Yes my camera does support exposure bracketing but I haven't tried it anytime.

Under exposure bracketing, the camera takes 3 images - One with a normal exposure, one under-exposed & the last over-exposed. Then you can determine which image is good.

BTW toofan my camera doesn't allows me to compensate exposure under MANUAL mode. This is really strange as exposure compensation is available in other semi-auto modes but not under MANUAL mode :shock:

Where is that function lies in Camera As I too have the similar one SX110IS.

I too thought about that first then the conclusion I reach is that If you have to take it under exposed then just change the shutter speed or the F stop. And that way we have much control over exposure so no need of exposure compensation.
While other modes are used when we have to apply some settings say a shutter speed of 500 for stopping the action but if it was too sunny out there the only thing left is the exposure compensation to decrease the overall light.

toofan said:
Maniac: I didn't do any thing to the child's face. I just removed the disturbing background. May be you are right let me thing about that.

Yeah, I know you didn't change the baby's face, but the background makes him look so much more philosophical and is not at all disturbing to me. The original pic you took is great. Nice composition and caught the baby in a nice expression. Babies don't pose and photographing them is an art in itself.

I am saying that in that shot you composed the shot with the compensating exposure which is by default. this makes the foreground darker. But If you would have taken another shot (for example) by lowering the shutter speed and increasing the exposer so that the foreground become equally bright as the background (sky) in the first shot. Then you merge those two shots in Photoshop to make the whole shot equally bright.

The photoshop bit I need to learn. But otherwise, I think its called metering mode in my cam.

Cool G5 said:
Under exposure bracketing, the camera takes 3 images - One with a normal exposure, one under-exposed & the last over-exposed. Then you can determine which image is good.

BTW toofan my camera doesn't allows me to compensate exposure under MANUAL mode. This is really strange as exposure compensation is available in other semi-auto modes but not under MANUAL mode

Same here, you can't control eV in manual mode in my cam either!

thanks everyone .Cool G5 ,krow krazy for compliments

M

toofan said:
Jayant I want to know more about you. Some history of yours.
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hey nice to see u guys liked my pic..
@ toofan..no history dude..i'm an engineer, like a lot of u guys, working in jamshepdur ..bought my first cam abt a yr ago with my first salary ,,canon sx100 IS..
started shooting properly only since march-april, when i shun the auto mode ...and strtd getting some awesome results..which i never thought were possible...read a few magazines n followed a few ppl on flickr..dats it...
but photography gives me grt joys, provides d much needed respite frm work after a long week on weekends..thats it boss..
hey if u guys wd like to see..heres a link to my flickr album...

*www.flickr.com/photos/mysticjayant

grt that u guys met up in mumbai..its a grt idea..maybe ppl in jamshedpur can come up wid such a meet as well...

C

I borrowed Sony DSC W200 for sometime.

*www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Sony/sony_dscw200.asp

Any comments on the camera? It got manual focus (5 steps) and I don't know what it is.

Any techniques you guys would like to share?

You haven't bought you camera yet.

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Mine were not good as as Stuge. But I only got those shots.

^

nice

I wish mere paas bhi camera hota

@ toofan Pic 1,2,3,4 are awesome. My favourite is pic 3 and 4. 3 is just toooooo good.

C

@toofan - Nah, not yet. Still confused. Shall be getting it within a month though.

Krow said:
@ toofan Pic 1,2,3,4 are awesome. My favourite is pic 3 and 4. 3 is just toooooo good.

Yup! i totally agree with u.. pic 3 is awesome...2nd pic is good too. hmm in order to make u understand what i have written i m just converting it to ur language

D) kauuuuu kauuuuuuuu! (no offence hehe :lol:

)

Krazzy Warrior said:
Yup! i totally agree with u.. pic 3 is awesome...2nd pic is good too. hmm in order to make u understand what i have written i m just converting it to ur languageD) kauuuuu kauuuuuuuu! (no offence hehe)

SUPER OFFTOPIC: Its not kauuu kauuuuuuu (sounds like Cow, Cow

), but kaaaaw kraaaw kraaaaw. My sensory awareness spreads to the English language too, so no need to worry.

Toofan, I quite liked all your pics. If you ask me to select my favorite, I would pick 2nd,3rd & 4th.

You guys believe it or not but I didn't even got a shot of firecrackers owing to no children in our building. Nobody busted any crackers for past few years. And I had been running from one relative to another for faral. First day of Diwali saw the great photography meet which was fruitful. Will post some non diwali related pics soon.

^not everyone here will understand "Faraal" Cool! :lol:

Yeah right.
So guys Faral means homemade sweets prepared in Indian homes.

Feral was always in need of chopper backup.

@Toofan, awesome Diwali pics. Liked the chakra thingy, has come out really well.

Some snaps from a trip to Bhandardhara... went last weekend, but was a little busy till today.

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awesome pictures toofan

@anorion : you have a dust in your sensor .get it cleaned before it becomes worse or clean it yourself if you have the gadgets to do it /or remove it in the CS4

your both the shots are awesome ! I will love if you can do some post processing in your second one

Thanks Everyone.

@Cool: First I too didn't understood the faraal. But you explained later.

@krazzy: Padai par dhayaan lagao.

@Chirag: One month will give you some time to research and some more funds.

@anoroin: Nice images. Among the two, I liked the second one more for its colors and compositon. You can view same spots on each image means dust as said by stuge.

@Anorion - I liked the first one over second. The two villagers are distracting a bit.

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A small boat sailing in the water

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Crow wanting to kiss the sun

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Pranay & Rhitwick lost in the rocks. While we guys(Ankit, Kaustubh & Me) reached to the far extreme end.

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Caption this shot.

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The whole group present for the first Thinkdigit Mumbai Photography Meet.

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Bandra Station signboard.
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"Woh pehli baaar, manual mode liye..."

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Spot the differences. :lol:

The first one is shot by Krow while I shot the second shot. Rhitwick is giving almost similar expression in both the shots. Mind you the shot was not taken at the same time.

LOL Very similar. Bye the way Nice Images. Totally tells how much you all have enjoyed the company and photography.

Cool: You too have wished to take the crow in center of sun. Am I right. But I know is very difficult and a matter of chance to do so.

Anorion said:
Feral was always in need of chopper backup.

Some snaps from a trip to Bhandardhara... went last weekend, but was a little busy till today.

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This would have been a lot better if you had cropped the bottom part a little more. More of the sky and less of the dark bottom I mean.

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To me the villagers just add an extra feel to the image. In this pic, the villagers are the subject of the image according to me, rather than the scenery. That is why I like it. A little bit of finetuning with the colours and exposure will make it perfect, but good job, Anorion.

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TDF Rock Band
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Bandra Station signboard.

This signboard is really cool. Well shot, G5!

The difference is in the skill level of rhitwick. In the first one he is learning manual mode, so he is enthusiastic. In the second one, he is highly skilled and so, "I can use Manual Mode, hun!".

toofan said:
Cool: You too have wished to take the crow in center of sun. Am I right. But I know is very difficult and a matter of chance to do so.

This was my idea and I was trying extremely hard for this only, and even Cool tried, but none could catch it. The crows were turning away just as they came in front of the sun.

I have a dSLR, I have opened it up and cleaned the lense, but a few spots refuse to go. Is there any way I can actually open up the lense itself?

D

Anorion said:
Feral was always in need of chopper backup.

@Toofan, awesome Diwali pics. Liked the chakra thingy, has come out really well.

Some snaps from a trip to Bhandardhara... went last weekend, but was a little busy till today.

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very good shots...the 2nd is specially good...the villagers help to draw the eye from the centre towards the houses at the far end..it also has a very peaceful mid- day feel to it...it can very well be a subject for an oil painting.....would you mind if i wanted to recreate this as a painting?

Thanks krow for the comments.
And yeah, I tried to take the crow in the centre after krow was trying for a long time without any success. Finally we both gave up.

^Hell yeah! One day I will get my cousin Krows to pose in front of the sun!

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G5 clicked this as the first shot with my cam. I take the credit anyways.

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Caption contest for this one.

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Hmmm... I thank this one for posing peacefully.

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Again Thanks!

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"Woh pehli baaar, manual mode liye..."

More up soon. Comments please...

All pics have been added for those who do not visit the Mumbai Meetup Thread.

Thanks for comments guys... Some more here:

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As always, all pictures up for comments, critique and feedback. Freedom of expression granted.

@himadri_sm do anything you want with the photos. @anyone else, you can do anything you want with my images

No problem.

This post has my friends and family members.

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Anorion said:
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little post processing

I hope you like it

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picture belongs to Anorion

woah the improvements are dramatic. Mebbe I should start doing that. I know how it works, but I don't know how far to go, or when to stop. Will go home and post some more. Btw, the black part of the first pic with all the water is the edge of a dam. Wilson Dam to be specific.

@CoolG5 The "Crow wanting to kiss the sun" is really amazing, would have been better if the crow and the sun occupied more space in the image (at least this is what I wish for when I look at the photo). But the colours of the sun set is also pretty amazing. Seen so many photos of sunsets that they don't really evoke a response anymore, but the bird in flight got back the charm.

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little post processing I hope you like it

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picture belongs to Anorion

What exactly did you do? This PP is great.

@ Anaroin : I don't know why But after seeing your images I always feels that something is wrong with your Camera. Because the Sharpness/quality which should be there in images taken by a DSLR is always missing. May be dust has to do something or you don't use the cam properly I don't know. Or you might have disturbed some setting in it.

Your images are very very good at composition. I still remeber you Book shot but your images mainly lacks

1. White balance.
2. Crispness.
3. Colors.

If Pimpom would be here he would have surely find out the exact problem and would have suggested you the remedies.

Its what I feels.

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If Pimpom would be here he would have surely find out the exact problem and would have suggested you the remedies.

At the Mumbai meet, even I had asked this very question to Cool G5. Where is pimpom? He is one of the most experienced photographers on this forum. Please post here man, you are needed.

Stuge Nice work.

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@Anorion - Thanks for your comments. I too feel it can be cropped but I left it & posted the original unedited one. All of my images uploaded are original and not tweaked in anyway.

Krow said:
What exactly did you do? This PP is great.

high pass filter -> selective touch up of sky -> played very little with contrast ,exposure ,saturation etc .

toofan said:
@ Anaroin : I don't know why But after seeing your images I always feels that something is wrong with your Camera. Because the Sharpness/quality which should be there in images taken by a DSLR is always missing. May be dust has to do something or you don't use the cam properly I don't know. Or you might have disturbed some setting in it.

Your images are very very good at composition. I still remeber you Book shot but your images mainly lacks

1. White balance.
2. Crispness.
3. Colors.

If Pimpom would be here he would have surely find out the exact problem and would have suggested you the remedies.

Its what I feels.

@Anorion :which dlsr are you using ? I mean body + lens ?
Firstly ,at which stop (f) are you shooting your pictures ? eg for landscape f7-f11 is recommended .in b/w are you shooting your pictures in raw format ?if yes ,then post processing is somewhat must .

secondly ,I hope your camera doesn't have a problem of back focussing ?

read here if you are not aware of what it is all about .
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and try some other lens ,then post the pictures .

Title :Curve and Reflections

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Stuge : Killer Stuff. Stunning.
Please provide a little story about this shot. Where, when how, why what etc etc.

@stuge
The image will look better without the wiring in the sky. Its a nice shot

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rhitwick's curvaceous figure.

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Stuge said:
high pass filter -> selective touch up of sky -> played very little with contrast ,exposure ,saturation etc .

what exactly is a high pass filter?...is it present in photoshop or any separate plugin?

Stuge, nice shot but I can't seem to find out what is it. Please mention some details about it.

^not another plugin, brings out a little more sharpness in the image

lywyre: you can re-size you images down to 600x450 px this will reduce the size of image significantly. And will open quickly.

Himadri_SM: Highpass filter is inbuilt photoshop under filters->others->Highpass. It is mostly used to increase the contrast of some specific areas or under exposed areas.

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Ab sab post kar rahe hai to....main kyoun nahi :-D

Ritwik: the third image impressed me the most. I think this is because of the Inclination of the Horizon. Something different.

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@Rhitwick - Good Going. Post some more. BTW you free the coming saturday afternoon for another photography session?

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Hope my like my firrst try.

^Quite good but still it can be improved. Keep trying.

Bassom Nice image, The blurring of foreground and background is a treat to watch. But please resize them down to 600x450. this size is easy to watch. higher sized images doesn't fit in 15inch screen.

@ Bassam904 Resize to 640x480. Nice effort though.

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My take on the crow and the sun.

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@Krow - Missed the crow again :razz:

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Fan of my graphic card.

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Chip on the graphic card.

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Circuit on graphic card.

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lywyre: you can re-size you images down to 600x450 px this will reduce the size of image significantly. And will open quickly.

Here it is:
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Have done a little PP on the image.

Nice Image lywyre. But let me suggest you something about P.P.

the detail in shadow under the gate is very good. But what you have done is over brighten the stairs and overall image. I would have only increased the brightness( If necessary) Under that gate and had left the other portion of image as it is.
Your image looks overexposed.

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What do you guys think of this shot? An overblown background but I had no option but to do it. I think the flower is being highlighted here. What do you guys feel?

I thinks the overall shot is looking very good. Yes the background is a not supporting the foreground but under conditions this is a very good shot.

What if you had shot it from front?

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I thinks the overall shot is looking very good. Yes the background is a not supporting the foreground but under conditions this is a very good shot.

What if you had shot it from front?

If shot from other side it would have casted my shadow & then the image wouldn't have looked so rich in contrast.

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A BEST Bus negotiating a corner at Kalina University

Wow What a crisp shot.

toofan You should visit Mumbai University, its very green.

Yeah I agree with Krow.

Krow said:
toofan You should visit Mumbai University, its very green.

Green In which sense. ;-)

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Camera: Canon
Model: Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
ISO: 80
Exposure: 0.6 sec
Aperture: 3.5
Focal Length: 8.3mm
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Model: Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
ISO: 80
Exposure: 1.0 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Focal Length: 5mm
Flash Used: No
(I used SuperMacro in this one with Manual mode)

Tried something guys, tell me what more it needs.

@Rhitwick - I liked the first one. In the second the butterfly isn't focused perfectly. A bit underexposed are both the images. Maybe a stop or two down on shutter should bring out the perfect exposure. Alternately you can bump the ISO to 100 from 80. Looking forward to more snaps from you.

@Toofan - Green refers to Greenery. The university campus is filled with dense trees & the area is very pleasing to eyes. A treat for nature lovers & photo addicts.

I will post some more pics of the university so that you can get an idea.

here's my try not too good its the first try.....

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i don't know how to switch the flash off, of the camera. So tried on Manual mode.

@Varad Dilip Choudhari - The image doesn't grab my eye to any point. It would be better if you think of a point like a heatsink on a motherboard. The empty cabinet has nothing to look for. Don't get disheartened but its the truth.

Which camera do you own? I can help you with the flash problem.

Varad Chaudhary: I can't even see your image fully at one go. I had to scroll the window. So resize your images to 600 x 480 resoulution or similar.

@Ritwik. You shots are good. But they are not sharp because your exposure/shutter speed is .6 sec and 1 sec respectively. you should have cranked the ISO to 200 or even higher. Or You could used the tripod. And even you are using the f stop of 4.5 which should be minimum of 2.8. for low light try not to use the zoom to enjoy the f stop of 2.8 . You can always crop your images later to go close.

@ Cool G5, i have SAMSUNG S630 Digital Camera.

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@Varad Dilip Choudhari - Read this.
BTW don't put finger on flash as the guy suggests(sarcastically) as it may damage the flash or even burn your finger.

Cool: Good shot. Nice colors.

Thanks Toofan.
BTW guys post some pics, this thread seems to be drying up now.

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Good Evening!

This shot is taken after two days of continuous Rain. I had posted some pics earlier of that day.

@toofan: Thank you for your suggestion. Have just started and hearty that my photo has come out good. Thank you.

Yeah, I remember the earlier shot too. Good shot but the black effect is not so good around the image.

These are the shadows and more even the sunlight is falling on that particular area. And the sky is full of clouds. I was just amused after I saw that scene. Then I used full 10x zoom and captured that landslide zone.
I had cropped away some black area from left and bottom of image.

That day I took many keepers. But if I had found some height to shoot and to evade some of the building coming in between then I would have shot even more dramatic scenes.

Thanks for suggestions. I will try to reduce the darkening effect in PP.

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Boys having fun in the water.

Some purple fringing is noticeable in this shot. What else can I improve upon?
I wish I had bump the ISO a level up to freeze the ball.

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Hey guys .. nice going.. wonderful snaps in this thread..

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Hey guys .. nice going.. wonderful snaps in this thread..

Swordfish where were you that long. Its nice to see you back again.

@Cool: I think that image will look more beautiful in B/W or some other tone. Try that also.

toofan said:
@Cool: I think that image will look more beautiful in B/W or some other tone. Try that also.

Exactly what I was thinking. I was thinking of giving it a sepia or black & white touch. Will do it later. Thanks for the comment.

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I just tried my hands on it for my practice. Its a good practice to practice on other's things. Please comment if its looking ok. And what should I have done to imporve it.

As the original image has very few colors. And the composition and the image is creating very very dramatic and strong effect so I tried it to give a abstract look.

This shot is now my current desktop wallpaper.
Kash isme Gaurav Prabhu nahi likha hota to mein toofan likh deta.

Nice work, I liked it.

You want the original image toofan? I'll mail it to you.

Thank You.

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^Dangerous Danger, Mr. Vimal. Great pic, but did you PP blur or is it your focus trick? Anyway, whatever you did, its great!

@toofan
ooops! what is this? but still photo looks awesome..nice effect..

Cool pic toofan.
Looks like the worm found in green peas. Which worm is it?

Ok some more from me. PPed heavily. Tell me why it is not done right

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krow: The blurr is done by camera. I had cropped the image to go a bit more close to the worm. That is why its not visible on lower end of the image.

@cool: These comes many in my garden but snapping them is not a easy task but this come walking over the cemented portion. I don't know his name.

@anoroin.: This time Your images are very clear, sharp and very well composed as usual. But you have over done the PP. You should have not raised the saturation too high.

Actually increasing the saturation is not a good idea most of the time. Instead increase the contrast and brightness.
Your images are hurting eyes because of unnatural colors but pleasing because of interesting composition.

@Anorion - I think even you can feel they are not done right. The colors are overtly saturated. In the second one the blur which you have brought in the background doesn't appeal. It would have been better had it left clear & visible.

@Anorion, don't take it bad, but the images look un-natural.

Anorion Post the original images.

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Shot this from a park.

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Nothing spectacular in this shot, just posted so you guys can have a look at my PC currently dis-assembled.

@Toofan: Where did you find that critter?
@Cool G5: The bridge is framed very well, but the barbed wire is a little distracting. Which garden is this anyway?

I liked the trick with the unsharp mask. What do you people use to blend it in though? Overlay? And yeah, the original pics are waaay out of focus in comparison. Donno what is wrong with my cam. Cannot achieve better results with manual focussing because the viewfinder is too small to really focus well. Works well enough for macros, but otherwise the photos turn out to be even more blurrier. Ah well. Here are the originals. I think I will just stick to uploading originals till I do a little more R&D into pp. But I liked the bridge becoming pink!

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@Anorion - There is a garden adjacent to Hinduja Hospital.
Get your camera checked to rule out any problems. The colors look a bit pale you can intensify them for a much more natural feel.

for better colours try vivid colours....it must be in the menu where you have functions like sepia and B/w and all...

nice pix toofan and G5

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Well,Last pic "Curve and Reflection" was captured here

Friends, i am returning just from my three day tour to a place 15 kms ahead of Kausani.(uttarakhand). I took my camera with me but didin't get enough time for photography. I will post some of them later.

@ Stuge: Very nice images. Can you give us the "mantra" of the clarity in your images.
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@anoroin: thats come walking in my garden. Is that insect called "Critter".

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My old Intel Pentium 4 Processor seems to go into dark soon.

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@stuge - Nice pictures. Can you please explain how you put those borders? Can it be done under Irfanview?

@toofan - That's why I have been seeing nothing from you. Awaiting your images.

@Stuge: Great photos, especially the second and the third one.
@Cool G5: The one with the screws is composed really well, and the depth of field effect is really great. Is the frontmost screw a little out of focus though? Did you use some special lighting?
@toofan: Any small insect, bug, worm or creature is called a critter I think.

Generally, what do any of you do with regards to lighting, especially outdoor shots? Wanna know if you people have some interesting tricks up your sleeves.

@Anorion - I have purposely left the first screw a bit out-of-focussed. Actually the focus is on the second screw if you notice. No special lighting used. It was shot under our regular tubelight.

I had used a small LED lamp for the first shot. This is the first time I experimented with the light. What do you think of the first one? I would like to have your comments on that.

Regarding outdoor shots, its always the simple rule which I apply. Shoot when the sun is not too harsh & if the sun is in background use fill flash. I don't own a DSLR so I'm not able to play with external flash guns. Hope I'll afford to buy one soon.

Also thanks for publishing my pics in your november issue. Because of you I will get some more attention to my work & hopefully some more participants for weekend photography in Mumbai

My day started with this image on 1st of Nov.
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Cool: For me Second image is fantastic. first image seems a bit blurry. As if your hand shaken while taking the shot. And the shadow is also disturbing the idea of the image.

Anoroin: I use flash outdoors sometime while photographing people to remove the shadows on the face while the sun is in top. or when I had to shoot anything that is in shadow inrespect of the surrounding. But only sometimes.

Great photos everyone! I quite like the processor Cool G5.

Its not shaken toofan but its unfocused so its appearing blurry. The focus is on the central IC(or whatever they are called) on the processor. Its not shaken definitely as I have checked the original pic(8 MP).

I quite liked the shadow. Now I have installed the processor so no chance to take pics again.

I liked the shadows too. @Cool G5: Cyberjunkie picked em up!

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Vishwa Shanti Stupa-Delhi
That's a good place, get some pics of Humayun's Tomb? Nice View there

Part II(Vishwa Shanti Stupa -Delhi)

Gautam Buddha

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@toofan I take pictures of landscape or in general in good light (for monuments ) with small aperture ie stop f7.1-f11
to make sure pictures are sharp .later if required I do high pass filter (I find it better than other sharpening technique ).

@Cool5 :I use CS4 or I sometimes use picnik.com to add borders .I'm not sure about irfan view .

in CS4 -->image ->canvas to addd borders .
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toofan you Nov 1st picture is quite nice

and Cool I lreally liked both the pitures

nice DOF

Stuge: Again very nice images.Each and every detail is crisp and clear.
Are you a professional photographer.

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A Lonely House in a Hill.

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What place?

Village: Bajyula(Garud) 20 km ahead of kausani(Uttarakhand).

Great shot toofan. Very good.

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Thanks.

your last pic looks like from jungle book

@toofan :nope I'm not a professional photographer .

Great pics all. Stuge you sure click like a pro dude.

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Temple Beggar!

^That one is great... I'm not half as good at human photography.

Both are really good pics Toofan.

Did you click a picture where there are just mountains sans the tree?
The second one brings out the emotion. That's really good.

Yup those will also be comming soon.

nice picture toofan

hey can you send me bigger picture of mountain one

I wanna try my hands over editing on it .if you don't mind

in b/w you should try to avoid obstacles like trees that is in the picture

other pciture is awesome .

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Grass Stocks!

This is How the villagers in kumoun store there grass pile for further use of animals in summer when there is no grass available. And one more interesting fact. In my village (khoont, Almora) people store the grass over an tree.And these were called "Loota" (in kumaouni language) If I will find any image i will post it.

Thanks friends. I will be posting those pics soon.

I would have used the flash at the second image of beggar but I think that it would have not created such drama with her face.

@Stuge: I had images without tree. But In that Image I did it purposely. But it seems the idea doesn't come good. Yes I will surely Send you the image with hills.

What a beautiful place. I want to visit there now.

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A full view of Himalayas from the Temple of Nanda Devi, Kot (Graud).

^ OMG! Awesome!!!

@ toofan Did you use wide angle lens for that? Great pic.

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All the above images were taken before the TDF meet, so before I became Krow, so please excuse the watermarking.

@ Toofan - Good panoramic shot.

@krow - The water flow looks good but a bit underexposed. Where did you take them?

Some mountains near Bhivpuri Road (before Karjat). Exposure is a difficult thing to get right under bright sunlight.

If anyone wants to edit those images, feel free to do so.

Krow:Nice shots specially first two and the last one.

Krow one trick you can apply to the flowing water.

Use a slow shutter speed to give a look of flowing milk. Just try that sometime. Milky effect also looks as good as frozen water.

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These images has been taken from the Valley of Graud, Bageshwar District arount 8.15 am. When I was returning from Village : Bajyula. Its lengthy but For full view I had to take three images and then merged them to one.

^That's really good man... Seamless. Great work. Thanks for the tip. I'll try that next time sure.

Awesome toofan. Damn good.

@toofan, for the panoramas, did you blend them manually or use photomerge on photoshop, or some other stitching software?

Thanks friends.

@anorion: for the first panorama I used the photo stitch software provided by Canon. Its easy to use and provides various formats to save the image. I saved to .psd.

for that second I used the photomerge in photoshop. Its easy and flexible also. But you have to do the cropping yourself.

@coolG5 congrats dude....just saw your pics in this month's issue of digit.....awesome thread guys....its already been featured twice in the mag...

Ohh Yes I too forget to congrats you. I had seen your 3 images in the magazine in the last page.
Once again congrats man.

umm... there is a praying mantis outside my window, and I don't know how to get a good shot! really frustrating. it's on the other side of the grill, and I cant fit my cam out. getting an angle is tricky, and my hand is moving too much if I use a low shutter speed. increased the iso all the way to 1600 - the max my cam can do. used a shutter speed of 4" before and 2" after, then used flash. then reduced it to 1/2 and thought I will do the rest on photoshop. Still didn't get a good shot. What do you do in such situations? Anyway, here is what I could do so far:

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This is the one without the flash and the high iso

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This is the one with the flash, but I don't like the bars

the one with the lowest shutter speed is totally black, so no chance of salvaging in photoshop. this is one of those times when a small point and shoot would have allowed me to get a better shot, simply because I could put the cam through the grill and shoot.

it's still there, anyone have ideas? pretty patient thing. I think it is laying eggs because it is dead still and heavy on the bottom, but not too sure.

Use a tripod. Everything will be solved. Or if she stays in day time also then you can shoot her easily.
(Woh ek abla naari hai uski help karo shoot mat karna).

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Wild Bee!

This bee is sitting over a kilmora plant(Kumaouni Name). It has black small grape type fruit( april to june) which is very tasty. this plant is used for medicines and sell costly outside. But in our hills no one take care of such plants.

These were some of the wild fruits we used to love when we go to our village in summer vacations from school.

Nice thread...
One from me too...

Location: Wayanad
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@Toofan: Brilliant colours in that one. If it's pp-ed, then it's done really well, as you cannot make out that it has been pp-ed. Have you? If so what have you done? I think it is a very large fly.

I really love insects. Was staring at the Mantis for a long time. She got disturbed when I used the camera, but was ok with the mobile camera coming really close. She was bobbing about for a good two hours. Donno how to explain this. Will probably post a video I took. Mantis' are really great for camerawork, as they stay still unlike other insects. Anyone have tricks for butterflies? I find them the toughest. The flit too fast, and by the time you get your focus right, they have probably flown away. Anyone got a butterfly in flight? I wanted to get one, but the wings came out at odd angles, even burst mode did not help.

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One successful attempt at long exposure without flash at relatively low ISO. It's a cicada shell.

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I have been out of luck in catching such insects. The butterflies have come out superb Anorion. Toofan the wild bee image is too good but that's not a bee its just a fly.

@izziko_rage - Featured twice? Was it featured before?

@Anarion: Excellent Images. First and last two are composed very well. where you find the cicada shell. (I dont know there names.)
Shooting butterfiles take a lot of time and temprament.

the original image of bee sorry fly is very colorful in itself. I just used the soft light blend mode to enhance the image and then decreased its opacity to 50% to 60 % .

Cool: I thought bee = fly.

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Izziko rage is saying that this this thread is good as its featured twice in the magazine.

first time: the solar eclipse image of pimpom.
second time: Its you and ur mumbai meetup.

Okay. Thanks toofan.
Congrats & thanks izziko_rage.

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Nice Stuge. Which place is this.

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Way Through Pines!
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this image is taken In vivid Color mode and in the golden light of evening.

@toofan : nice pine picture

well ,Picture is taken in Chittorgarh fort(around 115 km from Udaipur ).

@stuge: really great photo, but I think it would have been better in colour as the top right portion of the image looks very empty.
@toofan: Great pine photos. I think some nature photographs look much better with a glow or a halo effect. Will try something out, there is a plugin for photoshop, forgot the name now. The Cicada shell was on some trek. I think Rajmachi or Raigad, not too sure. These are forts close to Mumbai.
rohit330: That's a freaking huge spider, must be high in the air, did you use zoom or what did you do?

I just realised that I've photographed too many insects. Posting some more images here. The toughest thing is getting the focus right, as you have to rely on manual focus, and in the viewfinder, this is not really very accurate. This moth is an example of this:

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Also, notice that the second wing of the first butterfly in my earlier post is out of focus.

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And a fly, like your's toofan, only the colours are not that great!

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and this monkey reminds me of some generic grandfather

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@anorion :space was left on purpose

anyway ,I'm posting the coloured version as well .

well,you can't rely on manual focus for insect photography .you need a marco lens

coloured one

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@Stuge: I like the coloured version much better because a) the sky has a nice gradient - which is more noticeable than the bw version and b) the features on the building come to life. It's great to know that you make the photos bw in pp, I know so many people who do it with their cameras itself. Pretty irritating to explain to them - and they don't even understand.

@Anorion, nice shots. I liked the butterfly one very much.
@Toofan, fly one is very good. Bright colors and sharp image.

@Stuge: Your b/w conversions rocks. I liked the b/w one more.
@anaroin: In past few years most of the awards are won by the b/w images. Now you can guess why people convert there images to b/w.
You seems expert in capturing insects. Great images just a bit unfocused and I understand why these are so.

I liked Stuge's colour mode. Wow great work all...

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Goth !
Cow's Palace. This is called "Goth" in Kumaouni.

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Goru! (Cow)

I like the house pic a lot toofan..

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Going... going... gone!

^It's still going & not gone :razz:

Nice shot.

Stuge, I liked the B&W shot over the color. Nice composition again.

Anorion, As you said focusing is difficult task on small viewfinders, your 1st & 3rd image are not properly focused. But the second one is neatly focused. Good Job. Which camera you use?

Toofan, I have a similar shot with trees except its is shot in a garden. Will post later. Again good pics buddy.

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Kumouni Old age Man!(+80 years).

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Its Me!

Maniac: Nice Colors and images.

^I liked the first one more than the second.
You really do nice PP.

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I'll post another version of the same pic soon. toofan nice pics again. Those people show a lot of emotion.

well i like photography but the prob. is i only have my 2.0MP cam phone with which i ca take snaps so my interest is pressed due to lack of a gud camera

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glad you liked you both the version

@Anorion :Yup ,its easy to turn Coloured into black and white ,but turning B/w to coloured isn't

.Thats why I click all my pictures in b/w .Keep in mind if you are suppose to participate in contests keep two version of picture snaped with camera one in b/w and one with coloured

@puneet :yaar all I can say is save paisa -> rupees ,then buy a point and shoot (at least )

@Krow :nice sunset picture

@toofan : nice portraits

@stuge: Beautiful. The Palace, Its reflection. A little variation in sky. A little flying cloud. Everything seems to be in position and waiting for you to shoot.

@krow: YOur helicopter is very beautiful. But if you could have done a bit of pp. it would have been a stunning photograph.

Not a Pro Photographer.. but managed to grab these places..

One of the circle you will see as soon as you enter tirupathi from south side.
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Hills shot at the Ghat Road to Tirumala
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I don't know why I shot this, but it is in a village that is 5kms away from tirupati
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That's it. I will post some new pics soon.

Vamsi I liked the first image but its a bit tilted.
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Excellent Shots
Stuge and Toofan
Vamci anna nice pics yaar

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Not a Pro Photographer.. but managed to grab these places..

I don't know why I shot this, but it is in a village that is 5kms away from tirupati
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That's it. I will post some new pics soon.

This is my favourite picture. Seriously vamsi, you are a Knoob. Start clicking away fast. You have ze potential.

toofan said:
@krow: YOur helicopter is very beautiful. But if you could have done a bit of pp. it would have been a stunning photograph.

Another version coming up...

Stuge said:
City Palace -Udaipur

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@Krow :nice sunset picture

Thanks and may I add that its a great picture. Are you in love with monuments of sorts?

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What a picture. Great pp here. First time I really liked your work since that ghughuta picture (for PP I mean, your pics are really nice anyway).

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glad you liked you both the version
@Anorion :Yup ,its easy to turn Coloured into black and white ,but turning B/w to coloured isn't .Thats why I click all my pictures in b/w .Keep in mind if you are suppose to participate in contests keep two version of picture snaped with camera one in b/w and one with coloured

@puneet :yaar all I can say is save paisa -> rupees ,then buy a point and shoot (at least )

@Krow :nice sunset picture
@toofan : nice portraits

awesome pic bro...
well can't try to do that now...
filhal kafi paise kharach kar diye
almost Rs.50k on different products

@stuge - Excellent pic. Really beautiful. I might have even tried a panoramic image of the palace.

Guys today I was shooting the BWSL from the shore. As I was done with my shoot I got up to go. Just then two young girls(probably around 22-23yr old) approached & one of them asked "What have you been shooting crouching down there?" I was taken aback but replied about what I was doing. Then I switched on the camera & showed them the pics I took. The pic of BWSL was not upto the mark as the horizons were not perfect but still both the girls liked it. They told me to show other pictures I shot. I then showcased the pics I shot today & they really liked them. Both of them paid me compliments & left. This made my day!

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Version 2. The previous one was taken at 30x zoom (15x optical, but rest is digital).

This one was taken at full 9.1MP and then cropped out the best part from the 15x zoom which I used.

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@ G5 Seems photographers get the chix too...

@toofan: Great cow pics. I love cows. Like how slow and patient they are. Buffaloes get upset and angry when you try to shoot them, but cows don't. Will post some cow pics when I get home today. The portrait of the Kumauni old man is really great - very evocative. You live in the Kumaon area? Lucky you. Read Jim Corbett? There is a great trek he as outlined in the Kumaon district which goes to all the points of his kills. Panar area. Been around there? More importantly, seen any wild tigers or bears? The pic of the pup is seriously mind-blowing. Any special lighting tricks for that one? The hair is really smooth and milky. Can you post the non pp-ed image, just so that we know what you did?
@Stuge: The Udaipur palace pic is brilliant. You have managed to get the levels right.. which is something I find a lot of problems with... I usually align the top of the buildings to the sky, instead of the base, which tilts the image horribly. Hats off if you managed it from a boat.
@Krow: I find helicopters very hard to capture, especially if they are small. Brighten it up a bit. Not to sure - but try the levels, and reduce the amount of shadows.
@vamsi_krishna: Great contributions: The woman with the carrycan was great, as well as the shot from higher up. Try tilt-shift pp on that one, might come out really great.
@puneetgarg: I think great photos can be taken by mobile cameras. Started a thread for that: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122387

Hey Friends I was in Hurry when I posted that Image of a Dog. Its Not taken by me. No P P done by me.

Its the image taken by a new Nikon D 90 User. Who posted it to show the quality of the camera. With my P & S that much sharpness and details in never Possible. Its just an example also to show the power of B/W conversion if done properly.

Thanks for your comments.

thanks anorion bro....
u rock !!!
u take care of each of ur members on the forum

And our thread is a sticky now...gr8!!!

@G5, see, I told ya, opportunity ;-)

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Excellent pic. Really beautiful. I might have even tried a panoramic image of the palace.

Guys today I was shooting the BWSL from the shore. As I was done with my shoot I got up to go. Just then two young girls(probably around 22-23yr old) approached & one of them asked "What have you been shooting crouching down there?" I was taken aback but replied about what I was doing. Then I switched on the camera & showed them the pics I took. The pic of BWSL was not upto the mark as the horizons were not perfect but still both the girls liked it. They told me to show other pictures I shot. I then showcased the pics I shot today & they really liked them. Both of them paid me compliments & left. This made my day!

Cool you really a cool guy. Phone no. liya ya nahi?

A incident with me today. In day time when I went for lunch. There were many butterflies in my garden And I took my camera and went after them. I spent my half hour focusing on them but I did get only a single shot and that too with low shutter speed so blurry. After that I gave up and was really annoyed.
But someday I will shoot a flying butterfly.

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Glad you guys liked the picture

Well,I've one more picture of City palace to post that I will after this .THat pc will help you guys in understanding the ratio of building to sky .

@toofan : you forgot to give me bigger image of mountain for editing

Great to see this thread being made sticky

Thanks anorion or whoever made it.

@toofan - Number toh nahi liya. They were elder to me by 2-3 yrs.

Hope you catch the butterfly soon or if not that butterfly some other butterflies in your locality

@stuge - You're truly superb. Another excellent image of yours for us to look & ogle at

@stuge: You show the real power of a DSLR and vision of a photographer.
oh sorry I will be doing it tomorrow. And after the pp please let us all the steps you did so that we too could learn a bit from you.

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I was about to drink Appy Fizz at midnight but just when I poured it into a glass the golden liquid struck my eye & I thought why not photograph it. Not getting a conducive background I kept a blue folder behind the object which were kept on a small table. I brought my tripod & was shooting. Suddenly my sister arrives & tells me to also photography the dairy milk chocolate. I keep it close to the glass supported by my mobile which cannot be seen in the picture. I take some pics & finally In notice that it has been around 30 mins or so & my drink has lost all the fizz. Still I was happy with the shot that the fizzless drink still satisfied me.

WoW! Cool you are moving toward object photography.

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Friends I can't control myself after viewing the fantastic shot from CoolG5 so I just practiced my hands on that image. Please comment which you like the most. and what should be done and what not.

the dairy milk looks distracting to me... Good shot still though. toofan the pp in first two is unfinished, in the glass above the appy. That blue looks distracting

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This shot is taken from the bus near Kausani.

Krow: I thought it was looking good but you are right.

Toofan - Please impart some of your PP knowledge on me. Out of the 3 images you made, I liked the first one but wish there was no blue tinge on the glass.

Today I was doing some slow shutter photography as the rain meant no hangouts with friends. Will post them tomorrow.

The bus was moving still you got a good shot. Nice toofan. Keep it up.

@krow - Yeah I know that choco bar is distracting but took the shot for my sis.

I have taken a shot sans the choco bar. Will post it later.

@Cool: For me Darymilk is actually adding some depth to the image. Otherwise the eyes would would be searching for something else to compliment the image. This may be termed as the "with respect to" type of thing.

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Here I tried again to remove the bluecolor of glass and give it a more natural look But I am just learning.
Cool here are my steps.
1. Started by Creating new layer and removed the spots in the table and glass.
2. Created a curve adjustment layer and added contrast and a bit yellow and red to the image.
3. Created a mask of glass and table by selecting with quick selection tool and created a gradient tool so that only the background chanes.
4. Refined the mask to show the glass in effect of background.
5. Mearged all the layers in top.
6. added some more contrast for puch.
6. Increased the brightness in the glass by masking it.
7. Again merged it to top.
8. Added sharpness from unsharp mask.
9. Added the inside boder from layer styles.

All this has been done in Photoshop CS4.

Hope this will help you and others in understanding the PP and you can also point me out that I have done this or that or not have done this or that.

is this thread limited for just digi cams or can we post pics taken on phones as well?

Hey you can post the images from mobile phone also. But don't forget to resize them low in size.

Gigacore said:
is this thread limited for just digi cams or can we post pics taken on phones as well?

we have a separate thread made for mobile phone pics just yesterday post ur images there :razz:

toofan said:
But don't forget to resize them low in size.

hmm... i am no newbie.. anyway thanks for the info

Here's one.. taken on C510.

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I'm not a pro like you guys. Will just take some snaps for fun

Nice snap giga. The new 10 rupee coin.

The coin looks nice, but try taking this from various angles.

thanks man! and btw.. sorry. couldn't reply to ur mail.. pretty busy with freaking exams... will spare some time for it later...

Giga: nice image.

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Hi peeps, please have a look at my photography stint. The photo in coin has been taken through my Sony Ericsson K790i, and rest of them has been taken by my new treasure "Canon Powershot SX 120 IS" that I have purchased after going through this thread.

Please comment.

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@krow: excellent shot the second one.

@coolChop: Second one is very nice and I liked the third one also. But the forth image of Mouse has some white balancing problems I think.
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Congrats for buying a good camera. how much that it cost you.

Thanks to Toofan for prociding images for editing

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Steps used

1.High Pass filter to add Sharpening
2.Little Brightness added
3.Contrast added
4 Noise Removed using Nik Software ->Dife 2 (very slightly )
5.Imported in Nik software ->Colour Efex Pro 3(plugin for CS4)
6 Use of Bi colour filter
7.Converted to Black and White
8.Again Imported to Colour Efex pro ->Bi colour filter 1 used .
9.Frame added
10 Sharpeness added and Exported from CS4.

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Stuge: Wonderful. You make this ordinary looking shot a great SLR quality shot. You are pro in every sense. Thanks for correcting the shot and providing the steps involved.

@krow - I liked the second image.

@toofan & @stuge - Good shots. Your PP skills are really commendable. Does any of you use GIMP? I don't want to learn PS since I mostly like to work under Linux.

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This is what I did yesterday in the afternoon. The dark climate outside made it possible for me to try this out without the need of even shielding the windows to block the light. I used 5 secs shutter & 10 secs timer & then used my mobile phone to make the letters. I had set my mobile theme to skyblue & it looked great. All the letters were taken separately & joined later to make the above image. Commenst please.

Cool G5 said:
@krow - I liked the second image.

Thanks.

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@krow: excellent shot the second one.

Thanks again.

@coolchop, try removing the datestamp. I liked the peacock and the silver showpiece.

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how abt this

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Take your pick and give it to your love.

@toofan ....crazy photo....the expression and the eyes are perfect........by the way how did you get the black background? PP or some backdrop?
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p.s: this is for the photo of the dog.....good shot.

@krow, 2nd one, 2nd one !!!
gr8

@max - Looks nice but would have been better if you would have been able to remove those blue hues from the glass.

@krow - I liked the second one.

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@toofan ....crazy photo....the expression and the eyes are perfect........by the way how did you get the black background? PP or some backdrop?
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p.s: this is for the photo of the dog.....good shot.

I haven't shot that image. That image is shot by a new Nikon D90 user. That much clarity is not possible by my camera.

@Cool: Again comming up with something new. Nice work. Can you explain this again in a much simple way.

@Krow: Nice rose.

@max_demon: how you did that. please post the step to step procedure if you can.

@Toofan - Thanks buddy. Sure I'll explain it thoroughly but you'll need to wait for a while. I'll write a blog post on the same in 2-3 days & then will post the link here.

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This is what I did yesterday in the afternoon. The dark climate outside made it possible for me to try this out without the need of even shielding the windows to block the light. I used 5 secs shutter & 10 secs timer & then used my mobile phone to make the letters. I had set my mobile theme to skyblue & it looked great. All the letters were taken separately & joined later to make the above image. Commenst please.

The most innovative thing I saw in a year maybe...
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Thanks for appreciation all.

Please tell me which of these you like or hate.

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Thanks krow.
I liked the first one coz in the second one the stream has been cropped.

One more macro shot:

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Nice giga but please resize the image down. Keep 800 pixels as maximum width. It would have been more better if the image would tell me something. The current image is nothing more than a macro. Invert the card on your finger & then let the viewer see those shiny golden contacts of the card. You got giga? Let your pictures do some talking.

yes yes

@coolG5: great lightpainting! how long was the shutter open? and which cam? how many attempts before you got it?

@Krow: the second rose is really great, nothing distracting in the background

Posting some of my Panos. Didnt know the automerge feature for most of em. Cyberjunkie told me about it, works great mostly because you cant make out mismatches in sky and foliage. However, the wires got tripped in one image. BTW, I had to resize the images heavily. Does anyone know a photosharing site that lets you upload large and heavy images in odd dimensions? Or one meant specifically for sharing panos?

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Krow said:
@coolchop, try removing the datestamp. I liked the peacock and the silver showpiece.

Thx Krow and Toofan. I'll take care of that next time, I was so excited to post it on this forum that I never thought about that.

Title urplish Day !

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Location :Man Singh Palace -Gwalior

This picture is from my archives of Trip to Gwalior 2007 .

Camera used :Canon Powershot A540(I don't have this camera anymore )

Pictures post processed in CS4 accordingly .

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@Anorion :what about flickr ?I Guess only pro account will allow you to do it .
aimages look awesome ,but they are too small to realish .

toofan said:
@coolChop: Second one is very nice and I liked the third one also. But the forth image of Mouse has some white balancing problems I think.
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Congrats for buying a good camera. how much that it cost you.

I agree Toofan, but that was my first shot using this camera (and that cost me Rs. 14800 + 50 free prints). I was playing with the Manual Control and it was the best composition I was able to make. If I was trying to adjust the Aperture and the Shutter speed other than the current one, the image was getting blurry due to camera shake at the time of shutter click.
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Stuge said:
Title urplish Day !

Location :Man Singh Palace -Gwalior

This picture is from my archives of Trip to Gwalior 2007 .

Camera used :Canon Powershot A540(I don't have this camera anymore )

Pictures post processed in CS4 accordingly .

Stuge, you WERE and you ARE a rockstar!! Love ur shots....

@Krow: both are same and sharp.

@anaroin: Superb shots. I posted my panaroma of Himalya in Image shack. I don;t have any problem. It is 2000 pixcles wide.

@Stuge: Again Just beautiful.

Well I hope this pic 'talks'

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^Please resize the pics to 640x480 before posting. That makes it very easy to view here. What is that and how have youtaken the pic?

The effort is really good. But, the golden line of light on the right hand side of the image is distracting. try to crop it maybe...

@Anorion - I agree with stuge. Nice pics but too small to enjoy. Try photobucket or flickr.

The lightpainting was done with Canon Powershot SX100 IS digital camera. I kept the shutter speed to 5 secs & a timer of 10 secs. The noncomplicated alphabets like 'A' or 'V' were done in the first attempt itself but the 'G' & 'R' required me to try 2-3 times before getting them right. This is my first attempt will have to practise more.

@gigacore - Yeah now the picture talks. :razz:

Did you took the picture with flash on? If yes, switch it off as the light of flash fallen on far right end of the CD stack is not looking good. I loved the background. Seems like a chair or a sofa.

BTW what you need so much CD/DVD's for? Piracy? Bad... Bad... :razz:

@stuge - Neat work again.

@cool g5, It's not flash man, it was my attempt to take this shot in multiple light source. I used a mirror to reflect light from opposite side of this pic.. that's the culprit in this pic..

and those are all Developer IQ CDs

Anorion said:
@coolG5: great lightpainting! how long was the shutter open? and which cam? how many attempts before you got it?

@Krow: the second rose is really great, nothing distracting in the background

Posting some of my Panos. Didnt know the automerge feature for most of em. Cyberjunkie told me about it, works great mostly because you cant make out mismatches in sky and foliage. However, the wires got tripped in one image. BTW, I had to resize the images heavily. Does anyone know a photosharing site that lets you upload large and heavy images in odd dimensions? Or one meant specifically for sharing panos?

Stuge said:
Title urplish Day !
Location :Man Singh Palace -Gwalior

This picture is from my archives of Trip to Gwalior 2007 .

Camera used :Canon Powershot A540(I don't have this camera anymore )

Pictures post processed in CS4 accordingly .

Great work both of you. Anorion the pics are a bit too small. I would like to see them with more height.
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Taken from a car moving at about 80kmph.

Krow: One request Please don't quote image on the same page. The page took time to load.

GigaCore: Nice image. Red background has made it look beautiful.

@toofan: thank you.

This should fix that glare:

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Giga your image size is too high.

Cool G5 said:
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OMG! dude, its very good!

toofan said:
Giga your image size is too high.

Coz am Giga

Anyway thumb'nailed' it

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@Krazzy Warrior - Thanks

@giga - Now the image looks great.

@krow - I can't seem to make out what you wish to tell the viewer. Please elaborate.

*canvera.com/betterphotography/

Check this guys. This will fascinate Stuge and cool more then anyone else.

@ G5 Its just my take on a lonesome labourer working in the muck.

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Pine!

Nicely done. Have you darkened the sky on the top right? It would have been better without that IMO. But great pic!

@krow - I thought so. Nice.

@toofan - Thanks for the link & I loved the first one over the sepia second.

Agreed with G5. The colour one is better than sepia. Brings out the softness of the clouds.

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Use Panning Technique to shoot dynamic motion shots

You might have noticed photographs where subject is pin sharp while the background is hazy giving a feel of motion. Such photographs are known as pan shots. Panning gives the image a dynamic perspective. Panning helps in showing action in still photographs & is often used in sports photography. Though similar to Bokeh but still Panning is way different than Bokeh. Bokeh doesn’t portray motion but panning does.

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Read the complete article

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Cool: Nice Image. How you manage to try so different things.

Krow: What does IMO means.

@Krow - I loved the angle from which you have captured the Ganesha. The flowers add a great zing to the image.
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@Toofan - IMO = In My Opinion.

I have dedicated myself to Photography & so want to learn it to my maximum potential.

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Cool: Nice Image. How you manage to try so different things.

Krow: What does IMO means.

IMO is In My Opinion. Thanks for compliment and agreed with you on G5. He's pretty innovative.

Cool G5 said:
@Krow - I loved the angle from which you have captured the Ganesha. The flowers add a great zing to the image.

Thanks! The flowers are more than a day old. Is that visible to you folks?
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And there is a Silver Sai Baba too in the same image, although my intention was to capture Ganesha and the flowers only.

@krow - The flowers don't look bad & I couldn't make out the were one day old. I saw the saibaba idol. I think you should have pulled up the garland over it so that it could not be visible. Not a bad shot still. Really good.

Or you could have darkened that portion of Image to remove the attention from Sai Baba and allow the viewer to totally focus on the subject that is Lord Ganesha.

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Well, this is the best I can give you guys here.
I found it in my kitchen window.

First tried to take shots standing on a stool but my hand were so shaking that none (took 30) came good.
Then I put the cam on the stool and zoomed as much as possible, this is how I got.

I so so missed a tripod today.

Why hide poor Sai Baba? :lol:

Well, I think Photoshop can come to my rescue easily in this case.

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Village Kid!

rhitwick, practice makes a man perfect. handshake becomes lower and lower with time. So be patient.

I would love a better angle on the same shot.

toofan, i am speechless. what a pic!
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For whom do these Bells toll?

@krow - Cool bells.

@toofan - Wonderful. Won't have looked that great in colour. Try sepia mode.

@Rhitwick - First why don't you go closer to the butterfly? In this way you would have got a good shot due to faster shutter speed.

Title :A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature !

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Lake :Fateh Sagar Lake,Udaipur

@Krow ,toofan :some nice pictures there

..

^ Is this place really beautiful or your excellent photography work is making to look so??? Excellent work stuge.

@ritwik: nice subject but your image is lacking the composition. There is no symmetry in your image. If a better angle it would be a better photograph.

@krow: Nice details in the shot(the bell, the background temple details, everything is beautiful) but something is not there, what! I don't know.
May be cool or stuge can tell you.

@stuge: Wonderful moment captured. Is this the early morning shot. How you took the shot. Can you tell the story behind this shot how you took, what you think before the shot and after the shot. What settings, angles etc you used. This type of image require some words to satisfy the eagerness developed.

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toofan, that plant is killing the pic... Stuge... Beautiful!

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@stuge - Nice pic dude.

@toofan - I agree with krow. The plant is distracting albeit being out of focus.

@krow - Nice pic but from when did you start shooting dogs instead of crows? :razz:

I took that purposely thinking that this may add more depth to the image.

Krow: Very Nice Image. I must say very impressive.

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Krow This is For your Superb Shot which made me enhance it.

@vamsi :Well,I've post processed it to make it little warmer .Will post the original too .
@toofan :Nope ,Its a shot at the time of sunset .

.Nothing much to think before and after when you have beautiful lake in front of you

.You just click as many as you like

.

This is the original (Straight out of camera in terms of saturation ,colours ,contrast ,sharpness etc ).
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@Toofan :nice mountain shot
@krow :nice pix

Ok, let me post too!! This i took from My Nokia 5130 XpressMusic phone..
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and comment please!

Thanks for comments guys and toofan I liked that PP you have done. Great work!

@ Krazzy, post this in the mobile photography thread. Its a decent picture, but it is not talking. You gotta make your picture talk.

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Krow said:
@ Krazzy, post this in the mobile photography thread. Its a decent picture, but it is not talking. You gotta make your picture talk.

Nah! i will post it here

yea! i know its not an excellent pic(talkative)...but this is my first pic which i took from my this mobile...will post some talkative pic soon

Monkey Man is Back !!

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The light had never been so pleasing.

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An accidental abstract

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The perfect counterbalance!

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Took this pic with my $!tty phone.. sorry for the quality.

Ready for whipping

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^^^Thumbnail it(Just like i have done)

btw which phone u used? seems like my phone has a better photo quality than urs..

Actually it is my mom's N 5130C. It is a damn $Itty phone.

Stuge: Why don't you send this portrait to any photography competition.

All posting very nice images. Suddenly we are flooded by tons of photographers. Its really a good thing to watch. When I started posting images at that time only two or three persons used to post the images but now see.

@stuge - The monkey man image feels a little overbright to me. Not a bad image by any means though.

@krow - Cool location. Where did you take the snap?

@krazzy - Waiting for your next talkative image.

@Gigacore - Seems you're enjoying the camera of your new phone. The image is good but I feel it has shaked a bit.

@vamsi_krishna - Perhaps you would have gone a bit closer to the subject. The bright sky from top is marring the image.

@toofan - Suddenly I feel this is the most updated & fastest growing thread in TDF now.

Sparkling Bandra-Worli Sealink

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^OMG!

Excellent

@ vamsi and Gigacore : Your pics are a bit blurred. Giga, nice colours of the sky.

Vamsi, try not to complain about quality of camera, as it does not matter if you can compose image well. I have seen one of the best sunset pics taken with VGA camera of Nokia 6600.

@ Stuge, some details about that potrait please, like where when how. Great work though.

@ G5, I feel that the black part on the left side of the image could be cropped. The image would look better that way. The location is Mt. Kalsubai, one of the tallest peaks of Sahyadri range, near Bhandardara.

Congratulations to us for making this thread a success. It deserves to be sticky.

Keep it up guys!

Cool shot Cool.

Krazzy was shocked bye seeing this. some one through water on him.

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^^Oh, nice...try jumping from that point!

Krow said:
Vamsi, try not to complain about quality of camera, as it does not matter if you can compose image well. I have seen one of the best sunset pics taken with VGA camera of Nokia 6600.

+1

Krow said:
@ G5, I feel that the black part on the left side of the image could be cropped.

+1

toofan said:
Krazzy was shocked bye seeing this. some one through water on him.

+1

toofan said:
Krazzy was shocked bye seeing this. some one through water on him.

Now we really need this.

@Cool GG & Krow: I've got a shaky hand at the moment. And even the cam on C510 maybe the best among it's rival phones, but it's nothing when compared to digi cams

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What After Sunset!

This image is taken from Village Bajula. I just can't stop myself after viewing the vivid colors in the sky just after the sunset.

@toofan
nice...yaar mere area mein aase scene kyu nahi aate??

@krow - I shot it considering the pic is curvy at the end. I tried cropping but then it didn't appeal to me. Thanks for the comments. The second shot is also a really good one. I have never been to such great heights to shoot

@Toofan - The image is damn beautiful. As you said the colors are really great.

@Gigacore - Yeah its one of the best camera phone.

Great work toofan! Your stay at a very beautiful part of our country.

Thanks for comment G5.

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Thanks all for the appreciation.

@Krow: Where did you take that beautiful scene of lake. Through some light on it.

@krazzy: aise scene tumhare area mein bhi dikhte honge. Buildings and pollution ke beech mein kya dikhayii dega. Kabhi kosis karna sahi position/time se dekhne ki jaroor dikhega.

@krow - I didn't like this shot. Sorry buddy but there is nothing I can see from a photographer's perspective.

Ohh Cool I think you didn't watched the image carefully. There is a crow in that pic out of focus and its doing early morning duty. So the shot is superb in that prespective.

toofan said:
@Krow: Where did you take that beautiful scene of lake. Through some light on it.

I had recently gone to a place called Bhandardara which is about 5 hours from Mumbai. There I took tat pic around noon time. If you look at it carefully, you will see that the water is concentrated in a small area and in the top half of the pic, there is no water at all. That is the effect of a dam which is almost complete. Just one more turbine remaining and then a lot of electricity will be generated. My intention was to show the mountains, the plains, the dam, the water, the sky, the clouds, the less viewing distance from the hilltops all in one picture.

If you look at the bottom of the pic, it is where I found this thing, posted previously too :

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Cool G5 said:
@krow - I didn't like this shot. Sorry buddy but there is nothing I can see from a photographer's perspective.

toofan said:
Ohh Cool I think you didn't watched the image carefully. There is a crow in that pic out of focus and its doing early morning duty. So the shot is superb in that prespective.

I did NOT think anybody would notice that.

Good work.

You get the Krow award for excellence in observation.

Besides, the sun looked like a golden fruit to me. My life's aim is to take a great picture of a crow. Most pics of crows make them look sly and ugly. I wanna take a pic which brings out all the beauty in the crow. I am waiting patiently for my chance.

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@toofan - Sure I did notice that crow. The one sitting on some platform na? But isn't it out-of-focus?

@krow - Now this image is so wonderful. The pink flower is looking great in the green background.

@KROW Excellent! yaar tumlog bahut beautiful place mein rahte ho! kolkata mein toh sare tarraf sirf aur sirf buildings...

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Shot this at Worli Seaface during high tide.

Cool: I will comment on this when I will be at home because at my office monitor the images don't look good. But one thing the composition is superb.

Nice shot CoolG

OK toofan. Waiting for your indepth comment on this pic.

Captured at the right moment G5 just when those waves rise up in the middle of the pic. Plus the composition is such that the wall starts near the corner of the frame and on and on it goes. Great work. Please post this one in colour too. I would like to see what B/W does to images.

@ Krazzy Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

Cool: As I had already said a gorgeous composition. A lot of depth in the shot. But in my opinion (IMO) the b/w conversion can be more effective. As you can see the faces of peoples around are dark. The eyes are stopping at the bright shirts inspite of the faces. so some light can be masked on faces. The more brighter/sharper tide will look more beautiful.

These are only some minute points to enhance the image more. Its already a perfect shot.

@Toofan - Yup I agree with you. But the greyscale conversion was done in irfanview which offers no control over it. Feel free to edit the image & post it back here. I'll post the original color one tomorrow.

@krow - I'll post the color one later when I move on my laptop. I don't have it on desktop pc.

@giagcore - Thanks.

All thanks to you all guys here that I'm able to improve my photography skills. Thanks a million

Been a little busy, so I have some catching up to do.

@CoolG5: The panning shot with the moving bike has come out really well. Usually the front or the back of the object is not in focus, which has not happened here. And great Worli sea face capture! How did you lean so far out?

replexed: Are you like ridiculously tall or something?

@rhitwick: Great moth capture, and I think we all should include the settings info next to our shots, many images dont preserve the EXIF data after pp.

@Toofan: I really liked the film frame on the doggy image... did you use a specialized framing software, or made it yourself in Photoshop? and great portrait of the kid too. You are really good at portraits I think. You capture great expressions.

@Stuge: Great Monkey man picture... really amazing.

@vamsi_krishna: Where is the whipping photo taken? Looks a lot like Panchavati, Nashik. That place is a heaven for photography btw, think ThinkDigit should have a photography meet there some time.

@Krow: That's a tiny plant to take a macro of... you managed it very well. I couldn't shoot the same plant on my dSLR. Shots like this make me seriously think about how much better than a P&S dSLRs are.

Generally, when shooting plants, do you guys adjust the plants to get a better shot? Do you cut off parts of it, or hold it still so that the wind does not shake it and suchlike? I totally do, but some people think it is unethical - say to prune leaves that are coming in the way of your shot of a wildflower.

Anorion said:
Been a little busy, so I have some catching up to do.

@CoolG5: The panning shot with the moving bike has come out really well. Usually the front or the back of the object is not in focus, which has not happened here. And great Worli sea face capture! How did you lean so far out? replexed: Are you like ridiculously tall or something?

@rhitwick: Great moth capture, and I think we all should include the settings info next to our shots, many images dont preserve the EXIF data after pp.

I'm feeling lazy to do it. Anyway, I don't PP my images.

@Toofan: I really liked the film frame on the doggy image... did you use a specialized framing software, or made it yourself in Photoshop? and great portrait of the kid too. You are really good at portraits I think. You capture great expressions.

+1

@Stuge: Great Monkey man picture... really amazing.

+1

@vamsi_krishna: Where is the whipping photo taken? Looks a lot like Panchavati, Nashik. That place is a heaven for photography btw, think ThinkDigit should have a photography meet there some time.

Exactly what I was gonna tell you guys this Sunday! You read my mind! A TDF Picnic. Like a Saturday we set out and return on Sunday evening, back with a treasure trove of pictures. We can do this sometime really.

@Krow: That's a tiny plant to take a macro of... you managed it very well. I couldn't shoot the same plant on my dSLR. Shots like this make me seriously think about how much better than a P&S dSLRs are.

All I did was, zoom in 15x, my settings were spot on in Manual mode (luck mostly) and due to noon time bright light, handshake was negated. Just took the snap on an instinct and wow! Even I was surprised at the P&S. We may safely say that the camera took the shot and not I. If you want some more detail, then the wind was furious and the plant was moving a lot and I was about 2 metres away from the plant.

Generally, when shooting plants, do you guys adjust the plants to get a better shot? Do you cut off parts of it, or hold it still so that the wind does not shake it and suchlike? I totally do, but some people think it is unethical - say to prune leaves that are coming in the way of your shot of a wildflower.

I think I just answered this above.

Anorion: I was trying a demo version of a software which I don't like much.
Moving the subject on macro photography is not possible most of the time if we are shooting wildlife of nature. In evening time its hard to take macros of plants if a little wind is there. And IMO there is nothing wrong in adjusting your subject.

@Anorion - Panning requires a bit of luck & I did got shots where some part of the subject was blurred. Read the post on my site where I have panned a bowler whose arms have come out hazy.

The Worli Seaface shot was taken from a platform which goes down to the coast. Its forward than the katta where people are sitting. So I got an excellent angle to compose the image.

@all,

Here is the color shot of the earlier Worli Seaface image.

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The sun was very strong that day & hence the harsh shadows.

You did the wise decision to convert that to b/w because it just amplified the effect this image is creating.

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Bridge the Gap!

With This Image I wrap my tour of Village - Bajyula. This shot is the most pleasing for me. Sometime you start loving some of your Images and that is the case with this image to me. I don't know why but I love this shot the most from that tour.

Taken around 7.15am in the morning when I was returning back to Kathgodam(Nainital).

I like it a lot too toofan! The light is amazing!

@toofan, this is just awesome!!!
Seriously, it seems like a drawing not a photo, everything is so perfect.
Kudos!!!

I want that photo in full resolution.
Can u give me?

toofan you live in too beautiful a place

Great toofan. I loved the small bridge & as rhitwick said already it depicts a poster. If you have liked it then I suggest you get a enlarged copy & frame it

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Rusty Valve

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D

@toofan: congrats on an awesome pic...did you do any PP?..please PM me a high resolution if you don't mind..

Title :String of Bell's

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I'm trying my best to get over the loss of my cute pigeon.So ,I will try my best to post pictures here ,and on flickr .

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@toofan : very nice sunset picture

awesome colours

@Krow : Nice lake pic from the top
@g5 : Keep going man

^Its good but resize image to 640*480 or give us the forum link from image hosting site.
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@stuge - The focus is spot on but still the background is distracting especially on the right side of the image.

@ G5 Nice macro of the rusted tap.
@ Aspire Resize that picture to 640x480 and repost. I'm gonna report your post the next time you needlessly post a HUGE pic. Unlike you, not all of us have unlimited braodband connection.
@ Stuge Hope you cope well with the loss. Our condolences to you. Your picture is amazing as usual. Out of the very ordinary, you bring out the extraordinary.

Click click:

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@stuge - The focus is spot on but still the background is distracting especially on the right side of the image.

now its the cropped one

thanks again .

@Krow :--> yeah ,I hope he gets a good new life :

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Giga - I liked the second one. Maybe you could have gone more closer.

I did.. but the cam had trouble focusing it.

A few From me
Guys as u see my Avatar is getting old so thinking of replacing it with new one
so, here they are three of them plz tell which one u like.
These are all Unedited Just Optimized
1.
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2.i like this one
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Guys plz comment
some of my other snaps

Took this from a running Car (70kmph)
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A busy potter ,
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All snaps taken are With SE W595 Mobile(no AF , 3.2 MP)
unedited and Optimized
more snaps will be coming soon

@Aeem - I liked the one taken from the car. Has come out well. BTW are you obsessed with your images taken from a downward angle? Does your friend or someone else shoot them or you keep some timer or something.

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Catch me, if you can !

@stuge: One word. beautiful!.
@giga: Nice images.
@aspire: Nice try. Actually the light passing through clouds make the difference.
@azzu: the third portrait is best among all three and the shot from the car is just awesome.
@cool: you are always inovative. And most time you come up with good images also. Tap one is a different subject and nice work there But at this mirror reflecting
Pros:
Innovation: 10/10
Composition: 10/10
colors: 8/10
Cons:
No use of PP: the blue pole near the mirror edge at left is the distracting element in the image. You should remove it by PP.

I repeat. Cool, you really cool.

@Toofan, can I have the photo in full resolution plz...

@toofan & @krow - I don't know any PP techniques as of now. Got to learn them in coming times. Anybody here uses GIMP? I don't want to learn PS as I would be using Linux. Thanks both of you for your comments & appreciation.

Took these from my mobile - N95-8GB

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From the top of mountain

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Rust at the junction of 2 metals.

rhitwick said:
@Toofan, can I have the photo in full resolution plz...

Ohh Yes I would be loading that image soon as its of 4+ mb.

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Guess!

This is a Well Known personality. I think most of the tech aware members of this forum know this person. An youth Icon. And I got the good opportunity to shoot this personality during the Autumn Festival at Nainital.
Guess Who is he.

edited for the confusion it may create. so provided some details.

Cool G5 said:
BTW are you obsessed with your images taken from a downward angle? Does your friend or someone else shoot them or you keep some timer or something.

Dunno y but i like Shooting Pics With Black And Coloured or bright Background and i shoot it myself (no timer though)

another one I pretty like this picture it came out well
took it in a village( morning)
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Toofan Bhai my Hard

guess its u

@azzu
Nice snap dude...
@Cool
Nice yaar...really kool snap
@toofan

Is that u??

Toofan - No idea. Pass.

I know its not toofan. No idea from me either.

@ azzu Please resize your pic and post them directly in the forum. Much better to view it that way.

Nice picture.

I like the tree and the sky.

I was going to Guess Toofan, but it's not him... so who is this?

Sorry Guys for Misleading you. Its Actually me.
I used the tripod for the image tried tried and succeeded at last.

toofan looks like Baba Sehgal with the ear ring and similar hairstyle.

I always remember the same song: Dil dhadke mera dil dhadke, koi nahi jane kyun mera dil dhadke...

No offence to anyone.

Now please comment on the angle I had used. Does it looks nice so that I can shoot others also in same position.

thx @all guys for ur Nice comments
i'll be posting moore
Iam Right toofan bhai

Toofan - Really good shot but I it would have looked more better with a subtle background. The white doesn't looks good IMO. I was going to comment that it was you but then again you mislead us

And yeah I agree with krow, that you look like Baba Sehgal with that ring in your ear

I too have taken some self shots with a tripod will post them later on.

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Took this at night when I was SMSing my friends.

lol

^ nice Snap but
Good Wallpaper would make the pic even better

Yeah, you are right azeem.
I didn't think much before shooting the snap as I was browsing at around 2 in the night.

toofan looks visionary.

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Krishna As Philosopher.

Amazing shot toofan. The kid looks really charming. That innocent look thrown me into oblivion. I will keep this in my vault. Once again.. amazing shot.

+1. Looks like a professional wallpaper, one of those you get on famous websites.

my friend took these photos at a old temple..

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Flower in my garden

Hope u'll like this

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Vamsi : the 2nd image is really good..

@MANOfJosh - Nice Macro.

@Vamsi_Krishna - I liked the first one.

@Toofan - Good Work.

@ MANOfJosh Good one, but try and keep the subject to one side of the frame and see. AFAI have noticed, the overall effect is much better.

@ Vamsi I think he should have concentrated on the temple instead of mountains in the 2nd one, but the first one is nice.

Thanks guys.

Vamsi: Beautiful. Which place is this. The first one is on spot. If the subject in the second one would be more in frame then it would have looked much better.

@Manofjosh: Nice one dear.

@cool: I liked your mobile shot and its wallpaper. It represents you website I think.

Yes Toofan that's my website.

By the way guys I have launched my photo portfolio on my website just now. Really excited about it. Waiting for suggestions & your comments on the same.

Check out my Photo Portfolio

D

Hey Cool G5 : i checked your photography portfolio...the layout is very good but can't the preview be a little bigger? the thumbnails are fine but i think the magnified images are not large enough..

I was playing with my cam and then mom came and served this...

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And Yes, guys I also want to know about the battery consumption of Canon SX 110/120 IS. I am asking this coz my SX 120 is not giving the intended back up of 100-125 shots (as mentioned in the manual). In actual I am getting the back up of meager 15-20 shots when using new Duracell batteries, that is pathetic :-(

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Cool G5 said:
Yes Toofan that's my website.

By the way guys I have launched my photo portfolio on my website just now. Really excited about it. Waiting for suggestions & your comments on the same.

Check out my Photo Portfolio

Congratulations Gaurav, for the fresh look of your website and, yes your portfolio looks cool... All the best dude!

Cool: Nice work there. And yes nice website. But one thing about the website. The font used in the navigation menu below the header is not looking good. For me its too bold. Just confirm this with someone else as it may be due to my taste.

himadri_sm said:
Hey Cool G5 : i checked your photography portfolio...the layout is very good but can't the preview be a little bigger? the thumbnails are fine but i think the magnified images are not large enough..

For the preview to be large I will need to re-upload all the images again to my Flickr account in big size. I can't do this now. Also I need to take care of limited bandwidth users who pay for each MB they use. You may have seen better photography portfolio than that on my site but do note those heavy flash based sites eat up bandwidth much faster. My site won't do that.

coolchop said:
I was playing with my cam and then mom came and served this...

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And Yes, guys I also want to know about the battery consumption of Canon SX 110/120 IS. I am asking this coz my SX 120 is not giving the intended back up of 100-125 shots (as mentioned in the manual). In actual I am getting the back up of meager 15-20 shots when using new Duracell batteries, that is pathetic .

The image would have been more better if shot from above. My mouth is watering now.

I suggest you to try with another pair of batteries(not duracell but Sony or Panasonic preferably over 2000mah) since 15-20 shots is pathetic. I don't think camera is at fault.

coolchop said:
Congratulations Gaurav, for the fresh look of your website and, yes your portfolio looks cool... All the best dude!

Thanks

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toofan said:
Cool: Nice work there. And yes nice website. But one thing about the website. The font used in the navigation menu below the header is not looking good. For me its too bold. Just confirm this with someone else as it may be due to my taste.

You can change the font of the size by clicking on the A, A+ & A- buttons on top left corner of the site. Try it & report back.

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@Cool G5, krow, toofan, Thanks for your comments

How about the following one, old one too. I took from K750i

Hope u'll like this one too

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Sunrise @ Kanyakumari

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Title :Colourful Elephants

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@Toofan :nice pictures .amazing

@azzu :good picture :do some processing man

@vamsi :nice picture s

1st one is good

@manof josh .nice sunset

@MANofjosh - Nice pics but you can post process them to bring out more vibrant colors.

@stuge - Liked the DOF in this shot. Was this shot taken in macro range?

@man of josh: The sunset shot is nice. But the rose is not appealing. Its just plane simple rose. Try to create some different angles to shot the rose for a point of interest.

Cool G5 said:
@MANofjosh - Nice pics but you can post process them to bring out more vibrant colors.

@stuge - Liked the DOF in this shot. Was this shot taken in macro range?

yep,I used 1:2 macro mode in the lens and used large aperture to create dof .

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Guess!

This is a Well Known personality. I think most of the tech aware members of this forum know this person. An youth Icon. And I got the good opportunity to shoot this personality during the Autumn Festival at Nainital.
Guess Who is he.

LOL! Toofan Bhaiya

+1 for Baba Sehgal

Stuge said:
@azzu :good picture :do some processing man

How ?? i mean what do u mean by processing ?

azzu said:
How ?? i mean what do u mean by processing ?

Processing via softwares like GIMP or Photoshop. Color correction, contrast/brightness etc.

Nice one stuge.. good colors

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Stuge: very nice image and colors.

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A baby deer at Borivali National Park, Mumbai.

@toofan - Good focus but still post the original one. I would like to see that.

@krow - Would have been better if you have shot from side.

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here the original one. I haven't done much. only increased a bit of contrast and removed the noise.

^I like that shot!

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All pics are of today's Photography meet @ Borivali National Park, Mumbai> :hyper:

Title :Hello Me Me !

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another one with little different processing .

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Well,Took this picture of mine ,while I was waiting at the station(metro) for more than half an hour .

This is a handheld shoot.

@toofan :I liked the original one of genda phool

@Krow :wow ! nice pictures of deer

Well, i'm not a professional photographer like u, still i would like to comment..
@stuge
hmm preety nice..but still not very impressive
@toofan
well, that water droplet on the leaf ruined the photo

@krow
Excellent

Specially the 3rd one... bug!

@Krow: I liked the unusual angle of that dear shot. But the dear is not in frame completely. and from the last posted images. Second and third are very impressive. If you would have known some short of PP then you could have color corrected them. I am feeling a blue shift on every image.
Try to adjust the while balance according to the shot or you can set it manually also.

Stuge: Nice Vision and nice image.

@Krazzy: I took the shot because there were water droplets in the flower.
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@toofan - I liked the second one(the one above my post) than the earlier.

@stuge - I liked the first non edited one. Good Composition.

@ toofan I am good with photoshop, but I just don't want to PP. But yeah, even I agree about the blue tinge. It is because of low light conditions.

I will try to correct it in some days.

Thanks for comments all.

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krow: beautiful images.

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@Krazzy Warrior:that shot has nothing to impress anyone

.It was just a timepass to break boredom.

@Krow :Hey ,buddy you missing something, if you're not post processing your images .Anyay ,Straight out of camera is much better, when it comes to point and shoot in comparision to Dslr.

nice pictures between

toofan :time for you to get a dslr ,and a macro lens

toofan said:
@Krazzy: I took the shot because there were water droplets in the flower.

Yup, its droplet on the flower that has added life to this picture..I'm talking about droplet on the Leaf.. :smile:

btw ur next genda phool photo is awesome.. :thumbs:

@Krow
Aaah! pretty nice.. :doublethumb:

Stuge: I am saving for a DSLR. This time I am looking at Nikon D90. May be in next one year something much better then D 90 will be available in that price range.

@Krazzy: Thanks! Now I got your point. YOu have excellent eyes.(In UrT also).

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Girl enjoying with sparklers. Shot this on first day of Diwali.

@krazzy_warrior - Nice signature.

Cool G5 said:
@krazzy_warrior - Nice signature.

toofan said:
@Krazzy: Thanks! Now I got your point. YOu have excellent eyes.(In UrT also).

Maakan maat laga :mrgreen:

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Few more pics,

@ Maamallapuram

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Mr.Millipede

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Mr. Millipede! Great one, you should have gone in closer.

Yes, Manofjosh should have gone closer to the millipede.

Good shot.

G5, I like the darkness enveloping the girl.

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Cool: your version was very beautiful. It shows the emotion of a kid enjoying the sparkels. But I tried to show the Kid so it has half the feel of that original. Its only for my satisfaction.

Man of Josh: Nice images specially the insect one but a poor camera.

Krow: laughing buddha shot is very impressive.

Thanks toofan.

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It's the water at a stream in Borivali National Park.

@toofan - I value your efforts but this time I feel the girl has been plastered on that background. Also the light you have added over girls face doesn't gels with the background lightning. I had taken this shot in the morning but the girl was standing in thick shade of trees so the background is intensified while the girl is a bit dark.

@krow- The darkness is due to tress. So finally you have a crow image in this meet too.

Congrats.

Cool G5 said:
@krow- So finally you have a crow image in this meet too. Congrats.

While Krow was engaged in meet, his relatives were in search of him..my rooftop:-
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A part from my report card:-
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^^Dont know why this time it was so hazzy

@ G5 Yes, that's my cousin in that pic.

@ Krazzy Both pics are hazzy. I think its handshake or focus problem. Auto mode?

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Krazzy: clean you lense.

@krow: reflection of your brother is beautiful.

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That's a beautiful image Vimal. I loved the tiny droplets on the flowers and their shadow.

Krow, maybe you would have gone a bit more closer?

P.S : Next time, Weekend Photography in Mumbai will be scheduled in late evening so that you can't catch any of your relatives :))

Thanks toofan. G5 Yep, maybe closer, but I think I took it from about 3-5cm from the flower.

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More like these up soon.

Feel a bit underexposed.

^Around the red part especially.

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Some pointers from my side. Feel free to ignore.

1. Learn the art of self critiquing. Post only those which have passed your scrutiny.
2. Give up the urge to shoot anything and everything. Compose a mental picture first and then put it into the frame
3. Try to share something about the photos. Make your post interesting to people. "Comment Please" is a deal breaker for me.
4. Watch the background. Make sure it aids the main subject.
5. Photography=Painting with light. Make sure lighting is handled well in the photos. Use Flash, reflectors, Diffusers etc skillfully.

Cool: and others: Someone advised me the above points about photography and posting images. Whats your thought. And by how many points you agree.

Really good points. Link please.

Some pointers from my side. Feel free to ignore.

1. Learn the art of self critiquing. Post only those which have passed your scrutiny.
2. Give up the urge to shoot anything and everything. Compose a mental picture first and then put it into the frame
3. Try to share something about the photos. Make your post interesting to people. "Comment Please" is a deal breaker for me.
4. Watch the background. Make sure it aids the main subject.
5. Photography=Painting with light. Make sure lighting is handled well in the photos. Use Flash, reflectors, Diffusers etc skillfully.

#1 I agree partly on this. Everybody posts his/her best photographs. Nobody likes to post photos which come out even half decent. I think one should also post the half decent pics as they will garner suggestions which will allow one to improve his/her work. Also photography being a subjective art it will differ immensely from person to person. It has occurred with me many times that the pics I liked, I felt something special were considered ordinary by others & vice-versa. So post pics even if they come out even half decent. This will help you in knowing where you felt short & even extend your boundaries while shooting the next time around.

#2 I agree completely on this. You won't get a perfect shot if you try to shoot everything around. Make a list in your mind about things you want to shoot. For e.g If you are thinking of visiting a sports-park, then you can concentrate on getting close ups of the players or try panning them. Offcourse you can click one or two shots like that of audience or the whole stadium but don't let your focus shift from the main subject.

#3 I agree. It is a good habit to include details like how & where the shot was taken. That's the reason I include details about the shot below the image. "Comment Please" sounds vague & if you happen to use it specify it. For e.g. Comment on the focus of this image or comment on the composition of this image.

#4 I partly agree here. You need to keep an eye on the background so that it doesn't spoils your subject. I have seen shots where the subject is lost in the background. I advise to get closer to the subject & fill the frame so that you get the very least of the background. In case you are shooting in a crowded location with lot of people, use manual focus & shoot at wider apertures to get good DOF differentiating subject & the extras. While panning try to get a clear background with as much few complexities as possible.

#5 Absolutely, Photography is all about using light to your advantage. Your photographs will come out good only when you shoot in conducive light conditions. Using strobes, reflectors, diffusers etc will definitely improve your shots but as said you will need skill in handling these equipments.

@all - I'll be writing a small book on photography this december. There I will discuss various photography, lightning, composition etc techniques in great depth. I'll need some pics for the same & it would be great of you if you could lend me some from your collections. It won't be for commercial sale & I'll upload the E-Book once it is done. Hope I have the co-operation from you guys!

I'm in for the book. If you want any help with layouting and spicing it up with pictures, etc, let me know. I can lend a hand with the content too if you want any help. Also, I am somewhat good in CorelDraw and Photoshop.

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Cool: you defined these points in details. Thanks. And yes you can use my images without any question.

@krow: This shot is yours best in the recent past. Congrats. It has everything. Depth of field, composition, subject, colors. Add a little warmth to this image in photoshop.

@Krow
Excellent... :thumbs:

and yea i totally agree with toofan that it is ur best shot till now taken by u..

You guys live in very beautiful place...and i'm stuck on....... :unsure:

Nice shot krow. Waiting for more of your shots.

@toofan & @krow - Thanks for your help. I'll notify you in the coming month when I need the pics. I'll need your original(resized) will do but they should not bear your signature on it. Offcourse you will be given credit for your pics. That's assured.

@Rhitwick & @Anorion - Where are you guys? I'm curious to see your photographs taken on the meet day.

Height of passion : During exam you see your neighbour girl face lit up with sunlight & you wish to take her potrait admist the exam centre.

Happened with me today when I was writing my paper. Damn, how badly I missed my digital camera. The light was just perfect & her face was glowing like an angel.

Is this the voice of your mind or heart.

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@toofan
:offtopic:

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Join there :blink:

Visit Official DIGIT IRC thread for more detail incase u need any...

Thanks for comments guys.

@ toofan This time I'm taking your suggestion. Tell me how to "warm" this image in Photoshop. I'll do it and report.

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That's rhitwick and his guava.

@toofan mindblowing pp

How the hell did I miss that? Damn! Awesome work toofan. You improved by leaps and bounds. I saw the same picture posted many times, so did not look carefully.

Toofan - Great work. It was sound of my mind & not heart.

Lake Palace -Udaipur

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post processed in CS4 .

@toofan :excellent picture

@krow :few pix are good

Thanks friends.
@Anaroin: I hadn't done much. The image is taken in such conditions that only increasing the contrast is darkening the background.

Stuge: beautiful. These days we all digitians are in Rajasthan Darshan. Thanks for introducing such beautiful places to us.

Krow: the first image of green leaves doesn't require warming.

Warming an image means Increasing the color temperature. or you can say adding little yellow color to the image.
For increasing the temperature/warmth:
1. Open the image in photoshop Raw image editor. There is a slider in the first tab increase that and see the result. or
2. In photoshop you can add a curve adjustment layer. or
3. color balance adjustment layer. or
4. Add a warmth photo filter.

One tip for you to get the colors accurate from the camera itself.

1. Use the white balance as conditions/observation while shooting.
2. Or you can take a piece of white paper with you and set the custom white balance of camera at the spot by pointing toward the paper/the white background (you think is white) so that the whole frame become white and then pressing the set white color balance button.
procedure may change acc. to camera.

Hope this will help.

A few from me...had been retouched in gr8 length...

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@ rhitwick Apart from the yellow flower, all look to be a bit overdone. It is not necessary to blur the background always.

In the pink flower image, the background looks much more prominent than the flower. Hope these help.

@ toofan Tips taken and will soon be implemented. Thanks a lot.

@ Stuge Great picture. How did they make that thing in the lake?

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@krow - Nice shot but I feel it would have looked even better with a vertical perspective.

@Rhitwick - Which software did you use to touchup the pics? Picasa? I liked the yellow flower & the butterfly one. But still I feel you could do away with blur around the butterfly as it is a bit distracting.

@stuge - Nice work. You have excellent PS skills.
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And we twist!

Guys, I got ur points....
The mistake I did was to take shots in high ISO. Subjects came so-so but the backgrounds were sh1tty...
Had to smudge them...

Then. this is my first PP

, so...wo bhi jayda ho gaya..

Yes, I used Picasa..

Don't worry Rhitwick since when it comes to PP even I'm a n00b

Also did I suggest you to get out of the AUTO mode & do all your shooting on MANUAL mode. In the next meet I will guide you with the same.

Cool: First shot is excellent.

@retwik: artificial blurring is not done properly. But I liked the dear and butterfly image.
forth image of "kuri ka phool" is very very poor shot. Totally waste.

@krow: compare your shot of road and Cool's shot of road. See the difference in color. YOur images is good as a subject but totally dull in appearance in comparison to Cool's Image. His one is a perfect white/color balanced image.

Thanks toofan. It would be better if you specify why you didn't like the second shot.

I am checking white balance now. Btw, I found that my camera has filter modes in it. red,blue,warm filters, etc are there.

Cool G5 said:
Thanks toofan. It would be better if you specify why you didn't like the second shot.

Its not that I disliked the second shot but I feel it has no subject. The stairs are looking like a background. If there would have been something over those that would have looked perfect.

See the stairs are creating circular lines but of large thickness. So to make them the subject they should have been shot from a distance so that eyes may concentrate on the symmetry of line created by stairs. Eyes are not resting on anything in that shot. Hope you got my point what I want to say.

In the first shot there are many things to compliment the road but in second there is nothing.

The first pic looks Oh! so professional.

toofan Thanks, I found the option which allows manual correction of white balance after exposing to a white paper. :doogone:

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Ripples

@toofan - Yes got your point. Thanks. Will try shooting there again.

@krow - Thanks. I liked the ripples. You can even use a grey-white paper to set the WB manually.

Title : Paying homage to the people who lost lives on 26/11(2008 )

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@gaurav :nice curvey picture :do some processing bro

.They will turn out something else

@nice blue ripple pix

^^

Very Nice photo indeed.....

@stuge - Very good image. Where was it taken?

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The view from topmost point, Janjira Fort, Murud, Maharashtra.

Okay guys, now my problem is that if you look closely at the top left of the image, you will see a thumb print like dark spot. It is just below the top left corner. I get this many times, when I have aperture at f/8.0 and high shutter speed to negate the heavy light of noon/afternoon. Any help? It does not occur in shots taken at any other time of the day.

Krow what a shot.

Try to clean your lens but carefully and with a soft cotton cloth like your undershirt(if its soft enough .mine is very soft) or the cloth used for cleaning specs.
If it still there then time for some service.

^Thanks toofan. I have cleaned it with a clean dry handkerchief once, now let's see if it occurs again.

Damn, I forgot to mention, Stuge, that shot is one of your best. Speaks volumes.

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This image is downloaded from crickinfo.com and should have been taken by a pro .

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This image is posted as jjmehta photography forum and taken by an photographer like us But surely with a DSLR.

Now How many of you think that we will be able to take such High quality shots and in how much time.

If you notice toofan, most of us here are relatively new to photography. I am hardly a year into it and I believe that with time my photography will improve. So, why not, one day we will be better than those pictures over here. It will take time and I am gonna be learning all the while.

I strongly believe that we all can improve.
How much time it will take for us depends very much on how much time we dedicate towards photography. Under the guidance of a good mentor you can learn much faster as he will guide you correctly & tell you the things to avoid. The second shot posted on J.J Mehta forum appears very saturated to me in terms of colors. First is good & such shots demand a nice telephoto lens along with a DSLR camera whose body alone goes in lakhs.

If we get such equipments at our hands then obviously we can improve by leaps & bounds. I haven't ever though upon this & I always go to improve upon my current work. I have a Canon prosumer camera & always think how can I get best pictures from it by working out its drawbacks of noise, autofocus locks etc. I'm planning to enroll myself in a photography course next year to improve my skills but the plans are still sketchy. I already missed the course this year due to postponed exams & full batch in the first half of 2009.

The colors in second shot looks saturated because According to my knowledge DSLR records colors in 12 to 14 bit while our camera in 8 bit. And lot of other reasons also.

I had seen jpegs straight from a DSLR and those were sharp, colorful and contrasty without any PP and that too from a 6 megapixel camera D40.

I would have bought a Nikon D40x(As it was around 24k at that time with kit lens) but family members needed videos more then images. :cry:

And I decided to mix things up of buying there choice and my choice and come up with cannon sx110is. Which is a good choice indeed but nothing in comparison to D40x.

Cool for photography classes you will need a DSLR most probably. Which one you thinking of buying in future.

^That's totally lame IMHO. Why is a DSLR necessary? Not everyone can afford one. DSLR's come cheap only in the grey market.
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Janjira Fort, Murud.

@toofan - I had already enquired & they said my camera is fine. Offcourse I'll need to get a DSLR once I complete the course. I'm now stucked with a old PC which is already breathing its last & now even have to get a DSLR.

I haven't yet thought which one to go for at the moment. Also I don't believe in PP much & would like to take great images right out of the camera's sensor.

Krow: Nice Image colorful image although It only has one color but looking great.
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Krow: IMO = in my opinion but what is this
IMHO = ?

Honest.

OR

Humble.

hmm krow -> DSLR give you a chance to shoot wide angle shots(eg 14mm shots (full frame sensor ) ,and a chance to use array of filters available in the market ,but yes all this comes for a price .If you can afford one ,even a budget one, it is 100% times better than a point and shoot .

in b/w ISO perfomance of any budget DSLR is much better than a point and shoot .

Title :Remembrance !

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Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Very good image. Where was it taken?

THIS place:

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Stuge said:
hmm krow -> DSLR give you a chance to shoot wide angle shots(eg 14mm shots (full frame sensor ) ,and a chance to use array of filters available in the market ,but yes all this comes for a price .If you can afford one ,even a budget one, it is 100% times better than a point and shoot .

in b/w ISO perfomance of any budget DSLR is much better than a point and shoot .

I agree with you. You made my point yourself though. If you can afford one, get one. But not everyone can afford it. That's my problem with a DSLR. Otherwise DSLR's are worth the premium. For a Newbie, P&S is still the best bet.

Again great images, of the Gateway and the candles.

When were you in Mumbai?

Stuge: Stunning Image of Candles. And the gateway of India is also excellently shot. Did you used the tripod to take the second image.

Really great images stuge.

Having a DSLR really helps in cutting out the noise in such shots & maybe even letting go off a tripod. A P&S would mean noiser images when shot under low light conditions like the one you have done.

Krow said:
Again great images, of the Gateway and the candles. When were you in Mumbai?

lol Its not gate of India ..its India Gate

Stuge said:
lol Its not gate of India ..its India Gate

Damn me! How the hell did I miss that. Damn! :lol:

@ me. Nice picture anyway.

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The Shahi Lake inside Murud fort.

My Tuition Bag & Watch:-
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Guess what is this??? reply...
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@Krow
Hehe! dhek is baar its not hazzy as previous...

Can be better. Second image is better and it is rossogulla if I am not mistaken.

@krow - Still lacking the oomph factor. The harsh sunlight has ruined the shot.

@krazzy_warrior - In the first pics the bag has been cropped. Try to get it(subject) full next time.

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Pipeline of Data Transport

^

I like it. Yeah, well my picture was composed well IMO, but lighting is my doom always. :owned:

Volvo FM400 Tipper

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JCB DieselMax (world's fastest diesel car)

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Close up of Hyundai D6AC - C (Tier 2) Engine

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^Nice shots, especially shot number 2.

giga where did u get those shots ?
Any expo in Bangalore ?

@Krow: Thanks.

@azzu: Yes. It was Excon 2009.

You can view all the pics of Excon 2009 over here: *www.flickr.com/photos/gigacore/sets/72157622778486097/

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This time a Couple!

You just keep getting better toofan.

Nice shot Toofan.

Can anybody here tell me the exact steps involved in separating a background from an image so we can put another one. I would be using GIMP & not PS.

Daploi Trip Photos:-
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(This one could have been better, but I missed it. The pose I got is a prized one...but my noobish hand just lost it...well better luck next time)

Album link:PICASA

Good snaps Rhitwick.

I liked cat & the second one from the butterfly set.

Ritwik: Nice shots.Cricket shot, Zhinga Machli, Fire shot and all the butterfiles come excellent. For Fire shot: I think may be low shutter speed is the culprit or fire tends to have flares in patches of very few seconds and the the shutter lag might have result in that shot. Only IMO.

Cool: There would be some selection toos like lasso, quick selection or pen tool. Name may be different but I think these will work. Or you can google the selection tools for Gimp app.
1. Use any selection tool you find easy. My favorite is quick selection tool.
2. Select the object.
3. If Gimp allows a Masking then create a mask layer or you can cutt the selection and paste it on next layer. In P.S creating a adjustment layer does all for you.
4. now place a new background below the cut portion.

I don't use Gimp but Most softs try to follow the standard format set by an Oldie.

rhitwick excellent work. You have improved by leaps and bounds. As I told you, you improve more and more as you shoot more in Manual Mode.

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"I am an island"

toofan said:
3. If Gimp allows a Masking then create a mask layer or you can cutt the selection and paste it on next layer. In P.S creating a adjustment layer does all for you.

Gimp allows masking

@rhitwick
WOW! Excellent shots!!

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He can;t even let him live peacefully!

Krow: beautiful image. But you can crop some surrounding to go close to the crab. Can you crop the image and then sharpen and then post again. I would like to see the crab more closely.

toofan Please provide all details about your image. Where, when, what, why, etc. Its a cool picture of a mosquito. I say cool because mosquitoes and green usually are not seen together. That must be a male mosquito as the females suck on our blood (as in you humans and not us Krows

).

I'll do what I can about the crab.
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Believe it or not, the green thing is water covered in algae.

@krow - I thought so its water.

@toofan - Nice image. I feel the ant is over-sharpened.

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Eagle!

First one is the original Shot came from camera(cropped) and on second one PP is done to get back some hidden details and tried to decrease the fringing but did not succeeded in that.

Krow: taken in macro mode in my garden at morning time. I had another photo of mosquito I will post that soon.

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Cool: Ant ????

Lol @ Cool. Its a mosquito. Your exams are over right Cool?

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Please let me know which one (if any) you guys like.

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@toofan, you PP very well. It is done just right, not more, not less.

Ohh yeah its a mosquito.
And yes my exams are over but not getting time to engage in photography due to other activities.

Cool G5 said:
Ohh yeah its a mosquito.

Happens Due to exams. :lol:

Cool G5 said:
And yes my exams are over but not getting time to engage in photography due to other activities.

He is busy finding that girl at terrace he seen during examination (and after that he could not concentrated over exams). :rofl:

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He can't even let him live peacefully-2!

This shot is taken some days back by me. Just loved the color produced by camera.

@toofan
Excellent :goodjob:

You can't even live without Photography..Nice work..
@Krow
Well, asking my personal opinion then the 3rd image of the moon looks better then the first two..

toofan said:
He is busy finding that girl at terrace he seen during examination (and after that he could not concentrated over exams).

He is just like me..hehe :rofl:

Krow: All looking similar. But the first one has more details.

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Krishna's Best Friend-IInd No.

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Krishna's Best Friend-No 1.

This shot I took in the morning when the first ray of sun peeps through my Meshed Door. Taken in Vivid Mode.

These are Krishna's Best Friends.

At that time the colors were in there extreme. And slowly fades away. I took the Krishna's Best Friend-No 1 first and the second shot was taken after 15 to 30 min later.
Loves the Krishna's Best Friend-No 1 Most because of its Extreme colors.

Lovely images Toofan.

Thanks for comments all. Nice work toofan. Pic 1 is awesome.

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C

My turnnnnnnnnnnnn!

College has this 10 days photography workshop and that made me pick up my camera and go around clicking random pictures. Give comments and improve me.

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Trying macro. Panning isn't coming out properly only. I have Sony Cybershot DSC W-200. How do I do bokeh technique? Any more techniques?

I like the cigarette & the dog nose macro.

For Panning, Read this.

For Bokeh, Read this.

cigretter & dog nose are good. Rest are not seen on one go in my screen so I can;t comment on them.

C

^^
Resized.

dont know which is best as technically
but i liked cigarette one

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Effects of Rash Driving

excellent shots toofan and Chirag

@G5 :I hope everyone was safe in that car crash .

in b/w We are having an erodov photography meet up near India gate at around 10-11am morning tomorrow .anybody from delhi can join us or send me a pm asap.

Nice pics, G5 and Chirag. I like the second picture a lot.

Chirag: Nice details in first one Excellent shot. Looking beautiful. Composition wise the Cigarette shot is the best. The second Image look ordinary though.

Cool: Nice take.

Thanks guys.

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Mustard Meadows

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Unfortunately Lake is all dried up,due to poor rainfall .Only a patch of water left

.

^Woah. Bigger version? cropped or stitched?

Excellent shot krow & stuge.

C

People, on monday we are going to a cemetery for photography. So, I want to click scary pictures and stuff. you know, like dark and with crows and stuff.

Something like this:

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Any particular settings? I got point and shoot sony dsc w200. Anyone of you have any cemetery pictures? Thank you.

Chirag said:
People, on monday we are going to a cemetery for photography. So, I want to click scary pictures and stuff. you know, like dark and with crows and stuff. Something like this:

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Any particular settings? I got point and shoot sony dsc w200. Anyone of you have any cemetery pictures? Thank you.

Convert your pictures to B&W after returning home. Also cemetery doesn't needs to be scary(unless you want) place. You can capture the flower garlands there or the candles. It will definitely provide lot of opportunities.

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@ G5: Thanks.

@ Stuge What a picture sirjee. How was your Delhi Erodov meet?

@ Chirag please don't feed the world with stereotypes about Crows (my clan is hurt).

The first one is great Giga. But the lighting is too harsh on the subject, i.e., the building.

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Thanks a lot to toofan and G5 for this one. Taken after I corrected the white balance on my cam. Colours are so much more vibrant now.

Nice Image Krow.
Chirag: first one is good.

Thanks toofan, just a late reminder, its G5's birthday today. Wish him before you are too late to claim a treat. I wished him @ 12.30AM. :))

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Yummmmy Pizzza!!

@CoolG5
Happy B'day!! I bought this pizza for u

Thanks for the wishes guys. Toofan no cake for you since you didn't wished me.

Will post the pics I shot today later tomorrow. Today was a great day full of surprises.

@krow - Thanks buddy for the wishes.

@krazzy_warrior - Hmmm... Delicious. I love Pizza. The image would have been better had you taken it from a distance. I presume your camera doesn't supports focussing at close distance(Macro Range) hence the picture is blurred. Still my mouth is watering seeing the delicious pizza.

OOOps How I missed that. Happy Belated Birthday Friend. May you become a successful person and a very good photographer.

I had stolen the three pieced from krows Pizza. thats why he was not able to focus on the left peace of Pizza in frustration. Krow you could have used the macro focus mode.

^^ It's me who posted that shot of Pizza..

(Tu pagal ho gaya

) And mere Nokia 5130 XpressMusic phone mein Macro Focus Mode nahi hai...

Anorion said:
^Woah. Bigger version? cropped or stitched?

yep,its stitched using 3 pictures .

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@Krow- I liked the first one. Good Composition

@Toofan - Thanks for your wishes.

Stuge: That Panorama was excellent.
Krazzzy: K for kawwa and k for krazzy same laga yaar isliye mistek ho gayi.
krow: nice images. You getting Maniac again about ur photography.

Here are the party images. Tweaked a bit under GIMP.

The Cake gifted by my Friends

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The Cake gifted by my Family

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The Party Food

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Gang of Friends

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My Friends munching on the Samosas

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The Gifts I received

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Happy Me after the Party(Wearing Shirt gifted by my friend)

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Hope you enjoyed the virtual party

Delicious!.

I am jealous that you get "Better Photography". I too thinking of buying But not available in my city.

Can you post the review of this issue. Thanks.

These moments come very few and very early in life and should be enjoyed fully, after that the responsibilities overtakes you.---- Vimal aka toofan-----

Seriously, Gaurav u look like Karan Johar

Btw Yummmy Cakes!!

@Toofan - Sure, I'll post the review. I haven't yet even opened the issue(strange but true). I agree on your last line too.

@krazzy_warrior - lol.

Cool G5 said:
Here are the party images. Tweaked a bit under GIMP.

The Cake gifted by my Friends

The Cake gifted by my Family
The Party Food
Gang of Friends
My Friends munching on the Samosas
The Gifts I received
Happy Me after the Party(Wearing Shirt gifted by my friend)

Hope you enjoyed the virtual party

Ofcourse, Gaurav, I did enjoy your party....and pardon me, I was not the one who was able to wish you "Happy birthday" on time....please accept my belated wishes.

Thanks coolchop.

+1 for the Karan Johar thingy, you do
and belated happy birthday

Both knew the art of presentation.
After watching your cake I went to market this noon and now I am eating Black Forest in lunch and posting this msg. And I looked for the Better photography but still not available. Review it soon and tell the month of this mag.

Next Mumbai Meetup is G5's birthday treat I think. Anorion, rhitwick, are you ready? :))

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Thanks Anorion.
Toofan - So I flipped through the magazine & here is a short preview,
# Reviewed Canon 7D
# Discussing Home made Flash Diffusers
# Reviewed Sony TX1
# Discussion on Profile Photos
# Discussion on Portraits

This magazine is really good. I'm thinking of subscribing now.

Guys, help me in separating background from the image. I followed as per the guide here. It gave results but they were very rigid as to what I selected via the path tool. Toofan, I would like the results like the Baba Sehgal image of yours. How did you do that? Please tell.

Cool: After creating the mask and changing the background the image would be looking like its pasted there or colored edges. So for this you have to refine/feather the edges. You can do this as follows:
1: for creating mask you can use a brush at 0 % hardness . So that the edges looks like blending with the background.
2. If you use quick selection tool then you can find the refine edge tab/settings and from there set the smoothness and feathering of edges.
3. You could blur the mask just a bit.

The key here lies on the perfection of mask.

In photoshop Path tool is used for creating paths and then you can use other tool over it.
So its better to use other tools. Pro use Pen tool for there selection but its very hard to use for me so I use quick selection tool and then modify the mask edges with brush tool.

Selection and retouching is done by mixing several techniques as per situation.

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Krow: nice try. Effect is looking good but the overall Image is not creating the effect you would have experienced at the time of shot.

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My Mother.

Shot taken Indore, Hand Held, retouched and made a 10x8 print.

Cool: Here for creating mask I selected background. I first used the quick selection tool and then refined the edges with brush tool painting white and black.(White reveals, black hides in mask). And below this layer placed another layer filled with the choosed color and effect.

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Hajiri: ( I am using this as background in a webpage).

Here I used another technique by making selection with "color range". Color range helps you to select particular colors. And then used the brush tool but this time not on edges but over the selection to get the non selected colors . And then pasted the selection over a new layer.

Cool: I bought the Better Photography of this month. I decided to not to go for digit as it has nothing new this month. And It costs me 100.00 which is just half of digit.

Toofan, Thanks for the explanation but can you tell me how do you draw the path so effectively around the subject's hair. In the image of your mother, there are a few strands on her head. So how did you do that?

Enjoy Better Photography. IMO its way better than Digit atleast for photo-addicts like us. BTW did you notice the cover image of Amrita Rao? I loved that image. How well is that image shot. I'm going crazy over the other stuff in the magazine. So eventually where & how you got the mag?

for that portion enhanced the mask with color range.

Yes the portrait at the cover page is excellent.
The Portrait of late Madhav Gadkari at page 6 & 71 has made me crazy. The best shot of magazine for now.The image at page 6 with different tone jumped me straight to page 71. The use of light in images form 67 to 71 is just magical. All are low light shots and retouched to perfection. Same level of skills in retouching will make our image more appealing.

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I was at photo studio to develop a image and behind that my fav. book stall. I went there and enquired for digit he says yes. then i said better photography he said yes. I said " Bhaiya Dikhado". He gave me and I checked the price and left the digit. He said "Bhaiya iss baar digit nahi loge. I said" nahi mahengi hai or kutch khas bhi nahi hai."

I am posting the Image I developed. Actually I will get some money for this Image.

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Cool: if you wish you could mail that image to me I will try to retouch the image and then will send you back. If you sending the mail then please mention the size and other things you would like.

Title :Chittorgarh Fort View

image pp in CS4 as necessary .

@krow :erodov meeting went fine

we need to attract more people with camera's lol

in b/w nice pic posted

@toofan

ortraits are nice .
@G5 :belated happy birthday

@anorion :yes ,its comparises of 3 images

Stitched using autostitched .later post processing done .

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@stuge - This is the first image of yours which I didn't like at all. Frankly speaking you have left too much of free space. I see no composition at all. Pure wastage. Thanks for your wishes.

@gigacore - Nice try but go a bit more towards the branch & capture it from chest height. I think this was a low angle shot.

@toofan - Even I have stopped purchasing Digit since around 8-10 months. Now I only pick Linux For You that too sometimes. This is the first time I have got Better Photography. I had earlier read it in a doctor's clinic. Regarding the image I will contact you later.

P.S : I'm not in a good mood. Maybe that's the reason my comments are very harsh. Sorry

Actually this is called negative space if I am not wrong. But here he experimented with wrong subject. And why he didn't reduced the noise I can't understand.
I think this is a panorama.

forgot to remove the noise .its removed now

in b/w its just a view of fort for my series

.nothing special

in b/w its not panorama.

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in b/w cropped version for you guys

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Now this looks much better

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Title :Yellow Painted

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bigger version

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Yellow paint selected -> then invert the selection -> copy to a layer --> used nik plugin to convert it into black and white .

Good composition.

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Totally Official!

This shot I took in spare time when I was shooting for a government investigation. It was tricky as this car is half in shade and half in sunlight.

Stuge: Different Angle shot. very nice.

Toofan, gives me a very good feeling. I want to see the original. Please post it.
Also did you get my PM?

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Cool check the message.

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Toofan excellent yaar. Superb. If only I have to criticise it would be on the cropped hand of the subject in the first image. Also the second one looks better on PP than without.

Thanks. Actually the image posted is saved from a 4x6 cropped.
In 8x6 the hand is fully visible. In 8 x 10 its less cropped.

Ohh yeah. It failed to strike me.

Title :Loveliest of lovely things are they On earth, that soonest pass away

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about processing :
-Selective colouring in CS4
-Nik plugin used to give a burnt colour .

Camera

oint and shoot Canon Ixus 950is
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@toofan :do you do portraiture for netas aka politician during elections

.(nothing negetive ).I mean for posters ,pamplets hehe .They use similiar fancy background .

anyway ,keep it up .

@stuge: Nice Capture. and equally well P.P.
Actually it depends upon the person I am shooting. These type of background increase the focus on Peoples shot. Other fancy background used by Labs like hills, gardens, flowers etc distracts the feel of Image. But some time these are very well matched. I had seen awesome Images with Imaginary backgrounds.

Nice shot stuge.

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my new camera

Settings used

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Which one and at what price.

allright guys please do forgive me. as i dont know much about photography.

but this thread got me interested.

anyways just a try from my side.though these pics are not as good as what you all have posted.but i tried.

these were captured by me long back with nokia 6085.i actually wanted to capture the beautiful deflected sunrays comming out from the background of the building during the evening.
since its a vga camera therefore it couldnt capture it perfectly but tried its best.
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any better tips will be appreciated from you guys.

^Get the horizons right. The pics will be more good then.

thanks for the tip cool G5.

but i think i couldnt get you properly.
you mean the pics should not be tilted as they are?

if thats what you mean then thanks i will try it the next time.

quan chi: He mean that you can correct these tilting Images in a software. Just crop them and rotate a bit to straighten the buildings.
I like the First Image the most.

@Max Demon: congrats friend. We all dream about DSLRs here and you got one. But In the Image you posted is blurry because of your shutter speed. But at ISO 1600 the Image is still noise free. Thats the power of DSLR.

Yeah quan chi.
Toofan, yep DSLR allows one to shoot noise free images & is ideal for low-light shooters(or any for the matter of fact). Yeah & I agree with the shutter speed being too slow to held the camera steady.

all right got it thanks will try.

ok guys this is the second picture straightened.
now is it ok.

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Yeah, that's what I mean. Looks nice.

Title : Pink Lily

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This is from Uttranchal Archives

post processing :
-Curve corrected ,then played with contrast ,etc
Camera Info :Canon Ixus 950is
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congrats Demon :I hope you just don't only use auto mode given

toofan said:
@Max Demon: congrats friend. We all dream about DSLRs here and you got one. But In the Image you posted is blurry because of your shutter speed. But at ISO 1600 the Image is still noise free. Thats the power of DSLR.

thanks

i have tried taking picture at fast shutter speed but the picture comes very dark . here are some more pics :
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no post processing on any shots

When I was travelling in Khajuraho(M.P.)

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@max_demon - Don't shoot in AUTO mode, if you're that's it.

@stuge - I feel adding vibrancy to the colours would bring out more pleasing effect. Nice flower though.

@sxyadii - I liked the first one.

i never shoot in auto ,

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - I feel adding vibrancy to the colours would bring out more pleasing effect. Nice flower though.

.

well ,I did that too while I was doing post processing ,but then I felt its just too saturated.So,I pulled it back .

another one with different post processing

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@Stuge: Beautifully taken and beautifully post processed.

Can you tell how you created this effect in second one.

Sxyaddi: Nice takes. 1st one is impressive.

Max demon: Shutter speed depends upon the lightning available to you to shoot. For hand held shots a minimum shutter speed of 1/30 is normally required. Now for getting that You have to increase the light /or decrease the f. stop/increase the ISO. If the image is still not getting correct exposure then You have to use the Tripod and decrease the shutter speed. Hope you get the point or you may be aware of it already.

^ thnx buddy..

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These pics are taken by my N73.

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toofan said:
Max demon: Shutter speed depends upon the lightning available to you to shoot. For hand held shots a minimum shutter speed of 1/30 is normally required. Now for getting that You have to increase the light /or decrease the f. stop/increase the ISO. If the image is still not getting correct exposure then You have to use the Tripod and decrease the shutter speed. Hope you get the point or you may be aware of it already.

actually i didnt have the tripod availeble , and the f-spot was at the max. possible (or minimum possible ) for that lens on that focal length , i will soon get a tripod , ISO3200 needs post processing to look good so i avoide using that .

Title :Colourful Ganzania

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This is from Uttranchal Archives

post processing :
-Curve corrected ,then played with contrast Saturation (only a bit )

Camera Info :Canon Ixus 950is

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demon :why are you so afraid of post processing (I'm not encoraging you to shoot images @ ISO 3200 )?PP is a must if you tend to save picture in raw .anyway ,rest is upto you .
in b/w it is always better to have sharp images with little noise, rather than having blurry image with less noise

also ,shooting at f4 with that bundled lens won't capture sharp shots (as its not a fast lens ).[i'm sure you know that ]

in b/w second and last pic of cat is nice

@toofan :Second image has been processed with Nik plugin .

@sxyadii:your images are titled .use software to correct them

Sexyadii: The object captured is very beautiful but the image you took has nothing special in it.

Try to shoot the objects in such a way that one say you had taken a good shot or bad shot of a object.

If you have taken it from some distance/ angle so that the frame of object is visible with its surrounding. So that One can look at the Image you have taken not the object.

Hope you got the point.

@sxyadii - I agree with Toofan.

@stuge - Somehow I feel the centre of the flower lacks lightning.

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Somehow I feel the centre of the flower lacks lightning.

done to create that effect purposely .Remember .Not everything is done by the book

.you know what I mean ....

Well, it didn't pleased me. Photography is subjective

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Nice giga

The image has come out very sharp.

Cool G5 said:
Nice giga
The image has come out very sharp.

Hehe.. tanku

toofan said:
Sexyadii: The object captured is very beautiful but the image you took has nothing special in it.

Try to shoot the objects in such a way that one say you had taken a good shot or bad shot of a object.

If you have taken it from some distance/ angle so that the frame of object is visible with its surrounding. So that One can look at the Image you have taken not the object.

Hope you got the point.

I will,thnx

anyway,this one with different processing

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@G5-->. :twisted:

Stuge: Nice colors.

giga: Nice.

Gigacore said:
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nice shot

By the book :never cut an eye abruptly .go towards left ,and create more angle to accommodate it

@toofan: thank u

@stuge: yea, I thought of the same. I did take one, but ended up with a crappy shot (*farm3.static.flickr.com/2538/4181029394_90b5d3a704_m.jpg)

So posted this one

Gigacore said:
@toofan: thank u

@stuge: yea, I thought of the same. I did take one, but ended up with a crappy shot (*farm3.static.flickr.com/2538/4181029394_90b5d3a704_m.jpg)

So posted this one

Now you shaved off the other one in the picture

come in front a bit yaar .Shoot many angles as many as possible ,then crop the waste

Damn, not able to get good angle like in this pic.

Gigacore said:
Damn, not able to get good angle like in this pic.

HMM Don't get Discouraged

lol no.. it's just that its getting pretty hard to take the shot of my own eyes in front of mirror with the exact angle.. i tried few angles but none matches this

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was in kolkata last month and was on official trip so couldn't carry around my SLR all that i had was my 3.2MP cell phone .Nokia navigator 6210

i hope the pic is getting uploaded correctly just for a trial this my submission for comments .. its untitled location is " steet of esplande" [i am not sure about the correct spelling ]

time was around 6 am i loved the CFL lamp to the backdrop of the colonel era building and the make shift ladder placement

spironox said:
i was in kolkata last month and was on official trip so couldn't carry around my SLR all that i had was my 3.2MP cell phone .Nokia navigator 6210

i hope the pic is getting uploaded correctly just for a trial this my submission for comments .. its untitled location is " steet of esplande" [i am not sure about the correct spelling ]

time was around 6 am i loved the CFL lamp to the backdrop of the colonel era building and the make shift ladder placement

I can't see the pic .I get error while opening it .

Attachments don't work in this forum.

spironox said:
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was in kolkata last month and was on official trip so couldn't carry around my SLR all that i had was my 3.2MP cell phone .Nokia navigator 6210

i hope the pic is getting uploaded correctly just for a trial this my submission for comments .. its untitled location is " steet of esplande" [i am not sure about the correct spelling ]

time was around 6 am i loved the CFL lamp to the backdrop of the colonel era building and the make shift ladder placement

here is the direct link i hope its working : *2.bp.blogspot.com/_LE4k3jpJd0Q/SyS5RgT991I/AAAAAAAAATU/AywdUn38-dM/s1600-h/25112009.jpg

thanks

Spironox: Composition is very nice but the quality is very poor.

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One morning I saw this creature. It was busy building trap. So I trapped Him.

^Oh wow! Great is the word. Almost looks like its been made in 3d Maya.

toofan :nice pic .Well, I'm not fascinated with bugs and insects .

Title :Colourful Gazania II

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Processing :
-Bokeh has been created using Alien Bokeh(I've used it for the first time ) .
-Contrast ,Saturation slightly increased .

toofan said:
Spironox: Composition is very nice but the quality is very poor.

it was a just fluke !! i will be trying to upload a better quality of the image

Nice toofan.
Good composition spironox but as said poor quality. The image you have shoot is very good for still life category or one can say for sketching.

Just using my Nokia 6210 Camera this of gas tank of my bike ..

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ICE deposition at my window of the AIRPLANE
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My Bike
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just trying with the CELL Phone camera only for understanding it better
its NOKIA 3210 Navigator (i call it the terminator) heheheh

^Your white balance is way off. Before shooting change it to sunlight/daylight or as per the lightning conditions. WIll help you get better images.

^ dude i use a cell phone

spironox said:
^ dude i use a cell phone

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122387

spironox said:
^ dude i use a cell phone

Most of the cellphone have this feature. Check with your cellphone. If its not older than 2 yrs then it should definitely have it.

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Honey Bee!

In my garden.

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Stuge: Nice colors and nice border.

Nice shot but don't you think the focus is not correct?
BTW how did you manage to grab such a shot? You went so close?

i have keen interest in photography. i am buying a nikon D5000, but i am stuck between 2 choices D5000 or D90? D90 is little more expensive.
can any one suggest?

my main aim is to buy a mid-range DSLR as i earn more money and more experience. so D5000 and D90 is good place to start and it has good lens compatibility.
Any suggestions?

Title :Yellow Fields

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Post Processing :

-High pass Filter Rolled ..hhee
-Contrast ,Curves ,Saturation adjusted
-Nik plugin applied :

@toofan :Focus is a bit off there ,I have to admit .seems like you were getting afraid of being stung by that little creature

@chicha :Get D90 ,but I will like to know what is your budget ??Lens is somewhat more than body .

@chica - Go for D90. Its worth the extra premium.

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The above shot was one when I had just got my digicam. It was taken when I new nothing much about photography. Though taken in AUTO mode, it has come out really good. What do you say?

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Same Honey bee. She posed for me for about 5 mins.
Now this one is sharp.

Actually I know that the first shot was out of focus because I get too close to it. And I had not much time to adjust it manually as the bee can fly any time. But after watching the result in PC screen. I got fascinated by the effect that off focus has created.

Stuge: Beautiful !

Cool: Nice Image. And can look much better with some treatment or some different tone.

Chicha: go for Nikon D90 with Kit lens. It will be around 60 to 62 k with one year warranty. *www.jjmehta.com/webshop/index.html is selling it for 68 k with 2 year warrenty and 4 gb card+ Camera pouch+ UV filters.
Lens:
Other then kit lens
Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8: prime Rs7000.00
Nikkor AF Zoom 70-300mm f/4--5.6G for 7000.00
You can buy these lens later if you have low budget right now.

And in streets these will be much cheaper. or you can go for Sigma Version of lenses these too are very good performance wise.

@ Gaurav and Toofan
Awessssome Yaaroo! WOW! seems like 101% professional photographer.. :wow:

guys i was planning on getting the cam from grey market.my friends bought a couple of D200's and few other cams from a shop, they tell me its reliable but there will be no bill so the warrenty. any idea how much D90 will cost with a kit lens? and i did not find big difference between D90 and D5000 when i read the reviews in dpreview, may be because i am still a noob. but please explain whats the difference.
the only difference i found was that D90 has a AF mortor built in while D5000 does not have it. are there any more?

Sorry if I have done anything wrong.. I took thse photos in Pitch darkness with a shitty camera. So, if there are any principle errors other than technical downsides, please suggest me...

Top of a corn plant.. i don't know what to call it.
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Leaf of a papaya tree...
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I will post more soon....

can any one give me any approx of the grey market prise on D90 and D5000 in bangalore national market.

@toofan - You mean some post processing? Yeah & I too loved the unfocussed image as I did comment of it being nice earlier on.

@krazzy_warrior - Thanks. But still not a PRO. Have lots to learn dear

@stuge - Nice image. But I still feel you keep a lot of positive space.

@vamsi_krishna - Second one is nice. Looks like a good camera mobile since I can see almost no noise in the image. Which phone? Is that N73?

^ nope, Nikon Coolpix 5200. A shitty old 5MP camera released in 2004.

i have a sony dsc-w150 , what type of photography can i do with my cam ?

can i do something interesting ?

gsmsikar said:
i have a sony dsc-w150 , what type of photography can i do with my cam ?

can i do something interesting ?

i am a noob my self, but i think photography is all how you want the pic to look and how you compose the shot.

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Nice image. But I still feel you keep a lot of positive space.
?

positive space ??
or sky you wanna say ??well ,its a part of composition ,and for landscape its neccessary .Landscape photography isn't easy ,as I use to feel 5 years back .lot of things comes into like ,time ,weather (cloud cover or not ) ,light ,rainly season,fog cover ,and many other things .

IMO you guys should join flickr or deviant art etc .I felt some of you have learnt basics nicely like you ,toofan,just to name a few .Anyway ,photography is very subjective ,few will like your work, and few will not .

regarding your picture is concerned :sharpen it a bit .for some reasoon filler is killing the picture

@chicha: IMO it will better off if you borrow point and shot from someone for a week or so, before you get dslr .Learn the basics first .keep in mind post processing is somewhat must with dlsr, that is not so with point and shoot .As images tend to be more saturated ,sharp .....straight out of the camera .(this is my personal experiance ).I'm not trying to terrorize you ..its just a little tip for you

.

In between what kind of pictures you are planning to capture ?

i already have a point and shoot canon A620.and i understand the post processing need, but i am not good at that yet, i started learning that as well. personally i never like to do any kind of touch up to the snaps i take.
these are few of the photos i took, some are from my canon A620, some from sony and few from FujiFilm(my friend's) none of these are DSLR. i do not remember any shooting details of these. there are few more i will upload the best ones.

i am giving a flickr link. sorry for that, i still have not figured out how to put the photos here.
*www.flickr.com/photos/45599842@N03/
please do comment here or there

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@Stuge i like macro as well as wild life photography. i am interested in photography in general, as i progress with my skills, i want to make fashion photography as my professional hobby.

@chicha :thats what I was saying ..point and shoot doesn't need pp (mostly ) ,as pictures are saved in jpeg ,but in dslr things become different (user is given more control over camera ).

or read here

*www.google.co.in/#hl=en&source=hp&...t+and+shoot+vs+dslr+sooc+&fp=9ebc5a1dc1efdb7e

nothing to confuse ,just to make myself clear

for wildlife photography(including birds ) , 70-300mm lens suggested will be very short ,but it is must to have 70-300mm lens (better if you can get VR one )

for macro you will need macro lenses (as you know ) like 90mm or 105 mm,nikon has recently launched 85mm lens for APS-C sensors only .

anyway ,start of with general photography with kit lens (keep in mind that polarisers aren't easy to use with nikon kit lens ,as front glass rotates during focusing ).

in b/w ask as many question you have in your mind .Everyone here will try to help you

.If you ask me start of with a decent cheaper body ,and spend more on lenses initially (lenses will make all the difference ).

also ,I have added you on yahoo

@stuge - Are you on flickr?
You can add me : *www.flickr.com/photos/shutter_freak/

@chicha: Very Nice work. Some are just excellent. You should buy a DSLR and start learning form it. You can get many e books easily on net and you know the way to find them. if you need some I will give you the links.

And the best book to learn is the Manual of The camera itself. And then comes your friends.

My thinking is that we Indian don't have that much money to upgrade very soon. If you buy a entry level DSLR today then after one year you will be looking for more advance features as you know more about photography by then. so why not to buy a mid range gear for the start so that you can get a mix bag of performance and features.

toofan said:
@chicha: Very Nice work. Some are just excellent. You should buy a DSLR and start learning form it. You can get many e books easily on net and you know the way to find them. if you need some I will give you the links.

And the best book to learn is the Manual of The camera itself. And then comes your friends.

My thinking is that we Indian don't have that much money to upgrade very soon. If you buy a entry level DSLR today then after one year you will be looking for more advance features as you know more about photography by then. so why not to buy a mid range gear for the start so that you can get a mix bag of performance and features.

thank you, if you or any one could just tell me which pic was good and how i can improve my skills further i would be very happy. i have few more which i will upload as soon as i find where they are.
and you are correct about upgarding. i am trying to get D90 man but i think its too expensive and as some one had suggested i could get better lens later on, and once i know about photography and post editing i will be able to invest on a better cam. but i think D90 is expensive for me

how much will it be in grey market? that and D5000?

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@stuge thank you man, i am here to improve my skills and i am very happy that there are fellow photographers to help me. and i would love the links that you are talking about. and i do not use yahoo so much. add me in gmail

krishna.aditya85@gmail.com

can you please check my photostream in flickr i welcome critics as much as compliments

if possible please comment in flickr

thank you

V

toofan said:
*img98.imageshack.us/img98/2981/honeybee2.jpg

Same Honey bee. She posed for me for about 5 mins.
Now this one is sharp.

Actually I know that the first shot was out of focus because I get too close to it. And I had not much time to adjust it manually as the bee can fly any time. But after watching the result in PC screen. I got fascinated by the effect that off focus has created.

Stuge: Beautiful !

Cool: Nice Image. And can look much better with some treatment or some different tone.

Chicha: go for Nikon D90 with Kit lens. It will be around 60 to 62 k with one year warranty. *www.jjmehta.com/webshop/index.html is selling it for 68 k with 2 year warrenty and 4 gb card+ Camera pouch+ UV filters.
Lens:
Other then kit lens
Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8: prime Rs7000.00
Nikkor AF Zoom 70-300mm f/4--5.6G for 7000.00
You can buy these lens later if you have low budget right now.

And in streets these will be much cheaper. or you can go for Sigma Version of lenses these too are very good performance wise.

@toofan gr8t pic mate lovd it.. gud depth of field man..

@chica - Give me URL to your flickr a/c. I'll add you up.

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Another AUTO shot from my early days of photography. It feels so nice to digg up your archive & revisit all those old memories.

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Touched up colors a bit in GIMP.

Hello Everyone,

Amazing... I was just checking this forum after a long time when this thread pulled my attention. Like everyone else here, I'm also a fan of photography but its just a hobby. Now a total noob, I am planning to buy a good camera. These days my mobile cam is my friend (SE K550i). Let me post few of my snaps taken with my mobile cam. Please post your valuable comments.

Here you go...

No PP. Only added border with Picnik.

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*www.flickr.com/photos/45599842@N03/ is this what you are talking about?

chicha said:
*www.flickr.com/photos/45599842@N03/ is this what you are talking about?

Added you up.

Vastya: thanks friend.
Cool: where did you find that lotus. For shooting lotus i have to go to Nakuchiya Tal 5 km ahead of Bhimtal. And I haven't gone there since I bought the camera.

Suberatabera: Good shot. There is nothing wrong about this shot. And the border had added more to the image.

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Stuge, Cool and others: what shutter speed is needed to freeze the Honey Bees. These are in plenty these days over the mustard flower in my garden. I had taken some shots will post later. But I was not able to freeze them.

Not Impressive. No composition. No vision. Nothing.
I am angry because you didn't resized them and wasted my bandwidth. If you have just posted the thumbnails that would be enough.

Try to visualize what you want to shoot and how it should look.

^ Deleted the post ... :grin:

toofan said:
Vastya: thanks friend.
Cool: where did you find that lotus. For shooting lotus i have to go to Nakuchiya Tal 5 km ahead of Bhimtal. And I haven't gone there since I bought the camera.

Stuge, Cool and others: what shutter speed is needed to freeze the Honey Bees. These are in plenty these days over the mustard flower in my garden. I had taken some shots will post later. But I was not able to freeze them.

I spotted the Lotus on Bandra Fort near Bandra Bandstand. I haven't anytime captured a honeybee but feel one should not shoot below 1/250th of a second.

*img44.imageshack.us/img44/7307/41927034860e0520f09a.jpg

Warning :if you have a dark monitor colors will look different

hehe wanted to play with vamsi shot in a different way

high pass filter
-saturation increased
-contrast increased
-used the given filters in CS4

Rose ...

No PP.

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^ You liked my photo??? thanks man.. that looks awesome. As toofan said my images stink, i thought it was completely useless. You gave me enough bump to take another 100 picture. thanks.

Vamsi: I didn't mean to hurt you. YOu yourslef see the images you posted. I only meant to tell you to find the reason behind the shot you take. If you see my first few Images those were same. By then I had improved by just a bit but this would have not been possible by the criticism and comments I revieved.
And you have shown some awesome images in past and in respect of those these were nothing. So sorry if you feel bad.

Coo: I am posting the pics of bee at an shutter speed of 2500 and you can see the result yourself. I am just posting these images as an example.

*img187.imageshack.us/img187/6054/beeiso400.jpg
Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Shooting Date/Time 16/12/2009 10:53:38 AM
Shooting Mode Shutter Speed Priority AE
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/2500
Av (Aperture Value) 8.0
Light Metering Center Weighted Avg.
ISO Speed 1600
Focal Length 6.0 mm
White Balance Day Light
AF Range Mode Macro

*img187.imageshack.us/img187/7159/bee2500.jpg
Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Shooting Date/Time 16/12/2009 11:04:02 AM
Shooting Mode Manual
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/2500
Av (Aperture Value) 5.6
Light Metering Spot
ISO Speed 400
Focal Length 6.0 mm
White Balance Day Light
AF Range Mode Macro

Now can you tell what shutter speed is necessary for freezing the flying bee.

Looking at the results I don't think our camera will be able to manage a clear picture of bee in flight. I thought you're talking about bee fluttering on a flower bud. Still nice pictures

@toofan, no problem at all, bro. Keep them coming. And what was that??? A bee without wings? Is it having any spells to fly without wings?

vamsi_krishna said:
^ You liked my photo??? thanks man.. that looks awesome. As toofan said my images stink, i thought it was completely useless. You gave me enough bump to take another 100 picture. thanks.

well,your pic lacked compostion etc .and processing too .I wanted to show that post processing is utter neccesary sometimes to make something out of nothing .

@toofan:take continous pictures of bees in flight and post them as sequence to make it interesting

@G5 :its because point and shoot usually doesn't have 1:1 macro .

Edited picture for Chicha

with post processing

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and one without editing

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looks very good, i now understand the importance of post editing.

Title :Vibrant Ceiling

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Processing :

-High Pass Filter
-Saturation Increased +Contrast
-Tone contrast adjusted with nik
-Noise removed

Cool: I will post the best image of that shoot very soon.

Stuge: I thought the image was shot by you before reading the full post.
beautiful image. where did you get that ceiling. Nice colors.

Vamsi: The wings were moving so fast that my camera failed to capture them.

@Stuge, the first one is brilliant.

D

Stuge said:
well,your pic lacked compostion etc .and processing too .I wanted to show that post processing is utter neccesary sometimes to make something out of nothing .

@toofan:take continous pictures of bees in flight and post them as sequence to make it interesting

@G5 :its because point and shoot usually doesn't have 1:1 macro .

Edited picture for Chicha

with post processing

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/4189617113_3a3fa4bac5_o.jpg

and one without editing

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can you post your PP steps? it will be of great help..thank you..

V

check this pic fellows.. it's type of water rose i think
*www.flickr.com/photos/36151015@N05/4192507210/in/set-72157622892839187/

it was taken with
Camera Model Name
Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Shooting Date/Time
9/21/2009 10:29:17 PM
Shooting Mode
Program AE
Photo Effect
Off
Tv (Shutter Speed)
0.5
Av (Aperture Value)
2.7
Light Metering
Center Weighted Avg.
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
6.0 - 72.0mm
Focal Length
6.0mm
AF Range Mode
Super Macro
and this also:
*www.flickr.com/photos/36151015@N05/4191746125/in/set-72157622892839187/

Camera Model Name
Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Shooting Date/Time
10/29/2009 10:46:34 PM
Shooting Mode
Shutter Speed Priority AE
Photo Effect
Off
Tv (Shutter Speed)
1/50
Av (Aperture Value)
4.0
Light Metering
Spot
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
Auto
Lens
6.0 - 72.0mm
Focal Length
72.0mm

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my images didn't show up on the post.. why? will please any1 tell me hw 2 do it...?

^Get the correct code for forum & that should do the trick.

what software can i use to edit RAW images, and i do not want any loss or very minimal loss of data when i convert it to JPEG.

or let it in PNG or TIFF format ?

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Rays through Heaven!

I just liked the effect created by the sun hiding behind the black cloud.

Added contrast, some smoothness and decreased a bit brightness.

ok, what software to edit RAW? apart from CS's and i have lightroom 2.5 as well, not sure if it does any RAW. any others apart from these?

Title :You wanna drink water too ??

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@toofan :ITC maurya sheraton (its name has been changed) -delhi,I didn't disclose the name bcoz i hate free publicity for luxury hotels lol

in b/w regarding your sunrays pic, its lacks something .pic like these usually need to be wide or with a landscape included .

@toofan - I liked the pic. I too have a similar pic but it has normal white clouds. The black one truly shine here.

@stuge - Nice DOF but somehow I feel the first pigeon is getting in the way of second where your focus is.

second one ....I'm happy that second one came

to make the shot more interesting . this where you love slr over point and shoot .lol

Stuge: If I had included the landscape then there would be terraces which would have not looked good so no choice and Mine is 36mm so possibly I would not have included any landscape

.
Stuge the pigeon image is a good example of your skills but the pigeon in front is getting more attention.

Cool: Just try to play with that Image. You can try with colors, saturation, b/w filters, contrasts and brightness, Hue etc. Just play and try to create a different thing. You will love the end result.

Chicha: Adobe Camera Raw is the best software known to me for playing with Raw files. After editing them in Camera Raw you can open them PS for some tweaking if required.

toofan said:
Chicha: Adobe Camera Raw is the best software known to me for playing with Raw files. After editing them in Camera Raw you can open them PS for some tweaking if required.

add :Capture NX comes with Nikon or Canon comes with their own software to edit and convert raw .I use Capture NX when I need to convert picture in batches without much editing (during raw stage )

toofan said:
Stuge: If I had included the landscape then there would be terraces which would have not looked good so no choice and Mine is 36mm so possibly I would not have included any landscape .
Stuge the pigeon image is a good example of your skills but the pigeon in front is getting more attention.

Same here. My shot too has rooftops of the buildings. And yes I too meant the same, the first pigeon is grabbing much attention than the second one which is focussed.

{QUOTE=toofan]Cool: Just try to play with that Image. You can try with colors, saturation, b/w filters, contrasts and brightness, Hue etc. Just play and try to create a different thing. You will love the end result.[/QUOTE]

Will try that. The image which I took was taken in AUTO & that too when I had very little knowledge about photography. Let's see what can I do now.

@all - Guys I'm today going to print one image from my Flickr photosets & enlarge it to put up on my wall. The frame would be around 40cm * 50cm in size. Which image do you recommend?
I have shortlisted the following.

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*farm3.static.flickr.com/2615/4006933329_f54e00c076_m.jpg

Please check my Flick a/c for other photos & suggest appropriately. The image would be hung in my hall & the visitors should appreciate the picture.

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Had nothing productive to do and there was a power cut. So came up with few wacky macro shots of lima beans and a fly. I know that few images lack focusing, but as I said u earlier, I had nothing else to do so ended up with these shots.

Cool: the shot deserve to get printed is "the bridge". but you have taken that shot in wide screen mode and it would be 7 MP shot. And even if its 8 mp shot then too I think the size you are looking is too big to get printed. The grains may tear off. Just check that before ordering. Ask the Lab man to see if this is possible. Because he has to enlarge the Image. And on enlarging you will loose details. If he says there will be quality loss then you ask him to mix your two best shots and then print.

How much that size will cost you.

Yes, Toofan I was thinking the same. I don't know the cost either. Will ask him. Other than the bridge which image did you like? The above images are not processed so I'll process them before sending to the lab.

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not able to frame good as there were distractions

@Max_demon - Don't mind but the frame is look garish, so is the sky.

V

Cool G5 said:
^Get the correct code for forum & that should do the trick.

what code!! will u please clarify...

If you have uploaded the image to imageshack, then there is a code for forums which you have to copy & paste in the post editor here on forums. So copy the correct code. If you are on flickr, click on all sizes to get the code.

OR

Right click the image in imageshack & select copy image location. Come into the forum post editor, click the image icon & input the URL & hit ok. Your image will be inserted.

max_demon said:
*img10.imageshack.us/img10/8585/dsc00720ppcopycopy.jpg

not able to frame good as there were distractions

post the image with or without framing

the sky is artificial , the original looked dull
*img502.imageshack.us/img502/6659/dsc00720pp.jpg

Winter Rose

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2736/4201088678_1f1ed44f43.jpg

This is a cropped picture of the orignal .Will post the original tomorrow

^Great colours, reminds me of an apple

Now Stuge Diving in Macro Photography. Nice colors.

thanks guys

@toofan :I'm always into macro photography ,but I usually don't share pics of macro .

was getting bored so did this lol

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Nice stuge.

Title :A Rose is rose is a rose is a rose

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this is zoomed out picture of the previous one
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thanks guys

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Here are some of mine ...

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/Doggie%20Loves%20Rain.jpg
Doggie loves Rain!

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/TheCityGirlHeLost.jpg
(Thinking of) The Girl He Lost To Cocaine [Oct 2009, Cambridge]

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/The%20Religious%20Soul.jpg
His Pious Side [Cabot, VT, Oct 2009]

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/Love.jpg
Love

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/MJ1_ab.jpg
If You Could See Into The Future ...

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/APeacesfulSunset.jpg
A Peaceful Sunset [Universal City, CA Jan 2009]

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/Leave%20Me%20Alone.jpg
Leave Me Alone [Aug 9, 2009]

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/Anuj2_08022009.jpg
The Modern Pilgrimage [Aug 2, 2009 - Crane Beach, Ipswich, MA]

*www.djanuj.com/IMG_0115.jpg
I Hate to be Late

More at *www.djanuj.com/photography.htm

Thanks!

That's awesome. Superb pictures Anuj. The best I have seen in recent times.

nice one anuj

I felt first one can processed in a better way to may those clouds humongous

I wish we had those kind of streets in India

..

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Thank You!

- Anuj

Bunch of purple flowers

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2763/4207242616_19fba4a1b3.jpg

Well ,this is not the pic I wanted ,but I will still share .

Anuj Excellent friend. Some top class Photos I had seen. Every Image has a different tone which makes it even more effective.

*img301.imageshack.us/img301/1151/sanjay.jpg

Mr Sanjay Pandey. Head of Department(Music). HNB-Srinagar.

Back to Red Stone Age

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*farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4208834657_69513dd04a_b.jpg

Location :Red fort

Well,Took this picture with Sony's DSC-W5 (quite old ) my cousin brother's camera ..hehe.Picture has been taken and processed by me

This Iconic place has been photgraphed a million times by tourists ,local public

Note :Image comprises of Three pictures stitched with autostitch .later processed accordingly

Stuge: Panorama is excellent. And the P.P adds to the beauty of Fort. The border is also enhancing the red color of fort.

@toofan - How did you manage to get the excellent bokeh in your shot? Did you add it via PP?

@stuge - I liked the second one.

Just zoom as much as you can. And make sure that the background is far way from the subject to increase the intensity of bokhe.

There is a big flaw in this Image.

1st: The Background terrace is cutting the subjects throat.
2nd: I was trying to decrease the brightness of background but this has created a line around the selection due to high feather and less accurate mask.

I had changed the color of Pullover from gray to Maroon. Soften the face skin by high pass filter.

Guys, I am planning to buy a DSLR, thinking of Nikon D3000 kit with 18-55mm lens and an extra zoom lens, AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G (4.3x)

*www.nikon.co.in/productitem.php?pid=90-e00cd4c502

What is your opinion? Will the money be well spent? Or you got any other alternatives?

Budget is Rs.35-38k.

I am planning this as we are planning a trekking trip to Sandakfu.

^ Go for it. Nice camera for beginners.

Yes Nikon D3000 is a good camera to start.

You can also check: Olympus E-520
*www.jjmehta.com/webshop/index.html?target=dept_70.html&lang=en-us
Performance wise its much better then D3000 but not much variety in lenses is available. You can use sigma or tamron lenses any time and these are much cheaper.

Pentax K-M: is also a good performer but availability is the problem.

@toofan :just two three words

..Use tripod at those focal length

@digitized :Get Canon or Nikon (don't get DSLR from other companies ,if you're living in india

).Both Canon and Nikon has Variety of lenses .IMO Canon has cheaper pro lenses (you are not looking for it right now ..hehe )

and why AF 70-300mm

..it will not auto focus on D3000.

eiter get Sigma 70-300 APO version (hard to get ) or NIkon Af-s 70-300mm Vr (may be out of your budget )

don't get tamron 70-300mm lens (it sucks ) I use to own that lens ..sold it in just 15 days or so .

*img141.imageshack.us/img141/4116/earlymorning.jpg

Early Morning shot. All the crow Family was there but Krow Missing. :lol:

increased the contrast. Cropped the bottom.

toofan said:
Early Morning shot. All the crow Family was there but Krow Missing.

increased the contrast. Cropped the bottom.

The Krow Klan gives you a honourary Doctrate in Crowism.

My adventures in Ladakh

Sun trying to melt the snow
*img268.imageshack.us/img268/1296/dsc06048o.jpg

Shanti Stupa
*img31.imageshack.us/img31/2074/dsc06060j.jpg

Sparkling Snow
*img706.imageshack.us/img706/1254/dsc06159.jpg

Dreams, hopes, aspirations
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Taken from a car moving @ 40km/h
*img20.imageshack.us/img20/3784/dsc06257u.jpg

The gate of Thicksey Monastery
*img268.imageshack.us/img268/5080/dsc06258fk.jpg

Many kinds of notes
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Scenery
*img268.imageshack.us/img268/9800/dsc06269x.jpg

Light of hope
*img697.imageshack.us/img697/7802/dsc06275u.jpg

Made out of butter

*img8.imageshack.us/img8/975/dsc06279rm.jpg

Sky near Leh
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Dreamland
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Dreamland v2.1
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After she climbed up to meet Maa Kali.
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I will be away till Monday, going on another trip now. Till then enjoy whatever I have posted of my trip to Ladakh. Max temps -5 degrees celsius, while minimum temps -25 degrees celsius. :glass-smile:

Enjoy the trip krow. Nice pics there.

@Krow, really nice pictures....
Hope ur wings were not frozen due to such low temperature? :grin:

Christmas Coverage

Christmas Coverage

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nice pics krow ,but I will do some critique too .Some pics are really nice and some looks as if you didn't wanted to use camera

Krow: Some are simply awesome. Lucky Person. Kya padai nahi karni hai?

Stuge: Beautiful Images.

original
*inlinethumb19.webshots.com/44242/2572840930105451885S425x425Q85.jpg

post processed
*inlinethumb46.webshots.com/45293/2332241090105451885S425x425Q85.jpg

Piano and Christmas tree

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Title :Ho ho !

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/4216897870_03c281a482.jpg

bokeh has been added carefully using alien bokeh

very nice pictures.
*www.flickr.com/photos/45599842@N03/

feel free to comment

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why am i not able to edit the post?

anyways what i wanted to say was the photos from stuge were nice.

and then i asked you to check out my photostream

The 2nd one feels a tad underexposed.

Chicha: Nice Images friend. The lightning ones and the aeroplanes are awesome.

Thank you toofan. any one else have anything to say? suggestions? critics?

Here are some shots of Birla Planetarium & Victoria Memorial (taken from my Nokia 5130 XpressMusic phone).. Visited these places today.. Will visit Science City, Aquatica & Birla Mandir tomorrow..

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Birla Planetarium...

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Victoria Memorial... Reflection in water looks awesome..!!

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Victoria Memorial...

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Victoria Memorial...

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Roof of Victoria Memorial from Inside.. Though its forbidden to take photos still I took one *www.techenclave.com/images/smilies/tongu23e.gif

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A big and beautiful lake in Victoria Memorial.

^Nice especially the roof & reflection.

^^ Pleased to see you liked some of the photographs taken from my phone..

Visted Alipore Zoo too but i don't think there's something extraordinary there, so didn't posted those pics.. Anyways expect for some more shots of Science City, Aquatica & Birla Mandir tomorrow..

*www.flickr.com/photos/krazzywarrior

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Here are some fresh ones taken in LA Dec 23 - 27

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/AfteraHardDay%27sWork.jpg
After a hard day's Work [Venice Beach, CA]

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/LA-Lovers.jpg
LA Lovers

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/LasFloresCanyonRoad.jpg
Parking Spectaculaire [Las Flores Canyon, Los Angeles, CA]

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/ThePoser.jpg
The Poser [Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, CA]

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/VeniceBeach_1.jpg
Whoever got the better view [Venice Beach, CA]

*www.djanuj.com/photogallery/VeniceBeach_2.jpg
A Pacific Sunset [Santa Monica, CA]

^^ Good Shots.

Here are some shots of Science City & Nicco Park (taken from my Nokia 5130 XpressMusic phone)..

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2486/4221871465_519a199054.jpg
Roller Coaster.. OMG! That was an awesome ride.. in Nicco Park

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4222634128_e1677b46a2.jpg
Santa Claus in Nicco Park *www.techenclave.com/images/smilies/tongu23e.gif

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Santa Claus in Nicco Park *www.techenclave.com/images/smilies/tongu23e.gif

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Beautiful Fountain in Science City..

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2629/4222633296_c98e1da019.jpg
Beautiful Fountain in Science City..

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/4222633238_5b166b33a3.jpg
A building in Science City..

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2787/4221870471_dd240db446.jpg
Victorial Memorial...

The Roller-Coaster pic is not taken by me.. *www.techenclave.com/images/smilies/tongu23e.gif Except that all are taken by me.. *www.techenclave.com/images/smilies/happy19.gif

Nice both of you. I have been currently on a break & so no pics from my site.

Cool G5 said:
The 2nd one feels a tad underexposed.

Well,On my laptop it is perfectly fine ,but on my dark monitor pic is damn too dark.

which monitor you're using ?

*img85.imageshack.us/img85/4059/dsc00911ut.jpg

newer attempt , damn 20 sec shutter , f/22

Guys, there is this good photography forum which all of us can join.

www.lensworth.in

I and Stuge are there already. It is pretty stagnant as of now, but some of the photography there is really good. The forum is pretty new, started June 09 I think.

@ Stuge: Please let me know which of my Ladakh pics you did not like. It will help me improve. Thanks.

Thanks to all those who commented on my Ladakh trip pics.

Stuge, I'm on laptop.

@max - Shoot from a height so that the trails could appear more dense & in a typical style.

Cool G5 said:
Stuge, I'm on laptop.

@max - Shoot from a height so that the trails could appear more dense & in a typical style.

actually i was from ground and only traffic signals/ poles were availeble at height , also no good buildings , so have to shoot from ground i will try to find good location tomorrow

Yeah, try it max. A different perspective will surely spice up the image.

Mad over donuts !!

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Note: pix may look dark under dark monitor .

pic are not bad from a cellphone

@Krow :..don't wanna demotivate you ..

I want to begin with a photography forum. WIll you guys participate?
I need your co-operation & would love even if it becomes moderately popular & active.

@ Stuge I take all critique constructively.

It will spur me on to be better. So, please let me know.

@ G5 What happened to the book you were going to write. If you really want to start a photography forum, then I am in. If you are interested totally, then I can even pitch in with monetary aid. Let's split the cost. But, when there are good photography forums, why start our own. LWI is a good place to hang out IMHO.

Krow said:
@ G5 What happened to the book you were going to write. If you really want to start a photography forum, then I am in. If you are interested totally, then I can even pitch in with monetary aid. Let's split the cost. But, when there are good photography forums, why start our own. LWI is a good place to hang out IMHO.

The book is yet to begin, will begin soon.

Regarding forum you're right there are many forums but how many are of Indian origin? All discuss photography with hi-fi equipments which no indian like you or me have, so what is the use of posting on such high forums? Let's make our own forum. We'll discuss about the forum in our upcoming Mumbai Photography Meet which will most probably happen tomorrow at Shivaji Park. Are you coming? I have pinged Rhitwick. Get in touch with him.

P.S : This was my first post of 2010 in TDF Forum

Cool G5 said:
The book is yet to begin, will begin soon.

Regarding forum you're right there are many forums but how many are of Indian origin? All discuss photography with hi-fi equipments which no indian like you or me have, so what is the use of posting on such high forums? Let's make our own forum. We'll discuss about the forum in our upcoming Mumbai Photography Meet which will most probably happen tomorrow at Shivaji Park. Are you coming? I have pinged Rhitwick. Get in touch with him.

P.S : This was my first post of 2010 in TDF Forum

LWI is of Indian origin. As far as discussion of photography goes, we can start discussions on equipment that we have over there too.

More on this in the meet, if I can come.

As usual, Saturday we have lectures, so I can't come. Sunday is fine for me.

Meet is now fixed on Sunday considering your classes. Let's discuss then.

S

@stuge
nice pics dude.. I like the "ho ho" most.. great one..

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check some pics

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After the Fire

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"Listen ... we gotta talk"

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City of Angels

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When Time Stood Still

@swordfish, I like the first one.

@ Anuj City of Angels is breathtaking.

@swordfish - First one is good. In second I cannot see anything special.

@anuj - Again I liked the first one over other images.

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Finally I got it right. After many unsuccessful attempts I managed to get a good shot of fireworks on the new year's eve.

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Shutter Speed : 1/10th of a Second
ISO : 200
Aperture : F 2.8
Metering : Center Weighted
Focus : Manual Focus set to infinity
Flash : Not Fired
Tripod : Not Used, Handheld.

^I can't see the picture.

I vote for a new smiley, instead of this

we can use this:

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S

I cant either.. I cant even see my first pic. I uploaded 3 pics

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^ monkey is good

Finally I got it right. After many unsuccessful attempts I managed to get a good shot of fireworks on the new year's eve.

Have a look : *www{dot}flickr{dot}com/photos/shutter_freak/4236458618

Shutter Speed : 1/10th of a Second
ISO : 200
Aperture : F 2.8
Metering : Center Weighted
Focus : Manual Focus set to infinity
Flash : Not Fired
Tripod : Not Used, Handheld

P.S : The forum Image embedding function is not working. The image shows up in editor but doesn't when the post is submitted. :facepalm:

S

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Panning as best I could,
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Some shots taken in our TDF Photography Meet...

Some wonderful photography in my absense.

Stuge: you always perfect with your images.
Cool: the firework hand held is excellent.
Anuj: Beautiful Images with a different perspective, some are perfect. Don;'t use the Dark circles as borders around the Image not looking good.
Swordfish: Welcome back Image is Rock solid. Can you post the details of the image of glowing city.

Ritwik: Second shot is Superb. Everything is sharp except the horse which is giving the feel of motion to that Image. Well shot.

I am away from city until 12th of jan without camera. :sad:

So see you all.

@swordfish - Very nice shot. I loved the reflection.

@Rhitwick - Now that you have learnt panning learn framing & composing panned shots.

S

@toofan, thanks..

It was long shutter.. here are EXIF data

Exposure: 30
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal Length: 25 mm
ISO Speed: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire

@cool g5, Thanks

How to take a perfect Moon shot

Moon is a beautiful body in our solar system. Its various phases are so picturesque that one often feels to capture its beauty with a camera. Capturing moon is not easy at it sounds & more often you will get nothing but a white orb if you don’t know the right technique to capture the moon. In this guide I’ll explain intricately to get a perfect moon shot which will elicit ‘wows’ from your friends & colleagues.

Read the entire article

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Note

icture may looks dark :

Sky not done in photoshop :filters used .

Good work Stuge! I really liked the overall effect.

@ rhitwick, Learning quickly, eh? Great pics!

@ swordfish, Really nice watch picture.

Thanx guys...
Today one of my frnd from Orkut criticized (complained me) my photos of being out of focus and gives a feel that its in motion :-D

So, I guess, I'm doing it right?? ;-)

Then, I'm still weak in getting the object in focus, I have to have the object as clear as possible right, for panning???

Stuge: The sky is not matching at all to the ground. Nor its creating a pleasing effect. So experiment failed for me.

Swordfish: Nice and clean shot of Watch.

Mumbai Friends: Will you be going to the PHOTO Fair. If yes then please do take images there so that I too can have a feel of the photo fair.

I will suggest you all go together so that the healthy discussion may take place and then inform me of the event.

toofan said:
Stuge: The sky is not matching at all to the ground. Nor its creating a pleasing effect. So experiment failed for me.

.

name of pic is tri colour

in b/w it not post processing .colour has been imparted using cokin filter .

@stuge - The dark is too dark. I agree with toofan.

@rhitwick - Your subjects are blurred. You will need to capture them pin sharp if you want to take good panning shots. Still the pics are good as you tried panning for the first time. Mine weren't too different from your's when I tried it for the first time. On most of the occassions I got nothing but blurry images. On some occassions just a static image. So now just practise in your locality & you'll soon improve.

@toofan - I'll be going for the Foto Fair. I don't know if rhitwick & krow are joining me or not.

How to get the image sharp?
Should I increase the shutter speed, but in that case the background comes clear too...
Or, I think my hand movement is becoming very fast.

And, I can only tell u on Thursday/Friday, if I'll be able to join u, if I can, it will be a Saturday only.

rhitwick said:
How to get the image sharp?
Should I increase the shutter speed, but in that case the background comes clear too...
Or, I think my hand movement is becoming very fast.

And, I can only tell u on Thursday/Friday, if I'll be able to join u, if I can, it will be a Saturday only.

To get a sharp image bump up the ISO to 100 or 200 but don't bump up the shutter speed. It should be a stop less over perfect exposure to get a static image.

Do tell me if you're coming & if yes on which day. Krow can only come on Sunday & you're free on Saturday. :!:

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - The dark is too dark.

dude I'm not sure ,but for me it is bright enough ...if I increase the brightness it will overexpose.

may be thats the reason .I saw few pictures on your flickr account ,and found them a bit overexposed .

nice way to display the flag stuge.

i liked it.
but i think if that orange colour becomes a bit light then it will look more beautiful.

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i really liked these two pics of swordfish.
the first one reminds me of assasins creed and the second one of gta3.

A few snaps from the recent Mumbai Photography Meet.

# Rider on the storm

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# Wish I could jog over the sealink

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# For a Macro

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# Horse ride on Chowpatty

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# Rhitwick clicking the sealink

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# Pranay posing for the camera

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@stuge - This time you're definitely dark dude. By dark here I didn't mean low on exposure but the orange shade of sky is too dark. Even toofan & quan_chi agrees.

Looking ahead

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Equipment :Nokia 6303 cellphone

@coolG5 that doggy pic is the best :grin:

# A boy enjoying a horse ride

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# The best thing to do on a Sunday

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@stuge - Thanks

Your's shot is also nice. Wonderful composition.

G

i have k810i...3.2MP

i know its not so good but all i have

am not able to take shots at night(in flash mode) of distant object(dark)

i even tried twilight landscape

is there any thing to be adjusted

like i want to take a apic of moon from terrace....i get jus small dot...i sppose may be something to do with light settings

gopi_vbboy said:
i have k810i...3.2MP

i know its not so good but all i have

am not able to take shots at night(in flash mode) of distant object(dark)

i even tried twilight landscape

is there any thing to be adjusted

like i want to take a apic of moon from terrace....i get jus small dot...i sppose may be something to do with light settings

unfortunately ,you can't click a decent shot of moon with a phone cam

.It will remain a dot whatever you do.you need a 300mm at least or IMO 400mm or more

gopi_vbboy said:
i have k810i...3.2MP

i know its not so good but all i have

am not able to take shots at night(in flash mode) of distant object(dark)

i even tried twilight landscape

is there any thing to be adjusted

like i want to take a apic of moon from terrace....i get jus small dot...i sppose may be something to do with light settings

While shooting from a mobile camera you need to adjust the shot quality setting(fine, normal, superfine), white balance & exposure compensation to get a better picture. Unfortunately no mobile can capture the moon since it is too far away to be captured by a mobile. Even some entry level cameras struggle to get a good picture.

On path to Freedom

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Took this shot today in the morning when my friend was running to pose for a picture near a tree trunk.

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same flower in another angle..

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@stuge.. Is it a electric lamp?

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Peaceful

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Location :Silisera Lake ,Alwar
in b/w I made a blunder in photography spelling lol
@krishna :Try and try ..till you get a perfect shot and do some pp on it

@Stuge, that red lamp line thing looks good and so does tis scenery even with the typo

@vamsi, I like the soft beauty of the flower in the second pic.

@quan, what have you done? Please post the picture without the frame.

^^lol yeah i done it purposely i know.

was getting bored so did it.

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Anyways actually that picture contained so many noise as i shot it in the night with a mobile camera.That i was forced to convert it into black and white.

Looks like a still straight out of some black and white movie of the olden days.

Please don't watermark the title of the image. Post it serparately.

^^lol thanks i take that as a compliment.

@stuge thats a nice picture.

It is a compliment.

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His Frozen Dreams [Cambridge, MA - Jan 8, 2010]

Auto Expo 2009 in New Delhi

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BETTLE " Awesome Car "

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Modified Nano has big woofer

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BETTLE " Awesome Car "

It's Beetle (see pic) and not Bettle. Did you click these pictures? Good pics really.

Krow said:
It's Beetle (see pic) and not Bettle. Did you click these pictures? Good pics really.

Yea I clicked..

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Thanks for the pics. I badly missed this event. The remodelled Nano looks cool for a beach side DJ party

yes good images by all.
wt abt photo fair.

Sunset Shimla

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@ 14mm

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Stuge: you reminded me my best days of life again. Thanks dude. Very very heart touching Image.

Whats that 4 mm.

Bees!

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Nice toofan. How did you grab the last image?
Were you close to get such a big shot?

And, I've the same question about first image...
ISO settings and ur Cam model ,again plz...

Good work toofan!

Of late I have been very busy, will upload and post my pics soon. Sorry guys.

Thanks friends.

Yes I was indeed very close. And A bit cropping.

That day I took over 250 Images of bees in all possible ways I know. Some were lost due to my ignorance.

My camera. Canon SX 110 IS.

Exif data I will post when i will be at home.

Solar eclipse today..

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Sorry for the poor quality. I have got a shitty camera.

shitty camera

you took these with D5000 ??

@nice pictures toofan

it seems you're in love with bees lol

I don't know about D5000.. I am not a photography guy

I took it with Nikon Coolpix 5200 :duh:

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Note :Haze present in the pictures is due to fog in the delhi

Exif Data of 1st Bee I posted.

Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Shooting Date/Time 15/12/2009 11:40:55 AM
Shooting Mode Shutter Speed Priority AE
My Colors Mode Off
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/1000
Av (Aperture Value) 3.2
Light Metering Center Weighted Avg.
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 80
Lens 6.0 - 60.0 mm
Focal Length 6.0 mm
IS Mode On
Image Size 3456x2592
Image Quality Superfine
Flash Off
White Balance Auto
AF Mode Continuous AF
AF Range Mode Macro
Parameters Contrast Normal
Sharpness Normal
Saturation Normal
Color Space sRGB
File Size 3045 KB
Drive Mode Single-frame shooting
Owner's Name Vimal Joshi

@Stuge: Sometime I think that You have mastered photography. Awesome Pics. How you took the Solar Eclipse. And that image with red tone. Natural or P.P.

@toofan :I used B+w 110 ND filter to take pictures .mind you its not the right filter to take pictures of sun as it will not block UV and IR rays .I had solar eclipse filter sheet from Planetarium,but unfortunately its was too dark to take pictures using it .So ,I had to constantly change the filters .First I had to looks thorough that sheet ,then I had to carefully remove it and place b+w ND 110 filter .

I was foolish not to order Baader Astro filter from US ,while I ordered b+w 110 (3.0) filter +cokin filters .Now I will make sure that I keep Baader astro filter ND3.8 in my kit .

Well,I produced that effect by putting my cokin tobacco filter in front of the lens .(shutter speed 1/4000 + f45 +Exposure compensation (-5 ) +ISO 200 )

Good work stuge. Its looking very beautiful.

Title :I wish Time could role role back again !

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I'm in dire need to Reverse Grads at the moment

or else I shd start doing blending thing .

panaroma not to my liking either (full of distrotion,even after correcting it like hell )

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^^brilliant image.nice photography there stuge.

Title on the way to shimla

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Exif :
ISO:200,
f18 and focal length : 10mm

Post processing :First converted into black and white -> nik plugin applied

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A pottery shop at a Fare In Dehradun.

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Shop Keeper.

Shooting Mode Manual
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/30
Av (Aperture Value) 3.5
Light Metering Center Weighted Avg.
ISO Speed 400
Focal Length 16.1 mm
Flash On

He asked me if these will be printed in newspaper. I told him I am from a magazine. And then he told me whole process of pottery happily and also posed for me.

I liked the Number of zippers he had in his jacket.

Stuge: beautiful Images.

Nice toofan. Yes the zippers look jazzy & the pots are cool.

@toofan for which magazine you work for ???

Ohh I only said this to get his support otherwise he would not have even let me inside the shop.

toofan said:
Ohh I only said this to get his support otherwise he would not have even let me inside the shop.

i also do that when i want to do street photography lol

also ,I saw you uploading your images a lot on imageshack,and so far I have seen it reduces the quality of pictures badly .so stop using it .

Title :When your camera is fooled to see Moon as Orange !

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kinda minimal approach towards moon today ..not sure you guys will like it or not .

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Kedar- Our Office Staff

Retouching has been done. Background was disturbing so blurred. 1st by using Box blurring then Gaussian blurr.

Stuge: Still thinking about ur image.

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Stuge which service you use.

Toofan - Nice but I can see an outline besides the subject.

stuge - I liked it.

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Nice photo Gaurav...

Yes this line is due to the feathering I used in selection.

Cool: Is it a panorama. Looking beautiful and composed very well.

No it is not a panorama. I have cropped it.
I had a really hard time taking the shot since I was without tripod & then I had just a sloping surface to rest my camera on. I took out my hanky & then adjusted the axis till it becomes straight & then took it with timer. Also the moon was sinking fast so grabbing it crystal clear was a problem. If you observe minutely the moon is blurred due to the same.

India Post is very Reliable -Even Monkey use services of India Post lol

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@G5 cool shot

^haha that is hilarious
@toofan: great pic. Must say this again, you are really awesome at taking portraits.

Thanks Anoroin.

Stuge: Nice capture. And nicely processed.

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My Terrace in Fog!

Which Version you like please tell me. Comments and critiques welcome.

^The second one is awesome. :doogone:

Fog fog everywhere

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I have patched the road slightly as It was looking junk in the picture.Gosh dirty commonweath work

@toofan ..I liked both the pictures

Looks good, Stuge! :))

Thanks krow and Stuge.

Shot looking beautiful. How you took it. some exif data please.

Toofan - I liked the second one. Good Composition

Stuge - Very beautiful.

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Drops in Cable Wire.

This cable wire goes from my Doordarshan Antena to The Next House. I zoomed full and then focused the water drops in the wire.

Shooting Mode Manual
My Colors Mode Vivid
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/250
Av (Aperture Value) 4.3
Light Metering Center Weighted Avg.
ISO Speed 100
Lens 6.0 - 60.0 mm
Focal Length 60.0 mm

Frankly speaking I didn't like this shot at all. Sorry Toofan.

I think you did wrong PP.

toofan said:
Thanks krow and Stuge.

Shot looking beautiful. How you took it. some exif data please.

Exposure: : 16
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal Length: 10 mm
ISO Speed: 200

shot using tripod + shutter pressed using remote

Cool thanks for your valuable true critics.
Actually I didn't did anything special in that Image. I just increased the contrast in it and added a border. This shot comes all natural.

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In this Image I get attracted by the bold colors of the leaves in Fog. Its all misty these days in North India. Critics and comments welcome.

Thanks Stuge for the Information. What this 10 mm means. Which lense.

@toffan :its taken with my Wide angle 10-24mm lens @10mm .Some people call 10mm to be semi-fish eye due to barrel distortion(though its a not a actually fish eye lens ).A true fish eye captures 180 deg of area though .

10 is equivalent to 15mm on 35mm format or full frame format

I haven't seen point and shoot going wider than 27.5mm (Fujifilm one ) .Many Good canon pns are 28mm wide .

Stuge said:
@toffan :its taken with my Wide angle 10-24mm lens @10mm .Some people call 10mm to be semi-fish eye due to barrel distortion(though its a not a actually fish eye lens ).A true fish eye captures 180 deg of area though .

10 is equivalent to 15mm on 35mm format or full frame format

I haven't seen point and shoot going wider than 27.5mm (Fujifilm one ) .Many Good canon pns are 28mm wide .

10-24 mm lens are very costly. You lucky & wealthy man. :-D

Thanks for the Information. One dought I had always. How to convert any focal length equivalent to 35mm. I know that a full frame camera is a 35 mm film size. Am I right?
Please throw some light on this also.

@toofan - Now the second image is good as it atleast gives the feel of a chilly morning. I love such weather.
The cable gives me a feeling of a ropeway down to the another building. Maybe a small ropeway for ants

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@Toofan - How is this? Upon seeing your image I recollected that I too shot a image of water drops on a cable though from a different perspective as the cable was not close by me. The shot was taken using full 10x zoom on my camera.

Waiting for Fog to passby

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in the first picture I'm the model

clicked using remote

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@ we're infected with wire abstracts these days on thinkdigit

For APS-C sensor multiply the focal length with 1.5 for nikon and 1.6 or Canon.

I love abstracts, gimme more...very nice images Stuge...

Stuge: Great Images.

Cool: Full zoom has done the trick. It has blurred the background. I too used the full 10x zoom in my cable wire shot in fog.
But for enhancing the effect of image there should be something else in the image to compliment the water drops or some changed angle.( but you cant do that everytime as cables are tied high up.)

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Spider In my Book shelve.

Its very tricky for my camera to take this Macro shot. Due to low lightning conditions.
When I was using the flash its washing away the image. without flash its too dark. So I wrapped the bubble polythene packaging of my webcam over the flash and made a home made diffuser. And this works for me.
But whenever my camera was too close to the spider the shadow of camera lens is visible in the lower side of Image. But I got the shot.
The spider might be sleeping because he didn't moved during the whole shootout. :))

@stuge - I thought so as it would be very difficult to get someone to stand still for so long. :razz:

Though very nice image as always.

@toofan - Not only 10x zoom worked but manual focus too. Autofocus was not able to lock on the thin cable.

@rhitwick - This one is for you

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@cool, what are those? light bulbs?

U intentionally took this, hah???
Then I'm an inborn abstract photographer, my most photos are like this :-D

Cool Nice one.
Cool try Spot metering, its very useful in such conditions.

some of the photos i shot with my new Nikon D5000+18-105mm VR Nikkor lens.

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Abhinav gave some final touching to the above photo. i will upload that as well.

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tried my hand at sports photography

thats my cousin with the ball.
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i have few more here

critiques and suggestions are welcome.

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toofan said:
Stuge: Great Images.

Cool: Full zoom has done the trick. It has blurred the background. I too used the full 10x zoom in my cable wire shot in fog.
But for enhancing the effect of image there should be something else in the image to compliment the water drops or some changed angle.( but you cant do that everytime as cables are tied high up.)

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Spider In my Book shelve.

Its very tricky for my camera to take this Macro shot. Due to low lightning conditions.
When I was using the flash its washing away the image. without flash its too dark. So I wrapped the bubble polythene packaging of my webcam over the flash and made a home made diffuser. And this works for me.
But whenever my camera was too close to the spider the shadow of camera lens is visible in the lower side of Image. But I got the shot.
The spider might be sleeping because he didn't moved during the whole shootout.

Vimal thats one WOW shot. good presence of mind with the bubble wrap and all. thats one huge spider. I will never be able shoot spiders, bees or any incests. i have this intense fear

..

But i think the photo is little just a little underexposed IMO, i am a noob in photography so i might be wrong.

Chicha: Excellent Images. All were superb but the cricket shot is looking ordinary. You should have tried some different angles. the last shot is something special. Is that Processed by Abhinav.
And congrats for you DSLR. How much it costs you and If you in Delhi which shop you purchased.

Yes you got it right that shot is under exposed.

rhitwick said:
@cool, what are those? light bulbs?

U intentionally took this, hah???
Then I'm an inborn abstract photographer, my most photos are like this

That is a light toran. Yes, it was intentionally blurred. On a serious note, if you try this art of photography & perfect it you can stand out from the crowd. I do mean it Rhitwick.

@toofan- Thanks, I will surely use Spot Metering the next time. Also your spider image is really good & I must say that even I'm a bit timid when it comes to approaching those big creatures

toofan said:
Chicha: Excellent Images. All were superb but the cricket shot is looking ordinary. You should have tried some different angles. the last shot is something special. Is that Processed by Abhinav.
And congrats for you DSLR. How much it costs you and If you in Delhi which shop you purchased.

Yes you got it right that shot is under exposed.

thank you, i agree with the cricket shot, i do not know how to take a good action shot. any suggestions on that? and also my lens does not have the reach to shoot cricket.
none of the posted photos were processed in any way. all are SOOC.
but i will upload the ones that were processed by him when i go home. (posting from office now

)

@toofan: i got it for 45K in bangalore.
D5000 body
Nikkor 18-105mm f3.5 VR lens
4GB card
Hoya UV filter (67mm)
ugly bag

Himalayan Sunset

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Cool: I was born in Hills of Almora. I had lived a village life so may be I don't feel that much about them as they were part of our daily life there.

Chicha: D5000 + 18-105 mm kit lens at 45K is very sweet deal. Is it billed.
And If its Body only and then you bought the lens separately then how much that lens cost you.
And I am amazed by the quality of Images you posted. I thought you retouched them. My god those were just superb quality shots. I must say 18-105 is a sharp lens.

Stuge: why don't you post your images also at jj mehta photographic forum. There are many pros who can find faults in your Images and help you improve even more. We just find your shots excellent every time.

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@ Stuge: you have very good chance here.
*www.fotoflock.com/index.php/photogallery/shooter/buildings-a-structures
Its totally belong to your genre of photography.

@ Others: Also try.

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Cool: your bridge shot is superb. Send that there.
I had nothing to send as I haven't taken any structural shots.

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"The success of a man can be measured by the number of his enemies"

toofan said:
Stuge: why don't you post your images also at jj mehta photographic forum. There are many pros who can find faults in your Images and help you improve even more. We just find your shots excellent every time.

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I'm not very active there

I don't like the setup of the forum .its more of a buy and sell forum .

I post in thephotographer.in and lot other forums +flickr

.my camera doesn't support Auto bracketting and I'm f***ked in some sense lol .So ,new camera body +50mm lens in near future for sure

also this to me and for you guys .."no picture is a bad picture its upto you how you wanna present with a title

.I want to make a style of my own

lol'

Too tell you guys I read ebooks + see pictures a lot more than books

@toofan - I'll try my luck out. Thanks for pointing out the contest.

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Freedom to Ruin the Life!

"no picture is a bad picture its upto you how you wanna present with a title"

Very Well said.

@toofan - Awesome! I liked the style. I would like to have some more details as to how you took this shot. I don't mean the technical aspects but as to how you shoot it.

Cell Phone - New Organ of Human Body

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Thanks Cool.
This person was busy playing Cards and smoking. I saw him zoomed and snapped him. He had no Idea of what i am doing. He was busy in his cards but when he saw me his reactions were very nice. Then he asked me to delete the images, I told him I did. :-D

Yours also a excellent take. Did they realized that you were shooting them. Guess what if they sending sms to each other. That Pillar has added more to the Image. And the sun light form one side is also creating the mood.

I saw the girls sitting & formed an image in my mind. I was with my friends then. I wanted to snap them but all the time one or the other had eyes glued on me. Once I got the opportunity when they both were engrossed in their phones & I took out the camera from my bag & tried to snap. But to my surprise AF failed to lock on. I tried again but it didn't. Finally the AF locked on the 3rd time & I captured the image. Then after sometime I again captured another image from different angle but this one was better of the two. It is really difficult to take pics of people without making them suspicious or feel uneasy. I think I succeeded in this shot so did you.

Goggle--d

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Not sure ,but I have seen many people posting strange portraits from street photography .SO ,I decided to post one too lol,but I still feel morally its not right to do .

Camera used Sony H10 (from photography meet up friend )

post processing :Bokeh Created using Alien Bokeh, as this is where point and shoots lacks a lot .Then picture converted to black and white .

nice work G5

@toofan .awesome series lol

Nice stuge but the background is getting in way of the subject's hair. Other than that a good pic none-the-less. By the way, do you use GIMP in your image manipulations?

Cool G5 said:
Nice stuge but the background is getting in way of the subject's hair. Other than that a good pic none-the-less. By the way, do you use GIMP in your image manipulations?

its other persons hair

.

With DSLR, bokeh would have been natural ,but not with point and shoot

I wish I had not left my 70-300mm lens for this meet up

in b/w I don't use GIMP .I use Alien bokeh plugin with CS4.

Pink day

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only played with contrast + satutration + borders + title added ,no other post processing done.

Filters: Cokin ND0.9 + B+W ND 110 filters used and got these wacky colour .

With cross processing

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Hi, everyone, I'm back after an absence of some 4 months - been concentrating on some projects. It seems TDF was overhauled during my absence and I have a lot of catching up to do.

I see that The Photography Thread has been made a sticky. Wow. I'll go through the posts when I have more time, perhaps tomorrow.

I have some PMs and visitor's messages that I never even saw until now. My sincere apologies to those who tried to contact me.

I've just posted a request in this section under the thread "Need help getting LEDs for a project". Please read it and see if you think you can help.

INS-ANI said:
"Got a cam? want to use it? DOn't know how how to? sitting IDLE..."
Well..thats how you identify a potential wanna-be-photographer.

Many of us will be having interest in photography and here's an opportunity to share our experiences.
I am soon going to upload some of snaps i took and these were really better than i expected.

I am working on a tutorial from what i have learnt from my experiences and request all experienced/non-experienced member to share their ideas/works.

just for sample i am uploading some of my work, and i hope you guys will like it.
*yfrog.com/62ogaaaaid3k8dvzbb8c4m9p0j

Thanks for creating this thread....some amazing talent came out....

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my try with water droplets....
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Click o image to see in full view....

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some more snaps from my Photography gear...

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Click on above pics to get full view....

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@Pimpom: Hi dear, Welcome back. We all missed you a lot. There is a flood of photographers in this thread now.

Stuge: Portrait is very nicely taken.

Chitvan: where were you hiding till now. Awesome Images. Water Drop is just superb. One of the best shots posted here.
And that running dancer. How you took that. Whats you gear? Thanks for posting your Images and giving us change to learn something different.

@toofan:
Thanks a millions for appreciation...
actually water droplet is my favorite theme.....
I am using Canon Powershot A570 IS....a very good camera...
Using CHDK too on it...for narrower aperture...

i have small tutorial on water droplet Photography here...
*rapidshare.com/files/317115488/WDPhotography_1.0.1.pdf

Thanks toofan for posting Fotoflock link....
even i have a pic there in final 31 for "Photography of the Month" for Dec-09....
*www.fotoflock.com/index.php/photogallery/photo-of-the-month-contest/december-2009
its 3rd December`s pic.....now waiting for result....

@Stuge:
i have seen your previous posts......your clicks are awesome...
which cam & lenses do you use?

Commando carrying his service rifle

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Marching Strong

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Above are couple of images which I captured in the morning today.

Cool: Second one is very nice with nice colors. In first I think a bit of hand shake which is quite unnoticeable or may be because the subject is moving has caused a little blur.

Chitvan: I never knew that that image belongs to you. I would have voted for you.

@Toofan - Yes, you're right. The first one is not sharp. It was due to slow shutter speed as I had even kept low ISO. It was taken in a hurry as the commando was passing by me very quickly. At such times I wish I had a proper DSLR with manual switches instead of digging in the menus.

toofan said:
Cool: I was born in Hills of Almora. I had lived a village life so may be I don't feel that much about them as they were part of our daily life there.

Chicha: D5000 + 18-105 mm kit lens at 45K is very sweet deal. Is it billed.
And If its Body only and then you bought the lens separately then how much that lens cost you.
And I am amazed by the quality of Images you posted. I thought you retouched them. My god those were just superb quality shots. I must say 18-105 is a sharp lens.

the only problem is its not billed, but the person from where i got it was recommended by my friends who got their D300's and 200's etc..
i will be buying a lens after a year or so. i want a telephoto + macro lens.

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My 2nd attempt with lightning photography,
the first one was loooong time back on a real cam, and the damn lightning ruined the entire film

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Some macro shots with my PnS canon A620
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My first attempt at firework photography
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Reflections

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@nice G5 and Chitvan too :

not sure what cam your're using ,but I felt that car trail pic lacked trails a bit .either increase exposure timing or increase f stop or use filter to get the desired result next time

I use to love doing water droplet pictures with my point and shoot ,but later I got bored with it and left it .

Stuge: Nice ones.
Chicha: lightning and fireworks are way better then others.

@stuge - The Rashtrapati Bhavan looks stunning. I want to know the glowy effect besides the bhavan is done by the software or by the camera itself?

@chiragchitvan - Nice pics but could be better. As stuge pointed there could be more trails. Your water droplets photography has been best & I have been a fan of it.

@Stuge:
yup....i agree with it......but as i m using entry level compact.,
so cant use filters....
exposure was 6 seconds...i tried with 10 seconds too....but lower part came good but upper part was lill bright as vehicles passed much times in that small area...
see another one...but i liked previous one...

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@Cool G5:
liked your second entry...
but dont you think it is lill soft...or you made it soften...

@chicha;
awesome lightning shot except those two wires..
but i know lightning shots are not easy to click
....what was the exposure for it..?

follow some basic rules while capturing flowers....
which cam do you use?

@Stuge:
again awesome click of Rashtrapati Bhavan....

@Cool G5:
Thanks dude....water droplet is my favorite theme....

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some shots...
water drop...
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Lightning...
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Panning...
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chitvan said:
@Stuge:
yup....i agree with it......but as i m using entry level compact.,
so cant use filters....
exposure was 6 seconds...i tried with 10 seconds too....but lower part came good but upper part was lill bright as vehicles passed much times in that small area...
see another one...but i liked previous one...

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@Cool G5:
liked your second entry...
but dont you think it is lill soft...or you made it soften...

@chicha;
awesome lightning shot except those two wires..
but i know lightning shots are not easy to click
....what was the exposure for it..?

follow some basic rules while capturing flowers....
which cam do you use?

@Stuge:
again awesome click of Rashtrapati Bhavan....

@Cool G5:
Thanks dude....water droplet is my favorite theme....

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some shots...
water drop...
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Lightning...
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Panning...
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How in hell did you get that water droplet shot. i must say one of the best i have seen here. can you give a tut on how its done?

i do not remember the exposer on the lightning shot, it must be over 5sec.

your lightning photo is very nice too.

@chicha:
Thanks dude...

yes..longer exposure is the better way to capture lightning...

here is the tutorial for Water Droplet Photography....
*rapidshare.com/files/317115488/WDPhotography_1.0.1.pdf

i tried downloading this file yesterday but my office has blocked rapidshare i think. no matter from where i try to download it says that ip is already downloading something.

i will try to download it again when i go home.
That droplet photo was taken from PnS?

Now the light trails look far better chirag. I didn't put any softening in the second shot. Its straight from camera's sensor. Except I bumped up the contrast a bit in GIMP.

A fish @ restraunt
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A self made night lamp at my friend's room.
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Stuge: excellent Images.
This is what you did, Night of 26th Jan? :-D

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great pics stuge..

Check this sunset...

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Penny!

I had dreamed to take such a shot since I had posted a similar shot from D90.

Comments and Critics Welcome

Good shot toofan. I remember the shot taken with D90. This one has come out perfect.

@stuge: excellent pics, great subject too, and awesome angles
@toofan: please document your efforts on each image in a pp blog with steps, am sure it will do well, and we all want to know

Thanks Friends.
Anoroin: Heres the steps I used
Created the Mask
Increased the contrast.
Removed noise.
Reduced the saturation to zero.
Used Color Balance.
Used photo filter.
Increased sharpness.
Blended to soft light.
Created the Border.

Moon and Mars

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Second Picture taken by putting b+w 110 filter half way through the lens .

note :there is a bit of noise ,but I left it

nice dog pic

toofan .Those are from the collection of two days 26and 27

.I have still few more to post though

Stuge: nice one.

Another Version
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Biggest moon of the Year

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This is image comprises of 22 images stacked ,then saturation increased + cropped in CS4

I wanted to process it into coloured moon ,but for some reason, I couldn't process it that way

@toofan :this one is better

Stuge: Very Beautiful.
Why you took so much Images? and then why you stacked them.
Whats the time difference between those 22 images.

What is stack photography? Thanks.

i want ot buy a camera for myself for the first time..
what should i buy?
canon powershot sx 20 is
or
canon eos 1000d?
please help me to buy the camera...

drsubhadip said:
i want ot buy a camera for myself for the first time..
what should i buy?
canon powershot sx 20 is
or
canon eos 1000d?
please help me to buy the camera...

For what purpose will you need the camera for? Are you a passionate photographer or a casual one?

Between the two I would go for 1000D. Still the SX20 is a good camera for casual photo freaks.

@toofan - The first one is still better than the second.

@stuge - Do explain stack photography.

Cool G5 said:
For what purpose will you need the camera for? Are you a passionate photographer or a casual one?

Between the two I would go for 1000D. Still the SX20 is a good camera for casual photo freaks.

well i like photography very much..
i know 1000d is better ..
but the other one has 20x zoom and video mode,..
that is the dilema..
so what do i do?
please suggest one between canon eos 1000d and canon power shot sx 20 is

drsubhadip said:
well i like photography very much..
i know 1000d is better ..
but the other one has 20x zoom and video mode,..
that is the dilema..
so what do i do?
please suggest one between canon eos 1000d and canon power shot sx 20 is

go for Panasonic FZ-35/38....as SX 20 doesn't have RAW capture...

OR

go for 1000D or wait for EOS 2000D...which is going to release in Feb....

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chitvan said:
go for Panasonic FZ-35/38....as SX 20 doesn't have RAW capture...

OR

go for 1000D or wait for EOS 2000D...which is going to release in Feb....

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what should i buy?
dslr
or
advanced begineer camera?

ChitVan: Excellently taken.

drsubhadip: Go for DSLR. If your soul is of a Photographer. I never see videos again but the Images I keep watching time and again. And Its happen to everyone. Videos are for once but Images are for ever.

I am not a photographer!!!

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Bekal Fort, Kasaragod.

Tilt Problem.

The composition is nice but the tilt is not.

toofan said:
Stuge: Very Beautiful.
Why you took so much Images? and then why you stacked them.
Whats the time difference between those 22 images.

What is stack photography? Thanks.

time difference b/w those images is none

(maybe half a second or less

I did stacking to get more clarity .Stacking is commonly done in astrophotography .

1.I converted all raw images to tiff(using capture nx )[ cs4 sucks in handling raw atleast on my computer ]
2. later imported to Registax to stack them automatically .
3.Exported as .tiff ,then imported in CS4 -> tweaked with a bit like cropping done and exported as jpeg

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Stuge: Very beautiful. You can make a ordinary shot into amazing beautiful piece.
If I would not be doing job currently, I would have become your assistant to learn both photography and its treatment. Cheers.

Nice shot stuge.

toofan said:
Stuge: Very beautiful. You can make a ordinary shot into amazing beautiful piece.
If I would not be doing job currently, I would have become your assistant to learn both photography and its treatment. Cheers.

lol

..heheh

in b/w there nothing much in its treatment .picture was taken in raw .Later in capture nx, I changed the White balance as desired, and exported as jpeg .

I'm still call myself dumb in using cs4 (thanks to internet and youtube ) .I use a lot of plugins to make things easy (there is nothing wrong in using it )

This time I went home and took my cam with me, tried in and around my village for some shots...check out,

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(Genda Phool :-D

In my home)
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(I'm improving...what do u guys say? )
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(Dat tree shade used to be my fav. place in my school days, this place then used to surround with nothing but but this tree)
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(@toofan, how and HOW in the earth did u take such big image of a bee? I at least took 50 images and this is what I got as the most clear image from safest dist.
The flower in pic is coriander)

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(Some bright colors)
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(The bird was drying its wings on sun)
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(Moon, as best as I could)

Full album link : LINK

Sunset shadows

I

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nice pic rhitwick

@Ritwik for post no:1441

1st: looks ordinary and taken in hard light.
2nd: Good shot and even better for me as I can't do that even.
3rd: Excellent shot. Solid composition.
(About PP: Now here the P.P comes into play. you could have increased the brown color in the road and blue in sky and it would have looked more beautiful.)
4th: Good shot.if the sky was blue in this image then you should have focused in sky so that the camera does metering acc to sky and it looks blue and then changed the composition.
5th: subject is good but is in center.
6th: the white flowers are washed out.
I went really close to them. Just sit there for some time and aiming a flower and let them come to that flower to take shots. expose for the white flower.
7th: not visible in my pc.
8th yellow bird: Beautiful bird but the composition is not right. Try to follow the rule of third where ever possible.
9th: beautifully taken.
10:again rule of third.
11th: excellent work and dedication. but the rule of third not followed.
12: same as above. good shot.
14: Excellent, superb shot. nicely composed. the horizon is on the upper third line which is perfect and adds more to the subject. Best shot for me.
15: ordinary shot.
16th: composition is good but something missing. lacks sharpness. sky is dull.

for Post no: 1442

1st: not good composition. doesn't attracts me.
2nd: here you have missed the great opportunity to take a great shot. the tree should be in left third or right third. very very beautiful field and place to take some special photos.
Stuge would love this place.
3rd Moon: Use P.P. our type camera and only take good shots then.

ritwik: don't take it hard. its only my opinion. But for your good. Try using gird lines in your camera helps to compose better.
learn the art of presenting your work to others. if any shot not composed well use cropping, adding etc etc. Just think what was in your mind/how the scene was looking, at the time of shooting and then if that doesn't shows up in image then add that by P.P. Enhance the interesting parts of your image.
I am still learning. I will suggest you watch stuge regularly.

Stuge: nice/unique subject and nicely taken.

stuge you really have eyes for art/photography.

like toofan suggested you earlier.i would also suggest you to take part in some photography competition. or maybe you did.. :-?

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i know these are not that good but few from my side.

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Playing with Danger for Livelihood

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@quan chi - I liked the last one. First is shaken while the second is nothing special.

@stuge - Very Good Shot.

toofan said:
@Ritwik for post no:1441

1st: looks ordinary and taken in hard light.
2nd: Good shot and even better for me as I can't do that even.
3rd: Excellent shot. Solid composition.
(About PP: Now here the P.P comes into play. you could have increased the brown color in the road and blue in sky and it would have looked more beautiful.)
4th: Good shot.if the sky was blue in this image then you should have focused in sky so that the camera does metering acc to sky and it looks blue and then changed the composition.
5th: subject is good but is in center.
6th: the white flowers are washed out.
I went really close to them. Just sit there for some time and aiming a flower and let them come to that flower to take shots. expose for the white flower.
7th: not visible in my pc.
8th yellow bird: Beautiful bird but the composition is not right. Try to follow the rule of third where ever possible.
9th: beautifully taken.
10:again rule of third.
11th: excellent work and dedication. but the rule of third not followed.
12: same as above. good shot.
14: Excellent, superb shot. nicely composed. the horizon is on the upper third line which is perfect and adds more to the subject. Best shot for me.
15: ordinary shot.
16th: composition is good but something missing. lacks sharpness. sky is dull.

for Post no: 1442

1st: not good composition. doesn't attracts me.
2nd: here you have missed the great opportunity to take a great shot. the tree should be in left third or right third. very very beautiful field and place to take some special photos.
Stuge would love this place.
3rd Moon: Use P.P. our type camera and only take good shots then.

ritwik: don't take it hard. its only my opinion. But for your good. Try using gird lines in your camera helps to compose better.
learn the art of presenting your work to others. if any shot not composed well use cropping, adding etc etc. Just think what was in your mind/how the scene was looking, at the time of shooting and then if that doesn't shows up in image then add that by P.P. Enhance the interesting parts of your image.
I am still learning. I will suggest you watch stuge regularly.

Stuge: nice/unique subject and nicely taken.

Many many thanx for ur intense comments...I really appreciate the amount of time u devoted for such n00b photo enthusiastic like me...

I confess, I really fail to make people beautiful, I just get puzzled on what amount of frame they should cover or from which angle I should take a photo. I just can't make them beautiful.
Rather I love nature for it being always perfect and beautiful and gorgeous. So, I always prefer to click most of scenic beauties (because of this, I always get thrashed near my frnds, for clicking "ful-patthar" :-D

)

1> I'm clueless on sunlight photography. Most of my photos seem to be washed out by light. If I lower the exposure, it seems to me getting dark. Any tips here?
2>Cropping...hmmm, good point, next time my photos will be well cropped (hope I don't trim things that should be there)
3>Angle...yaar, yehi to diff. hai expert aur n00bs mein. Give me some time I'll sure get some idea about proper angle for a subject.
4>P.P; I'm too lazy to P.P. just touch up sometimes in Picasa. Then again I lack the imagination of why the photo is incomplete that I should change something. In-fact I only touch-up if I find colors are very dull...

Thanx again Toofan for ur comments, I'll try to follow them as much possible next time...

rhitwick said:
1> I'm clueless on sunlight photography. Most of my photos seem to be washed out by light. If I lower the exposure, it seems to me getting dark. Any tips here?
.

click two picture ,one with good sky and other with better exposed forground and blend them in cs4 or do hdr with auto bracketineg (i guess with point and shoot thats tough thing to change EV).Regarding blending its a tough call and I'm still not succssful in doing it properly .thats why I use filters or shot three or five pictures with different ev and make hdr

this is the reason photographers hate shooting monuments during afternoon

.I wil try to post one example .

Elephant on the Road

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Processing isn't the neatest of all

..secondly .I hate how the part of the trunk was deleted in this picture

Raj Ghat

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HDR ( with forground exposed propely ) three exposures +2 .0.-2)

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Lonely Tracks

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Well ,there is nothing special about this picture .No compo or nothing .just a random picture

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Note :This is from a single picture, tone mapped(HDR)in Photomatix

@quan chi :when are you getting camera ??

Stuge: among all I loved the elephant one.
The lonely track is taken in hard light causing the shadow to be harsh. so for me not creating that much effect.
Rajghat is a nice example of HDR.
Monuments are always classic from you.

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My office Friend.

I tried to pose him in a different way. C & C welcome.

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A civil Engineer In our Office. C & C welcome.

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Cool : Excellent Image. The
Ritwik: Due to limitations of our cameras I will suggest you to expose for brighter areas and then enhance the darker areas in software. Or if your camera supports exposure bracketing then practice it.

@stuge - Nice shot.

@toofan - I liked the first one over second. The reason? In first one can't mkae out the PP which is done so carefully & cleanly whereas in the second there is a black smudge around the subject's head. Apart from the smudge the image is really good.

Sometimes I wonder if I had such good PP skills like you guys. I do nothing except some basic manipulations.

Anyways here is an image which I took for the review of my new Dell S2409W LCD Monitor.

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I wish time could roll back--->(read note too )

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non tilted

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black and white version

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Exposure time :663 sec (single exposure )
picture was taken in the morning time (just before sunrise ).I have changed the temperature setting bit to reflect that.

aslo picture is slightly tilted ,but If tilt is corrected north star is chopped off from the pic .I have posted the cropped one too ,in the comment +black white

@toofan :hmm pp on second image looks bad

wel,too much blur .

@cool:congrats

^woah. :explicit: awesome. really inspiring. im gonna try that trick.
Which camera did you use by the way? dSLRs don't allow such long exposures.

Cool: Congrats for that Huge screen. Nice and neat shot too. Thanks for the feedback. Yes the second one is heavily blurred.

Stuge: wonderful! and thanks for the feedback. I will keep that in mind next time.

@stuge - Nice but I think I have seen a same shot somewhere else so its not making me jump with WOW!

Thanks toofan & stuge. The Dell S2409W is an awesome monitor.

What's the cost?

It costs Rs.13,800 shipped from Dell. I purchased it for Rs.14,400 as I need it immediately & only after personal inspection. It has excellent contrast & accurate colour reproduction. A treat for a photographer.

@stuge, pardon my n00bness, but what are those white dots? :-D

How did u do it?

Ritwik: Those are stars.

Cool: Whats its response time. As I am a gamer also.

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Colored Version of Same Over blurred Image. I converted it to that mono.

How can those be stars, dats a day time photo right? The kind of clear sly he got with still day light left, such bright stars are not possible I think???!!!

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Is this a Koel or something else?
C & C welcome.

toofan said:
Cool: Whats its response time. As I am a gamer also.

The response time is 5ms. BTW the black & white version looks better over the coloured.

rhitwick said:
How can those be stars, dats a day time photo right? The kind of clear sly he got with still day light left, such bright stars are not possible I think???!!!

well ,it was not that bright .though light was getting brighter every second

@rhitwick those are stars

@Cool G5 :Just search for star trails on Google

,anyway ,star trails aren't easy to shoot .you need minimal light pollution and lot of patience .I was awake whole night to take different shots in and around 0 degree temperature lol

@Anorion:yes dslrs do allow such long exposures

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^^

Excellent!!

a good one toofan

Sunscape

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Tonemapped in Photomatix

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Took this picture from train

@stuge: brilliant shot... especially if it was from a moving train. Which camera do you use? some dust on the lens (right-center)?

Superb toofan & stuge.

365 Days with Danbo -- *www.flickr.com/photos/rajeshpics/sets/72157622809379773/

#Awesome #Photography... #MustWatch

Krazzy Warrior said:
365 Days with Danbo -- *www.flickr.com/photos/rajeshpics/sets/72157622809379773/

#Awesome #Photography... #MustWatch

he is quite famous with his toy danbo lol

Well,whole flickr has wonderful photographer each one of them is having their own style

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Anorion said:
@stuge: brilliant shot... especially if it was from a moving train. Which camera do you use? some dust on the lens (right-center)?

D40 Well ,I must have forgotten to remove that dust peck from the picture .Its easy to do

Dust is not in the lens .It's on the sensor ,and needs cleaning.Right now I don't have time and money to go nikon ,and get it cleaned .

Thanks guys.

Stuge: Wow!

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White One!

I had shoot this flower earlier also but that time the other flower in pair was blown out. But this time I know enough How to handle that.

One month ago
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Taken In my days of Noobness.

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Excellent Toofan. Looking splendid.

@toofan

#Awesomeness !! Create a Gallery of all ur photos @Flickr and it will look splendid..

Mountains are one of the God's most wonderful creations

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@toofan ,you're doing good even with the limitation you have

anyway ,are you using tripod for macro ??I don't think so .

Clear Skies with patches of clouds looks awesome. But you have taken it at eye level. Nice scene.

Nope i didn't used a tripod till now for a macro. I take portraits indoor with tripod.

Thansk.

Missed Me

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@stuge - Nice.

Start of a new day

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It's a blended image of two pictures , one for the foreground and one for the sky

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How is this possible but It is like that.

C & C Possible.

Stuge: nice colors.

^^ Excellent Shot! Nicely Framed..

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Stuge said:
well ,it was not that bright .though light was getting brighter every second

nice star trails...
just do star trails shoot from outside city area...bcoz it makes sky brighter in long exposure.....
or shoot from some valley or mountains..

Chitwan: Very beautifully taken.

Cool: Excellent Vision there by you. Now i think you had made your own style of Photography same as Stuge has his own taste. Cool try to remove the patch near the "D" letter. It will look more punchy.

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Sparrow!

C & C welcome.

@Vimal:
awesome photography.....sharp,strong composition....

@toofan - Thanks.
The sparrow is captured beautifully.

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star trail

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Picture comprises of 21 images Equivalent of 1hour 12 minutes exposure

excelllents picture from toofan and chitvan

lovely sparrow

Chitwan: All are superb images. But if i had to select one that will be the First Image of Bride. If you can blur out the Lady's face it will become more solid.

Stuge: Again wonderful for me.

@Stuge & @chirag - Nice.

Get into Sunset ;-)

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Cool: Very strong Composition. The flying "Eagle" is adding a lot to the already well composed scene. Nice work.

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Dhaniya Flower.

@toofan - Thanks but don't you think I choosed to focus on the wrong object? I have focussed on to the tree instead of the sunset in the background. I realised that after I took the shot but then I could not get another as no crow seem to pass from the spot(The one in the image) where I wanted it to be.

Your shot shows accurate focus & very pleasing bokeh. Was it achieved from software?

P

Hi, nice to see that this thread is still going strong, although I don't have much time to come to the forum these days.

Here's a picture I took the night before last. Where I live, it's rare to get a chance to take photos like this. It's uncropped, straight out of the box except for a small adjustment of the brightness.

*img203.imageshack.us/img203/6022/owl13feb10.jpg
Panasonic FZ30, f/3.7, 1/30sec, 420mm, flash

Unfortunately, I cut off a bit of the tail. It was almost pitch dark and hard to frame the shot even with the aid of a torchlight; I was standing on a steep slope in an awkward position. I didn't get a chance to take another shot because it flew off after the first.

Cool: Your F stop might be narrow as your image is sharp through out the frame. That saved you. Yes the sun is a bit blown out but not looking bad to me as at the same time a eagle is in the frame. If you had focused the sunset then the tree might have been blurry and you might not have got such a beautiful shot.

I did't used any software. Just macro mode and the widest possible F stop and the rest is done by camera itself.

Pimpom: nice Ullooo.

P

Ullooo? What language is that?

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Ullooo? What language is that?

Pimpom: Ulloooo means owl in hindi

@pimpom - I too liked that ullu

@toofan -Thanks.

Here is an image which I took a couple of days ago when there was a power failure in our area. I had set the camera on timer & had to release the shutter myself as there was nobody for me to do it. While I was about to take, I got a call from my friend.

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4359952440_af190d2b1a_o.jpg

*img96.imageshack.us/img96/868/marigold.jpg

Can anyone tell me the name of this flower.

Cool Nice one.

Very nice shot toofan, if I'm not wrong its calendula...but very good breed.

Just an info, our office mag published one of my photographs :-D

Yeppppiiiii

If u guys remember I posted a lot of butterfly photos once, one of them they selected.

First exposure, eh?!!

Check out my photostream too. Just added a few pics after a long time!

*www.flickr.com/photos/abhi24/

@toofan - I think a more closeup view would have a good effect. A WOW effect that is. Not that the shot is bad but I feel it should be cropped as the background is disturbing.

@rhitwick - Congrats. Take a snap of the magazine page & post it here. I want to see that. Shoot more & you will come in every issue of your office mag.

@klaw 24 - Nice pics. Offcourse there is room for improvement. Shoot & post here so we can critique on them to help you improve. Added you as a contact on Flickr.

Orion (The hunter )

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2733/4362313943_47ecf44f2c_b.jpg

Its a 183.2 Sec single shot taken using Barn Door tracker found in my house .

Well,It was damn hard to align towards north pole due to light pollution .So, rough alignment was done to test it .

Secondly ..don't ask me why orion is not in the centre of the picture

@Toofan :awesome shots of flowers

@G5:nice shot of sunset

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Cool G5 said:
@toofan - I think a more closeup view would have a good effect. A WOW effect that is. Not that the shot is bad but I feel it should be cropped as the background is disturbing.

@rhitwick - Congrats. Take a snap of the magazine page & post it here. I want to see that. Shoot more & you will come in every issue of your office mag.

@klaw 24 - Nice pics. Offcourse there is room for improvement. Shoot & post here so we can critique on them to help you improve. Added you as a contact on Flickr.

Thanks! I shoot using my N79; the older pics are from my W700i. Folks at home got a digicam which I'll start using once I go back.

P

rhitwick said:
Just an info, our office mag published one of my photographs Yeppppiiiii

If u guys remember I posted a lot of butterfly photos once, one of them they selected.

First exposure, eh?!!

Congrats, rhitwick.

Cool G5 said:
@Stuge & @chirag - Nice.

Get into Sunset

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/4355797000_3900e0f4cd.jpg

nice click...& nice concept..
but sun looks lill bright..
dont you feel noise in bottom part?
i think more reflection in water could get better...

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Cool G5 said:
@pimpom - I too liked that ullu

@toofan -Thanks.

Here is an image which I took a couple of days ago when there was a power failure in our area. I had set the camera on timer & had to release the shutter myself as there was nobody for me to do it. While I was about to take, I got a call from my friend.

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4359952440_af190d2b1a_o.jpg

wow.....awesome concept....

pimpom said:
Hi, nice to see that this thread is still going strong, although I don't have much time to come to the forum these days.

Here's a picture I took the night before last. Where I live, it's rare to get a chance to take photos like this. It's uncropped, straight out of the box except for a small adjustment of the brightness.

*img203.imageshack.us/img203/6022/owl13feb10.jpg

Unfortunately, I cut off a bit of the tail. It was almost pitch dark and hard to frame the shot even with the aid of a torchlight; I was standing on a steep slope in an awkward position. I didn't get a chance to take another shot because it flew off after the first.[/QUOTE]
[B][I]now thats what is known as real Red eye[/I][/B] :D

awesome shot .

P

Stuge said:
now thats what is known as real Red eye

Ha! I didn't mention the red eye effect on purpose because I wanted to see if anyone noticed it, especially those who have not yet had a lot of experience in photography. For the same reason, I did not remove it with PP. Anyway, I think it's kind of nice this way.

awesome shot .

Thanks.

ritwik: thanks for comments and the name calendula. & Congrats.

cool: Thanks friend I had some more I will post soon. And I must say if you were not talking in mobile that time the shot would not have been such interesting.

Stuge: Orion is out of my knowledge bank.

Pimpom: I noticed that and once I was mentioning that but the red eye is the only catch point of that image except Owl itself. Shooting a Owl in itself is a great job.

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*img714.imageshack.us/img714/3849/globe.jpg

Hey here we are.

@chirag - I'll try to capture the shot once again. Let's see if I can get some reflections in the water.

@toofan - Please let me know how you did this. A particular section is coloured while the rest is monochrome. i wan't to learn this from a long time. Ahh & I love the shot.

toofan said:
Stuge: Orion is out of my knowledge bank.

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.

orion is a constellation in sky that can be seen through out the world

see here ->
*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(constellation)

anyway ,I was testing barn door tracker to track stars. Well, anything over 40 sec and star starts to move .So,for 1 min of more you need a tracker to combat the motion of the earth .If I'm successful in tracking well ,then I will take it with me to capture milky way in summer for 5 min or more more exposure .

What is barn door tracker??

see here ->

*en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barn_door_tracker

*www.af9y.com/barndoor.jpg

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nice picture of globe

@G5 :search for selective de-saturation in google

@toofan:
nicely edited...
did you use selective colors....or what/
didnt you try vertical shot of same...?

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Thanks chitwan. Lovely drops eveytime from you.
Nope no selective colors.

Cool:

1. Did regular adjustments like contrast brightness, noise removal.
2. Created a hue saturation layer from adjustment menu.
3. decreased the saturation to 0. and then masked the map of India by using brush tool.
4. used color balance layer for the toning and copied the mask from the lower one to the upper one by pressing Alt and dragging the mask to the upper layer.
5. made another hue saturation layer and copied the mask as per step 4 and inverted it by ctrl+ I and changed the color of India from yellow to saffron.
6. applied some sharpness from smart sharpen filter.

7. Re sized the Image.
8. Added border.
9. Saved the Image for web devices form the file menu. An important step to lower the size of Image. Use the quality from 45 to 60 %.

All steps are done in Photoshop CS4.

@Stuge: did you make that barn door tracker yourself?

Stuge: I had seen many gadgets but not like this. for me Its like a Plane table used for surveying.

time to sleep

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sorry for relefections and I hope it isn't too dark

@Anorion : nahin reee (nope ) .I got that thing 15 years back (at that time I had no idea what it was lo)l.Anyway You can easily make a barn door too ,if you have any left over ply left after wood work .I was thinking of making one for myself too ,but I guess it too much of a hassel.So ,I will play with the old one that I have

@toofan : though its a simple tool ,but can be very useful

I'm thinking of putting a motor + viewfinder + ballhead on the one I have

.

@nice shot chitvan

D

you guys should check this out- *www.photographymob.org/forums/

@stuge - Beautiful.

@himadri_sm - TFS

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I shot another one tonight, featuring the love of my life

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guys i hv kodak easyshare m753....7mp cam...plz give me some tips for better capture in low light condition....it always lags in low light....

specs

Stuge: Nice Image. Where did you take it. In the way to Shimla or somewhere else.
Lotus shot is not that much appealing for me.

Klaw: nicely taken. Increase some contrast in image.

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C & C welcome.

@toofan, isn't it too bright?

R

Colours of Sunset

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Post processing Done with Nik Plugin
+Singh Ray Reverse Grad used

@yes: somewhere near shilma
@toofan :that overexposed sky looks bad ,but I know you can't do much with it or start doing blending .

Stuge: Beautiful .
Yes you are right. The sky was filled with white clouds that time.

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C & C welcome.

@stuge - You made a new a/c? The image is beautiful.

@toofan - The first image is good but I wish you would have shot it at sunset.

The panned car is awesome. Looking very nice.

B

gopi_vbboy said:
u seem to be an electronic geek

dont u take any nature photos

how to use digi cam with lens

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which camera is good ??
nikon p90
nikon p100
canon sx200is
canon sx210is

bhide said:
how to use digi cam with lens

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which camera is good ??
nikon p90
nikon p100
canon sx200is
canon sx210is

Canon SX210 IS..... a very nice camera....

But cannon sx210IS is not out yet. And will not be available in India just check again. If you can wait then ok.

Cool: That panned car is not acutally panned. I tricked this in Photoshop.

@stuge, why new userid?

IMO, a less portion of field would have just improved the image. Right now the crop field is distracting the view from the sunset beauty. But PP is very good...

thanks everyone

now this is from archives

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camera :950is

@rhitwick : new userid ??
thanks for your comments

I liked more field thats why I didn't crop it

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edti ..just saw that ,I accidently logged into my previous old account .I stopped using it because all its posts were deleted due to inactivity .

Stuge: the difference in camera can be seen. This is our type image in terms of quality.

the roof of the house give an idea that this image might be taken in Uttarakhand. Am I right ?

@stuge - Nothing special as far as I know your capabilities.Sorry.

BTW guys my camera has developed a problem. It shows battery low even if I put in charged batteries. I'm out of the photography seen for sometime due to the same.

cool check your camera with other rechargable batteries with good power. If still the problem then repair.

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Far Away!

@toofan - Is that sun shining in the water? Show me the original pic please.

BTW I bought a set of Duracell & the camera is working fine so the culprit were the rechargeable batteries.

Cool G5 said:
BTW I bought a set of Duracell & the camera is working fine so the culprit were the rechargeable batteries.

you can load CHDK & check battery status...

Cool: Yes it was sun shining and there was mist all around. When I saw that single boat in the frame and the trail made by it in water I started composing and the trees created a nice frame for me. I will post the original also.

*img291.imageshack.us/img291/9128/terracenainital.jpg

Lake!

Here all the natural elements like tree and roof are creating an natural frame for the lake. So i liked to shot it and share with you. Comments and critiques are welcome.

@Chirag - Thanks, I'll try it out.

@toofan - Nice image.

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Giga: Nice vision and nicely taken. And the thumbnail is looking sharp but the original image require some sharping.

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Nice giga.

Chirag, what's that? Exploding water balloon?

Cool G5 said:
Nice giga.

Chirag, what's that? Exploding water balloon?

yup...its water balloon....
high speed photography...

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Filter :Cokin Tobbaco used

@chitvan :unfortunately .I didn't like the effect
@toofan :yes its uttranchal and what's up with far away pic ??did you use texture ??

Stuge: beautiful looking. No I haven't used any texture. I am posting the original image.
it was mist all around the valley that time and sun was shining on the lake surface. Its just opposite of the hill from where I took that shot.

original.
*img535.imageshack.us/img535/8723/farawayoriginal.jpg

Stuge said:
@chitvan :unfortunately .I didn't like the effect

i didnt get you.....this shot is direct from camera...no any effect applied.....except framing & cropping....

OR
are you talking about the concept "high speed photography"...?

@chitvan: what setup did you use to trigger? also details on lighting if any.

Chitwan: Excellent. How you took that shot. Some details please.

*img220.imageshack.us/img220/5730/lowermallroad.jpg

chitvan said:
i didnt get you.....this shot is direct from camera...no any effect applied.....except framing & cropping....

OR
are you talking about the concept "high speed photography"...?

I know its directly from camera .I meant, I didn't like the picture that much .Are you using CHDK fimrware with A570 ??
it does well for fast shutter speed (+use of flash ) for high speed photography .I mean sure ,you know that already

.Try a similar shot with a egg or something similar

ice shot toofan .good compo

Stuge said:
I know its directly from camera .I meant, I didn't like the picture that much .Are you using CHDK fimrware with A570 ??
it does well for fast shutter speed (+use of flash ) for high speed photography .I mean sure ,you know that already

.Try a similar shot with a egg or something similar

i didnt use CHDK for this shot....
its a normal shot at 1/500 sec shutter speed....
even CHDK cant help here....as i can capture at 1/20000 sec with CHDK....
but the main thing is timing....you need to be very quick to press shutter at right time..as using CHDK camera dont click itself.....as motion detection script cant help here.....

@Vimal:
@Anorion:
setup is simple...as i hold camera in one hand & needle in other hand then tried some shots to get perfect...,
Shutter speed : 1/500 sec,
Aperture : F/8,
Flash:ON,
Mode : Manual with manual focus lock,

i have taken 15-16 shots to get perfect...as all those shots from closer distance so many times i was neared to damage camera..due to water......boring thing is only that u need to water filled balloon every time....

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Anorion said:
@chitvan: what setup did you use to trigger? also details on lighting if any.

no extra lighting....used only camera flash...
just click some shots to get perfect...
sometimes you may be late OR may be early to click...
like below shots....
*images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAB9CAPLsU7zhJrYf1bExBALIt_GYoGUFSh5RkF5repHD6vZOPlsKVIBUXDM6duri33bjvli4-3jTAGNSgTw__GsAm1T1UHUqn2Z_G_LgVxMIUnq-Z54X1oMH.jpg

this is why continuous mode comes handy (I know point and shoot is a bit slow with flash on ).Well ,shots like these can't be taken with one click .

@Chitvan: so basically, you pointed the cam at a bursting balloon and got the pic? That's almost unbelievable... doing it solo as well... really awesome. Anything you read-up on the technique online use timing devices, as well as a sonic/visual/other trigger to shoot at the right time.

Stuge said:
this is why continuous mode comes handy (I know point and shoot is a bit slow with flash on ).Well ,shots like these can't be taken with one click .

ya burst mode can be very helpful for this situation....even in latest DLSRs it is 8 FPS...its very good rate for high speed photography....
my cam has 1 pic /1.5 sec....

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Anorion said:
@Chitvan: so basically, you pointed the cam at a bursting balloon and got the pic? That's almost unbelievable... doing it solo as well... really awesome. Anything you read-up on the technique online use timing devices, as well as a sonic/visual/other trigger to shoot at the right time.

yup..i know about that circuits....
you can see one here....
*sites.google.com/site/shakirfm/highspeedphotography
but never tried....may be will try later....
you can get more idea about this high speed photography...here....
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&

[youtube]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="*www.youtube.com/v/z6U_GFa76Ys&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="*www.youtube.com/v/z6U_GFa76Ys&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/youtube]

Cool yaar

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Bike

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Comments & Critiques please.

Cool: Superb Shot. Excellent composition. And the b/w conversion worked here extremely well here. If you would have removed the stone or hide that any way it would have been spot less.

The Camera which started it all!

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4402999571_1f0fcc32ef_o.jpg

This is the camera with which i began my photography voyage

@toofan - Yeah. While shooting I was so engrossed that I forgot about the stone. Actually the bike was not mine & so I was in a hurry to shoot before the owner comes & takes it away.

@Gaurav:
nice click....just correct tilt...

^yeah, happens to me in such shots as well, the subject is aligned right, and so is the ground, but the skyline is slightly tilted when you view the photo out of the viewfinder.

cool: you bisected the wrist band. Its part of the Camera and should be in image. or you could have removed it completely before taking the photo.

@chitvan - Ok. thanks.

@toofan - Yeah, you're right. i need to learn to be more patient while shooting. These are the results of hurrying up.

Cool: Actually I am going through e-commerce photography these days so making an habit of looking every thing as a sell-able item.

*images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAJiYIt_Zr1CMQz9Q8uOlYkLlNKoYkUb28FEsE90bJD17TZ94-qkfKsz9xNToA2w66hDGHNmXic5CQ-j46ea6zCgAm1T1UExL7kmKzpOrb-O_ZXSta6_20GTm.jpg

@chirag - I loved the spot on focus. Very good.

*img401.imageshack.us/img401/1553/85349735.jpg
An Senior Engineer In our Department.

I took this man's portrait recently and earned some money.

S

one more

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cokin tobbaco filter used

@toofan nice pose lol

Wow this filter does some super job for you. Nice and clean image.

Ohh All time he was posing in similar way. If I ask him to pose like this or that he is becoming uncomfortable and that was shown in his face so I decided to go his way.

But he liked his image very much and asked me to took some shots of his family also.

Very nice toofan, you will soon perfect the art of potraits. I would ask you to go further, zoom into the face. The potrait will look more appealing.

Stuge - Personally I didn't like the orange hue in the top right of the image. The rest image is wonderful.

@swordfish - Nice. Details of the moon are visible. Good Work.

Cool: Thanks a lot. I had a much closer shot but he is asking for a bigger print of 12x10 and that would have not looked good for the purpose he is asking and the personality he is having. But you are right the expressive faces look more nice when shot tightly.

@Abhinav:
i agree with Gaurav....
orange filter spoil the mood of pic..
even simple vignette could do better...
other than this i liked image....

S

@stuge : I like the white flowers in photo..

Sorry for prolonged absence guys, first it was our Film Festival and now it is project submissions and exams.

Anyway, here is my first ever try at a panoramic shot. Comprises of four images, one auto stitching software, Adobe Photoshop CS3 levels adjustment layer and contrast and brightness adjustments and last but not least, some cropping. The shots were taken in Ladakh, the view is of Leh Airport and the surrounding scenery. I have not used a tripod for this one, as may be evident.

*img693.imageshack.us/img693/4194/panocopy.jpg

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All feedback is welcome, and so is some advice on how to make this image better.

D

@Krow : the panorama looks stunning...well done..

Excelently done and beautiful place to shoot. hope many more would be comming.

This image in not cropped properly. Some edges are seen in lower side of image.

This is a more tight shot as Cool has suggested.

*img299.imageshack.us/img299/2196/dcpandey2.jpg

^yeah toofan, this was what I meant. Nice shot.

@krow - Its a good shot. Waiting for more panoramas.

I wish there was a way to take camera or DSLR or even a simple point and shoot inside the stadium

.Only Mobiles are allowed .not even coins lol.Astmospher inside the stadium was just amazing .Even though India lost the game against England, and pakistan lost against South Africa .Still it was a memorable experiance

.I'm all ready to watch rank play off (even it is for 7th and 8th ) match of India either on 11th or 12th of this month ..whenever it is

anybody here who can help me to procure free passes of that game ..PLEASEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ or else I will again have to spend money

all pictures taken with nokia 6300 and processed as I liked

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Panorama -(different merge )

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Panorama 2

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Sadden Indian Supporter

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Before the Start of the match (India vs England )

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Pakistan Vs South Africa

Penalty Corner (pakistan )

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astroturf watered during half time
*farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4413359799_7329c5c3ea.jpgnice pano krow

Stuge: Thanks for Sharing such a wonderful moments and events. Even taken with a mobile but a photographer remains what he is.

good to see the whole stadium in one go.

Greate shots and nicely processed.

himadri_sm said:
@Krow : the panorama looks stunning...well done..

Thanks a lot!

toofan said:
Excelently done and beautiful place to shoot. hope many more would be comming.

This image in not cropped properly. Some edges are seen in lower side of image.

Thanks for pointing out, rectified that, updating image now.

This is a more tight shot as Cool has suggested.

Good effort toofan.

Cool G5 said:
@krow - Its a good shot. Waiting for more panoramas.

Thanks! I will engage in more of the same now.

Stuge said:
nice pano krow

Thanks a lot Stuge. I liked your Panoramic shots a lot. Although there is a slight problem with the first one, all the people look a bit compressed from the top. But, then again, great effort from a mobile camera. Please tell us what processing methods you used.

Also, to all: I would like to know which Panorama Auto-stitching software you use. Please provide link if possible.

toofan said:
Stuge: Thanks for Sharing such a wonderful moments and events. Even taken with a mobile but a photographer remains what he is.

good to see the whole stadium in one go.

Greate shots and nicely processed.

Couldn't agree more to this! :doogone:

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Retouched the panorama a little more. Which one do you find better?

@stuge - You have been blessed with photography skills or should I say inborn. You know everything. I am now tired of replying nice, awesome,great everytime.

Same here.

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Either its blown away or out of focus.

@vamsi Krishna - I think the breeze has affected the shot.

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Little bird I am trying to shoot from some days but not succeeding till now. When I will get a decent shot then I will tell you all. Every morning i am sitting behind a mango tree in my garden to shoot this bird but this keeps on jumping form one place to other.

@toofan - this is still a very good snap. A bit oversharp in my opinion.

@krow - The earlier panorama is better. the second one appears washed out.

Cool thats why I don't like this shot because in the grey background(or may be something else) the bird is looking like it has been cut from somewhere and placed there. And Sharpness may be. I will check that out.

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Duck in naini Lake.

how to enable "original" resolution option when we click on all size for d photo in flickr....??

Here is to all those who lack confidence in their own photography skills:

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I did some PP on Vamsi's old photograph, please tell me if you like the effect. I target this question to all, but Vamsi's own comments would be much appreciated. Please post the original here Vamsi, as I have very less time on my hands, sorry.

I felt that I took away some of the innocence of the flower, but maybe the background needed to be darkened. Comment please.

I liked it krow.
But maybe one needs such skill to make bland photos beautiful. Some(including me) don't possess these.

Stuge has mastered this skill of representation.

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Stuge can you give me your mobile no. or your email address.

Can the regular contributers to this thread post links to their flickr streams / picasa albums / photoblogs... imma interesting in going through em.

*fotoflock.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=98609

Guys I am gonna buy a DSLR very soon. Any suggestions about the Model and accessories I should look.

^they are all great, but drops, cloud-ray, chakkar, naini-tal lake, catu and Ghughuta were amazing. Which Himalayan mountain is that?

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Is this better? I did this in IrfanView (freeware).

@ G5, install IrfanView (can be done in Linux too through WINE). Press Shift+G and play with various settings there. R&D will take you a long way.

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@ Giga: Nice composition, but the sky at looks dirty at the top half. The bottom half is excellent.

^ I prefer this one from the first. you have some good PP skills

@Anaroin: Thanks. I forget the name I will tell you very soon. Its taken from Village Garur 10 km away from Kausani.

Krow: this is better then the previous ones. Nicely balanced.

Giga: Beautiful take. Upper part is ok for me but if you like you can try cropping the image from top and left for a bit tight feel.

@gigacore - Nice shot but can be improved.

@krow - Will try, currently no time due to exams.

@anorion - Here is my link : *gauravlive.com/photo-portfolio/

I would like to see yours too.

@toofan - So slowly everybody is moving on to a DSLR. It all depends on your budget. For starters, Nikon D 3000 or canon 1000D is recommended.*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/editpost.php?do=editpost&p=1215316

took this one just now.. and PP'ed a bit.

*images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAADPFa88WvVSdW1jZ4lXfLiEKJbGLv8PIkdJadUtj5Tc7PIMfA9V64m4UGLLtmVzhK2_g1v40jjCuSEwQpiO9-y4Am1T1UAOOYlvuLx8h32aBasuVrXO54FTp.jpg

Nice but the angle is not good.

For beginners, here is a good website. I recommend this for Vamsi.

*digital-photography-school.com/digital-photography-composition-tips

*img412.imageshack.us/img412/1061/silhouteenainital.jpg

What could be the title of this image. Taken from Mavila compound Nainital. C & C welcome.

Vamsi: Your images looking washed out in term of details. Which camera you have.

See if in a closeup shot you don't find anything interesting then move a bit back and then compose the some more part of object, if still not then move further back.

Cool: i am thinking about D90.

@toofan, I am using Nikon Coolpix 5200.

^ camera allows manual control of ISO, WB, Manual Focus in point and shoot mode.

@toofan - A D90 would definitely be much better

I think you're feeling the need of DSLR as you're dabbling into shoots.

Do note the kit lens will do no good. You will need to get various lens(es) if you want good results in various types of photography.

Cool: yes you are right. But I am getting confused between two models. One from cannon 550D its available for Rs 51000.00 with 18-55mm IS lens with two year warranty and second Nikon d90 for Rs 50000.00 without Bill. with 18 to 105 mm VR lens. D90 is two year old camera and 550D is just released. very confusing. If you can ask someone or search in foums which one is better it will be helpful.

And where is stuge these days. And Pimpom he can also help.

Don't know about Canon 550D but I have read many good words about Canon 500D. Being a successor, the 550D got to be good.

PM stuge, he will be able to serve you better.

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*img291.imageshack.us/img291/1474/brickwall.jpg

My Garden Fence work is in progress these days.

Vamsi: This time I can't comment on your images because of uncalibrated monitor. But the third one looking very nice.

toofan said:
Cool: yes you are right. But I am getting confused between two models. One from cannon 550D its available for Rs 51000.00 with 18-55mm IS lens with two year warranty and second Nikon d90 for Rs 50000.00 without Bill. with 18 to 105 mm VR lens. D90 is two year old camera and 550D is just released. very confusing. If you can ask someone or search in foums which one is better it will be helpful.

And where is stuge these days. And Pimpom he can also help.

if you need video & higher resolution in your camera then go for 550D...
otherwise go for EOS 50D...check its price in gray...
it has impressive Continuous Shooting Speed(6.3 shots/sec)....& other features..
OR wait for 60D to be released...

i prefer Canon...bcoz of variety of lenses & cost of lenses which will benefit you in future investment...

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@vamsi_krishna:
just follow simple rules of composition...see the link i have posted..,

@Vimal:
very nice angle & editing...

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^ yea...I'm following it.

The nice thing is..there is a frame grid option in my camera...so,I can experiment on composition now.

@Chitvan! pp steps on the first and third, and original photos if your willing to share - these are brilliant!

@Krow, thank you.. clouds were dirty

@Toofan @G5: Thank you!

@CoolG5: have seen your site before as well. It's a great one. I don't have one yet... mebbe some time

Anorion said:
@Chitvan! pp steps on the first and third, and original photos if your willing to share - these are brilliant!

this one is original..
*images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OQAAAEDASAE6c3dfkXVSgSfbYxagoy3ufKLlDPztfkRnQtR7Jco_92PCA6p8raFokVvkcFJXtM4JlTPc5BZDb7R9W48Am1T1UKxSoBgJtLo54sDwV8LFupAmapOV.jpg

PP,
Used Photoscape(the software i mostly use for Editing),
-Cropped,
-Auto level,
-Change in Contrast,

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PP(Photoscpe)
-crop,
-auto level
-increase sharpness,
-lill darken image,

Delhi from above

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Took this picture at the time of landing(I know electronic items needs to be switched off

) .It has hell amount of noise

@chitvan :awesome

@krow : nice ones

@toofan :if you do get canon ,then just stay way from kit lens i.e 18-55mm(most pathetic lens IMO) ,Nikon 18-55mm is much better ,but overall canon has better choice and neck to neck in comparision to nikon except for 18-55mm.

Nice one. Stuge I am in delhi these days check your P.M

Chitvan: the panning shot was excellent. I missed that earlier due to some problem with browser.

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Stuge: the lens cannon supplying this time with Canon 550D is IS one and different from earlier one. I checked its performance on slrgear.com Its quaility is same as nikon one and even better.

I m really confused between Nikon and cannon this time. Only 2 days left of my stay in delhi.

@chitvan: the pp on the second shot was brilliant. Did you know what look you wanted before the pp, or did you just experiment till you got it?

Nice Image stuge.

@anorion - Give me link to your photosets.

I have a small question...If I got a budget of 25k is it better to go for entry level SLRs like Nikon D3000 or should go for prosumers like Canon PowerShot G11

I mean My ultimate concern would be crystal clear pictures at 10mp size...with no noise or distortion

I have compared many point and shoot with entry level SLR and found that the pic quality is better in SLR...even if point and shoot contain CMOS or CCD sensor

The Powershot G11 is actually not a prosumer but they fall in the category of hybrid DSLR's. The camera do packs a punch & will allow you to experiment. There is a good room for your creativity to splurge.

Getting an entry level DSLR on the other hand is nice but then you will start noticing its drawbacks(lens investment, sensor cleaning etc) once you advance in photography. My recommendation would be to get the powershot G11 or upscale your budget to accomodate mid end DSLR's like the Canon 500D & the likes from Nikon.

For your purpose, the Powershot G11 will serve good.

@sujoyp: you will be more satisfied with buying a prosumer/bridge cam rather than a dSLR IMO. If you really like dSLRs so much, try out what it feels like by brrowing/renting/stealing an SLR and using it for a month or so.
@Cool G5: No "photography" photoset, but there is *picasaweb.google.com/ganduranga. Almost full to capacity.

I will suggest you to go for entry level dslr its quality will be more then enough.
G11 is also better then other P&S but Dslr will be much much better.

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*www.digitalreview.ca/content/Canon-Rebel-T2i-EOS-550D-Compared-to-Nikon-D90.shtml

Check this link this has made me to go for Nikon D90. So Will I be buying D90 or Not?
Let see what happens tomorrow.

what about the quality...I am bit unsatisfied with the performance of prosumers...They tend to provide many options but ultimately falls on night shots and iso settings..

What i like in G11 is that it has many SLR type manual features...

Thanks everyone

sujoyp said:
what about the quality...I am bit unsatisfied with the performance of prosumers...They tend to provide many options but ultimately falls on night shots and iso settings..

What i like in G11 is that it has many SLR type manual features...

Thanks everyone

which camera do you use currently...?
DSLR has main advantage is biter sensor...which produce excellent image quality...
but it doesnt mean that Compacts produce bad quality images...
even u can carry everywhere your Compacts in shirt pocket unlike DSLR...with lens in bag..,

but if u need it for professional work then buy DSLR only...otherwise go for compact..,

G11 is a nice camera...,it comes in Advance Compact camera category...
you can see these too...
Canon PowerShot SX210 IS with 14.1 MP & 14 Optical zoom
*www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_sx210is.asp

Canon PowerShot S90
*www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Canon/canon_s90.asp

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3(the best advance compact camera i have seen ever...)
*www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Panasonic/panasonic_dmclx3.asp

&
Sigma DP1/DP2

Charminar

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different processing

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D

@stuge: awesome angle on the charminar photos..love the PP'ed one..

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Anorion said:
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@Stuge: Did you intend to give it a stormy effect or did you stumble upon it by chance? Awesome work, but seriously, how do you guys get there?

@stuge, the PPed Charminar seems straight out from a horror movie...

1.One picture of the sky + one picture of the monument (for correct exposure ) .you can do that with single raw file too

2.blend them
3.Saturation ,Contrast ,Curves touched
4.Nik plugin used -> Pro contrast -> Solarization
5.Noise removed

6.Exported as Jpeg

I was aware about that kind of effect ,but every time I process ,I try out different things (thats the most important part of post processing )

I could have get away with GND filter I have ,but I was standing on a narrow footpath like thing, and traffic behind me was just too chaotic .I didn't want to get hurt in the process of snapping pictures .So,blending was the only option left .

@stuge - Why the cropped pillar on the left side?
Contrary to others opinion, i disliked the image. Seems as if squeezed from the right side.

This is a noobish film and the song was noobish too. But I liked the background of the girl.... please...shutter bugs, find a wallpaper of the background. the song was shot in Switzerland,BTW.

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@Stuge: the sky in the pp'd Charminar shot is spine-chilling

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Why the cropped pillar on the left side?
Contrary to others opinion, i disliked the image. Seems as if squeezed from the right side.

thats wide angle lens for you .whether you like it or hate it .Well,due to chaotic traffic it was just not possible to go backwards even an inch ..I was hit once by an auto while snapping this one and was quite close to being hit by bus too.

those who wanted to know why I couldn't go backwards.

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Hi friends

Yesterday on 19th I went to C.P and got my D90. Stuge was also there to help me. Then we went to CCT and he gave me some tips and shot some Images. I will be posting some of them as soon as I go home(Nainital).

Thanks Stuge for those long chats and taking pain to be with me at time of shopping and for all those tips and suggestions.

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Stuge: the Charminar shot is just awesome. I liked 1st one for its originality and superb composition.
2nd one give me an idea what can be done to an image if that effect has to be created and required.

vamsi: I liked your image and the background too. Did you shot this at the location?

toofan said:
vamsi: I liked your image and the background too. Did you shot this at the location?

I think vamsi took a screenshot from the movie itself.

Many congrats on the D90. Please post a pic of the D90. Also, give a short review if possible.

How much did it cost you? Lens kit costs?

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@toofan : thanks for ccd party too

toofan said:
vamsi: I liked your image and the background too. Did you shot this at the location?

I took it with VLC.

Please guys.. find the picture of that background or at least.. the name of the location.

@toofan - Congrats dude. Enjoy Photography

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Stuge: Sparrow ones are superb. And sorry I could not make for the Event. I had to return to My city.

Krow: thanks. I will be try to post some comparison shots from my sx110Is and D90.

Cool: Thanks friend.

*img509.imageshack.us/img509/3726/stuge.jpg
Device: Nikon D90
Lens: 24-85mm F/2.8-4D
Focal Length: 45mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
Aperture: F/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/30s
Exposure Comp.: +4.7EV
ISO Sensitivity: Auto (ISO 1600)
Test Shot taken by Abhinav at CCT.

*img153.imageshack.us/img153/654/aj1.jpg
My Bro.

*img51.imageshack.us/img51/8053/aj1100crop.jpg
100% crop of above Image.
Device: Nikon D90
Lens: VR 18-105mm F/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 105mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
Aperture: F/6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/160s
ISO Sensitivity: Auto (ISO 200)

All are straight from camera.

Just for the quality jump I had over my P&S.

@toofan : send me the raw file of that chocolate picture

..WB is off ,and it can be corrected easily

*img267.imageshack.us/img267/4691/panofinal.jpg

A panoramic picture of one of our classrooms. Taken with Nokia 3500c 2MP camera at around 3pm. The auto stitching betrayed me a bit and you can see some glitches like the window and some students who moved a bit while I was shooting the sequence.

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I liked the pics Stuge, and toofan, the detail level is awesome.

Krow: Artistic Image. Try and you will get it perfect.

StugeL: Do I have you mail address? let me check. If not can you PM me.

@toofan.. Awesome Portrait.

@Krow.. nice pic. The Class Strength is very low.. you took it on Friday afternoon?

Krow: you asked the Image of D90 here it is.
*img407.imageshack.us/img407/6663/d90ii.jpg

*img441.imageshack.us/img441/2840/d90u.jpg

Taken with SX110 IS

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My First Love.

Now the Rose I took for testing the Bokeh of the Lens.

*img444.imageshack.us/img444/1690/bokherose.jpg

Device: Nikon D90
Lens: VR 18-105mm F/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 105mm
Focus Mode: AF-A
AF-Area Mode: Auto
VR: ON

Aperture: F/8
Shutter Speed: 1/80s
Exposure Mode: Manual
Exposure Comp.: 0EV
Metering: Matrix
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200

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Thanks Vamsi.

^Awesome! How much it cost you?
Why you went for Nikon?(Just want to know the reason not that you did a bad choice)

Suddenly I feel that I want a D90 too!

/me runs to rob a bank or two.

I will try that panorama again. Maybe I will have to manually stitch it or better, I will do some Clone Stamping in Photoshop.

@ Toofan: Nice rose, but I wish you had taken it on the left hand side rather than the right of the frame. Did you like the B/W effect given to my Panorama?

@ Vamsi: Taken during our preliminary exams. People were waiting for the invigilator to come. We are a class of 60 and at any time, about 30-40 are present. Above that is rare.

@ Stuge: How do you de-noise your pictures? Could you give me a short tutorial on how you processed the panoramas of the hockey stadium? Also, which software you used to stitch? My panorama was inspired by yours. Took it with my cell camera, which I never use because I had left my camera at home.

Went for D90 Because:
1. Got it for Rs 51500.00 with Kit lens while Canon 550D is available for Similar Price with 15- 55 mm lens.
2. Tried and Tested Model. So no risk of New Model.
3. Dedicated buttons for separate functions. Many customizable buttons. top screen for easy viewing of setting.
4. Best Viewfinder.
5. Enough Megapixel for me. Raw File size is low.
6. Best Low light performance in its category.
7. High quality Kit lens.
8. Easy availability.
9. Feels good at Hands.

And Many more.

My father works in dam construction so he has to go on a lot of tours. He has a kodak easyshare C913 but wants to buy a new camera under rs.20k (preferably around 15k). Photography is his hobby as he has to go to a lot of naturally scenic and beautiful places. Please suggest some good models.

Canon SX120IS is best in that budget. 15-16K is the price, compact would fit in pocket and 10X optical zoom. What more can he want...

@toofan Nice! The D90 is VERY AWESOME!!! I love it and now, I hate you.?!#! Congrats on the purchase. Post your Flickr ID in your signature.

*img34.imageshack.us/img34/4586/rajeev.jpg

Taken by my SX110IS. During my stay at Delhi.

Thanks Junkieeee.

I had blocked the signatures in my PC for pacing the things up in this website.
You can look here.
*fotoflock.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=98609

*img121.imageshack.us/img121/8300/rajeev1.jpg

lovely processing

Snowy Heaven !

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Well,title is misleading

it was not at all a snowy heaven, where I went in January .I only captured the place where snow fell a week or two ago ..hehe
average pic from me

@toofan
Congrats!

Awesome photography toofan and stuge.. :O

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Stuge: Yes an average from you but looking pleasing to eyes. And that Starry Sun.

Vamsi: I will say it a nice Image but there is cluttering in this Image. And too large to view at one go. Isolation of subject Might have had a strong Impact. As this image has dark areas, bright sunshines, light shadows. Interesting.

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Gulmarg in March!!!

I shot it in Patriot mode. As the landscape mode is unable to cover the entire stack of coconuts from that range. Thanks for the suggestions and compliments.

Well guys tried this...
tell me if I need to correct anything,
*lh3.ggpht.com/_WIy92xTeWQc/S6o_zvM2UqI/AAAAAAAABBo/Ar36Ct5N5yo/s400/IMG_1753.JPG
(This is trial first pic, was very happy that it did brought wat I wanted to do)
ISO: 80
Exposure: 15.0 sec
Aperture: 8.0
Focal Length: 5mm
Flash Used: No

Next, quite good upto my level...
*lh4.ggpht.com/_WIy92xTeWQc/S6o_3h3faLI/AAAAAAAABBs/j3bLVCW5Fmk/s400/IMG_1754.JPG
Quite good na? setting are as same as previous...

Another one,
*lh5.ggpht.com/_WIy92xTeWQc/S6pABO7qbSI/AAAAAAAABB0/i6rZ3Kpdb4k/s400/IMG_1756.JPG
Trying a butterfly, inspired by Anorion's pic...
Now I also can do it... he he...

rahul.007 said:
My father works in dam construction so he has to go on a lot of tours. He has a kodak easyshare C913 but wants to buy a new camera under rs.20k (preferably around 15k). Photography is his hobby as he has to go to a lot of naturally scenic and beautiful places. Please suggest some good models.

buy Canon Powershot SX 210 IS....,
its feature rich compact with 14MP & 14 optical zoom...

@Rhitwick: wanna meet up one of these evenings and do some more light-painting?
@vamsi_krishna: I liked the shot, and that's a great shirt that fellow is wearing.

eggman: that place must have looked much much beautiful then you took. That Image has so appeal to me.

ritwik: Wow. Nice work.
Try to do that at night time.
try to wear black cloths.
If there is some light in room then try to block that and cover the furniture etc with a black cloth.

@rhitwick - Nice try & good shots especially the second one. Try with different color laser lights. Maybe get your room partner into it :razz:

to help you.

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Anorion said:
@Rhitwick: wanna meet up one of these evenings and do some more light-painting?

Yes sure...why not? I'm free this sat-sun...come here, only me and one of my room-mate would be here...

toofan said:
ritwik: Wow. Nice work.
Try to do that at night time.
try to wear black cloths.
If there is some light in room then try to block that and cover the furniture etc with a black cloth.

Thanx...
Abe tu bole to I'll paint the house with pitch ;-)

Cool G5 said:
@rhitwick - Nice try & good shots especially the second one. Try with different color laser lights. Maybe get your room partner into it to help you.

Hey thanx...all learned and inspired by you guys...
The light source is my mobile cam flash. I kept it on and then did it...
Any other tips to improve this thing?

Anorion said:
@vamsi_krishna: I liked the shot, and that's a great shirt that fellow is wearing.

Thanks.

Road to tirumala
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On the way to Tirumala

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@Chitvan: nice work on the drop... can you post the details of the shot and setup as well?

ritwik: try colored shiny polythene in front of flash light to get colored streaks.

Chitwan: Awesome. Super shot. How you make them yaar. Please post some information of gear used, setup, lightning. Did you do any cropping.

Vamsi: 1st one is beautiful. But the second one more near perfection. It is perfectly composed and a nice natural framing around. Nice colors and sharp image.

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My Friend.

I took this shot in low light with tripod.

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^ Terrific Picture.PP is fooling me that the pic was from BC.

@toofan, Thanks. I will try to improve.

ok.. 2kms away from the hill...

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The original image can be seen in my Flickr photostream!

@bhushan - Awesome Pic.

@vamsi_krishna - Out of the two you posted before the 1st one is very good due to a good composition. The second one is cluttered & takes time to catch attention to the idol.

Try framing the above pic with a horizontal camera position & also include the road down. Do not include the side towers.

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@toofan - Nice portrait. I wonder what settings you used. Was the flash fired? A DSLR has helped you tremendously in getting such a good shot in low light.

C

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^ Nice one.

@cool, Will go to the spot again tomorrow and will take some snaps keeping your suggestions in mind.

here is another one...
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My neighborhood..
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Anorion said:
@Chitvan: nice work on the drop... can you post the details of the shot and setup as well?

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toofan said:
Chitwan: Awesome. Super shot. How you make them yaar. Please post some information of gear used, setup, lightning. Did you do any cropping.

yup....i cropped upper part...background ruined the pic so...

original is here...
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no any extra lighting used...just kept white background for reflection...
used same camera...
Canon Powershot A570 IS...

Vamsi: two kilometer away from Hill Image has nothing to watch in it. No subject.
Next two are good Images. But there is a strange tilt in first one. I can't figure it out.

Bhushan: good silhouette. But the subject is in dead center. It may be No problem for you and others as it is the personal taste but for me its disturbing. Hiding the beautiful background. some cropping from left would help.

Klaw: keep trying.

Joe: nice one.

Gaurav: that was not from my D90.
This one is from slr.
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^ Hill was my subject... but those two towers came in between. I will try to capture that correctly tomorrow.

About the tilted image.. I was walking when I shot that building.. So, i think image tilted a bit.

C

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There is a noticeable amount of noise, but then what can you expect from a low end P&S.

cOOL jOE: Image is nice and beautifully composed. But this noise is not due to camera, but due to over processing.

@toofan - Is the background altered or you shoot against a white background?

@vamsi_krishna - Tilt is unattractive. Nothing special in the second one either.

@cool joe - Nice one except for the noise.

Cool: back ground was a white door. And its changed a bit. I had cleared the rails from it. Rest as it is.

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Back to Landscapes. A beautiful Sunset from my Roof!

toofan said:
Bhushan: good silhouette. But the subject is in dead center. It may be No problem for you and others as it is the personal taste but for me its disturbing. Hiding the beautiful background. some cropping from left would help.

agreed...bt the situation like tht subject was already in dead scenario..jst edited somewht so tht it could make a bit impression...it was captured thru point n shoot camera n nt dslr...so had to give some effect...

chk out this...

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@toofan - Nice shot.

Bhushan: Again Good shot and nice Post processing to give it the desired feel.

Cool: Thanks. I am waiting for something from you. Its quite long now.

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Happy Birthday to me me

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Stuge said:
Happy Birthday to me me

Your birthday is 28th March? :shock:

Same pinch!

@chitvan: awesome pic buddy....
@stuge: nice pic....which cam u using??

check out the complete anchor's snap....

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Happy Birthday Stuge.

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Chitwan: Nice work.

Vamsi: Good image. Soon you will master the street Photography. You are improving.

Bhushan: This version is not that impressive.

happy b'day stuge...keep doing gr8 work...

@toofan...gr8 work...n yeah...m newbie to photography...started to explore some creativity this year only...

...hope will improve soon with all of your guidance...

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blue city..jodhpur...

@stuge - Happy Birthday

@chitvan - I liked the first shot. its beautiful.

@toofan - I have hit a rough patch buddy. Haven't snapped anything these days as were exams were going on. Still I have one paper left. Hope I bounce back soon. Being living dead without Photography.

When Nature aids in Photography!

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@toofan & others - I was shooting a macro of the flower in our garden just when a breeze started to flow. The result was the smooth effect around the flower. I just liked the effect in this flower as I was shooting just for fun with no importance whatsoever for composition, technical settings etc. What do you think?

Bhushan: nice image.
There is noise visible in image. Is that Intended or a result of over processing. It seems the image is taken at harsh sunlight.

Cool: Beautiful. And the breeze had done its work to good. That has made your image a unique one. And the blur is also looking very pleasing.

@cool, I have something similar in my back yard... the breeze effect is cool.

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@Cool: beautiful snap...which cam u using....??

@toofan: yeah..it was taken in sunligh...jst wanted to concentrate on blue houses and to leave the other part as sepia while editing..bt i guess it was over processed....

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hiduja hospital....mum

@bhushan - i use Canon Powershot SX100 IS.
BTW you stay near Hinduja?

Nice shot except the sun glare. Can it be toned down using PP? It would like nicer then.

^^ no lol..i stay at kalyan..my frnd stays there near hinduja, asavari apartment..u might hv heard if u stay somewhere around there....so i often visit tht place...whr u stay..??

actually i wanted tht sun to b there..yeah it can b more impressive if d sun removed from there..m beginner in pp...can u gv some idea?

bhushan05d251 said:
^^ no lol..i stay at kalyan..my frnd stays there near hinduja, asavari apartment..u might hv heard if u stay somewhere around there....so i often visit tht place...whr u stay..??

actually i wanted tht sun to b there..yeah it can b more impressive if d sun removed from there..m beginner in pp...can u gv some idea?

I'm 20~25 mins away from Hinduja. Maybe meet you sometimes.
I too am noob in PP. Ask stuge or toofan, they will guide you correctly.

Bhushan: I had said that its everyone's taste. I like your Image. And the sun also. Its breaking the theme of the Image so adding attraction points to the Image.

For Improving the Image:
I think you should have chosen a higher f stop as the Image is sharper at center of frame but softens towards corners.

As far as editing. You could have removed the wires visible in the Image to give it a perfect look and a bit sharping.

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Me Again.
And took the shot with tripod.

@toofan - Is this our pro photographer, Mr.Vimal?
Shot is good when considering technicalities but what about the "Smile"? It wouldn't hurt if you smile yaar. Audience darr jayegi ye shot dekh ke.. just kidding!

He He actually I was too busy with the setup and the 10 sec timer that by the time of shutter release I am loosing my smile and its looking fake.
I placed white papers in my right side to reflect the light. Opened the back window and left windows to get proper light. Many times with the breeze coming through windows is blowing the papers away. So it was quite messy.

Sometime I think of buying soft-boxes but then I realize that this is not my profession and I don't have my studio.

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Oh today they were eager to pose me but I din't had much time to shoot them. But Few I got and sharing with you. Please C & C welcome.

@toofan....amazing dude.....plz gift me ur dslr on my b'day....

@toofam nice images of butterflies...but u know my butterflies are better than u. I'm the official butterfly expert of TDF :-D

(Just joking)

Today and yesterday I took some shots while roaming in Mumbai...check and comment.

1>Mumbai City at night from Nariman Point
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2>Same shot in day from same point
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3>The previous photo in B&W, comment which one is good...
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4>Reflections
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5>Car tail-light painting. was trying it but what came is headlights.... ;-)

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6>Court
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7>Crab :-D

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8>Here I come
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9>And me
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@Ritwik:

1st: Super shot, Nicely taken. But a little tilt can can be corrected easily.
2nd: Again Excellent one. Cropping this from lower side will Improve it technically also as generally horizons, sea lines etc are taken at either lower third or upper third of frame.
3rd: b/w version is also looking good but require some punch. Try adding some tone or do something to differentiate in tones.
4th: Very good and like the mood created in this image. I can see some details in sky also.
One tip: try taking this shot much earlier then this. Where there are some colors left in sky after sunset or at the end of sunset. It will look very nice as there would be natural color in sky and lights in foreground

5th: you can improve by selecting a narrow aperture. Only suggestion but I haven't tried this thing yet.

6th: Super shot and super details. Here you are matching Stuge in taking building details. remove that wire and a true profession image is ready.

7: ordinary. go more close to it and use macro mode.

8:Nice vision but the application failed.

9:Awesome, Mind blowing, superb.Composition, lightning, posing everything is perfect. best of all for me (As i Love portrait photography Others might love the 6th one).
Have you taken it yourself? if yes then buy one Kit Kat and eat it. Its a prize to you from my side.

Can you post the exif data of 4th and last one. And also the story behind this shootout at Nariman Point.

Disclaimer: These are authors personal views. He may not succeed in taking such results himself. He was inspired by the critic vision hiding inside him.

Thanks for sharing.

toofan said:
@Ritwik:

1st: Super shot, Nicely taken. But a little tilt can can be corrected easily.

Thanx for ur comments. U r always here for helping us n00bs improving skills. Thanx again.

Can't help it. Hadn't had a tripod with me (missing a tripod very much, will buy very soon) I had put the cam on lense cover and tilted it focus up to get it. Hence u can understand the reason for it.

4th: Very good and like the mood created in this image. I can see some details in sky also.
One tip: try taking this shot much earlier then this. Where there are some colors left in sky after sunset or at the end of sunset. It will look very nice as there would be natural color in sky and lights in foreground

U know the photo was taken at 8PM, total dark with only street lights and building lights. I had put a exposure of 15Sec. The exposure is the only reason I got a slight clear sky.

5th: you can improve by selecting a narrow aperture. Only suggestion but I haven't tried this thing yet.

Other thing I need is better place for this, an illuminated background is masking the main object.

7: ordinary. go more close to it and use macro mode.

Thanx, took in full zoom, as its on a rock in sea. Even digital zoom used.

8:Nice vision but the application failed.

Agreed...better luck next time

9:Awesome, Mind blowing, superb.Composition, lightning, posing everything is perfect. best of all for me (As i Love portrait photography Others might love the 6th one).
Have you taken it yourself? if yes then buy one Kit Kat and eat it. Its a prize to you from my side.

Thanx... I had not taken it myself. Made the settings and my friend helped me with my sitting position and pressed the button. I then cropped it a bit.

Can you post the exif data of 4th and last one.

Details of 9th image:-
ISO: 80
Exposure: 15.0 sec
Aperture: 4.0
Focal Length: 6mm
Flash Used: No

4th Image
ISO: 80
Exposure: 15.0 sec
Aperture: 3.5
Focal Length: 8.9mm
Flash Used: No

And also the story behind this shootout at Nariman Point.

My friend has come here from B'lore. I was roaming in Mumbai with him to show the city. And the building shot is taken by him. I forgot and posted it as thinking mine one. He deserves all praises. He takes good snaps but is not serious about photography.

and thanx again for all the comments....

@toofan - Nice images. I loved the details in the wings of the butterfly. The last one is the best according to me.

@rhitwick - So you went alone that day? The best one out of your set is the first one & the last.

8) I have seen a similar pic in TOI. Don't know if it inspired you. It was almost identical. Was published just when things came to normal after the 26/11 massacre.

Now wait for my pics as just today my exams ended & now I'm free to shoot. Got to purchase a battery set as I'm now without batteries for camera which was another reason for me not able to shoot.

Cool G5 said:
@rhitwick - So you went alone that day? The best one out of your set is the first one & the last.

Are... no no, these are taken yesterday and the day previous.

8) I have seen a similar pic in TOI. Don't know if it inspired you. It was almost identical. Was published just when things came to normal after the 26/11 massacre.

Yes...

Those action figures were still there, I thought why not?

Cool, I would buy one tripod when we meet next time. I need it very much.

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its not possible to make him pose.

The background in above images is distracting because this kid never stops always keeps running.
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Some of my photograph's taken by Kodak Z1015is

rhitwick said:
1>Mumbai City at night from Nariman Point

Good shot with a little tilt problem.

2>Same shot in day from same point

You forgot rule of the thirds. Never place the subject (the buildings) exactly in the center. Make sure that either you take 66% sky or 66% sea and 33% remaining shot.

3>The previous photo in B&W, comment which one is good...

This one is better, just increase the contrast a little and crop the Sea or the Sky a bit. Perfect shot.

4>Reflections

Use the above mentioned rule of the thirds again and I think you should crop the sky a bit. Will look very good then.

5>Car tail-light painting. was trying it but what came is headlights....

Good effort, but the lights are being obscured by the other objects in the image. Wish you had gone closer to the lights.

6>Court

Good shot, but for the leaves and the wires, etc. Nice composition. Tell your friend.

7>Crab

Okayish.

8>Here I come

Same comments as toofan.

9>And me

Best shot in the lot. Awesome. Can be postprocessed a bit to make it professional. Try B/W or something and see.

Krow said:
Good shot with a little tilt problem.

Had to put my cam on the wall(u know) and then put my lense cover under it to make the inclination. I guess in this process the image came tilted. Its not that I always click straight images but this time I've excuse :-D

You forgot rule of the thirds. Never place the subject (the buildings) exactly in the center. Make sure that either you take 66% sky or 66% sea and 33% remaining shot.

U know I had the original image with this ratio only. I cropped it to grab attention on city image, I'll post the original too, comment on that.

This one is better, just increase the contrast a little and crop the Sea or the Sky a bit. Perfect shot.

Hmmm, will try...looks dull. Toofan already told. (I think u guys will make me install PhotoShop)

Good effort, but the lights are being obscured by the other objects in the image. Wish you had gone closer to the lights.

Will try next time from a more open space.

Good shot, but for the leaves and the wires, etc. Nice composition. Tell your friend.

I'll. Thanx on his behalf.

Best shot in the lot. Awesome. Can be postprocessed a bit to make it professional. Try B/W or something and see.

Thank you. Who is looking best here, me na?!!! :-D

saurabh_1e said:
Some of my photograph's taken by Kodak Z1015is

I like the squirrel.

@ rhitwick: :lol:

@ who is looking the best!

@toofan - I can only say nice images because I hate kids! Don't ask me why though. :razz:

Some More Pic's

@ritwik: tilt is a very common problem which can happens with any one but its easily corrected in post processing thats why its not visible in most of the images.

@sourabh1 e: your images are lacking details. Either you are cropping them very heavily or not focusing properly.

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this is HDR

@stuge - Nice image but don't you think you should have processed the sky too? It lacks lustre when compared with the vibrant mahal.

well,sky has been processed ,but I didn't wanted to make it too blue .

^Is there a tilt problem with that image?

Stuge: excellent.
Any good news?

krow: only minor 7 degree tilt.

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Ritwik for you. Processing has resulted in some noise in face but with higher resolution file this will not happen for sure.

@toofan nice pics of tht lil boy...

@stuge...awesome pic of mahal...even i had been to rajasthan saw many places...like this one of jodhpur....

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tht man irritated me....

is it ok after processing??? any suggestions?? thnx....

@bhushan - Tilt problem & blown out sky.

Bhushan: beautifully taken but as cool says tilt problem.
The blown sky is what you can't control with your camera. Either take two snaps 1st exposing sky 2nd the foreground then merge them as HDR as Stuge did.

I think that man is ok? If you want to remove them then clone that area out and then use healing brush to smooth the things out.

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Bhushan: This is only a trial what can be done to improve the images. Sky is the limit if you come to editing.

Removed the tilt.
removed the man, irritating you.
corrected the color of upper portion of building.
added some sky tone in the background.
cropped the unnecessary lower and upper portion of the image. Cropping can be done from the left side but I leave this to your taste.
added borders.
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White!

comments and critiques welcome. How could I have improved in the composition?

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Original one...
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Krow said:
^Is there a tilt problem with that image?

I've tried to correct the tilt ,but if tilt is corrected then base tends to tilt towards left t .I have a feeling its an architectural fault
+ distrotions (due to lens ).

@Yes ,I got new body on 30th march .

Guys Congrats Stuge for his New D90. Congrats Man.

thanks

@chitvan :I liked the first one )

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Chitwan: 1st one is looking awesome. Nicely processed too.

title :ajmer city :

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Stuge: Beautiful.

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WeB!
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Here is the Monster.

@stuge & @toofan - DSLR magic really shows up in your images. Nice Clicks!

@toofan: brilliant lighting on the web... great catch

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View from Amer Fort

some really amazing photos of rajasthan are coming up.......feels great...

Wedding Ritual

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toofan said:
Bhushan: beautifully taken but as cool says tilt problem.
The blown sky is what you can't control with your camera. Either take two snaps 1st exposing sky 2nd the foreground then merge them as HDR as Stuge did.

I think that man is ok? If you want to remove them then clone that area out and then use healing brush to smooth the things out.

This is only a trial what can be done to improve the images. Sky is the limit if you come to editing.
Removed the tilt.
removed the man, irritating you.
corrected the color of upper portion of building.
added some sky tone in the background.
cropped the unnecessary lower and upper portion of the image. Cropping can be done from the left side but I leave this to your taste.
added borders.

gr8 processed....thnx for givin such a ideal processing n guiding me....i'll try it...

that web picture was superbly taken....

@chitvan: nicely processed tht mahal....

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Thanks Bhushan.

Stuge: the wedding ritual Images is very nicely taken.
can you post the exif data of that image with the white balance used.

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Self Portrait!

Croped, used tripod, and natural window lightning.

Please comment how I would have Improved the Image.

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my albums in FB... anyone can see themm .. and pleasee do commment ..thats a motivation for me .

Cool: Check this link.

I am gona try this on my sx110 IS . you download acc. to your camera.

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picture of my cousin .
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I accidently shot this with 1600 iso

,but he love's it

..so thats what's matter

vimal thats a nice portrait of you

regarding wedding pix :focal lenght :300mm ,ISO 800,shutter speed 1/80th ,f5.6.I used preset manual to get the right white balance ..so no idea what camera selected

Achuth: Last one is better but your water mark ruined it. Its very very distracting in all images.
Try to use smaller watermarks and in such places where they don't come in between the composition. Look for other posters how they place there watermarks.

Stuge: that noise is giving it a soft look. Nicely taken.

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Achut: in sunset series 2nd one looks better.

@toofan - Potrait shot is good.

@stuge - The wedding & the landscape shot are good. So is the cousin shot(except the black hue around him).

@achut - Last droplet shot is the best out of the four you have posted.

Awesome work toofan and Stuge.

@ Achuth: Some good shots there. Chitvan here also likes water droplet photography.

thnx toofan for the advice .. will look into that .

and thnx krow and coolg5

Welcome Nikon D90 and bye bye Nikon D40

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This was the announcement I wanted to make on my birthday ,but anyway now I'm making it .I'm LAZY

inb/w I didn't got the kit lens(18-105mmVR) .I only got the body

I've also sold my nikon D40 .Though ,I will be posting many many pictures taken with it .I really miss D40

I'm not sure for how many days, I will hang with this body either ..haha

:happy::happy:

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@stuge - Don't make non-dslr users jealous. Very nice purchase though.

@all - I'm now shifting from free to pro flickr account. the above is the first image in my new pro flickr account.

Even I have a Flickr pro account. I think I should abandon Imageshack. Nice pic G5.

Congrats Stuge. I am envious. Now TWO D90's in this thread.

Cool: Cool Image.

Now time to look for more advance photography ways. You could have used a deflector from left side of Image to remove that shadow in Lord Ganesha's ear and other parts if its not intentional.

can you tell me whats the gains of Pro account on flicker.
Whats the need to do that?

Flickr offers two types of accounts: Free and Pro. Free account users are allowed to upload 100 MB of images a month and 2 videos. Also, if a free user has more than 200 photos on the site, they will only be able to see the most recent 200 in their photostream. The other photos that were uploaded are still stored on the site and links to these images in blog posts remain active. Free users can also contribute to a maximum of 10 photo pools. If a free account is inactive for 90 consecutive days, it will be deleted.

Pro accounts allow users to upload an unlimited number of images and videos every month and receive unlimited bandwidth and storage. Photos may be placed in up to 60 group pools, and Pro account users receive ad-free browsing and have access to
account statistics.

Source: *en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr#Accounts

wht abt picasa...i guess it is much better than flickr providing download image in original resolution for free users....correct me if m wrong....

bhushan05d251 said:
wht abt picasa...i guess it is much better than flickr providing download image in original resolution for free users....correct me if m wrong....

Picasa is good but Flickr is better if you are into serious Photography as there are more photographers on Flickr than on Picasa.

@toofan - Yeah you're right. It didn't struck me while shooting.

Innocent Fun

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What a shot. Very Well Done. Nicely composed.

@cool : compo is good in second pic ,but its just too dark for my taste and that blue base in ganesh ji pic doesn't work for me

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@stuge - I don't seem to get the exposure right from that tiny LCD. The shot was taken with sun in background hence it is dark. I think now i need to expose the pictures a bit on the LCD so as to appear them bright enough on LCD monitor. Any other solution?

@toofan, Thanks. Again any solution for the above? How you use to handle in your SX110IS?

Cool: Increase the LCD brightness to high during sunlight and then set it to default after the shootout. In hard sunlight its difficult to see the actual view in LCD actually.

In your case if you had started using Photo-shop. you can go to image> adjustments>shadow/highlights. This is a easiest tool to use and most accurate.

If you still use gimp. you can try this
Increase the highlights by using curve. Moving it upwards.
Apply the mask over faces and other dark areas.

After viewing your Image I too felt that the faces are in shadow. But this image is very strong composition wise.
One more thing I had wished in this Image is: If that sea would have some more waves similar to that which is near the shore then there would be more to look at. As this is not a intended portrait. if its a intended portrait then its perfect(As the waves may be distracting).

Use fill flash most of the Time in harsh Day light to avoid shadows upfront. You can play with different strengths of Flash.

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This only a try.

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It took not more then 5 mins. So as in old days photographers used to edit the Negative here we have lot more options.

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I didn't had the larger file.So, it was hard to process the way I want, before making it crap .

Increased Contrast ->exposure -> used nik plugin etc

in CS4

@stuge & @ toofan - Thanks for the modifications. The image looks better now. I tried adjusting curves in GIMP & here is the effect. What do you think? Nothing apart from that though.

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@toofan - You're right about fill-flash but the subject was far off from me. It was almost taken at full zoom on my camera. I agree on the wave part too. This wasn't intended to be a portrait though. I wanted to capture the entire scene with waves & all.

skyscraper far far away

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A 25sec shot taken with B+W 110 filter .Later processed

Cool: yes you are in right direction but not up to the mark. See the image stuge and I had processed. Your image is lacking the contrast and sharpness.

Processing involves following steps in sequence most of the time.

1. Removing unwanted things or cleaning the image if required. like i had removed the black spots in sea. I don't know what they are and not important to me so i removed them.
2. Increasing/decreasing the contrast of image through levels and curves. if required.
3. Increasing/decreasing the overall brightness of image if required.
4. Adjusting the saturation or vibrance of particular part or whole Image as required. (Most of time decreasing the saturation and increasing the vibrance works for me). But here i increased the vibrance and didn't decreased the saturation.
5. Noise removal. I had done that using nik plugin.
5. Sharpening of image.

Stuge: Awesome Image. Apart from 25 sec what other settings you used.And some story and time of the image.
You can try to give it a wide angle look by cropping it from bottom. In my opinion it will look more interesting and put that horizon at lower third part of Image. Although this is not required but it can enhance the effect your image is producing of a city scape.

@toofan - Agree with you. You two have no doubt processed much better than me. I think it would take time as I don't want to go the PS way as I'm a Linux guy & hence would love to work on GIMP itself.

@stuge - I liked the image but the title doesn't suits it. What is 110 by the way?

A question for both of you. Do you know any software which can stitch panorma in Linux? I tried pandora gimp plugin & hugin but they are too complicated especially hugin.

Construction in full swing

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spec :1/500,120mm,iso 200

@toofan :if there were more builidings on the horizon, I would have done the same

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setting wise :f25,time 11:52am 32 sec , iso 200

@COOL:B+W 110 ND3.0 is a NEUTRAL density filter ,and is used for long exposure during daytime

Wow! Nicely taken and processed.

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In my garden.

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@stuge, Please post details of your PP's. It will be easy for newbies like us to learn. BTW, nice images

@toofan, the image is nice.. but why is it looking grainy?

@stuge - very nicely processed. Like the deep sky behind the skyscrapers.

@vamsi - Hmmm... Good. Very Nice reflections.

@toofan - You have processed good but still the background is a mess to enjoy the image.

Vamsi: beautiful image.

Cool: Did you tired the chdk link i provided to you.

After loading of CHDK program your camera will have the following extra functionality:

•
Shutter-priority (Tv) exposure - via shutter value override feature

•
Aperture-priority (Av) exposure - via aperture value override feature
• Shooting in RAW, with RAW Average, RAW Sum, and RAW Develop features,

save as .DNG (Digital Negative for wider compatibility)

•
Live histogram (RGB, blended, luminance and for each RGB channel)

•
Zebra mode (a live view of over and under-exposed areas of your picture)
• Depth-of-ﬁeld (DOF)-calculator, Hyperfocal-calculator with instant Hyperfocal and
Inﬁnity focus-set, and more

•
Battery indicator

•
RAW and Video space-remaining gauges with custom low-limit alerts

•
USB cable and wireless remote shutter release
• Motion-detection trigger - automatically ﬁres camera on motion detection. (Able to
capture lightning strikes.)

•
Customizable high-speed continuous (burst) Shutter-based (Tv), aperture-based (Av) and

ISO-based exposure bracketing (unlimited shots)

•
Focus bracketing (unlimited shots)

•
Adjustable Video quality and size (compression) adjustable while recording

•
Elimination of 1 GB video-size limit (for many DigicII cameras)

•
Zoom during video function (for cameras without this feature)

•
Shutter, Aperture, and ISO Overrides

•
Ultra-long shutter speeds - up to 64 seconds (much longer for supported cameras)

•
Ultra-fast shutter speeds - up to 1/10,000" and higher

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High-speed Flash Sync at all speeds up to 1/64,000 of a second

•
Custom user-editable visible Grids for framing, cropping, and alignment

•
File browser

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Text reader

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Calendar

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Games

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Fully customizable CHDK display, info placement, user-colors, fonts in menus, etc.

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Custom CHDK User Menu (for instant recall of up to 10 favorite functions)

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Scripts execution - including exposure bracketing, focus bracketing, intervalometer, etc

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And other features too numerous to mention here

I had installed that on my memory card of SX110IS. and its working pretty well.

If you download this CHDK program then download the latest manual also. This will help you a lot to understand things easily.

I am enjoying this feature. Its totally harmless.

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Go to:- *chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Downloads

this is a noobish experiment with my face...took it under macro mode. and applied some Gaussian blur in PS.

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^^Nice experiment.

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In my Garden!

@toofan - Yes, I did try but didn't use it much till now. the screen though gets quite cluttered when enabled. But I'm not able to figure out as how to change the apertures, shutter-timings etc via CHDK. Currently I do it via camera menu.

@vamsi - Try using natural light from a window & shutoff your flash.

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@toofan - Very nice set of images. Third one wins my vote for the best out of three.

@toofan, is it onion flower?

And the butterfly in third pic is just gorgeous........man she is so beautiful
Wow, nice catch.

Can I have a higher resolution photo of it?

Himalayas bathed in Sunlight

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Shot with tungsten WB and cropped :

@toofan : I liked 2nd and 3rd ,but I felt in all the pictures bit of colours lacking .increase the saturation just a bit .not a lot

@cool ::in chdk -> menu does look messy ,but once you get hang of it .its easy .also chdk will you to record images in raw .thats the reason many people use chdk with ixus etc .TO have more control over exposure

Will that chdk program work for my cam SX10IS?

Thanks friends for appreciation.

Ahinav: nice beautiful image and good experiment.

Ritwik: yes its onion flower. Which size you need.

Cool: you can turn off many options to display in LCD. Read the manual it will help you a lot.

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@stuge - Yes, I captured some images in .crw format but how can I process them? Any tips would be helpful as this would be first time I'm using RAW format. Without processing they seem to be dull.

Nice Image of the Himalayas.

@rhitwick - You can use CHDK on your camera SX10 IS. Check this page & scroll down. Download the version as exact to your camera firmware. You can check firmware by starting camera in playback mode & then pressing Menu+Set.

@vamsi - What's that? Smoke of space shuttle or aircraft? Nothing special though in this image.

Flickr Hello India !Delhi

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cool do you use windows ?? .crw is raw format for canon cameras .you will need canon software + raw codec to open it .or photoshop or any editor that can handle .crw files .well ,thats the beauty of raw ,you have the power to handle your pictures

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In my Garden!

Cool: google down for free raw converters/editors. Convert them to tiff or something then you can edit if you don't find and free editor of Raw.

@stuge - I'm working in Linux.GIMP doesn't seems to handle .crw by default. Maybe a plugin should do or I'll go with Toofan's advice.

Very nice image. Liked the selective colouring.

@toofan - Sharp & awesome.

My Friend on Phone!

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@cool :nice shot

see thislink *www.madox.net/blog/2008/11/25/how-to-open-canon-cr2-raws-in-ubuntu/

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@stuge - Thanks.
I installed the ufraw but it is not integrated in GIMP. Well anyways the software loaded my image but was unable to read the exact EXIF data but still the image loaded properly. Now how can I start with RAW image processing? Again some tips would be helpful.

Cool: excellent Image. Nice blurred background.
cool that software might have an option to convert to dng or to tiff. then after that you can edit the image in gimp.
Raw is actually a file with no compression. You had to apply your white balance(optional), saturation(optional), sharpness, brightness contrast etc as per the your choice.

Cool there is a option in chdk menu to covert to dng see if that helps.

Stuge: 1st one is the best and the 5th one is also nicely taken.

Sea shell musicians (not sure in which exhibition I took this image ,but shoot this pix @ 1600iso .So,quite sure it was quite dark )

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@toofan - I'll try doing what you say. Thanks for help & appreciation.

@stuge - 2nd image is good of the sea shell musicians. Out of the first 5, I liked the first & the second.

I am looking for a good Camera in the range if Rs 15,000, what would you guys suggest. I am looking for simple Household photography

if looking for a DSLR then you can buy a Nikon D40X 8mp sensor from gray market. You will find around your budget. This will be best if looking for some serious photography.

Can you tell what features you need in camera?

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Stuge: second on is more sharp and better.

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In my Garden!

1st Image I took he was unaware of me. So calm and relaxed. Then he figured me out and come in aggressive mood . See the changed color as the sign of Attacking mood.

C & C welcome.

ritesh.techie said:
I am looking for a good Camera in the range if Rs 15,000, what would you guys suggest. I am looking for simple Household photography

As I recommended in another thread, go with Canon SX120 IS as you don't need a DSLR unless you plan to get serious with Photography. Whereas a point & shoot will be easier to use than a DSLR for your family members.

I recomended you Panasonic FZ35 because I 've used both the points and shoots

some +Ve points of Fz35

1 .Shoots in Raw format ( a big +ve IMO )

2 Even takes polarizer ( wards off unneccesary reflections )
3 18 x Zoom

Even getting a point and shoot will only make you more addictive towards photography

Note : both the cameras will suck in dim light conditions or night photography.
you can pm me if you want more info regarding pns

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@stuge - A tighter crop would have looked more better IMO. Still a beautiful image.

@toofan - Nicely shot but I feel its a bit oversharpened.

Samosa Bhel

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Imagination

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Panorama of two pictures (taken in continous mode from car ).Though it was taken long time back .

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Location

haramshala and camera used Canon Ixus 950is

@cool Wel before posting ,I tried as much as cropping I could with the pic

and this was best to my eyes

@Toofan : nice shot of those creatures ..that I hate

..kidding

@cool : nice pix ,but still not a mouth watering pic

@Stuge: the flowers one, the blurring is using the lense or pp? The blue-purple-yellow theme is wonderful. The sky looks strange in the panorama, but the orange growth is highlighted well.
@toofan: nice catch with that lizard. They usually scram when I go near em.

@anorion : lens

Diwan-i-Aam(Hall of Public Audience)-Amber Fort
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Court where raja (king ) would meet his official and respond to his audience (public ) . Victory ,dusherra or kings birthday was celebrated here .

Regarding processing :Single image tonemapped ,then processed in Cs4

.These is bit of distrotion that I haven't rectified .I hope image is not tilted

B

Want to buy a camera in 10-12k range. Have seen the Nikon Coolpix S4000 and Sony Cybershot DSC W320. Which one will be a better pick? Please help. Any other suggestions?

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I want to buy a camera in 10-12k range. Have seen the Nikon Coolpix S4000 and Sony Cybershot DSC W320. Which one will be a better pick? Please help. Any other suggestions?

Sheesh Mahal -Amber Fort (Close up )

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HDR of three pictures (not a pseudo hdr of single image ) +distortions corrected

Both the images are good stuge.
Liked the reflections in the first pic.

First one is much much better.

need some help everyone....am confused between the canon SX200 and the SX120, I really need manual mode (and manual focus) hence going with canon, am willing to spend upto 16 k on the camera. please suggest.

Go for sx120IS that way you will spend less and when you felt you developed as a photographer then you can go for costlier DSLR.

OR you can get a Nikon or Canon Entry level DSLR in range of 20k to 25k and this way you will be straight into the firing line.
Canon EOS 1000D with kit lens: Rs 22500.oo
Nikon D3000 with kit lens: Rs 22500.00

IMO you should go for a DSLR which is cheap and you will not have to upgrade very soon.

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@toofan: thanks, was initially plannning for a DSLR but need something compact, will compromise a bit for now.....the only advantage that the SX200 has over the SX120 is high def video, can anyone tell me some more?

izzikio_rage said:
@toofan: thanks, was initially plannning for a DSLR but need something compact, will compromise a bit for now.....the only advantage that the SX200 has over the SX120 is high def video, can anyone tell me some more?

SX200 has a 12MP sensor compared to 10MP on SX120.

SX200 has 12x optical zoom as compared to 10x on SX120.

SX200 has fastest shutter speed of 1/3200 as compared to 1/2500 on SX120.

SX200 has a battery pack while SX120 has 2 AA batteries.

@izzikio rage : Dude IMO you shd save up and get an entry level dslr .Most preferably get Canon 1000D it has CMOS sensor .Whereas D3000 has CCD sensor .

in b/w canon has launched Canon SX210 (it has 14x zoom ) .

Regarding majordifference b/w SX120 and SX200 is SX120 isn't wide enough .SX120 is 36mm and SX200 is 28mm wide .

to understand the difference see this image

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izzikio_rage said:
@toofan: thanks, was initially plannning for a DSLR but need something compact, will compromise a bit for now.....the only advantage that the SX200 has over the SX120 is high def video, can anyone tell me some more?

SX120IS without bill is around 12500.00
and 210IS will be above 22000.00

If you need quality then go for 210IS but I had used 200IS it has a maximum f stop of 3.5 where as 120 IS have 2.8.
200is had a panorama mode I liked that.

Quality and features are more in 210IS. It has lithium battery which is quick to charge. only will take 2 hours while AA batteries will take minimum of 11-12 hours and maximum of 30 hours. Depends upon the charger you buy.

If you have 20k then buy DSLR other wise you have no choice other then sx120IS.

@toofan - The above portrait is nice. The greyscale conversion is working fine so is the superb composition.

thanks everyone.....will go for the sx120, the f stop values are something I really want to experiment with, the 25mm wide effect can probably be done by taking 2 images and joining them (hail photoshop) as for batteries will carry around an extra pair. 12x vs 10x and hidef video is something I can probably live without for the time being.

izzikio_rage said:
thanks everyone.....will go for the sx120, the f stop values are something I really want to experiment with, the 25mm wide effect can probably be done by taking 2 images and joining them (hail photoshop) as for batteries will carry around an extra pair. 12x vs 10x and hidef video is something I can probably live without for the time being.

in b/w forgot to tell you about Panasonic Fz35(shoots raw +18x + can take polarizer(need ti be bought seperately) .In grey it will cost you around Rs17,500 + all the manual modes you need

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read this *www.brighthub.com/multimedia/photography/articles/2143.aspx

IMO there is no why you can replace wide angle with a panorama or vise versa .Rest is upto you

..Good luck

thanks stuge...this one's a little out of my league, any idea what the FZ28 costs? it also has the manual mode and stuff right?

could you please tell me the retail price, want to get the warranty.

Yup FZ35 is an awesome camera. I had used FZ28 manual focusing on it is very easy and very very feature rich. It has 18x optical zoom + full manual control + raw+ hd vedio.

Incredible Golconda Fort !

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picture taken with B+W ND110 ,then tonemapped and processsed.

CHeck the black and white version too

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@izziko :well ,if you want to buy with warranty ,then most cameras will be out of you reach

.I 'm not sure about FZ28 .

I guess SX120 is the only option left ..Since you want warranty also .

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good work chitavan

awesome pictures

.Just a thing that I have noted in those panos .you have sharpened them bit more than required (halos around the trees suggest that ) .
@vamsi ..nice shot

@stuge - The B&W version looks good. Nicely processed.

@chirag - 1st is the best out of the lot.

@vamsi - Good Snap.

Feeling nice to see such good pics. Hope my days goes good now.

Stuge: colored version is looking better then b/w.
Chitvan: nicely taken.
Vamsi: Nice shot but It would be more appealing if the background would be blurred out.

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Thanks a lot Abhinav,Gaurav & Vimal...
@Abhinav:
nice clicks...liked both...colored & B/W...
@Vimal:
nice catch...

see my some works on B/W...
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After all your building works. I am posting my first Building.

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The Raj Bhavan or the Governor's House.
It was built by British as a residence of Governor of North West Province.

Chitvan: some extra ordinary Images by you.

guess the sx120 is final....any suggestions about e bay? it shows the camera as 10k bucks, cash on delivery in delhi. should I go for it?

@Toofan, ur image is too white? Any reason or intentional?

Ritwik: two reasons
1. I took it in bright sunlight
2. I processed this image at a text setting of LCD. In this setting I have decreased the Brightness and contrast so save my eyes from strain.

Thanks for pointing out. I will process it again at standard settings.

@toofan - I agree with Rhitwick, correct that & we should have a great image.

@chirag - Nice snaps again.

Been experimenting with some normal images, m using Sony DSC W-210

Would appreciate your feedback on improving

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My old building cat, disappeared a few weeks ago :-(

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Our clg farewell party a week ago in disc. Tried to take pics without flash, this is one of d try. Added saturation for theme.

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The service desk, liked d light. Was real hard to get clear shot.

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The following images are of me experimenting with me

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This is a modefiled version of last image, trying to make a scary wallpaper of me.

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This is the correct version with correct settings.

izziko_rage: Don't buy from ebay. As you live in delhi. go and personally visit the shop and you will get them 500 to 1000 cheap. Do buy a 2500mAh rechargeable batteries and a fast charger which can charge them in less then 11 hours. I bought Uniross 2500 mAh batteries and there charger. Batteries are the best I have but the charger used to took 26 hours to charge them. Then I bought the Kodak charger it takes 11 hours.

Ins-ANI: Your images are matching a special theme so looking extremely effective. If they would have posted alone then they would be ordinary or even worse like your first shot of cattu.

Good work/thinking and keep practicing.

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Stuge would have processed it to its maximum effect.

Race against time

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7.1 sec shot taken with B+W ND110 filter

at around 1:43pm

@INS :trying to show harms or smoking or drinking

nice
@toofan : you picture is a good candidate for hdr

lovely shot

@chitvan : fantastic shots

@stooge,@toofan
Thanks 4 d appreciation. As i told you,i own a digital cam (made for dummies).. What else can i try with it? It really kills me to think that i am handicapped with limitation of my cam. The only creativity i can show is on image editing tools

Any advices for under privileged class?

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@stuge
sry for mis spelling ur name,
The above image is great. I don't know how you did it, but still i would say- nice work

I would love to learn the same.

@Vimal:
@Gaurav:
@Abhinav:
Thanks guys...

@Vimal:
agree with Abhinav....your image is best for HDR...as all details are visible....

@Abhinav:
thats awesome image...very nice..motion blur worked very well...
u could clone out that left sided banner....

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My friend Panam trying to capture shadow..
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my friend Ashish in action
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@chirag - Nice snaps again. Was it any photography trips?

@toofan -Yeah, it seems perfect now. Sharp throughout the frame.

@INS_ANI - Psychedlic or whatever its called suits your photo theme. The post processing is done good.

Cool G5 said:
@chirag - Nice snaps again. Was it any photography trips?

Thanks....
yup i & my 6 friends had a Photography trip to Sarkhej Roja,Ahmedabad.
thats awesome place...
i know u are in Orkut too....
then u can see more snaps from friends here...
*www.orkut.co.in/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=92211595&tid=5461267224327299593
*www.orkut.co.in/Main#CommMsgs?cmm=92211595&tid=5461250667228373513

actually we all met on orkut...b4 that we didnt know each other..
as i made a community for my state named "Photography club of Gujarat"...only for making group of ppl having same interest...
then we arrange a trip to the place near city...& we succeed in that...

Nice Chirag. I'm too searching for some photofreaks here in Mumbai but the response has been lukewarm till now but still I'm trying.
What about PCGI?

Cool G5 said:
Nice Chirag. I'm too searching for some photofreaks here in Mumbai but the response has been lukewarm till now but still I'm trying.
What about PCGI?

i think there are many photographers from Mumbai...
u can try on orkut communities...there is community named "Photography Club of Mumbai" with 6,462 members...

ya i m member of PCGI too....even i m moderator of it...

@ toofan: thanks dude...will check out the shop

and amazing photos everyone....have been away from photography for quite some time...hope the new camera will change things..

Some of my pics....taken from Sony T100 P&S...I really feel there is too much compromise in a P&S Camaras...will get DSLR as soon as I had the money :mrgreen:

Below one is the original one...no post processing done...I love the light effect here
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My kitti...have done some editing using picasa
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This one is a makdee...I tried my best to make it scary...but I think its just too dark
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This is original one
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U guys rock on this thread :clap2:

Stuge: Nice clean and well composed and processed.
Vamsi: Excellent shot. The unusual angle make this shot special. It seems very emotional dog. Nice expressions. Nicely captured, composed and the railing is adding a natural frame to this image.

Chitvan: 2nd and 4th are the best. Try to bring some details out in the background of second image. Let see what comes out.

Sujoyp: 1st one is better among others. Keep practicing.

Haunted House

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Cool: you failed to create the feel of the image.

@toofan - Actually I didn't do anything to the image. It was shot like that. Just a few saturation & contrast settings in GIMP. Nothing else.

Well I thought it was a good image.

sujoyp said:
Some of my pics....taken from Sony T100 P&S...I really feel there is too much compromise in a P&S Camaras...will get DSLR as soon as I had the money

you can do better with your P&S....just work on composition....
i use P&S too...

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toofan said:
Chitvan: 2nd and 4th are the best. Try to bring some details out in the background of second image. Let see what comes out.
.

Thanks for suggestion...
i already tried it...but i feel it was flat with same light...so i used gradient & vignette to make them dark....
Thanks...

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@Gaurav...
its not bad....but u can do better by editing..
try Photoscape OR Paint.Net for editing..

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black and white
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there is reason why photographers or enthusiats use mac and Winodows for digital photography.
you shd dual boot windows and Linux.Start using Photoshop or Lightroom .

@stuge...the black & white one is superb..

Stuge said:
you shd dual boot windows and Linux.Start using Photoshop or Lightroom .

but these soft are not free....
how is availability of software in Mac...?
my bro wanna buy new PC...
he just decided Dell with Vista...

GIMP is powerful enough its just that PS got famous due to being on Windows platform which is used by majority of computer users. Sure getting help for GIMP is difficult as most of the sites offer tutorials for PS but then again there are many communities which offer the same for GIMP.

@chirag - I don't have such good Post Processing skills. Maybe that's the reason my pictures don't stand out from yous guys who are masters in PP. Another thing is being an ardent Linux user, I use GIMP while most(or all) here use PS. Trying to do my best but for timebeing I prefer to shoot as perfect as I can on the camera itself.

@stuge - The second one wins my vote. Nice snap. Coloured one feels over saturated.

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Depth Of Field

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Well ,coloured one is ok because its a HDR

,but yes black and white is always loved for street photography

G5 : its just not how powerful GIMP is .problem is it just doesn't have any plugins to work with

..I have used GIMP and left for the same reason .I was also relcutant to intitally (since it was free ) ,but then I realized how post processing is important to digital photography .Specially ,when I started shooting in RAW. ."picture without PP is just a half baked product "

in b/w I use Capture NX (software that came with camera +CS4

@Chitvan : Piracy

Pay for the CS4 or PS if it pays you for the work you do or else its just not possible to pay that much of money .Yes ,I'm poor can't buy both Camera and Software untill I get money from it .

@Cool : shallow dof is the main reason why people get DSLR .Point and shoot due to its small sensor are just paralized in this sense .they have large depth of field .f8 is like f22 (don't know the real maths ) on a Cropped senor (APS-C).

Point and shoot can be really handy for macros due to large depth of field (though its not a true macro they provide in point and shoot. you will need to use raynox etc).

little info shared .I hope you like it

Cool G5 said:
GIMP is powerful enough its just that PS got famous due to being on Windows platform which is used by majority of computer users. Sure getting help for GIMP is difficult as most of the sites offer tutorials for PS but then again there are many communities which offer the same for GIMP.

@chirag - I don't have such good Post Processing skills. Maybe that's the reason my pictures don't stand out from yous guys who are masters in PP. Another thing is being an ardent Linux user, I use GIMP while most(or all) here use PS. Trying to do my best but for timebeing I prefer to shoot as perfect as I can on the camera itself.

i m not master in PP...
i use Photoscape for editing....which is very small & free software & very easy to use...
my all those B/W images edited in Photoscape only..
u can install Photoscape on Linux too using wine...
GIMP is very slow in editing....even u can use photofilter....which is free too...

Cool: I dosn't mean that your processing failed. What i meant is that You failed to capture the subject properly. In this image the main attraction is taken by the space between the house and trees. Image should be composed in such a way that attention goes to the House. Hope you got the point.

What I mostly do is use levels and curves. Sometimes saturation and vibrance. Removing noise if any and Then adding sharpness at he last. Yes a masking these effects to pop the subject out. But I am not as good as stuge or Chitvan.

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Fire in Forests.

Every year in summers the jungles of Uttarakhand catch fire. I took this shot on tripod at a shutter speed of 25 sec with remote.

@stuge - Yeah got it. Thanks for the explanation. I left Windows because I want to live guilt free & then again I like the fast releases & features offered by Linux distros & softwares. I did feel the pinch of lack of plugins in GIMP but I'm ready to learn the hard way around. I have the patience. At the moment I don't even have funds to get a entry level DSLR, leave alone a good mid range one or even PS alongwith genuine windows. Being at your level is not an easy job but I'll be happy even if I get to about half of your level.

@chirag - OK, I'll keep your recommendations in mind.

@toofan - Nice capture.

@all - Any comments on the above image will be appreciated.

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Yeah got it. Thanks for the explanation. I left Windows because I want to live guilt free & then again I like the fast releases & features offered by Linux distros & softwares. I did feel the pinch of lack of plugins in GIMP but I'm ready to learn the hard way around. I have the patience. At the moment I don't even have funds to get a entry level DSLR, leave alone a good mid range one or even PS alongwith genuine windows. Being at your level is not an easy job but I'll be happy even if I get to about half of your level.

Dude, no probs...a lot of us actually lot worse than you.
And, u r doing pretty good with ur cam than others who have a great cam but knows nothing about photography.

Don't worry and don't dishearten. You are a student and not financially independent. A lot of us here actually work can afford something u dream of.

One positive point is, you have a lot of time ahead of you, when you will be of our age, not only you will be a pro but you could fund your dream too...

Friends I want some tips to improve on my moon pic below....actually I took it in full dark night...can a P&S can focus on moon? what should I do to take this pic better
I took it on ISO 800
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2nd one I took in evening at ISO 800 and did some editing
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Can I have this type of effect at dark night?

sujoyp said:
Friends I want some tips to improve on my moon pic below....actually I took it in full dark night...can a P&S can focus on moon? what should I do to take this pic better
I took it on ISO 800
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2nd one I took in evening at ISO 800 and did some editing
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Can I have this type of effect at dark night?

if your camera has manual mode..then...
keep shorter exposure & lower ISO...

sujoyp said:
Friends I want some tips to improve on my moon pic below....actually I took it in full dark night...can a P&S can focus on moon? what should I do to take this pic better
I took it on ISO 800
2nd one I took in evening at ISO 800 and did some editing

Can I have this type of effect at dark night?

sujoyp: 1st image is excellently taken. Nice compo and beautiful.

for taking 2nd Image
1. check earlier posts of this thread.
2. use least ISO possible.
3. Use point focus .
4. Use tripod.
5. zoom maximum of optical available.
6. crop heavily.

@chitvan No my cam dont have exposure control :-(

@toofan ...thanks for compliment...
Less ISO means more time I think...then I have to get a tripod
I zoomed maximum(5x) and cropped to near half :smile:

thanks for advice

@sujoyp - If you don't have a tripod then you can make do for timebeing by supporting your camera on any solid rigid surface.

Also try to under-expose the moon. If you keep perfect exposure then moon will seem brighter & you'll not get its surface texture.

You may like to read : How to take a perfect Moon Shot

@rhitwick - Yes, I agree with you. Thanks.

Its ME!

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The above shot was taken by my friend while I was taking his shot. ;-)

Spent around an hour or so on retouching it on GIMP. Tried curves, blurred the background using gaussian blur, played with other settings & then gave it a sprocket hole feel from decor. Any suggestions on how I can enhance it further?

Cool: Wow. Nice shot. For this type of shots you don't need heavy processing. Its looking nice and unnoticed whatever you have done.

check by increasing a bit of sharpening.

@sujoyp : your cam shd have EV control in 1/3 +/-.Even my older A540IS(broken ) had it .Check A570IS manual

.

Well ,with 4x Zoom you can only try out composition with trees, clouds ,buildings ,etc (like you have been doing right now ).

otherwise ,to get a clear picture of moon (with high zoom ) it is always better to click numerous shots ,and then stack them .To get the detail and less noise

.

@G5 : nice shot

..I just hope you don't download mp3's or any music file or even watch pirated movies, and always buy music cd's to remain guilty free

(just pulling your leg

).

@Stuge....yeh u r right...there is an EV control but it say brightness soo I never thought that its an exposure control....anyway I used it even before...just that I didnt know..it has +2 to -2 range :smile:

I know my cam with 5x optical cant take too good pic of moon...just trying :razz:

sujoyp: no need to under expose or over expose. Use spot metering in place of evaluative or center weighted.

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Camera Model Name Canon PowerShot SX110 IS
Shooting Date/Time 31/08/2009 7:16:13 AM
Tv (Shutter Speed) 1/320
Av (Aperture Value) 4.5
ISO Speed 80

@stuge & @ toofan - The pic I posted above was blurred using gaussian blur in gimp to get some DOF. I outlined myself using the free select tool & then inverting the selection. Still as you know selection can't be perfect pixel to pixel & as such one can see a thin line distinguishing the background & the subject in larger versions of the image. How can this be made less noticeable? Dodge tool or so?

@toofan...ur pic is just the perfect one...what I want...I cant zoom much...but I will surely try tomorrow...today is kindda cloudy here

sujoyp said:
I know my cam with 5x optical cant take too good pic of moon...just trying

which camera do u use?

@chitvan yes you can, take it at full zoom with spot metering and then crop it ...will give you a good shot ....my sony w150 did.

izzikio_rage said:
@chitvan yes you can, take it at full zoom with spot metering and then crop it ...will give you a good shot ....my sony w150 did.

are u answering to me....!!!!
what have i asked...?where?

sujoyp said:
@toofan...ur pic is just the perfect one...what I want...I cant zoom much...but I will surely try tomorrow...today is kindda cloudy here

No one can zoom that much. Just crop it at 100%.

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Cool: have you heard about mask in layers. Apply this to fine tune the selection you make. Zoom to 100% to 200% and then finetune the edges with brush tool. Using black and white in mask.
if you can't get me then google it how to do this in gimp. Gimp is very powerful to use.

@chitvan...I use Sony T100..

@toofan cropping it make it distorted....it dosnt look clean....its on ISO200 and spot metering

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original looks like
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To take pictures in pitch dark use low ISO (ISO80) and lowest shutter speed.

Try to take the same picture with ISO80 and 15 Sec shutter delay.

BUT remember, if u r going to take picture in ISO80 use a tripod or keep the cam on some surface. Even if the cam shakes for a fraction of second ur picture will come blurred.

rhitwick said:
To take pictures in pitch dark use low ISO (ISO80) and lowest shutter speed.

Try to take the same picture with ISO80 and 15 Sec shutter delay.

BUT remember, if u r going to take picture in ISO80 use a tripod or keep the cam on some surface. Even if the cam shakes for a fraction of second ur picture will come blurred.

i guess longer exposure can ruined the pic...
check exit data of Vimal`s posted image....
Shutter Speed is 1/320 for that shot...

Thanks guys for ur advices...
How can I change shutter speed in my cam...there is no such option...
Today I will try on ISO80...let me see what comes out

For shooting the moon one doesn't needs a slow shutter as 15secs even at ISO 80. What Rhitwick suggested is partially correct though.

Sujoy I suggest when you release the shutter don't do it manually, use self-timer to prevent the camera shake.

@toofan - I have heard about the masks but will google it as I don't know anything about them.

sujoyp said:
Thanks guys for ur advices...
How can I change shutter speed in my cam...there is no such option...
Today I will try on ISO80...let me see what comes out

i guess your camera doesnt have manual mode...

@chitvan...yaah u r right...it dont have manual shutter speed mode

@Cool G5...ur idea is excellent...I will keep it in self timer...

chitvan said:
are u answering to me....!!!!
what have i asked...?where?

whoops, that post was meant for sujoyp, he was asking about taking a moon shot with a cam that does not have a manual mode....

@sujoyp: if your camera has a program mode or even a landscape mode that will set the focus to infinity, then use spot metering and cropping to get a good shot....take the shot at the full resolution of the camera so that the crop results are good.

Mango - King of Fruits

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The JPG is compressed to load faster on slower connections. I pulled the slider too far so one can see the artifacts, please ignore them.

Aamchi Mumbai. That is delicious.

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posting something after a long long time...

Cool: thanks for posting cool cool mangoes. Nicely taken.

izziko: beautiful shot and excellent composition.

@izzikio_rage...ur pic is beautiful..

today its cloudy here soo no moon shot today....will try tomorrow

Cool G5 said:
Mango - King of Fruits

The JPG is compressed to load faster on slower connections. I pulled the slider too far so one can see the artifacts, please ignore them.

thats nice image...liked it....
u can try different angles too....lower angle...

@Cool, nice shot....
Ab kuch bhej bhi deta idhar ;-)

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@sujoyp : this has been taken from my sony w-150.......it does not have the quality of the high optical zoom cameras but is still worth a shot.

@izziko_rage - The image you posted on previous page is beautifully composed. Only defect I see in it is the tilted horizon.

@toofan, chirag, anorion - Thanks.

@rhitwick - Come at my home.

Ab tumhari bari.

@izzikio_rage...yaah its good...but how much optical zoom does ur cam have...how did u manage to take soo sharp pic with w-150...was it a full moon day that day

my cam has a 5x optical zoom....the moon was three quarters full ...that is usually the best time to shoot it...(I think someone else also mentioned this fact...a full moon will show no details ) ...I used irfanview to crop the photo

@cool g5: now that you mention it....it is a bit tilted...will take care next time...thanks

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this one captured at Rock Garden,Chandigarh,
actually i was capturing the water vessels only & the girl was posing for her father to be captured & then i clicked...

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@chirag - Are you fascinated with B&W Photography?

@chitvan...great pics man...good shot.

@chitvan, dude you last b/w photos were gr8 but these seems to me a bit overexposed, even when converted to b/w they are too bright.

Specially the cracked soil one, its too painful for eyes.
How about toning down the pic a bit more.

//Totally my independent opinion.

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I was asking him to pose for me but he was doing what ever come to his mind.
Then I asked him to scare me with his eyes and this is what he did.
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Dared to disturb me!

1st one is not processed and taken at high ISO.

@toofan - I liked the 2nd one. Nice expressions.

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Perfume Bottle

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^ thanks for the idea. There are lot of perfume bottles in my house.. will experiment with them now.

@:
Thanks guys for appreciation...

rhitwick said:
@chitvan, dude you last b/w photos were gr8 but these seems to me a bit overexposed, even when converted to b/w they are too bright.

Specially the cracked soil one, its too painful for eyes.
How about toning down the pic a bit more.

//Totally my independent opinion.

yup... you are right...
its over contrasted...

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@Vimal:
2nd one looks nice....nice expression...
@Gaurav:
perfume pic is good...liked colors

Cool: Excellent capture. Nicely taken. A perfect example of product photography.

Can you explain how you took it. The lightning. setup etc.

These are a series of pics of kitten.. hope u guys will like it.

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those kittens have vampire kind of ear

..and good contributions everyone .

well,anyway from now on .I will not be posting every pic I post on my flickr account.

@coolg5....ur pic is soo clear..as toofan said what setup did u use

@INS-ANI...I liked the third and last one

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I tried something here :razz:

Any suggession to improve on the one below
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toofan said:
Cool: Excellent capture. Nicely taken. A perfect example of product photography.

Can you explain how you took it. The lightning. setup etc.

Nothing fancy or high end equipment here. A table lamp with tubelight was used to throw light on the subject & a thermocol sheet was used to bounce the light from the front back onto the object. These days I'm trying to improve my product photography skills.

Any more ideas guys?

Thanks.

@sujoyp - In your pic its difficult to see the object properly. try the technique I discussed above. Can you remove the glass kettle? If so it would be much better as the mirror is reflection & causing chaos in the image.

@INS_ANI - Nice kittens. Brilliantly taken.

@coolG5 ....nope cant remove the glass :cry:

...even I too didnt like it but helpless...thanks for the ideas

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since we are on the subject of other creatures ...

sujoyp said:
@coolG5 ....nope cant remove the glass...even I too didnt like it but helpless...thanks for the ideas

Try slipping in a white A4 size sheet behing the kettle & then shooting with what I discussed above. Try it.

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@gigacore....did u modified the 1st one...its soo dark
2nd one is excellent

Inspired by INS-ANI I took pic of my kittens at home...they r very scared soo very difficult to take pic of them

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Sorry for blue eye effect :nanananana:

@ sujoyp No I didn't modify. I used to spot metering purposefully to darken the sky.

@sujoyp you will have to display a bribe to get their attention.

..
try this.. place some bribe and play with them for 30 mins.. probably they will get used to the idea of camera and wont be scared.
In my case after they had their bribe they became serious abt what i was holding in my hand

here's an edited version of #3 cat image from above.
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Just reduced chrome in background and increased luminance of focus area.
Slight difference among the two pics, but surely this one is a bit visual appealing

^^^LOL..I will try..actually the room is dark...and these kittens run away continuously...I found it quit difficult to focus and take these pics :lol:

C

Here are a few nice pics taken by my brother and his friends on a recent visit to Sikkim. I just touched them up a bit.

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Office photography (when too lazy to work

)

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(My past watch, now replaced with a Fast-Track one... was goofing around with my W810 cam in ofice)

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In canteen. Not very good, but just mentioned only because IMO the DOF effect has come pretty good

sujoyp said:
^^^LOL..I will try..actually the room is dark...and these kittens run away continuously...I found it quit difficult to focus and take these pics

try this..(if your are not an animal activist) take them out of the dark room.. and place them on dining table or any "safe" surface with some height. They are kittens and probably don't yet know to jump.. once there they will take some time to get used to and will give you real angry or terrified faces

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Was experimenting with my Automatic Cam and found a way to increase exposure.. Though it works only in dark.
Here are the images, do make any suggestions if required.
(Exposure: approx 3-4 seconds)
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The above image: Was waiting for car (with red backlight) to move, it didn't so i moved my cam!
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Experimenting with matchstick.
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Lightning!
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Experimenting with incense stick.
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Again the incense stick!

@INS-ANI...thanks for the cool cat tips...although I have cats from last 7-8 years...these kittens dont come close to me much seem like giving some tasty bribe will do

@rhitwick...ur watch is out of focus man

@rhitwick - Watch as well as fork is poorly focussed. I think you went too close for camera to focus. The second shot is focussed but its focussed at around the neck of the fork. The focus in second should be around head of fork.

Gosh!!! guys, I took these with my Sony W810i mobile cam...watch is no exceptional thing but I kinda liked the fork thing.

Some of new attempts: Starting with original pic and then edited one:
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@INS-ANI, ok you have got the concept, rather making rounds only, try with some shapes, letters...
How about writing ur forum name in this method

@INS_ANI - Block light entering your room by closing the windows & shutting the crevices with newspapers. Better if you try Light Painting at night time. What is the light source you're using here? What are camera settings?

@rhitwick
I am using a Automatic Cybershot Cam, and accidently discovered this setting in nigh mode of the cam. In night mode, with low light on object the cam automatically provides an exposure of 3 seconds.
Thats quite small time,not enough to write a letter.
Can you suggest some other way to do it within the time domain.May b i can cheat by taking different snaps while keeping the background same.

@cool G5
You are not going to believe it, but i was taking snaps at dead of night when there was no electricity in my area.. The source of light is from cam's flash.. Its automatic setting, cant change it.. but i may try blocking the flash.
Will it work? i mean what would be the difference? will try tonight.

INS-ANI said:
@rhitwick
I am using a Automatic Cybershot Cam, and accidently discovered this setting in nigh mode of the cam. In night mode, with low light on object the cam automatically provides an exposure of 3 seconds.
Thats quite small time,not enough to write a letter.
Can you suggest some other way to do it within the time domain.May b i can cheat by taking different snaps while keeping the background same.

@cool G5
You are not going to believe it, but i was taking snaps at dead of night when there was no electricity in my area.. The source of light is from cam's flash.. Its automatic setting, cant change it.. but i may try blocking it.
Will it work? i mean what would be the difference? will try tonight.

You can try blocking the flash but I think then the camera will underexpose the image. Preferably use a smaller source of light like a laser or mobile torch. 3 secs are enough to write alphabets. Not all but one by one. Join them later on PC. i had posted such a pic earlier. If you have time scroll through the earlier pages to find it. It has my name.

@rhitwick - I clicked this with my fixed focus(non-autofocus) camera mobile Nokia 3230. So you can do a lot better with your auto focus W810i.

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No PP is done on either of the images.

^*drool*
@INS-ANI: I like the noise on your cam. Im thinking I have a strange attraction to noisy images. They have more feel or something. You could have tried natural actions though, like striking a match, instead of waving it around. Just saying, im not an expert or anything, very interested in light painting though.

InS_ANI: That's why its call think before you buy. For what purpose you will use the camera.

There would be a option to switch off the flash. I had seen it in similar sony cam. If you didn't find that then block the flash. It will not not affect the light painting in any way. Try using different color lights, shape and size of light.

Hello guys....
again my pic is selected as Photo of the Day in Fotoflock...
*fotoflock.com/
it automatically qualifies for this months upcoming Photo of the Month Contest.

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toofan said:
InS_ANI: That's why its call think before you buy. For what purpose you will use the camera.

There would be a option to switch off the flash. I had seen it in similar sony cam. If you didn't find that then block the flash. It will not not affect the light painting in any way. Try using different color lights, shape and size of light.

Earlier to this i never thought i may like photography as a hobby and to add to that i had absolutely no idea about photography basics.
However, atleast i know now and my next purchase will be a good quality SLR, but that may take 2-3 years

@others, thanks for inputs, will try your suggestion. Sry for luky response, but got an exam tmr. Wil respond later.

Chittu: congrats man. My vote will go for you. I am also there.

@chirag, great work man. Have registered on the site and will be voting for you.

@chitvan...ur pics r really great..I have a tilt towards B&W pics too :smile:

..

Another try of the same old stuff:
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This time using a Mobile Torch
Background was too sharp, hence intentionally blurred.

@cool G5
Will experiment by blocking the flash, lets see what i can get.
Beside about your own image, will search it and give my feedback.

@Anorion
Well.. its not noise, but editing errors. IMO Raw images from CAM are noiseless, but editing them using two different image editing tools gives noise.

@toofan
Thanks for the advice, will try them soon.

@INS-ANI, I liked this one...

Good, keep it coming

@INS_ANI - This one is cool. Feels like the seam of a cricket ball.

@Rhitwick - Happy Birthday. Some yummy food for you.

Garlic Veggie Sandwich

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Portrait of my friend

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Thanks to you both for encouraging me..
@cool G5, i can't find the image you were talking about. I am on low bandwidth connection and hence its a bit difficult for me to go through all pages, can you please post it again?

An edited version of the same image.. really don't know what else to do

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Cool: Nice portrait. Nicely composed but if you would have used a fill flash you could have removed those harsh shadows.

Ritwik: happy birthday dear.

Latest news: Going Leh-ladakh,Srinagar-Gulmarg in june. Hope to get some good snaps from there

@toofan - Yes, you're right. Will keep in mind next time.

@INS-ANI - I made a light painting last night. Here it is.

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It is made with mobile light as I kept a shutter of 10 secs & aperture 7.1 or 8.0 on my camera.

Happy clicking on your journey. Do come with fantastic pics. ;-)

Thanks guys...

@cool, nicely done. What kind of light were you using? The mobile screen?
I have been using a LED lamp and a mobile torch.. but the non-linearity (i hope the word is correct) looks attractive in your snap.
Is blue the natural color?

I use the mobile screen as the light source. Though I had a purple theme set on mobile, it rendered blue in the pic. Obviously I didn't care about the white balance. Just enhanced the colors in GIMP.

Seems i will have to use a better light source.. My mobile's screen offer very low brightness. probably covering the LED torch with something will do the job.

Some more..

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@INS-ANI - Liked the third one.

@cool and others.. can you suggest any site for tutorials for automatic cam?
I now wish to develop some skills before i start my kashmir trip.
So, what i will be covering is nature,monasteries, lakes, people and unknown.
Need your help regarding the same.

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Shape and the face lines are same but a huge different in emotions. Flexibility of human faces to show different emotions in same way.

Cool is best when it comes to innovations.
Ins_ANI: now you have got the basic of light photography. Try to create some some specific and complicated shapes. Like a outline of human. I know you will start with a Heart. Most do so.

And as far as automatic cams. One simple trick. Try using the proper mode of the cam for different photographs.
1. while taking sunset use the sunset mode. to get enhanced orange and yellow colors. just try this. Its wonderful setting.
Now one trick: when ever you want to enhance the red and orange colors in your image just use this setting inspite of type of situation.
2. Use portrait mode/macro mode for people photography to have a blurred background.
trick: use the cloudy white balance to get effect of a warming filter.
actually you can use the cloudy white balance setting when ever you want to warm the colors.
Many more keep practicing.
Sometime try to use different mode with totally different conditions to get exciting results.

INS-ANI said:
@cool and others.. can you suggest any site for tutorials for automatic cam?
I now wish to develop some skills before i start my kashmir trip.
So, what i will be covering is nature,monasteries, lakes, people and unknown.
Need your help regarding the same.

I recommend,

Digital Photography School

Foto Flock (Go in Learn Section)

For rest of your doubts you can ask us now itself before you leave.

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@toofan - A bit criticism for you in the first image. Why you left some space on the right? It should not be left unless you want to show some direction in the shot. Also I feel it should be cropped till belly from bottom.The second one is very good. Do you capture in burst mode or normal? If in normal then its really great as you're trained to capture the right moment.

An failed attempt to frame my self

(But i like two shadows of my hand

)
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Finally did it

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Set your Creativity free with Light Painting Photography

A blog post on how to do Light Painting.

@cool, thanks for the links, i have already archived fotoflock Articles and exploring The first link.
Also ..Nice blog.

@toofan
Thanks for the advice, will try them and will get back to you with results and more.

C

@Cool G5- Nice blog post

Great shots by everybody there. I miss my daily dose of Stuge though.

stuge naaraaz ho gaya hai.

Thanks cool for you honest feedback. and viewing the image so closely.

This image, I took last Sunday (2nd May 2010) while we went on a trip. Shot it with an Olympus FE330 8mp (AutoFocus). No PP, just resized.

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Location: Neeraru dam at Valparai (near Pollachi) in Coimbatore district.

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@lywyre - Nice image. You got a good natural setting while taking the shot. There is a slight tilt in the image but most won't notice that.

@lywyre.. very nice pic man.. which place is this?

@CoolG5 & INS-Ani. Thank you.
It is the Neeraru dam at Valparai (near Pollachi) in Coimbatore district.

Captured the violent rain yesterday.. here's one of the good shot..
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Nice image both of you.

I too tried to capture the sunset yesterday but the wind blue and all clouds went away.

this is when clouds in sky and I ran 7 km away from my place to capture it.
1st shot.
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After that wind blue and the day ended with this.
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@cool joe & @INS-ANI -Thanks.

@toofan - I liked both your images. Both have unique beauty.

title :happy mom's day

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@toofan awesome images

will try to comment later when I will get time .

Thanks stuge and cool.

Stuge wonderful abstract. Superb shot and the effect you provided. Are you moving toward abstract or this is just an exception.

A snap of Khadakwasla Dam, pune. Taken by a friend and edited by me.
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@ins-ani, please post the original pics in original color....
Was the photo taken on anytime b/w 11AM to 4PM?

Wow we have some great dawn scenes...great work by Toofan and INS-ANI

@toofan...ur 1st pic is too good...which cam do u use??

@stuge...Ur pic is perfect...good work :smile:

@rhitwick
here is what you want:
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And IMO this was taken around 5 in the evening, only a fortnight ago.
@others.. thanks!

@INS-ANI, why such a red tint? or this is how it looked in the morning...

If only the sun could be avoided anyhow....
rest, the settings and environment looks beautiful

Its original pic taken from a mobile cam. It was a casual pic.
I will try to remove the sun, but as resolution is already quite small hence not much space left to maneuver.

sujoyp: thanks . Its nikon D90.

Nice to see that the standard of photography is improving, even the newer photographers are improving a lot. Keep going people.

toofan, I am waiting for you to go on your next trip somewhere in the Himalayas. Then you can unleash your D90. Nice pics of your kiddo!

This is Not my Image, but posting as of architectural beauty of the construction..
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This is the institute i will be joining soon for my masters!

@INS-ANI - Nice man.

Charred Dadar Station

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A fire broke out in evening today at Dadar station & I got an opportunity to take some photographs. I was late on the scene spot so could not capture the wild flames which I saw in a video camera of a colleague. Still the image explains the inferno.

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@INS-INI....hey u r joining I2IT, PUNE....I did my MBA from there...great campus :-D

...what r u doing from there

Some pics of our second trip : Jami Masjid,Ahmedabad...

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@cool , thanks
@sujoyp its nice to know that i have a alumni here

I am gonna join APGP-VLSI from I2IT.
When did you pass out and where are you working now? Pune?

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@chirag.. nice pic man. I tried to look in to your flickr account, is it offline?

@chitvan....I am really ur big fan...just the kind of pic I wanna take :grin:

..good work

@INS-ANI...I passed in 2007..I came back to my hometown Nagpur..
U want any info just mail me at sujoypp@gmail.com..or put up a messege

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I feel silly to post this image.. but this is one of my cooking experiments.. came out edible

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^^what is it...omlate curry :))

you guessed it right

P

Hi to all photography geeks

I ready to buy my first digi cam and insanely in love with Canon sx210 IS. Should I buy it considering I am a beginner? I will be using mostly for my trip etc .... Please suggest !!!

ps: Can someone tell me the street price for it.

Nothing new about this image, just wanted to post it in B/W as it looks distinct in this format.
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The B/W treatment looks better INS-ANI on this image.

@INS-ANI, first time to a CAT-scan, I would like to say WOW!!!

Gr8 image!!!

How about giving some color, red or light green to her eyes only

But, really very cute pic.

@ cool.. thanks
@rhitwick.. giving color to her eye will take away its innocence on the face.
Red will give a devil look to a cute face. tried to darken the eye.. but then it
becomes a zombie...

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Some more of the similar pics:
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hey the cats r cute...great pics...B/W looks bit different

INS-ANI said:
@rhitwick.. giving color to her eye will take away its innocence on the face.

U've got one innocent pic, right? Keep it as it is. And make other copies of it.

Red will give a devil look to a cute face.

I'm talking about exact this thing. Red, Green and Blue gives different meaning to photos when used in eyes.

And, here u've made the photo b/w, so a gr8 opportunity to bring some other meaning to it.

I would request you to edit the photo and make three copies of it with changing the eye color to red, green and blue only.....oh and very light yellow too. (that makes it four)

Let the whole pic stay in b/w, but change only the eyes :smile:

Would u do it plz, just for experiment, don't u want to see how she looks that way

I will try it. i checked a red eye last night and it was quite different from what i had expected.

Will post them as soon as i can.

@rhitwick
Thanks man for the advice.. i learnt something.

Here are the images you asked for:
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Have tried to keep the iris sensitivity.
will upload yellow later.. the one i made has poor color.

@INS-ANI,
WOW!!!
Green one came really good. Red is too much, make it as light as green one. Blue is hard to find.

Use sky-blue color to fill eye. I think you have used navy blue.

C

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Photos by INS-ANI. Edited them a little.

@INS-ANI - B/W is better, color don't work for me atleast.

@rhitwick.. Didn't realize red was too filled up.. was editing on college CRT. But now i see the difference.
And you know what.. i had to learn to recolor on Photoshop, but guess i should have had a bit more patience with color selection.
I will correct the same and get back with more color combinations.

@ chirag
Thanks, now i have a quality to match to.
PS: the second Red eye looks better.. its not too sharp wrt background.

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@COOL
I agree, B/W can display clarity much better than color.

@all.. As of unforeseen circumstances, i have an exam to appear

before i clear my BE. Will try to give my creativity a break before it reaches cloud 7.

Will continue more just after the exams, and i have quite a few targets.
How about a coal mine?

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Just before i pause , this is my last pic..
Was trying something abstract when power was out
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Use of this finger is controversial. Hey these cats might have look more better with some different composition.

I love plain B/W with different shades...Good try by INS-INI & Chirag

Tour of Saat Taal. But I failed to capture the beauty of Nature there.
Comments and critiques welcome.

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@toofan ...great pics...I loved 3rd one...even if someone feels its overexposed a bit :wink:

Nagpur Sky today was red...a great chance
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Please advice which one is looking better...I just could not decide

BTW that frame around pics r looking nice...I will try too :-D

@toofan, I loved the 5th one....
@Sujoy. IMO 2nd one...

@INS-ANI - Hmmm.. Still not a great pic.

@toofan - Nothing special in first two pics(except good composition). Third one looks nice inspite of heavy light. Last one is ok.

@sujoy - Second one is better than the first. Still a little cropping would help from top.

@all - My first attempt at selective desaturation. I know selective desaturation doesn't shows up when the subject is filling the frame but still I couldn't resist doing in on this sparkling yellow car. Please post your comments on the same.

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^^hey thats great ....how did u do it...using photoshop??

@cool I know.. i was randomly editing to get an abstract.

I know i m supposed to be studying.. but power went down and i cldnt possible control myself in candle light... here are some unedited shots.

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@cool .. the image looks stunning

D

Cool G5 said:
@all - My first attempt at selective desaturation. I know selective desaturation doesn't shows up when the subject is filling the frame but still I couldn't resist doing in on this sparkling yellow car. Please post your comments on the same.

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can you please explain your process?

thanks all for your feedback. Yup i failed to capture the natural beauty of that place may be my mind not working as i am suffering from cold that time. Nose full of nonsense material.

sujoyp: First one will look much better just process it to correctly.In second one you zoomed too much.
eg:
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Cool: now you are solving the mysteries of Processing. Car pops out from the frame. Nicely done.

Ins-ANI: Very nice series. Keep the good work up and forget about studies. Bas kutch hafte aour nahi pado phir to saal bhar masti hi masti hogi. (fail hone ke baad)
Most of them are very very good abstract.

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sujoyp: some compression flaws but these due to the low size of image.

Taken at Saat Tal. I dont know the name of the flower.
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Lake Nainital from Killbery road.
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Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!

@toofan...Thanks for processing my image...its looking much better now
I didnt do any post processing this time...I didnt use any zoom in the pics..

@INS-ANI...some of ur images r great..good try on abstract photography

@sujoy & @himadri_sm - I don't use Photoshop, I use GIMP. First I selected the object which I want to retain color of using free hand selection tool. Then inverted the selection & applied desaturation so everything except the selected subject goes into monochrome. It was fairly easy than I thought. Some tutorials confused me with using brushes & duplicating layer but I tried doing it my own way & I succeeded. Thanks for the praise.

@INS-ANI - Nice. I liked the last image & the dof in the handwriting photographs. You used a tripod? How you took the images?

@toofan - I liked the flower. Nice effect around it. Your lake shots are as usual beautiful & perfectly composed. I've a dream of coming to Nainital someday & capture that lake. Also other scenic views of Nainital too.

Thanks.

Ins-ANI: Very nice series. Keep the good work up and forget about studies. Bas kutch hafte aour nahi pado phir to saal bhar masti hi masti hogi. (fail hone ke baad)
Most of them are very very good abstract.

yeah, and if i don't study now, then for next year i will be posting sad- abstracts..
I will do the needful anyway... would like to be called a graduate soon.

Beside, thanks for the appreciation.

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@cool
Glad you like them.. abt the last one.. i tried some combination with non-white background (am trying to replace white behind candle to reduce reflections). some results were stunning, but need more resources,more color tries. and it will need processing.
Will surely post them as i get there.

regarding dof shots (image 6,7,8) ,i just used steady hands

. Its hard to recall, but some of these shots were taken while Camera was kept on table, but only the inclination varied manually.
Image 7 and 8 were taken in this manner, am not sure about image 6.

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This is the same image no 2, edited to reduce candle exposure.
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@Cool G5...thanks man for guiding me...the thig is soo simple using GIMP..never thought it would be soo easy
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@INS-ANI....cant u use a single candle while taking pics...It looks more appealing...anyway pics r great

@sujoyp
single candle, less light... hard to study.. especially when the main motto was to study..

waise, will try when power goes down next time

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waise, nice work.. will try the same.. Later

^^ Thanks...Actually single candle will look like from some 18th century scene :))

like this....
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yeah thinking on that line.. modified my lamp with reflecting film.. will post as soon power goes down..

@INS-ANI - Cut down the power purposely, we're quite eager to see your experiments.

@sujoy - You're welcome. The thing is selective desaturation works good when you have a repetitive pattern in the frame. Consider a bunch of similar flowers & just one flower is colored or a mountain of earthen pots with just one pot retaining its color. Hope you got the idea.

I cldn't wait myself. Here are the (unedited) snaps

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Used clip and stapler as a prop.. liked the shadow in low light.

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This was an accident.. cldn't hold my camera still..
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compare it with below image.. and see the difference in light intensity

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The lamp was modified with cellotape layers on the inside walls for better reflection.
probably without this modification, brightness would have been even lower.

Also, comparing from old image, a single candle illuminates just half the book.
A perfect pic can be when i put the lamp at the end of wall with full view of unrestricted spread of light.

If i require to shoot a shadow,depending on size of object.. i will require more than one candle for better composition.

Will appreciate some analysis,improvement ideas from your end.

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@sujyop the kind of image link you posted... i guess it will require better (clean) setup.. will try them later

@INS-ANI, abe padh!!!
Sach mein fail karega kaya?

@INS-INI...The 1st pic the perfect abstract...great shot
but i must say that the reflection didnt come up good...the candle is not looking good...please try something different...

I will try too soon :))

@Cool G5 here is a pic I tried

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Later.. i have been reminded of my karma.karma with camera is not what is need of the hour.
Have locked my camera in almirah, discharged battery..

@sujyop
Nice editing, but i guess the focus on image can be better if you change the whitish outer layer of the frame. I guess a darker shade will look better.

toofan said:
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Awesome! But I guess its Joshi not Toshi.. :smile:

@INS-INI...ya actually I have not decided upon the frame yet..just trying
This thing I tried again...with some post processing done and a darker frame

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@sujoy - Nice. Next time try to click flowers of same color as the black 7 white version shows different tones of monochrome flowers.

This one with darker frame looks good.
:))

There's one this i read this semester of my engineering in Audio Video Eng., that is our eye sees relative brightness and absolute chromatic. :))

This guy has been wandering near my house.. from many days. Got him today.

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3382/4628546053_bd5d5a2c5e.jpg

@vamsi_krishna....Nice shot..

@vamsi - Nice image. Reminds me of a similar shot image from toofan.

Vamsi: Nice image.

cool: posting another one.
*img12.imageshack.us/img12/5513/dsc0148kj.jpg

@toofan - This is even better than your previous one. Now I'm in love with the 18-105mm on D90

Cool: I was also amazed by the blur i get from this lens even at f 5.6.
The round curved line you can see in image is his tail.
I would have went much closer to it but a child disturbed him and he left away.

Hmmm... that's great yaar. I thought it some part of foliage. You took this at 105mm?

18-105 nikkor lense is the kit lense with D90 isnt it??

I have a very noob question :smile:

Can we take Wideangle and macro shorts with 18-55 kit lens given with D5000??
Wide means what we get with 10k compact cam...and macro means like 10-15cm close

and I know it can zoom 3x :smile:

@sujoy - Yes, 18-105mm is the kit lens which comes with D90. You can definitely take wide angle shots with the kit lens as well as macro shots but getting a dedicated macro 7 wideangle(fisheye) lens will be much better.

@CoolG5 thanks

soo apart from zoom what advantage does a 18-105 have over 18-55 lense??

@sujoy - Nothing apart from zoom. Getting a higher zoom lens is always preferable to get good Depth of Field & covering from distance.

sujoyp said:
@CoolG5 thanks

soo apart from zoom what advantage does a 18-105 have over 18-55 lense??

This lens is consistantly sharp throughout the focal length.
if you don't bother changing lens then 18-55 mm can be paired with 55-250 mm which gives a variety of zoom range and the money difference is quite less.

at the same time 18-105 mm can be paired with 75-300 mm which is very high quality lens and about 26k.(which i am looking for but after 50 mm 1.8 lens).

5 ways to get rid of Photographers Block

Unable to take a good photograph? Out of photography ideas? Yes, then read on.

Just last question....Y do superzooms costing 14k have 24x zoom and for SLR we have to spare 25k+ for just lens ??

@coolG5....I have already started all these :mrgreen:

.. but good article

@cool nice article..
How about writing one for starters like me?
people like me usually don't know much basics of photography, about their camera and Post processing. For me, i know i am moving ahead, but its random.. i take a step when i see an opportunity.

An article from experienced lot like you can surely advice precisely how,what and why one should do to reach a basic level of competence, beyond which only his creativity can guide him.

INS-ANI said:
I cldn't wait myself. Here are the (unedited) snaps

The lamp was modified with cellotape layers on the inside walls for better reflection.
probably without this modification, brightness would have been even lower.

Also, comparing from old image, a single candle illuminates just half the book.
A perfect pic can be when i put the lamp at the end of wall with full view of unrestricted spread of light.

If i require to shoot a shadow,depending on size of object.. i will require more than one candle for better composition.

Will appreciate some analysis,improvement ideas from your end.

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@sujyop the kind of image link you posted... i guess it will require better (clean) setup.. will try them later

i understand what problem u faced...
whenever u use longer exposure candle light will come toooo bright....
& if u use little shorter exposure then it will come underexposed image...

its bcoz u need to use some other light source...like keep on night lamp...
what do u think....sujyop had posted links are not result of only candel`s light....
there is another light source too...

@INS-ANI - Thanks. I do take extra care to see that even newbies can understand what I write & talk in the photography articles. I avoid jargon most of times & stick to simple no fuss language. Meanwhile INS-ANI check out the photography section on my site, it has lots of article which can help you. Morever I'm in process of writing a photography ebook which will contain shooting in AUTO, MANUAL, Post-Processing & many more. But you need to wait for that since being a one man army it will take time.

@sujoy - First of all you won't likely get a 24x zoom non-dslr within 14K(If yes point that out). They come atleast at Rs.20K+. Regarding DSLR lenses being expensive, these lens are made from high quality glass which is needed to give you ultra sharp pictures. Also some dslr zoom lens have a fixed aperture i.e 70-300mm f4.0. This means the aperture will remain f4.0 throughout the zooming range of 70-300. Such lenses cost a bomb & are generally preferred by professionals who demand more. Also the lens are protected using high grade chemicals coat over them which reduces glare & light reflections as it enters through the lens. Our normal zoom lens of prosumer cameras will not have coating of such a high grade. Then there are other lens phenomenon like distortion, purple fringing, end to end sharpness etc which are well controlled by DSLR lenses but not by the tiny zoom lens on your prosumer. All these make them so costly.

@sujoyp,
@INS-ANI,
Thanks for liking my pics....

here are some more pics from my second trip,Jami Masjid,Ahmedabad.

*images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAKDc531EMOe8GENjR1QhxESKYOHxrdipLGzJEWEJTTDhY_TopJOfvD8SmZowRs78paxqoDXJnVR6Fz1cq0cEjFgAm1T1UDVZXk4ayZyGEwqz9E2OSdf613gB.jpg
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@chitvan
Thanks for the analysis. Actually, as i am using an automatic Camera(DS-W210), the candle is the only thing i can control.
However, the snaps without direct candle light gives the desired look.
see this image:
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and the below is same one, but photoshopped

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Do you think a masked candle(with semi transparent film) will help.
The requirement i can think of is a setup like this:
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The Candle C is a low intensity light, where as A and B are bright light, but not directed to Camera lens. A series of permutations and combination of position of A and B may give the desired result.

Would appreciate your feedback regarding the same.

@chitvan, I loved the second pic...the kid has some naughty eyes and captured very good...

Keep it up.

@cool.. can i prebook your ebook?

.
have seen your site and saved your articles (without your consent

)to read them in holidays.
Beside: if i manage to complete my research in holidays(especially the candle one

), i may start a blog for noobs like me.

@chirag
Image 2 and 4: WOW!!!
May i suggest some more ideas like image 2, how about image of same child on a busy street (like vegetable market, with crowded background) and long exposure shot.
its kind of similar market shot you posted before.

and about image 4, can you please remove the mobile tower..
also,can you share you took the shot? Is it processed?

@coolG5...I was talking about Nikon p90 which have 24x zoom and is selling for 15k...Thanks for the explanation...

@ Chitvan...ur 2nd pic looks soo natural...good shot

INS-ANI said:
@chirag
Image 2 and 4: WOW!!!
May i suggest some more ideas like image 2, how about image of same child on a busy street (like vegetable market, with crowded background) and long exposure shot.
its kind of similar market shot you posted before.

and about image 4, can you please remove the mobile tower..
also,can you share you took the shot? Is it processed?

yes....you can suggest your ideas..
yup you are right........busy street got more motion blur...and it adds more life to pic...
i knew it...but street was empty at 11:00am....and actually our main target is to visit Jami Masjid...
our next trip will surely be for Street Photography....but not soon....as Summer Ruined all the things...
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no...even cropping or removing tower from image will jus kill the aesthetics of it...

its like Photojournalism work...that tower shows how our Gov don`t care of heritage like places & give license to mobile Co.....
even that building on which tower was built is more than 100 years old...

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More shots from same trip

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In first pic of you second installment, I like the girl's half covered face.....

@chitvan...u shouldnt have blurred the cat's body

..
ur 2nd pic is awesome as always :grin:

sujoyp said:
@chitvan...u shouldnt have blurred the cat's body..
ur 2nd pic is awesome as always

hhmmm....u r right....
it doesn't look good...
....i wanted to get shallow DoF...but my camera cant produce good DoF.....so edited...

Chitvan: Some awesome photographs from you. Why not you go for a dslr you badly need that if you don't have it yet.
This will only add more to your skills.

@chirag - Nice pics.

@INS-ANI - No worries in saving until & unless you post them somewhere without giving credit to me

Don't worry, the ebook will most probably be released for free under creative commons licence.

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I tried to increase the exposure and sharpness of the pic..these little devils dont give much chance to take snaps
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Actually I tried some horror style but couldnt yet get it.
Some samples
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@Sujyop.. Image 1, Perfect soulmate for your avatar.
The first candle image looks great. Try this..
put some prop (or anything worth putting) and light two candles. Keep one in frame and one on left(out of frame). Take a snap (snap1) .
Then repeat the same process with now the candle on right and take a snap (snap2).. photoshop them and you will have a decent image w/o much exposure.
(Atleast try it for me

)

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Also..

can u try this
*quain.org/Gallery4/candle.jpg

@INS-INI yaah will try that soon :))

...

@sujoy - Maybe you could have tried to include the iron bar to aid composition. Similarly the red candle pic is good but can be better. Wait let me try some candle photography. This is an aspect I've never discovered. Goes to search some candles.

@cool G5...I am searching for new ideas with candle...INS-INI gave good idea..but no tank at my house...lets see if its possible

The original cat pic looked like this
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how could i use the iron rod for composition??

@sujyop, its fairly easy, you don't need a tank...Just find any utensil big enough (or any plastic box, you can get variety at market @cheap price),
fill it with water and hold the candle on a glass "katori" and keep the katori on the water and let the water bee still.
Take a snap in this position..

If possible try with various combination of utensil, some may even letsome part of candle buried in water.. this is even better position.

HINT:.. If i were you, i will jam my kitchen sink

ALSO: DO post the setup image.

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@cool
Get some candle gel, if possible.. You will thank me later

@INS-INI..Not kicthen sink...but will surely find something suitable...i have big drum...hopefully it will work...I have to get a lighter candle...this one was heavy and big

you may need to float the candle then. it will require some work with candle.. you need to make it horizontal ( disc shaped). You may not find such candle in market, but u can still try to make one from old pieces..

@INS-ANI
nice tip... Thank you

@sujoy - Crop the pic vertically including the rod at a side, it will look a little better. Actually the iron rod is distracting but still a vertical composition will look better.

@INS-ANI - Will try it. BTW what about your exams? Studies are on, right?

Yeah i am studying, its a continuous process, involving many sources including internet

@cool G5..Do u mean something like this

*lh3.ggpht.com/_9a5lKZR2-08/S_oiR4oFpbI/AAAAAAAAFQA/yKt-01xlHZg/s400/DSC03944.JPG

He might mean this.
*img27.imageshack.us/img27/5125/dsc039441111.jpg

Sujoyp: its time to learn the rule of third now. Try to compose your image like so that the subject follows the rule of third. Means draw imaginary lines three vertical and three horizontal at equal distance. Then try to position you subject at any of the bisecting lines in upper third or lower third. And try that your subject is positioned in any of these lines. It will increase the interest in image.

Ask coolG5 he will tell you more technically about this.

EG:

*img21.imageshack.us/img21/984/kimberlykaneruleofthird.jpg

You post too many cat pics and hardly anyone impresses me. If you try to follow this rule this will make your simple looking shots some impressive.

I am not better at understanding things to others but hope you get the point and cool will through some light on it.

@toofan...yaah will try to improve :))

...soo should i activate the grid on my cam...it would be easy to use this"rule of third"

@sujoy - If your camera has the grid, go ahead turn it on. If doesn't then imagine them. Toofan posted a correct cropped version of your image. In the image the subject(climax) of your image lies at the intersection of lines. This makes the image more better than the previous one. As i said earlier the rod is distracting & doesn't quite appeals but when you shoot next time try to include a complimentary element or maybe drop in a prop purposely. But also remember do break this rule sometimes as it can become quite monotonous & won't please the viewer.

and you must have noticed the iron bar which was distracting in the original now adding new dimension or adding another point of interest to the image. Now the viewers eyes after viewing the main subject find this as another aspect of image.

The rule of third is meant to be broken but only one third of the time.

@sujyop
Regarding desaturation you were talking abt, i found this old pic i edited months ago. its not a perfect job and i didn't use any advance editing tool.
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hey guys thanks for your advise on buying the canon sx120 is ....just got it ...here is one of the few photos that I took which was good enough to put up here.

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4638759197_68ebf98178.jpg

@izziko_rage - The pic is edited well but the bedsheet doesn't suits the mood.

@INS-INI...yaah soo u tried it too...I was just overly excited abt it coz I loved it :-D

@izzikio_rage...ur pic looks great but bedsheed should have plain satin/silk type ;-)

@sujyop
I tried it on Pixo, was too afraid of photoshop then

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@izziko You have edited it very well.May be you can give me a few tips there

Regarding bedsheet, can you try some thing darker with no variation in colors, so that visual focus remains on the object.

I am suggesting something like this...
*farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2498694153_c9f3e74b8d.jpg?v=0
The darker the background is, the better it is.

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sry.. cldnt resist.. this is what i am talking about. I just blacked the area i wanted dark,sorry for poor editing i just wanted to see it done fast

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LARGER VERSION
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^Woah Stuge, this one is awesome, and huge - still not a 360 im guessing. Requesting link to high res image. I friggin love the Himalayas.

Anorion said:
^Woah Stuge, this one is awesome, and huge - still not a 360 im guessing. Requesting link to high res image. I friggin love the Himalayas.

High resolution is just too big (around 30,000 x something ) .this is the reason I resized the picture and uploaded same .

anyway ,just for the info.picture comprises of 8 shots .

@stuge
Can't find words to appreciate the work. A similar 360 view of sunset/sunrise will look excellent.. would love to see the light transition

Beside: Can you please replace it with a thumbnail?

@stuge - Superb man.
How do you take panoramas? I mean the technical things.

@Stuge...great work man...8shot panaroma is huge...

Excellent take stuge.

thanks everyone ...BTW..the guitar pic does not have any editing on it ....used a 15 sec exposure and then drew the outline and strings with an led....

@ INS-ANI: you're right it does look better with a flat black background ...will try that out...thanks

@izziko nice tip on led.. will try that sometime. bwt, what LED were you using? torch?

@Vimal:
hmm i m thinking to buy 500D...

my recently captured snaps....tried to capture motion...

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@INS-ANI: yup an led torch and a small blue coloured led ....

@chitvan: dude, amazing pics...you seriously deserve an SLR

cool......

C

A little help needed. Do you guys remember there was this 'batteries advertisement' where they made the whole advertisement using LED/torch lights. As in, it was a stop motion clip where they made characters using LED and animated them. Anyone good with that here? I am confused as to how to animate them smoothly? Any tips?

Something like this: *www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDKncF-uyb8&feature=related

hey, i had undertaken a workshop years ago on animation. I can help you out with few basic.. but before that are you sure you can make any desired shape from LED? Thats the only pre-requirement.
If you do.. the process will be something like this:

1) Decide on some script?
2) How long is the running time? say 10 sec
3) Number of frames (images) needed= minimum 15 each second. (The more Frame per sec ie. fps the better us the video. IMO with LED you may require a min of 20 )
4) Draw a rough sketch frame by frame what you want to do.
5) capture the first set of image (say 20), edit them , run them in any video maker, review it and if ok go ahead with rest.

Please do prompt for any other help, it's an interesting project.

Cool G5 said:
How do you take panoramas? I mean the technical things.

Recommended focal length for most panos is 45m -55mm .shooting panos at 10mm can different effect .Secondly ,try to use tripod if possible (I didn't used any tripod in the above picture )..Regarding picture posted above, I clicked number of pictures from left to right( or you can click as many as pictures you like from top to bottom or left to rigth or mix of both ) ,then use software to combine them .
There is one more aspect in landscape shooting that is Hyperfocal distance (only useful for dslr users )
It is done to achieve maximum sharpness thoughout the image .

you guys can read about it on net (google it ) if you like but its a tricky aspect in landscape photography.

Note: for dslr users : Panoroma is no Substitute for Wide angle lens or wise versa .

@chitvan : you're doing good

chitvan: excellent work. last two are most impressive.

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A simple flower i took this morning.
for a change from such high tech/skilled images.

@chirag
about movie maker, just don't use any movie maker. I found cyberlink power director effective for frame by frame editing, i m sure it will be well suited for this.

@toofan - Love these tiny flowers. Nice shot.

While in a hotel yesterday, having yummy kothimbir wadi.

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@INS-ANI - Looks Cool. How did you achieve the blue hue behind the red?

cool: perfect shot.

@cool I used my USB mouse. The scroll Wheel has Blue LED and Light sensor below has bright red LED. The blue hue is just reflection from my hand.

@INS-ANI, wow, cool. Ur mouse did the trick. Gr8 shot and composition.

yeah, had been seeing the light irritate me for long... couldn't resist it.

@INS-ANI - I thought it was achieved using two lights. Well the effect in your shot is awesome, almost a 3D effect.

never intended it to be, but nice idea.
Read A few days ago about 3D photography using two cameras to mimic eye. Quite difficult to implement the setup for hobbyist like me

. They used something remote switch to trigger both camera simeltaneouly.

Next target @holidays .. move on to some object shape and design a LED setup (multicolor) for the same. The best part.. it requires little investment

Tunnel No 44 :
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@Toofan : you're doing good .Avoid 11am-3pm (depends on city ,country you live in ) for landscape shooting .

@INS-ANI:
wow.....this is very nice work....
@Stuge:
nice shot....from where did u click it?

@stuge.. did u actually get on the train :shock:

... nice shot!

@chitvan.. Thanks.. any suggestion what should i try next?

Stuge: wonderful shot. How you took it. you cant be over the train.

And thanks for the tip.

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C & C welcome.

@stuge - Nice shot. As others I too would like to know how you took the shot.

@toofan - Love the colors on butterflies. You take such shots in shutter priority or in manual?

Welding in the Dark

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nope ,I wasn't sitting on the top of the train .I will never try that specially with soo many tunnels .I was sitting beside the train driver on the conductor seat ( It was nice that train Conductor/Ticket Checker allowed me to sit there for a while to take pictures

@nice pic cool and toofan

@stuge, have u added noise to the left, or is it motion?

INS-ANI said:
@stuge, have u added noise to the left, or is it motion?

texture during post processing

@cool, wow!!! gr8 shot. Those flares are so clear and distinct....see, u don't need a damn DSLR for such pics.

Gr8 one...

Man Selling Betel Paan for his livelihood

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Stuge said:
Tunnel No 44 :
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@Toofan : you're doing good .Avoid 11am-3pm (depends on city ,country you live in ) for landscape shooting .

nice shot stuge(adi),

This isn't actually a photo, but I gave a shot to stop-motion aka Time-Lapse photography and came up with this time-lapse video:

*www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/video/video.php?v=1424526462403

and this wast the first attempt:

*www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/video/video.php?v=1413885756392

Sorry, but I haven't uploaded it on youtube. It might require u to be logged into facebook to watch it.

not bad ,but location isn't good

lol yea.. they both were just an attempt from my home..

@Gigacore... the second one is awesome. Only its just 2 seconds

Which cam do you use?

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@stuge. nice shot.. you always manage to get images with some feel!

rhitwick said:
@cool, wow!!! gr8 shot. Those flares are so clear and distinct....see, u don't need a damn DSLR for such pics.

Gr8 one...

Yeah. Thanks for motivation. :C_cool:

@stuge - Nice shot but you could have included the people too. The cropped legs don't appeal & make it an ordinary image.

Cool: excellent take.

Stuge: nicely taken. But its a bit centered. If it would have been cropped from left, How it would have looked? May be better may be not.

Stuge: good work on the man selling pan image

@gigacore, can yo share how you did the video? I need to know how i can do the same with some LED shots i have.

@INS-ANI: The second was actually my first attempt in making time-lapse video. The another with 8 seconds meets almost many parameters to make a time-lapse video look good and smooth.

I used my Sony Ericsson C510 with a java app called "Time-lapse Camera". Using that app, you can set the interval between each shots and the app does the rest.

I took 124 shots with an interval of 30 seconds between each shot. Then used "Ulead GIF Animator" software to combine all those images to look like a video. Ulead GIF Animator lets u export it as .AVI too.

In the video, the interval between each image is 0.06 sec. And saved it with the frame rate of 15 fps in avi format with XVID compression.

So do the math.

- 124 shots x 30 sec = 62 minutes of actual time spent in taking pics.

- 124 shots x 0.30 / 62 / 10 = 0.06. The 10 is to get one more zero after the decimal point.

- 124 x 0.06 = 7.44 sec of video that u can achieve. So to get the best frame rate:

- 124 / 7.44 = 16.6. So the best standard frame rate u get around that value is 15 fps.

Well, am talking about this video: *www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1424526462403

You can download the original 640 x 480 file from here: /media/Dump/20100504113533/timelapse1.avi

Just FYI: These numbers and math are not accurate. I am still process of making it better. You may look into some formulas available for making time-lapse videos available on net.

Sorry for the poor image quality. Since I took it via a tinted window pane and from a phone. I am longing to buy Nikon D5000. Just waiting for the exams to finish next month. Can't wait to get my hands on it and make better time-lapse videos. :mrgreen:

toofan said:
Cool: excellent take.

Stuge: nicely taken. But its a bit centered. If it would have been cropped from left, How it would have looked? May be better may be not.

pic has been already cropped .people were a bit too far to be added.it was taken at the widest angle that I could go i.e 10mm .

regarding legs -> I know that legs are cropped and not to my liking either ,but I have already replied why it is like that .

@giga
thanks for the reply. I am having hard time find such application for my cam(sony DCS-W210 cybershot). Will keep trying till i get one.

INS-ANI said:
*lh4.ggpht.com/_FszDxDFtyog/S_4uTd4sYYI/AAAAAAAAAwM/AKsya0LnA8s/s800/a.jpg

good INS

this light show looks cool,but background for such kind picture is soo important ,but most of the time it is neglected .not sure why

Cool G5 said:
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nice pic

.Unfortunatly for me its not a mouth watering pic that a food pic should be

.

note : total food presentation is very much important .unfortunately it was something that you have no hold over it here .I'm not an expert on food photography ,but these are my observations being a student of HM(hotel management ) .usually food photography needs a 50mm lens or a lens with tons of lovely bokeh

anway ,I will try to comment on other pictures that you guys have posted here .of course when I get time .not sure you guys will like me to critique every picture posted here .Firstly , its not a critique thread ,and secondly ,I hate demotivating people :)

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4649483275_60e9938714_m.jpg

Took with Sony DSC W210. It's grainy, yeah.

Gigacore said:
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Took with Sony DSC W210. It's grainy, yeah.

can be added as abstract .nice try .keep clicking .

IMO go for 550D.

@Stuge, I have decided to go for Nikon D5000. The Canon 550D is out of my reach. I don't want to wait one more month. Also, I don't like canon models. hehe

Earlier, plan was to buy D3000, but later somehow managed to stretch my budget in short span of time.

@stuge the background for my image can't be worse.. it was me with little clothes on

Edited it on picasa to darken the background, though lost some color temp in the process.
The final image was joined together as collage in picasa.

Gigacore said:
@Stuge, I have decided to go for Nikon D5000. The Canon 550D is out of my reach. I don't want to wait one more month. Also, I don't like canon models. hehe

Earlier, plan was to buy D3000, but later somehow managed to stretch my budget in short span of time.

well there I asked you to get canon because lenses from canon are cheaper .I have Nikon D90 .anyway ,you can't wrong much with either of them .

INS-ANI said:
@stuge the background for my image can't be worse.. it was me with little clothes on
.

I wasn't really pointed out your image with no background .I was just expressing myself in general way

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4650201638_dd6b02e82d_m.jpg *farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4649585445_1893eb415d_m.jpg

Shot with Sony Ericsson C510

Sorry for misreading your comment

@stuge - Actually I like someone pointing out my mistakes. Good or Nice comments don't mean much to me as they give me nothing to progress. Regarding bokeh in such pics, you're right. Often the interesting parts of food are captured from close range while throwing out the background out of focus. Being in an hotel & shooting under ambient light I was not in a position to do much. Further as you know, not being a DSLR owner 50mm prime lens is out of question. Go on criticise my pics. You got the license from me itself

@gigacore - Nice macros. Go ahead with D5000. Some say its performance is similar to D90.

@cool, yea it has the same image sensor as that of one on D90.

Gigacore said:
*farm5.static.flickr.com/4009/4649483275_60e9938714_m.jpg

Took with Sony DSC W210. It's grainy, yeah.

Whats the source of light?

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@giga
the link u gave me (steve's digicam forum) mentions only hardware additions, which are not what i can use.
beside, thanks for the link to the forum, its very informative.

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@sujyop
Happy b'day, manny happy return of the day

^^Thanks for ur wishes :mrgreen:

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Actually I like someone pointing out my mistakes. Good or Nice comments don't mean much to me as they give me nothing to progress. Regarding bokeh in such pics, you're right. Often the interesting parts of food are captured from close range while throwing out the background out of focus. Being in an hotel & shooting under ambient light I was not in a position to do much. Further as you know, not being a DSLR owner 50mm prime lens is out of question. Go on criticise my pics. You got the license from me itself

my tips are general in nature .I know you don't have slr at the moment ,but in future, when you will have one .it can be helpful for you as well to the members who are reading it

sujoyp said:
^^Thanks for ur wishes

happy birthday man ..have a blast of time

Gigacore said:
@cool, yea it has the same image sensor as that of one on D90.

if you're sure that one month wait can let you buy 500D or D90 ,then in my opinion you should wait .a bit of patience is always fruitful

I hope you have no problems buying from grey market ?

@stuge, what can be the price difference if bought fro grey market?
or if you have any idea, how about getting it from honkong/malyasia/singapore/dubai etc?

Was trying something different this time.. Turned out OK..
*lh5.ggpht.com/_FszDxDFtyog/TAGj19koh6I/AAAAAAAAAxk/o9hM2QUHlwc/s800/Final.jpg

INS-ANI said:
@stuge, what can be the price difference if bought fro grey market?
or if you have any idea, how about getting it from honkong/malyasia/singapore/dubai etc?

When I bought it JJmehta was quoting 67000.00 and some other 66000.00 with bill + 2 year warranty.

I bought from grey market at 51500.00 now you can make the difference.

After 2 months its prices are dropped heavely. with bill its about 56000.00 and without bill may be around 46000.00

This is about D90.

INS-ANI said:
Was trying something different this time.. Turned out OK..
*lh5.ggpht.com/_FszDxDFtyog/TAGj19koh6I/AAAAAAAAAxk/o9hM2QUHlwc/s800/Final.jpg

love this butterfly formation

@INS.. err, I thought they were discussing about a software and just shared the link with u. :s And it's my SE C510 with camera turned on. A bunch of blue light illuminates few keys..

@Stuge: lol yea you are true. But I've already been waiting to buy it from ~3 months. I could've bought it this month, but since my exams are going on, I have to wait till it finishes.

So I don't think I will wait anymore. Though I know that D90 is better than D5000. Since am beginner to DSLR and have some more commitments to fulfill, I will stick with D5000 for now.

As far as lenses are concerned, I will be using the 18-55mm kit lens for some time and will buy the 55-200mm and 50mm f/1.8 lenses after few months.

@toofan... Thats quite a high price. hope its worth it.
I would rather stick with my 3years plan to buy a SLR

@all, Regarding the LED shot.. Including background as pointed out by stuge, the LED is also important parameter. Have tested with three types and found smaller and brighter is better (visually).
I request you to suggest if anything else matters with selection of LED, i would try to get some suitable products from market or modify them to suit the requirements.

Nice butterfly INS-ANI!

INS-ANI said:
@toofan... Thats quite a high price. hope its worth it.
I would rather stick with my 3years plan to buy a SLR

.

thats justa body and a kit lens for you.once you get addicted to upgrades ,filters ,bag ,then its a matter of time before you break your bank .

@Stuge, speaking of filters, how much does a good polarizing filter with 52mm diameter costs?

Then i should rather wait to have something of my own in bank

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Btw, came across some stunning long exposure shots.. here's the link.
*webdesignledger.com/inspiration/30-stunning-examples-of-long-exposure-photography

@INS-ANI - Seems cool. How did you achieve it? Explain in detail

@gigacore - You're thinking of doing photography seriously or just as a hobby? Would like to say, choose careful as "Photography is a really costly hobby". (Find this statement very true)

@Cool, Yea am aware of that. Am not taking it serious, but u can say it as serious hobby

Well actually since am into Geology, I will be taking some pics, time-lapse videos, macros, astrophotographs etc... So equipping with some basic stuffs to get started.

Gigacore said:
@Stuge, speaking of filters, how much does a good polarizing filter with 52mm diameter costs?

it depends on the brand .B+W(its a german company ) is considered to be top notch brand (yes they are, I have filters from them).Hoya( japanese company )
is good too .Avoid Marumi and Local brands at any cost .

hoya should cost you around Rs 2k for a 52mm one (
b+w can cost you around Rs 3000 for a multicoated polarizer .Prices in grey market can vary .

*img84.imageshack.us/img84/7637/dsc0010y.jpg
Peach(larger one) and Apricot.

*img33.imageshack.us/img33/1444/dsc0012copy.jpg
Plum

*img35.imageshack.us/img35/341/dsc0022up.jpg
Peach

*img339.imageshack.us/img339/2339/dsc0025c.jpg
Peach again.

Giga-core: then you should took for D3000 or D5000 from nikon and 1000D or 500D from Canon. These would be cheap and there kil lens will suffice your hunger.

@toofan - I liked the third one. May I know which metering mode are you using?

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Let's bite on the Sealink

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Strength of Palm

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@toofan...the 3rd pic have awesome detail

@Cool G5 the 2nd pic is perfect :razz:

@Stuge, Thanks for the information.

@toofan, I will go for D5000.

@Cool, I wonder what u would do when u buy a DSLR. You are already doing great with a bridge cam.

INS-ANI said:
Btw, came across some stunning long exposure shots.. here's the link.
*webdesignledger.com/inspiration/30-stunning-examples-of-long-exposure-photography

Hey, thanx for the link.

Awesome long exposure shots, even awesome are the "natural lights" section.

If not checked yet, check out now.

Cool G5 said:
@INS-ANI - Seems cool. How did you achieve it? Explain in detail

Its the same process.. this time i blocked my flash.
the only images i took was of the mid blue part.. only half of it, the other half is inverted of first.
similarly, you can see the wings are also identical, just one wing image taken.
same is with antenna.
(i did take many tries and have used only the best results to collage them in to one butterfly)

Also, my mouse has a red led at bottom and a blue led at top.. this time used both of them independently.

Food for thought: How will it look if the same act is performed in front of a (big) mirror.

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@rhitwick
off to check now

@INS-ANI - Thanks for the explanation. It has come out really nice. Try it if you have a big mirror.

@Giga - Thank You.

Large mirror.. thats hard to find.

Those intrested in BnW pics.. check out a great compilation at *www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/09/beautiful-black-and-white-photography-2/

@toofan : like the 3rd one

@cool : sea link could have been better .2nd one is cool (nice illusion

),but both good concepts

@INS : nice link

good collections of pictures

cool: Mostly i use matrix metering.

second one come nicely.
If you would have gone closer and not taken the bridge portion behind there head then it would have looked like they have eaten the bridge. Or wait why go closer just remove the bridge in P.P.

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*img217.imageshack.us/img217/9288/dsc0056m.jpg

Good Morning.

*img42.imageshack.us/img42/5162/dsc0058l.jpg

Second one just didn't come out as i had wished. I tried to make it HDR with a single file.

@toofan
the first 1 is great.. specially the water

regarding the second one.. just a suggestion (it might work) .. may be two shot one with sun and one without it added in panaroma/mixed would help The sun is too bright.. hence takes away all fun around.

Thanks Ins-Ani for you feedback.

Cool: i tried this. try to look on every aspect of you image where you can improve on pp.
*img176.imageshack.us/img176/5946/465567040245ebe4070ab.jpg

@toofan - After PP, the image looks nice. Actually I'm not satisfied with both the images. Will post a near perfect image later on when I shoot them again. Both of your images are nice.

@stuge - Yes, the first one could have been better, even the second one could have been better. Will post more such pics in future.

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Speckled Leaf

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I hate when people drag me not to take a picture

.I feel Like spanking them badly

.would have loved to click few more using different angles ..grrrr!

*farm2.static.flickr.com/1288/4661470345_812ddd995c_b.jpg

@cool: a good composed shot

Wasn't it worth the pain? Atleast the image was!

Its one your best stuge.

@all, do you recommend buying an second hand SLR? I really want to, but do not wish to spend $$$ till i learn how to use it..
If yes, what are the most likely places to find it?

@stuge - Nice image but as you said different angles would have made it pop-out.

Also would like to ask, do you always shoot in RAW?

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INS-ANI said:
@all, do you recommend buying an second hand SLR? I really want to, but do not wish to spend $$$ till i learn how to use it..
If yes, what are the most likely places to find it?

I don't recommend it. Save some bucks & go for a new one itself.

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Lake at Chhota Kashmir

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INS-ANI said:
@all, do you recommend buying an second hand SLR? I really want to, but do not wish to spend $$$ till i learn how to use it..
If yes, what are the most likely places to find it?

which one ? how many shutter counts ?
used condition ? + how much are you ready to spend ?

there is not harm in getting a second hand if its in prinstine condition somewhat .many people do that .at least it will get you started and will help you in learning .

@cool : yes ,I always shoot raw .

Cool G5 said:
I don't recommend it. Save some bucks & go for a new one itself.

At the pace of my saving rate, i may have to wait over 3 years

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@stuge I haven't' yet found any seller and have absolutely no idea regarding specs as well.. (which i am planning to learn this holidays). .. its just one of my frnd bought a canon EOS 7D... and it turned me on and am kind of addicted to stuff i have been trying to ignore

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The main issue is.. in photography i m noob

and i am not earning yet. so can't spend more than 15k even if i can... it has to make sense to my financers as well

@INS-ANI - Let's assume you get a 2nd hand DSLR for about Rs.15K. But what about the other things you will need like Lenses, Filters(& the list goes on)?

Other solution is to get a good prosumer having manual control which should fall in your budget. Also as you'll not earn from photography I don't think getting a DSLR is worth it. I too feel the desire to get a spanking DSLR as other people here are but then I won't be earning anything from it & it will become a financial headache for my parents. Will surely get one though when I'm ready to enter into photography business though.

@stuge... can you suggest what specification i should go for?

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@cool.... The only reason i want to buy a second hand SLR is for less price i will get features i can't afford to buy.
The objective is to learn and when i am confident (in 2-3 years), by that time i will be having my own source of income and will buy a new one which suites me skills.

Regarding lens and filters.. well i can skip lens as of now. Even with my Sony cybershot.. there's a lot left to discover before i move on to manual.

INS-ANI said:
@stuge... can you suggest what specification i should go for?

try to get nikon d60 +18-55mm lens (since d60 has been discountinued you should be able to get 2nd hand for quite cheap ) or get d3000 +kit lens (costs rs 21-22k) new + I'm not sure how much second hand will go for .

keep an eye on jjmehta forums for used cameras .sooner or later good deal might pop up .

*www.jjmehta.com/forum/

but make sure to check da current grey market price, if da seller is selling what he bought from grey market .

Stuge: nice one.

Cool: nice reflections but missing the punch. It would have needed an extra subject to enhance the mood of image.

INS-ANI: you can get a new D40 for around this price range. You may get it from some shop keepers. because I had seen one D40x in my city with a shopkeeper 3 months ago. or you can buy an entry level DSLR any one from canon or Nikon it will be round 20 to 21k without bill.

@toofan - Which extra subject? The lake has been closed down for boating & the shot I took was taken from a distance putting my hands from gates. Couldn't do anything much here.

Stuge said:
keep an eye on jjmehta forums for used cameras .sooner or later good deal might pop up .

*www.jjmehta.com/forum/

but make sure to check da current grey market price, if da seller is selling what he bought from grey market .

Thanks for the advice.. found a d3000 (3month to 1 year old).. asking price is Rs. 15k..
The only issue is.. seller is chennai based. I hope i can find someone from pune or mumbai

@INS-ANI: As stuge pointed out, look out for the shutter actuations of the second hand DSLR you are buying. Nikon D3000 has the shutter actuation of 100,000. Make sure it has not crossed 25,000 since you are paying almost 75% of the current price.

A new D3000 will cost you around 23k and comes with a 18-55mm lens. Why not wait and pool in 8k more and get the new one. Also by the time you save ur extra money, the price might go down a bit.

And, think again. Do you really want a second hand DSLR? And do you really want a DSLR?

Since, I was initially planning to buy D3000, here are some of the things that I have noted down:

- Nikon D3000 doesn't come with Live View feature, so you can take pictures only via the optical view finder. Live view should not be a concern if you are an enthusiast.. coz many photographs choose to take shots via optical via finder rather than the live view.

- It doesn't have video recording feature.

- D3k doesn't have exposure bracketing. Meaning, you can't create HDR images 'easily'.

- Only good thing about the D3k is that it comes with a feature "Guide" mode which makes it easier for beginners to compose shots without having to think about the basics (which usually no enthusiasts prefer not to use).

---

If the brand is not ur concern, try going for Canon 1000D, it comes with Live view and costs around 23k which is a direct competitor to nikon's D3k.

A good alternative to DSLR with all the jazzy features that fits into your budget is the Nikon L110. Costs 14.5k

It's a pretty cool Bridge Camera (sits in between a point-n-shoot and DSLR) comes with 15x optical zoom, HD Movie recording and more.

I've tried this cam at Reliance Digital and it's easy to use and has good hand-grip.

Either save 8k more and get new D3k (if u have no issues with those points) or go for L110. Think!

-

@ Thanks for the insight...there are many technical stuff i still don't know.
I think i would rather wait some more time and learn about specs. Once i am confident i can move on to DSLR, then only i should.

I should hold my emotions

Yup I will also suggest you canon 1000D its rated much higher then nikon one. In grey market the prices will be much lower may be around 20K. just check.

Live view is not a good feature to use for me. Because if once you start shooting through viewfinder you forget about live view. Till date i hadn't took any photo from live view.

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I don't know why but I had done some blurring in this image.

C & C welcome.

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4645558262_0ab34deec9_o.jpg

A pic that I shot from the ghat in haridwar...

toofan said:
I don't know why but I had done some blurring in this image.

C & C welcome.

I was about to point out that. Can you repost without blur, you may try little desaturation of the part you don't Wish to focus on, like the leaves.

About the cam, as adviced by giga, i found Nikon L110 impressive.. but i have decided to wait one-two month before i can buy.. just giving myself some time to learn about it.

@INS, Nikon L110 is a good cam, no doubt. But it uses two AA batteries for it's power source. Using AA batteries instead of standard Li-Ion has it's own advantages and disadvantages. The good part is that you can carry couple of rechargeable batteries while u r travelling.. and even if the rechargeable batteries run out of power, u can buy regular batteries and keep going. But the disadvantage is that it makes the cam bit heavy.

@toofan - The intermittent blurring is not looking good at all. Post the original.

@izziko_rage - The colours look more saturated. the exposure seems too long as details are washed out.

@giga - Instead of Nikon L110 I suggest Canon SX 120 IS. Reasons :

> Picture quality in Canon is better.

> CHDK in Canon will boost the potential of the camera.

> Full MANUAL controls which the Nikon L110 lacks(the most IMP feature if you plan to go seriously into photography).

Also the camera won't power in case you use normal AA size batteries as you wrote. It will need AA size Alkaline batteries only & not the regular ones.

C

Oye people. Hows the following deal?

*cgi.ebay.in/Canon-Powershot-SX120-...m&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item27b22fd70d*cgi.ebay.in/Canon-Powershot-SX120-...m&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item27b22fd70d

Chirag said:
Oye people. Hows the following deal?

*cgi.ebay.in/Canon-Powershot-SX120-...m&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item27b22fd70d

Go ahead.

*img198.imageshack.us/img198/6132/dsc0074ob.jpg

*img205.imageshack.us/img205/2680/dsc0071.jpg

same but with different angle and focal length. which one is better or keeper.

izziko_rage: nice colorful image and nicely composed. The blue color adding the punch .

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taken in vivid mode.

@chirag: I too was planning to buy form e-bay so did a little research on this count.....the main catch is that they give what is known as a dealer warrenty, which means that the camera will be repaired under warrenty only by the dealer who you got it from, with a purchase from the show room you can get the cam repaired by any canon service center in india....if this is not a concern then its a great deal

@ toofan: thanks dude....

@toofan
second pic..
First pic still has some foreground blur.

Ins-ani: this is not called fore ground blurr. This the depth of field and its positive to have your subject in sharp focus and rest blurred whether its background or foreground.

1st one has a shallow dof because its taken at focal length of 105 mm(157.5mm wrt 35mm) while the second one at 85mm(127.5mm wrt 35mm).

@toofan - I too prefer 2nd.

Yes second one is my fav also because the flower stands out in the blue background.

*img251.imageshack.us/img251/1219/dsc01061w.jpg

@toofan - Beautiful portrait.
I have a query. The background DOF doesn't looks good to me. Feels like it has been overdone(if done using software) especially in the right upper corner of the frame. Did you achieve it with the camera itself or with software?

Thanks. cool: In the lower left portion I did it with P.S. As there was a rose plant. Which was not matching the whole background.

What about the upper right corner above her head? I feel it to be patchy & somewhat unrealistic bokeh.

toofan said:
Ins-ani: this is not called fore ground blurr. This the depth of field and its positive to have your subject in sharp focus and rest blurred whether its background or foreground.

1st one has a shallow dof because its taken at focal length of 105 mm(157.5mm wrt 35mm) while the second one at 85mm(127.5mm wrt 35mm).

I reget my misinformed comment.
But here's my point, which of the following two options gives a better view?

1) blurring the background (or the object we don't wish to focus)
2) A little desaturation of the background?

I tried both of them in a sample image taken from net, and i found the second option gives better response.

I am no expert, but here's an explanation i can think of.. eyes are more sensitive to color when it comes to finer details and more sensitive to intensity if it comes to monochrome.

whereas, if any object in focus is blurred, eye detects it instantly hence it may not be able to focus completely on the object meant to be center of image.

I found some reduction in exposure and saturation gives good results.

Here's what i tried:
This is the original image

image1)
*solutions00.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/lotus-flower-wallpaper.jpg

and this is the image i tried

image2)
*lh4.ggpht.com/_FszDxDFtyog/TAtBo4hhU-I/AAAAAAAAAyo/3Smz61Xv-tA/s640/lotus-flower-wallpaper1.jpg

and this is the third try (image3): decrease in background exposure and saturation
*lh6.ggpht.com/_FszDxDFtyog/TAtC9E0yM-I/AAAAAAAAAy4/kciNped4pVU/s640/lotus-flower-wallpaper.jpg

And this one is the original image with blur:
(image4)
*lh6.ggpht.com/_FszDxDFtyog/TAtFiRuRdmI/AAAAAAAAAzI/VCnVBfl16eM/s640/lotus-flower-wallpaper.jpg

@INS-ANI - To me, all of them still feel the same. The DOF in the original pic is so shallow that it is differentiating the subject & the background. I prefer to have background out of focus & feel that is what every photographer strives to achieve in his/her photographs to capture the attention of the viewer on to the subject.

played sometime with dad's film SLR Yashika FX-3...and found that even a 20 years old SLR cam had all...aperture setting, shutter speed, ISO, Focus ring(on lense), Zoom ring(on lense), hotshoe etc. :razz:

*lh5.ggpht.com/_9a5lKZR2-08/TAtXKrX3AvI/AAAAAAAAFQw/BeBv0YLHZSg/s400/DSC04057.JPG

I took hundreds of pic using this without knowing ABC of SLR :razz:

Ok i tried very hard to capture the water droplet pic but I think my cam is not fast enough to capture it...the best I got is
*lh3.ggpht.com/_9a5lKZR2-08/TAtXLWJeFdI/AAAAAAAAFQ0/8K73xQ65wF8/s800/DSC04072.jpg

and another Macro shot
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@INS-INI...i tried that droplet spash many times but could not just capture it that quickly.

@cool, forgive me if i beg to differ, i am just trying to learn what i don't know.

I will specify the part of image as 1,2 and 3 as marked in this image.
This image is quite similar to the flower image posted by toofan, the part 1 shows the background, 2 the subject and 3 the flower he blurred (or due to DOF).
*lh6.ggpht.com/_FszDxDFtyog/TAtdSN5CBXI/AAAAAAAAAzs/z7pzG9HPJSs/linked.JPG
In the images posted in my last post, i can do not much with part1, but in two sperate image i have left subject (part2) intact and blurred (image4) and desaturated(image3) part 3.

My point is simple, i can't understand which is better thing to do?

If there can be a problem statement, it will go like this:
*lh6.ggpht.com/_FszDxDFtyog/TAtb29BjMHI/AAAAAAAAAzc/kq2wUK2srPY/s512/asas.JPG
The objective is to bring the box at center in to focus (in all three images). Image 1 has too many distraction (or source of light, or object with comparable light intensity). If i remove these distraction(reduce the luminance), vision (focus) is improved.
The third image is to represent different level of luminance reduction.

The second option is to blur the background.

I need to know which option is considered better?

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@sujyop
Are you kidding me... thats wonderful images. Especially the second image. How did u take it? Please explain the setup.

and in the first image, it shows you worked really hard.The change of setup was very effective. But still it doesn't give the feel, the brightness at the top left is what's causing the trouble.
Can you try to cover tank bottom with something dark. Like you can put some plate type of object at the bottom,or a dark cloth or a black plastic sheet.

@INS-INI...Thanks...There is no special setup in the 2nd pic...the green ball is pudin hara

and I placed it in front of a window..thats it

In 2nd pic thats an alumunium vessel...soo there is some reflection from window light...will try with different setup again :smile:

Anybody can tell me if i can use these Yashika Lense 35-70mm on new SLR cams??

Squirrel & Ant - In Harmony

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@INS-ANI - I would go with the thrid in which the foreground & the background is blurred leaving the subject sharp. But this would not look good if the foreground subject is too close to the main subject & hence it such a case the foreground should be relatively sharp too.

@sujoyp - You found a gem in the closet. It should help you learn more about photography. Actually both the pics are good & not that bad as you think so. yes there are areas for improvements but you'll learn them as you progress. For time-being, good job.

@CoolG5..Thanks

...ur pic is very sharp...great shot

Actually I was trying to get the snap of splash which I just couldnt...even after trying too many times...

Ones I got this...but background was not good.Soo I discarded the pic

*lh6.ggpht.com/_9a5lKZR2-08/TAqWjPMfckI/AAAAAAAAFQc/q5wAevDLOqo/s400/DSC040181.jpg
Will try again :-D

@sujoyP: try taking the shot in dark conditions with the flash....it will freeze the drop properly..

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*farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4674257099_236c205db6.jpg

@stuge - Nothing much to say stuge. I see nothing special here. Only the composition works for me.

@stuge, the composition reminds me the sky in "S.T.A.L.K.E.R" :-D

I've to learn these angles. I'm lacking in imagination.

Been going to this thread for around at half an hour right from page one(reached till page 28). It feels good to read how much everybody has progressed with the time. Half an hour well spent.

thats good...r u going to read the whole thread now...

Today went to get a digicam with my friend for him...My friend needed a simple cam soo I insisted to get a canon Ixus 120IS ...it look very cool and had all feature at 11k...but my friend just got stuck that he need a 3" screen...soo ultimately he decided on Sony W360(Not my choice....really)..spent 13k

Now the picture quality inside room is very poor...sweep panorama is cool...and HD video recording with stereo recording is good too...

Canon SX120IS was too big...cost was 12k

Nikon D5000 SLR with kit was 33k (just asked in case anybody wants)

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Nothing much to say stuge. I see nothing special here. Only the composition works for me.

composition -It has nothing .its just line and angle .Picture has no particular subject to say .I love random shots though

not every picture can be special you see .

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sujoyp said:
Canon D5000 SLR with kit was 33k (just asked in case anybody wants)

there is no such model :

it should be nikon D5000

superb snaps... all of them

Stuge said:
there is no such model : it should be nikon D5000

OOps just a slip of mind :razz:

...yaah Nikon D5000 for 33k

Anybody can tell me if i can use these Yashika Lense 35-70mm on new SLR cams??

Somebody please answer this

WOW ! What a view ..other monkey I wanna see too
*farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4681656681_fd6cdea1d5_b.jpg

@Nikon sucks with its comes to using other companies lenses like canon(though It doesn't need those

,but canon can easily accomodate Nikon lenses (using adapter [adapters are available for canon to nikon too ,but quality deteriorates because correction glass is required to be placed ) .I'm not sure about your 35-70mm.,but keep this in mind that metering won't work and nor will the auto focus .

Thanks Stuge...I was just wondering if the old lense r useful anymore....BTW I can do with manual focus :smile:

D

guys need some help in finding good tutorials for motion dynamics in photoshop

Hey cooly, found something, check out.

LINK

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4685022632_0b929bc0ca.jpg
I really hate the flare caused by the light below

cooly will need to borrow slr from a friend to learn anything from this

.its an excellent opportunity to hone ones skills

.though, I feel internet + DIY + books is more than enough to learn.

@rhitwick - Thanks for pointing it out but I already did a photography course in my short vacation. I now just want to get a DSLR & begin to practise.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/%3Ca%20href=*i.imagehost.org/view/0386/S6302407%20target=_blank%3E[img]*i.imagehost.org/t/0386/S6302407.jpg*i.imagehost.org/t/0772/S6302518.jpg
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Herez mine..

Hello friends.

I was in a sudden tour of Kedarnath Dhamm, Uttarakhand. Just reached and very very tired. My legs are not moving. I will post the pics as soon as I feel ok. Not much opportunity to shoot because of continuous rain.

There are some wonderful shots. Specially of Pudeen hara and water droplets.

De-saturation is not a photographers way to pop out the subject. It can be done by any one who has little skills in P.S. and to any image he wants.

Stuge: nice natural framing around the image.

toofan said:
Hello friends.

I was in a sudden tour of Kedarnath Dhamm, Uttarakhand. Just reached and very very tired. My legs are not moving. I will post the pics as soon as I feel ok. Not much opportunity to shoot because of continuous rain.

areeyaar you need "RAIN bag" for shooting in rain .yep ,but then again you will need to visit Delhi

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@rohanz : are these shots taken with mobile .alteast quality suggests that .

well,this is not a critique thread nor you have asked for it .So, I won't say much ,but shooting directy into sun (without proper gear )is a bad idea .it will cause flaring .

try to shoot landscape without wires (or clone them out in editing{learn it if you don't know how to ..use google }).

lastly ,please rotate the pix. so that it can be viewed easily

Hey guys!

I bought a new Nikon D5000 today in the evening. Still go through all it's features and menus. Took couple of shots. But still since am getting started with DSLRs and added to that it was dark and cloudy when I bought it, I couldn't do better.

But still, I sorted out best among my nooby shots. Here they are: *www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=61672&id=1510008268

Price: 36.8k
Shop: G.K Vale in Malleshwaram, Bangalore

Just letting you guys know coz I took some suggestion.

All those facebook fans, plz post in some other places. So that we can visit those without logging in to a website.

A date with Stars

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4688843458_244f5de7b5_b.jpg
cooool ! congos

@santosh : I've send friend request to you on fb

@Stuge, thank you! i accepted your friend request

@Gigacore....Congrats man...

where r the pics???

Giga.. congratulations!!

Fly

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4017/4690621002_d4e93646ef_b.jpg

@coolG5 ....ur pic is great...soo sharp...amazing :smile:

Cool, u took this with ur cam??
Such macro possible with that one?
Wow man!!!

cool: there is noise in this image. It seems you have cropped it heavily.

Giga: congrats for being the Nikonian.

Stuge: the lantern shot is really amazing. nice colors, nice dof and nice presentation.

sujoyp said:
@Gigacore....Congrats man...

where r the pics???

Thanks man. I have uploaded few pics in my facebook. Too lazy to upload on flickr coz still I haven't taken much pics. It's cloudy outside and there are just some boring buildings and trees. Waiting for a good sunny day so that I can take some macro of leaves, plants etc... If you are on facebook: *www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=61672&id=1510008268&l=bf71aa7205

INS-ANI said:
Giga.. congratulations!!

Thank you.

toofan said:
Giga: congrats for being the Nikonian.

Thank you

@gigacore....saw ur pics on facebook....the diya pic is good :smile:

@sujoy - Thanks.

@rhitwick - Yes, its taken with my camera. I had too go very close & then focus manually. After which I cropped the original image.

@toofan - Yes, its cropped heavily & there is noise though I was on ISO 200. Tried to install wavelength denoise in GIMP but the plugin does not gets installed. You know any other way to remove the noise in GIMP(Linux)?

Today in an exhibition got some canon prices
1. 1000D - 24k
2. 500D - 40k
3. 550D - 49k

It seems Canons r costlier then Nikon :smile:

Yes they are costly but you're free to choose from either. Nobody has forced you to go with Canon.

@sujayp, Thank you. Canon models are comparatively quite expensive than the Nikon models. There is a competition between each brand and so they have released models that compete too.

For instance, Nikon D3000 costs 24.5k and Canon 1000D costs 23.5k. Both these models are good for beginners (like me) but Canon's 1000D comes extra features like Live View and Movie mode which Nikon's D3000 lacks.

In the same way, Nikon D5000 and Canon 500D competes.. there are many differences. In few cases D5k tops 500D.. and in few other cases 500D tops D5k.. And the price difference between these two is just 3k

As CoolG5 said no one is forcing u to go for Canon or Nikon. It's up to you buddy.

Thanks for the advice friends....I am not getting an SLR soo soon ...maybe will get in december

Just bit curious that when D5000 and Canon 500D r direct competitors y the price difference is 7k here ;-)

@giga - The 1000D doesn't has movie mode either. :razz:

these are the mrp and these sell very low in grey.

Cool: hope you got the review. I had mailed it to you.

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Some shots of Kedaar nath Yatra.

1# Kedarnaath temple
*img405.imageshack.us/img405/9580/dsc0109ot.jpg

2#
*img101.imageshack.us/img101/7202/dsc0182ef.jpg

3#
*img46.imageshack.us/img46/2298/dsc0110v.jpg

4# Samaadhi of Aadi Guru ShankraCharya.
*img529.imageshack.us/img529/6808/dsc0136tu.jpg

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4695659793_da70be5edf_m.jpg

Shot on my SE C510

@toofan - Yes I got the review. I have even replied via PM. Thanks for it. Your pics are wonderful. I also saw them on J.J Mehta Forum. The mountainous range is awesomely captured especially the one which is shot from a low angle & one can see clouds above the mountain.

@giga - Nice pic but composition can be better. While nice macros on FB.

Had a TDF Mumbai meet today & I just returned back. Though didn't snapped much pics(wasn't photography meet) but will post the best pics of the day tomorrow. Stay tuned!

@ stuge: "date with stars " pic is amazing ....what were the settings that you used?

@toofan: great shots of the temple ...specially shot no 2

one from my side

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4675500988_ee6cdec576_b.jpg

@Cool, Thanks. Composition? It was shot from a moving bike at ~60 kmph. I was myself amazed to see almost little or no blurring. Also, the original image is quite tilted. I made it look fine on GIMP.

@izzikio_rage beautiful looking pic :smile:

Sharing some interesting links i came through

High speed photography
*www.flickr.com/photos/nebarnix/sets/72157594248654650/
*www.flickr.com/photos/nebarnix/308416851/in/set-72157594248654650/

@INS-INI...those pics in speed photography r amazing...but it need special flash unit :-(

That means we can not try it at home :wink:

1#
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2#
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3#
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4#
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5#
*img121.imageshack.us/img121/5391/dsc0194ii.jpg

6#
*img243.imageshack.us/img243/4170/dsc0223e.jpg

C & C welcome.

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Cool: thanks dear.

Izziko rage. excellent image. I liked the way you included the tree and the shore in bottom part of image. Nicely done. And the reflections are just making me to explore more and more.

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6 X 6 : excellent take. Nice angle of shooting.

Ganpati Bappa

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@Toofan..great shots...u r lucky to go to places like that :wink:

@6x6 ...the dog is looking cute :-D

ThinkDigit Mumbai Meet - 13th June 2010

# BWSL captured from Bandra Bandstand(Want to capture this at night)

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# Gautam(confused) rushes to join us

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4698832079_a972e19f7f.jpg

# 3D Chanawala at Bandra Bandstand

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4698832083_ac00d7ae7a_b.jpg

# Rays of Hope

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4698832089_a88c33e690_b.jpg

# Gautam - Power Ranger(Rhitwick, Pranay a.k.a Krow & ME can be seen in the helmet)

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4051/4698832091_8dc0b4e851_b.jpg

# Gautam - Learning to use MANUAL Mode

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4030/4698832093_95f2a0c58e.jpg

# Rhitwick, Gautam & Pranay at Bandra Promenade

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4698841945_9ddaebdccc_b.jpg

# Taare Zameen Par!

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4698841947_eb3cbf0f9b_b.jpg

# Gautam & Pranay - Lost in the Crowd

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4698841951_275c9b0609_b.jpg

# Gautam, Pranay & Rhitiwck at Shivaji Park

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4012/4698841955_d1aae596dd_b.jpg

# Gautam, Rhitwick & Me at Shivaji Park

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4698841957_4a35313b0e_b.jpg

We enjoyed for almost 5 hours. This wasn't a photography meet but just a casual meet.

@cool G5....like ur 3D chanawala... :))

sujoyp: nice image but if you have selected a proper background it would be perfect.

Cool: nice images. specially the reflection on helmet ones.

In the image tare zameen par. The star was moving in there front and they searching up. Fools

Lol, yeah right toofan.

toofan said:
The star was moving in there front and they searching up. Fools

hmm...observe closely, its a milf. krow and me prefer 'stars' our own age!! :))

btw, we weren't looking at stars, there were 100s of birds flying in the air...we were debating whether they were eagle or kites?!?

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*farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4699475129_fe013a761c.jpg

*farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4700102748_951ac68029.jpg

Long exposure shot of blinking mouse light with some wacky moves :))

You guys may add this to abstract category. There is no composition or whatsoever in these pics. This was just an experiment to come up with something like this.

@Gigacore...It seems that with long exposure u can do quit many experiments

Good try

@toofan : I've already told you on the phone ,what I felt about those pictures i.e over sharping .Otherwise every picture is good

@cool :good going

@Gigacore : ok its abstract ,but those pictures have wacky lines (lines can be a part of composition ) .

anyway,What is composition according to you guys ?

According to me a composition is something which need a subject and background.. :?:

Composition may be "Arrangements of Objects and subjects in a image which feels good to eyes". My self made definition

Composition according to me is "arrangement of main subject in the frame so that the viewers eye is drawn to it".

@stuge - Why are you asking? Is it you need to participate in some competition which has this question.

^^no, he is just probably confused coz every one is saying "composition this, composition that..." in the previous page of this thread...

confused said:
^^no, he is just probably confused coz every one is saying "composition this, composition that..." in the previous page of this thread...

lol man.. I love reading your posts :))

@cool: naa ree :shock:

lol @ competition .

confused said:
^^no, he is just probably confused coz every one is saying "composition this, composition that..." in the previous page of this thread...

I'm not confused.....CONFUSED

,but it can really help all of us . there is no dictionary definition for composition related to photography :smile:

:

@toofan :good that you made your OWN definition

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^awesome pic

someone plz tell me how to link the images here with thumbnails??
uploaded them on picasa here:*www.flickr.com/photos/51181357@N07/sets/72157624283655056/

*www.flickr.com/photos/51181357@N07/4704562562/

confused said:
^awesome pic

someone plz tell me how to link the images here with thumbnails??
uploaded them on picasa here:*www.flickr.com/photos/51181357@N07/sets/72157624283655056/

*www.flickr.com/photos/51181357@N07/4704562562/

Click on individual image in your stream. Click on all sizes. Select the size you want & copy the direct link to image mentioned below the image. Now under forum post formatting box, click on IMG code button(Left to Quote Button) & copy the direct link to the image & hit ok. Your image will be inserted.

thanks man

A Buyer's Guide to DSLR Camera

Buying your first DSLR camera & confused as to which one to go for? Confused with all technical camera jargon? Read this guide & purchase the perfect DSLR camera for yourself. Also available as downloadable PDF.

@Cool, Nice article man!

I tried downloading your PDF file and found that you have uploaded in 4shared. So thought of hosting your file on my server so that you can link directly to the file. Check your PM for the link.

F

its awesome!

Gigacore said:
@Cool, Nice article man!

I tried downloading your PDF file and found that you have uploaded in 4shared. So thought of hosting your file on my server so that you can link directly to the file. Check your PM for the link.

Except for direct linking what else is the benefit here? I too was first thinking of uploading it on my server but then uploaded it to 4shared.

Thanks CoolG5/gaurav

1# Halipad.
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2#Landing
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3#Landed
*img717.imageshack.us/img717/4853/dsc0193je.jpg

4#Returning back.
*img716.imageshack.us/img716/8160/dsc0195ob.jpg

5#Looking Back.
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6# In the Way.
*img13.imageshack.us/img13/8461/dsc0220u.jpg

c & c WELCOME.

Thanks sujoy.
Toofan - I liked the 4th one coz though the subject is tiny in the picture but the surroundings make it a wonderful picture to watch. The people approaching from left side is drawing the eye to the helicopter.

@toofan I liked last one...way to heaven

Thanks cool and sujoy.

toofan .where are the panoramas //grrrr ?? otherwise .good picture .good composition

critique time

.I may be harsh ,but you asked for it

1st picture : well,that ;line that bisects the picture in the lower half just doesn't makes it an eye appealing at all

.as if picture isn't straight (I know picture is straight ),but is this how eye conceives it in the first place .
4th : it doesn't need critique .its for memories

5th is the best picture . its includes,people ,mountains, river (right ?).was that shot taken at 18mm ? would have loved to include bit more on the left side .I felt people are squeezed too much .

can you gimme that picture .I will love to edit it for you

bythe way : 3rd ,5th ,6th are my fav

Thanks stuge for you valuable feedback. I will mail you the image but not from my home as low speed of uploading. Whenever i will be in office.

Stuge said:
@cool: naa ree lol @ competition .

I'm not confused.....CONFUSED ,but it can really help all of us . there is no dictionary definition for composition related to photography :

@toofan :good that you made your OWN definition

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this one is awesome shot....blue background makes this shot very special...

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my recent clicks.....
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@Vimal Joshi:

both helicopter`s shots are very nice...2nd one is better than 1st one IMO...

@chitvan...awesome shots...how did u do that...what is that liquid??

Today I got may hands on Canon's all SLRs at Canon Expo here

1000D, 500D, 550D, 7D, 5D, 1D Great experience...I tried each one of them :razz:

500D's Grip is way better then 1000D
1D was too heavy to take pics handheld :smile:

7D was perfect for professional use...but y the selection knob was on left side??

They had put on great lenses on display 24-250, 70-300mm etc.
Even 50mm 1.8 and fisheye lense were there :razz:

Will go again on sunday :doublethumb:

sujoyp said:
7D was perfect for professional use...but y the selection knob was on left side??

You mean the mode dial? Its on left because of the TOP LCD screen.

Cool G5 said:
You mean the mode dial? Its on left because of the TOP LCD screen.

yaah the mode dial

....but dont pros feel uncomfortable having the most used thing on other hand...Anyway I was just excited :razz:

All PRO camera's have it on left side anyway, they get used to it.

Divine Angel

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Back off Shutterbug!

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Coast clear, lets attach them!

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Had great fun capturing them. Comments & Critique welcome.

@COOL
Nice attempt.. The second one is a well timed shot.
The last pic may look cool in b&w. Whats the original size? if its ok with you, i would like to try my hand on it as i am learning some new concepts about B&W PP.

Also.. i m home.. and unfortunately its a 2 months long holiday (never planned and never had such a long holiday

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Anyway.. was lurking in my garden to find something.. here's a shot..
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There was also a photogenic insect, but my cam has a mind of its own and it refused to focus the insect no matter what i do... will try that again later!!

hii friends ... i m new here ..
some of my pics:

22112008523 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
16112008407 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

@INS-ANI - Thank you. I did try B&W treatment on the last one but it didn't appeal to me. The rusted iron bar is adding a more tender feel to the cat IMO. Sorry but I didn't got anything special in your picture. Which insect you wish to capture?

Chitwan: great images. 2nd and 3rd are best.
cool: nice images. I sold my sx110 is for Rs 10000.00 today.

ins-ani: try using macro focus mode/macro mode and read about the least focusing distance in macro mode in the manual.

@cool
is the image (3rd one) is cropped? i hoped there's more of it.
Also, the insect i was trying is a small (type of) moth, quite small in size.

@toofan: will try that tmr. But i am pretty sure there's no macro mode in my cam.

@chitvan
: good man

shed some light on setup

@cool .I only liked the 3rd shot .

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picture is just too small to work on it before it detoriates.for the same reason no pixel by pixel editing

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sujoyp said:
yaah the mode dial....but dont pros feel uncomfortable having the most used thing on other hand...Anyway I was just excited

in this world of right handers

somehow good dslrs got designed by left handers

(good for me :))

@toofan - So now that you have Rs.10K in your bank, what's lens do you plan to purchase?

@INS-ANI - The 3rd image isn't cropped. I framed it that way itself.
If the insect is so small then the camera won't be able to focus on it. Try on manual focus if your camera has. It should have macro mode for sure.

@Stuge - Nice editing but somehow I hate that vignetting effect. Doesn't goes well for me. Its like forcing the viewer to see in the centre of the frame.

Cool G5 said:
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@Stuge - Nice editing but somehow I hate that vignetting effect. Doesn't goes well for me. Its like forcing the viewer to see in the centre of the frame.

anyway ,thats what I wanted to do. there's too much clutter in the image .

hmm for 10k he won't get anything other than 50mm 1.8 .I've told him plastic in that lens suck badly ,but for the image quality its an awesome piece of glass

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@toofan : what made you sell that cam ? there is no way dslr can take away the portability of point and shoot .I will anytime prefer Pns instead of camera phone even for general pictures .

Stuge: you had turned a simple looking good photo to a great looking master piece.

Cool: I think he had removed the distractions by just adding corner darkness and enhanced the look and feel of image by some contrast and vibranc.

bongourav: you have took both of the images in hard sunlight. try shooting them in evenings or mornings then see the effect of soft light on those subjects.

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Kedarnath yaatra (Portraits)

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c & c welcome.

young bird

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my Zoo plan got cancelled again..grr ! I hate it .this is the third time it got cancelled

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so,I decided why not go shoot some Pigeon Portraits today lol

@awesome toofan ..loved all

wow stuge beautiful.how you get that background.

@toofan - I liked the first two photographs. Are they giving aashirwad or telling you not to click?

toofan said:
wow stuge beautiful.how you get that background.

she was sitting against the wall .so kinda colour of the wall

Cool: Aashirvaad.

@ chitvan: amazing amazing drop pics....dude pls share your secret...did you color the water ? did you use flash ? what was the back ground ?

izzikio_rage said:
@ chitvan: amazing amazing drop pics....dude pls share your secret...did you color the water ? did you use flash ? what was the back ground ?

dude buy gels ,colour the water .there is limitless possibility

this is for dslr users

YouTube - Water Drip Photography

*www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J7bVj0klos&feature=related
just type water drop photography and you will have tons of tutorials

canon chdk

*www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-LSlHdBv4E&feature=related

@cool...I loved the cat pics...specially the 2nd..

@stuge...I liked the 3rd one...but y its dull at bottom..is that originally that way??

@toofan...liked the 2nd one...very natural looking ;-)

@Sujoyp - Thanks.

@stuge - Some decent shots.

Love is in the Air

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Excuse the image quality as it was shot with Nokia 5700 XM mobile phone which has a mediocre camera. Also the lighting conditions in the scene were too demanding for the tiny camera. I didn't take my camera with me that day & I so deep-fully regretted it later on.

cool looking good.

sujoyp said:
@stuge...I liked the 3rd one...but y its dull at bottom..is that originally that way??

I hide myself behind the window.maybe that the reason for the shadow .

anyway ,I took that shot @ 300mm (handheld in live mode )

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In search of dreamland?

Well guys, here are two from me,

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Same photo with two birds :-D

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View of alwar from alwar fort

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ritwik: second one is looking awesome. Where is out Krow these days?

Stuge: grand view.

I can only imagine what kind view it will be at night

right now fort is under restoration .

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I only liked the last shot .rest are ok .

taken with N82 right ? (phone camera )

today I tried to create HDR using GIMP...the best one is
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original one is
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sorry for poor quality pic it was shot with a mobile

Still learning ways to create HDR in pics

Thanks guys...
i used food colors to make water colorful...used green,yellow & red colors....
it was acrylic sheet where water drop is falling...& thermocoal sheet as background...
kept Flash ON in every droplet shot....used manual focus...

see setup pic here...& below some shots captured in this setup...

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this is like the byproduct look after capturing colored water droplets....

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Sujoy: original one is looking much better and there is a tilt problem.

Chitvan: you have mastered this type of photography.

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2nd, 3rd and 5th are my favs among these.

oooh original one is looking better :-(

...actually the HDR image was suppose to look different but other then clouds and sun shine nothing much changed in the image...yes there is slight tilt..thanks

@chitvan great setup

@chitvan, dude take my bow. Those are awesome.
Such bright colors.

Please have some sweets on my name :-D

sujoyp said:
today I tried to create HDR using GIMP...the best one is
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original one is
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sorry for poor quality pic it was shot with a mobile

Still learning ways to create HDR in pics

well ,it does not look like a hdr by any stretch of the imagination

.kindly elaborate the process you tried to achieve hdr .

@chitvan : I only liked the last shot (similar to the previous shots you posted earlier in this thread ).rest are not upto the mark in terms of cropping . enough said .keep it up

@ 6x6 : which place is that ?

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@stuge...here r the steps i followed...I took it from a site

Dark image = less exposure
Middle = normal 0 exposure
Light image = more exposure
Software used GIMP

Open middle image as background
- Open dark image, copy, paste into new layer in composite image, rename layer "Dark"
- Desaturate dark image
- Adjust curves on dark image to set levels
- Create a layer mask on Dark layer, copy monochrome dark stock image, paste in to layer mask and anchor
- Do the same for the light image- open, copy, paste into new layer, rename layer "Light", desaturate original stock image
- Invert colours in stock image, adjust curves if necessary
- Create layer mask on Light layer, paste inverted greyscale light image into it, anchor
- Save image

@chitvan: dude god level photos....just a few questions, did you fire the flash, did you use the burst mode? and how did you set the focus

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@toofan

@ sujoyp : let me see if I can find any sofware for linux for hdr making .anyway ,it will be tough creating hdr using cellphone .

Hey guys, do any of us have any idea if Indian airlines allows camera on board plane?
I am planning to take a flight to reach Leh around 7 AM in morning.

I am even trying LuminanceHDR software...good software to create HDRs

Still trying

Stuge: nice and different shot.

INS-ANI said:
Hey guys, do any of us have any idea if Indian airlines allows camera on board plane?
I am planning to take a flight to reach Leh around 7 AM in morning.

yes ,you can carry camera in your hand bag (except liquid,gels ) .

by the way ,I will never keep my camera or any eletronics in baggage (suitcase ) it increases your chances of losing your suitcase or bag if camera or any electronic or expensive item is being kept .

I always carry my dslr + lenses in hand .

Today I went to a garden for some photography trials ...but to my disappointment...there were no flowers yet due to hot summer...Nothing much to shoot except mmmm couples :lol:

..available in hundreds ;-)

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Guys how will be this tripod for my SX10IS?
eBay India: PORTABLE FLEXIBLE TRIPOD FOR CAMERAS MEDIUM (item 110518385132 end time 10-Jul-2010 14:34:53 IST)

^^Interesting thing :grin:

...reminds me of Spiderman 2 villen :lol:

LOL. ya.....Doc. Oc.

@rhitwick - Doesn't looks sturdy to me. I told you to get a Vivitar tripod in our last meet as you won't get anything even half decent in the Rs.1K price range.

^But I kind of like it.

Carrying ur type of tripods becomes added hassle, plus on un-even grounds they are not of much use...

Would like to have few more opinions b4 buying any tripod though.

rhitwick said:
Guys how will be this tripod for my SX10IS?
eBay India: PORTABLE FLEXIBLE TRIPOD FOR CAMERAS MEDIUM (item 110518385132 end time 10-Jul-2010 14:34:53 IST)

its a copy (cheap version ) of Gorrilapod
I've used the original one and they are quite sturdy ,and are good where tripod or monopods fail.specially when you like to capture some event and height of the wall where you're standing is more than the tripod(this happens quite often )

Gorillapod - The Flexible Tripod by Joby

^^awesome man.... i want one of those!

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read some reviews on amazon...this one sums it up:

amazon said:
My Gorillapod broke, after little use (More about that below), after 1 year and 2 months. Just 2 months beyond the 1-year guarantee.. It didn't even break while under use; I went to pick it out of my photo-bag one day, and the link where one of the 3 legs connect with the main 'body' had cracked, this making the whole thing unusable.
And during the past year and 2 months I have probably used the contraption a grand total of 4 times. The main cause because whereas this is one of those things that look good on paper it just doesn't translate that well in to real world use. Getting the pod gripping tightly on to something while yet at the same time framing the shot you want is surprisingly frustrating. It should be noted that I had the SLR version of the pod, using it with an SLR camera. I can see this being /slightly/ more useful with a compact camera.
I will not be replacing my broken Gorillapod, and I would not recommend anyone buy this product either.

seems like i wont be going for it after all.

Stuge, what do u suggest?
As u've used it, is it worth it?

I think for macro shots gorrila pod is more useful.

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sujoy: second one is an excellent capture.

rhitwick said:
Stuge, what do u suggest?
As u've used it, is it worth it?

yes its an awesome product .wrap it around tree limb ,poles ,fence etc ,but I will buy original gorilla-pod .no fakes or cheapos .

how much it will worth for you ? you need to test on your own .most of the time it's been used by bikers or people who do camping etc because of its light weight .IMO it better if you go to a shop and see it in person .

regarding stability of tripod (normal ) on different surfaces .well this is the reason it has three legs .you can increase or decrease the height as per the surface .

Mad Scientist!

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Great pics guys...mayb i'll join this thread as a regular poster in a few months from now....my relatives have gone to US and I am thinking of asking them to get a good SLR for me. As of now I have zeroed in on Canon but I am open for more pointers. My budget is around 30K Rs for a SLR camera in US. Please do let me know if you are aware of any good deals on net.

Any views about Sony SLR cameras of alpha series? They seem to have a bit cheaper deals and not so bad reviews.

Cool: very nice shot and nice experiment.His expressions are fabulous and match the title. Some color correction is needed in his face. although not necessary.

a_medico: you can get a Nikon D5000 or a canon 500D around 30k in US. Nikon one would surely come into your budget.
Sony too have some excellent camera and cheap too but if you wish to upgrade your camera or lenses in future as per you photography requirements then availability of lenses is a problem with other brands other then Nikon and Canon.

izzikio_rage said:
@chitvan: dude god level photos....just a few questions, did you fire the flash, did you use the burst mode? and how did you set the focus

Thanks...
yes i fired Flash...
dont use burst mode....it comes by practice...even burst mode cant help in my camera...as my camera has 1.7 frame/second without flash...& in flash it will be 1 frame/3-4 seconds...

i used Manual Focus...

i have visited Lions point,Lonawala last week....some shots from it...

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this is amazing place...

@toofan -Thank you. The shot was taken at midnight just when the mad scientist starts his photographic experiments.

@gigacore - Nice use of slow shutter.

@chitvan - Beautfiul pics.

chitvan said:
Thanks...
yes i fired Flash...
dont use burst mode....it comes by practice...even burst mode cant help in my camera...as my camera has 1.7 frame/second without flash...& in flash it will be 1 frame/3-4 seconds...

i used Manual Focus...

and how do you set the focus so that the image in the drop is clear?

izziko raje its simple. set the focus manually and increase the depth of field as required by setting narrow aperture.

righr did that and the results are pretty good....

@chitvan: how close do you keep the camera to the drop? I checked your focal length in flickr and its around 23 mm that would mean that the camera was really close ...BTW if so then how do you prevent the camera from getting wet?

My Flickr Photostream

Guys I am back after a long photography break. I have uploaded some pics to my Flickr Photostream. These are from a recent trip to Dehradun, Mussoorie and Dhanaulti in Uttarakhand.

Kindly leave comments there. If you are on Flickr, please add me as a contact. Thanks.

Here are some of the good shots that I took during the last photowalk with friends. If you are on facebook, you can see the entire album here: Santhosh Sundar's Photos - A photowalk with friends in Cubbon Park & MG Road | Facebook

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^^^ White flower and turning road looks good :mrgreen:

@sujoyp.. lol thanks. But there are many 'turning roads' above. Which one in particular?

chitvan said:
i have visited Lions point,Lonawala last week....some shots from it...
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this is amazing place...

In the first shot felt bad to see all the jink just strewn over there

Gigacore said:
@sujoyp.. lol thanks. But there are many 'turning roads' above. Which one in particular?

6th one ....A simple pic but liked it :grin:

Hey guys....just wanted to share with you.... I have almost finalized Canon EOS Rebel T1i SLR Digital Camera with EF-S 18-55mm IS Lens.

P.S.- should I opt for Canon EOS Rebel XSi instead with no HD video recording facility? I know one wouldn't use recording feature much in a SLR camera but then I read - this

P.S.2 - Loved the 6th photo from Lonavala series...the mountain,greenary, DCH effect...everything fits well.

Giga: 5th one is looking nice. Nicely composed.
11th (bamboo wali) looking beautiful. good work there.something different in that shot.
Keep shooting and you will improve.

@sujoyp: thank you :))

@toofan, thank you

a_medico said:
Hey guys....just wanted to share with you.... I have almost finalized Canon EOS Rebel T1i SLR Digital Camera with EF-S 18-55mm IS Lens.

P.S.- should I opt for Canon EOS Rebel XSi instead with no HD video recording facility? I know one wouldn't use recording feature much in a SLR camera but then I read - this

P.S.2 - Loved the 6th photo from Lonavala series...the mountain,greenary, DCH effect...everything fits well.

Go ahead with your purchase i.e. of Canon T1i.

yes go for 500D or 5000D.

Krow: some awesome photography from you. Good to see you back. Missing you and ritwiks photography a lot.

Run-down Window!

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My first attempt at RAW photography via CHDK hack on Canon SX 100 IS. Processed using ShowFoto on fedora 13.

@cool, this one is gr8....but u've highlighted (?) the window only and rest are too dark...intentional or this is the original light set up?

Thanks toofan! Hey G5, nice pic. I would have taken the subject a little more to the right of the image.

Here is one of my light trails taken long ago:

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@rhitwick - The original pic was shot at around 9AM in the morning under diffused sunlight. The vignetting effect is purposely done so as to keep the distractions out of the scene. I could not take the subject on right side as there was nothing on left & would not had made any good.

@krow - Nice picture but just that the street lights have mixed with the trails. Did you take similar shot with very few streetlights or no streetlights? Even it would have been good if you could have avoided the direction board stretching to the right of the image.

@all - I'm enjoying learning PP & that too under Linux. Will keep with my PP experiments & let you know as i progress on. Keep your critique & comments flowing.

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good going everyone .will comment later .

The streetlights were there and so was the signboard. The opposite side was not looking half as attractive though. I took that by placing the camera on the railing of the bridge with a shutter speed of about 3-4 seconds.

Winter in Ladakh
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Working all day!
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@Krow.. that ants pic is cool!

@Krow The ants pic is great ...good shot

I too took some time to figure out that 1st pic is a Dog

@krow - I too liked the ant pic.

Gaurav: Excellent shot. Nicely done. The vignette has done magic here. But the highlights are little over blown as seen my monitor.(its faulty)

Pranay: Ant shot is a looking very nice. Is the wall color same as seen in image?

Abhinav: Wow shot. capturing the beautiful sky and building at the same time. But I think its lacking a bit of contrast.(again may be because of my faulty monitor).

Sujoy: are you active at JJMehta forum also?

I may get my new TFT today. AOC 2236Vw. Any comments about that monitor. Thanks.

@toofan - Thanks. I too feel a bit of highlights are blown out. Maybe can be recovered but given my expertise in PP, I feel this is a wonderful image for my first attempt. The monitor you're going to purchase seems to have got good reviews.

@stuge - There is a noticeable blue tinge in the dark areas. Was it purposely added?

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pranay : I like the trails and ant one

@g5:nice and yes ,bluish tinge was added .

@Stuge...great colors in that pic

@toofan... I am there but not at all active...I just try to understand different comments there...people there r much knowledgeable in this field...

And buy sell section is amazing there...loved it...Is it reliable enough??

well ,I never had any experience with jjmetha regarding buying or selling .Its reliable from whatever I heard from people ,but you need to becareful .

otherwise ,forum is pretty dull in my opinion .

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just one that I shot when I really did not have time to kill...

....by the way ..chitvan, dude ..pls answer...

@stuge - Very nice landscape shot.

@izziko_rage - Very good timing in the shot. Depicts the tension of an exam going student as times runs fast.

stuge: nice beautiful scenery.

6x6: second shot is nicely composed and looking good.

Izziko: classic take and thinking behind the photograph.

Thanks all for comments.

@ toofan The wall colour is a shade lighter than what is seen in the pic, but in the evenings we have a golden light in my ex-college, where I clicked this shot, hence the colour of the wall looks better.

The Winter in Ladakh pic was clicked in winter in Ladakh. The Dog was lying curled up on the side of a road.

@ Stuge Nice pics! How did you manage to make those lights to look like stars?

I am moving to Chennai for a year of studies, may not be able to come online often. Will miss this thread and all the great photographers here. All the best to you all.

@krow - Further we all will miss you for the Mumbai Photography Meets.

ohh hamara kawaaa.

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krow best of luck for your future endeavours.
and comment for that pic already given on your flickr profile

Nicely taken but the highlights are over blown.

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blown highlights ? where

sORRY stuge. Your image didn't uploaded that time. Those comments were for krow.
Nice image. with lot of depth. But the blue haze is not looking good in this image.

@vimal - You can do better.Try something better.

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@toofan : I didn't find any problem with blue sky .anyway thanks .good portrait though

Gaurav: I will certainly try to do better next time. Some suggestions?

Abhinav: Now this the wonderful image. Forts/Rajasthan has been you fav. spot of photography. And you always comes with something different and better. The lines made by wall stretching towards the center of image and creating a beautiful effect and depth in the image and presence of Human element in the Image has made it much more viewable.

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Shot using Canon 500D with Canon EF 50mm F/1.4 USM prime lens. The above shot is taken at f/3.5 though. Nothing special just a test shot you can say.

@vimal - Try some different poses. Now the one I have posted above & yours is a normal pose which will bore anybody who has seen portraits in abundance. I would like to see your portrait work though I do not wish to go in field of portrait photography.

@Abhinav - Excellent. Love the lines & composition of the image. Even the sky is better.

Gaurav: I will keep that tip in mind.
By the way excellent lightning. Where is this shot taken. Have you got your? Or this shot is from your photography classed.

What you learn there, how was the classes. Some short story about that. I am very anxious.

toofan said:
Gaurav: I will keep that tip in mind.
By the way excellent lightning. Where is this shot taken. Have you got your? Or this shot is from your photography classed.

What you learn there, how was the classes. Some short story about that. I am very anxious.

This shot was taken at Canon Lounge, Mumbai where one could try all Canon cameras(even the EOS 1D) & all lenses(even the 500mm+ telephoto's). Its a photographers delight. I had visited it yesterday & was just testing some lens so I can know how they perform in real life scenario than in studio tests carried out by various photography sites. I take images on my memory card, so I have the original shots.

My photography classes went over a month ago. For me(Not self-praising), I learnt very few new things but I did enjoyed the techniques of studio lightning & other small but helpful things. Also not to forget great deal of theory behind this wonderful art. Various outings were conducted which taught us panning, macro, landscape & other things. The course which I took was advance course(covering basics) so I can i got familiar with photography at a higher level.

Made lots of friends. Actually I was termed as GURU by all students after our main sir.

Felt good to know that people really appreciate my mad scientist experiments & that I didn't waste my time till now chasing what some people would make fun in the beginning(Taking macro of a rusted tap while house repairing). But to my surprise my knowledge over the class syllabus didn't impress the examiners who were taking our exams at the course end & they deducted my grades for not using knowledge from the class book. Finally I got 'B+' grade in the end when all my classmates were sure i won't get anything less than 'A+'. Still it doesn't matters me as I know all my friends back me up for my work. Me & my friends have even decided to shoot at each others marriage & stay in contact. A superb two months of photography which I enjoyed thoroughly & now evening seems to be empty without a DSLR in your neck & creative visions in your head!

Gaurav, what if there were no tests at the end of the class? Would u've learned anything different.

And seriously, u click some gr8 photos; the kind of professionalism u r showing with ur SX100IS, with SLR u would be just awesome.

Best of luck.

rhitwick said:
Gaurav, what if there were no tests at the end of the class? Would u've learned anything different.

And seriously, u click some gr8 photos; the kind of professionalism u r showing with ur SX100IS, with SLR u would be just awesome.

Best of luck.

Without the tests, I wouldn't have been confident enough. It was this course in which I handled DSLR for the very first time. Now I know ins & outs of at-least entry level DSLR cameras & would feel confident to do any type of photography on it. Our sir came to knew that I was a bit knowledgeable than others so I was asked the most challenging of the questions during our basic course exam(I manage to answer them well) & was looked upon as one who sir would turn when nobody could provide a suitable solution. This helped me to study in detail & polish myself. Though I knew a lot about Photography before even joining the course, I emerge out as a polished photographer than I was before. One can say I'm now a final print than negative! Thanks for your kind words Rhitwick.

Today I chased house bee and took some shots...Shots r not super sharp since its a P&S cam...but manageable I think

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I wish I could take much sharper pic of this house makdee then this

last is looking nice.

Gaurav: good friend. If you have learned just a little thing that that small bit of knowledge is also very precious. At least you know something more then nothing more.

Here in my city no classes, no photographic activities. No photographer friends to develop with. Only you, Abhinav and some more online friends.

Whats you plans of DSLR. you have the time and age and more important City to make a career in Photography. I will suggest you make your career in this field and then help us to do something.

toofan said:
last is looking nice.

Gaurav: good friend. If you have learned just a little thing that that small bit of knowledge is also very precious. At least you know something more then nothing more.

Here in my city no classes, no photographic activities. No photographer friends to develop with. Only you, Abhinav and some more online friends.

Whats you plans of DSLR. you have the time and age and more important City to make a career in Photography. I will suggest you make your career in this field and then help us to do something.

For DSLR I want to buy one as I can't go above ISO 200 on SX 100 as the pics get grainy(even at 400). A DSLR should give me much needed flexibility here. Being a student with no personal income I can't force my parents to get me one. Already they have to shell out for my education. For timebeing I'll have to remain content with SX 100 & continue to work in its limited capabilities. I've entered into a contest in our class which will pitch me against DSLR users in huge amounts. I have submitted my best work, if my photos please the judges then I should win & that should be a great opportunity to convince my parents about my future photography career dreams.

I wish we all(u, stuge & others in this thread) stayed near each other then we could have further improved our knowledge. hoping to meet you someday. Do ping me if you come to Mumbai.

@sujoyp - Liked the first & last. You could try sharpening them in PS or GIMP.

Thanks toofan and Cool

Although I did some sharpening to it already...still I am not much satisfied :smile:

Shot this on my SE C510

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Well guys check this out,
Sanctuary Wildlife Awards 2010 ? December 3, 2010

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The Jet black kitten looks great to me :mrgreen:

@sujoy - Is this the original pic? I would like to see the coloured one if you have shot in color.

@rhitwick - What's the link? Didn't find anything exciting there.

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Good shot stuge...very clean & colorful shot

@ cool G5 the original pic is this

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Seems like i have been missing a lot of updates. Nice pics all..
Sujoy.. you scare the cat a lot... poor thing

Here's what i am trying in my holidays..

I was fortunate enough to catch these two butterflies mating...
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There are a few more.. coming soon.

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A tokri i found in my backyard
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An insect found in my deserted garden
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The same tokri in colour
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A something which grows on himalyan trees.. don't remember the name..
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The tokri in B&W, i loved the background.. its an old house.. almost 40-50 years old built by russians.. the background gives the feel..
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Some testures from garden
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The tokri Post processed
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The flower
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@InsINI ....I was just trying to take pics of that kitten...he was running away

BTW I liked butterfly and "tokri post processed" one

where is the head of the insect?? please search for a more photogenic insect

one more macro pic :thumbs:

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I know the pic is bit dark but when i try to increase the brightness using 'fill light' or 'highlights' the colors and details r blown off

The insect head is at front..

This is the most photographic insect i found, but its too small to focus properly even in macro.. have tried many shots.

@INS - I liked the full tokri shot. The flower shots seem blurry to me.

yeah the flower is blurry, it was hard to focus with so much wind.. and camera in hand. Had to hold the plant with one hand and camera on other...

Stuge: As usual a wow shot. Nice and lovely colors.

Ins-Ani: Tokri shot would have been a cracker if you would have composed it correctly. You should have left some space on left side. Conversion is perfect.

And this thing which grows in Himalayan tree is called " Kshiyont" (K- silent here). Its a fruit which grows in Pine trees. It contain seeds of Pine tree which are very tasty to eat but needs effort to gain them.
In english these are called "Pine Cone".

thanks toofan

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@toofan
Thanks for the advice, i will try again with tokri shot.

Secure Your Life in Networks...

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@stuge - Nice snaps.

@hoodiboy - Nothing special. Very busy picture to concentrate on any particular aspect.

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thanks toofan

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Again wonderful composition and colors.
The shimla one is also excellent.

Stuge: whenever I took images like this. I get the sky excellent but the foreground become dark.
I know how to solve this problem. But I want to know what you did in this particular shot. Did you took multiexposure shots?
some advice please.

@stuge: nice shot ....did you combine two images ?

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@toofan : use auto bracketting or use spot metering then click two pictures ( one for the sky and other for the foreground .Later blend them [don't forget to use tripod ] .well,I've both the options either use filters or blend pictures .I do both

.one of the reasons why landscape photography is never considered easy with ever changing light .

If you have any image ,which you want to get it fixed ,then send me (Only raw :NO jpeg ]
@izzikio : Its a blended image .

example(posted in the previous posts as well ) : image below is not blended ( I used reverse grad filter ) .its a single picture .

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INS-ANI said:
The tokri in B&W, i loved the background.. its an old house.. almost 40-50 years old built by russians.. the background gives the feel..
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I liked this one, but rather keeping the object in center...how would it look if it is placed at the corner of the frame and shot is taken a few feet far?

Would u try that...
keep b/w theme...

@rhitwick, this image is cropped from a larger pic. However will try it again.

Waise, am leaving for leh-srinagar tomorrow. LEts hope Srinagar is stable when i reach.

INS : one brave man .it will the last place on earth ,I want to be in right now (I mean Srinagar ).be safe .best of luck !

INS-ANI said:
@rhitwick, this image is cropped from a larger pic. However will try it again.

Waise, am leaving for leh-srinagar tomorrow. LEts hope Srinagar is stable when i reach.

INS: If its a larger image then you can crop it as required to give the desired compostion.

All the best for you photography.

Stuge: huge one.

@toofan, thanks for the advice.
As i have left for leh without the image on my laptop, i will seek a fortnight to rework on the image.

But since i will be clicking some pics in leh, lets see if i can keep the composition..

Guys, how's Vivitar's Vivicam 2400 Tripod?? I found it on jjmehta's site. Any idea about it's quality? And do u think I can go for it?

Vivitar Camera Tripod (VPT Series)

@INS-ANI: Cool pics!!

Yup its good. Buy it. But what is your cam.

@toofan, Nikon D5000

@gigacore - Check with the tripod in local shops. I doubt it will take the weight of your DSLR especially during windy situations.

@all - Any tips for shooting birds in flight with prosumer camera like Canon SX 100 IS. Yeterday I spotted an eagle which was flying in no specified direction. I tried using AF & MF but both of them were very tough to lock focus. Also since the zoom was all on 10X max it was difficult to get the bird in frame & lock focus with shutter & aperture. Do note I don't have a DSLR & optical viewfinder.

@cool, what if I hook some load on to the accessory hook?

Gigacore said:
@cool, what if I hook some load on to the accessory hook?

You can, that's what's mostly the hook is used for. I have VPT-1200 and in strong wind it wobbles. I don't have much faith in vivitar but for price its good.

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^^ This was shot from a moving bus.. I didn't use view finder or the LCD screen.. was a blind shot... this joined the road I was traveling at an curve and was almost perpendicular. For me, this one is an cool shot!

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^ This one was shot by my friend on his Canon 500D. And I took most of the pics sitting beside that window.

And I look awful in this pic since we didn't slept that night. We went 80 km off bangalore to do sky observation and astrophotography with some BAS (Bangalore Astronomy Society) guys. But sadly.. the weather changed drastically in the night and it became cloudy and it even started raining.. so we just were able to discuss some stuffs about universe and other science stuffs and in the morning took few photos..

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^ Me (since I shot it) and couple of others are missing in this pic. Hoping to go on clear and moonless night next time and take some cool pictures.

Some interesting pics santhosh. Already saw them on FB. My fav shot is the third candle shot.

Hey guys,
finally am at my destination..
its day 2, am adding pics of day 1 for now.. am in hurry so will adding only selective pics

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Some great shots guys...Himalaya is looking beautiful

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nice looking pictures INS

.just make sure not to sit near that wing next time

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and seems you really enjoyed yout trip

Giga: HDR one is excellent and very beautiful in looking.

Stuge: nice one.

InS; Great shots of Himalayas.

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Thanks guys,
I have uploaded some new pics on my facebook album
Please find my album at *www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/photos.php?id=100000146433064

or if this link doesn't work please find me by my e-mail address: ani_sham24 at-d-rate rediffmail.com

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I am sorry for the inconvenience, but i am on low bandwidth here.

Any tips for shooting birds in flight with prosumer camera like Canon SX 100 IS. Yeterday I spotted an eagle which was flying in no specified direction. I tried using AF & MF but both of them were very tough to lock focus. Also since the zoom was all on 10X max it was difficult to get the bird in frame & lock focus with shutter & aperture. Do note I don't have a DSLR & optical viewfinder

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@toofan - Like the 2nd portrait. In first can u tell why his face appears so soft?

@INS - Nice shots.

@G5 : you will need to shoot in countinous mode with normal to infinite focus + you will need fast shutter speed + change in ISO (depending on the time of the day ) .shooting birds in flight with any point and shoot is vey tough ,and with 10X zoom,slight shake with cause blur .

also regardng toofans picture ->1st picture looks soft because his face isn't focussed properly .other possible reason (as I see he used flash) is slow shutter speed

@toofan :nice

in btw : my sunrise picture was explored on flickr

..cool to have pictures getting explored every now and then

Cool: thanks for your kind words.
As stuge said a slow shutter speed + the kid is in motion+ the autofocus used focusing on the helmet instead of eyes +less depth of field used for isolation.

Stuge; thanks man. But what is this "explored image on flicker."

Stuge & others: We are planning a tour to "Valley of flowers & Hemkund Shahib." Built the confidence to climb at least 12 km per day on Hills on foot and join us. Earlier we were planning to Leh but as stuge suggested and we don't know much about there and its very costly also so it is done for some time in near future.

Tides Lash at Dadar Chowpatty

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Work in Progress

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Cool: second one is nicely taken. In first one the plain sky and over saturation is not looking much effective. but the moment captured is excellent.

@toofan, @cool: Thank you!

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@Toofan : I will let you know

"EXPLORE" is a showcase of top 500 most interesing images for a particular day .

G5: I didn't find anything wrong with the 1st picture thats creative overexposure

.Even though it seldom works with landscapes .depending upon how you process them ,thats where the meat lies .

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Image taken from Shey Palace, Leh

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Image from thikshey Monastery, leh

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Image from thikshey monastery, Leh

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A typical wooden mesh roof found in ladakhi roof!

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Flowers found on road side

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The following images are enroute to pangon lake (the images with lake is of pangon lake)

Early morning
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And now the pangon lake (Adding the best shots)
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The lake water was so clear, this is a shot taken to shallow lake bottom
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Following are shots taken during leisure time at the lake, made a stone tower in water and water waves were shot with stone in macro.

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@toofan - Yeah, I know it might not appeal much. Actually the original pic was nothing to show about, so did some PP.

@Stuge - The first pic is awesome, second one isn't bad too. So did you like my processed pic?

@INS - Some pics are good while some are not.

I see that you tried to do something with the sky .

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InS: Very few are good and most are not. Try to think before clicking
1. What you want to shoot.
2. Why you want that to shoot.
3. Any distractions in the scene.
4. Check the composition.
5. Don't shoot because you have a digital camera. Think you are shooting on a film roll. Means be selective.

Your most of images are looking dull. May be some camera setting went wrong. Every scene is beautiful but not beautifully taken. Don't feel bad. Its only my views to improve myself and others also.

Enjoy the trip. And Improve.

That truck is taller than mountains.

These pics remind me of "The Fall". I so excited for Leh travel

@stuge - The sky in original pic was total washed out. I was playing with a graduated filter under GIMP but couldn't get it right so left it. Then I increased the saturation & bumped up the exposure somewhat to give a dreamy look(which didn't work much). I purposely processed this as to look a screenshot from computer games & not an original pic shot with a camera.

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well an ordinary picture .there was just too much contrast between sky and tracks .

@INS : I have no comments on Pictures : I will say enjoy the tour

Went to Malsejghat today for a one day tour...
Here are few pics...

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Comments...

Album link: Picasa Web Albums - Rhitwick

My favourite is the 4th pic rhitwick. I too want to go to this place. Its just great for Landscape photography.

From all the pictures you have posted only 4th one looks decent .REASON :Overexposed sky in most of the images including 4th one too .

capture three images -2 +0 +2 .Use auto bracketing(or do manually using tripod ) in your camera, if your camera supports it ,and blend them (or do HDR ).Using whatever software you use like GIMP or Adobe .if you want more info PM me

@Stuge: Cool shot :))

Lively Leaf

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Stuge: rail tracks are very nicely taken.

RitwiK: I liked the last image more. 4th is also good but its looking a bit high saturated in my screen.

Cool: nice one.

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Koshi River taken from Koshi(Almora Dist.) Uttarakhand

today here clouds were crazy chasing each other.after a long time I saw deep blue skies in delhi ..hehe .

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just for info-> fstop 16 ,shutter speed 20 secs + bit of post processing

@toofan, nice!

@stuge, awesome!

@toofan - A bit more saturation would do good to the image.
@stuge - Nice.

guys ,I may not be posting regularly on forums now .Somebody tried to steal my images put them on his blog (his blog has been taken down now after I made a complaint ).

if you wanaa see my work .please visit my flickr account .

though ,I will remain active by making comments (NOT critiques unless owner has asked for them )

Hey guys, Thanks for your replies.
I regret for poor work with the image as most of them were taken from moving vehicle.
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These images were taken on Leh to Kargil route.

I won a consolation prize at our photography classes Focus 2010 competition. This is the first time I have won an award in a photography contest. Its very special for me. I'm yet to receive the prize which will be awarded at a grand ceremony in one of top hotels in Mumbai on 19th August which will see Jagdish Mali as guest. I won it for the following portrait photograph. Thanks to all here who supported me.

Vote for your Rights

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congrats................

Hey.........that was ur SMS...!!!
Sh1t, I'm still managing to import all my contacts from my old phone, and it did not show any name of ur on the contact....

Sorry dude.....................and congrats!!!!!!!

Cheers!

ok I wasn't suippose to post this ,but hey I will .

Today ,I tried to click few pictures of river yamuna from DND bridge ,but I was stopped by one of their staff .when I aked why ? he told me photography of river from here is not allowed .I was like Wt ***k.He stopped me by coming in front of me and touched my cam to prevent me from snapping pictures of river . .I got mad and abused him .I had no intentions to click pictures of the bridge(for brige I can just slow down the car and take pictures from inside ,but there are more places in delhi where I can take long exposures.DND is not the only bridge in delhi or noida )) .also keep in mind there was no where written that photography is prohibited .nor does their sites mentions that .Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I felt irritated because few steps ahead there was one more person clicking pictures and he didn't stopped him .

I can't understand what is wrong with them .if they think DND is under some kind of threat from terrorists ,then they should keep police not stupid staff people for its protection .

seems like India is becoming UK where photographers like me are treated badly \

ok now the suck picture that I managed to click btw the fight lol

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Thanks rhitwick & stuge. Rhitwick, if you have time maybe you can join me to NCPA on 17th August, where an exhibition of all photographs will be held.

^17th is Tuesday Gaurav...I might have office on that day.

Let me see, if I can manage it..

rhitwick said:
^17th is Tuesday Gaurav...I might have office on that day.

Let me see, if I can manage it..

I know. See if its possible for you to join me. I'll update you on time as soon as I get to know.

Abhinav: some nice images and bad events with you. Keep going.

Ins-Ani: Now these are Images. Very good ones. excellent work. Both are unique and best in there aspects. Some Post processing Skills will enhance them more.
keep going.

Gaurav: Congrats man. I wish you would have come first. Your image is perfect for its topic but the b/w conversion is not that appealing. I am sure, If done correctly your image could have come at 1st place.
Check this link for some awesome b/w conversions (not by pro but by someone like us). I am also trying to learn b/w conversions.

BW PORTRAITS

@toofan.. thanks for the appreciation.
now that i am back, will process and post some more pics.

toofan said:
Gaurav: Congrats man. I wish you would have come first. Your image is perfect for its topic but the b/w conversion is not that appealing. I am sure, If done correctly your image could have come at 1st place.
Check this link for some awesome b/w conversions (not by pro but by someone like us). I am also trying to learn b/w conversions.

BW PORTRAITS

Thanks. Will make sure I come on top the next time. It feels great to beat the photographers & their DSLR with a simple prosumer camera. I'm not at all regretting a consolation prize. Slow & steady I should reach on top someday. This is a very IMP event for me. kehte hai na, "Boond Boond se ghat bharta hai" (A drop makes an ocean).

Friends, can you suggest a one or at the max two days workshop for learning basics of photography, preferably in Mumbai or Pune? As i have posted earlier, I am expecting my dslr next month. Will be self-learning but some basic inputs from a professional at the beginning would be very helpful. I have downloaded some basic canon/nikon video tutorials but haven't gone through them yet.

Congrats Gaurav. Wonderful pic. Great achievement.

@a_medico, why don't you join us the next time we settle for a photography meet...
we can share our knowledge...

b/w, where do u stay? Mumbai or Pune?

Unfortunately not in either. Somewhere in a small place near maharashtra - MP border. But I will keep a watch on your meet discussion. Would like to join if I am around Mumbai that time.

@A_medico, how much do u want to pay for such 2 days course/workshop?

@rhitwick
that crow is looking so b@dass :]

a_medico said:
Friends, can you suggest a one or at the max two days workshop for learning basics of photography, preferably in Mumbai or Pune? As i have posted earlier, I am expecting my dslr next month. Will be self-learning but some basic inputs from a professional at the beginning would be very helpful. I have downloaded some basic canon/nikon video tutorials but haven't gone through them yet.

Congrats Gaurav. Wonderful pic. Great achievement.

Thanks.
Regarding workshop, you can enquire at NIP & Vineye.
Both are located in Mumbai, Dadar.

Congrats Gaurav!

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These are wild flowers. And taken at my village.

Comments nd Critiques welcome.

@toofan - Love the backlight in the first shot. Second is also a good one.

Any workshop opportunities in pune?

toofan those are good closeups and have nothing to make critique

@a_medico :

Utilize internet as much as you can for photography + buy books if possible or download some selected books from internet ,but they are very less ,then join some advance course .Just keep this in mind you won't learn photography overnite ,but regular practise will help you .

First get the dslr ,then join if you think you can't learn on your own .First part is to get aquinted with the basics + what mode does what in camera .second -> rules of photography ,then there is third ,fourth ..etc this is time you forget rules taught to you(not all ,but most )

because photography doesn't work on theories .let your creative juices do the rest ,and enjoy

If you really want to do some course after learning ,then do a course on post processing thats bulk of todays photography( there are lot of video tutorials available too ) . Doing the right stuff with your picture is absolutely necessary .Post processing can make hell lot of difference in the end .Very often I've seen beautiful pictures with excellent compostions and stuff ,but pathetic processing ruining it all .

I'm posting link for you (very basic stuff )

*digital-photography-school.com/got-a-digital-camera-for-christmas-learn-how-to-use-it-here

Thank you Santhosh.

Thanks for the inputs friends. Already started learning from your pointers. One day I'll make you all proud

By the way I expect my T1i in 3rd week of August. Will keep you updated. NIP looks good for basics. I can't invest more than single weekend. I have mailed them regarding this. Lets see. I didn't like the flash website for Vineye

... has irritating background music too.

@toofan - Both flower pics are amazing.

PS - Website apart, even Vineye looks good. Have mailed them too.

For those who would be interested :-

I got a prompt response from Vineye photo school.

WE APPRECIATE UR INTEREST SHOWN IN PHOTOGRAPHY EDUCATION
WITH VINEYE PHOTO SCHOOL.

PL. VISIT OUR WEBSITE www.vineyephotoschool.com FOR
MORE DETAILS ON OUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
WHICH IS LEVEL ONE EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT
TO START PHOTOGRAPHY AS HOBBY / CAREER.

REGISTRATION FEES ARE RS.6000/- INCLUDING EDUCATION FEES,
OUTDOOR SHOOTING EXPENSES AND FOOD IN THE WORKSHOP.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANY DIGITAL CAMERA WHICH IS ABOVE 10MP
IN THE WORKSHOP. THE VENUE OF THE WORKSHOP WILL BE IN
DADAR-W AT "VPS"

SAT 14 & SUN 15 AUG'10 "DPW" IS HAPPENING FOR WHICH REGISTRATIONS
ARE YET OPEN.

FEEL FREE TO CALL ON 9820147993 FOR ANY MORE INFORMATION.

REGARDS

VINAY PARELKAR , ARPS(uk) , AFIAP(bel) , FFIP(ind)
www.vineyephotoschool.com

I have asked them for the dates in Sept/oct/nov. Those interested can still attend on 14/15 august.

^^ The requirement of more then 10mp Digicam made me laugh :mrgreen:

..

what kind of requirement is this :wink:

@toofan the 2nd pic was great..clean and sharp

sujoyp said:
^^ The requirement of more then 10mp Digicam made me laugh..

what kind of requirement is this

Lol, they too told me the same over phone.

Thanks cool, stuge,a_medico and sujoyp for your kind words.

What 10 MP has to do with Photography? I will suggest you not join them. If they would hv said that DSLR is must then it could be understood.
They just want to make money.

^^^ Even I was like WTF when I read 10MP thing. But then maybe 10mp would be a like a layman term which means the camera would be relatively latest with some basic required configuration and preferably SLR. Dunno.

Heres the reply from National Institute Of Photography:-

Hello

There is no course for 2 days. consider doing 8-days-continuous crash course that will cost you Rs.6000/- The next crash course is scheduled on 23 August. The camera you mentioned is fine.

With Regards,

Prof. Manohar Desai,
Director,
National Institute of Photography
An ISO 9001:2008 certified Institute.

Incidentally their site also mentions :-

Not all photography classes are equally good and efficient. To appreciate the difference, please compare the course contents and fees for our courses with all others available elsewhere, get feedback from past students too, you will definitely prefer to learn from us.

Loll...Both are in Dadar.

By the way there's a similar course in St. Xavier's college too.

a_medico said:
For those who would be interested :-

I got a prompt response from Vineye photo school.

I have asked them for the dates in Sept/oct/nov. Those interested can still attend on 14/15 august.

this just tells me how noob is that institute.why do they need cam with more than 10mp .I suspect they wanna use pictures for their own purpose .

a_medico said:
^^^ Even I was like WTF when I read 10MP thing. But then maybe 10mp would be a like a layman term which means the camera would be relatively latest with some basic required configuration and preferably SLR. Dunno.

Heres the reply from National Institute Of Photography:-

Incidentally their site also mentions :-

Loll...Both are in Dadar.

By the way there's a similar course in St. Xavier's college too.

I'm an ex NIPian. My experience with NIP was smooth. I recommend it.

Now I think cools experience is good enough to join that institute Go ahead.

It would be better if your camera have a manual setting mode.

toofan said:
It would be better if your camera have a manual setting mode.

That helped me immensely as I could atleast try what was being taught. Most of the students did not have any camera. Now all have purchased a DSLR after the course got over.

Wild flowers of my Village.
Comments and critiques welcome.

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Morning Glory.

Very good pic toofan...saw it on jjmehta..very nice..there i saw someone saying that there is more green...but purple and green r contrast colors..I dont see purple being ignored in green :smile:

Nice colors toofan but why is the bokeh feeling as if it was exaggerated later in PP? The flower is artifically sharp, very sharp that it hurts the image.

Thanks Sujoy. Actually he mean with the luminosity of the background being more then the subject. And I learned something from that.

Cool: Thanks for the feedback. I had removed some distractions.
for the rest my LCD is set to a bit low contrast due to my eyes being sensitive towards strong light. May be this is the reason.
At my other working monitor this looks very soft to view.
I will try to compensate for that.

this is from the same stock.

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Morning glory.

This image too feels sharp to me. Let's see what others have to say.

@toofan :why are you adding soo much of bokeh at the time of post processing ? bokeh looks too artifical .

otherwise pix is alright .

Cool and Stuge: thanks for the honest feedback.
I was experimenting to use this image as a season greetings. And got the Idea from my editing of previous image.

Actually In real these images have very ugly bokeh then compared to my earlier images of wild flowers. I will post the originals very soon. I had to resize them and for this I had to log on to my 64 bit O.S.

M

hi
friends i need ur help
I want to buy a basic but yet powerfull digi cam my budget is very low 6k max
I love panasonic lumix fh20 for its low light capacity
another one is canon a3100 and canon sd1300
I dont know anything abt camera but it just my hobby
Pls, suggest me a good option
thanks

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These are the un-edited versions I was talking with excellent natural bokeh.

M

hi
friends i need ur help
I want to buy a basic but yet powerfull digi cam my budget is very low 6k max
I love panasonic lumix fh20 for its low light capacity
another one is canon a3100 and canon sd1300
I dont know anything abt camera but it just my hobby
Pls, suggest me a good option
thanks

@toofan :IMO natural bokeh looks better .

@MK89 : Before I go ahead don't expect too much from a point and shoot for low light capability .
FH20 costs $149 in US .I'm sure it will cost more than 6k in indian market (even grey market ).Even A3100 is priced Rs8.5k above .

in my opnion save money ,then get one .6k is just too low for buying camera .

M

thanks stuge
any other options for me

Hi friends,

This is redundant post but I need some more opinions. I am planning to buy a pocket-able camera with good zoom and manual override. I finally decided to go for either Canon SX210IS or Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10. I am more inclined towards TZ10 as I am getting far better reviews of this cam than Canon SX210IS. This is a request to please let me know if any other options are available or shall I go for Lumix?

Thanks in advance...

SB.

Booth are good cameras. I will suggest you to go for tz10. but check if its fully manual control or no

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C & C welcome.

Took this image from my village. Heavy clouds in sky but mangaged to get this early in the morning.

@toofan...its looking dreamlike :smile:

...is it HDR image

No sujoy its not HDR.

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thanks dear.

MK89 said:
thanks stuge
any other options for me

check those out

check out these one

PowerShot A495 - Digital Cameras - Canon India

review

Canon PowerShot A495 Digital Camera - Preview - The Imaging Resource!

Nikon India Private Limited

review

Nikon COOLPIX L22 budget point-and-shoot camera review: design, controls, lens, stabilisation, screen, menus, drive modes | Cameralabs

you can go much wrong with any of these cams .
nice one toofan .

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Shot this on terrace after it stopped raining.. i had taken a similar shot on my phone long ago.. but was not as good as this one in terms of quality..

@vimal - Beautiful image.

Friends today tried to shoot some pics of Antz carrying food grain...but I am soo disappointed..
The macro mode would not focus on moving ants...out of 20 pics only 3 got focus and that too with flash which looks over exposed..

Any solution...I dont understand y without flash its coming blurry and with flash it comes sharp :sad:

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@sujoy - You need to boost the ISO to get a sufficiently fast shutter speed to shoot moving ants. Use an external light source(like a table lamp) to illuminate the ants & shoot on a high ISO.

Ok gaurav...thanks for advice...will try tomorrow again

where is INS ??? I hope he returned back from leh before horrible calamity struck there .

INS- Bhaiyaaa Meri aawaaj sun rahe ho to Hain bolo?
Kya tum jinda ho?

He returned back few days before the calamity.

INS must be busy in college admission...he was going to join MS(Master of Science and not Microsoft

) in August itself :smile:

I am planning to visit Kas Pathar (Near Satara, Maharashtra) on 14 / 15 Aug.
Its known as Maharashtra's Valley Of Flowers.
Is anybody interested to join?
Its Trip + Nature (Flower's) Photography.
I m having Canon 430 (No DSLR / SLR )

Oven Fresh!

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Disbelief!

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Comments & Critique will be appreciated!

astroutkarsh said:
I am planning to visit Kas Pathar (Near Satara, Maharashtra) on 14 / 15 Aug.
Its known as Maharashtra's Valley Of Flowers.
Is anybody interested to join?
Its Trip + Nature (Flower's) Photography.
I m having Canon 430 (No DSLR / SLR )

Hey just did some research on net and found its an amazing place...
But everyone saying it is best visited on the end of September when all flowers bloom.

Check out these photos,
Vivek Kale Nature Photography

rhitwick said:
Hey just did some research on net and found its an amazing place...
But everyone saying it is best visited on the end of September when all flowers bloom.

Check out these photos,
Vivek Kale Nature Photography

I know that. But I plan this week as Pilot Trip, so we can plan last weekend of Sep or 1st weekend of Oct.
Its also mentioned that, there are flowers which blooms & lasts for 10 /15 days. So I thought it will be a Trip + photography. Later we can plan for exclusive photography.

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I have uploaded few snaps on Flicker (Older ones). Please visit Flickr: utkarsh kulkarni's Photostream & comment (most IMP).

Gaurav the 1st pic is very good...i feel hungry every time i see it :lol:

Cool: first one is awesome.
2nd one is nice candid shot but some color balance problem and the left side of image needs a reflector which was not possible for you and me to use.

@tOOFAN: You just contradicted yourself .Candid photography means no posing i.e subject is unaware ,when his or her picture is taken .So ,using reflector is out of question in case of candid .

@cool : both are nice .

anyway ,those biscuits are not oven fresh

got new camera...
EOS 500D...
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@sujoy - Its not just you, most of whom have seen this shot feels so(including me). Thanks.

@stuge - Thanks.

@toofan - As you said it, could not use reflector here as the subject was not knowing I would be photographing him.

@chirag - Congrats & nice snaps.

@chirag...Congrats buddy for the great purchase...

But looking at ur shots I feel that SLR is completely different thing and ur learning process have just started...liked 7th pic

Abhinav: thanks for correcting me.

chirag: congrats. you seriously need that bro. Which lens?

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Monsoon Evening. Tried HDR this time but with a single RAW file. I must say RAW gives more control over the image.

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C & C welcome.

@
Thanks guys....

@Vimal:
got 500D with Sigma 17-70mm....dont buy kit lens...

@toofan - Feels Oversaturated.

chitvan said:
@
Thanks guys....

@Vimal:
got 500D with Sigma 17-70mm....dont buy kit lens...

Very wise decision. The flowers shots all have the print of DSLR over them.

1st and 5the are the best shots.

Cool G5 said:
@toofan - Feels Oversaturated.

I let the saturation boost because of the monsoon evening. Rainy season dear. Colors colors everywhere.
Thanks for the feedback.

toofan said:
Very wise decision. The flowers shots all have the print of DSLR over them.

1st and 5the are the best shots.

Thanks Vimal...
ya kit(18-55mm F3.5-5.6 IS) lens of 500D is not that much good....i saw many ppl upgrade to 2nd lens very soon after getting DSLR with kit lens...

so i decided(after many confusion with Tamron 17-50mm F2.8) to buy Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 non OS....
it has benefit at both ends...much wider & tele...

i liked much what Shallow DoF it gives...so started first shots with it...

but i feel without proper macro lens DSLR cant give that macro result what compacts give in macro mode...

first try with 1 RAW HDR..
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Hi Guys,

Finally bought my Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10.

Here are first few test shots.

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Chirag: wonderful Image. Very dreamy effect.

Could you tell me how you processed a single RAW file to make a HDR in easy steps. Thanks.

Tindle effect.....as best as I could.
Captured by my SGS cam...from office.

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Subratabera: 1st is the best, third is also looking nice.

@subratabera...I liked the yellow flowers...looking sharp and colorful...others r nice too

Hey guys anybody knows if Sony NEX 5 and NEX 3 r available in market and price range??

@subratabera - Congrats & some nice shots there. Hope you'll keep pouring with your snaps in this thread.

@Rhitwick - Fairly good. Bahut time k baad aapke darshan hue iss thread mein.

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sujoyp said:
@subratabera...I liked the yellow flowers...looking sharp and colorful...others r nice too

Hey guys anybody knows if Sony NEX 5 and NEX 3 r available in market and price range??

May I ask why do you wish to go with a Fourth Third camera instead of proper DSLR? I don't think they are still available. Price is expected to be around Rs.30K.

I hate this 10 character error in quick reply.

@ Chitvan - which lens have you used for flowers' close shots? Is it the Sigma one you were mentioning?

By the way friends, I am a second member with Canon Rebel T1i / 500D SLR. But I am a new entrant in photography and don't even know technical terms or specifications. All I know is I will improve a lot in coming days

Started with assembling my cam. Took a while! Started with shooting family member's pics which came out blur. But after some trial and error got some average pics. Will post some soon. By the way, after one day of use, I have already started missing upgraded lens

(I knew that beforehand, but my budget was limited. Maybe I'll go for a secondhand upgraded lens in future).

Here's my first image:

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May I ask why do you wish to go with a Fourth Third camera instead of proper DSLR? I don't think they are still available. Price is expected to be around Rs.30K.

Just for my knowledge...actually I could not find them in any shopping site I checked..

But it looked really small and have max all the features...and hey its not four third camera it have full APS-C sized sensor :-D

...just that it have no manual control and all controls r in-menu

@Vimal:
have open RAW in Adobe camera raw,
increase exposure to +1.50 then save JPG,
decrease exposure to -1.50 then save JPG,
then save 0.00 exposure JPG,

then generate HDR from Photomatix,
make various changes like...reduce saturation,change gama,change in black,white,details....etc..dont remember every steps...will do again and will save profile...

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Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments ...

Here is one more test shot ...

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a_medico: nice take and good dof. You could improve on more to this shot.

chirag: Beautiful take. Beautiful colors and compo. But.... You missed on focus. shooting closeup require very steady hands. One halka sa jhatka and the focus sifts.

Thanks for the procedure of HDR.

Subratabera: If this is the test shot what will be your real ones.

Great shot to start with. Excellent work.

@subratabera - Very nice. Doesn't feels a test shot.

@sujoyp - Thanks for correcting.

Stuge said:
where is INS ??? I hope he returned back from leh before horrible calamity struck there .

toofan said:
INS- Bhaiyaaa Meri aawaaj sun rahe ho to Hain bolo?
Kya tum jinda ho?

He returned back few days before the calamity.

@stuge, thanks for your concern . As toofan mentioned i was out of leh almost a fortnight before the unfortunate incident. However, many places i visited in leh have suffered massive damage along with lives lost.
Its even worse for people as they have ony 4 months of business every year (tourism) and this calamity has stuck right when they were earning and stocking for other 8 months.

sujoyp said:
INS must be busy in college admission...he was going to join MS(Master of Science and not Microsoft) in August itself

@sujyop
That seems unlikely, considerng some bad times i am having.
I regret for my absence from forum, but i have some important things to take care of before i can return to normal.

@sujyop
That seems unlikely, considerng some bad times i am having.
I regret for my absence from forum, but i have some important things to take care of before i can return to normal.

Hey just take care :smile:

@toofan, @Cool G5 Thanks .. that's really some nice compliments ... Well , here's one more ...

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subratabera said:
Thanks everyone for your encouraging comments ...

Here is one more test shot ...

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Thats awesome, subrata. Grats on ur new camera. TZ-10 is a nice piece of equipment u got there. One of the best available.
U like playing with long exposures? check the cam probably has a starry sky mode. U may also try the manual mode, and take some shots of the clear night sky with high ISO and 60 sec exposures - u will be amazed. May even trace the milky way galaxy if sky is that clear. :smile:

There is probably GPS with TZ-10, have u checked that? And last question

, did u consider FZ-35?

@INS : glad to know you're safe .
@chirag:congos and nice intro shots

@subratabera :congarts for the point and shoot

@toofan : Saturation is ok(even though its bit over the top
) ,but that pesudo hdr doesn't work much .
@medico : nice

@yep :"Nex" series is heck of a series .its for those who doesn't want DSLR ,but want features of dslr in small body .I see NEX as poor mans Leica .it will definately do awesome for street photography .Now Canon will be pressed hard to put dslr sensor in G series .Well Done Sony

@subratabera...Great pics man...Good subject and good shot...Liked all of them

@subratabera: excellently composed image. I must say you should have gone for the DSLR and you would have got that easily for around 22-23k brand new. Which would have justified your photographic talent.

Comments and Critiques welcome.

toofan : excellent compostion ,but halos

(I know its hdr ).

just atip for you : hdr works best with Architecture(its application was basically made for it only ).

Very few landscapes shots looks nice with hdr .

@toofan - Nice shot but looks processed overly which kills the natural beauty. HDR should be done so lightly that the viewer cannot even make it out. This is what I heard from a renowned photographer. He displayed his HDR photos of Landscapes & I was surprised to find if it was processed at all? Though creating HDR is simple but drawing the line when doing it is important. The shot on its own would have looked far better IMO.

@icebags :

Yep, it is a nice piece of equipment. I really like long exposure shots and trying my luck to get some cool effects. The cam has night sky SCN mode but I've not tried that yet, reason, cloudy wheather

. I'll definitely give it a try when I get some clear sky. It is having GPS but I usually turn it off as it will unnecessary eat my battery. I was only looking for Canon SX210IS and Lumix TZ10 and after doing a lot of research I went for TZ10. I never considered FZ-35 as its not pocket-able and I wanted to carry my cam all the time.

@Stuge :

Thanks mate. I really got inspired after this thread got started and after watching all your's and other member's work.

@ sujoyp :

Thanks. I think , I'm quite lucky with my cam.

@toofan :

I am looking forward to a DSLR. But I never handled a digicam before so I just wanted a p&s to test and learn manual photography and also to carry it around all the time. After learning the things a bit I'll definitely go for a decent DSLR. May be a 3D one.

Clay art ...

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very nicely taken. just remove the red patch over the left corner.

toofan said:
very nicely taken. just remove the red patch over the left corner.

Yep .. it is looking odd .. here is the GIMPed version ...

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^Much better. Seems you're enjoying your new camera.

that thing is for rs 300 though

.nice shot

Stuge said:
that thing is for rs 300 though .nice shot

Ya . .those are quite expensive

...

Rain shots ...

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1st one is good. second one has distracting bg.

I Love You ...

Happy World Photography Day! Cheers to all Photographers round the globe. Keep Photographing.

All of you friends.

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Comments and critiques welcome.

The power of macro ...

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Everyone is behind it ...

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I liked Rs.5 coin...its sharp...but y there is a pinkish haze around it..is it taken on very high ISO like 800 or ISO 1600

Hey anybody excited about Nikon 3100...it seems very promising..
Read this at nikon's site about all new features :-D

Nikon | News | Digital-SLR camera Nikon D3100

yes the 14.2 mp cmos sensor is looking quite promising. its the best time to buy a D5000 its prices are falling like a ...... "bhool gaya".

D5000 price falling??? where? I still see it selling for 34k with kit lens and 2 year warranty..wont it come down to 28k

sujoyp said:
I liked Rs.5 coin...its sharp...but y there is a pinkish haze around it..is it taken on very high ISO like 800 or ISO 1600

The camera was at ISO 400 ... actually the coin was lying around on a paper and the light was also quite dim ...

... may be that's why it came like that ...

Moon ... (without tripod)

ISO 80 , Exposure 1/125 , f4.9 , 300mm zoom

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Shot it yesterday.

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@Sujoyp - This will give idea of current prices in US. I got my Canon 500D for a decent price as compared to Indian markets.

@a_medico according to ur link...the minimum price in US is 649 Dollar which comes to Rs.29800

Even smartshopper.com r selling it at 30k without warranty(gray)...

Thanks anyways :razz:

just wait a watch soon D3100 will sell for less than D5000

.hehe

These websites are just pain stupid comparing it with 550D or even D5K.

1.it doesn't have auto braketting
2 IR remote like ML-L3 doesn't work with it .Nikon removed it IR port from it .

anyway

Canon SX130 ..bye bye SX120

Few snaps from Kas Pathar Trip.
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C & C Welcome.

Stuge said:
just wait a watch soon D3100 will sell for less than D5000 .hehe

These websites are just pain stupid comparing it with 550D or even D5K.

1.it doesn't have auto braketting
2 IR remote like ML-L3 doesn't work with it .Nikon removed it IR port from it .

anyway

Canon SX130 ..bye bye SX120

but 3100 have a new 14mp sensor...and continuous focus in full HD video recording...
But its true that its just a entry level DSLR cant be compared with 550D 7 D5000

sujoyp said:
but 3100 have a new 14mp sensor...and continuous focus in full HD video recording...
But its true that its just a entry level DSLR cant be compared with 550D 7 D5000

that new sensor aren't gonna do ground breaking stuff(its using Sony nex sensor (if I'm correct ).There is a limit that APS-C sensors can achieve at high iso's .I seldom do video on my D90 ,but I use Auto bracketing very often .
Auto bracketing is very necessary .

Nex sensor should not be a problem coz I have heard that even D5000 uses Sony sensors of A500 with different algorithm :smile:

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@astroutkarsh - All three snaps seem to be soft. Instead of attaching as attachments, you can host them on Flickr or Picasa & link back here to preserve the quality.

@a_medico - I love the vibrant colours in your shot. Feels a touch over exposed.

Hi guys... m new to the thread..well m not a pro but Photography has always been my hobby n i enjoy it

i went through the thread n pics r gr8.. u guys hav done gr8 work !!

well for now i dont hav a gud cam but m getting 1 in 1or2 months den i'll start doing some work

dez r sm of my fav. pics i took from Nokia N79's cam.. did some minor adjustments in photoshop...

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Cool G5 said:
@astroutkarsh - All three snaps seem to be soft. Instead of attaching as attachments, you can host them on Flickr or Picasa & link back here to preserve the quality.

I thought the same, but i was in hurry so .......
anyway, here is Picasa link Picasa Web Albums - Utkarsh - Kas Pathar.
I know few snaps are out of Focus, but still for all other C & C welcome.

Planing to visit again when all flowers will bloom i.e. Last week of Sept.

sujoyp said:
Nex sensor should not be a problem coz I have heard that even D5000 uses Sony sensors of A500 with different algorithm.

nikon has been doing this for quite some time i.e getting sensors from Sony.

Nikon has been able to harness more from sony sensors that even sony isn't able to do .

NEX sensors are very good(check out NEX3 and NEX5 pictures, specially they perform well in noise department ) .

astroutkarsh said:
I thought the same, but i was in hurry so .......
anyway, here is Picasa link Picasa Web Albums - Utkarsh - Kas Pathar.
I know few snaps are out of Focus, but still for all other C & C welcome.

Planing to visit again when all flowers will bloom i.e. Last week of Sept.

Is Kaas Pathar near Satara? Do you go there with a photography group or alone? Where would be nearest accomodation? What is so special about Kaas? I have heard many photographers go there frequently.

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Who said Indian Roads r Bad

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Trying Out basics

all images tweaked and Tuned

aZZu

have many images will upload soon

a_medico said:
Is Kaas Pathar near Satara? Do you go there with a photography group or alone? Where would be nearest accomodation? What is so special about Kaas? I have heard many photographers go there frequently.

Yes, Kaas Pathar is near to Satara (23 KM appx. from Satara).
I went with my friend (we both r photography enthu) on 15th aug.
Nearest accommodation in Satara. You can get State Transport Buses to go there or you can take Auto / Sumo.
Special abt Kaas Pathar is
It's Valley of Flowers (in Maharashtra). Best time to go there is Mansoon end i.e. Sept End or Oct 1st /2nd week. You can see colors / shades for various flowers on either side of Road on this Plateau.
If you are Nature / Flower & Photography lover, its good place to Visit in Spet / Oct.

As I am in Pune, its just 134 KM for me & we went on Pulsar.

Let me know if you want more details. (I am working on Road Map though).

I planed to visit again in Last week of Sept, so if interested we can plan.

@azeem - The first is nice. I would prefer an unbordered one.

@astroutkarsh - The bug is nicely captured, rest seem okish.

Got my hands on a camera after few months. And i was thrown into a garden. Few pics of garden.

I was looking all over the place to start with.. and i found, I'm neglecting my own spects....

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Some random flower...
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flower again...

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Cool G5 said:
@azeem - The first is nice. I would prefer an unbordered one.

Sure , Got similar opinion from others too

Vamci Anna Damn good shots

@vamsi - Nice shots especially the first one.

astroutkarsh said:
I planed to visit again in Last week of Sept, so if interested we can plan.

Would surely like to visit there once. Satara is like 15hrs from my place. Will let you know much in advance when I make a plan to visit there. Would be a good time to catch up with my friend there too.

@Vamsi : nice

@Azeem: Dada post somethingfrom old citytoo

@.Jagmeet: Mobile photography is always fun

@subratabera : nice

@toofan's : something is wrong with the umbrella placement ,angle

.otherwise good thought and going "

jagg89 said:
Hi guys... m new to the thread..well m not a pro but Photography has always been my hobby n i enjoy it i went through the thread n pics r gr8.. u guys hav done gr8 work !!

well for now i dont hav a gud cam but m getting 1 in 1or2 months den i'll start doing some work

dez r sm of my fav. pics i took from Nokia N79's cam.. did some minor adjustments in photoshop...

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Gangsta: As these are taken with mobile I will not speak about the quality but about the composition.

1. Nicely taken but you have to make sure there is no distraction in background. Like here the red "Gamlas".
2. This type of shots are always tough to take beautifully. Try taking from some distance to take the full flower or go more close or try some diff. angles. One example although not perfect but still posting.
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3. Best of all. its different but still looking good. The details in leaf you want to show are very clear. The water drops are adding some more interest. Some good post processing will enhance it more.

And welcome to the world of photography.

If you wish to buy a camera. Then look at JJmehta froums sell and buy section there you may get a DSLR for even 15 to 16k with lens sometime, And thats good for learning process or go for some P & S with total manual controls.

Vamsi: The 1st one is super shot.

Stuge: Thanks dear.

Stuge said:
@Azeem: Dada post somethingfrom old citytoo

Going Tommo will post soon

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Golden GATE

lol
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Open for Your Suggestions

@Toofan thnx a lot for the suggestions bro.. i'll keep dez things in mind.. :smile:

and as for the new cam i was thinking mayb Canon SX20 Is.. will it be a good choice? n i dont intend to buy a SLR as m just a beginner n dont want to get into complex things right now...

@stuge yea its fun to play around wid a mobile's cam

@jagg89 - Canon SX20 IS is a good choice. Go for it!

jagg89 said:
@Toofan thnx a lot for the suggestions bro.. i'll keep dez things in mind..

and as for the new cam i was thinking mayb Canon SX20 Is.. will it be a good choice? n i dont intend to buy a SLR as m just a beginner n dont want to get into complex things right now...

@stuge yea its fun to play around wid a mobile's cam

for that price I will never buy a cam with small sensor ,but thats just me .beginner dslrs have auto mode.so you can shoot just like you can do with point and shoot .

rest is up to you

@Stuge hmm i'll think abt it thnx for suggesting :smile:

1 of my frnds told me he can help me get canon sx20 Is @ 20k wid bill n warranty n dats my max budget also till now..

i will be buying at the end of september so i hv lot of tym to think

Gangsta: by that time entry level DSLR's price will fall more and more due to realease of nikon D31000 or something like that.
If you would like to continue with photography then you will buy a DSLR sooner or later and you had to spend money again.

And if you think that you will not be that serious and be happy with family photographs and the awesome features the P & S provides then it is wise to buy a P & S for its features mainly zoom.

But ultimate quality is only available on DSLR's.

Advance Point and shoot r good for day-to-day photographs...no need of lens change, no dust cleaning, not big and heavy. Covers macro-wide angle-long zoom.

But when it comes to quality of pics & night shots...DSLRs r unbeatable :smile:

@vamsi : First one is great. I like the third one too ...

Some random shots ..

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@subratabera : for doing macros I will suggest you to use tripod .

*www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLvstsvFxco

Was trying my hand on video recording on Canon EOS 550D. I'm damn impressed. Now I'm slowly even inclined to hone up my videography skills. Dreaming to buy Canon EOS 550D. I'm in love with it.

I wish they come out with VR or IS versions of 50mms ..its just damn too important for videos .(Specially hand held )

Stuge said:
@subratabera : for doing macros I will suggest you to use tripod .

Ya ... I'm really missing a tripod ... planning to buy one soon ... Anything which is easy to carry (portable) and which can give a height of 4-5 feet ...

subretabera.: excellent vibrant shots. I love your photography skills.

@subretabera....really ur shots r amazing...did u took that bugs shot with a point and shoot

Potrait of my Doggy :grin:

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@Toofan and Sujoyp I totally agree nthing beats DSLR's in Quality... :smile:

But i will not be going dat deep into photography.. so dat's y m sticking wid a decent P&S which hav little uplifted features than a normal P&S like manual controls n a nice zoom etc...

so tell me is Canon SX20 IS good? or give me some other options in range of 15-20k...

n thnx guys for helping me make up my mind :smile:

In that range the most popular is Panasonic FZ35...very good cam check it

toofan said:
subretabera.: excellent vibrant shots. I love your photography skills.

Thanks toofan

... I'm just learning ...

sujoyp said:
@subretabera....really ur shots r amazing...did u took that bugs shot with a point and shoot

Thanks mate ... All the pics have been taken with my new Lumix TZ10 P&S cam

... this cam is really amazing , specially if you want to learn manual photography ... It has a "Macro Zoom" feature. With this feature you can focus on a subject which is just 3 cm apart and then zoom 3 times further !! This degrades pixel count but gives real closeups ... The bug was not more than 1.5 cm long. I've submitted this pic in this week's DPS challenge too !

jagg89 said:
@Toofan and Sujoyp I totally agree nthing beats DSLR's in Quality...

But i will not be going dat deep into photography.. so dat's y m sticking wid a decent P&S which hav little uplifted features than a normal P&S like manual controls n a nice zoom etc...

so tell me is Canon SX20 IS good? or give me some other options in range of 15-20k...

n thnx guys for helping me make up my mind

Canon SX20 IS won't come within your budget of Rs.15-20K. You will need some Rs.3-4K more.

Nice shots by all especially subratabera. Your doggie is cute sujoyp.

Gangsta: canon sx 20 IS is very good cam and panasonic FZ35 is also super. But if you want something to fit in pocket then the subretabera's model is perfect for that purpose If i am right.

check dpreview.com they had done a superzoom group test and some similar group tests which will help you a lot.

YouTube - Canon EOS 550D HD 1080p RAW Footage - Part 2

One more unedited video footage from Canon 550D. Using EF 50mm 1.4 USM lens. ISO set to 1600 & White Balance to Shade.

toofan said:
Gangsta: canon sx 20 IS is very good cam and panasonic FZ35 is also super. But if you want something to fit in pocket then the subretabera's model is perfect for that purpose If i am right.

Yep ... This phone is having almost everything in a very compact body but a little expensive for a P&S.

@Cool G5 yea sx20 will cost 23-24k but m getting it @ 20k from 1 place...

@Toofan i will not carry it in my pocket so dats not a problem.. :smile:

ok now finally i've come down to dez 2 cams.. Canon SX20 Is OR Panasonic FZ35..
n m damn confused now coz both r almost head2head in features n their pros n cons..
i've read the reviews of both cams..

here is the comparision i read...

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS review: Verdict: SX20 IS vs FZ38 / FZ35 vs SX1 IS vs HX1 | Cameralabs

which 1 will u suggest?

jagg89 said:
@Cool G5 yea sx20 will cost 23-24k but m getting it @ 20k from 1 place...

@Toofan i will not carry it in my pocket so dats not a problem..

ok now finally i've come down to dez 2 cams.. Canon SX20 Is OR Panasonic FZ35..
n m damn confused now coz both r almost head2head in features n their pros n cons..
i've read the reviews of both cams..

here is the comparision i read...

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS review: Verdict: SX20 IS vs FZ38 / FZ35 vs SX1 IS vs HX1 | Cameralabs

which 1 will u suggest?

FZ35 is better: has better colour reproduction, sharpness, more depth of field and probably faster AF. Also very light and cheaper.

The leica lens clearly has advantage.

jagg89 said:
@Toofan i will not carry it in my pocket so dats not a problem..

ok now finally i've come down to dez 2 cams.. Canon SX20 Is OR Panasonic FZ35..
n m damn confused now coz both r almost head2head in features n their pros n cons..
i've read the reviews of both cams..
which 1 will u suggest?

I had used both of them and both are easy going.
But canon feels a little more comfortable to use as I had a canon one earlier.
But the biggest disadvantage is it used 4 AA type battreis and believe me this is a pain in ......
1. you will need two sets of batteries. One used and one for backup.
2. These discharge automatically after 7 to 14 days if not used.
3. takes around 24 to 26 hours of charging which is the biggest drawback. Even if you use costly fast chargers then still 11 to 15 hours. And two sets mean full two days.
4. Weights more. another set will add more.

So I will advice to buy FZ35 as you can add some accessories to it also. It has threads in front to add converters, filters etc etc.

toofan said:
I had used both of them and both are easy going.
But canon feels a little more comfortable to use as I had a canon one earlier.
But the biggest disadvantage is it used 4 AA type battreis and believe me this is a pain in ......
1. you will need two sets of batteries. One used and one for backup.
2. These discharge automatically after 7 to 14 days if not used.
3. takes around 24 to 26 hours of charging which is the biggest drawback. Even if you use costly fast chargers then still 11 to 15 hours. And two sets mean full two days.
4. Weights more. another set will add more.

So I will advice to buy FZ35 as you can add some accessories to it also. It has threads in front to add converters, filters etc etc.

2 > That's not completely true. The new Eneloop batteries or any reputed brand batteries discharge only about 25% if kept unused for 3 years.

3 > Even the most basic charger today charges in about 7 hours. I mean I plug my 4 alkalines in sony charger and in about seven hours they are fully charged. Fast charger can do the same task in about three hours. They cost a bit but they are worth it. Also its just a one time investment.

4 > Can be ignored.

I'll say get the Canon SX 20 IS.

I had uniross 2700 mh which gets discharge in just 3 to 4 days.
Uniross 2500mhA discharged in 10 days.
New kodak 2100 discharged in around 3 weaks.

And the charging time I noted form the Uniros manual and kodak manual.

But leave it anyway.
lithium batteries charges in 1 to 2 hour and don't get discharged even in 1 month while in full use. This is my Nikon D90 battery.

So handle them, use them which feels comfortable and easier to use buy that. Canon wala is easily available anywhere.

Test video : nothing special, just wanted to test the video capabilities of this cam.

YouTube - Men at work

R

Since Panasonic shoots raw+ Jpeg and Canon only shoots jpeg only .I will take FZ35 anyday over SX20 + buy 2 extra batteries for longer trip .Sooner or later person who buy camera hooks upto post processing (even he or she denies initially ) and this is where raw shines + its better to shoot raw at higher iso .Even though,I don't think I will ever go beyond iso200(last will be iso400) for a point and shoot .

in between IMO one should wait for panasonic FZ40 .

One thing one has mnetioned here is with SX20,one can shoot and record videos simultaneously

rest is upto the buyer .

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I had posted this image before but this time with a digital painting effect.

robin234 said:
Since Panasonic shoots raw+ Jpeg and Canon only shoots jpeg only .I will take FZ35 anyday over SX20 + buy 2 extra batteries for longer trip .Sooner or later person who buy camera hooks upto post processing (even he or she denies initially ) and this is where raw shines + its better to shoot raw at higher iso .Even though,I don't think I will ever go beyond iso200(last will be iso400) for a point and shoot .

in between IMO one should wait for panasonic FZ40 .

One thing one has mnetioned here is with SX20,one can shoot and record videos simultaneously

rest is upto the buyer .

CHDK enables RAW & more functions in Canon. So one can shoot RAW + JPEG even with Canon SX 20 IS.

@toofan - Good job, but I don't like such digitally made images. The original looks so beautiful.

cool :now you're acting like a canon fanboi

.

CHDK is good and I have used it a lot with my canon pns ,but its too cumbersome to use it everytime.

-and if I remeber correctly CHDK needs to be activated everytime cam is switched off .for the same reason CHDK is nice alternative,but not a good permanent solution !.

anyway ,coming back: I will really recommend to wait for FZ40 as it can click pictures at 25mm + have more zoom .

stuge: price bhi to jyada hogi yaar. Although the 25mm feature will be very very effective. Kab tak release ho raha hai.

Hey guys... i was gifted this photo printer today

SELPHY CP780 - Compact Photo Printers - Canon India

Thing is, I dont think I will be using it ever. Any idea where I should post this for selling? I am planning on JJmehta.... i have never tried ebay and not sure how it works for a seller. Might post it in Buy sell section too of TDF ( i hope they still have it!).

Ok guys i found both SX20 n FZ35 to be good..
The thing i like abt FZ35 is dat it can take RAW+JPEG and has a auto Fringe-correction dat canon does'nt hav...

i was leaning more towards Canon as my old cam was also a canon so m familiar wid canon n feels more comfortable to me but i hv never tried any panasonic...

and Toofan as for the batteries i already hav 8 AA recharcheable batt. 4 r new uniross 2100 n 4 r old sony ones so batt. is not a problem :razz:

well i will be buying the cam in 1st week of october so mayb some new models will be launched at dat tym..

Canon EOS 60D Announced!

Featuring,

> 18MP APS-C Sensor
> Articulated LCD Screen having same resolution as Canon 550D
> In Camera RAW Processing & other creative effects
> ISO 100-3200 expandable to 12,800
> Supports SD, SDHC & SDXC memory cards(No CF)
> 5.3 fps Continuous Shooting
> 1080p Video with Manual Controls

OMG ! Canon got cannoned with this crappy launch except for the lenses

Just wait for Nikon D7000 or D95 !

what is wrong with them ? still using that old AF +metal body removed .It better to get 50D over 60D anyday .

This is 600D ..not 60D.

8-15mm F4 fish eye is the wide angle lens to lure for

Lower fps then 50D.
A degraded 50D body for raising 3mp and adding Video. Total fail.
Good time to buy 50D.

Stuge said:
cool :now you're acting like a canon fanboi .

CHDK is good and I have used it a lot with my canon pns ,but its too cumbersome to use it everytime.

-and if I remeber correctly CHDK needs to be activated everytime cam is switched off .for the same reason CHDK is nice alternative,but not a good permanent solution !.

anyway ,coming back: I will really recommend to wait for FZ40 as it can click pictures at 25mm + have more zoom .

You can have it to launch automatically everytime you switch on the camera. Also I favour Canon cameras in P&S. In DSLR, both are neck to neck. I even like the idea of having alkalines over battery packs. I wonder what will I do when I get a DSLR but it won't use alkalines & would have to purchase those costly battery packs. I'm quite liking the new Canon 60D. Maybe it would be my next camera. Just day dreaming now. :smile:

Hey Guys.. panasonic has launched 2 successors to FZ35...they hav also been added to panasonic india website so dey will be available i guess..

FZ40..
Panasonic launches Lumix DMC-FZ40 / FZ45 digital superzoom: Digital Photography Review

FZ100..
Panasonic premieres Lumix DMC-FZ100 high-speed superzoom camera: Digital Photography Review

chk 'em out..

WTS: Canon 450D + 18-55 IS & Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro

Gaurav: you might be interested in it.

Or in it.

WTS canon 500D

Winning my First Photography Award at Focus 2010

A blog post for complete story behind my first photography award.

@toofan - Thanks for pointing out the threads but I would like to purchase a new camera(maybe second lenses) & would also use it for video recording so no old rebels.

Cool G5 said:
Winning my First Photography Award at Focus 2010

A blog post for complete story behind my first photography award.

@toofan - Thanks for pointing out the threads but I would like to purchase a new camera(maybe second lenses) & would also use it for video recording so no old rebels.

Hey Congrats Gourav ... that's really cool !!!

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toofan said:
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I had posted this image before but this time with a digital painting effect.

Really good portrait toofan. I am really poor in portrait photography and also post processing

. Really need to learn many things.

toofan said:
Lower fps then 50D.
A degraded 50D body for raising 3mp and adding Video. Total fail.
Good time to buy 50D.

many on canon forums, who are canon users themselves have predicted disaster in recipe for canon. (though I don't agree with them).

What canon wants is 50D users will forced to buy 7D (if they decide to buy a new cam) and rebel users can buy 60D.Removal of AF tuning is a big no this is the only thing I hate about D90 as well .

now it seems D7000 will even knock off D300s,but that will happen sooner or later .lets wait and watch !

Presenting u Stuart the Turtle :razz:

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Enjoy :smile:

Congrats: Gaurav.

Thanks Subretabera.

Sujoy: beautiful Images. A little sharpening will enhance them more.

Thanks toofan :smile:

...actually the turtle was under water and i was taking through the glass of aquarium...soo max shots didnt come that sharp or vivid.

Here r some more of my pics

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I donno u will like the last shot or not coz it was shot in night.This is Night lily which can be only seen at night/evening :smile:

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My sis's Rakhie plate...Just the worst part of the pic is it have my mobile in it...But i just cant remove it

C

^^
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Hey nice work chirag :razz:

Stone art ...

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@subratabera - Thank You.

@sujoyp - As toofan added, add some sharpening. You failed to keep the rakhis popping out of thali in color. Such small things should be kept in mind while doing selective desaturation. Fairly good job though. Rest shots are normal & nothing interesting.

yaah selective desaturated is interesting...but bit hard for such small things...i used Gimp and used circular selection thing...point to point selection make things very edgy...still learning

BTW it was not a setup for rakhie thali pic...it was just one of the random shot :grin:

@subratabera : those are some nice pictures of those stone age items

@sujyop: nice

Stuge said:
@subratabera : those are some nice pictures of those stone age items

Thanks Stuge

Pricky Thorns

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Dusk through reflection

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The Innocence

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Bliss

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The green rush

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Dusk

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very nice giga

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:lol:

Thank you!

Awesome pic, stuge.. hats off! I bow to your skills \__o_

Gigacore said:
Thank you!

Awesome pic, stuge.. hats off! I bow to your skills \__o_

thank you sir .I really appreciate your eye for good work

.

I too want to bow in reverse direction __O____/<<<

@gigacore...I liked the 1st pic

@stuge...whats the purpose of that pic :?:

@giga - I liked the fourth one. a little sharpening may help enhance it.

@stuge - ??

sujoyp said:
@stuge...whats the purpose of that pic

to have a good laugh :razz:

@cooll :what ??

who wants to cook and eat these :razz:

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Aaah Sewai...yumm

sujoyp said:
Aaah Sewai...yumm

naah ! they are glass noodles .

@stuge - I too didn't get the purpose of dat pic.

@Sujoy, Thank you!

@Cool, Oh ok! Thanks!

@Stuge, awesome!

Gigacore said:
@Stuge, awesome!

thanks dada

@cool: thats a pic of an old poster or old picture ..hehe .poster is self explanatory .anyway leave it .

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Stuge, this is mind blowing!

@stuge - Nice shot & nice car. Have you shot a closeup of the headlights, if so please post here. The headlights look smashing in dark.

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Nice shot & nice car. Have you shot a closeup of the headlights, if so please post here. The headlights look smashing in dark.

nope ,that picture is taken with cellphone .

Tree

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Stuge- nice pic of D car
ill soon Post the Pics Of Auto show I attended in july in Hyderabad

azzu said:
Stuge- nice pic of D car
ill soon Post the Pics Of Auto show I attended in july in Hyderabad

thanks man

this one from last week:
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Nice 6x6.
A little moving forward would have helped to cut out the awkward wave formation in bottom left of the image.

hmmmm....how did i miss this thread!

6x6 said:
this one from last week:
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even though its one of most common seaside composed picture, it still looks nice ..

job well done

Auto -show Was held in Hyderabad way back in July..
Went to show with my new Nikon

, so here are few snaps
those snaps are of week after i bought d cam so ,,

BMW 320 d .. These Headlights are Awesome piece of art

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BMW 320 d

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Merc SLK.

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BMW 535i.

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The Elite BMW 730 Ld.

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Again cudnt stop from snapping those Awesome Headlights

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The Jaguar XkR .... ( Jag , Indian-Kam-Brit Company

)

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Land Rover Freelander 2.

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The Land Rover.

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TATA Nano. (JBL modified)

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My Fav and Probably the Best Sports Bike

( i know iam A FAnboy

)
The DUCATI 848.

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Yamaha R1
.
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Yamaha Vmax.

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KTM 250 Dirt.

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Harley .

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Lambretta. My dads first moto-bike

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Truimph model H.

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The VOLVO xc90.

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Audi TT.

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Audi TT photochopped.

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Saved the Best for Last
ROLLS ROYCE GHOST.

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Any suggestions, Comments , Advice's ,etc.. are heartly Welcome

sorry for late posting

M-huge automobile' Freak
Which one did u like d most ?

aZZu

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is there any way to reduce image size in forum which already uploaded somewhere in large size...?

@Azzu...very good pics bro..u should have posted them much before :smile:

.

I liked Yamaha Vmax...it looks awesome.

@Chitvan...good shot bro...loved the colors of 4th one

And in flicker there is option to select a smaller size...I post pics from picasa albums and there also we have smaller options

@ Chitvan nice Pics..

love the third one..
posting it in smaller size wud help

sujoyp@thx..
didnt get time

yeah vmax is awesome bike..
seeing it in real was a treat..torque King

@chitvan
AWESOME SHOTS!!!!!!

@Chitvan - are these taken by Sigma 17-70mm lens? Can you please specify the camera settings on your 500D, especially for the third pic?

Awesome pics.

@azzu: nice shots ...

@chitvan: I like the first one. Third one is awesome.

@azeem - S*** shots yaar. Those headlights are really a great piece of engineering. Haven't been to car show anytime so I miss taking such photographs.

Thx @gaurav & subratabera
i agree gaurav those lights are great

Btw coming to s*** part there were ber hot models(girls) too but didnt captured them in my cam as iam a Good boy

lol
( actually bcoz i was at the show last day final hours and those girls were real tired

)

looks like we have new people here.. welcome!
azure nice click! which camera do u use?

here's a shot by mobile camera.. nothing special.. just took d shot in negative...
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thx ins-ani..
i use nikon L110 ( the fully automatic cam

)

azzu said:
Btw coming to s*** part there were ber hot models(girls) too but didnt captured them in my cam as iam a Good boy lol
( actually bcoz i was at the show last day final hours and those girls were real tired )

Maybe next time

Happy Ganesh Utsav!

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@coolG5 nice shot...but y dont u put ur signature on lower part of picture...its not looking good at all at the belly of lord ganesha

sujoyp said:
@coolG5 nice shot...but y dont u put ur signature on lower part of picture...its not looking good at all at the belly of lord ganesha

Thank you. Its because people can easily crop out the signature when its put around the border. Keeping it on the image will make it tough to get around it.

Koyna trip photos:-

1>Found this insect on the way. Great colors.
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2>First waterfall
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3>The valley, Koyna dam can be seen here.
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4>One random shot
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5>Lake
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6>Kaante
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7>Lake_2 (yes I know its tilted a bit...try to ignore it)
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8>Route to another waterfall (hell of a journey, phew!!!)
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9>The fall
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10>How's it?
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11>Boat
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12>Wild flower
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@rhitwick...the insect is looking beautiful

.also shot 10 & 11 looks great

@coolg5 ...I understand what u wanna say...but bhagwaan ko to chod do ;-)

@azzu, nice pics! Congrats for owning a Nikon cam! Welcome to nikon club

Gigacore said:
@azzu, nice pics! Congrats for owning a Nikon cam! Welcome to nikon club

Thx GIG , Looking forward for moore of ur Suggestions

awesome coverage azzu

and welcome to the world of Nikon

Nikon D7000 launched Canon got a kick of the season lol

d7000 high iso sample (iso3200)

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Nikon D7000 Preview Images | Chase Jarvis Blog

f4.0
1/40th
ISO 3200

Hi all..
Some pics here...

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^ View from my terrace 1 evening. colors did'nt came out dat gud coz it was a mob's cam afterall did sm processing in PS to bring back the feel.
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^ the gray bckgrnd is the side of the fridge sm1 was holdin them in hand

All the pics r taken wid Nokia N79's cam n edited in photoshop.

Thnx.

nice snapshots and some are good too

@jagg89...The tomatoes look yummy :mrgreen:

sujoyp said:
@jagg89...The tomatoes look yummy

Chinese`
tomatoes

@Stuge n Sujoyp Thnx.. glad u liked them

not chinese but Desi Tomatoes

Lalbaugcha Raja(King of Lalbaug)

Arguably the most popular ganpati in the world. Its not so easy to get a good pic considering you have to wait for almost 15-17 hours & sometimes even for more than a day to get darshan. I managed to sneak in with a little help from a local resident & while I was there for 2-3 mins(a hell lot of time for mukh darshan i.e. just see the idol) I took some 5-6 snaps. This is going to be enlarged & put up in my room soon.

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@Cool G5...great shot buddy...getting a shot like this of most popular Ganesh ideol is really difficult...congrats :mrgreen:

hey guys i m getting my new cam next week most probably n i need ur help as m very much confused...
Few weeks back i was thinking b/w panasonic FZ35 n Canon SX20 IS then in few days FZ40 came and now SX30 is also here..

i was eagerly w8ing for sx30 but i think its just overstuffed wid things n 35x zoom is not really needed...but we cant say anything untill any
proper review comes..nyways it'll not be available here soon n i even doubt FZ40 will be available or not?..

so now m confused b/w dez 3 cams.. Panasonic FZ35,FZ40 or canon SX20 ??

All 3 hav der pros n cons but overall all 3 r gud..the only thing i dont like abt canon is dat images hav more fringing n CA as compared to panasonic n another gud thing abt pana..FZ is dat we can use filters also.. as i was reading various things on websites i found dat a polarizing filter can be very nice to hav..

my old cam was also a canon so m familiar wid canon stuff but i hav never used a panasonic before so m hesitating a bit..

so plz help me out which 1 shud i go for?
wat would u guys suggest or any other options?

Gangsta deewali tak to india mein launch ho jayenge and by then reviews will be on market. Last two are nicely taken.

Gaurav: before enlarging process the image. Ganpati baba's above portion from forehead is more lighted then the lower portion. Check this out.

Some what like this. It can be improved much more.

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@Toofan thnx..
Fz40 was launched at the end of august it has also been added to panasonic india site..
but i m doubting ki will it be available in market or not in india, it shud be though..

here is the review for FZ40/45..
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ45 Review | PhotographyBLOG

Actually i hav to buy the cam by 1st week of october coz m going to
Andaman at the end of october n it'll also take sm tym to get used to the cam...otherwise der was no problem in waiting...

n i dont think SX30 will be available here soon as it'll be available in october only in usa so it'll take another month to come here mayb..

what will u suggest ? m so confused..

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stay tuned will post more

Abhinav: Thats wonderful images. Neat, clean and sharp. Which lens dear?

Gangs: Buy that which is available to you in present. So no confusion. If you get fz40 then go for it otherwise 35 is still there. But let me aware you that in starting with full zoom you will find that images are not that sharp. You will have to be used to of the cam. After all 18 x zoom hand held is very much.

@Stuge Nice pics... kuch to sudhar hua delhi main :grin:

@Toofan yea i'll go n chk the cams in shops dis week... thnx! :smile:

@toofan - Yeah, I know. Nice workover on the image.

@stuge - You were not going to post in this thread right? Parivartan? Anyways nice shots, especially the first.

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - You were not going to post in this thread right?.

I guess I did post some images before ? :wink:

toofan: combination of three lenses 10-24,24-85,70-300mm

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1st one is a superb shot taken. Nice compo.

@stuge - But they were of mobile, so didn't comment on them. So you own those nikkor lenses? Have constant or variable aperture?

Xcellent shots Stuge .
V-formation Image looks damn good

@cool: yep

@azzu and toofan : thanks

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Banana leaf in the rain

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Leaf in the rain

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Path

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Kid in garden

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Slum girl

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Panning

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good pictures medico

Stuge: topclass. did you used tripod.

Medico: nice series.

toofan said:
Stuge: topclass.

1+ from me

@medico, I liked your "slum girl" photo?
By any chance its a part of a bigger photo?

^ No. Its an original photo, just resized.

By the way guys, I attended a 2 day workshop in VinEye Photo School (Remember the 10 megapixel guy?). And I very highly recommend it to everybody, especially the beginners. He covered the basics quite well and in short time. I had always used my camera in auto mode prior to this. And I don't think I am ever gonna use auto mode again

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@ toofan :I don't have hands made of concrete to keep camera steady for 1 sec or more

.so tripod is must

thanks medico and toofan

Sunset

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abhinav: just stunning work bro. I am thrilled. Everything seems perfect and nothing to suggest.
Why don't you start taking workshops in photography. Seriously.

subretabera: Very well controlled shots. in both the shots sun is in dead center.
1. Both can be cropped from bottom to position the sun in lower third frame.
2. 1st one can be shot by positioning the sun at lower third portion of frame and including more of right.
Like this.

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@subratabera - Nice shots just need a few improvements as toofan suggested.

@stuge - Any insider image from CWG?

My Ganesh Utsav 2010 Flickr Set

My coverage of Ganesh Utsav 2010 in & around Mumbai. Comments & critique appreciated.

Thanks Toofan, Cool G5 ... I just clicked those shots in a hurry ... was thinking the same ...

Cool G5 said:
@stuge - Any insider image from CWG?

I've pictures of boxing stadium from inside and DOG roaming inside CWG games villlage :lol:

.I don't think there is any need to post those and bash our country more .

glad you liked the picture toofan

@stuge - I didn't mean the negative images. I meant the positive ones which media doesn't display. You might have seen them on Facebook.

a_medico said:
By the way guys, I attended a 2 day workshop in VinEye Photo School (Remember the 10 megapixel guy?). And I very highly recommend it to everybody, especially the beginners. He covered the basics quite well and in short time. I had always used my camera in auto mode prior to this. And I don't think I am ever gonna use auto mode again

Hi guys. I want to learn digital photography. I'm at very beginner stage so not aware of many terms in photography. But m very passionate about photography especially close-ups with dslr. Is there any institute available to learn these things in mumbai? Plz suggest me. Also i want to know that is it necessary to join institute to learn these things or i can get all things through net?

^^ I was in a similar situation till 15 days back. There is everything on net but its helpful only if someone properly tells you the basics.

Theres 7 days workshop in NIP, Dadar.
Theres 2 days workshop in VPS, Dadar.

I was recommended the first one, but just because of the duration I attended the second one, which turned out to be quite decent. I can now use net information the way I want. I strongly recommend attending atleast one basic workshop, though others might have a different opinion.

Silhouette

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If you don't have options then you have to learn by yourself. Download some books on photography and read them. Or take that 7 day training. They will teach you some deep things also, only in those 7 days, which many like me learn by experience and time. So if want to invest invest in good or go free.

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cats and baskets

@izzikio_rage...composition seems correct but y the pic is soo grainy...did u oversharpen it or its some kind of effect...

I liked the shot

shot the pic indoors ....with a very high iso ....that is the cause of the grain....thanks

@izzikio_rage : Beautiful pic. The tokri effect is amazing.

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The mud chime

Off-topic: I am planning to buy Nikon Coolpix P90. kindly advise if this is a good camera in the range of 25k or if there are better options available???

^^ I assume it is not a DSLR. If your budget is 25k, you can get a decent entry level DSLR. Not sure about Nikon, but you can get Canon 450D around that price from US. But let few more inputs come from other thread members. They are more experienced. I am just a new entrant

What did u like in Nikon P90??...Panasonic Fz35 and Canon Sx20 are better then that..

Also if u want DSLR then u can have 2-3 choices but then u have to spend extra on zoom lens, macro lens etc..

An advance superzoom is good for all in one purpose but not something u want for ur hobby....for pursuing hobby u should go for DSLR

desai_amogh said:
Off-topic: I am planning to buy Nikon Coolpix P90. kindly advise if this is a good camera in the range of 25k or if there are better options available???

Hey i have used P90 and i was not really impressed with that camera... better go with Canon SX20 with almost same features but a better image stabilizer than Canon on this cam...

Also, you can consider D500 from Canon if u want to go with a DSLR... it is almost the same price...

Canon point and shoot cameras are better as far as i have used them and would rate it over Nikon

ajayashish said:
Also, you can consider D500 from Canon if u want to go with a DSLR... it is almost the same price...

500D (or Rebel T1i, in US) is a bit costlier. I got it a month back from US for around 32K for a cam with 18-55 mm basic lens. It definitely costlier in India, if I am not mistaken. 450D (or XSi, if purchased from US) should fit the 25k budget. I think the only difference is the HD video recording.

DSLR system is much complicated then Superzoom like SX20

u have to spend a fortune to get 15-20x zoom lens in slr

for general purpose I would recommend FZ35 and SX20 any day

Spectacular Start.

will post the with changed signature.

^^^ Lovely!

Guys a small update. In my office they organized a small Photography contest last week and one of my entry won first prize.

It was a butterfly shot that I think I had posted here too.

All credits goes to all u guys. Thanks all you for watever I know today of camera and photography.

@stuge.. can i upload your pics in my fb profile? I am compiling an album for CWG.

@Stuge

Awesome pics bro... really great!

@Rhitwick - Congrats. Keep it up.

congrats Ritwik.

Stuge: some trademark shots by you. I know you will be covering the event very well.
I had some interview to face so preparing for that. And I really missing the even.

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Picture was printed in Times of India delhi October 5th 2010
Note: they cropped the signature and bit of top .

^^ WTF!! How could people from TOI do this? Don't they have their own professional photographers? This is weird.

This is horrible. Did you contacted them about the copyright. And ask them to pay you.
Abhinav: Its time to watermark them at center and add your email address if someone wants to contact you for permission or something like this.

Four non-technical things to consider before you jump on DSLR bandwagon

R

toofan said:
This is horrible. Did you contacted them about the copyright. And ask them to pay you.
Abhinav: Its time to watermark them at center and add your email address if someone wants to contact you for permission or something like this.

I've been contacted by the media agency who did this theft and they are ready to compensate .lets see how it goes .

oh I posted with my old account

i.e Robin234

I've been contacted by the media agency who did this theft and they are ready to compensate .lets see how it goes .

Hey Guys how about a (Used [

]) Canon PowerShot S2 IS, 2007 model at 5k ?? is it a good deal... i just want a cam to start learning photograpy.. and later go for SLRs

good one. hope it would have manual controls.

desai_amogh said:
Hey Guys how about a (Used []) Canon PowerShot S2 IS, 2007 model at 5k ?? is it a good deal... i just want a cam to start learning photograpy.. and later go for SLRs

Good camera, you can do plenty with it.

Nice one Stuge! lol

Deal done ! amount taken(won't be disclosing here ) with letter(won't be posting here ).just hoping cheque doesn't bounce

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hi stuge, nice shots.

what cam setups did you use for these CW Games series ?

(i hope the amount paid by them was a good one, considering their business radius

)

Now I know y people write their signature at center of picture(which actually look bad)..but better then someone steal our pics :punch:

No mater what they paid, it was still a theft. Its just hard to digest that people from TOI would do such things.

By the way great pics again. The Indian official in a suit seems to be enjoying the most.

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Excellent series again Abhinav. 1st one is the best for its artistic point of view and solid composition. The symmetry is creating a wonderful effect.

R

hiii guys I am willing to purchase a camera this diwali.
I searched for many but liked the Canon Powershot SX120 IS (almost 13000/-)
Please suggest if there are better cameras. I want superb quality of images.
Also if I extend my budget, should I go for Canon Powershot SX20 IS?
I found there is not much difference in the picture quality of these two, its just the zoom that differs, however I am not sure....plz help me guyz...

a_medico said:
No mater what they paid, it was still a theft. Its just hard to digest that people from TOI would do such things.

By the way great pics again. The Indian official in a suit seems to be enjoying the most.

hm its was not done by TOI or HT .my picture was used for COmmonweath Games 2010 advertisement

in a way its a very big thing i.e my picture was used by Commonwealth games organizing committee advertisement .

icebags said:
hi stuge, nice shots. what cam setups did you use for these CW Games series ?

(i hope the amount paid by them was a good one, considering their business radius )

Nikon D90 + 50mm + 10-24mm + 70-300mm

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will be posting more from this match

^The first one... thats some good work there. The fourth pic has an illegal flag or something, its just waaay too long. That was a nice match, I saw it on tv

also theres an extra i in the third embed
@a_medico: the pic was used by an agency, not the TOI

illegaal flag lol that s love for nation man

Stuge said:
Nikon D90 + 50mm + 10-24mm + 70-300mm

Stuge, lens makes ?

icebags said:
Stuge, lens makes ?

Nikon

hey stuge y dont u post in jjmehta photography forum too...its very good for photography :razz:

Although I am not a poster there but I read all the threads there....toofan is regular there

R

Rishabh_sharma1990 said:
hiii guys I am willing to purchase a camera this diwali.
I searched for many but liked the Canon Powershot SX120 IS (almost 13000/-)
Please suggest if there are better cameras. I want superb quality of images.
Also if I extend my budget, should I go for Canon Powershot SX20 IS?
I found there is not much difference in the picture quality of these two, its just the zoom that differs, however I am not sure....plz help me guyz...

Waiting for your suggestions friends.....

sujoyp said:
hey stuge y dont u post in jjmehta photography forum too...its very good for photography

Although I am not a poster there but I read all the threads there....toofan is regular there

I'm member of that forum too (in between I'm already posting on many forums (Flickr is where most of my images resides and getting 3k + views there on daily basis ) .

photography theft is something that is stopping me from posting on more forums .

3000+ views daily...wow thats great :razz:

What i like about that forum is that people have very deep knowledge about cameras and there buy sell section is awesome..

Yup photography theft is a problem

Rishabh_sharma1990 said:
Waiting for your suggestions friends.....

Rishabh I think SX20 is nearly 22-24k and sx120 is 13k soo there is a huge price difference.
sx130IS is also released for Rs.14k...u should consider that instead of sx120

for 23k u can get both canon 1000D and nikon D3000 DSLR with 18-55 kit lens which is nearly 3x optical zoom

if u want long zoom just handle panasonic fz35 and canon sx20 one by one and get which u feel more comfortable..both r great

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Shot at a corner in a hotel corridor.

Rishabh_sharma1990 said:
Waiting for your suggestions friends.....

Rishab if you can spend 22k then you would easily get a DSLR for that budget. or if you want to buy a P &S then I will suggest you FZ 35.

If want to stay low on budget then go for SX120 or 130 IS. This is a superb manual camera to let you learn real photography and then it leads you to the road of DSLR.

a medico: Good shot. As you have not left space over the head of jar you could try a square crop. Let see how it feels.

toofan said:
a medico: Good shot. As you have not left space over the head of jar you could try a square crop. Let see how it feels.

Do you mean something like this? :

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R

sujoyp said:
Rishabh I think SX20 is nearly 22-24k and sx120 is 13k soo there is a huge price difference.
sx130IS is also released for Rs.14k...u should consider that instead of sx120

for 23k u can get both canon 1000D and nikon D3000 DSLR with 18-55 kit lens which is nearly 3x optical zoom

if u want long zoom just handle panasonic fz35 and canon sx20 one by one and get which u feel more comfortable..both r great

Thanks bro, didn't know sx130IS was in the market.
Actually I am an absolute beginner to photography. Should I go for dSLR?
I don't want much zoom, but the overall quality of the image, so is it the dSLR for me?
I've seen in these point and shoot cameras that images are so much blurred while completely zoomed, and there is so much grain in outdoor photos.

if u r really serious about your hobby u can go for DSLR
A DSLR is heavy, and u will need special lenses...Its a costly hobby

if its just about taking good quality pics (except low light situations) then even SX130IS will work fine..

In low light situations no one can beat a dslr..

pics r grainy in p&S due to automatic ISO selection...take pics in manual mode and u will get fine pics
Blurring is a human error...when in full zoom a slight movement can get blurry pics...

And please read some book and experiment a lot :razz:

I think these days DSLR's have become quite cheap so its wise to DSLR. And at around 22k you can get a DSLR with kit lens which is quite sufficient to do everything that a P&S can do.

And then later on as you develop you can buy corresponding gears as per your interest and need.

a_medico said:
Do you mean something like this? :

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Medico this is much better. As you have shot it tightly so all focus was on the Jars. So by the square crop all the attentions was driven to the main subject now. Although it could be improved at the time of shoot.
Make it a habit of leaving some extra space around the image for later cropping and adjusting the composition as required.

R

liked the canon 1000d sooo much

considering to go for it, right choice isn't it?
thanks friends.

toofan said:
Medico this is much better. As you have shot it tightly so all focus was on the Jars. So by the square crop all the attentions was driven to the main subject now. Although it could be improved at the time of shoot.
Make it a habit of leaving some extra space around the image for later cropping and adjusting the composition as required.

yes.. I tried to shoot it as per rule of third...but just wasnt able to leave that extra space.

My first pic using closeup macro filter:-

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Very Excellently shot. A little CA is seen in image which is quite obvious with closeup filters. Now find some clean and good subjects to shoot.
In between I had provided a border to your image to see if it enhances the effect of image or not.
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sujoyp said:
if u r really serious about your hobby u can go for DSLR
A DSLR is heavy, and u will need special lenses...Its a costly hobby

if its just about taking good quality pics (except low light situations) then even SX130IS will work fine..

In low light situations no one can beat a dslr..

pics r grainy in p&S due to automatic ISO selection...take pics in manual mode and u will get fine pics
Blurring is a human error...when in full zoom a slight movement can get blurry pics...

And please read some book and experiment a lot

One difference I noticed clearly in dSLR and P&S cameras is that when you take a picture that has details for example a village landscape or an old hindu temple (you know how detailed they are

), P&S stands nowhere in front of dSLR when it comes to clarity, detail, sharpness and color quality, no matter how expensive a p&s is, isn't it?

So I am planning to buy dSLR, but will use it like a P&S initially, untill I read books and experiment a lot

Plz tell me if my decision is right.
Thanks for the valuable suggestions

Rishabh_sharma1990 said:
One difference I noticed clearly in dSLR and P&S cameras is that when you take a picture that has details for example a village landscape or an old hindu temple (you know how detailed they are ), P&S stands nowhere in front of dSLR when it comes to clarity, detail, sharpness and color quality, no matter how expensive a p&s is, isn't it?

So I am planning to buy dSLR, but will use it like a P&S initially, untill I read books and experiment a lot Plz tell me if my decision is right.
Thanks for the valuable suggestions

Ok I guess there will be some time for you shopping so let me confuse you with your choice.

Check Nikon D3100 also its a 14 MP cam with very advanced features. It may be available for around 25k in grey. I had heard a lot of good things about this cam.
nikon has best kit lenses for there cams. So nikons 18-55mm VR is far better then canon's 18-55 NON IS.
Canon 1000 is shipped with a NON IS kit lens. As per my knowledge do check this.

^^ Canon is shipped with IS kit lenses. Even on Canon.in they have 18-55 IS. For example

The border effect looks much better

Thanks.

What is CA by the way?

R

toofan said:
Ok I guess there will be some time for you shopping so let me confuse you with your choice.

Check Nikon D3100 also its a 14 MP cam with very advanced features. It may be available for around 25k in grey. I had heard a lot of good things about this cam.
nikon has best kit lenses for there cams. So nikons 18-55mm VR is far better then canon's 18-55 NON IS.
Canon 1000 is shipped with a NON IS kit lens. As per my knowledge do check this.

So Nikon d3100 is really better than canon 1000d?

a_medico said:
^^ Canon is shipped with IS kit lenses. Even on Canon.in they have 18-55 IS. For example

The border effect looks much better Thanks.

What is CA by the way?

Chromatic Aberration. Generally the purple fringing around the outlines of subject takes place with low quality glass. That is why a dedicated macro lenses are made.

Rishabh_sharma1990 said:
So Nikon d3100 is really better than canon 1000d?

Sure. At current time Nikon is way ahead of Canon but only till they release there next model.

So Nikon d3100 is really better than canon 1000d?

D3100 is really good...great ISO, full HD recording, AF-F in video,much better body, more buttons :mrgreen:

As the sensor of DSLR is much larger then P&S it tend to capture more details...any P&S dont stand a chance against SLR...

And please learn the art of photography after purchasing SLR :razz:

sujoyp said:
D3100 is really good...great ISO, full HD recording, AF-F in video,much better body, more buttons

As the sensor of DSLR is much larger then P&S it tend to capture more details...any P&S dont stand a chance against SLR...

And please learn the art of photography after purchasing SLR

DSLR video qualities are often not good enough to brag about, 3100 video suffers from blurry effects @ camera movements.

p&s are no match for DSLRs in low light or image details, very true. but never forget lens is the main thing, third party cheaper lenses can not produce the image quality of some top level p&s cams from panasonic, cannon or fuji - because of the fine lenses they come with. ;-)

icebags said:
DSLR video qualities are often not good enough to brag about, 3100 video suffers from blurry effects @ camera movements.

p&s are no match for DSLRs in low light or image details, very true. but never forget lens is the main thing, third party cheaper lenses can not produce the image quality of some top level p&s cams from panasonic, cannon or fuji - because of the fine lenses they come with.

its a known fact that the kit lens that comes with D3100 is not fast enough in focusing in video...due to continuous focus it had to focus again and again..
A better solution is to get a fast focusing lens..

and y do u even compare lens quality of a P&S with a dedicated lens...most of the P&S have Chromatic Aberration on full zoom thats telephoto end...there is purple fringing and barrel distortion...
just check the cheap kit lens 18-55 its much sharper...

R

ok.....thanks guys...but one of my friend also needs a compact p&s camera with best possible quality.
I've suggested him canon powershot SX130 IS, not because of superzoom, but considering the quality and functions of camera. Are there better alternatives from canon or other brands. I also searched for Nikon Coolpix cameras, especially the S series.
Now I am really, really confused guys. Please tell one single camera within a budget of 11000-13000 (he can't extend much). Main requirement is image clarity and detail, with some useful functions. I consider the sx130 or sx120 is the best in its range, plzz help guys, now its a dilemma for us.

yup ur decisions is right

for 11-13k = Canon SX130IS

Canon SX120IS was very popular due to good quality pics and full manual control

Rishabh_sharma1990 said:
ok.....thanks guys...but one of my friend also needs a compact p&s camera with best possible quality.
I've suggested him canon powershot SX130 IS, not because of superzoom, but considering the quality and functions of camera. Are there better alternatives from canon or other brands. I also searched for Nikon Coolpix cameras, especially the S series.
Now I am really, really confused guys. Please tell one single camera within a budget of 11000-13000 (he can't extend much). Main requirement is image clarity and detail, with some useful functions. I consider the sx130 or sx120 is the best in its range, plzz help guys, now its a dilemma for us.

Go with SX130IS for the wide angle lens over the SX120IS.
Nikon coolpix are okish cameras.

I have one basic Nikon P&S. I was not too impressed with the quality of Nikon. So I wanted to try something different while buying DSLR, so I opted for Canon and I am not complaining.

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Grand closing

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@medico: close down the aperture a bit

WOWWwwwwwww

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a_medico said:
I have one basic Nikon P&S. I was not too impressed with the quality of Nikon. So I wanted to try something different while buying DSLR, so I opted for Canon and I am not complaining.

so u purchased canon dSLR?
Though Nikon D3100 is great, but I still found Canon EOS 1000d better option, isn't it? In CameraLabs review test, they have rated it "Highly Recommended" and for d3100, its just "Recommended".

So before making final buy, I need so much help from you friends. After all I am an absolute beginner and have no prior experience in photography, and I am not familiar with the whopping functions of dSLR. But hope its not really difficult thing to learn.

Yes. Canon EOS 500D. My lens is the basic 18-55mm. Others were out of my budget during the purchase.

500D + 18-55mm IS lens + 16GB card + Bag + Few filters + small tripod --- I got it all for Rs 32500 from US. It should be costlier by 10-15K in India, I believe.

But as Toofan pointed out, Nikon has better lens options.

Photography is my very recent hobby, say 2-3 mons old. I asked similar questions on this forum like you during the initial period. I had it all, the ebooks, videos etc on photography. But frankly, none helped me. I didn't even feel like opening them. I was enlightened when I attended a 2day basic photography workshop in Mumbai. It really helped me alot. There were so many basic functions which I was just not aware of. I was literally using my DSLR as a P&S on auto mode in the first month. I am glad atleast I am aware of the basic functions now

, though it will take sometime for me
to master them. This forum is of great help. There are JJmehta, steves forum etc but I dont feel comfortable there, like I am here. Its just initial months and I guess I will only improve

A query - As a beginner, I am happy with closeup filter kit (+1 +2 +4 and Macro) for close photography. Do they have similar filters for distant photography too, which could be attached infront of my basic 18-55mm lens?

Hey guys i Finally got my new cam Panasonic Lumix FZ35 :grin:

its Awsumm!! :razz:

it was not easily available i asked at many places but was not in stock finally at 1 panasonic brandshop the guy said he can get it but it took him 12 days to arrange but it was worth waiting :smile:

I chose it over canon Sx20 as i did'nt wanted the AA batt. and also i found image stabalization n Focusing speed better in FZ35 n i think i made the right decision...

i came online after so many days as i was very sick n was on bed for last 10 days :sad:

will try out the cam now n post sm test shots soon..

n finally thnx all for helping n giving ur suggestions all the tym :smile:

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jagg89 said:
Hey guys i Finally got my new cam Panasonic Lumix FZ35 its Awsumm!!

Congrats!
For how much did u purchase it?

a_medico said:
A query - As a beginner, I am happy with closeup filter kit (+1 +2 +4 and Macro) for close photography. Do they have similar filters for distant photography too, which could be attached infront of my basic 18-55mm lens?

You do get a filter which can get useful for shooting distant subjects. They are known as Teleconverters. They extend your focal length(zoom of lens) when you use them. For e.g a 2x teleconverter will make the 18-55 lens a 36-110mm lens. Though this luxury comes at the price of speed. The minimum aperture of your lens also gets doubled so you if you attach a 50mm f/2.0 lens to a 2x teleconverter it will be read as 100mm f/4.0. This will mean you'll have to use a tripod if you're using slower lenses like the kit lens. Also teleconverters affect sharpness of the lenses & cheap ones can cause flaring. They are advisable for use if you own a good fast lenses. Also since the aperture gets doubled(if you use a 2x teleconverter) the depth of field is increases. Good if you are shooting landscapes but bad for portraits and other stuff which require a shallow DOF.

Cool G5 said:
You do get a filter which can get useful for shooting distant subjects. They are known as Teleconverters. They extend your focal length(zoom of lens) when you use them. For e.g a 2x teleconverter will make the 18-55 lens a 36-110mm lens. Though this luxury comes at the price of speed. The minimum aperture of your lens also gets doubled so you if you attach a 50mm f/2.0 lens to a 2x teleconverter it will be read as 100mm f/4.0. This will mean you'll have to use a tripod if you're using slower lenses like the kit lens. Also teleconverters affect sharpness of the lenses & cheap ones can cause flaring. They are advisable for use if you own a good fast lenses. Also since the aperture gets doubled(if you use a 2x teleconverter) the depth of field is increases. Good if you are shooting landscapes but bad for portraits and other stuff which require a shallow DOF.

you don't use teleconvertors for slow lenses like 18-55mm.teleconvertors are only available for fast lenses like f2.8 .

@medico : thanks

Stuge: again beautiful shots.

Gangsta: Congrats for your FZ35. Now read its manual and happy clicking.

Medico: 1st one is nice.

jagg89 said:
Hey guys i Finally got my new cam Panasonic Lumix FZ35 its Awsumm!!
it was not easily available i asked at many places but was not in stock finally at 1 panasonic brandshop the guy said he can get it but it took him 12 days to arrange but it was worth waiting
I chose it over canon Sx20 as i did'nt wanted the AA batt. and also i found image stabalization n Focusing speed better in FZ35 n i think i made the right decision...

i came online after so many days as i was very sick n was on bed for last 10 days
will try out the cam now n post sm test shots soon..

n finally thnx all for helping n giving ur suggestions all the tym

Congrats Jaggy.

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I am posting this query simultaneously here on on JJMPF

I have Canon 500D(Rebel T1i) DSLR with 18-55 Canon EF IS lens.
For macros, I am using a basic closeup kit with +1 +2 +4 and Macro filters.
Now I am thinking of buying a telephoto lens. I have come across following 2 deals which I think are cheap:

Canon 70-300mm Telephoto lens

&

Sigma 70-300mm Macro telephoto Zoom lens

Canon lens doesn't have IS(Image stabilization). The IS telephoto lenses are way too costly. How is this one without IS? Will it be worth? I am aware I might need a tripod.

And how about Sigma lens? The 'Macro' word in the lens is tempting me though I didnot understand its meaning?

My query - Should I go for Canon(non IS) or Sigma lens? Or should I wait for Canon IS lens till I become rich?

Thanks.

with non IS a slight shake of hand and low shutter speed will ruin your most of the shots. I think that sigma one is also non IS.
Canon is good optically.
Macro at sigma means that It will give a magnification of 1:2 while a true macro has 1:1.
If will suggest you canon 50-250mm lens. If I remember this is IS and very very capable lens.
For good quality macros use Extention tubes ( 6k) or the reversal adapter (Rs 500). with a prime lens. 50 mm 1.8. Using these need some practice.
Or if you want to invest some more money then go for Tamron 90mm. for 17k. Best macro lens you can get. IQ is similar to nikon 105 mm.

closeup kit degarde the IQ.

@medico - Wait till you collect funds for Canon IS. I have tested the 75-300 & have found it incapable to held steadily at higher focal lengths in low light. Better get the IS version.

Ah....guess I should wait then. People on JJMPF suggest me Sigma over Canon, but I guess it makes sense to wait for Canon IS. 50-250 suggested by toofan also seems good, but I'll have to check the costs.

Thanks guys.

thanks bogon

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a_medico said:
Ah....guess I should wait then. People on JJMPF suggest me Sigma over Canon, but I guess it makes sense to wait for Canon IS. 50-250 suggested by toofan also seems good, but I'll have to check the costs.

Thanks guys.

I think there is no macro in that..canon 55-250IS just a telephoto lens..Sigma have an additional advantage of Macro in 200-300mm

@Toofan,gagan,rishab Thnx !!

@Stuge AWSUM SHOTS man!!!

here r sm initial test shots... i've cropped sm pics n added the borders no other editing was done..

this is the 1st shot i took @full optical zoom taken from my window

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IS is gr8 at full zoom... hav to try lot of things n features of dis cam..

Gangsta: It seems you are a inborn photographer. 1 and last are a bit distraction. Rest are very good shots. Specially the 4th one is a good composition.

Stuge: Wonderful as ever.

Medico: it costs 11.5 k. I think.

Thnx a lot toofan glad u liked it

i hav not really experimented much wid the cam yet der is alot of stuff n features to try.. it'll take tym to learn n apply them properly..

Stuge is awesome as ever! Nice 4th shot jagg89!

Well Canon 75-300 is out of question now. Will have to decide between Canon 55-250 IS and Sigma 75-300 Macro.

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@medico...I have noticed that u take more of macro pics then y do u have that confusion about lens
U wont get macro mode in canon 55-250 lens and u get one on sigma one..

U need to have a macro lens to take good quality macro images isnt it.

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Hii guys....at last purchased the Canon Powershot SX130 IS, will buy dSLR after some experience.
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^^Last pic is aesthetically pleasing

Guys, a request, please use ggpht.com as every other image host is blocked :/

a_medico said:
Well Canon 75-300 is out of question now. Will have to decide between Canon 55-250 IS and Sigma 75-300 Macro.

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get canon 55-250is .Sigma sucks bad at AF .

Thnx Krow..

@Rishab Congrats!!

My 1st moon shot attempt handheld

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^^^ Nice moon shot! Loved it.

And nice rail shot too, Rishab.

Both Sujoy and Stuge have point. I have just brought the Macro filters so I am shooting trying my hands on Macros. I'd love a Macro lens though. On the other hand, I might enjoy telephoto too once I get a telephoto lens. I havent even touched a telephoto lens but I have a feeling I might enjoy it. I think, I will give it some time till I figure out Canon or Sigma.

a_medico said:
Well Canon 75-300 is out of question now. Will have to decide between Canon 55-250 IS and Sigma 75-300 Macro.

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he medico.. where r u located ?? coz the red flowers in u pics remind me of goa.... i know there are hybrid orange coloured flowers seen all around india..but these red ones are typical junglee flowers.. n they are a lot in the jungles...near my place back in Goa..

^^ They are found everywhere in maharashtra...these pics were taken in north of maharashtra. I'd love to visit Goa.

@medico
I am putting a line from jjmehta forum member kumarrishi..all credits to him

i have used 55-250 IS canon with 250 D canon macro filter for some amazing results. You can reach 1:1 also but the DOF is very thin. never used sigma but used a similar tamron, compared to it 55-250 is sharper, faster and with macro filter the 1:2 macro is not a problem, add on the IS.

see if this works for u...then u can have the cake and eat it too :))

I mean u would get a sharp canon lens with IS and also would be able to shoot macro

gangsta: use some hard surface to support the camera or use a tripod to shoot the moon. Use spot metering. shoot raw and then process it if you know processing. You will get good results.

Medico: these are missing the punch and some good compo. Collect some money and then buy a tamron 90mm around 17k. it will be good for macro and portraits.

Rishab: both are good images but the sky is off and dull.

@toofan i used spot metering... yes tripod is must for such shots m planning to buy 1 soon.. i can do some processing in PS but i hav never processed a RAW image.. will shoot in raw n try..
can u tell me sm basic steps to process raw image as i hav no idea..
we need Adobe camera raw plugin for ps i guess?

@medico thnx!

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@krow...ur pic is just WOW...really loved it..very artistic and beautiful :smile:

^Thanks! Watermarked it for good measure.

Krow: welcome back after a long time. Beautiful shot.

@All: D3100 is selling for 28.5k with bill and kit lens. JJMehta is selling at 30k with lots of accessorizes.

Gangsta: google it there are lots and lots of websites to editing.

@Krow amazing shot !! i was lost in the hazy clouds

@toofan yea i'll figure it out thnx..

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@krow - I feel you left too much of sky in the pic. Nice pic else.

@jagg89 - Second one is better still can be improved. The first one looks boring.

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Thanks toofan, G5 and jagg89 for feedback.

G5 Well, I loved the sky so much that I decided to have it that much. It was dusk in Puducherry and the sky was really dull but for this amazing play of light at the far end.

I like the Durga Pooja picture. But the top looks abruptly cut off.

Great lighting though.

jagg89: Keep at it. The second one is good. You can do better with both pics though.

@krow - Not only from top but sidewards too. I miss wideangle on my SX100. Was not in position to get a good shot from behind under the lighting conditions.

Gangs: 1st one could be better if there would be one type of light. either its fully sun light or in shade.
2nd one is better. Try to position of main subject according to the rule of third. Now google the rule of third.

@Cool yea i think 1st one is looking dull thnx for pointing out..

@Krow thnx.. i'll try to improve

@toofan thnx a lot !! Everyday m learning new things from u guys thnx all for correcting me n helping me learn

Gaurav: excellent take. sharp.

Thank Toofan.

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Nice pictures stuge.

@stuge - Great pics, especially the first one. Just wondering, which is the lens you used?

@sujoy- Loved your suggestion. I have almost finalized Canon 55-250 IS. Could you please tell me where would I get the Canon 250D Macro filter? Didn't find it on JJmehta and canon india website.

Stuge is simply awesome!

stuge: Good ones. I wish to see one from some distance. So that the more of curves/tracks would be visible.

@abhinav very nice snaps... must have been very photographic moment during the games.
keep it up!!!

I am bit late for posting Durga puja pic..but better late then never :grin:

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I should have taken this pic from front...my mistake

took many pics but..u know there is poor lightning conditions in puja and bit crowded..and my p&S is just not capable enough :wink:

^^nice decoration and craftsmanship

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Was quite difficult to shoot as 1) leaf was moving due to wind, 2) That moth was moving constantly as it was weaving, 3) I was moving as I was in a quite awkward position, semi-hanging from the railing.

Can't wait to upgrade my Macro filters to Raynox DCR250.

@medico...dont take unnecessary risk in taking pics...safety 1st

and get that filter quickly...btw from where r u getting that??

^^ Will have to ask someone to carry it from US. Its not available anywhere in India.

how about getting it from ebay for 4269
Global Easy Buy

^^ Didnt know it was on ebay. But still, it would cost 54-59$ in US...almost half. I guess i will wait a bit.

Nice pictures sujoy.

Thanks Faun and coolG5

Nice Snaps everyone ...

@Stuge : Really liked your CWG coverage ...

Dakshineshwar Temple

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@subratabera - Nice shot. Maybe you would have moved a bit back to include the entire shadow of temple dome in the water.

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@amedico...in 1st shot it would be nice to keep full frame into focus...u have kept just center balls into focus
2nd shot is great

Thanks Sujoy. I did try what you suggested. Wasn't really impressed with it. Posting it too.

@amedico 2nd pic is cool...

i was trying to imitate the polarizing filter effect in photoshop to get blue sky n colors luk wat i got

i knw i overdid it but i think if u dont luk at the original pic its not dat bad

nyways was having fun

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^^^ I kinda liked the first one. To be very frank, I don't really know what polarizing filter does, but the sky in the second one looks little artificial, unlike first one. Nice shot though.

Good shot subrata!

Chillum - The 2nd one looks surreal.

jagg89 said:
@amedico 2nd pic is cool...

i was trying to imitate the polarizing filter effect in photoshop to get blue sky n colors luk wat i got i knw i overdid it but i think if u dont luk at the original pic its not dat bad nyways was having fun

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@subratabera: thanks

good picture .

well,you could have even went with vertorama or panorama to include the shadow .

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a_medico said:
Thanks Sujoy. I did try what you suggested. Wasn't really impressed with it. Posting it too.

yup the new pic not actually what i wanted...anyway thanks for trying...if i get any sample..I will show u :smile:

Stuge the new kabootar pic is looking very good

@medico - 2nd pic looks great.

Thanks @Guarav , @Stuge , @Krow...

There was very little room to manipulate the image without introducing distraction.

Jestee

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@Stuge nice n thnx!

n m a fan of ur cwg pics simply awsum all of them !!

@subratabera nice shot! i think the colors in the background r adding gud effect..

i gave it another try dat i overedited before..

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Nice pics Jagg. Pigeon backgroud looks perfect to me now.

Just a thought - Previous shot was quite over-edited for me, but seemed normal to you. Maybe its computer monitor differences which could be giving different background appearances.

hi experts..planning to buy 1st dslr..but the budget is too low..visited canon's site..according to them EOS 1000D n EOS 450D costs 25k n 33k respectively..what u suggest? Or buy cheap dslr lyk olympus at 15k? Also EOS 1000D does not have spot metering function but 450D has.how does it help while capturing close-ups?

@amedico thnx!
yea different monitors show colors differently like if u hav an LCD it may not always show exact colors as seen in CRT's.... anyways dat pic was over-edited i did it for fun n knew it was overdone...

@jagg..nice sunrise pics

Guys just a small price update i got today (I personally went to the shop)

1.D3100+18-55vr+4gb card+nikon bag with 2 years warranty = 28k

2.D5000+18-55vr+4gb card+ bag with 2 years warranty = 32k

3. Canon 500D+18-55vr+2gb card+2years warranty = 34k

I never saw D3100 @Rs.28k on any website before :mrgreen:

bhushan05d251 said:
hi experts..planning to buy 1st dslr..but the budget is too low..visited canon's site..according to them EOS 1000D n EOS 450D costs 25k n 33k respectively..what u suggest? Or buy cheap dslr lyk olympus at 15k? Also EOS 1000D does not have spot metering function but 450D has.how does it help while capturing close-ups?

Go with the 450D. Spot metering does help. This does not mean 1000D is bad for closeups. You can use the centre weighted on 1000D for closeups.

bhushan05d251 said:
hi experts..planning to buy 1st dslr..but the budget is too low..visited canon's site..according to them EOS 1000D n EOS 450D costs 25k n 33k respectively..what u suggest? Or buy cheap dslr lyk olympus at 15k? Also EOS 1000D does not have spot metering function but 450D has.how does it help while capturing close-ups?

Go for D31000. Its best and cheapest.

Stuge: some excellent shots.

Sujoy: where did you find these rates?

@toofan...I went to my favorite electronic shop in Nagpur (coz its the cheapest here :))

) ...
All prices include taxes and r with bill and company warranty

Kochi

Men in BLUE...

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Sorry, my photography is bad.

bhushan05d251 said:
hi experts..planning to buy 1st dslr..but the budget is too low..visited canon's site..according to them EOS 1000D n EOS 450D costs 25k n 33k respectively..what u suggest? Or buy cheap dslr lyk olympus at 15k? Also EOS 1000D does not have spot metering function but 450D has.how does it help while capturing close-ups?

Go for 450D with kit lens.
later u may add 50mm f1.8 from canon for night portrait shooting and that 250mm lens for some decent telephoto. :grin:

which DSLR model of olympus is 15k? :O anyways u r getting canons at very expensive prices.

@Nithu - Who said its bad? You have taken some perfectly exposed shots & you can surely improve.

That pigeon will tear you apart with bloodshot eyes

@nithu...bro nobody is perfect here...most of us r learners..soo scope of improvement is always there :grin:

My kitty
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Kittie got disturb :grin:

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@Cool G5, @sujoyp
Thank you guys...

Nice shots!! Nithu and Sujoyp...

guys m going to Andaman Islands on 30th oct.!! so i was thinking of buying a polarizing filter will it be gud to hav 1 or not?
And if i shud buy then which 1 is gud n cheap also? i knw they r expensive than other filters..
plz reply soon coz i will be goin to the shop in 2 days...

Some of the shots of my home trip..........

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Durga Idol....better late than never ;-)

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One of the many Pandals...

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Nithu: first one is an awesome take.

Ritwik: some wonderful shots. for me winner is the third one.

Gangsta: If you want to buy Polarizing filter, then check why these are used and how these are used. These will have no effect in most of the situations. And using them is tricky.
and do check the size which matches your lens adopter.

In My Garden.
Posting for comments and Critiques. Thanks

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@jagg89, @toofan thanks...

@Toofan i hav read abt them n wat dey do dats y i thot of buying... as der will mostly be beaches in andaman n i read dat its best to use in these kinda places to get deep blue colors n filter out the reflections..
but yea i hav never used it just did sm research on net..
the one dat will fit into my lens is a 46mm one..
so wat i was asking was dat u guys must hav used it before so does it really gives dat impact on the picture? is it worth buying or not?

Actually these filters are not available much in India. Only coken is available I guess.

I haven't used these till yet as I mostly shoots macros and Portraits. But thinking of buying a GND filter and looking for someone who can buy these for me from U.S.

@toofan thnx for the info.. i'll chk out in shop n then decide... i also usually like taking macro shots but i will get chance to try out landscape dere so thought mayb PL filter can do sm things..

@Rhitwick - Loved the angle in butterfly pic. Jute is good too.

@Toofan - Nice pics as ever. Loved the yellow flower and butterfly one. Too good. Also the dragonfly.

Will be posting this reply for 4th and last time....high server load prevented my posts!! Its irritating.

rhitwick baba! Good photos!

toofan said:
Ritwik: some wonderful shots. for me winner is the third one.

Thanx...

I liked ur 4th photo very much. Flower and d butterfly matched the color.

a_medico said:
@Rhitwick - Loved the angle in butterfly pic. Jute is good too.

LOL and thanx. The angle is accidental or result of frustration.
Was following the butterfly for some 10 minutes, every time I bring it in focus it just flew away. After some I just lost hope of a good shot and seetled for any shot from any angle.
Result is the photo taken in full zoom.

Krow said:
rhitwick baba! Good photos!

Thanx.
Good to see u being regular in TDF again. And, I just loved ur shot of that sky. Its AWESOME.

@jagg : do take polariser with you .kinda must along with hard GND's for seaside photography .

great shots toofan

Gold medalist .

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Thanks Medico, Ritwik and Stuge for liking the images.

Stuge: very funny image. Liked the second one most for including the No. 1 mark on the image and same time the India board. It seems he was running for India and won the Race at first place. Very good thinking behind the shot.

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Two more for your C & C.

@toofan...did u got a new lens ...the pics r like macro images...can we take it by 18-105mm lens

@rhitwik...bro excellent pics.

@toofan - WOW... from where did those come!! Which lens? Also please tell the settings in the first image.

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very nice toofan

Wow! Abhinoav some table top photography. Could you explain the lightning setup for these.
1st and 3rd are best among the best ones.

Sujoy & Chillum Baba: These are shot with 18-105 mm lens. These can be shoot as I had done. This lens is pretty sharp and if you got exact focus then the 12 mp sensor allow you some good crop of around 30- 60 %.

Thanks sujoy, medico and Abhinav for liking the images.

well set up was simple .

My set was very simple .

made the light box using package drinking water carton .

-Use A4 sheets for white background .
-For Yellow background: Yellow /Orange gift wrapping sheet .
-one florescent light used from front + normal daylight
+ Tripod

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Top class work there Abhinav and that too with such a simple setup to work with.
TFS

@stuge the pics look very professional..looks like some studio shots...

Nice shot stuge & toofan.
Good shots rhitwick. You're improving at a good pace.

Cool G5 said:
Nice shot stuge & toofan.
Good shots rhitwick. You're improving at a good pace.

Thanx yar.

I need one more help from u. Just tell me how's it on Marine Drive on the eve of Diwali? Want to shot some firecrackers and Mumbai skyline from there.

Does BMC allow burning crackers there?

And eBay se ek acha tripod dhund ke de... ~1500/-
Plz.

Ritwik don't buy cheap ones. I had a bad experience with them.
Go some sturdy ones. Search a good one and cheap one and inform me also.

Guys found these ones...

Now tell me which one to go for. After 1600/- d prices just goes to 3k which is not in my plan.

eBay India: SIMPLEX Camera PHOTO Tripod Stand VPT-3600W with cover (item 400167779874 end time 03-Nov-2010 19:01:00 IST)

and

eBay India: PROFESSIONAL ALUMINUM TRIPOD FOR ALL CAMERAS &CAMCORDER (item 170557277375 end time 01-Nov-2010 13:21:00 IST)

and

eBay India: Deluxe Video-Photo Camera Tripod Stand (item 380282770838 end time 02-Nov-2010 17:58:42 IST)

rhitwick said:
Good to see u being regular in TDF again. And, I just loved ur shot of that sky. Its AWESOME.

Thanks.

Your pictures are improving. Keep at it.

Stuge and toofan, your shots are simply awesome.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel that toofan's pictures have improved since he got the D90?

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and thanks guys

Stuge: this is a wonderful image. i haven't seen such a shot of kingfisher. tfs.

thanks cool, krow.
friends for your c & c.

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@toofan,
First image, aren't things too sharp?

And, tell me about the tripods I've posted. Need to buy son.

@toofan - loved the fourth one. And yes, first one seems a bit too sharp.
By the way, how come you always find such scenic locations!

Great shots toofan...I liked the 2nd one

Is it just me or does anyone else feel that toofan's pictures have improved since he got the D90?

Just a photography quote
Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner. :-D

Soo dont take the credit away from photographer ;-)

rhitwick said:
@toofan,
First image, aren't things too sharp?

And, tell me about the tripods I've posted. Need to buy son.

I used tripod for that shot so may be everything is in sharp focus and when I added extra little sharpness it looking like overdone.

yaar sabhi same hi lag rahe hain. Last wala thoda sturdy dikh raha hai but can say.
But I have the Simpex one. It is easy to shoot with p & s but tough with the weight of DSLR. So no problem for you and its the cheapest one also.

a_medico said:
By the way, how come you always find such scenic locations!

Thanks dear. Because I live in Uttarakhand and I was born on hills. A true pahari boy.

sujoyp said:
Great shots toofan...I liked the 2nd one
Just a photography quote
Buying a Nikon doesn't make you a photographer. It makes you a Nikon owner.
Soo dont take the credit away from photographer

Thanks for the feedback. Actually D90 has given me more control over the situation.

Spending 50+k on something make you more serious about that particular thing after all . ;-)

@toofan I was just doing leg-pulling anyway :))

I have some confusion....
1.does Canon 500D and 550D have inbody focusing motor..never read anywhere...
2.And does D90 have both inbody stabilization and focusing motor...how can it use old lenses
3. And does the metering thing on old lens need any other motor....I read someplace that lens will autofocus but can not use metering

Please someone clarify

Great Lens shots @Stuge ...

@toofan: How do you find such beautiful locations ... Nice shots!

Sky from sky

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subratabera : nice

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stuge: thats an awesome pic

Thanks Stuge .. and that's an amazing shot ... great capture !!!

I have some confusion....
1.does Canon 500D and 550D have inbody focusing motor..never read anywhere...
2.And does D90 have both inbody stabilization and focusing motor...how can it use old lenses
3. And does the metering thing on old lens need any other motor....I read someplace that lens will autofocus but can not use metering

Any replies guys...stuge...toofan..krow..anyone???

sujoyp said:
@toofan I was just doing leg-pulling anyway

I have some confusion....
1.does Canon 500D and 550D have inbody focusing motor..never read anywhere...
2.And does D90 have both inbody stabilization and focusing motor...how can it use old lenses
3. And does the metering thing on old lens need any other motor....I read someplace that lens will autofocus but can not use metering

Please someone clarify

hmm

thats some poor research

Sony : Inbuilt Stabilisation: yes
Nikon : Inbuilt Stabilisation: NO = you will have buy lenses marked with VR (vibration reduction)
Canon:Inbuilt Stabilisation: No=> you will have to lenses marked with IS (image stabilistation)

Canon : doesn't have inbuilt body motot.Every canon has built in body motor .So its doesn't need one .

Nikon

90 => has motor => lenses AF-D ,AF-S(silent) can be used without a problem.

lenses marked with "AI, AI-S, E" won't meter on D90 .Not sure why you wanna buy such old lenses anyway .

Thanks Stuge :-D

I read lots of reviews but they dont clarify some simple doubts.. :duh2:

toofan said:
Stuge: this is a wonderful image. i haven't seen such a shot of kingfisher. tfs.

thanks cool, krow.
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I found mistakes you did in these images .will let you over IM

Subretabera: this is an awesome shot and excellent composition. And thanks for comments. I live in hills so no pollution here and skies are mostly clean and clear.

Stuge: so you in bird photography also. Good to see this.
This is an excellent shot. I liked the composition and timing of the shot and its sharp.

Sort of abstract..was trying out something

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Amazing stuff as always Stuge.

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thanks cyberjunkie

INS : nice shots

Thanks @toofan ... I took that shot when I was returning back from Kolkata to Bangalore. It was an evening flight and I intentionally booked the right side window seat to capture that shot. But sadly the window was not that clean, otherwise I could have got many amazing shots. I was thinking of coming out of the aircraft to witness and capture that amazing moment!!

Nice effect @Stuge ...

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Abhinav: I liked the mysterious car and diya shot. Car one is an excellent piece.

And the HDR you created is Looking better then mine. I didn't see it earlier.

thanks toofan

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hey guys ...this thread keeps amazing me every time I come back ...

@stuge: the last few pics were simply amazing, I guess you're putting an SLR to good use..

@subratabera: amazing shot of the sky.

one of my latest attempts
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For C & C.

Stuge: very nice.

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is there gonna be fireworks at marine drive tomorrow?

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Playing football with defective anar:
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Happy Diwali Guys
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Enjoy :))

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Thanks @izzikio_rage

Natural Simplicity

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Alien in Total Mall, Bangalore. Shot from crappy Nokia 5800 :/
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smoke art :

@faun : :lol:

happy diwali all ! hope everyone has fired their rockets !

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Its very tough to take firecraker pics specially when your people not firing them ...

Happy Diwali

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agreed ! it took me more than an hour to catch one single good firecracker foto the night after diwali.
anywhere i was looking for firecracker to show up, ppl were firing from every direction else. :-o

i will process that foto a lil bit and upload it then.

happy diwali to all of you friends.

Some awesome shots by All of you.

welcome Faun to this thread.

Friends posting some shots for C & C. Thanks.

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@Toofan...very good pics...sharp and great colors

Did u started using ET with ur Lens :razz:

......great work

thanks sujoyP for the feeback.

Yes these are with E.Ts.

toofan - awesome shots. loved them all, especially the third one. Whats the cost of ET? Is it same as Rs650 listed on ebay?

If you use ET on basic 18-55 lens, would you still need a macro filter?

Thanks Medico. Mine cost Rs 8500.00 as with these you can do all the functions that a lens can do. Means it can do exposure readings.
The Rs 650.00 wont to auto focus(which you don't need anyway in macro photography), No exposure readings are shown on camera. But Many use those. As those were invented earlier then these auto ones.
I had kenko Automatic extension tubes DG.

After these you will not use your closeup filter. There are some threads in JJmehta forum about these check those. It reduces the minimum focusing distance between the lens and the subject.
RAM has just told me that a 50mm lens inverted will provide the 1:1 magnification. And I think lens reversal adapters are quite cheap to go. Check NC's thread for that.
Olympus PEN E-PL1 review diary

Hello Everybody...
came to this thread after long time...
nice clicks guys...keep posting....
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i dont know if i already posted these pics...

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@Toofan, I liked the second one most.

@toofan: Great macros !!!

@Chitvan: Good snaps. I liked the third one.

thanks ritwik and subretabera for the comments.

Chitvan: Excellent shots as ever you produces. First one is best for me. I had seen your image posted at the challenge and that a great shot. My vote will go for you by seeing the images till now.

Hey guys can you tell me good US websites to buy SLR cameras ???

desai_amogh said:
Hey guys can you tell me good US websites to buy SLR cameras ???

I have heard about this--->B&H Photo Video Digital Cameras, Photography, Camcorders

how about newegg ?? they have good offers..

@Chitvan - Loved first and third ones. Is that light in second photo natural or photo-shopped?

By the way guys, I have been using JASC paintshop pro(the very old one same version) since many years. I wish to switch over to photoshop now. Which version you'd recommend?

desai_amogh said:
Hey guys can you tell me good US websites to buy SLR cameras ???

use pricespider.com

It will list all the cheap deals available on various known (and not so known) sites. Ultimately, I got cheapest deal on camerakings (at that time).

subratabera said:
@toofan: Great macros !!!

@Chitvan: Good snaps. I liked the third one.

Thanks....actually its is a 1 RAW HDR...
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toofan said:
thanks ritwik and subretabera for the comments.

Chitvan: Excellent shots as ever you produces. First one is best for me. I had seen your image posted at the challenge and that a great shot. My vote will go for you by seeing the images till now.

Thanks bro...1st one was specially captured for some Photo Contest themed "Shadow"....
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a_medico said:
@Chitvan - Loved first and third ones. Is that light in second photo natural or photo-shopped?

By the way guys, I have been using JASC paintshop pro(the very old one same version) since many years. I wish to switch over to photoshop now. Which version you'd recommend

thanks...
yup 2nd one is edited one...same light was already there...but didnt come perfectly...so tried Mystic plugin to make light rays..

dont know about Painshop pro...even i dont have photoshop....used my friend`s one...
he has CS4,but dont used much as my "Digital Photo Professional"(software come with Canon DSLR) do most of the work.

try Paint.Net b4 going for CS4..
Paint.Net has huge number of Plug-ins.
Plugin Index - Paint.NET Forum
no doubt CS4 is awesome for editing...but it takes much time(may be bcoz it has more features) in editing comparing with other simple softwares..

we guys had Photowalk on 2nd Oct...
Few shots from there...
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Beautiful and clean images.Third has some excellent timing.

Hi guys m back from Andaman Islands..Amazing place!!
Gr8 pics everyone..
The weather there was very cloudy most of the time never saw the sunrise or sunset coz of clouds

here r sm pics..

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cellular jail(known as kala pani ki jail)
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North bay island..
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Lighthouse at north bay island this is printed on backside of a 20 rupee note chk it

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Butterfly (Moth???) on my office window.
Captured by SGS

^^moth

ritwik: good capture.

Gangsta: 2nd and 3rd are best for me.
1st one: you could take it from a lower angle also, including the sea and horizon. if possible.
Last one have looked more beautiful is shot with some clouds or at evening or morning time when the colors are at extreme.

@toofan thnx.. actually it was very cloudy all the tym n it would start raining at any time hardly saw the sun...

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VV Mangroves..
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^^ I guess the last one is Jolly Buoy Island.

Amazing pics @jagg. Loved the second set more. All of them.

I visited Andamans some 10years back. I am less dumb now and would like to visit there again with my SLR. When I become rich. Sigh*

Awesome pics by Jaggy.

Shall we move this thread to Cameras and camcorders ??

Absolutely !
Right Away.

the other day i was searching for this thread in camera and camcorder and cudnt find it... it shud be a sticky thread !!

For me its NO. We are just used of this chitchat section now.

toofan said:
For me its NO. We are just used of this chitchat section now.

Actually I feel the other threads out there in that section would benefit. You guys have knowledge about cameras, so you'll also give them a good look and help them out.

@medico thnx! u hav good memory last 1 is jolly buoy island

this island opens only for 6 months n luckily it just opened 1 day before we got der

gr8 place!!

@Ico thnx man!

will post more pics soon..

ico said:
Actually I feel the other threads out there in that section would benefit. You guys have knowledge about cameras, so you'll also give them a good look and help them out.

Yes Ico u r right....I see very poor response in that section from the photography knowledgeables...

We have have it in both the sections now!

Ah! Nice Move.

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love morning fog + mist + filter

^I love the top half of that image.

Thanks for shifting this thread here ico. Good for the community.

@stuge...very artistic pic...loved it

Friends
Sharing some Sky shots I took the Night of Deepawali, for C & C.

Thanks.

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Stuge: Classical shot.

gud shots toofan timing is gud in 1st n last one i think...i tried to take sm pics but its very difficult without tripod not even got 1

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Jolly buoy island..
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jagg89 said:
gud shots toofan timing is gud in 1st n last one i think...i tried to take sm pics but its very difficult without tripod not even got 1 ..

Jolly buoy island..
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Awesome work. What camera are you using ?

@bassam904 thnx! Panasonic Lumix FZ35..

jags thanks. Second one is awesome.
1st one can be cropped form bottom a bit.

Thnx toofan!

@jagg89, 1st one is so so so so awesome.........I want to be there.....

One request, can you try making the second photo in black and white, and add a bit more (very less) shadow...

@rhitwick Thnx bro.. One must visit this place once in a lifetym its heaven on earth

I tried wat u told.. its giving gud effect..

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Nice shot Stuge !

Radhanagr beach at havelock island, this is the 2nd best beach in asia..
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@jaggy: please straighten out horizons(unless you want horizons to be tilted ) .you''re ruining out nice pictures .

Stuge: awesome shot and sharp throughout the frame. whats the exif data.

Gangsta: 1st two are excellent takes just you needed is to correct the tilt. It can be done easily in editing.

@Stuge n toofan thnx for pointing out! i knew it was tilted but i liked it dat way... but its better now.. 2nd is ok i think?
Actually it was like dat i think... anyway tried to correct it

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^^^...Awwwww.....

wait for it wait for it........

Sum.....................................................beach......lol

Peace~~~!

toofan said:
Stuge: awesome shot and sharp throughout the frame. whats the exif data.
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Exposure 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture f/10.0
Focal Length 12 mm

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Gangsta second one is beautiful.

Friends,
These days quite busy with my ETs. But now from past 2 or 3 days its like bugs are comming less to my garden. I don't know if there season(if any) is over. I expect them in next feb or march.
Posting some more images shot with ET + 18-105mm lens.

Thanks.

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@Toofan thnx!
Gr8 shots!!! i like 2nd one the most..

@Toofan thats some top grade macro there

Thanks Anoroin.

Friends posting for your C & C.

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Friends,
Now I had tried to shoot bees& bugs as these are most in my garden. Buts its quite tough to shoot them as they don't allow to come too close.

Ids are required. Please do critique. Thanks.

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^^ The twin insects are beautiful!! I agree, its very difficult to go near them and shoot. I also read somewhere that you can do macro photography from some distance!! I forgot though, how!

By the way, I have just ordered a Raynox DCR250 filter. Will get hold of it today but I dont have insects in my garden. Will be a bit while before I post some pics!

Thanks medico. Just look closely you will find many. you could shoot a mosquito also. Now waiting for your pics.

nice toofan

gimme your number that is valid and working . its urgent .

Thanks Stuge.

I haven't changed my mobile no. Its same. May be some network problem.

check P.M.

Beautiful shots toofan..

@medico hey can u tell me where u bought the Raynox 250 from n how much did it cost? m also thinking of buying 1.. i dont think its available in india?

some shots..

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Hibiscus
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one the left :Sony RT640 and on the right Velbon CF 640 and picture taken using Sony RT100 tripod hehe

Legs made from carbon fiber
No of sections: 4
Maximum height: 155cm
Lowest working height: 10.5cm
Length closed: 46cm
Weight: 1.5kg
Maximum load: 5kg
Head connection: 1/4" or 3/8"
Top platform diameter: 50mm

Damages :Rs10,700

I was about to buy Manfrotto 190prob ,but with head it was becoming to heavy for me (specially for traveling )

set of two GNd's hard and soft .

3 soft :i.e 0.9,0.6,0.3
3 hard : 0.9.0.6,0.3

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damages : $240 without shipping

Unfortunately ,I was charged twice

i.e $480 and was send 12 filters in all )

One person has agreed to buy the other set .I hope ,I get the payment today or else I will put them here for sale (but will sell only in sets i.e soft or hard ,I will not sell single filters ).

Gangsta: 1st one is awesome take. why

1. Its totally separated from the bg.
2. The colors are contrasting and supporting the flower to pop out.

Last one is also somewhat Isolated from Background but.
1. Not focused properly. Its a bit soft.
2. the yellow color of flower is matching the yellow tone of leaves. If you have a sharp focus then it would have looked Isolated.

In first Image there is a twig moving across the flower in upper left part. Its a bit distracting and can be removed from composition easily while shooting.

@Toofan Thanks for all the info. will keep these things in mind.. :smile:

some more shots..

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Jagmeet: excellent take and compo.

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hey hey guys learn adobe photoshop. where can i do so in NCR preferably in Noida or Ghaziabad? i want a short term course. Max 6 months.

plz suggest me the course and the institute

download a book form net and there are thousands of websites available.

Its a 1 month course and Rs 500.00 in my city why waste money for such easy software.

thnx toofan..

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@toofan

i have the pdf's. but i want a practical training.
'
any suggestions ???

search you tube. I am sure you will get lots and lots of material. Don;t waste money in Institutes if you don't have to make the photoediting your profession.

See photoshop is very very vast software and it can be used for creating many things.
You don't need that. You only need is how to enhance your photographs. So a basic knowledge of tools is ok.

you would be using only 5 or 6 tools in photoshop so it will be easy to learn these. After sometime you will make a work flow of yourself and don't even think of other options. And all that can be done on any free software easily.

What I do in photoshop?
1. Levels
2. curves
3. cropping.
4. noise removal.
5. vibrance/saturation tool sometime as per requirement.
6. b/w tool if required
7. resizing.
8. sharpening.

Finished.

Hi guys, I'm planning to upgrade my Cybershot W130, I'm thinking of Panasonic Lumix FZ35/38. Is there a better alternative or Should I settle for FZ35/38.

Right now I can't spend more than 15-16K on this as I have other purchase plans as well

So I'm thinking of getting it from Grey market.

Currently I stay at Vellore, Tamil Nadu. So I Prefer purchasing from either Chennai or Bangalore. But I have no idea regarding location of shops to look for. I would be glad if someone could update the price and where to buy this Camera from

If you have a sony P & S then there is no point in buying another one. Just stick to it. Save some money and then you could buy a DSLR for around 22 to 23 k with lens for the optimum quality and speed.

*farm6.static.flickr.com/5250/5226779555_fa2977f8c2_z.jpg
this is kind of Straight out of camera ,Very little post processing done using picnik online software (using desktop's dark monitor .So,no clue whether picture looks ok or not

*snapshots.techiemonk.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/basil.jpg
Holy Basil with Sony DSC H55

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Local Name of Flower Kummar

Abhinav: its looking beautiful. But I guess it needs something else in the frame to support it.

I guess many of you may be aware of it, but here's a firmware enhancement (CHDK) for canon series.
Please read the link below to know more, also see the image displayed on the page..they r too good to be taken from a point and shoot camera.
Using the Canon Hack Development Kit-IEEE Spectrum

Just by loading CHDK, you'll be able to coax things out of your camera that you couldn't before—saving RAW images, for example, or getting the LCD to display the battery voltage or live histograms of pixel brightness before you shoot. But the real power of CHDK comes from its ability to run scripts on your camera. You can write your own or install ones that others have posted on the CHDK wiki.

Know more about CHDK here:
CHDK Wiki

toofan said:
If you have a sony P & S then there is no point in buying another one. Just stick to it. Save some money and then you could buy a DSLR for around 22 to 23 k with lens for the optimum quality and speed.

Actually I live in a hostel now and I have to get a cam for myself. Hence the purchase

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Weather in Munnar was crazy(well it was crazy throughout the trip
hheeh) .it was foggy and cloudy(with sick spells of rains

)throughout D/N .So,didn't get much chance to shoot star trails .

wanted to crop the tree on the right (unfocused ) ,but left it to give a wide look .

Stuge: last one is a cracker. Some details how you took that. From where you get that much of light on trees. Excellent take.

Tri color is also good.

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want fresh tea ??
b/y Polariser + GND 0.9 + 0.3

light =Street light

camera was plast on tripod and It was taken in blub mode .
f3.5 ,67 sec ,focal length=10mm,iso 1600

awesome pic guys ...especially the stars one by stuge....guys could you please share your flickr profiles. That way we'll get regular updates on each other .....

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Kovalam

taken using Pns Canon IXUS 950is

thanks izzikio

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Stuge: I am waiting for the the oppurtunity to shoot with you. Next time I am in delhi, I will surely call you for some photography. To learn manythings in your company.

Goten Nice expression: Oh My freaking God. I never though about it. ;D

Awesome pics, stuge !

thanks faun and toofan

definately toofan

In the Middle

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taken from the boat /Ferry

Periyar Lake

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took this one a few weeks back on digha beach

izzikio_rage said:
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took this one a few weeks back on digha beach

Nice Picture

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periyar jungle : it was very dense. difficult make out trees separately .

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Singray RND + GND 0.3 + B/Y polariser

didn't find time to correct the white balace will try to post that picture too

Great Pic Stuge..

Latest Prices of some DSLR in Nagpur :-D

1. D3100+kit+4gb card+bag = 27-28k
2. D90+18-105mm = 50k(donno whats free with that)
3. Nikon 18-55mm VR = 8k
4. Nikon 18-105mm VR = 17-18k
5. D90 body = 34k
6. Canon 550D+18-55VR = 38k

I find canon prices on higher side always

WoW Classic shots stuge just awsum!!

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Took this shot at an eatery last night

thank you guys

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taken today with Canon IXUS 950is

Nice photo Stuge (As always)... the photo is special to me because of the horizon and sky.

Here are some of mine,

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My try @Out Of Focus photography(u know I'm always good at it

)

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I know the horizon is not straight, but I like this.....

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This photo tells that..........I'm editing my photos now, seriously

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Panning...my best till date

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Comments and critics welcome.......

Loved the panning and the last one.

Some great shots by you all. Camera matter less then the skills and its proven.

Sharing a macro shot with you guys after some time. Sorry for the huge size.

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In the earlier post pimpom posted some moon pics and really liked them.. I tried to take moons pics last night with my 4 years old Nikon S10 but they were not as good as pimpom's. Can some one advice me on the settings I have to make for moon's pic... anyways I have to wait for full moon now also :-(

@toofan...ur pic is awsome...I saw it on jjmehta...colors r amazing... :smile:

@toofan Wow!!!!

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An under construction Buddhist Temple in Leh

Thanks ritwik and sujoy.

awesome detail toofan

get a new monitor now

picture too much saturated

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rhitwick said:
Nice photo Stuge (As always)... the photo is special to me because of the horizon and sky.

Here are some of mine,

*farm6.static.flickr.com/5250/5283452530_d4f476ea5d.jpg
My try @Out Of Focus photography(u know I'm always good at it )

*farm6.static.flickr.com/5121/5282849975_2f57b06cdb.jpg
I know the horizon is not straight, but I like this.....

*farm6.static.flickr.com/5050/5282846359_d8c42b08d4.jpg

*farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5283442000_dc86065dc9.jpg
This photo tells that..........I'm editing my photos now, seriously

*farm6.static.flickr.com/5170/5282839001_4b8a6ba3df_z.jpg
Panning...my best till date

*farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5283436484_55b04705fc.jpg

*farm6.static.flickr.com/5290/5283435124_45b6a5d7d3.jpg

Comments and critics welcome.......

Very good quality. Did u shoot these pics yourself can u post the last and the second last pics in the orignal high resolution format.
And which camera u use? and what is the cost. can a telescope can be used with these cameras to shoot nigh sky pics?

INS-ANI said:
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An under construction Buddhist Temple in Leh

can u post the orignal full resolution pic.

toofan said:
Some great shots by you all. Camera matter less then the skills and its proven.

Sharing a macro shot with you guys after some time. Sorry for the huge size.

*farm6.static.flickr.com/5083/5284881826_835e0b7742_b.jpg

full orignal high resolution pic

here you go link

paroh said:
Very good quality. Did u shoot these pics yourself can u post the last and the second last pics in the orignal high resolution format.
And which camera u use? and what is the cost. can a telescope can be used with these cameras to shoot nigh sky pics?

LOL.......this might be the best compliment I've got till date...yes I've shot them. The photos are edited.
I use Canon SX10IS. It costed me 24k last year. Its a point and shoot so no detachable lens system...no idea about telescope.

Posting the original file links here,
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@rhitwick thanks for the high resolution pics.

S

@Nandhi Hill near Bangalore with my Fz100. They are not that good since i m still trying to learn photography

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^those are really nice photos.....keep 'em coming

swetanshu: nice pics. Paraho i can't do that but could try the larger version of same as soon as I get the time.

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any idea as to how to take pics in which one color stands out and rest all are black and white? i have panasonic fz100

shwetanshu said:
any idea as to how to take pics in which one color stands out and rest all are black and white? i have panasonic fz100

just take the pic and use gimp software to desaturated background

U cannot take the pic like that

Someone from this forum taught me too :razz:

S

it is possible with camera also, on some other forum a guy posted the technique name and i googled it and found how to do it. This is for panny camera:

Go to the SCN mode, there you can click left or right on the wheel to see different specialty settings, such as fireworks, underwater, etc. One of your options is color accent. To pick which color to accent, click display. Then focus the little square in the middle of the screen on the color you want and click the left button. You can also change the tolerance by clicking up or down. Also try color swap, it's in SCN and is quite fun.

Two techniques are:
1.) Color Swap: You can swap one color with another...eg. you can click a black rose by replacing red straight in the camera before clicking a pic
2.) Color Accent: You can choose one color and except that every other color will be Black and White

Hey Guys whats the difference between Panasonic FZ 28 and FZ 35. The only difference I cud spot from the dpreview.com comparison is that FZ28 is 10MP and later is 12. are there any other differences ??

Colourful new year to all

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these images taken by using 1 torch 1 camera and no Photoshop

do u knw how to take such pictures?

Stuge(pro): wonderful image. Now add a pro title after you name.

Wish you a very very Happy new year. May you get a Nikon D3x this year.

Pulkit:

1. Place your camera at tripod or at non movable plateform.
2. get a light source. like a tourch, mobile screen, candle or anything.
3. Use the shutter priority mode and choose a shutter from 4 sec to anything slower you can get as per need.
4. use the timer or a shutter release cable.
5. Now when the exposure begins start creating the drawing in air with your light source.
6. After the exposure get over check in screen. You have prepared a delicious dish for your self in just under 1 min.

Happy New Year everyone
May u have a colorful year ahead :mrgreen:

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! M a bit late at wishing as i was in Malaysia at new year..

here r few shots..

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Petronas Twin towers..
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Kuala Lumpur tower..

Guys finally got the Panasonic Lumix FZ35 + Caselogic case + 4GB card. got it from US for around 15k four days ago.. before writing about it any further...Havent even checked the cam yet as my frnd met with a deadly accident the same day I got it... in hosp all night and in office all day.. will post some info soo. BTW why has the posts come down in this thread ??? this is supposed to be a HOT thread on TDF...

U start clicking and it will be hot again :))

I have promised myself not to take a pic untill I get a dslr :twisted:

...soo no pic from my side..

Congrats! for the Cam amogh.. its really nice cam m happy with mine hope you njoy it too gud luck !

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Nice shot Gigacore!

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Petronas twin towers and KL tower in the background..

Used polarizing filter in all the shots above..

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Uploaded with ImageShack.us

jagg89 said:
Congrats! for the Cam amogh.. its really nice cam m happy with mine hope you njoy it too gud luck !

Thanx Guys..

Great shot guys...

@INSINI...I just love this kindof shots..u shouldhave posted a bigger version

The higher rez is quite large for this forum. Anyway here's a link for high rez..
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stuge: are you on flickr ???? amazing amazing pics dude......especially the one with the boat and rainbow .....god level

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here's one that I took on digha beach some time back...

D

Got my First Canon Digi Cam....Powershot SX30 with this i can Capture HD Movies (1280 x 720) with Stereo Sound... WOW

At a restro last night.
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izzikio_rage said:
stuge: are you on flickr ???? .

thanks

yes

Flickr: Abhinav "ilovewalkman"'s Photostream

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^Outdoor theme park at genting highland..

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Ok so finally got my Not-so-pro DSLR Nikon D3100 :razz:

The picture quality is amezing...and the learning curve is slow :-?

I thought having theoretical knowledge about Fstop, metering, ISO, and shutter speed is enough for me to take brilliant pics...but guss I was complete wrong..

I tried my best but still could not take even those pics which I used to take easily on my P&S :shock:

But I am very excited and learning...soo no regrets :grin:

Some of my 1st shots

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Here I just love the reflections on water
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No post processing done on most of them..only crop ;-)

@Sujoy, first image is A W E S O M E !!!!

Thanks rhitwick :smile:

what is the cost of d3100?

6x6 said:
what is the cost of d3100?

I got it for 28k but in cash :-?

....
everywhere I asked abt installment option and they told it will cost 33k in installments...coz u will get installment only on MRP :shock:

Guys are these Tripods good ??

eBay India: SIMPLEX 333 Camera Video, Telescope Tripod Height 5 ft. (item 400188471224 end time 23-Jan-2011 21:19:00 IST)

eBay India: CAMERA TRIPOD STAND LIGHT WEIGHT HEIGHT 1060MM VIDEO (item 290520637754 end time 07-Feb-2011 15:49:44 IST)

I could find the company website of the second product its here: Welcome to XPRO: Tripods

@Sujoy, congrats for D3100 & first image is gr8 capture.

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Here is link for Snaps from Winter Rose Flower Show arranged in Tilak Smarak Mandir, Pune.
Picasa Web Albums - Utkarsh - Rose Flower Show
Taken by my Canon 1000D & learning Manual mode.

Please leave your comments & critics.

Thanks Astroutkarsh...ur pics r good too..

BTW what do u learn from dslr manual...I read it completely but couldnt get any useful help..

S

desai_amogh said:
Guys are these Tripods good ??

eBay India: SIMPLEX 333 Camera Video, Telescope Tripod Height 5 ft. (item 400188471224 end time 23-Jan-2011 21:19:00 IST)

eBay India: CAMERA TRIPOD STAND LIGHT WEIGHT HEIGHT 1060MM VIDEO (item 290520637754 end time 07-Feb-2011 15:49:44 IST)

I could find the company website of the second product its here: Welcome to XPRO: Tripods

i saw them in a shop here in bangalore and their quality was pathetic, i too was planning to get it, but after seeing them and their flimsy quality, i thought of waiting a lil and save up and going for a better one. now m planning to go for either croma or sony one which retail for 2000 each. croma one has bag with it but sony doesnt.

^ oh.. thanks Shwetanshu,

About Chroma: are you talking about the Chroma store. (the "A Tata Enterprize" thing) ???

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desai_amogh said:
^ oh.. thanks Shwetanshu,

About Chroma: are you talking about the Chroma store. (the "A Tata Enterprize" thing) ???

yes, its croma branded only and looked sturdy enough. Though i have my eyes set on Sony, but bag is an added feature. Planning to get it today only

hmm.. waiting for pics..

congrats on getting d3100

Stuge said:
congrats on getting d3100

Thank you Stuge...

what do u suggest...learning by experimentation of learning by book which is better ;-)

another newbie trying hand in clicking

:

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@harryneopotter ...1st and 3rd r very good shots...
but 2nd and 4th lacks composition...what do u want to show/convey in those pic

@ Sujoyp -- 2nd is kinda mixture of Old and new ....kinda Fusion

and 4th is just a random click ...nothing to convey

!

Hey guys, how about vivitar Tripods are they good ?? I saw few selling online for less then 1000 bucks..

Sanchi Stupa by His holiness Dalai Lama,Leh City
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^ scary.

good shot

looking good Animesh...it would look great in HDR too ;-)

Today will try some experiments...untill now didnt got any insect to shoot soo only these 2 pics

A house mosquito
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A beautiful flower
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Hey guys, I am about to buy a Canon Powershot SX130IS...can you tell me which would be the best shop to buy this from? Could you also quote current prices? I called Zoom16 at City Centre and they don't have it...Capital at Gariahat say they don't know if they have it, I have to come down and check!! Geez!!

Hi Guys,

These are one of my very 1st attempts towards photography. I would really appreciate ur feedback.

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1st one is good...which cam u r using :smile:

@ Amogh : Nice shots, i liked them both

And yea, which cam ?

One more from my side :

*i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww224/harryneopotter/Photography/Rabbits.jpg

Thanks Harry and sujoyp !

I took them with Panasonic Lumix FZ38.

hey..i have the same camera

@Amogh, ur first shot is really good, but I can not like the second shot. Might sound harsh but a child with kite in hand is a nice subject but not captured properly.

The background is not a good contrast, and seems the shot was taken from top (or an elevated place than the boy is standing).

"Sky" comes automatically when someone imagines a "kite", only if u could have added a bit sky in the snap, I'm sure it would have been a real good one.

Its good as being a simple photo only, technically good, composition good (a bit over exposed) but really lacks a soul.

I hope u take my word in a constructive way.

Absolutely ritwick. I'd really keep this in mind.. and would love this kinda feedback.. it helps to learn..

I had clicked both of these from 3rd floor of the building and the 2nd one, zooming full 18X of the cam....

Are there any good tutorials on the web which will teach how to manage different settings like exposure, shutterspeed, Sensitivity, etc ? I found few but most of'em were confusing..

rhitwik is absolutely right...I would say with your 18x zoom u could have taken a pic of child flying a kite on the roof in evening sky...it will look brillient

Even I am looking for good tutorials...will tell u if I find any

let me know about the tutorials as well

today's shots :

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*i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww224/harryneopotter/Photography/sun-sky-1.jpg

@harryneopotter 1st one looks very good...for 2nd one try some HDR...
I will definitely try HDR if I get some cloud :razz:

didnt see a single cloud for long time :smile:

Something like this
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or

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thanks for the tip bro

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Guys how does the SX130IS compare with the Kodak Z981?

Which would be the better buy in terms of picture quality?

Bro Canon SX130 IS is selling like hot cake...its picture quality is great and have all the manual modes to learn..bad thing is it still have pencil cell and not Lithium Ion battery

Today was holiday soo went to garden for some shots :grin:

Nothing exciting though...general shots from a newbie ;-)

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One more sun set time shot...but I just loved the light rays effect :mrgreen:

@sujoy - Liked the sunset. The rays as you said are looking beautiful.

Shadows and Light

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Very good images by all of you.

Sharing some of mine for you Comments and Critiques. Thanks.

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@toofan, first shot is great. And, I just love ur macros. Can these be only achieved bu DSLRs? can't my P&S go this close?

OMG u have reached too close...did u got macro lens or still using extension tubes with 50mm... amazing...

toofan in jjmehta one person got those droplet shots...remember...do u know how he manages to create those drops...is it some kind of gel??

WoW Awsum Shots Toofan!!

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View of Kuala lumpur city from hotel..it was taken through glass..

I have some questions regarding extension tubes...

1. can I use them on my 18-55mm?
2. kenko one is 5-6k and local one is just Rs.800...whats such a big difference other then auto mode...I have seen that macro photography does not need anything auto...its better to take all in manual mode.

3. what if I get close up lens...is it better then ETs for 18-55mm
4. will closeup lens help me in macro photography or only zoom

I am a newbie soo please help :smile:

Thanks Guys.

Ritwik: I guess you can only achieve 1:2 with you cam. These were shot at 1.5:1.

I had reached beyond 2:1 with extension tubes. Although this magnification is also not due to any special Macro lens.
for this I had used the cheapes Nikon Lens. 50mm 1.8 and some Extension tubes which costs me about 8000.00 In India.

toofan in jjmehta one person got those droplet shots...remember...do u know how he manages to create those drops...is it some kind of gel??

Sujoy: He uses a Medical Siring to place the water drops and then uses a macro lens.

1. can I use them on my 18-55mm?
2. kenko one is 5-6k and local one is just Rs.800...whats such a big difference other then auto mode...I have seen that macro photography does not need anything auto...its better to take all in manual mode.

3. what if I get close up lens...is it better then ETs for 18-55mm
4. will closeup lens help me in macro photography or only zoom

1.Yes you can and this is the most easiest way to use extension tubes. I had done all my previous shots with my Kit lens o 18-105mm.
2. No problem in using these cheap one. The only problem is that as they have no cpu contacts you will not be able to get the auto metering. I suggest you to use these cheap ones with 50mm 1.8 (Nikkor one is Rs 5500 in Grey) as it has the aperture ring and will help you to change aperture. Otherwise you may not be able to shoot. But clarify this at the JJMehta forum They will guide you better.
3. Closeup lens will not make you to go that close. It will work as a closeup lens not a macro lens. And also these degrades the quality of the image. But with High quality lens(eg 50mm 1.8) there will be no visible loss in IQ.
4. It will help you in both.

I will suggest you to buy a 50 mm 1.8 lens. This lens is very sharp. And then you could use the local Extention tubes. And manually set the exposure. Once you get habitual it will work fine. And then in near future buy a Tamron 90mm 2.8 macro lens. Very good lens.

Gangsta; Some color cast in second one.
1st is a good experiment.

Some more for your suggestions.

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@toofan Amazing stuff ! just Love ur macros!!

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^HDR created with 3 exposures..

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Thanks toofan for all the info...really helpful...I didnt ask in jjmehta coz everyone will recommend me kenko extension tube or will say get a macro lens...they just dont like chineese ones :-(

@jagg89...in both the 1st pics is great...I will try that too :smile:

I think the previous mode is done with bulb mode..isnt it?

1st is very good one. and the Flare is adding to the shot. Try to position the sun as per rule of third and also compose the shot by keeping horizon line either on top third portion or lower third portion.

It generally looks good to have more of sky or fore ground which ever is more prominent and beautiful.

@sujoyp Thanks.. it was in shutter priority mode with exposure time of 8 seconds.. my cam has max exposure time of 60 sec. in manual mode.. no bulb mode is there coz its not a Dslr

@toofan Thanks.. i wanted that much ground n i thot dat much sky was enough but yea the sun should have been little more on the left side..

Tried drop shots today but could not make a good setup...donno how to control the flash... :cry:

still took some shots will try more next sunday :smile:

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How do I focus on the drop...my settings were on manual mode...F22 and 1/200 shutter speed

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sujoy: flash power is controlled by f stop not the shutter speed.

Use the manual focus mode. and pre focus on the plane where the drop falls. check You tube videos for the this type of setup.

toofan said:
sujoy: flash power is controlled by f stop not the shutter speed.

Use the manual focus mode. and pre focus on the plane where the drop falls. check You tube videos for the this type of setup.

ooh really f-stop effects flash....I never knew that...I will check that practically

I am already doing manual mode and prefocussing

when do we use flash compensation??

Flash compensation is when you don't want to change the f-stop and need to do a little adjustments quickly and without changing the other settings.

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toofan said:
Flash compensation is when you don't want to change the f-stop and need to do a little adjustments quickly and without changing the other settings.

@toofan...Ook I understood...thanks....I hope I am not bothering u too much with my questions :mrgreen:

Wow Abhinav, Master stroke. wonderful.

Sujoy: No problem dear, keep them coming.

@toofan - your macros have improved a lot in last 4-5 mons. now almost professional!

a_medico said:
@toofan - your macros have improved a lot in last 4-5 mons. now almost professional!

yaah and I am trying to figure out the secret behind this :mrgreen:

Thanks Friends. This is just suggestions from friend from digit and jjmehta forum.

Posting some more.

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Critiques and Comments welcom.

@toofan...its just wow... :razz:

awesome tooofan

An PP Image of Magnetic Hill, Ladakh
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great pic animesh....just perfect landscape

Thanks Sujoy and Abhinav for the feedback.

guys 1 question keep on comming in my mind...Is 18-55mm a zoom lens or its called something else??
Coz what I have seen 18mm is very wide but its far away from normal eye view and zooming to 55mm just make it like 1:1 or what we actually see.

zoom means making a far away object near I suppose :razz:

so a 18-200mm or 18-105 are actually zoom lens??

am I messing up :razz:

Thanks sujoyp

Why can't I see Toofan's photos ?

Is flick blocked in your browser ritwik.

Anything that has a zoom ling and varied focal lengths in a same lens are called zooms.

10-22 is also a zoom lens.

Recently I had shot some images at 2x Magnification. Please critique for improvements. Thanks

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@toofan...Wow I never knew house fly look soo good :mrgreen:

BTW my macro setup will take more time....shobin in jj mehta told me to wait sometime and he would get me a Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF lens(not AF-D) for good bargain :mrgreen:

Soo I have to keep my excitement in control for some more time :toast:

very nice toofan and INS

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Stuge: nice one but I am feeling a green colour cast. Is that done purposely?

An Empty Basket

A tilt left intentionally.

Was in awkward position so couldn't catch whole handle in the frame.

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D

that basket shot is great...

@a medico....nice idea and composition...I know there r limitations

@Vimal:
awesome series....very nice water drop shots and Macro shots..
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@Animesh:
nice click...
i would like it to see in colors...

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very nice shot Abhinav...

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toofan said:
Stuge: nice one but I am feeling a green colour cast. Is that done purposely?

yes
it was done on purpose

Gone to heaven
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I dedicated this picture to my friend @ankit ..RIP

@stuge...nice pic...very calm and cool.

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^ 1st one is killer

Pulsart

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Image source object

@stuge...the pics r awesome and colorful...very nice

@amedico....what is this actually?? is it ice cream :-D

I got a local ET and my dad's SLRs old flash :))

but taking macro with 18-55mm+ET is just impossible...coz of lack of aperture control...there is just too less light

I will get a 50mm 1.8 AF very soon

Enough of talking...the best pic with ET is
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Just done unsharp mask

sujoyp said:
@amedico....what is this actually?? is it ice cream

Its an abstract. The answer to your question is at the end of that post

I meant to say that as an abstract it is looking good...but it was looking more like an ice cream

I didn't get the joke earlier

By the way,nice ET shot.

Guys, do u guys do anything special for those b/w shoots? I tried with my Canon SX10IS.

Color tone selected Vivid B/W and clicked some shots. The black is not coming as shining and prominent black as u all, I got it kinda off-black or greyish tone.

chitvan said:
@Vimal:

@Animesh:
nice click...
i would like it to see in colors...

Find the image below
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Following are some attempts of PP on ordinary Images,Your feedback are welcome :razz:

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@INS-INI these pics are awsome...

in the last pic I would like a little more sky...but still its good :smile:

@INS-INI great pics! 1st one is awsum!
i think 2nd will look gud if its in color(with bit of vibrance,saturation and contrast mayb) n make it a bright sunny day

Posting some of my Ganapatipule trip photos,

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Beach_1 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Waves_1 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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KidPlayingOnBeach by rH1twick, on Flickr

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WaitingToBeBlownAway_Color by rH1twick, on Flickr

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WaitingToBeBlownAway_BW by rH1twick, on Flickr

Now tell me, which one looks better, color or b/w, I could not decide...

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MoveOn by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Sunset2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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@rhitwick
nice shots friend, i liked the b&w one..

sujoyp said:
@INS-INI these pics are awsome...

in the last pic I would like a little more sky...but still its good

Thanks for your comment,
About the last pic, unfortunately... thats all d sky i had

jagg89 said:
@INS-INI great pics! 1st one is awsum!
i think 2nd will look gud if its in color(with bit of vibrance,saturation and contrast mayb) n make it a bright sunny day

Thanks jagg
I did try what u mentioned, but its hard to saturate green in sunny day. I will try your suggestion and if it works will post it here..

@INS-ANI, can u post the color version of first shot, I would say the green in that would look gr8...

You guys are posting some great stuff. You will be way ahead very soon. Keep clicking and posting.

Ritwik: for making good b/w images. shoot at color and then convert them to b/w in software by a b/w adjustment tool in ps or some similar options in software. This will give you more tonal range in your b/w images.

toofan said:
You guys are posting some great stuff. You will be way ahead very soon. Keep clicking and posting.

Ritwik: for making good b/w images. shoot at color and then convert them to b/w in software by a b/w adjustment tool in ps or some similar options in software. This will give you more tonal range in your b/w images.

Toofan, I'm using Paint.Net for photo editing.

Making my photos b/w by dragging saturation till end...but its not as glossy as guys post :-(

Any other method? Why my shots are not crystal clear? My cam limitation?

Hi!
this is Prateek after going through advices on this forum and on net
today purchased Canon PS SX130IS @ 12,105/- with a tripod free (3-4feet)
and standard accessories:-
4GB SD card,
Cannon carry case,
batt charger
2x Rechargeable batt
& 2x alkaline batt.

Now I want to learn how to use it to max.

today I tested it out and here are the results

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IMG_0050 by prateek_chanda, on Flickr

Any suggestions welcomed!

@toofan
Thank you for your feedback. Your work has always been an inspiration for me.
Since rhitwick is discussing b&w image, and i have a keen interest in the same i would seek some advice.
I have been trying to learn basic element of b&w photography and the most important thing i have learnt is visualizing in b&w. But that alone is not enough. I would like to know your suggestions about what and how we should do from the point of vision to clicking.
I would appreciate if you can share how you visualize.

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some more share from the old stock
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Took some pics during my college event
in this image, the bat was in motion, i tried but couldn't find a suitable solution for processing that part. Suggestions are welcome.
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The image below is of Leh city street. Nothing special about the image, was just trying b&w PP
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@INS-ANI, for motion photography, try setting ur ISO to 400 and shutter speed as low as possible.

And, yes, would really appreciate someone giving tips on b&w photography.

rhitwick said:
@INS-ANI, for motion photography, try setting ur ISO to 400 and shutter speed as low as possible.

Ritwik: Any specific reasons for ISO 400.

If you need low shutter speed then low ISO will help more to keep the shutter speed down.

After Converting to b/w you could add the contrast. B/w looks good when there is contrast boost.

I don't know about paint.net but on photoshop you have a dedicated b/w adjustment. Which lets you to change the luminance value of different colours.

I dont' know how to teach something. So guys google it for the following methods

1. Channel Mixer. One of the most used way.
2. B/W adjustment layer.
3. Lab Color method.
4. Channel method.
And there are much more effective ways and dedicated softwares and pluggins.

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toofan said:
Ritwik: Any specific reasons for ISO 400.

Well, toofan, I've noticed that, if I lower the shutter speed the picture turns becoming dark.
So, to have enough light and at the same time lower shutter speed had to go for ISO200 to ISO400. ISO400 produces photos with acceptable grains.

As I use a P&S cam, I've these choices only. My cam does not provide much options for changing focal length so this is my alternate way for clicking high speed photos.

If you need low shutter speed then low ISO will help more to keep the shutter speed down.

Low ISO creates dark photos. If you are having ISO set as 80, then on an afternoon or sunset u have to set the shutter speed at around 1/40 to 1/80.

Well, yes, on a noon or very sunny day, u can keep ISO to 80 and shutter speed at lower possible values.

After Converting to b/w you could add the contrast. B/w looks good when there is contrast boost.

I don't know about paint.net but on photoshop you have a dedicated b/w adjustment. Which lets you to change the luminance value of different colours.

I dont' know how to teach something. So guys google it for the following methods

1. Channel Mixer. One of the most used way.
2. B/W adjustment layer.
3. Lab Color method.
4. Channel method.
And there are much more effective ways and dedicated softwares and pluggins.

will try those...

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‎2717km of driving ..

Yesterday ,ended my 8 day trip to Thar .Now ,I'm with tons and tons of pictures from both Thar and Kerala trip

Hey guys check my site out

Ankush Kaul - ankushkool.megashot.net

Hey guys I'm posting my photos for the first time on this thread, Hope you like them..
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Cheers,
sid_gamer

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Magical Thar

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@Stuge, in the first photo sky is AWESOME!!!!

awsome pics stuge :smile:

..loved both of them

thanks guys

Footprints Everywhere
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Filter :B+W ND110
Exposure time :393.4sec

Footprints Everywhere II ( Vertical)
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Superb shots Abhinav. 2nd from 1st set is best for me among these.

thanks guys

green rush

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today got a Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF with one cheap extension tube....I must say taking macro pics was never soo easy before...I took some shots at night...best one is

best one is this one
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in case u wanted to check the pic quality of
Nikon D3100+Nikkor 50mm 1.8+ET here is the crop
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^Nice.

Any tutorials for Photoshopping like professional photographers do?

took some macro pics today morning....I am very satisfied with the combo

A very thanks to toofan for suggesting me :razz:

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I know the lightning in above 2 pics is not good...but I am learning :razz:

^^
Great Pics...

Thanks SId :razz:

Great shots, Sujoyp
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Here are some of the pics i took from my new 1000D... not a photographer but want to take them better as much a possible. Please criticize and help me develop

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*i.imgur.com/cQtBe.jpg

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Wow Sujoy: Excellent work there. Fantastic shots. Where did you get that jumping spider. I am also searching for these. And the IQ of D3100 is just superb. Why don't you post on jjmehta also. there your work will be seen by great photographers and you will get better suggestions from masters.

Two from my side.

1.
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2.
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Please view the large size. thanks.

thanks faun & toofan for nice words :grin:

@desai_amogh ....the bee pic is great but the crow have too much vignetting (violet lining)...did you cropped it too much

@ajayashish...your tokri shot, church and flemingo are great...loved the church one.

@toofan...I too want a makkhi shot like that...but they just fly away :twisted:

....I would love to post at jjmehta but there people always criticize D3100 :cry:

I am very unhappy with that..

BTW I am unable to stack all of ETs togather and take pic...I think it needs an external flash..and I am really loving this combo for macros..

I am still to find y 50mm is called a potrait and a low light lens...playing with macro nowdays :))

@toofan
holy cows

Next try Praying Mantis please

Thanks sujoy and faun.

Faun: I had a praying mentis shot but not that good. will post it later.

Sujoy: No one say D3100 is a bad cam. The results I had seen from you are just amazing. Do post there at gallery section these image. And I am sure you will learn many things. Remember Criticism is the best and fastest way to learn. These results are sharp and proves the power of cam.

50mm 1.8 is considered as low light lens. And for trying that do take some shots with this leans at f1.8 and see the bokeh and the brightness at viewfinder.

toofan said:
Remember Criticism is the best and fastest way to learn.

I second that too. Many images which I thought were good were criticized. But for good. I have learnt a lot in last 4 mons there.

@toofan - As I said earlier, these are amongst best of your clicks. Nice BG too. Will try to learn more about macro setup from you.

Table by the sea

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Errr I have a bad habit of avoiding criticism...just cant take it in a good way :evil:

Soo I learn from all the gurus silently and develop myself .... :))

50mm 1.8 is really good but I am not able to focus through viewfinder....its too dark...I find live view much easier while manual focusing...specially when we can zoom the subject and check the focus is correct or not

50mm at 1.8 is just too bright to get any bokeh...how do people manage??

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sujoyp said:
@desai_amogh ....the bee pic is great but the crow have too much vignetting (violet lining)...did you cropped it too much

I usually use Gimp or.. recently Picasa to do all this.. and the crow (its not a crow, but a koyal looking bird with a long tail.. lol..) was clicked with a high zoom (must be like 40X with digital...) maybe thts the reason ...

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desai_amogh said:
I usually use Gimp or.. recently Picasa to do all this.. and the crow (its not a crow, but a koyal looking bird with a long tail.. lol..) was clicked with a high zoom (must be like 40X with digital...) maybe thts the reason ...

LOL ooh its a koyel type bird :grin:

....I too think that coz of too much zoom it might look like this. Aaah monkey is looking nice...great shot

@mavihs....very nice shot...looks beautiful

S

Shot with my fz-100

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I mostly upload such stuff here: *www.flickr.com/photos/shwetanshus/

sujoyp said:
LOL ooh its a koyel type bird ....I too think that coz of too much zoom it might look like this. Aaah monkey is looking nice...great shot

Thanks !

the shots are at the cost of my cousins banana plantation.. lol.. hope he doesnt do internet much... or will kill me..

toofan said:
Wow Sujoy: Excellent work there. Fantastic shots. Where did you get that jumping spider. I am also searching for these. And the IQ of D3100 is just superb. Why don't you post on jjmehta also. there your work will be seen by great photographers and you will get better suggestions from masters.

Two from my side.

1.
*img535.imageshack.us/img535/7521/dsc56751.jpg

2.
*img696.imageshack.us/img696/1604/dsc56811.jpg

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Please view the large size. thanks.

AWESOME SHOTS!!!
which camera???

sujoyp said:
@mavihs....very nice shot...looks beautiful

thanx!!!

toofan just gets better and better.

sujoyp: I like your shots. Nice improvement. Keep on experimenting. You are on the right track.

@Mavihs, liked your flower shot. Good boketh effect and good choice of background. Keep it up.

Is the the original resolution? If not can I see it in full glory somewhere?

Krow said:
toofan just gets better and better.

sujoyp: I like your shots. Nice improvement. Keep on experimenting. You are on the right track.

Thanks...now that the shots r comming I have to concentrate on other aspects too like composition and bookeh which I am neglecting untill now :wink:

rhitwick said:
@Mavihs, liked your flower shot. Good boketh effect and good choice of background. Keep it up.

Is the the original resolution? If not can I see it in full glory somewhere?

Thanx!!!

for that part, yes!! i had to crop the original pic to get this!!!

Titan Fastrack Wristwatch

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Flickr Photo Page

^Nice. May I see it in colour?

Some shots of today...sorry if I am repeating some subjects(err insects) but my garden dont have any good object.

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Excellent macros Sujoy. 1st is looking a wee bit underexposed. Just my personal view.

Gaurav: Excellent one.

toofan said:
Excellent macros Sujoy. 1st is looking a wee bit underexposed. Just my personal view.

Gaurav: Excellent one.

yaah u r right its bit overexposed but I made it like that :grin:

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Beautiful shots stuge as always

love the green rush in 1st shot.. which place is this?

Finally picked up the camera yesterday after so many days..felt good :grin:

sharing some shots..

Hazi Sunrise..
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great shot guys...I will get chance tommorow :grin:

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Wow the moon is looking awesome....i tried soo many times but my zoom was not enough...Great work buddy

nice 1 shivam!

here's mine attempt at capturing the Supermoon

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sujoyp said:
Wow the moon is looking awesome....i tried soo many times but my zoom was not enough...Great work buddy

Thanx!!!

jagg89 said:
nice 1 shivam!

Thanx!!!

I tried a few shots yesterday, here two of 'em I think came good.

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IMG_2852_Edited by rH1twick, on Flickr

and

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IMG_2847 by rH1twick, on Flickr

What is that circle with radiating lines at the bottom right ?

Colored moments of joy

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@jagg :munnar

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Mera wala SuperMoon

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last image is so good

nice clicks all of you. Expecting some more holi pics from the gurus

Anyway i need some help, i had been researching semiconductor companies working in CMOS sensor field, this is the same sensor that goes inside our camera or any digital imaging device.
I found one firm Aptina having product in this segment. Are you guys aware of any other firms doing the same work?

Stone tower (Buddhist religious symbol) near shey palace, Leh city
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C

my first pic in this thread..

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@InsINI its looking great...long time no see...where r u nowdays

@Cooldeepak ...rihno is good but kindly post bigger pics rather then thumbnails :smile:

I missed the golden opportunity of bigg moon :-x

I am still stuck with macro pics :lol:

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Mr.Makdee having dinner...

D

guys please help me buy a camera. i opened a thread here- *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/138334-these-best-camera.html please take a look. thanx.

hey sujyop,
Thanks for the appreciation. Had been busy with projects and midterms for last one month.
Don't get to click much nowadays

:INS-ANI

Sujoy:excellent macro.

One of my pic is selected Photo of the Day at fotoflock. check that
Foto Flock: Indiaâ€™s first photography community portal by Epson

AWsum macro sujoyp!! btw where did u find the jumping spider Oo?

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toofan said:
Sujoy:excellent macro.

One of my pic is selected Photo of the Day at fotoflock. check that
Foto Flock: Indiaâ€™s first photography community portal by Epson

Congrats toofan...and thank you for appriciation

@Jagg...its the most common thing around my house...but it looks great :-D

^^
great Mr.Makdee macro...

Thanks Sid

@jagg...I liked yours 2nd pic..

Gangsta: liked the second shot more.
1st is lacking a little bit of contrast.

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Saat Tal by toofan.v, on Flickr

Thanks.. sujoyp and toofan.

Beautiful panorama toofan!

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@jagg89
awesome flower shots though the fly is ruining the 2nd shot!!!

Jagg the shots are really awesome....really one of the best shot I have seen :smile:

My second post:
*i.imgur.com/PxxyA.jpg
*i.imgur.com/BiXA6.jpg
*i.imgur.com/6G2qg.jpg
*i.imgur.com/OFjKs.jpg
*i.imgur.com/zH6ic.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Pr0YM.jpg
*i.imgur.com/VWEdz.jpg
*i.imgur.com/sdU9A.jpg
*i.imgur.com/a1Bav.jpg

Congrats Faun. very good starting shots.
Do read some ebooks on photography on how to compose and other things. This will give you a quick boost. and read the manual also.

Jaggs: this is stunning stuff from you. All three are superb shots. You have a photographer inside you.
I wish you had gone for a DSLR that time.

50% off Clearence sale at Reliance digital ( Nikon D90 and Canon 1000D)

I have a ebook for helping you guys. I can mail it to you. Most of you would be aware of the basics but who needs a revision. I will mail it to them. Please mail me your email address or send a PM with your mail account.

It helped me also a lot.

Thanks alot.. mavihs,sujoyp and toofan Glad u liked the shots

@toofan sometimes i also think that i should have taken a DSLR, but i dont regret it that much as m a beginner and this cam is really great for learning and getting familiar with different things n will help to make things easier when i move to dslr's.. but still there's nthin like an dslr

anyways.. when i start earning,an DSLR is the 1st item on the list ;-)

@jagg
which camera????

Earth hour 2011

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Wow stuge.

Few from me, camera used Samsung Galaxy S

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TreeLeaves by rH1twick, on Flickr

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TinDrum by rH1twick, on Flickr

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TheCuriousDog by rH1twick, on Flickr

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D7000

^^ beautiful shot..

Nice shot faun...

@Faun what a great start. You will only improve. Post on JJMF too. Be active there. Which lens did you get?

Hey guys can you plz suggest me a good Tri-pod for my Canon SX130 IS ??

@faun
Nice shot..

thanks guys, I am trying manual options now instead of auto focus. I guess I need to move out from my basement now

@a_medico
My broaband is down for past 1 week, will start posting in jjmehta forum as soon as I get it back.
I got the 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G VR lens.

~~I think you can get more info from the exif data in the image itself.~~ Metadata got stripped off during resize :/

yaah play with ur DSLR and u would learn by your mistakes...

^^yeah, experimenting :razz:

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^^ Faun take some photos in full hd please. That camera really rocks man. Want to see some fullhd snaps on a worthy dslr like yours.

^^I don't know how to take photo in full HD. Can members here tell me if there is a setting for that coz I was not able to find out.

@ vickeybat...bro for your info full HD is only 1920x1080 like 3MP whereas faun's cam is a 18mp or 16mp one :razz:

@faun...He maybe saying to post a full resolution pic of something ;-)

faun it seems ur mailbox is full....I would suggest you get Nikon 55-300vr for birding....I am thinking of the economy range one 55-200vr

Some new click

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Awesome pics ajayashish

@ajayashish

Amazing pics man, they're really awesome...

yaah ajayashish these pics r really great...very nice shots :smile:

@ ajayashish I like the first one a lot!

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@faun I liked the butterfly and last one...but birds r just too far away

^^yeah, I realize that too :/

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just tried my hands on product photography.. :mrgreen:

^^Why are the images grainy ? high ISO ?

Actually I tried selective lightning...I used 2 light sources to brighten the subject and removing the shadow...

You can see in doll pic that there is no shadow on the face...I didnt use flash in darkness soo there is some noise in dark areas
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^^Mr macchar looks great. What did you use for 2 light sources ?

Spot the dragonfly
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Bubul
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Kingfisher (will take pics of Sukhoi 30 MKI soon with tricolor paint)
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Loneliness and apocalypse
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@faun ur bulbul and clouds look great :smile:

...umm dragonfly

Didnt get too many keepers today...This one look the best...its not cropped nor did any editing
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Really nice images Faun and sujoyp.

@ Faun: I am having camera envy of your D7000 :razz:

@ Sujoy: How far do you need to get to the subject to achieve such macro's?

@Sounava about 10 inches with flash...I have been suggested by toofan to increase the iso to compensate the flash but its just not possible

I am using half of the ET length coz when using full the flash creates a shadow on the object itself

^ Thanks. Looking forward to go for this setup next month.

Was initially thinking of going for the Sigma 70-300 (as money is short :razz:

) but I think will go for this 50mm 1.8 + ET combo now and will buy 55-200 when I get some more cash at hand. Lets see.

Faun said:
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Why did u not go more close to the butterfly. For such photos, u need two subjects only, the flower bud (not the whole plant) and the butterfly.

The photo u took came really good, but a more close would have exposed the colors really well.

U r taking some good photos, keep it up.

rhitwick said:
Why did u not go more close to the butterfly. For such photos, u need two subjects only, the flower bud (not the whole plant) and the butterfly.

The photo u took came really good, but a more close would have exposed the colors really well.

U r taking some good photos, keep it up.

I do realize that it would have been better if I were closer to the subject.But the butterfly was kind of frisky. Thanks for the valuable suggestion :smile:

I do cropping with one size, all fit. Need to learn more about editing the files.

Here is the cropped version with focus on two subjects. Is it good ? Imperfections tend to become more visible on more closeup, see the dirt on butterfly wing.
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Sounava said:
Really nice images Faun and sujoyp.

@ Faun: I am having camera envy of your D7000

Thanks.

I get equally crap pics too. The camera holder's skills matter the most. And a little creativity

No, thats good. If u r in flickr, check toofan's butterfly shots.

rhitwick said:
No, thats good. If u r in flickr, check toofan's butterfly shots.

Yeah, I am checking. He is a seasoned photographer. Why is he using ET ?

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Critique please !

With ETs + 50mm reversed, Toofan is getting some awesome results. I'll be trying the same in the near future.

Street - A series

Took these from a glass window at best possible angle.

Shutter: Approx 30 secs to 1 min
Aperture : F20
ISO: 100
Tripod + remote trigger

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@ Faun - Nice picture. If she would have turned another 20 degree towards the camera it would have been better I think.

@ a_medico - The first among the 3 really caught my eye. Pretty good!

@a_medico:nice pics man!!...how do u get that kind of effect on the streets???

^^ With a bit of basic knowledge and the settings as I posted earlier:

Shutter: Approx 30 secs to 1 min
Aperture : F20
ISO: 100
Tripod + remote trigger

abhidev said:
@a_medico:nice pics man!!...how do u get that kind of effect on the streets???

The "effects" you see are the trails of the tail lights and headlights of the cars that have gone while the shutter was open.

Faun: The portrait is very good. Its just popping out by the back-light provided by the sun.
Why I use ET. Just because I am low on budget to buy a dedicated Macro lens.

You have an awesome camera and it seems you will use it fully to its capacity very soon. Keep shooting. And do shoot at manual modes.

This has been shot from a distance of 1 to 2 inch from the subject. with 18-105 mm lens. with Extensions onn.
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This is with a 50mm 1.8 reversed. distance between 1 to 2 inch.
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Some latest shots.
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^ Wow you take some awesomely stunning images!

@a_medico, I so so much want to click a car taillight photo. Not yet got a chance to be on such roads at night.

@sounava
I was trying candid photography. This one was the best, considering the smiling face

@a_medico
Shutter speed low, f number low and ISO settings ?

@toofan
Thanks buddy.

What else can be done with ETs ? Can I possibly go the telephoto way too just like macro can be done. I am considering honing my skills with the current lens and ETs.

These Macro shots are 1:2 ? I see your pics are rich in color. Retouch ?

Already trying manual mode for both shutter and aperture. I need to go to some good locations.

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Faun said:
@sounava
I was trying candid photography. This one was the best, considering the smiling face

Well, the girl is cute and the photo is good, in a sense plain vanilla good, no x-factor.

I don't know what I was searching in it, but she has a cute face but........

@a_medico
Shutter speed low, f number low and ISO settings ?

ISO 80.

rhitwick said:
@a_medico, I so so much want to click a car taillight photo. Not yet got a chance to be on such roads at night.

Like this? Trails of the Night | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

@Faun I like the first cloud pic.

Looks a tad underexposed though.

rhitwick said:
Well, the girl is cute and the photo is good, in a sense plain vanilla good, no x-factor.

I don't know what I was searching in it, but she has a cute face but........

Tips for the x factor :razz:

Krow said:
@Faun I like the first cloud pic. Looks a tad underexposed though.

Yeah, I seem to screw up using manual settings. Will try again.

^We all get there eventually. I was messing up exposure in all my pics for over a year before I realised my White Balance was totally messed up. Then I set it right and my images improved slowly. Try and use the exposure value as an indicator when you click pictures.

Set shutter speed at x. Aperture at y. Check eV. If it is 0, then click. Else, change x and/or y so as to make eV 0. A negative eV means underexposed and positive eV means overexposed.

I think you might already know this. I didn't, so I am posting what I learnt.

@faun - Why has vignetting occurred in both the pictures? What lens was used?

Krow said:
Set shutter speed at x. Aperture at y. Check eV. If it is 0, then click. Else, change x and/or y so as to make eV 0. A negative eV means underexposed and positive eV means overexposed.

I think you might already know this. I didn't, so I am posting what I learnt.

Hehe you are in a sense right, though it all depends on the assumption that the camera is metering correctly. :razz:

Basically if you are always shooting with the shutter speed set in such a way that the meter shows 0 eV, then you may as well use Aperture Priority mode. The camera does just that, and in a fraction of a second.

^^I didn't know that. Thanks for telling me. I guess we need a thread for such tips and tricks

Sounava said:
@faun - Why has vignetting occurred in both the pictures? What lens was used?

May be because i used spot and center weighted metering. Len Nikkor VR 18-105mm

Introduction to Metering Modes

^ Metering has nothing to do with light falloff at the edge of the sensor (i.e. vignetting). Were you using some local lens hood on the lens when you took the pictures?

Thanks Sounava.

Faun: E.Ts will not give you telephoto. They just reduce the minimum focussing distance of the lens. You will not be able to focus far then 6 to 12 inches. Don't buy these yet.

First shoot with this lens and after 2 or 3 months you will find your genre.
examle: At first I shot everything that comes to my eyes. Later just found that Portraits and Macros excite me more. So started collecting gear for same.

Some suggestions about your composition skills.
Don't position your subject always in dead centre of frame.
Turn On the grids in your viewfinder and try to place the main object at the meeting points of those lines.
Try to Isolate the subject from background and make it as clean as possible.

Sounava said:
^ Metering has nothing to do with light falloff at the edge of the sensor (i.e. vignetting). Were you using some local lens hood on the lens when you took the pictures?

No, I wasn't using any lens hood. Too much retouching bring about the vignetting effect drastically ?

toofan said:
Some suggestions about your composition skills.
Don't position your subject always in dead centre of frame.
Turn On the grids in your viewfinder and try to place the main object at the meeting points of those lines.
Try to Isolate the subject from background and make it as clean as possible.

I have already turned on the gridlines.
*i.imgur.com/UrN7y.jpg

But the gridlines are not present at the autofocus points.

@ Faun - Can you attach the untouched photos here so that I can see whether vignetting has occured? I mean its actually quite strange that vignetting has occurred.

Also, D7000 has 39 focus points but the image you gave above has only 11 focus points (D90, D5000). How come? Wrong image by mistake?

P.S.: Don't hotlink images directly from other sites if it is not an image hosting site. If you want to include such images, upload the image to an image hosting site like imgur.com and give that link. I guess the moderators will agree on this.

Sounava said:
@ Faun - Can you attach the untouched photos here so that I can see whether vignetting has occured? I mean its actually quite strange that vignetting has occurred.

Also, D7000 has 39 focus points but the image you gave above has only 11 focus points (D90, D5000). How come? Wrong image by mistake?

P.S.: Don't hotlink images directly from other sites if it is not an image hosting site. If you want to include such images, upload the image to an image hosting site like imgur.com and give that link. I guess the moderators will agree on this.

Where do you get the focus points details ? I can see only one focus point in my camera by enabling focus point info in settings. It was on auto focus. Image is correct. I don't have any other DSLR.

Here is the RAW image link (~17MB). Download it.
*dl.dropbox.com/u/131183/JIT_1613.NEF

~~Yeah, I will upload that image on image hosting.~~ Done

Krow said:
^We all get there eventually. I was messing up exposure in all my pics for over a year before I realised my White Balance was totally messed up. Then I set it right and my images improved slowly. Try and use the exposure value as an indicator when you click pictures.

Set shutter speed at x. Aperture at y. Check eV. If it is 0, then click. Else, change x and/or y so as to make eV 0. A negative eV means underexposed and positive eV means overexposed.

I think you might already know this. I didn't, so I am posting what I learnt.

Hey dude ! I found that there is a exposure meter in viewfinder and all I have to do is try out combinations of aperture, shutter speed and ISO to set it to neutral. Getting good pics. Thanks dude for telling me, I read the manual and did some googling for that.

Faun said:
Where do you get the focus points details ? I can see only one focus point in my camera by enabling focus point info in settings. It was on auto focus. Image is correct. I don't have any other DSLR.

No no you got me wrong! I was talking about the image file of the viewfinder you gave in the last reply (about the reference grid line and stuff.)

Faun said:
Hey dude ! I found that there is a exposure meter in viewfinder and all I have to do is try out combinations of aperture, shutter speed and ISO to set it to neutral. Getting good pics. Thanks dude for telling me, I read the manual and did some googling for that.

Yup I said this in one of my previous replies -
Under the assumption that the camera meters the scene correctly, you will get correctly exposed shots under any combination of the exposure triangle (ie shutter speed, aperture, ISO) such that the meter in the middle postion of the scale (ie in the neutral postion). But, there are situations when the camera will incorrectly meter the scene. For these situations specifically the manual mode is needed. Otherwise the aperture priority mode does the job and there is no reason to use the manual mode.
What the aperture priority mode does is, you set the aperture and the ISO, and the camera sets the shutter speed so that the meter is in the neutral position. Similary in the Shutter Priority mode too - you set the shutter speed and ISO, camera sets the Aperture so that the meter is in the neutral situation.
Under Aperture priority mode, after taking a picture if you see that the picture is slightly underexposed, dial in some positive exposure compensation and picture will now come properly exposed. What the camera does is, it now reduces the shutter speed by the amount of stops you dialled the exposure compensation. Similar thing happens in Shutter priority mode. And ofcourse, the opposite happens if the image comes overexposed slightly.
So when is the manual mode required? When you want a particular combination of the exposure triangle and do not want the camera to fiddle with these 3 things.

Sounava said:
No no you got me wrong! I was talking about the image file of the viewfinder you gave in the last reply (about the reference grid line and stuff.)

That was a random image from google to highlight the grid lines.

Sounava said:
Yup I said this in one of my previous replies -
Under the assumption that the camera meters the scene correctly, you will get correctly exposed shots under any combination of the exposure triangle (ie shutter speed, aperture, ISO) such that the meter in the middle postion of the scale (ie in the neutral postion). But, there are situations when the camera will incorrectly meter the scene. For these situations specifically the manual mode is needed. Otherwise the aperture priority mode does the job and there is no reason to use the manual mode.
What the aperture priority mode does is, you set the aperture and the ISO, and the camera sets the shutter speed so that the meter is in the neutral position. Similary in the Shutter Priority mode too - you set the shutter speed and ISO, camera sets the Aperture so that the meter is in the neutral situation.
Under Aperture priority mode, after taking a picture if you see that the picture is slightly underexposed, dial in some positive exposure compensation and picture will now come properly exposed. What the camera does is, it now reduces the shutter speed by the amount of stops you dialled the exposure compensation. Similar thing happens in Shutter priority mode. And ofcourse, the opposite happens if the image comes overexposed slightly.
So when is the manual mode required? When you want a particular combination of the exposure triangle and do not want the camera to fiddle with these 3 things.

Aperture priority mode can lead to low shutter release and hence blurred images. ISO to compensate lower shutter speed.

Why not shutter priority mode, the only drawback will be shallow depth of field. Not much of a problem.

Yeah exposure indicator is not always right.

I too find aperture priority mode simplest...

yesterday I tried to reverse mount 18-55 on 50mm and then 50mm on 18-55 and concluded that my current setup is better :razz:

50mm+ET

Toofan how do u use 18-105 reverse mounted can u post a pic please

Can u tell me what is ET and how to reverse mount the lens... i mean i am sure it will not fit in the gauge as it normally does

^^ET = extension tubes

Faun said:
That was a random image from google to highlight the grid lines.

Oh ok then.

Faun said:
Aperture priority mode can lead to low shutter release and hence blurred images. ISO to compensate lower shutter speed.

Why not shutter priority mode, the only drawback will be shallow depth of field. Not much of a problem.

Yeah exposure indicator is not always right.

You can set the lowest shutter speed beyond which the camera will not go in Aperture priority mode. Also, while in aperture priority mode, if you see that the camera is showing the Shutter Speed as "Low" you can increase the ISO in that case.

Of course the names "Priority" comes from the fact of the priority of the user.

Scenario 1 - I am shooting landscape. So I want great depth of field. I am in broad daylight. So I will set ISO 100, and Aperture 16 (to get great DoF). Let the camera decide what will be the shutter speed because that does not matter in my case so long as the exposure is right. So I will use Aperture Priority mode.

Scenario 2 - I will be doing a panning shot. So I need shutter speed say 1/60. Depth of field does not matter so long as the subject is in focus. So let the camera decide the aperture. So I will use Shutter Priority mode.

Scenario 3 - I will shoot a normal portrait. The background needs to be blurred out. So my requirement is a large aperture. I do not bother about the shutter speed here. So I will use A mode.

Scenario 4 - I have lots of time at hand and I want to shoot a perfectly exposed shot. I have a requirement of a certain aperture but shutter speed can be anything because the subject is still. I use manual mode. Take a shot at the camera specified meter. See it is underexposed a bit. Again take another shot varying the shutter speed a bit. Like this...

So you will use A or S according to your priority. If you are not at all bothered about any of these you can use P mode too where you can cycle through different combinations of aperture and shutter speed so that the metering is at the neutral level.

^^Dude, consolidate these in a separate thread, it just takes few clicks. Again there are quite a number of useful post by fellow members. May be a cross posting will be good

Faun said:
Hey dude ! I found that there is a exposure meter in viewfinder and all I have to do is try out combinations of aperture, shutter speed and ISO to set it to neutral. Getting good pics. Thanks dude for telling me, I read the manual and did some googling for that.

Welcome.

Glad to be of help.

We can start a basic photography tips thread here. We can explain basics like shutter speed, aperture, ISO, metering, etc. Hmmm let me see when I have time.

@sujoy: I never reversed 18-105 mm lens. It will need a 67mm dia reversing adepter ring for it. Also this lens is not optically that good and its limitations are also maginified with the subject.

Faun: first focus the subject and then by keep pressing the shutter buton to half recomose the shot as you wish to have a good composition and then fire the button.

google the rule of third.

but in one of the previous post u said that u got that close by reversing 18-105 with a reverse ring...

toofan said:
Faun: first focus the subject and then by keep pressing the shutter buton to half recomose the shot as you wish to have a good composition and then fire the button.

google the rule of third.

Yeah, the rule of third :smile:

Some great tuts on nikon website too.

@sujoy: Ohh sorry if I said so. I had used it with extension for that shot and other shot was with reversed 50mm.

Great news for Nikon entry level body users and for wannabe DSLR buyers

Nikon reveals AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G lens

humm reverse ring is also interesting....I will also order one from ebay today itself...Is it worth or I practice with ET itself

humm confused..

I am fed up of low zoom range will get the next day I get my next salary..

@Sounava if AFS 50mm 1.8 comes for 7-8k then I will be one of the buyer too :razz:

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^^ this is an unedited but cropped pic of an ant eating sugar.

@toofan I tried to take pic with ISO 800-3200 and f1.8-f5.6 but all the pics came blurry

I will try to make a diffuser...It would be better :razz:

^^ ant eating sugar is a splendid moment that u captured.

A few of my pic with P/S cam powershot A610:
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This is with sx130:
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@sujoyp
like the ant eating sugar cube
@digibrush
like the candle and ant one.

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@Faun The bird in flight is way too good! You are advancing at fast pace.

@faun...bird pics are great...did u get a zoom lens already??

@a_medico Thanks buddy.

@sujoyp
Thanks buddy. Still using 18-105 kit lens. I might get a new lens by the end of this month (in a fix as to whether buy a good headphone or lens).

I am using center point auto focus points [9 total imo] and continuous servo AF mode.

Some more pics:
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sujoyp said:
humm reverse ring is also interesting....I will also order one from ebay today itself...Is it worth or I practice with ET itself humm confused..

I think you better stick to ET's. Reversing rings work best with wide angle lenses. Plus, the lenses should have manual aperture ring. Also, since the rear element of the lens remains exposed, dust particles which fall on that element may get deposited on the sensor when the lens is attached the normal way without the ring.

sujoyp said:
I am fed up of low zoom range will get the next day I get my next salary..

Hey hey cool

sujoyp said:
@Sounava if AFS 50mm 1.8 comes for 7-8k then I will be one of the buyer too

Yup me too

sujoyp said:
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^^ this is an unedited but cropped pic of an ant eating sugar.

This is nice! I like it.

digibrush said:
A few of my pic with P/S cam powershot A610:

The image of Victoria Memorial is really nice.
About the image of Science City - was it using a tripod?

@Faun - The images are really nice! Great BIF picture! And the cloudscapes are nice too!

sujoyp said:
@faun...bird pics are great...did u get a zoom lens already??

Nopz those are all @ 105mm, cropped.

@Faun, Thanks! Your images are really lovely, specially the flying bird(sparrow?).

Sounava said:
The image of Victoria Memorial is really nice.
About the image of Science City - was it using a tripod?

Thanks! Yes it was with tripod.

@Sounava bro at least faun have 105mm range...55mm is not any more then my 50mm 1.8 :-(

Btw thanks for liking my pic

Digibrush your and pic is great...ants move soo fast that I have to deliberately put sugar on the floor to get some pics :razz:

One of the pic of my recent trip to alibaug
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One of the pic of my recent trip to alibaug
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^^ Nice pic.

@Sujoyp, Thanks!

sujoyp said:
Digibrush your and pic is great...ants move soo fast that I have to deliberately put sugar on the floor to get some pics

Ya, you did it brilliantly :number1:

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@INSINI nice shot...

@digibrush thanks..

@ INS-ANI : Nice shot! But I think the selective colouring in this photo is kinda distracting. Locks the eye to the guy in the middle (in blue).

Great pics by everyone !!

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Very nice ant pic sujoy!

Jagg89: I like the bird pic

jagg89 : Wow really nice and sharp picture with excellent quality of the bokeh. Please share which camera and lens you used

Thanks Krow

@jagg the bird pics are very sharp...nice details..good shot

@jagg89, Great shot

.

Thanks All!

camera is Panasonic lumix FZ35, pic is cropped n edited in Photoshop n applied a vignette effect at last..

^ Yup FZ35 is a wonderful camera. Nice job done and congrats for having such a nice camera

nice pic jagg

First good moon shot
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Faun its time u buy a tripod. Specially for such kind of shots. With low ISO, a rock steady hand is required or a tripod.

The shot is superb though. Keep it up.

^^how much a good portable tripod costs ?

^ Around 3.5k to 4k. This one costs around 3.8k and is a really good tripod for the price ---> Vanguard â€“ Photo-Video - Tripods, Camera Bags, Cases, Optics, Binoculars
Remember this is the "Espod Plus". Don't go for the Espod non plus one which costs 2.8k.

A tripod is complete only with a ballhead. Unfortunately, the vanguard one above doesn't support a ballhead(i confirmed this with my expert friend). Ballhead gives best flexibility possible (i am not getting into focusing rails etc). 3 mons back, I wanted to buy a tripod and my initial budget was not more than 2K

But after discussion with experts for significant amount of time, I ended up buying a Benro A2970T tripod with a BH-2 ballhead. It cost me around 8.5K. I didnt tell my family about the cost, else they wouldn't let me inside the house. But the results are phenomenal(by my own standards). And I brought a remote switch(chinese, 1k), which eliminates even the minimal of shakes. The fourth rod of the tripod really gives you more flexibility once you get used to it.

(By the way, I don't understand why Indians don't copy these tripods which cost bomb! There are few chinese makes available at 3-4k but they are not sturdy and their low angle is not that great. Theres always a possibilty that you could destroy your lens riding these low end tripods.

^ I was actually not quite apprehensive about speaking about the price of ballhead tripods and so refrained from it :mrgreen:

as soon as I get zoom lens my next target will be tripod...but not this costly offcourse...8.5k :shock:

....

Nice moon Faun

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My Moons are there. with Sx130, crop a little and very little unsharp mask.

10th April'11
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13th April'11
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17th April'11
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I use this one:

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Cheap!
Not a good one!
But works for me like a non professional photographer

Very light weight, can carry easily with its own carry bag.

All great pics.

Will upload pics from my trip to Goa as soon as they upload.

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samsung Galaxy Ace.

The pic of dog is a nice shot

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Just like : A Busy Dog in a Lazy Platform.
15 & 16 also nice shot.

Sunset
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^Passing time standing at my room window :razz:

nice shots bro...but dont put pics of this size...its just irritating :-|

A shot of nuclear explosion
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Aah joking..its the cloud at the time of sunset...it was beautiful but could not capture much

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A mother spider protecting her eggs from insano ki buri nazar...ha ha ha..but really she just took the egg away quickly

@jagg89

First two pics are awesome man

My supermoon (clicked on the day of holi)

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@krishnandu thanx!

Sujoyp: nice capture of the spider..

Medico: pic is little blurry, was it handheld?

Sunrise on a misty morning..
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Jagg your pics looks soo beautiful...

here in my place nothing is sceneric...yesterday I tried to take cloud pics at wideangle or at 18mm but every pic have building here n there

@sujoyp nuclear explosions cloud is good. What setting did you use ? I assume you underexposed the shot.

@a_medica your moon size is bigger, is it due to lens or mp ?

rhitwick said:
Faun its time u buy a tripod. Specially for such kind of shots. With low ISO, a rock steady hand is required or a tripod.

The shot is superb though. Keep it up.

It will take some time. Before that I am eying for a zoom lens. Clicked another moon photo, this time a bit better than previous try. Will take another at 2-3 pm tonight, the brightest time for moon.

Reposting image

Sounava said:
@ INS-ANI : Nice shot! But I think the selective colouring in this photo is kinda distracting. Locks the eye to the guy in the middle (in blue).

He is ofcourse the center of attraction..

yes faun I purposefully underexposed the pic...although I also took a normal pic to keep a reference :razz:

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And the sky I was talking about...ruined by the building :sad:

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@Faun - Must be cause of 30-700mm lens zoomed @300mm. Also it was taken on the day of Holi, when the moon was a bit bigger.

@sujoyp dat building...crop...crop...crop

@a_medico Hey which lens is it ? It should be damn good at wildlife pics.

@jagg nice pics, esp the tree in last.

I wanted to post one more pic, but the page is taking too long to load because of axes2t2 pics and I don't think he's gonna resize them in the near future

Eager to get on the new page!

@jagg It was using a tripod and remote switch. But at 300mm zoom, even on tripod, the moon was moving too fast. It was escaping the frame! First I thought it must be tripod/ballhead loosening, but later I realised it was the moon itself! I should have increased the shutter speed and compensated it with the ISO.

@Faun Sigma 70-300mm DG Macro APO
Its a telephoto lens with ability to switch to Macro mode between 200-300mm
Costed me around 11K. But I haven't switched back to my kit lens since the day I brought this one.

500mm are ideal for wildlife. But 300mm are ok for lesser mortals like us. Theres one guy on JJMF, who shoots excellent bird fotos with a 500mm lens.

Thanks Sujoyp, faun..
Sujoyp: the Normal nuclear explosion cloud is better

Medico: hmm, was the IS off? coz i've noticed that if IS is on while camera is on tripod it tends to shake the image..

n yea the loading of images is really irritating

medico u have that lens...thats great I want feedback...howz it...focusing speed is real bad? howz life without VR...can we shoot hand held??
...and is it true that its 200-300 is useless with high CA...

I will be purchasing a zoom next month 1st week :razz:

@faun if I crop the building the scene will not look a wide one and its infinity effect will be lost :cry:

@jagg ...really u liked the normal one...I thought that its over exposed a bit..thanks

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sujoyp said:
medico u have that lens...thats great I want feedback...howz it...focusing speed is real bad? howz life without VR...can we shoot hand held??
...and is it true that its 200-300 is useless with high CA...

I will be purchasing a zoom next month 1st week

Focusing speed - Not that great. And I rarely use autofocus. Almost invariably manual focus.

Life without IS (VR) ain't that great but I am getting used to it. But tripod and remote trigger compensates for it.

Posting some handheld images taken on Holi (I have lots of shakes while clicking a photo. Others do much better with it). All are taken at 300mm zoom.

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CA yes, but it ain't that bad. Canon/Nikon original are much better when it comes to image quality. But sigma is best value for money considering 300mm range and Macro mode. All for just around 9.5K(or 10.5k..cant recall exact figure). With macro mode on and attaching a Raynox macro filter in addition to it, people get excellent results.

With normal mode:

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Same with Macro Mode on Sigma + Raynox DCR250 filter:

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ok Thanks for the answers...some says tamron have better sharpness but more CA and sigma is less sharp and less CA

I want to autofocus with that...I have heard that it have a small motor soo autofocus takes more time..

Anyways thanks again

So when do we get to the next page?

a_medico said:
So when do we get to the next page?

just keep replying...I am sure its quota for messeges will be over soon

right

^ I like your moon shot very much, but it looks a bit shaky.

@ medico...congrats the page has changed..enjoy :razz:

Glad it's over!

Circular colors

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here is one from me

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Wow lots of nice photographs shared by everybody

I am very busy now X( Will be back full fledged on Tuesday

Nice shot medico..

kjuvale: beautiful.. which place is this?

Morning moon
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can you take me higher..?

A trip to Murud Jaljeera

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Largest cannon in the fort.
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Swades

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@Faun Nice series. Loved few photos from the fort, especially the gate ones. Jaljeera is nice softdrink by the way. The one you went to was Murud Janjeera

@jagg89: Thanks, The place is Drachenfels (Dragon Mountains) near Bonn (Germany)
Here are some more snaps:

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[URL="*farm6.static.flickr.com/5149/5649200356_115fdb0b63_z.jpg View from Drachenfels

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[URL="*farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5648636237_978bb65b56_z.jpg Rhein river Bonn

Faun: First landscape is an superbly composed shot.

Faun: Awsum pics! 1st one is just a Perfect Picture!! gr8 going

Kjuvale:Nice shots!! n Germany is a beautiful country.!

Faun - Nice pics.

a_medico said:
@Faun Nice series. Loved few photos from the fort, especially the gate ones. Jaljeera is nice softdrink by the way. The one you went to was Murud Janjeera

It's also known as Jal = water Jeera = fort

Thanks. Any critique on the compositions and to improve upon.

@toofan @jagg @Cool G5
Thanks guys. I am looking for some critique on the compositions.

@Faun
1st one is fabulous
3rd would love whole wall in the frame
4th is nice
5th The frame again is cut
6th, 7th, 8th, 9, 10, 11 are my favorites
12th Is that you?
13th - Could have been awesome. Not sure whats missing. Mayb, the details of the fish. Still, its good.
14th Neat
15th I guess the branch is tilted. But gives the feeling that its shot vertically. Interesting angle. Didnt appeal me much though.
16,17,18 Ordinary

a_medico said:
@Faun
3rd would love whole wall in the frame

yeah, i kind of realize that now you pointed out. Lesson learned.

a_medico said:
5th The frame again is cut

I thought window was not the center of attraction here but the view from it.

a_medico said:
12th Is that you?

A friend of mine.

a_medico said:
13th - Could have been awesome. Not sure whats missing. Mayb, the details of the fish. Still, its good.

Yeah, not much contrasting details.

a_medico said:
15th I guess the branch is tilted. But gives the feeling that its shot vertically. Interesting angle. Didnt appeal me much though.

yeah, it's tilted. Should have captured from bottom left corner.

a_medico said:
16,17,18 Ordinary

I liked the lamp post. Other two are poultry birds in a dhaba.

Reflection of sunset on window glass..(no editing done,only added the border)
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^hibiscus bud..
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@jagg89: Amazing pics, like the second and third most.

@ Faun: Is it really Murud Jaljeera? I like the first pic.

The Bride

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Nice shots everyone... I am soo busy nowdays that not getting enough time for this...will go to zoo today evening...lets see if I get something nice there

@a_medico like the colors and expressions esp 2nd and 3rd.

@sujoyp I think I should expeed up purchase of extension tubes for macros soon.

@ Faun: Is it really Murud Jaljeera?

Yeah.

Faun said:
@sujoyp I think I should expeed up purchase of extension tubes for macros soon.

Yaah thats a nice Idea...They produce nice blur effect and macro shot

I am getting a set of ND filters and closeup filter kit...read somewhere that they can be useful for macro on a zoom lens...

50mm+extension tube have great macro but very less working distance...thats u have to take pic from just about 6 inches of that insect...most of the times they run away and I chase them :lol:

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I went to zoo but was disappointed to see all jailed animals there..

Only the tigers r bit ok coz of save tiger campaigns

I didnt go there to see poor hungry thrusty dying animals

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This guy was asking for food or water from all the people watching it...
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A sad parrot
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A indian bhalu with no water to drink and no tree..
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Nice photo by everyone

Nature, marriage, insects zoo....

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sujoyp said:
A sad parrot

Nice Pic

Would have been better if you zoomed in a bit more.

Actually, all the pics are just awesome.

thetechfreak said:
Nice Pic
Would have been better if you zoomed in a bit more.

Actually, all the pics are just awesome.

Zoom I will get soon...the 18-55 can zoom only this much...

But I am really sad about the zoo...

Thanks for appriciation

@digibrush...sparrow is great...didnt u tried it looking at you...I mean the face part

Faun said:
Murud Jaljeera

I meant to say that it is Janjira not Jaljeera.

sujoyp said:
@digibrush...sparrow is great...didnt u tried it looking at you...I mean the face part

Thanks for your kind comments.

I shoot the bird from my window. He is less then 10 feet from me. have only chance to shoot when the sparrow is not looking at me. otherwise he flew away every time I tried. :-(

@sujoyp nice shots from zoo, which garden/ zoo is this. Is it from Nagpur (just guess from Orangecity

)

@digibrush great snap of bird.

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^^ Thank you.
Nice photos too. third one is interesting

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@kjuvale yes I am from Nagpur...the pic is Maharajbagh zoo at nagpur

Where is this church in pune...I was there 2 years havent seen it

@sujoyp
kjuvale pics are from Europe.

@krow
Yeah, Murud Janjeera. Name distortions happen. Read wikipedia entry.

@sujoyp the pics are from Bonn and Cologne
I am from pune, but now doing my studies in Germany. I miss Pune a lot

@Faun I think Murud Janjeera is also called as Murud Jaljeera as you mentioned earlier

I am quite new to photography so please give tips / critics.

Critics...ummmm

I think you should have taken the church pic sidewise...its looking soo symmetric..
colorful locks r nice...
second one is too dark I think..should have used more ISO or lesser shutter speed with more aperture :lol:

Pics from my Kodak M575:-

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EDIT:- Changed the last image

sujoyp said:
Critics...ummmm I think you should have taken the church pic sidewise...its looking soo symmetric..
colorful locks r nice...
second one is too dark I think..should have used more ISO or lesser shutter speed with more aperture

Thanks sujoyp for crictics

First Photo I tried to shoot from side, but this cathedral is wide open from 3 sides (very big) and its very tall too.. maybe i should try again, when next time i am there

and second yes its dark, sun was exactly behind the cathedral and that was problematic for me

I need to learn to control camera.

OK guys, finally...I am uploading 4 pics...

My camera- Canon EOS 1000d
Lens- Default 18-55 mm
and 75 - 300mm
They have been resized to 1024x 768 using Visualizer Photo Resize.
No Photoshopping has been done

Pic 1-
A morning sunrise
Location- Rajeev Gandhi Orang National Park, Assam
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Pic 2-
A Bird
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Pic- 3
A Crow
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Pic 4-
A krow
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Pics 2,3 and 4 have been taken from my Window

@ Himangshu

Yur pics are nice. But try taking pics of a subject or thing. THat'd be nice. Pic 4 especiaaly feels blank

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@techfreak...1st pic is awesome..but others r not that sharp :smile:

@jagg is the 2nd pic a macro shot...or u cropped it

Hmmmm no comments on my pics so far!!!

sujoyp said:
@techfreak...1st pic is awesome..but
others r not that sharp

Thanks man.

Actually, I dont have camera stand. So there there might be little shake.

Focussing needs to be improved. I chose manual, so might be missing slightly.

@sujoyp its cropped..it was in aperture priority..

Himangshu, nice shots. Which cam do u use?

@rhitwick: Thanks, I use Kodak M575. Its a Point&Shoot camera

He uses this

himangshu said:
Pics from my Kodak M575:-

thetechfreak said:
No cropping was done. It was in lens speed priority.

zommed in max with my 75-300 mm.

just resized it. 1024x768

He was mentioning his own Pics... not yours.

Super pics himangshu and techfreak.

Friends,
Periwinkle flower is really a interesting subject to shoot for me. This time I tried different backgrounds for the same flower.
Posting for your C&C and suggestions.
Shot with 50mm 1.8 + 36mm Kenko extension tube.

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Periwinkle 4 by toofan.v, on Flickr

kjuvale said:
@sujoyp nice shots from zoo, which garden/ zoo is this. Is it from Nagpur (just guess from Orangecity )

@digibrush great snap of bird.

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Excellent takes.

@himangshu, nice shots.

@thetechfreak, nice shots too. I know, well composition of bird shot is not easy job.

@jagg89, unique picture quality.

@toofan, awesome shots, Lovely colours.

did you use any colour background ?

digibrush said:
@thetechfreak, nice shots too. I know,
well composition of bird shot is not
easy job.

Thanks

Yeah. They were flying around from 1 bush to another.

I have many pics that were bad. Posted the ones I felt were good.

umm really birding is hard?? I am getting a (small) 55-200 zoom for some birding (and cropping)...I will try myself :grin:

I have also ordered reverse ring for Rs.300 to try on my 50mm1.8

Also will put that thing on my 18-55mm :wink:

Soo many plans I hope I have enough time for all this

axes2t2 said:
Super pics himangshu

digibrush said:
@himangshu, nice shots.

Thanks guys! My pics were re-sized to 1280x960 in *imgur.com/ . Original size is 4288x3216 i.e 14MP

digibrush:

Yes the backgruond were different color leaves and flowers.

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I took the above poc using the (Nikkon) 18-55mm lens, why was i not able to use the 55-200mm lens.. with it the camera just didn't fire ?

arian29 said:
I took the above poc using the (Nikkon) 18-55mm lens, why was i not able to use the 55-200mm lens.. with it the camera just didn't fire ?

I am sure u were trying to focus from too near....I dont know its minimum focus distance but it should be around 2-3 feet

Err BTW what is in the pic...is it lizzard

A

sujoyp said:
Err BTW what is in the pic...is it lizzard

lol ya...

check this video about some compo rules.

YouTube - Photo Lessons - Episode 2.wmv

toofan said:
check this video about some compo rules.

YouTube - Photo Lessons - Episode 2.wmv

You made the video? Really nice! Helped a lot!

Today got this spider moving around :grin:

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^^ Awesome pic buddy

sujoyp, awesome pic man.
Did you photoshop a little for the blur?
What camera and lens you use

?
Just asking

Sounava said:
You made the video? Really nice! Helped a lot!

No I didn't. But glad it helped you.

Sujoy: Stunning work.

@sujoyp, amazing macro shot.

Birds again.

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Croped in photoshop.

@ Himagshu...Thanks for liking

@techfreak...No I didnt do any blurring by photoshop...If u ever get to use 50mm reverse or on ET u will find that its bit difficult to control that blue...The blur is all over the place and focus is very little there :lol:

Pic was taken with nikon D3100 + 50mm 1.8+ ET

@toofan...still I am slightly disappointed by the colors...my diffuser (made with foam) is not working like I wanted...I am trying...

A question can my 55-200vr can help me anyways in macro photography...I am bit confused

@digibrush...Thanks...ur birding is going good...from Wednesday I will also try my hands on birding as my zoom lens will arrive :smile:

Here my photography.Hope you will like it.

Camera- Canon A520 and Nokia N79.

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Nice pics Tenida........

Some more pics from my Kodak M575

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@Tenida
Nice pics man.
@Himangshu
Good job. One pic is little too dark.

@Tenida...some nice shots

@himangshu...u need to learn some composition....
1st pic...y dogs tail missing
2nd pic is fine
3rd pic what is the subject there...
4th pic what do you want to show us??

I may sound harsh but learn by looking at others pics...you can also look for pics in flicker.com and get ideas

sujoyp said:
@himangshu...u need to learn some composition....
1st pic...y dogs tail missing
2nd pic is fine
3rd pic what is the subject there...
4th pic what do you want to show us??

I may sound harsh but learn by looking at others pics...you can also look for pics in flicker.com and get ideas

1st pic: Ya I know that the dog's tail is missing but the dog ran away after taking the pic so couldn't take another pic.

3rd pic: I took the picture of morning fog.

4th pic: I took the picture of the Buffaloes grazing in the field.

@himangshu,thetechfreak,Sujoyp- Thank you very much for appreciating my photo

@ toofan Thanks

here are some photos I took today in Tulip Garden in Netherlands.

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^^beautiful.. they look so real...

which cam do u use?

@pulkitpopli2004 Thanks

Its Nikon D5100 with kit lens.

@sujoyp and toofan
Nice Macro shots, love those photos

Sujoyp: how hard it is to focus manually 50mm lens. Though Nikon is launching AF-S version, it costs doublt

@ kjuvale, nice colors.

@tenida, your 1st pic, which place is that? Nice pics, btw.

^^ Its my village near Burdwan

^^Name please.

@kjuvale....focussing with 50mm i.8 is not at all difficult...but in dark situations due to our dull pentamirror viewfinder we find it difficult to focus.. Although in those situations I use live view to focus.
In good light situations u wont find it much difficult...but having autofocus is always useful :grin:

Skud said:
^^Name please.

Its called Memari :smile:

Have heard about it. BTW, that picture of the truck looks good, but may be you could have cropped the sky a little bit more. Just my suggestion.

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Skud said:
Have heard about it. BTW, that picture of the truck looks good, but may be you could have cropped the sky a little bit more. Just my suggestion.

I think its ok. :smile:

Tenida said:
I think its ok.

Yup I too think its looking good that way...the sky is very beautiful to be cropped down

The sky is beautiful but taking half the frame which actually distracts from the subject. Just my opinion. Have a look at the attachment.

@kjuvale Awsum shots!!

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I am soo happy today to purchase Nikkor 55-200 VR...My SLR family is complete now :grin:

18-55mm VR - Normal Lens for wide shots
50mm 1.8 - Prime lens for low light shots and very sharp :smile:

55-200 VR - zoom lens
Extension Tube & Reverse ring for Macro pics (will adjust untill I have budget of Tamron 90mm) :grin:

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^Nice Gear man!! what was the total damage done? :smile:

@jagg
total = 29+5+11+0.5+0.5 = 46k

still I dont have a flash and a tripod which i will get in next 2-3 months

Ok now I was testing of 55-200 and its smooth and fast

1 example of moon shot...Actual pic at full zoom
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now the crop :grin:

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I think its good enough for the 1st try...will try to get sharper moon later

toofan said:
Wow Sujoy: Excellent work there. Fantastic shots. Where did you get that jumping spider. I am also searching for these. And the IQ of D3100 is just superb. Why don't you post on jjmehta also. there your work will be seen by great photographers and you will get better suggestions from masters.

Two from my side.

1.
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Please view the large size. thanks.

I LOVE THEM!!!! Awesome work there !! Keeping them as my Desktop Wallpaper for sometime

...just cannot resisit

sujoyp said:
@kjuvale....focussing with 50mm i.8 is not at all difficult...but in dark situations due to our dull pentamirror viewfinder we find it difficult to focus.. Although in those situations I use live view to focus.
In good light situations u wont find it much difficult...but having autofocus is always useful

Thanks Sujoyp. Most probably will get soon this one, but because of budget was thinking if I should get 55-200 or 50 mm first. Maybe will wait for 50mm AF-S to check if prices drop a little bit. :grin:

btw nice kit, you have almost complete range :smile:

@kjuvale thanks....I say get 55-200mm for now...as a newbie I didnt find usefullness of 50mm prime other then combining it with ET for macro

I bought 50mm used for 4k thinking that with ET I can take macro as well as I get one of the best nikon prime lens...dual functionality u see :grin:

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I forgot to activate VR in the lens & it cost me soo many pics :-(

my mistake

The pics are still good without VR, especially the last two. 3rd one has an amazing bokeh.

a_medico said:
The pics are still good without VR, especially the last two. 3rd one has an amazing bokeh.

Thanks medico :smile:

sujoy: thats great!! the picture quality is awesome!.. moon shot seems very clean... n others are also nice shots especially 4th pic is great!!

@thanks jagg

I am soo motivated now :smile:

Stuck on a rainy day

Was held up 2hrs at the traffic signal, probably my longest wait in traffic. Took an opportunity to click through the vehicle's glass.

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Actually looking great...very colorful :smile:

@sujoyp: Very nice pics, last 2 and especially a pic of dog is amazing.
so, these are with 55-200?

@a_medico amazing shots, colourful

kjuvale said:
@sujoyp: Very nice pics, last 2 and especially a pic of dog is amazing.
so, these are with 55-200?

yaah those were taken with Nikkor 55-200mm VR (without using VR)..Thank you for liking

Now some macro shots :grin:

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2nd and 3rd were shot by 50mm 1.8 and 1st was shot with 50mm+ET

Congratulations Sujoy on your purchase

Sounava said:
Congratulations Sujoy on your purchase

Thank you

This thread is planes now

Sukhoi 30 MKI
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Airliners:
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Like this one

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@a_medico second shot reminds of some movie

@sujoy late in the thread to congratulate you on the purchase. Good shots.

Thanks faun :smile:

planes r looking superb...did u shot them from airport?? and using 18-105mm lens??

@Faun which movie?

Amazing clicks. Crystal sharp. First two and last one are just awesome. Did you click them in Pune?

Awesome pictures! In the 3rd and 4th "airliners" the skies have blended so well, for a second I thought the two planes are in the same frame :razz:

@Faun Amazing snaps of planes

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sujoyp said:
planes r looking superb...did u shot them from airport?? and using 18-105mm lens??

Thanks. I live near Lohegaon airpot (4-5 kms). Shot these with 18-105mm. Yet to shot the sukhoi with tricolor.

a_medico said:
@Faun which movie?

Theme of bungee jumping of their own and the colors of sad movie

a_medico said:
Amazing clicks. Crystal sharp. First two and last one are just awesome. Did you click them in Pune?

Thanks. Yeah, Pune only.

Sounava said:
Awesome pictures! In the 3rd and 4th "airliners" the skies have blended so well, for a second I thought the two planes are in the same frame

lol...it does look like that.

kjuvale said:
@Faun Amazing snaps of planes

Thanks. Your pics are always so rich in color. All I see at my place is faded pollution ridden sky.

@all
Last saturday I tried to click moon behind scattered clouds in sky at night but was not able to get the clouds in picture. It was all black. Tried higher f number and higher shutter speed too. How do I get

Here is the example of how I wished to capture the shot
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@kjuvale: Awesome pictures, seeing your photographs remind me of the phrase "A picture is worth a thousand words".

@kjuvale..really ur pics r soo beautiful...nice

@ faun...I too tried that pic yesterday :grin:

..I will post the original pic itself..see if u like it

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@ All : Thanks

@sujoyp Moon pic is very nice

here are some more, I had been to small medieval village last Sunday, there I took these pics (some posted above).

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Here i used selective colour mode on D5100, not fan of it though

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@Sujoyp, moon shot is nice. But ur birds photos have grain, why?

Posting some of my shots.
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Framing_Trial by rH1twick, on Flickr
(Tried a framing shot, tips to improve...)

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Chameleon by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Dragonfly by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Butterfly_2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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BUtterfly_1 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Flower_1 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Cactus_3 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Leaf_3 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Leaf_2 by rH1twick, on Flickr
(replaced the background with black one)

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(With a DSLR and macro lense this would have been a gr8 one, but I could go this much close only)

@kjuvale ur 1st and 2nd shot r great

@rhitwick ,, great shot...liked most of them...yaa macro lens would have made some difference...but ur composition r perferct

And yes the bird shot have grain coz I shot them in evening and all of them are 1600 ISO or 2000ISO ...soo a bit grainy

Friends, everyone post nice images. thanks everyone.

I have a suggestion, just a suggestion no offense please.

Post your best shot. just 2 or three. It helps to enjoy every pic more minutely and closely.
Also post the pic with which you want to tell something or want to learn something. In this way this threat become more interesting.

Share your experiences, your ideas with your every pic.

Its just my opinion.

Please... no offense if anything wrong with me.

digibrush said:
Friends, everyone post nice images. thanks everyone.

I have a suggestion, just a suggestion no offense please.

Post your best shot. just 2 or three. It helps to enjoy every pic more minutely and closely.
Also post the pic with which you want to tell something or want to learn something. In this way this threat become more interesting.

Share your experiences, your ideas with your every pic.

Its just my opinion.

Please... no offense if anything wrong with me.

dont be soo defensive bro...ur thought is correct...but we can not give a message to every pic specially macro ones...yaa we can share settings if u want

^^ Thanks for your appreciation.

dont be soo defensive bro...ur thought is correct...but we can not give a message to every pic specially macro ones...yaa we can share settings if u want

Actually a good photograph never need any interpretation or description.
The image itself reflect your ideas convey your massages.

That is what I want to say to everyone, post a few but something meaningful, your true experiments.

yaah but photography is an art and everyone have their own interpretation...

I have usually seen that the pic I am not much interested but came good get soo much appriciation in flicker community...but the pic I love gets no views at all :lol:

specially macro ones :-D

Donno whats the funda there...but really its upto u if u like it its ur choice...if someone dosnt its his ;-)

^^ true.

I just wanna say post a few and best, not a whole lot.

A selective choice is always reflect your creative mind.
May be that is what you want to say in your above post, different people different thoughts.

Your choice will say what is your conception and your artistic sense about photography.
Your choice will tell what you think about art photography

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Here are few of my shots
Camera Canon IXUS 100 IS (Manual Mode)

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TAJ

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Taj mahal Mosque

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@Hsakarp_kahtap

Some nice snaps.

@Hsakarp_kahtap yaah some snaps r really nice specially the redstone bulildings...

Great Pics by everyone!

I have usually seen that the pic I am not much interested but came good get soo much appriciation in flicker community...but the pic I love gets no views at all specially macro ones

Donno whats the funda there...but really its upto u if u like it its ur choice...if someone dosnt its his

True

Thanks Skud and Sujoyp

Here is my comments(extremely my personal feelings :lol:

) about the images of page 116.

a_medico.
Really nice pics, dreamy with sad lights. Very artistic. Keep creating.

sujoyp
His first macro shot is good and informative.

Faun
He try with some different subject. And capture them nicely. His last two shot is lovely, specially last one. :smile:

kjuvale
I am sorry I don't found anything special with his images. But they are looking good. :smile:

Faun again
this time he experiments with moon and clouds. Very nice effort. :smile:

sujoyp again
He also with moon-clouds and some birds. first bird pic is very nice.

kjuvale again
This time I like his second one and forth. Specially 2nd one is wonderful. Animal on the ground and a tiny bird flying in the distance blue sky is really very artistic. :smile:

I am not sure will it be much better without the left tree or not.

rhitwick
His 3rd shot is awesome. And in my opinion(it is extremely my personal opinion) it is the best I have seen in this page.
combination of sharp thorn and the lizard, I got something more out of it, It is really verrry nice.

Hsakarp_kahtap
His 6th one is great. The clouds and the colour create a true historic feeling with the image. Lovely and very successful shot.

thanks everyone. :grin:

@digibrush thanks digibrush to check each picture with soo minor details :lol:

ur comments are wonderful

Hsakarp_kahtap
His 6th one is great. The clouds and the colour create a true historic feeling with the image. Lovely and very successful shot.

thanks digibrush , i appreciate you like it

My kittie

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People may say that its grainy but I can not use flash on my pets...they dont like it.

Looks like a ferocious animal!!! Well taken.

@sujoy good shot. The cat has some sharp teeth.

Thanks skud and rhitwik....will try to take a similar snap from front :smile:

zoom is really useful here :lol:

Woa dats one scary Yawn

nice shot

nice shot sujoyp !

Thanks jagg & faun :smile:

Today morning got my first perfect bird shot :))

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Nice. Keep on snapping & posting.

@digibrush Thanks for comments

@sujoyp: Nice snap of Cat and bird

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Tomorrow I got the Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8 D lens

Yippiee!!

Now to buy an extension tube

Sounava said:
Tomorrow I got the Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8 D lens Yippiee!! Now to buy an extension tube

congrats...get ET and tell me ur exp with it ;-)

Ok I went to birding today with my small zoom lens

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Hope u will like it

@sujoyp, some mice shots there but only one photo I found standing out there is the 5th one. Bird+barbed wire fence.

Very good composition.

But, this is how I would like to see it.
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Sujoup_edited_framed by rH1twick, on Flickr

@sujoyp, very goods snaps. Particularly like the parrot.

@sujoyp, definitely 5th one is your best

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Thank you rhitwik, digibrush and skud for appreciation

@rhitwik....b&w pic is good but I still love the shiny blue tone on the bird

sujoyp said:
congrats...get ET and tell me ur exp with it

Ok I went to birding today with my small zoom lens

Thanks

The build quality is really nice! Btw, for how much did you get the ET? It was a set of 3 ETs? And some really nice bird pictures

I am itching to get that 55-200 VR

Gotto save some money

Awesome pics everyone.
@sujoyp
like your pics. Birding photos are great.

@thanks sounava & thetechfreak

I got the ET for Rs.600 from ebay.in ...get the cheapest one...local made ET are same quality dosent matter.

I must admit that although 55-200 VR is good for general purpose zooming its less for birding...I shot soo many small birds but they didnt come up well and I could not crop it..for birding u have to get minimum 55-300VR

^ Yeah I saw in eBay. There are some ETs costing around 400 also. So I can get them safely?

Yes I think 55-200 will serve my purpose well. I will not get much chance to shoot birds anyway.

S

Clicked these at Malpe beach, Mangalore

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The 3rd one doesn't look so good. rest are pretty good.

@shwetanshu....I liked 1 & 2

I know people r soo bored of my pics...but I am learning daily ;-)

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Thank You :lol:

2nd one, pretty good.

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Yesterday,Got these Royal Wedding Stamps .Still waiting to receive the full package though

very clean stuge.

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Hover-Fly by toofan.v, on Flickr

Great to see stuge and toofan posting :smile:

Sujoy, Stuge and Toofan. Awesome pics.
You guys really focus very well.

Manual or auto?
I guess manual..

My shots r autofocus...but I saw yesterday that after 6 evening autofocus was useless...soo tried manual focus...toofans macro is surely manual focus

for macros, manual focus is the accurate method to focus may not be the fastest. And for general photography autofocus is the quickest way to go.

Wow.. I miss you guys....

I never visited this section before nd photography is not my hobby...
but now, I'mn considering it as one.......

shiwa436 said:
Wow.. I miss you guys....

I never visited this section before nd photography is not my hobby...
but now, I'mn considering it as one.......

Yaah Its a very nice and creative hobby (although I am not much creative :grin:

)

And at least for this hobby people will appreciate us...

No appreciation for tech knowledge nowdays :lol:

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Where do you get so much fauna to shoot?

Nice pics, btw. The first squirrel one was superb only for the obstruction at the lower right side.

Thanks ...I know that railing came in between..

I went to park in the morning at 6 to 8 :razz:

didnt find much birds today

Which park?

There is a ambazari lake garden in Nagpur...I went there

some nice shots sujoyp... 1st one would have been a great shot if railing didn't interfere but still good.....

4th one is looking like 2 big eyes are looking towards the squirrels.. :razz:

Lucky you. No such park here at Patna.

@Sujoy, second shot is superb. Bird n d reflection is very clear...

@skud jagg ritwik...thanks all

Actually today I didnt get much birds there like last time...might be because of cloudy weather...

if any of u have question that y I posted those 2 squirrels between better shots :razz:

Actually it looks like a wife squirrel scolding husband squirrel...and poor husband shrunk on its place :razz:

just an imagination

Great Pics Sujoy as always :smile:

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@kjuvale thanks...ur 2nd pic looks good..

@sujoyp nice shots man.Keep it up

Tenida said:
@sujoyp nice shots man.Keep it up

Thanks Tenida....I am learning :smile:

@sujoyp
Nice shots.
@kjuvale
I think you should start captioning your pics and make a travelogue on flickr. That would be really nice.

@sujoyp
man you're photography is one of the toppest I have ever seen. Especially the close up's of bee's ,etc

@ kjuvale
Great pics

Thanks faun and techfreak

@techfreak...u know I have a long way to go...I dont have good composition skills and nor good control over flash...long way friend :smile:

@Sujoy and thetechfreak: thanks

@Faun: thanks for tip, I was trying to upload pics on Flickr, but there is 300mb limit per month, may be i should limit my no of shots I upload.

kjuvale said:
@Sujoy and thetechfreak: thanks

@Faun: thanks for tip, I was trying to upload pics on Flickr, but there is 300mb limit per month, may be i should limit my no of shots I upload.

u upload more then 300mb files...do u upload full size 4mb file...I upload sized down 1 mb file...soo 300 files r enough on flicker

R

here is some of my experiments...

Nice work, rajin. Which place is this?

Rajin: awesome take.

Hope I did not posted these earlier.

Please view in larger size.
1.
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2.
*farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/5717764289_e7667e3ce6_b.jpg

Now I'm frightened. Nice shots, toofan.

Ok here goes two photos from my Portrait taking attempts:

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DSC_1508_Signed by Sounava, on Flickr

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DSC_1509_Signed by Sounava, on Flickr

@sujoyp : Each of your posted photo is great! I totally enjoy your photography!

@sounava, 1st one is nice.

@kunal...thanks for liking :razz:

@ toofan ...although I have seen them soo many times(on flicker, jjmehta etc) but still like them... :razz:

@Sounava seen them on flicker...nice shots...I would love to do something like that but dont have a model :razz:

Toofan have a young model...no pics of him anymore???

Skud said:
@sounava, 1st one is nice.

Thanks

sujoyp said:
@Sounava seen them on flicker...nice shots...I would love to do something like that but dont have a model
Toofan have a young model...no pics of him anymore???

Thanks

I also have 3 or 4 more pics of the same series but I have not uploaded them anywhere due to sheer lazyness! Gotto seriously reduce this lazyness of mine :razz:

And she is my cousin. I return home for around 5days every 3 months and she visits maximum 1-2 times during that period so you see I also don't get much photo taking opportunities either :razz:

BTW I took 5 photo-sessions of nearly 500pics of my ahmm GF ...but sadly she prohibited me to upload/share any of them...

Soo in search of a cuter model :razz:

You have taken 500 photos of your GF and you say you do not have any model?

His GF is not allowing him to upload/share the pics.

Sounava said:
You have taken 500 photos of your GF and you say you do not have any model?

Really I took those pics but cant show/share with anyone :-(

Framed

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Framed | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

@Stuge nice b&W image :smile:

@stuge, that's really good.

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This beautiful light effect got ruined by those buildings :cry:

Any suggestion to improve the pic is welcome....I have no idea this time

^ Go to the roof of that building and take the pic

In the peacock feather, the low DoF is not working. You should have used a small aperture.

@Sounava I was on the roof at that time...these r bungalows soo not possible :-(

For feather i will try again...through ET its very difficult to imagine the result at smaller aperture coz it becomes very dark (I use live view) I will try again

Edit : I forgot to tell u that I can not take the pic of whole feather coz the focus distance is nearly 2 inch beyond that everything would be out of focus...in any case the focus area would be only that much as seen in figure...

If I take the pic with 50mm only it would not be that sharp as now

@sujoyp
the pic from the roof are arguably one of the best of this thread.
I love it man!

@ thetechfreak...thanks for the appreciation :smile:

@sujoyp
could you pls say what shuter speed and other setting you were using?

I can tell u after I reach home...u can check the exif info of the file for the time being

I generally take pics in aperture priority and in this pic I may have put the exposure as -1 or -2 ..just my guss..

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/5786170045_d72d6d4dd4_z.jpg

*www.flickr.com/photos/ilovewalkman/5786170045/in/photostream

@stuge, that's artistic.

thetechfreak said:
@sujoyp
could you pls say what shuter speed and other setting you were using?

ISO 200, aperture priority F 5.6 (shutter 1/1250), exposure -7, matrix metering, :smile:

lens nikkor 55-200 VR

@stuge how did u make this effect ...is it photoshopped

sujoyp said:
@stuge how did u make this effect ...is it photoshopped

Nope ,its a day time long exposure of 30 sec .Taken using 10 stop filter .

++++++++++

thanks guys

Stuge said:
Trees,Clouds and Sky | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

This is one awesome image!

sujoyp said:
For feather i will try again...through ET its very difficult to imagine the result at smaller aperture coz it becomes very dark (I use live view) I will try again

When you enter live view, the lens stays at the aperture at which you enter the live view. So choose a large aperture, enter live view, it will remain bright, now change the aperture and take the pic.

sujoyp said:
Edit : I forgot to tell u that I can not take the pic of whole feather coz the focus distance is nearly 2 inch beyond that everything would be out of focus...in any case the focus area would be only that much as seen in figure...

Try the method I said above, use the smallest aperture and slow shutter speed (fix the camera somehow first).

WIll try ur method will post result in evening

S

52MM CLOSE UP LENS+ND+CPL FILTER KIT 4 PANASONIC FZ100 | eBay

is this good or i can get a better deal elsewhere. I have no idea about the same. I own a panasonic FZ100. Presently i am in bangalore

y do you want one of those...ur FZ100 must have 4mm macro distance and bigg zoom...if u want ND and CPL filters get it from good brand..

getting it from poor brand will make the pics blurry/hazy ..

remember using these may substantially derease the pic quality

Using a makeshift light tent kinda thing :razz:

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Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8D by Sounava, on Flickr

S

sujoyp said:
y do you want one of those...ur FZ100 must have 4mm macro distance and bigg zoom...if u want ND and CPL filters get it from good brand..

getting it from poor brand will make the pics blurry/hazy ..

remember using these may substantially derease the pic quality

can u suggest some brands and the price?

@sujoyp nice pics!

@Stuge awesome as always

@Sounava Nice work man!

@shwetanshu
i bought a Marumi CPL for my FZ35 few months back.. its pretty good.. i think i got it for around Rs.1100-1200.. i dont remember the exact price.. do check the thread size of your lens... mine has a unusual size of 46mm had to buy a 46-52mm conversion ring for using the filter.. dont knw what size is fz100..

jagg89 said:
@Sounava Nice work man!

Thanks

@Sounava...great work...the lighting look superb...

@Stuge: amazing pics
@Sounava: nice work. and @Sujoyp: love that light effect pic.

Just one question,now that new Nikkor AFS 50mm 1.8g is launched (~200€) and 35mm 1.8g costs same, I was thinking to get one of these. Need suggestion for which lens I should go for, 35mm or 50mm? I would like to shoot outdoor as well as thinking for portraits too. I read that 50mm is great portrait lens, but for outdoor its little tele. So not able to decide

I found 50mm a bit too much for potraits....If i was to judge I would get 35mm

With 50mm I am not even able to take head to foot pic from 3-4 feet :sad:

BTW thanks for liking my pic

sujoyp said:
@Sounava...great work...the lighting look superb...

Thanks

Yup I spent 2hours to take that shot :razz:

kjuvale said:
@Sounava: nice work

Just one question,now that new Nikkor AFS 50mm 1.8g is launched (~200€) and 35mm 1.8g costs same, I was thinking to get one of these. Need suggestion for which lens I should go for, 35mm or 50mm? I would like to shoot outdoor as well as thinking for portraits too. I read that 50mm is great portrait lens, but for outdoor its little tele. So not able to decide

Thanks

About 35mm f/1.8 vs 50mm f/1.8: You will have to decide yourself which lens you want to go for. I am writing the general guidelines regarding the lenses, you ultimately decide what you want.

First of all, I assume you already have a kit less (18-55mm). So both 35mm and 50mm are covered by that lens. So there must be reasons to go for these primes right? The reasons are: Sharper images, nice bokeh, and the aperture. Now coming to the aperture: How does an aperture of f/1.8 help?
1. When you compose an image and press the shutter button to autofocus, the lens always stays wide open at f/1.8. The large opening implies that more light is falling on the mirror and getting reflected to the autofocus module. So you will get amazingly fast focus even in low light, where as the kit lens will struggle to get autofocus because the lenses will be open @ say f/4.5 at 35mm and f/5.6 at 50mm.
2. When you want to blur the backgrounds nicely and want shallow depth of field effect, you can use wide apertures which was not possible with the kit lenses.
3. Larger aperture means you can use fast shutter speeds to get the same equivalent exposure than would have been possible to get with a kit lens. So, in low light situations, you can simply use a larger aperture and you don't need to crank the ISO up.

Now you need to decide what you want:
Keeping the above said things in mind, a 35mm f/1.8 will give you a "normal" field of view of 52mm and will become an excellent indoor lens. Think of birthday parties and gatherings. It will of course be useful for outdoors too. But portraits (like headshots, shots from the bust up) are not possible in general.

50mm lens will give you an equivalent field of view of 75mm which is very near to the ideal portrait length of 85mm. When you will take portraits with this lens at say 1.8, you will get amazingly blurred backgrounds and the attention will be drawn to the face.

So decide whether you want an all purpose lens or a portrait lens. If I were you I would have gone for the 35mm f/1.8. Infact that is the main reason why I bought the cheap 50mm non focus motor version @ 5.4k. When I need to shoot portraits I can live with manual focussing. I do not see myself spending 12k just for taking portraits. 35mm f/1.8 will come to more you to me atleast and is really worth the 12k. Note that the new 50mm f/1.8 is an FX lens and full frame users will buy this lens for the same reason you will buy the 35mm f/1.8.

Also, although the 35mm f/1.8 is an DX lens, with an exception you will get excellent corner to corner sharpness with this lens because the image circle cast by this lens is large enough to be even used with FX bodies with almost negligible vignetting.

C

does the d5100 have a built in Intervalometer ???
if not how else do you take time lapse shots
can you please post a guide or tutorial
or atleast a link to it ;-)

cyberdragon007 said:
does the d5100 have a built in Intervalometer ???
if not how else do you take time lapse shots
can you please post a guide or tutorial
or atleast a link to it

I answered this in your other thread.

@Sounava...I tried ur idea with 50mm+ET but still the DOF is very thin its not possible to get full image in focus...
Then I took the pic with 50mm directly..pic was sharp but didnt look soo beautiful

1st with 50mm+macro

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2nd with 50mm 1.8

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both are unedited image ,50mm pic was cropped from top, 50mm+ET is not cropped

At what aperture did you shoot for the pic with ET? Also, the image perspective is little tilted. Try taking vertically from top. Usually a place remains in focus so if the feather is in one plane, it is supposed to remain in focus.

Btw, somehow this new attempted picture looks nicer than the previous attempt.

Another thing, can you see you eBay purchase history and give me the link of the eBay seller from whom you bought the ET?

@Sounava: Thanks a lot for detailed information, very useful. Most probably I will go for 35mm 1.8G. And yes right now I am using kit lens 18-55mm.

here is one Photo I took in one village Bad Münstereifel.
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Bad Münstereifel Rathaus by digitman2006, on Flickr

Here are couple of pics from me..!!

HDR Image -

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kjuvale said:
@Sounava: Thanks a lot for detailed information, very useful. Most probably I will go for 35mm 1.8G. And yes right now I am using kit lens 18-55mm.

You are welcome. I saw your photos in flickr. You can also consider saving up and buy an ultra wide angle lens after sometime, like the Sigma 10-20 variable aperture or the Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 because from the kind of photos I saw you have taken, I think you will really benefit from an ultra wide angle lens and will fall in love with it.

@msn post bigger images please...nice shots :razz:

@sounava....I think I took it at f8 this time...but frankly I would say u try to use it once u will know whats the problem

The problem actually is thin focus area and focus distance is 3 inches...It just wont have whole thing in focus...but yes we can crop it..

when we try to take pic of an insect its not that we want to blurr the body and keep the eyes sharp but its just the focus area is soo thin that either we can keep the eyes in focus or the body....both can only be kept in focus if insect is very small like a mosquito

Ex - *lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zFYIeBGXGz0/Ter7EZ5wsWI/AAAAAAAAGQw/OfB2xYGKY9U/s640/DSC_1463.jpg

If whole thing is to be kept sharp then consider macro lens :smile:

And it was not a photographic shot but just a test soo tilt is ok

My morning catch

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2nd pic is soo beautiful...I love it
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@kjuvale nice.. i think you should try some HDR's its a beautiful place with great architecture!

@msn Nice shots! would love to see them in bigger size..

@sujoy

when we try to take pic of an insect its not that we want to blurr the body and keep the eyes sharp but its just the focus area is soo thin that either we can keep the eyes in focus or the body....both can only be kept in focus if insect is very small like a mosquito

you can try focus stacking.. i have not tried it myself though but have seen some amazing results. just search it.. but i think it will be very difficult to achieve especially with insects as they move so quickly..

jagg89 said:
@sujoy

you can try focus stacking.. i have not tried it myself though but have seen some amazing results. just search it.. but i think it will be very difficult to achieve especially with insects as they move so quickly..

I know focus stacking...saw toofans pic...its a great technique...will see :razz:

@Sujoy: Your first pic has Angrybirds look

and third one is just amazing.

@Jagg89: I never tried HDR, but this time I had shot image with bracketing, so here is result:
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Bad Münstereifel by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale the cloud in HDR look soo good...sadly I dont have bracketing opton in my cam...will try manually when I have a tripod :smile:

the first pic was a example to show thin focus area :smile:

...

@ Sujoy: I know about the low dof in using ETs. What I meant about the tilted perspective stuff was this:

In this image the upper portion is out of focus.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4744&stc=1&d=1307286417

In this image the whole thing is in focus:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4745&stc=1&d=1307286452

Btw you didn't give me the eBay seller's link.

Oh and btw, in macro lenses also dof is low.

ook I understood but that dont work with insects...but point taken :smile:

how come macro lens have low dof when people can take pic of whole butterfly with that at one go...with my setup I can only take butterfly face or wings in focus...people even use macro lens like tamron 90mm for potrait work

the seller name is balajiartcolection

LENS EXTENSION TUBE 4NIKON D40 D3100 D5100 D5000 D3000 | eBay

@kjuvale nice natural looking HDR!

you can still increase the details a bit on buildings and the pathway to give it a more dramatic feel... and i think you forgot to remove ghosts..

sujoyp said:
ook I understood but that dont work with insects...but point taken

Yup I actually wanted you to try this method for the feather

sujoyp said:
how come macro lens have low dof when people can take pic of whole butterfly with that at one go...with my setup I can only take butterfly face or wings in focus...people even use macro lens like tamron 90mm for potrait work

Look let me elaborate a bit:
DoF and Bokeh depends on a number of factors:
Aperture, distance of the object from the lens, distance of the background from the subject.

When you are using extension tube the subject distance is really low, around few inches. But when you are using macro lenses with long focal lengths like 90mm and 105mm, you get more working distance.
When you are using this lens to take portrait, you are gaining even more working distance from the subject. So more portion of the subject is in focus.

And thanks for the seller link

^^ ok I will try soon...I am too tired now to do that now :razz:

Bought a Nikon S9100 last week, so to start with, here are some pics that I clicked recently

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DSCN0865 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr

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DSCN0887 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr

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DSCN1582 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr

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DSCN1648 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr

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DSCN1684 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/5797253421_9d74799a8d_z.jpg
DSCN1677 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2796/5797255431_08db9ff324_z.jpg
DSCN1794 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/5797813410_9646710d33_z.jpg
DSCN1807 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr

I'm just a beginner, comments & suggestions are welcome

@ sriharsha_madinen.....I just loved ur 1st shot

@sujoyp
thank you

Wonderful work guys. Its great to see everyone now producing some great images & the space here is heating up.

The Wait...

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2716/5803623299_bd6a68e1c5_z.jpg

This man was waiting for the bus & i was waiting for a take-away parcel from a nearby hotel. Its was a mere coincidence, that both of us were waiting.

As always, comments, critiques & more are welcome.

Some new attempts :smile:

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I hope its not illegal to post this here..else I will remove it

^^
Woooaah....! Really nice.

@Sounava:
How long you being doing this. Your knowledge/skill is highly commendable.

@msn
Nice one, esp the third one. Which place ?

@Cool G5
Settings ? Slow shutter speed.

@sriharsha
3rd pic fav.

@kjuvale
nic HDR shot. settings ?

@Sounava
Like the first pic.You should contribute more, move your lazy bum

@Sujoyp
Like the lizard pic. How did you get so close ?

Dumping some snaps
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@faun ur flight pics great...do u live near airport :razz:

? or u have bought 100-400 mm lens already :shock:

Actually the lizard was waiting for pray very calmly and the horizon is originally vertical...I made it horizontal...pic was taken by nikkor 55-200mm VR

@asingh..thank you...BTW u didnt specify which one u liked more

^^
Like 'em all.

Guess Faun, is giving up FPS...!

@Faun
thank you

Some casual snaps taken with my new Canon A3200:-

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*farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/5804395637_99bed6a21e_b.jpg

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*farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/5804951322_4a733c9ceb_b.jpg

*farm3.static.flickr.com/2471/5804393783_0c308bd599_b.jpg

*farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/5804949956_016c54893f_b.jpg

Any suggestions to improve on these?

sujoyp said:
@faun ur flight pics great...do u live near airport? or u have bought 100-400 mm lens already

Nah, same old 18-105. I live near vimannagar. Already spend my dough on PC upgrade :/ (was thinking of a good IEM or lens)

sujoyp said:
Actually the lizard was waiting for pray very calmly and the horizon is originally vertical...I made it horizontal...pic was taken by nikkor 55-200mm VR

Sharpness in image is very good. I thought you used ET and ninjaed up to the lizard.

asingh said:
^^
Guess Faun, is giving up FPS...!

I need motivation for that. Cannot leave my comfortable bed.

Some random Pics taken by My Coolpix L20

*i.imgur.com/kDEaX.jpg
*i.imgur.com/fvelZ.jpg
*i.imgur.com/evdBA.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Dn75T.jpg
*i.imgur.com/JOTaQ.jpg
*i.imgur.com/cJ6Il.jpg
*i.imgur.com/g9H8U.jpg
*i.imgur.com/zsTcC.jpg
*i.imgur.com/STJjo.jpg

Please Comment!

jagg89 said:
@kjuvale nice natural looking HDR! you can still increase the details a bit on buildings and the pathway to give it a more dramatic feel... and i think you forgot to remove ghosts..

Thanks, I realised later that there is ghosting, will try again to remove it.

@Faun: amazing pics, liked your first sky pic.

For HDR I used Photomatics and pics were shot using auto-bracketing with 1.3 interval exposure. I was using it for first time so forgot to remove ghosting. But used details enhancer in tone mapping.

@soumo27: Amazing first and secondlast pics of mountains.

@soumo27 please remove these supersize pics and post pics in 640x480 or 800x600 resolution...

Some of the pics r very good

@faun great shots!

@sujoyp i dont like lizards but this shot is great :razz:

@soumo27 1st shot and the panorama are great!! but please post them in medium size as sujoyp said..

Sorry I will post them in medium size from next time.

Forgot to re-size

@soumo, pretty good snaps.

Thanks a lot!!

soumo27 said:
Sorry I will post them in medium size from next time.

Forgot to re-size

Dont take it otherwise...I was just telling u coz it becomes difficult in office... u know chup chup kar dekhne me :razz:

@jagg89...yaah I too hate lizzards...u should have seen the pic with flash...ugly as hell....but this one without flash came good

@sumo27: The first image and the panorama are really nice!

asingh said:
@Sounava:
How long you being doing this. Your knowledge/skill is highly commendable.

Thanks for the complements

How long I have being doing what?

Photography? Since when I was in class 7 maybe, don't exactly remember. So that makes it around 11 years :razz:

First I used a simple film camera, then a simple digicam, got my DSLR around 1 year back. But yeah, I am spending / have spent a LOT of time in learning the basics

Faun;1415372@Sounava Like the first pic.You should contribute more said:
Hehe thanks And for the last part of your comment: Yeah I am lazy and thats my problrm

Nice pics soumo27

Clicked these just now

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DSCN1883 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr

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DSCN1884 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr
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DSCN1885 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr
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DSCN1886 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr
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DSCN1889 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr
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DSCN1891 by sriharsha_madineni, on Flickr

^ Those are some amazing shots!

pretty good...

^^Awesome man..!! That's really great

Sounava said:
^ Those are some amazing shots!

Skud said:
pretty good...

krishnandu.sarkar said:
^^Awesome man..!! That's really great

Thank you

@sriharsha_madineni yaah its a great shot..

@sriharsha_madineni

Thanks for the compliment, :smile:

And those shots are awesome... :shock:

Today I did a small test

its to check if I can crop the pic soo much to make it look like a macro using nikkor 55-200....lets see

The original picture taken at night using flash @ ISO400
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Now the cropped picture with slight sharpening
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what do u say guys...will it work :smile:

I think it looks gr8 (the 2nd picture)...

Clicked from my phone

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Clicked from HTC Desire

by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

^looking good, which phone?

^^HTC Desire, already mentioned

@sujoyp: Um the cropped pic looks more like a VGA Cam pic :razz:

@sriharsha: Nice dof!! Nice composition too!

Sounava said:
@sujoyp: Um the cropped pic looks more like a VGA Cam pic

@sriharsha: Nice dof!! Nice composition too!

hmmm maybe its of VGA resolution only :razz:

coz I cropped it soo much

Soo its not worth to take Macro using 55-200..will try once with 18-55 also...

Actually I am not happy with my macro setup which can take shot of eye body,wings only..I want whole body in focus...and focus staking needs a tripod...soo finding alternatives :smile:

@sriharsha_madineni- Amazing shots buddy.Mind blowing.
@Soumo-Some pics are nice and please remove full- size photo.We are having problem viewing in mobile.
@SujoyP- Amazing as usual

Which insect is this?

@Tenida...I was just playing around with the lens at night and found this insect on the wall so click click click :razz:

Sounava said:
@sriharsha: Nice dof!! Nice composition too!

Tenida said:
@sriharsha_madineni- Amazing shots buddy.Mind blowing.

Thank you

still learning

sujoyp said:
@Tenida...I was just playing around with the lens at night and found this insect on the wall so click click click

second shot - that insects eyes are creepy

Beautiful Sky above me right now...I just couldnt stop myself posting it...no editing done...original

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Shot a while back on NH7

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Ray of lights by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

stunner!!! what's that horse like thing at the right. a statue?

whoa^^
how didya edit it?

@sujoyP, used HDR?

But that was a magical sky. U r damn lucky. I envy u.

Skud said:
stunner!!! what's that horse like thing at the right. a statue?

That's part of Iskon Temple at my hometown, Anantapur.

Here's the full image of the temple.
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ISKON Temple, Anantapur by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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ISKON Temple, Anantapur by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

ok, got it. these also looks nice barring that motorcycle. really breaks the mood.

Those were pretty old pics from some trip, posted it just for the temple, Will click better shots of just the temple next time

A few more shots from archives

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Biker Boys

by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Darga @ Gandikota by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Gandikota Valley by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Gandikota Valley by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Gandikota Valley by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Sunset, Gandikota by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Sunset, Gandikota by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

rhitwick said:
@sujoyP, used HDR?

But that was a magical sky. U r damn lucky. I envy u.

Thanks...the sky was really amazing...never saw soo many colors in sky...like rainbow colors...
No its not HDR...its normal original pic :razz:

@sriharsha_madineni...the vally pics are great..its near ur hometown??...good place

really y did u put that bike in front of temple... :sad:

@Sujoy and sriharsha_madineni

Nice Pics..

sujoyp said:
Thanks...the sky was really amazing...never saw soo many colors in sky...like rainbow colors...
No its not HDR...its normal original pic

@sriharsha_madineni...the vally pics are great..its near ur hometown??...good place

really y did u put that bike in front of temple...

Yeah, Just 120kms from my place Gandikota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No, I didn't park my bike in front of the temple, the road you see in the pic is National Highway 7. Was passing by, parked the bike on the side of Road & clicked that pic, Entrance is on the other side

soumo27 said:
@Sujoy and sriharsha_madineni

Nice Pics..

Thank you

Random pics from Kodaikannal trip

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Some random house at Kodaikannal by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Some random house at Kodaikannal by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Moon Phases app by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Quite a Handy app for Shutterbugs

by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

A few more apps

Photo Tools
Photography assistant
Light Sensor
Not so useful for P&S though

*i.imgur.com/xBI3nl.jpg
Sunset

*i.imgur.com/jkwmfl.jpg
Blossom

*i.imgur.com/FaaQil.jpg
Dragon fly

*i.imgur.com/Y6XREl.jpg
Mr. err... Miss Rabbit... actually.. Mrs. Rabbit

*i.imgur.com/SsaFnl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/tQasKl.jpg
Drops of joy

*i.imgur.com/tVvWrl.jpg
Saviours of earth

*i.imgur.com/MTeaml.jpg
Radiance

Please post your critical reviews

@faun - Exposure was 1 sec.

@sriharsha - Your pics of sun are amazing. Wonderful colors you got from nature.

@sparx..your rabbit look good.

Cool G5 said:
@faun - Exposure was 1 sec.

@sriharsha - Your pics of sun are amazing. Wonderful colors you got from nature.

Thank you

@sparx

Loved the "saviors of earth" Shot

A few from my side

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DSCN1967 by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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DSCN1941 by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

My first attempt at capturing moon using a P&S camera

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Waxing Gibbous Moon by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Waxing Gibbous Moon by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Waxing Gibbous Moon by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

Used this bulb as test subject to adjust the exposure and all

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Test shot for adjusting exposure

by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

@sparx: Why can't you keep the same userid accross forums? :razz:

Same goes to cool G5 aka gaurav also :razz:

@sriharsha: Try fixing the camera to the front of the bike and using a slow shutter and driving the bike fast!

Sounava said:
@sriharsha: Try fixing the camera to the front of the bike and using a slow shutter and driving the bike fast!

Ordered a gorilla pod clone for that, will try that soon

@sriharsha...wow really u have ordered gorillapod...do tell me if its useful enough :razz:

I loved the idea of flexible tripod but donno if they can carry SLR

And please improve upon moon pics :shock:

Today was my lucky day to have some good shots of this bird(forgot name)...
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sujoyp said:
@sriharsha...wow really u have ordered gorillapod...do tell me if its useful enough
I loved the idea of flexible tripod but donno if they can carry SLR

And please improve upon moon pics

ebay is flooded with gorillapod clones

, AFAIK a bigger model for SLR's is available too.

Rgarding Moon pics, that was my first time, realized how difficult it is with a P&S

sriharsha_madineni said:
ebay is flooded with gorillapod clones , AFAIK a bigger model for SLR's is available too.

Rgarding Moon pics, that was my first time, realized how difficult it is with a P&S

yup I know its very difficult with P&S...I have lot of exp and disappointments :razz:

sriharsha_madineni said:
Ordered a gorilla pod clone for that, will try that soon

AWESOME!! B-)
Btw how much is it costing you?

@sujoyp: There are different models of gorillapods. Higher end models are for DSLRs and they cost around 8k :shock:

Btw, I am really thinking about going for this model called SLIK Mini II. Costs 920 @ flipkart (Cash on delivery option). I have handled the tripod in a store in Kolkata Metro Gali (famous for Cameras). The build quality is really nice. This supports loads upto 2KG, which is really awesome.
You can see the following videos:
YouTube - ‪SLIK MINI II TRIPOD ë¯¸ë‹ˆ ì‚¼ê°ëŒ€‬&rlm;
YouTube - ‪Slik Mini II Tabletop Tripod Review‬&rlm;

I was thinking that if I buy a full size tripod then I may be tempted NOT to carry it with me because of the size and weight and my purpose would be defeated and so this small size tripod might be better. Any suggestions guys?

J

why do i always read the title of this thread as "the pornography thread"

Sounava said:
AWESOME!! B-)
Btw how much is it costing you?

299 vonly!!!!

If the quality is good, then I'll stick to it or else I'm planning to get the original Joby GorillaPod from flipkart.

Gorilla Pod GP-1 Tripod: Gorilla Pod Tripod: Price India: Flipkart Tripods

Wah 299 is cheap!

But since the original is not costing that much, you may have bought that straightaway!

@sounava..please do tell me the exp with slik too...if good for casual shooting then I will get too...I need a tripod too but branded ones r very costly

Was away for few days, there are lots of nice photos from everyone

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Bielefeld by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Hamm Kamakshi Temple by digitman2006, on Flickr

^^Awesome Pics Buddy.

Which place is this? ;-)

sujoyp said:
@sounava..please do tell me the exp with slik too...if good for casual shooting then I will get too...I need a tripod too but branded ones r very costly

Hey actually I was asking

I was thinking that if I buy a full size tripod then I may be tempted NOT to carry it with me because of the size and weight and my purpose would be defeated and so this small size tripod might be better. Any suggestions guys?

but u said that u have handeled it in shop...dosent that make u more informed :razz:

Soo get a cheap tripod soon and help me out :razz:

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@stuge great light effects

@sonavna...I saw that Rs.1000 silk tripod but I think rs.1599 one is more practice and advanced with feature similar to costly ones :razz:

Sorry havent researched much about tripod///just compared 2 tripod side by side

soumo27 said:
^^Awesome Pics Buddy.

Which place is this?

Thanks

Both pics are from Germany
First Pic is taken from castle in Bielefeld city and second one is a Kamadchi Ampal temple in Hamm. This temple is built by Srilankan Tamils and there is some festival going n since one week.

@stuge: Stunning photo! I wonder how it will look in colour.

sujoyp said:
@sonavna...I saw that Rs.1000 silk tripod but I think rs.1599 one is more practice and advanced with feature similar to costly ones

Give me the link.

Sounava said:
@stuge: Stunning photo! I wonder how it will look in colour.

Give me the link.

Bro just go to tripod section and u will see that tripod in the 1st page itself...I wont be able to give link before 7 evening...in office :sad:

Oh ok I saw it. It looks more or less like the SIMPEX tripods which come for half the price.

but cross check the features...I think it have more features then Rs.1000 one..
COmpare it with a pro tripod..I think it have most of things (Compromising of course)

sujoyp said:
but cross check the features...I think it have more features then Rs.1000 one..
COmpare it with a pro tripod..I think it have most of things (Compromising of course)

Which 1000 one are you talking about? I am talking about the 920/- mini tripod.
And comparing to a pro, it does not even come close. It is more or less same as the SIMPEX 1200 which retails at around 700 bucks in stores. Exactly the same thing.

r u talking about this
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ooh I thought u were talking about

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the 1599 model is this
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Slik F 153 Tripod: Slik Tripod: Price India: Flipkart Tripods

Nice shots everyone!

some sunset shots i took yesterday..
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@ sujoyp: Yup. You didn't see what I wrote in that post did you? >_< Anyway, I am copy pasting it again. Here you go:

Btw, I am really thinking about going for this model called SLIK Mini II. Costs 920 @ flipkart (Cash on delivery option). I have handled the tripod in a store in Kolkata Metro Gali (famous for Cameras). The build quality is really nice. This supports loads upto 2KG, which is really awesome.
You can see the following videos:
YouTube - ‪SLIK MINI II TRIPOD ë¯¸ë‹ˆ ì‚¼ê°ëŒ€‬&rlm;
YouTube - ‪Slik Mini II Tabletop Tripod Review‬&rlm;
I was thinking that if I buy a full size tripod then I may be tempted NOT to carry it with me because of the size and weight and my purpose would be defeated and so this small size tripod might be better. Any suggestions guys?

OMG it seems I skipped a lot of info...just remembered flipcart and slik :razz:

soo the small one is very small or it could be extended...or its just for table top photography

sujoyp said:
OMG it seems I skipped a lot of info...just remembered flipcart and slik

soo the small one is very small or it could be extended...or its just for table top photography

See the videos dude to get an idea of the size

Yup it is slightly extendible, but not much.

I stumbled upon another similar sized tripod which extends to a much larger height:
Velbon Tripod CXMINI
Velbon is a well known brand. This is costing only 1040. Has a quick release lock too.
From this video this looks awesome: YouTube - ‪Velbon CX Mini Full Review‬&rlm;

My net at home is not working...stupid BSNL :-x

....I hope its at least 3 feet...please tell me I cant see the video in office

Its minimum height = folded height = 11 inch.
Maximum height = 26inch.

hmm too small.only 2 feet...would have to sit down to use it..I would prefer at lest 4.5-5 feet ones

Just now ordered extension tube and lens reversal ring!

Macro's here I come

Now the wait begins of receiving the products.

yup its perfect time for macro soo many insects everywhere...I need a flash for that too...would check if I can get a good yougnou flash

Super Darkest Lunar Eclipse of the Century -2011

We went around 100 km south west of Delhi(place called sarkas ) .It was all cloudy and gloomy at the start of the eclipse ,but after an hour or so the sky got cleared and we got to see and capture the whole eclipse. Just mind blowing life time experience.

.Have a Nice day :

Darkest Lunar Eclipse

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Super Darkest Lunar Eclipse 2011 with Milky Way
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*www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=21...35521157.50535.112549338784151&type=1&theater

*www.flickr.com/photos/ilovewalkman/5839819779/

wow stuge u r lucky and u give great effort to go to that place...I was soo disappointed to see clouds that I lost all hopes

Great shot :razz:

sujoyp said:
yup its perfect time for macro soo many insects everywhere...I need a flash for that too...would check if I can get a good yougnou flash

What is the cost of the yougnou flash? I will advice you to go for the Sunpak PZ42X. Costs around 6k and its Guide Number is 42 and is fully iTTL compatible.

Stuge said:
We went around 100 km south west of Delhi(place called sarkas ) .It was all cloudy and gloomy at the start of the eclipse ,but after an hour or so the sky got cleared and we got to see and capture the whole eclipse. Just mind blowing life time experience. .Have a Nice day :

Darkest Lunar Eclipse

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Super Darkest Lunar Eclipse 2011 with Milky Way
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Abhinav Singhai Photography's Photos - Super Darkest Lunar Eclipse 2011-India | Facebook

Darkest Lunar Eclipse -2011 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

THESE ARE JUST AWESOME :shock:

Btw how did you take the second photograph??

6k is too much...I cant afford it right now...I am saving for samsung galaxy 2 :razz:

yognou was 3.5k and its fully manual...I dont recollect the number its of 5 series...

I would love a ITTL one...so should i wait for that r get a manual flash..

sujoyp said:
6k is too much...I cant afford it right now...I am saving for samsung galaxy 2

yognou was 3.5k and its fully manual...I dont recollect the number its of 5 series...

I would love a ITTL one...so should i wait for that r get a manual flash..

Can you give me a link of the flash you are talking about?

Here is the link of the Sunpak flash I said about: Link

ok will give u the link after I reach home :-(

@stuge Awesome work man!!! Brilliant!!

Its YN - 460 Mk II flashgun cost Rs.4-5k

Frankly speaking I will not go for a non TTL model flash with a guide number of 38, and without a screen, for 4.5k when I can get 42 Guide Number, TTL, LCD Screen for 6k

yup I have changed my mind now I will also go for TTL one :smile:

....

BTW I was shocked to see that pop-up flash have ttl mode...never tried that setting. :shock:

..was using manual settings

Back to Macro :smile:

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@sujoyp

You're photography is getting better each day

Give us some tips

@Stuge
Awesome eclipse pics man

thanks thetechfreak....

This is all because of some knowledgeable people like toofan and sounava who always give great information that we should implement in practice

I am still learning :razz:

sujoyp said:
yup I have changed my mind now I will also go for TTL one....

sujoyp said:
BTW I was shocked to see that pop-up flash have ttl mode...never tried that setting...was using manual settings

What?

The default setting is TTL and I have never changed it

In manual mode for the popup flash you will always have to change the flash power by diving into the menu which is a big hassle. For external flashes though it is easier.

Btw there is flash exposure compensation too. And different flash modes like rear-curtain sync, slow sync etc. Experiment with those

And btw, don't take closeups of ugly insects :mrgreen:

once I was tinkering with all flash settings I might have changed it from ttl to manual in the 1st month itself

Remaining all modes I know and I have used it..though I dont know whats the use of rear curtain sync

Ugly insects...he he he ...I got only these 2 available...will search beautiful one for u

sujoyp said:
Ugly insects...he he he ...I got only these 2 available...will search beautiful one for u

You will search a beautiful insect for me? :-x

Search a beautiful girl dammit!

Sounava said:
You will search a beautiful insect for me? Search a beautiful girl dammit!

Errr sorry not available around...Would have to spy and take risk to get a beautiful gal pic... :razz:

I am looking for one myself :smile:

sujoyp said:
Errr sorry not available around...Would have to spy and take risk to get a beautiful gal pic...

I am looking for one myself

Heh you have girlfriend but still on the lookout for beautiful girls? :mrgreen:

Sounava said:
Just now ordered extension tube and lens reversal ring!
Macro's here I come
Now the wait begins of receiving the products.

Can you please guide me to understand what an extension tube is and how is it used.

An extension tube is just a hollow cylinder which goes between your lens and the camera body. So this increases the distance of your lens from the sensor. This will allow your lens to focus closer to your subject and this will magnify the image. Since there is no optics inside, there is no drop in image quality if you use extension tube.

Sounava said:
An extension tube is just a hollow cylinder which goes between your lens and the camera body. So this increases the distance of your lens from the sensor. This will allow your lens to focus closer to your subject and this will magnify the image. Since there is no optics inside, there is no drop in image quality if you use extension tube.

So does it helps in Macro photography.... does it also increases the zoom distance of the lens

ajayashish said:
So does it helps in Macro photography.... does it also increases the zoom distance of the lens

yaah it increase the macro capability to a great extent...U must have seen any insect pic of mine :razz:

No zoom does not increase for that u have to get teleconvertor

I just love this thread... Total Boredom buster!!

ajayashish said:
So does it helps in Macro photography.... does it also increases the zoom distance of the lens

Yes I said it magnifies the image. And sujoy already said about teleconverters. But they can only be used on Pro lenses.

kunal.d said:
I just love this thread... Total Boredom buster!!

Not only boredom buster...there is lots of useful info here but spread in these pages...

Very informative I say :razz:

Mirror in a shell(s)..
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@jagg...beautiful :smile:

Thanks sujoyp!

Yesterday went with my 55-200 for a night test...although pic dosnt look as great as I would have liked...but just will show u the lens performance :smile:

@72mm it was full dark and far away

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Now at 200mm pic looked quit close and sharpness was still there :smile:

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This one taken with my 50mm 1.8 lens...this pic is cropped

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^ You definitely need a tripod RIGHT NAO show that you can use slower shutters in such scenario!

I shot a macro...came good but still the insect is not beautiful enough :razz:

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@sounava...yaah I will get a tripod next month for sure...handheld taking these shots is very difficult

A few random shots

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@jagg89: nice picture
@Sujoyp: Liked you insects

and @sriharsha_madineni : nice pics, liked 3rd one lot.

here is one pic of Bonn University:
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Bonn Universität by digitman2006, on Flickr

@sriharsha...liked the 1st one

@kjuvale ...ur pic is beautiful :smile:

@sujoyp u took that night shot handheld :shock:

Loved the insect shot!

@sriharsha Nice shots!

@kjuvale Awesome shot!!

@jagg...not exactly handheld...my elbow was kept on the wall for support just like a tripod leg :razz:

Direct handheld is not possible...and pic was taken at 1600 ISO I think

Thank you for liking my pic...but I am out of subject :-(

Will have to find some new innovative ways to take pics

Random shots... (Nikon Coolpix L10)

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kunal monkey and temple shots are great..love them :razz:

Thanx a lot...!!

Awesome job Kunal

1 thing:
how do you keep certain part of photo black? What software do you use and how to do it?

Kunal I will say you need to work on how to process black and whites. If you can upload the full resolution colour version images of the 2 b/w photos to imgur.com and give me the links, I can try some b/w processing on them and show you if you have no problem. They need that punch which is missing.

Thanks Jaggy and Sujoy.
Nice work Kunal

Kapil: excellent take. Crop it from top a bit.

My contribution. Comments, critiques and suggestions are welcome. Thanks

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Shot with Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ18

Great shots toofan...the child is very cute

@power_8383 ...ur bird shots r much better

now my turn

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^^Wow...!! Awesome

Thanks dude.
Your photos are awesome !

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@krishnendu & power_8383...thanks for liking my pics

@power_8383 ur bird shots r great...even with DSLR I am not able to get soo sharp pic...really impressive

liked most of them except leaf in the grass...

@ sujoyp

Thanks for your encouraging words yaar.
btw, why didnt you like that 'leaf in grass' ?
please critique that photo.

Actually I didnt find anything interesting at all in that pic...subject not strong enough to attract

@ toofan: What lens/setup do you use for macros?

And I have an idea. Please tell whether others support it.

Everyone, when putting images, put one image at a time instead of sharing around 5-6 images at once. Putting one image at a time will help the other users to C&C easily and effectively. When you put some 6-7 images at a time all you will get is a "nice!" or something like that.
Also, since this is a linear thread, when someone puts up a photo, others should wait for some time for the photo to get some comments before putting their own photos.
For example, in the last page there are 20 (or more?) or more photos put up in a matter of minutes by so many users.
The result? No one got any constructive comments of criticism.

If the images are part of a series, like the series of shots of the kid by toofan, then its ok you can upload them all at once. Else it becomes difficult. Also, when uploading multiple photos try to number the photos as 1,2,3.. In that way we can comment on a photo simply by mentioning the number instead of "that monkey photo" or "that photo where he is looking that way with his hand this way".

Just my 2 rupees. Whether others will follow this is up to them.

@sounava...Idea is good but do we have a time to upload 1 pic at a time in regular interval...it would be tedious work...

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Ajay, great shots. My favourite is the last shot.

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Exposure 101.8 seconds
Aperture f/9.0
Focal Length :24 mm

beautiful stuge...BTW do you most of the time use tripod even for landscapes..

sujoyp said:
@sounava...Idea is good but do we have a time to upload 1 pic at a time in regular interval...it would be tedious work...

If your objective is to just show the pics then its fine. Otherwise if you want serious critique and want to improve your work based on suggestions, then you can follow my advice.

ajayashish: I liked the composition of the 1st picture (puppet). But it would have been better if the focus was on the eye instead of the hair.

stuge: as usual a stunning photograph.

@Sounava.. Thanks for the advice... will keep that in mind.

@thetechfreak .. Thanks

Stuge said:
Exposure 101.8 seconds
Aperture f/9.0
Focal Length :24 mm

Nice pic.

Why such a long exposure?
The water and land meeting point is almost in the midline.

a_medico said:
Nice pic.

Why such a long exposure?
The water and land meeting point is almost in the midline.

That long exposure has added that soft touch to the water and sky... please correct me if I am wrong

^ yes you are right.

Friends,

Please Critique and post suggestions to improve in this genre.

Shot with 50mm 1.8 + 36mm extension. Thanks

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Soumnya: I shoot macros with extension tubes and a 50mm 1.8 reversed or normal.
you have to buy the specifically made extension for your brand of DSLR.

abhinav: superb take.
medico: I guess he made this shot in night and that over exposed area in sky is due to moon. I may be wrong.

ajay: 1st is superbly done.

@toofan...I am not the best person to comment on ur abstracts but still..

I liked the 1st pink one coz its slight in focus...colours r looking great

2nd one I like around the base of the flower...its looking good there..

other two it seems out of focus or something is wrong.

Thanks Sujoy. these are experiments, I tried to reproduce the shot made by RAM. These are nowhere near to the original. Thats why needs suggestions and critiques.

What I tried is to make the stem in focus. and then get the shape of petals. But I know this was not the best flower to practice this type of shot.

@toofan: My name is Sounava and not Soumnya

Do you use Auto extension tubes or manual cheap ones? I have recently bought those cheap manual extension tube and a reversal ring, I am finding focussing it extremely difficult handheld. I have literally move the whole camera to and fro to focus with the setup. So I was wondering how you are achieving such great sharp focus.

I liked the abstracts you showed above. I didn't particularly like the 4th one though.. No point in focus in that one, plus the colours of the b/g is almost same as the stem. This problem is bugging you in the other photos as well. The background is too shabby. The background works best in number 1 I will say. Try to hold a yellow plackard in the background next time to get a nice yellow coloured b/g :mrgreen:

Do note that what I said ar just improvements. The photographs are really nice btw.

@toofan
Awesome pics man

Keep up the great work

I saw Ram's pics they r much closer and have some focus.....Anyways its good to try...I am yet to do these things ....aah soo many things to learn

@sounava...I hope u now know what it takes to take macros of insects who run away :razz:

...keep practicing...I too move cam to and fro for focusing :smile:

@ Toofan... i loved the colors of the first one... rest are not focused properly but the comp are nice

Sounava: thank for detailed feedback and suggestions these will certainly help me do better next time.

I have auto extension tubes but I use them in manual focus mode of my camera. I too move the camera forward and backward. And shoot many frames. Who knows the next one could be more sharp.

For sharp images you need

1. A tripod. This is the best solution.
2. or a shutter speed of + 1/125, I use 1/200 or 1/160 mostly.
3. I use F-8 mostly and f-11 rarely.
4. Rest yourself in elbows, or support the cam on your knees or anything stable if no tripod is available.
5. I mostly use ISO 400 or even 800 to get decent shutter speed.
6. Use flash to get decent working light.

This only applies to higher magnification shots.

thanks ajay and tech freek. for the feedback.

a_medico said:
Nice pic.

Why such a long exposure?
The water and land meeting point is almost in the midline.

dood,you don't stick to rules every-time .

long exposure done to get the still effect (water)/or silky effect .

@sujoyp: yes because I shoot mostly at dawn or dusk/night

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@Toofan:1st is awesome

@stuge...actully I saw that mostly u shoot landscapes...soo thought may be tripod is useful for taking long exposure shots :smile:

@toofan...I am missing a flash and simple tripod very badly...but sadly its not in next months budget :hyper:

Guys suggest me a good handy tripod for my D1000... i will be shooting using 50-250mm lens and need something for night shots. I will go to Banaras next month and want to get some really good night shots there but that is not possible without tripod...

I am in US now.. if u can suggest something here... it will be great.

toofan said:
Sounava: thank for detailed feedback and suggestions these will certainly help me do better next time.

You're welcome

toofan said:
I have auto extension tubes but I use them in manual focus mode of my camera. I too move the camera forward and backward. And shoot many frames. Who knows the next one could be more sharp.

For sharp images you need

1. A tripod. This is the best solution.
2. or a shutter speed of + 1/125, I use 1/200 or 1/160 mostly.
3. I use F-8 mostly and f-11 rarely.
4. Rest yourself in elbows, or support the cam on your knees or anything stable if no tripod is available.
5. I mostly use ISO 400 or even 800 to get decent shutter speed.
6. Use flash to get decent working light.

This only applies to higher magnification shots.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions

Probably the biggest advantage of auto extension tubes is that you get full metering and aperture control

In that way your camera will stay wide open while you are composing and then stop down to f/8 when the shutter is pressed. In my case the VF will be completely dark if I set it to f/11

[manual aperture ring]
I will keep your advice in mind and try to implement them nonetheless.

sujoyp said:
@sounava...I hope u now know what it takes to take macros of insects who run away ...keep practicing...I too move cam to and fro for focusing

Yeah its hell of a tough thing to do.

sujoyp said:
@stuge...actully I saw that mostly u shoot landscapes...soo thought may be tripod is useful for taking long exposure shots

I have three Tripods

1.Sony -VCT-R100[good for daily usage specially with pns or dslr with lens upto 80mm)

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2.Sony VCT-R640 (I seldom use it now )

3.Velbon Carbon Fibre CF640

Velbon Tripods - Velbon Sherpa 645 CF

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*Sony on the left and velbon on the right .

*With Velbon I can replace pan head with ball head if needed

@stuge...sony one looks good but it can carry weight just upto 80mm lens :???:

...thats too less..

carbon fible tripods are just too costly for a starter like me...but I think its strudy lightweight and easy to carry around

sujoyp said:
@stuge...sony one looks good but it can carry weight just upto 80mm lens...thats too less..

carbon fible tripods are just too costly for a starter like me...but I think its strudy lightweight and easy to carry around

don't get the first one .Its not made for dslr anyway .

VCT:RT640 or alike can carry more weight .[I was able to use Tamron 70-300mm ,but not Nikon 70-300mm Vr or Sigma 70-200mm f2.8.Tammy weighs about 400 grams ,but the later one weighs about 700 grams and up ]

Just keep in mind less sturdier tripods will make it hard to do ultra long exposures during windy days .

@ stuge...thanks for information..

just one last question for now...what height is ideal for tripod...I think biig tripods r not easy to carry and small ones are not easy to use..

I would love a tripod which can carry at least a weight of 1.2KG

sujoyp said:
just one last question for now...what height is ideal for tripod...I think biig tripods r not easy to carry and small ones are not easy to use..

that will depend upon your height .Make sure you don't have to bend down too much to view through the view finder .This is minus the center column.
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@stuge Very nice image....feels like printing a poster out of it

Can this one be called abstract....donno just trying

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Stuge what is the price of the carbon fibre tripod you are using?

I have my eyes set on this one: Vanguard â€“ Photo-Video - Tripods, Camera Bags, Cases, Optics, Binoculars
It is around 4.6k
Will it be a good buy?

Now about photos:
stuge: why don't you give a bigger size of the pic? from the small size too it looks really nice though

sujoy: It just looks like an OOF flower

yaah I know it looks like OOF flower..but most of them is like that...just google search u would know :lol:

My poor experiment...I will bring something better soon

Ok let me reframe my statement:

It just looks like an OOF flower with little to add to aesthetics otherwise

Hi, I am new to photography. I've bought a P&S (My dad restricted me to that budget).
Can I get a good budget friendly suggestion for a tripod stand for my camera?
My camera is Canon Powershot SX 130 IS

@Stuge: I hope you are using a SLR camera. I like that monsoon magic strip. BTW, I saw your posting in previous threads stating 101 sec exposure. nearly 2 minutes! whats the maximum limit in SLR cameras. I have only maximum 15 seconds

sounva : mostly 15k up

bigger version(just to prevent thieves from stealing )

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Anish said:
@Stuge: I hope you are using a SLR camera. I like that monsoon magic strip. BTW, I saw your posting in previous threads stating 101 sec exposure. nearly 2 minutes! whats the maximum limit in SLR cameras. I have only maximum 15 seconds

Usually there is no limit .exposure can be as long as battery lasts .Camera like Nikon d40,d60 and I guess even D3100 has a limit of 30 min per exposure .

^^ we also have a bulb mode when we can keep the shutter open as long as we keep the click button pressed... so technically there is no max limit.

@ stuge: Do have any idea about the vanguard tripod link I gave above? Will it be a good buy?

And yes the bigger image looks much nice

And even in D40, D60, D3100 there is no upper limit to how long the shutter can stay open.

Sujoy: highlights are harsh. Keep trying.

For your C & C .
Continuation form last series. got this yesterday. Thanks.
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This what I shot later, a bit simple.
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sujoyp said:
@toofan...I am not the best person to comment on ur abstracts but still..

I liked the 1st pink one coz its slight in focus...colours r looking great

2nd one I like around the base of the flower...its looking good there..

other two it seems out of focus or something is wrong.

+ 1
I agree.

@ sujoyp

For 1.2kg, Manfrotto Modo 785B would be a very good choice.
Manfrotto says it can support 1kg weight, but some people are using this tripod for their SLRs without any problem.

Even I have this tripod, and I must say I'm loving it. (But I use Pana FZ18)
Its very lightweight, hence very easy to carry.

@toofan yaah light is harsh...my handmade diffuser dosnt work properly it seems :???:

but toofan what I saw in jjmehta...they have flower patterns and not the whole flower as abstracts...

This sunday will try this...Toofan this is very bad u always pull me back to macro :-D

@power_8383..Thanks for information....the tripod seems bit costly for now...will save for that too :grin:

some snaps by me....not as good as you guys...

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those are good shots toofan

Shower -Ajmer
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@abhidev
Great pics man. Love the scenary pics

thetechfreak said:
@abhidev
Great pics man. Love the scenary pics

Thanx buddy...those pics are taken from SONY DSC 4.1 mp

abhinav: thanks and lovely capture.

Sujoy: I am still trying how they take those.

@abhidev ur last gateway of india is best

@stuge...great shot...looks like taken with wide angle lens

@toofan..it seems we need a autofocus macro lens 85mm

BTW what are u doing with that 24mm lens...didnt see anything yet...that will more magnification isnt it...and working distance???

That 55mm macro AIS lens at buy sell was very interesting deal...but dont have budget now

My dog waiting...

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@sujoy: thanx buddy....

@stuge, can you post EXIF value for ur shower Ajmer photo?

@toofan: Wow these two are much better

I especially like the 2nd one more. Great colours. This is what I was talking about, see the background made the difference in no. 2

@stuge: this is good, but IMO you take far better pics than this one so this is not up to the mark as your other photos

I am very bad in abstracts...I shot soo many pics but waste :???:

Macro is much better :grin:

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Ah nice, really nice. Probably your best macro shot I have seen. Ok what was the source of light?

Sounava said:
Ah nice, really nice. Probably your best macro shot I have seen. Ok what was the source of light?

Thanks sounava...source was sunlight+pop up flash

Popup flash? :O how come you didn't get any shadow with the poupup flash when using the extension tube? :O

Btw please reply something in the Photography Tips thread I created just now

Sounava said:
Popup flash? :O how come you didn't get any shadow with the poupup flash when using the extension tube? :O

Btw please reply something in the Photography Tips thread I created just now

Hey there r shadows coz of popup flash...and dont use whole Extension tube together...only attach the largest part and u would not get shadow of ET..

If u want to use whole ET then u have to use external flash...maybe wireless or normal one

A

sujoyp said:
I am very bad in abstracts...I shot soo many pics but waste

Macro is much better
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Did you glue the fly to keep it static? :-D

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^^Awesome pics man

Loved the 2nd one most from last.

Awesome pics @power_8383
The First pic is very very good.
Great job

@agyaat No man :grin:

but Its really difficult to chase these flying insects...I was chasing another insect but failed miserably ;-)

@power_8383 I liked 1,3,4,5 of your pics ...awesome clicks

Thanks a lot guys.

@power_8383

1. Nowadays almost a cliche, but still you did a good job there.
2. Now THIS is superb!!!! This is awesome! This is how flower abstracts should be! Very good job!
3. Nice. How do you get such sky?

The weather god really favours you it seems.
4. No comments. Nothing in it.
5. Same as 4
6. "Ok" pic.
7. No that is a rare macro you got there. Although focus is not exactly sharp. But still its nice!

Sujoy: Lovely details in eyes. Excellent work. Keep going. Try to buy a cheap flash. These sells a lot at jjmehta buy and sell section.

Power: 1st is an excellently captured shot and best from the series for me. Clean and sharp.
Loved the last one also. A difficult moment to capture.

Some Macros posting for C&C. Thanks.

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Thanks toofan...
toofan I am still confused to wait and buy TTL or get a cheap flash and learn to use it...please suggest in terms of macro

4th one is looking the best of the lot

Thanks sujoy.

Both have its own advantages. If you wish to buy only one flash then its better to buy a TTL flash as it can be used easily and very fast, and for every purpose a flash is used.

But if you want flash only for macros then buying a Rs 800 flash, i.e. vivitar 3200. will do the job. as it doesn't require high power. Its efficiency depends upon the diffuser you use.

toofan said:
Thanks sujoy.

Both have its own advantages. If you wish to buy only one flash then its better to buy a TTL flash as it can be used easily and very fast, and for every purpose a flash is used.

But if you want flash only for macros then buying a Rs 800 flash, i.e. vivitar 3200. will do the job. as it doesn't require high power. Its efficiency depends upon the diffuser you use.

I can control the flash power by ur rosogulla dabba idea ;-)

for TTL I have to wait 2 more months...normal one I can buy now....will have to think about it

@ toofan: I am just awestruck with your macros. Beyond any criticism! Awesome!

Sounava said:
@power_8383

1. Nowadays almost a cliche, but still you did a good job there.
2. Now THIS is superb!!!! This is awesome! This is how flower abstracts should be! Very good job!
3. Nice. How do you get such sky? The weather god really favours you it seems.
4. No comments. Nothing in it.
5. Same as 4
6. "Ok" pic.
7. No that is a rare macro you got there. Although focus is not exactly sharp. But still its nice!

Thanks a lot for your encouraging words.
The sky that day was really very reddish but I've also saturated the colors a bit.

toofan said:
Power: 1st is an excellently captured shot and best from the series for me. Clean and sharp.
Loved the last one also. A difficult moment to capture.

Some Macros posting for C&C. Thanks.

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Thanks.
Your macros are awesome !

thanks Sounava and Power for your kind words.

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cool shots toofan

rhitwick said:
@stuge, can you post EXIF value for ur shower Ajmer photo?

Exposure 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture f/7.1
Focal Length 70 mm
ISO Speed 320

@Toofan: amazing pics, just unbelievable. I saw your pics on Flickr, they are very nice.
How do you get so nice lighting on all photos

Kjuwale: thanks. Use of a Diffused flash. Sometime off the camera. and I shoot macros in Vivid colour mode. White balance and exposure also helps.

Abhinav: Very beautiful sky you captured but I guess if there would be any other point of interest in the image it would have looked more stronger. But for cloud pattern its a very good image with lovely colours in sky.

@ Toofan thanks for info.

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^^Awesome man, loved the 2nd one. It's simply superb, great

@kjuvale ...great HDRs...awsome

@Kjuvale :I liked the 1st picture

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HDR and landscaping is something I run away .Sorry , I cant appreciate it .

Artwork of Nature II

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@toofan : that's the purpose to capture artwork of nature ,clouds etc .Love shooting clouds .

@Stuge...this one looks great...donno but previous one didnt attract me

@ krishnandu, Sujoy and Stuge : thanks

@Stuge : ya i wasnt thinking first to make HDR of sunset, but then jus wanted to try it to bring the ship in front in exposure and get sunset also not overexposed. here is normal image without HDR without ship though :smile:

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thanks guys

overlooking jaisalmer city and fort
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@kjuvale that one is better .

awesome pics guys........

WOW!! Awesome Artwork by everyone!! i am really missing photography these days not getting much time n nothing to shoot here

.. But you guys make my day with your beautiful shots

@Kapil Awesome! Awesome work!

Kapil: image posted on post no. 3799 is best of lot. very lovely shot. You could crop it 1 inch from bottom.
This HDR is over saturated. Always remember HDR mostly will have some boosted colors so decrease the saturation a bit.

Abhinav: the jaisalmer cityscape is Excellent take. There is some tilt in that, which is giving a strange feeling. some restless.

toofan said:
Kapil: image posted on post no. 3799 is best of lot. very lovely shot. You could crop it 1 inch from bottom.
This HDR is over saturated. Always remember HDR mostly will have some boosted colors so decrease the saturation a bit.

Abhinav: the jaisalmer cityscape is Excellent take. There is some tilt in that, which is giving a strange feeling. some restless.

yeah ,I know about the tilt towards right ,but left it .

I wish i had a DSLR...Awesome pics !

toofan said:
Kjuwale: thanks. Use of a Diffused flash. Sometime off the camera. and I shoot macros in Vivid colour mode. White balance and exposure also helps.

Abhinav: Very beautiful sky you captured but I guess if there would be any other point of interest in the image it would have looked more stronger. But for cloud pattern its a very good image with lovely colours in sky.

Hi Toofan,
What do you mean by VIVID color mode.

there are different colours modes to shoot the images in every DSLR and P&S. I choose Vivid colours for shooting macros. Standard for landscapes and Portrait or Neutral for Portraits.
In nikon its under
Menu=>shooting menu=>Set Picture control.

its the same by which you shoot black and white in your camera.

@ kunal.d and Toofan: Thanks

Some of my Initial macro shots. Remembering the days I started my macro journey.

1. My first macro shot. For this I used the Tripod and it took around 15min to take the first shot.
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@toofan...your pics are really beautiful..nice...

I just got hold of a visitor...a Mother housefly...3 times bigger then normal fly :grin:

pic can be used for biology purpose :))

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@ajayashish...loved all ur pics...which place is this

ajayashish said:
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Awesome, specially liked this one

sujoyp said:
@ajayashish...loved all ur pics...which place is this

Its Chicago

@ajayashish Amazing s shots, loved first one and birds pics. Nice colours

Jaisalmer fort at night

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4 images blended

@kjuvale Thanks... that last one is my fav too... and it was my first shot with the new 50mm i bought

@Stuge.. Nice shot... but the lights at the bottom is disturbing

ajayashish said:
@Stuge.. Nice shot... but the lights at the bottom is disturbing

I know that ,but I'm helpless .I cropped the bottom as it was further distracting with garbage dump i.e

@Stuge: nice shot
@ajayashish: are you sure last shot is with 50mm prime, Exif data is showing that you have used EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS, thats strange :lol:

Rapid Flow

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Note :It might look tilted ,but its not

kjuvale said:
@Stuge: nice shot
@ajayashish: are you sure last shot is with 50mm prime, Exif data is showing that you have used EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS, thats strange

Ah... sorry then i must have deleted the wrong one and upload the other one...
I got 2 lenses the same day... 50mm and 55-250 and was so excited that made a blunder...

Friends,

Its rainy season, and lots and lots of bugs in garden, sadly of less variety.
Shooting conditions are also not good, lots of wind and rain and also Eeza (a kumouni word for mother) has different vegetables in garden like Makka (Corns), Bhindi and many more. So not allowed to go into the bushes. Also the mosquitoes are in plenty. So I had to wear an Half pant under the lower. (Can wear outside otherwise resemblence to super hero can be missunderstood).

Posting for C&C. Id of this bee is also needed.
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4. Manual Focus Stack of two images.
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Beautiful toofan...lucky u have a garden...I have to go to local garden for macros..

I am looking for bugs everywhere :-D

thanks sujoy, this is a kitchen garden. not the garden with soft grass and flowers.

I too have that gamla wala garden...but find same 2-3 type of insect everytime :grin:

Toofan excellent pics man. Really great work

Thanks Tech freak.

@ajayashish Nice shots!

@stuge Great as always!

@toofan Those are Awesome macros!! the colors in 2nd one are awesome n clarity is just great!! Loved them All!!

Hello guys,
please tell me a camera shop from where I can buy Raynox DCR-250. (Please don't suggest ebay.)

@Toofan : amazing macros as usual

I have once question : what setup are you using for macros, is it same like Sujoy (50mm 1.8D, extension tube) or you are using some special macro lens?

And if I buy new 50mm 1.8g (new one with focussing motor) will I be able to use it with extension tube for macros? I am too much inclined towards buying this lens

kjuvale: thanks. If you buy the 50mm G lens then you will have to buy automatic extension tubes. And those are available in Ebay only. Smarshoper has listed it but its out of stock mostly.
and those will cost you between Rs 5000 to 6000. Means
10000 (50mm) + 6000 ( Et) = 16000 and at this price you could buy a Tamron 90mm dedicated macro lens.

Local ETs are around Rs 700 but that will not meter with any lens so you have to set the aperture manually using an aperture ring which the G lens lacks.

Gangsta; thanks friend.

@kjuvale for good macro pics u should have a good flash too...

popup flash dont have much to play and also diffuser is important so that flash do not caste shadow..

toofan play with reverse ring, ET, he have auto ET too also he got a good flash..

@power_8383 u cant find it anywhere in india as far as i knw i tried almost everywhere in delhi... i even tried it in kuala lumpur,malaysia when i went there.. i guess ebay is the only way..

Guys did some macros today after a long time... a rainy morning n all i thought of was water drops and i guess i was too lucky tdy

Do C&C..
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some more shots coming soon..

jugs: 1st one is good.

Power: Check jjmehta.com/forum 's buy and sell section. there is a Raynox DCR 150 for sale at very cheap price and was sold by the master of Macros.

@jag89 Awesome pics man

Loved all of them

Specially the 1st one.

Thanks toofan and krishnandu!

Nice macros all around. Thanks everybody.

Anyone please help me out...i want to get a flash and I am confused between Vivitar 285HV and YN460 mk2

go for youngnoa flash. Its cheap and has all the features you will need. Kahen se khareed rahe ho.

toofan said:
go for youngnoa flash. Its cheap and has all the features you will need. Kahen se khareed rahe ho.

ebay

I have no choice

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Magical Water

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@Vimal:I liked your macros that include bit of environment(adds a bit of wow factor to the pictures ).oterwise your macros are really good

facebook :
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@Toofan and Sujoy thanks for info.

toofan; said:
10000 (50mm) + 6000 ( Et) = 16000 and at this price you could buy a Tamron 90mm dedicated macro lens.

This combination is out of budget for now

@Stuge and jagg89: amazing pics.

Here are 2 pics I took yesterday, there was firework in COlogne, unfortunately could not use tripod (specially bought for this occasion

) because of the too much crowd.

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Stuge and Kjuvale: Very nice.

Stuge and Kjuvale: great shots both

@kjuvale u took these shots hand hold...great

kjuvale said:
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Awesome man

@stuge & kjuvale great shots!!

Stuge: Awesome take. Landscape of the week for me.

kapil: 1st is a bit soft as you ahve mentined you didn't used the tripod. It would have certainly helped you.
2nd is good.

Posting some more water drops shots for c&c...

1.-pics shot and lines written by me..

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other version of same shot:-
A precious water drop..(paper toned) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

That's poetic Jag.

@Stuge and kjuvale

Awesome pics guys. Great job.

Rep++ to both

can somebody help me with the flash ...please

My budget is 4k and the best in this is YN 460 Mark II.

Now this is a complete manual flash...my question is can I use it in auto mode with some pre settings or will I have to use it only in manual mode of SLR...

Taking pics in manual mode at parties is very cumbersome..then I wont be able to use it at any functions or day to day use.

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Where is this? The sky looks lovely?

Thanks bro.Its Kasba, Calcutta.Taken from my house.

Oops forgot. So the rain has finally stopped?

nice shots guys....awesome!!!! specially kjuvale

Thanks all

sujoyp said:
Stuge and Kjuvale: great shots both

@kjuvale u took these shots hand hold...great

Thanks to VR of nikon lens

toofan said:
kapil: 1st is a bit soft as you ahve mentined you didn't used the tripod. It would have certainly helped you.
2nd is good.

Ya tripod would have made picture much better at lower ISO and longer exposure, actually I had small fight with old lady for the place to keep my tripod :-D

Friends,

Shot this hoverfly sometime back. Its moving very fast so couldn't shot a Closeup of this.
Please C&C.

50mm + 36mm Extension. Thanks.

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Nice, toofan.

Lovely work friends.

Shot these these weekend near Michigan Lake, Chicago

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Sharing some portraits for Critiques and suggestions.

D90 + 18-105mm.
Nissin 622 Mark II bare, behind subject cams left @ 1/32 power.
Vivitar 285HV through Umbrella, cam right over subject @ 1/4 power.

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Ajay: nice series. Liked the last one for obvious reasons. Nicely composed.

Guys...the high resolution wallpapers of animals are clicked by DSLR or any other
coz they look splendid & not a single pixelation....

The Golden Globes of Cheese

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Flickr Photo Page

^^ good concept G5..looks tasty

toofan: all the pictures are looking overexposed.. The face is mostly blown out...

A Makdee

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^^sujoyp nice
which camera u used & lens???

how much does Raynox DCR-250 cost?and is it good for macro?

Sujyop.. nice one! Seems like you have quite an attachment with insects

@Zangetsu Thanks...I have used Nikon D3100+50mm 1.8+Extension tube

Dont worry about gear...toofan takes 100 times better macros with similar gear...Its more about technique

@INS-ANI...insects r much more beautiful & colorful then human and animals...I wish someday my task becomes bit easier with a Macro lens :-D

They r good, but without additional gears they may look alike.

An Image I made few months back.

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Nikkor. by toofan.v, on Flickr

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Vidushi by toofan.v, on Flickr

@toofan 2nd one must be new with your new studio setup

...expressions r cute

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Water Scooter by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Life Guard stand by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Flower by ajayashish, on Flickr

Ajay: liked the 1st one.

toofan,
the girl photo clicked is amazing...
so u have used D90 with two flash from Nissin & Vivitar & umbrella
Btw where did u put the umbrella in front of the object or back?

Thanks Zengetsu, The White Umbrella was used in between subject and Flash, to diffuse the light.

toofan said:
Thanks Zengetsu, The White Umbrella was used in between subject and Flash, to diffuse the light.

ooh so we keep flash behind of the umbrella...I thought we keep the flash head facing the umbrella so that light reflects from the umbrella and give soft white light

...

sujoyp said:
ooh so we keep flash behind of the umbrella...I thought we keep the flash head facing the umbrella so that light reflects from the umbrella and give soft white light...

You can do it either way, bounce or through the umbrella.

I liked the first one toofan, I remember a similar shot from stuge.

Cool G5 said:
You can do it either way, bounce or through the umbrella.

I liked the first one toofan, I remember a similar shot from stuge.

Okk...my knowledge about flash is too limited...once I get hold of one then will see what I can do... :grin:

toofan said:
Thanks Zengetsu, The White Umbrella was used in between subject and Flash, to diffuse the light.

white umbrella?so does it matter if u use black umbrella?

Btw what is extension Tube?
what are the capabilitis of the VR Kit lens bundled with D3100 :-D

Zangetsu said:
white umbrella?so does it matter if u use black umbrella?

Btw what is extension Tube?
what are the capabilitis of the VR Kit lens bundled with D3100

yaah it will matter i u use black i guss...white reflect more light

Extension tube or ET are used for macro photography. They are put on the cam and then the Lens are attached to it. Its absolutely recommended to use prime lens or fixed focus lens with it.
Also if u use cheap ET its required to have aperture ring on the lens coz without aperture ring u will not be able to control the aperture anyways :-D

If u use automatic ET like kenko's which cost 5-6k then u can use lens without aperture control too coz they will meter with your cam
umm what else???
ET have 3 sizes attached togather...u can use them in combination or 1 by 1...as per ur requirements.

VR means vibration reduction...Nikon's VR is very good and u will feel the need ones u use non-VR lenses :))

taking pics hand holded needs VR...or else u have to increase the shutter speed or ISO coz we can not hand hold a 700gm camera still for too long
If u use tripod all the time u can use non-VR lens too..
People say that u have to switch off the VR when put on the tripod

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anybody have info about good SDHC card..I want a reliable card for SLR

Sandisk normal, ultra, extreme range...then I am using verbitem, then there is kingston, transcend.. I am confused

Should I get Sandisk Extreme class 10 4gb for 800 or sandisk ultra class 4 4 gb for 550 or general sanidisk class 4 for 350

I just want it to keep a backup memory card in case my memory card fails anyday/anytime

I am currently using verbitem class 4 memory card and dont have any problem...but very rarely it get jam

^Thanx for the info...
But do I need a ET if I use Raynox DCR-250??

@ toofan: I took a similar pic around 1.5months ago

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Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8D by Sounava, on Flickr

@ Zangetsu: Raynox DCR-250 is good. In that case you wont need an ET. But it costs around 5k INR.. So its better to go for Kenko Auto Extension Tube I think..

@sujoyp: Stick to SanDisk Class 10 cards.

Ok I will get Sandisk Extreme III 4gb class 10 for 700-800

I think Raynox DCR 350 is a closeup adopter and ET is different...Kenko ET is very good for macros...

But again adopters can be used on any lenses....but ET is better to use on Primes

@ Sujoy: Yes Raynox one is a closeup filter. But the quality of glass is good.

And it is not correct that ET is better for primes.

Sounava said:
@ Sujoy: Yes Raynox one is a closeup filter. But the quality of glass is good.

And it is not correct that ET is better for primes.

Then can we use ET on canon 70-200 2.8 and get good macros.. or can we at least use Tamron 17-70 2.8 with ET for macros

I know using ET with normal lenses like 18-55 is out of question coz its aperture is small...

Actually I can tell everything with cheap ET in mind...donno how kenko ET work

My old friend is back... :lol:

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May be hummingbird..not sure

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Anybody can help me with taking this web better...I tried many settings ...took this with 50mm 1.8 manually...just cant make it better then this :-?

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Sounava said:
@ Zangetsu: Raynox DCR-250 is good. In that case you wont need an ET. But it costs around 5k INR.. So its better to go for Kenko Auto Extension Tube I think..

check the cost here it is more than 8k
Kenko Auto Extension Tube for Nikon Digital Cameras Reviews | Features - Kenko Auto Extension Tube for Nikon Digital Cameras Expert Reviews n Features India

so i think Raynox is cheap & better

@toofan, that is a cute girl that is a wonderful portrait.

sujoyp said:
Then can we use ET on canon 70-200 2.8 and get good macros.. or can we at least use Tamron 17-70 2.8 with ET for macros

I know using ET with normal lenses like 18-55 is out of question coz its aperture is small...

Actually I can tell everything with cheap ET in mind...donno how kenko ET work

You can use any lens with automatic ET's. And with manual ET's you can use any lens with aperture ring. Whether you use a prime or a zoom lens is not the factor.

Zangetsu said:
check the cost here it is more than 8k
Kenko Auto Extension Tube for Nikon Digital Cameras Reviews | Features - Kenko Auto Extension Tube for Nikon Digital Cameras Expert Reviews n Features India

so i think Raynox is cheap & better

Then buy the Raynox. It is cheaper, though not necessarily better.

So many updates in this thread..., i missed completely.
NE way...
I need to buy Extension Tube (non auto) for my Canon 1000D as I m more interested in Closeups / Macros. (By looking at Sujay's Pics & Toofan's Pic I think I need desperately).
Can you recommend any Store / User from E-bay? (I know Sujay & Toofan uses Nikon & I need to Canon).
Keep Clicking ....and Take Care of Lenses in Mansoon

Thanks in Advance.

Some mosquito shots for your C &C. Thanks
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Zangetsu: thanks, No light will pass through the black and If its white and translucent there will be no effect on the colour of light. Using Umbrella means Increasing the size of light source and diffusing it. Black umbrellas are used with Silver coting inside and to reflect the light inplace of passing the light through it.

Thanks friends for feedback.

Sounava: good and sharp shot.
Sujoy: 1st is awesome. This type of shot is in my wish light. never get any oppurtunity to shoot those. Once I tried, she jumped on my lens and I was on my viewfinder, you might think how much horrified I might be.

astroutkarsh: before buying local/manual ETs please confirm that you have a lens with aperture ring.

@toofan..mosquito on flowers...I never found one :lol:

BTW 1st pic is good..

I hope when that insect jumped on ur lens u didnt got scared enough :grin:

due to magnification

@astroutkarsh u will get a cheap Et very easily on ebay....but as toofan said u should have aperture ring on the lens to use it...

sujoyp said:
@toofan..mosquito on flowers...I never found one

a male mosquito

Looks so

Few shots from my Malsejghat trip,

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IMG_3048 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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IMG_3044 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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IMG_3027 by rH1twick, on Flickr

2nd one is gorgeous.

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

@ajay 1and 2 looks great and colorful

@ritwik the 2nd image gives a dramatic feel

ajay: liked last one more.

ritwik: 1st is excellent for me. 2nd and 3rd has unnatural tilt which is not working for me.

Sujoy: Check these.
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2.
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_DSC6994 by toofan.v, on Flickr

Looks like straight out of Doom 3.

@toofan here in 1st one mosquito is too small to see anything..I cant even see the eye...composition is although perfect.

I liked 2nd one its nice and colorful..

Toofan i am still not able to purchase from ebay.com...paypal took my bank detail but they say only withdraw from paypal account is possible with bank transfer...
Then I tried a proper debit card but they accept only credit cards...can u suggest any online shop for flash

Thanx toofan and Sujoy.

@toofan, I just tried a few angles, I liked the b/w car shot how it came out. THe other one sucks simply.

toofan said:
astroutkarsh: before buying local/manual ETs please confirm that you have a lens with aperture ring.

sujoyp said:
@astroutkarsh u will get a cheap Et very easily on ebay....but as toofan said u should have aperture ring on the lens to use it...

Thanks Toofan & Sujay.

I checked on eBay, but I did not find anything that says abt Aperture ring in ET for Canon.I will check again.
Also, Sujay /toofan can you recommend any Store / Seller on ebay?

@toofan

I really lik your pics. Good job

Sujoy: Ask your friend to help you out. YOu pay him the money and he will do the payment for you to purchase the flash.

ritwik: 2nd is good but the first thing comes into mind is the tilt. Try straightining it in software.

astroucourch: not the ET with aperture ring but the lens with aperture ring.

techfreak: thanks man.

@toofan I have orderd 5 mins before...aakhir dad se credit card maangna pada...I orderd YN 465 for $64.99 or Rs.2992...nice deal

@astroutkarsh I can vouch for balajistore or something...they delivered fast and rates r ok...
I purchased reverse ring and ET from them

here -> EXTENSION TUBE CANON EOS SLR,DSLR CAMERAS eg5D1000DBODY | eBay

toofan said:
astroucourch: not the ET with aperture ring but the lens with aperture ring.

Ok. Just a correction, its not "astroucourch" but its "astroutkarsh".
Better u all can call "utkarsh".
I Need to check with my lenses. I have 3 in total (Canon EF-S 18-55mm Kit Lense, Canon EF-S 55-250 IS & Canon EF 50mm II f/1.8).

Are these Lenses without Aperture ring ?

@Sujay : Thanks for your link. I will check.

humayuns Tomb

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good shots there toofan

^^Wow...man...that's hell awesome

Simply great

Superb composition, Stuge.

@stuge...great effect

@utkash...most probably ur 50mm will have it

Toofan the tilt is intentional. I wanted it to be like that.

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

^^Loved the last one

These were shot at My Village in Almora. Didn't get much time to do Photography.

For your C&C, Welcome. Thanks

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Stuge: Awesome.

Sujoy: good news.

Utkarsh: check PM.

ajay: nice shots. look for seperation of subject from background. And it should be clean. Not too much elements which create distractions.

@ajayashish...I liked ur 2nd pic most coz the flower is sharp and clean..

@toofan ...the last one is perfectly composed..

@Stuge: Awesome!!

ajayashish said:
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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

Like the last one. :doublethumb:

@Stuge

That pic of Humayuns Tomb is SIMPLE awesome

Great Pic

@ajay

Great Pics as always. I like the first one

thanks sujoy.

Some more,

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2. Ready to run away.
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^^
Woaaaaaaah Really nice.

And that Humayun Tomb by Skud is awesome too. Really really nice.

asingh said:
^^
Woaaaaaaah Really nice.

And that Humayun Tomb by Skud is awesome too. Really really nice.

Not mine, Its by Stuge.

@toofan ...now these r really good...u should not have included that black & white macchar...its not in the league of others..

in ur last pic there is no design on eyes of that fly..how?? there eyes have a design isnt it

Sujoy: thanks for the feedback. In last grids in eyes are not in focus. so looking plain.

@Toofan 3rd one and 4th one is really awesome

Thanks guys for the comments... will keep things in mind when i go out to shoot again..

here are some more CC

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

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The cutest of them all by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Lincoln Park Zoo through my Lenses by ajayashish, on Flickr

@toofan liked 2 and 3more than others. For 2, did you use any black background or changed in editing?

@Toofan: Second one is awesome!!

Stuge said:
humayuns Tomb

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good shots there toofan

Hey can you please give me the EXIF data of this shot

And also, can you please share the secret of how this shot looks so CLEAN?

thanks Krish, Ritwik, Kunal for the feedback.

Ritwik: not its not black background, It was flash which lit the subject otherwise the whole frame would have been black.

Sounava: use of tripod.

Guys, this was shot in Feb or March this year but somehow left in folder of March/11.

Sharing this for Comments and Critiques.

Natural: Goggles
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@toofan...I love these amazing eyes of insects...

@toofan, nice.

@Toofan

wahh wahhh!

Amazing focus. Very very clear and awesome pic.

Rep added :wink:

@Toofan: Loved this one!

great toofan

humayuns Tomb II(no hdr)

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blue and yellow polarizer

@thanks everyone

@Sounava: what do you mean by so clean ? picture was taken at lower iso .

exif :
Exposure 15 sec
Aperture f/13.0
Focal Length 13 mm
ISO Speed 100

thanks sujoy, skud, techfreek and kunal for the feedback.

Stuge: awesome image, and thanks.

@stuge...13mm looks soo wide...good shot..

@stuge: Thanks for the EXIF. By "clean", I meant, well, clean

The image looks extremely polished

some Makdee macros

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^sujoyp gr8 ones...
what is the setup?

@sujoy, the spider with net is good one...

And, for that flower you could've sprinkled a bit water b4 the shot...

@Zangetsu I always take pic using D3100+50mm 1.8 AF+ Extension tube

As soon as I get my external flash from courier...I hope I will be able to use the full capability of extension tubes :grin:

@rhitwick thanks for liking

There was no rain today but I shot one some days back

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sujoyp said:
@Zangetsu I always take pic using D3100+50mm 1.8 AF+ Extension tube

Hmm...so 50mm 1.8 is macro Lens?
Is it capable of taking very close shot just like toofan clicked of flies in garden...???
toofan uses which setup,I know he has Nikon D90 but another extras???

sujoyp said:
As soon as I get my external flash from courier...I hope I will be able to use the full capability of extension tubes

example...

Zangetsu said:
Hmm...so 50mm 1.8 is macro Lens?
Is it capable of taking very close shot just like toofan clicked of flies in garden...???
toofan uses which setup,I know he has Nikon D90 but another extras???

example...

Nope 50mm 1.8 is not macro lens...it has to be used with Extension tube to take macro pics
Toofan have many setups..please ask specifically which photo is taken by which setup :lol:

example of full use of ET is not there yet...as soon as I get my flash I can show u...

^OK so without ET the closeup shots (like spider) r not possible?

can u post the link of 50mm 1.8?Is it from Nikkor?

There are some photos posted by toofan in flicker of insects in which I can clearly see the hairs of the insect..

Zangetsu said:
^OK so without ET the closeup shots (like spider) r not possible?

can u post the link of 50mm 1.8?Is it from Nikkor?

There are some photos posted by toofan in flicker of insects in which I can clearly see the hairs of the insect..

yaah without ET or macro lens or reverse ring closup shots like spider is not possible.

just search it Nikkor AF 50mm 1.8D and u will get the lens.

yaah toofan is very good at macros...but u have to practice and lern...ET and reverse ring r not soo simple as it seems :wink:

or leave all these and get a macro lens...u will surely get these shots much easily :))

sujoyp said:
yaah toofan is very good at macros...but u have to practice and lern...ET and reverse ring r not soo simple as it seems
or leave all these and get a macro lens...u will surely get these shots much easily

Any recommendation Macro Lenses???

Flower shots are good sujoy.

After flash you will see an increase in sharpness of your images. Have you ordered any diffuser type of thing or flash bracket. As you might need those. I am also looking for same.

@toofan: Hi,I have seen photos posted by you in flicker & all are really superb.
which setup u use for Macros?

toofan said:
Flower shots are good sujoy.

After flash you will see an increase in sharpness of your images. Have you ordered any diffuser type of thing or flash bracket. As you might need those. I am also looking for same.

I am getting a free diffuser with the flash :lol:

Thanks for liking...

I want a cheap ring flash type of thing...something to give continous light...what to do...any idea..u tried any home made ideas

@Zangetsu most popular macro lens is tamron 90mm but it cost too much like 18-20k...soo either find a used one or as I was saying get any macro lens to start with later u can add a teleconvertor to increase the range

Someday before someone was selling a nikkor 55mm AIS macro lens for 5500 at jj mehta...good deal to start with ;-)

Zangetsu: thanks, I use 50mm 1.8 Nikkor + Kenko Automatic Extension tues + Lens reversal adapter + a 2x TC.

I Combine these as per the magnification and working distance needed.

Sujoy: If you know electronics, I have one setup you could prepare. If interested I will send you that.

toofan said:
Zangetsu: thanks, I use 50mm 1.8 Nikkor + Kenko Automatic Extension tues + Lens reversal adapter + a 2x TC.

Nice..whats a 2x TC??
if u use only these than what will be result
50mm 1.8 Nikkor + Kenko Automatic Extension tues

@toofan I am not that good in electronics

but if u want be to fit 10 leds togather in a round and fit it around the lens then I can do it

....give some hint plzzz

@Zangetsu 50mm+kenko ET gives great result coz kenko can meter with your SLR...but I think getting a used macro lens is better coz kenko cost 5-6k ....we accumulate gear and accessories 1 by 1 soo in the end we may be spending too much...if u have 10-12k now then get a macro lens straight way

Sharing some unusual shots of insects(for me) for you Comments and critiques.
Thanks.

D90+ 36mm Extension on 50mm Nikkor.

1. On the march. (Id please).
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2. Downhill.
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3. Underside.
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Mosquito by toofan.v, on Flickr
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Sujoy: will post that macro ring light setup very soon. Actually its in a book and I will photograph it and then send them to you.

sujoyp said:
@Zangetsu 50mm+kenko ET gives great result coz kenko can meter with your SLR...but I think getting a used macro lens is better coz kenko cost 5-6k ....we accumulate gear and accessories 1 by 1 soo in the end we may be spending too much...if u have 10-12k now then get a macro lens straight way

ok so 12k which u suggest? :grin:

will I get good macro shots from that lense?

sujoyp said:
just search it Nikkor AF 50mm 1.8D and u will get the lens.

nikon india has not listed this lens... :-?

@toofan 1st one is the best among them...but U r moving away from the magnification thing and going for composition ....

@Zangetsu u can definitely get a used Macro lens for 12k ....maybe u will get Tamron 90mm Macro used too...dont think used r useless or damaged but its just people sell there lens to get a better one most of the times...

here is the link for that lens Nikon India Private Limited

Some different type of shots I made last week.

Please critique. This is new type of things for me.

Thanks.

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@toofan...I liked 1st one coz of backlights...in 2nd I wish u could magnify the drop more
4th is a good try..
I tried drop pics and I know its bit difficult and not as easy as it looks

@toofan the 4th pic is really awesome

Thanks sujoy and krish.

The 1st and 4th pic are awesome toofan!!

C

how do I take a good pic of the moon ie aperture and iso values to use ???

Use the lease ISO possible i.e. 100 or 200.
Aperture use as per the shutter speed you need.

thanks sounava.

Wow I got my flash from hongkong in just 7 days....great..I had hoped for 15 days minimum...love the flash...YN465...could not experiment much...will test it on sunday
some flash shots :lol:

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:))

Great! How much did it cost you? What is the guide number?

Sounava said:
Great! How much did it cost you? What is the guide number?

It cost me $65 or Rs.2900 and guide number is 33

@sujoyp: congrats,what does guide no mean?

Zangetsu said:
@sujoyp: congrats,what does guide no mean?

I donno exactly but I think its related to flash power and range...

Others please elaborate :smile:

sujoy good news, congrats.

Guide no means how much far your flash can light the subject at given ISO.

Taken this photos during the Durga Puja, 2009
Place-Bosepukur Sitatala Mandir
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Hope you will like it.

Looking forward to see you at the mandap this year.

Nice ones, btw.

Yes me too :))

Wow tenida...the durga mandap looks great...I wish I could see kolkata's durga puja...I am a bengali u know :smile:

Ok soo playing with my new flash I took some shots and the best ones are these
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will take lots of snaps tomorrow...

BTW I also bought Uniross rechargable cells and charger for Rs.1200..it came with 4 2500 NIMH cells ...and it really charges all 4 cells in an hour time...superb :razz:

Thanks Sujoy

Nice to hear that u r Bengali ;-)

I hope you will able to see Durga Puja in Calcutta soon

here is another macro...half cropped

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nice clicks man!!

Thanks INSINI

was away for long time, great posts from all.

Nice macros Sujoy and nice purchase

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Tenida: very refreshing series.Good shots. A little bit of contrast will boost these images.

sujoy: nice ones. half croped one is looking very good.

Kjuvale: 1st is excellent for me. in second if the bee would have been in focus it would have more impact.

@toofan thanks for liking.

@kjuvale...ur 1st image looks really good

@ kjuvale: the first image is really nice!!
And it is amazing how even at ISO 640 the D5100 produces zero noise!

And it is amazing how even at ISO 640 the D5100 produces zero noise!

umm even D3100 does not have noise till ISO 800

....but the ISO jumps from 400-800 no 640 in between

Thanks Toofan for liking.I will increase the contrast Thanks.

Some refreshing pics !

Nice

Friends shot these macros last month.

Posting for Comments and critiques. and ID.

Shooting conditions were not good, Mosquitoes biting, wind is creating movement in leaf on which the subject is sitting. So Missed to calculate the flash output. Thanks.

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Good shots toofan...eyes came very good ...in the 1st shot I would have liked more insect under focus though.

Last one is perfectly composed.

some pics I took today and yesterday :smile:

I could not crop any part of the pic...but I liked it

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some guests at my house :razz:

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and lastly ......

I am superman..oops supermonkey
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Ohh....good shot

Tenida said:
Ohh....good shot

thanks tenida

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I Have a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 Point & Shoot Camera. Any Tips How Can I improve my photography?

Geek-With-Lens said:
I Have a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 Point & Shoot Camera. Any Tips How Can I improve my photography?

thats a brilliant p&S cam ... best tip is

use aperture priority mode...and take some snaps...see on ur PC whats wrong...if its too bright..too dark..not properly exposed due to wrong metering mode...or ISO selected is not correct...if needed use flash...exif info is very imp

I would say read about photography...but trial and error makes u learn from ur own mistakes

Could not resist to put another mosquito shot

....taken with full ET and 50mm 1.8 using flash

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This 2nd image to show u how much detail can be extracted by cropping the image..

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^ very nice macros there

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NOTE: No HDR .

@stuge...all r nicely composed and have great light effect...great

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Just had to quote this.

A very good macro.

@rhitwick thanks for liking...

@sujoyp: very nice macro of the mosquito......
Next time try to get the macro of mosquito which is not hungry.

Abhinav: awesome shots.

Sujoy: excellent macros.

thanks guys for liking...not hungry means???

sujoyp said:
thanks guys for liking...not hungry means???

the belly of the mosquito filled with blood

Zangetsu said:
the belly of the mosquito filled with blood

really will it look different...I will try

thanks guys

rainforests

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Hey guys i need suggestions regarding Lens/Accessories with model no.s for Nikon D 5000. I have already got 18-55mm lens

Lens for - Landscapes, Portraits ,Macro Photography,telephoto zoom.

Need suggestions for each category for the above mentioned camera. Post here or PM me.

Prakhar: 1st shoot with the kit lens you have atleast 2 to 3 months. Then automatically you will know that you wanna this lens or that lens.
Photography is very costly and you cant buy every lens for every field. You have decide on your genre first that what you likes to shoot more.
I love macros and protraits.

Abhinav loves; landscapes. and so on.

with the kit lens you can do,
Portraits, Landscapes. Just wait for few months before spending money.

@toofan this is not good...u should have given him a fair chance to get those lenses by advising him...ok I will advice

As u have D5000 I would suggest you get most of the 'with motor' lenses like AFS range of nikon so that u can autofocus with them

Macro - Tamron 90mm Macro or AFS Nikkor 85mm Macro
Zoom - Nikkor 55-300 AFS, Nikkor 70-300 AFS
Potraits - Nikkor AFS 50mm, Nikkor 35mm 1.8 , Nikkor 85mm
Landscapes - Nikkor 12-24mm wide angle or Tamron 17-50 2.8

Just calculate the price and see y toofan suggested otherwise :mrgreen:

Friends,

Sharing some shots I am posting for the ongoing contest. Please Critique.
These are ordinaly rain drops over ordinary perch.(I doubt this work is correctly used).

Thanks.

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^^1st and 2nd photo looks awesome.

^^ Looks like a dream to me.

@toofan...1st and 2nd were perfect...in 3rd one soo less focus :-?

sujoy: great macros! and congrats for the flash!

abhinav: awesome shots! lighting is perfect.

toofan: 1st n 2nd are great!

Thanks Jagg for liking

some more macros :grin:

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sujoy: 1st is better than 2nd but both are not appealing that much to me.. 3rd is Awesome!! 4th is a different kind of shot the bg is making a nice texture for the pic n i like it!!

i wanted to try some selective color on the 4th one as soon as i saw it.. hope you dont mind..

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I like 3rd and 4th.

Thanks jagg and skud for liking and comments...

Selective coloring looks fine

But please tell me whats the problem with 1& 2 ....is yellow too harsh thats the reason...or maybe the background need to be more blurred..

I personally like 2nd the most.. :smile:

sujoy: 4th is excellent take. just take care of the background. Edited version looks more better.

toofan said:
sujoy: 4th is excellent take. just take care of the background. Edited version looks more better.

@toofan...thanks.. actually it was a painting in background..and I thought it will enhance the image...but sadly I was wrong

@Sujyop Very nice works with macro, I guess the insects are now used to you shooting them.
The last pic (Flower) is awesome!!
May i ask which lens you are using?

@jagg.. I just love the selective coloring work.

Seems like i have been missing a lot of things by not being faithful to my camera. I can see many new members here.
I am hoping to get back to this thread as active member soon.

Regards

@INS-INI thanks...there r soo many insect in this season...I miss many shots coz of there un-photogenic positions

That flower was shot with 50mm 1.8 and used bounced flash at full power :smile:

come back to photography soon :smile:

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awesome shots toofan and sujoyp

thanks Abhi, an awesome composition. Liked the treatment also.

thanks stuge for liking the pics...

stuge: nice shot and processing!

great photos guys.

hey no one took any shots in friendship day...bands, friends having fun, having ice cream...anything

if anybody tried then share please...

toofan said:
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This shot is awesome :shock:

Amazing shots by Sujoyp and Stuge

Here is one indoor shot, taken inside cathedral

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Kölner Dom by digitman2006, on Flickr

and this one from top of the cathedral in cologne

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@kjuvale

I love the 2nd pic. Well done

Rep added

@kjuvale ur germany shots are soo tempting...very beautiful...

Kjuvale: Great shots! clarity is very good in 1st one..

Kapil: thanks for the feedback.
1st is an excellent shot. Liked the colours nd tones.

@kjuvale: loved the 2nd one.

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Hearty Tribute to Rabindranath Tagore

wow what is it...and sticks?? is it painting

Its not painting this things is there in Science City, Kolkata.

Thanks all for comments

Nice capture Tineda

Let me share some pics. Location: Kolkata

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3,4,5: In Kumortuli, Kolkata. There the goddess idols are made.

Sounava: liked 4th the most among these.

@sounava I liked 1st and 2nd

I too like 1st and 2nd. :razz:

Nice pics Saunava. Liked 4th one.

here are 2 more pics taken from cologne cathedral

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Church seen from Dom by digitman2006, on Flickr

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cologne railway bridge by digitman2006, on Flickr

this one is of ISKON program in cologne:
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ISKON program in Cologne by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale
the bridge looks funny from there...great shot

Bridge one is great!!!

@sounava
Great shot man

Love the 1st one

@kjuvale Good shots man :))

please C&C.

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Drop Me! by toofan.v, on Flickr

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Kapil: 2nd is very nicely composed.

Sounava: nice shots!

Kjuvale: 1st n 2nd are great! are these at 18mm? its pretty wide! i wonder how wide 10mm would be

toofan: Great macro as always!

jaggy: thanks for the feedback.
18 mm is 18*1.5 = 27mm for Nikon and 18*1.6= 29mm for canon.

10mm images at Fx camera will work as a fish eye lens I guess.

Thanks all for comments.

jagg89 said:
Sounava: nice shots!

Kjuvale: 1st n 2nd are great! are these at 18mm? its pretty wide! i wonder how wide 10mm would be

toofan: Great macro as always!

First image is shot at 24 mm (36 mm for DX) and second one at 55 mm (82mm for DX).

BTW today bought new Nikkor AFS 50mm 1.8g, cant wait to recieve it

kjuvale said:
Thanks all for comments.

First image is shot at 24 mm (36 mm full frame) and second one at 55 mm (82mm full frame).

BTW today bought new Nikkor AFS 50mm 1.8g, cant wait to recieve it

Wow 50mm AFS...very nice purchase...I am soo jealous :razz:

and ur measurements r wrong I suppose....24mm in full frame is 36mm in DX and similarly 55mm in fx is 82mm in DX

u wrote the opposite :razz:

@toofan this one is good...a drop at top and one at bottom makes it beautiful

sujoyp said:
and ur measurements r wrong I suppose....24mm in full frame is 36mm in DX and similarly 55mm in fx is 82mm in DX
@toofan this one is good...a drop at top and one at bottom makes it beautiful

heheh ya, you are right, its completely opposite

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toofan said:
jaggy: thanks for the feedback.
18 mm is 18*1.5 = 27mm for Nikon and 18*1.6= 29mm for canon.

10mm images at Fx camera will work as a fish eye lens I guess.

ahh dat cleared some "concepts" of mine :razz:

thanks!

kjuvale said:
BTW today bought new Nikkor AFS 50mm 1.8g, cant wait to recieve it

Congrats!!

Eh dont confuse me....let me see

If I get a 50mm lens it means that its 50mm in terms of FX and not DX...

When I put it on my DX sensor or APC sensor DSLR like D3100 which have a crop factor of 1.5...it becomes 50mmx1.5 = 75mm

Soo my D3100 will take pic at 75mm

Similarly when u use a 18-55 lens on APC sensor the crop factor make it 27-82mm on ur SLR

sujoyp: yea i think dats how it is.. :neutral:

sujoyp said:
Eh dont confuse me....let me see

If I get a 50mm lens it means that its 50mm in terms of FX and not DX...

When I put it on my DX sensor or APC sensor DSLR like D3100 which have a crop factor of 1.5...it becomes 50mmx1.5 = 75mm

Soo my D3100 will take pic at 75mm

Similarly when u use a 18-55 lens on APC sensor the crop factor make it 27-82mm on ur SLR

Yeah you are right got completly confused :zzz:

Friends,

Posting some simple shots for critiques and suggestions., made last month.

Thanks.

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@toofan ...I am poor in abstracts...sorry no comments

toofan said:
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Wow, very nice. Is that some kind of leaf, epidermis and cortex of that leaf is so visible, just like under microscope.

Hey guys, I need your advice. I have a deal here for used Canon 1000D

Tripod
carry bag
warranty + bill
lens 18-55
UV FILTER
Hood
DIY remote release
2 GB SDHC + 2 GB microsd card with adapter

The seller has quoted 17k. I need your suggestion regarding how's the deal?
what should i look for before i decide to buy.
The seller lives quite far, so will probably visit only once.

Thanks

An advance model of this cam 1100D would be available new for Rs 24000 I guess. 17K is not a great price.

For 20K you will get a used Nikon D80. Its a much much better cam then this entry level one.

Fs: Nikon D80 Body

There you will find many other attractive offers.

Thanks Kapil for the feedback.

today was very disappointing day...soo many bad shots :???:

The best I would say is this

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this pic have natural selective coloring soo I liked it ;-)

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Some macros today :razz:

I would have cropped it more but the web looks cool
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This spider was soo beautiful...very colorful
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Awesome macros Sujoyp!!

thanks jagg

Sujoy: Amazing macros.

Here are some photos from cathedral in Aachen. I was amazed with architecture inside. Photos are taken at very low light so had to use higher ISO.

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Aachen Cathedral by digitman2006, on Flickr

Yesterday received 50mm 1.8g, looks good. Will post some photos soon.

@kjuvale beautiful shot.

sujoy: 1st and 5th are excellent, very pleasing shots.

Kapil: 1st is superb, second is also good. But the center composition is not working much.

Thanks toofan..

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Lovely pics Sujoy.

Sabhi ko Swatantra Diwas ki Subhkamnaayen.

Thanks toofan...

Swatantrata diwas ki hardik shubhkamna...Jai hind

Hope Anna Hazare get enough support to kick this govt and pass the janlokpal bill :razz:

Happy Independence Day to all!!!!

Here are 2 of first few photos I took with Nikkor AFS 50mm 1.8G, though i am still learning to use this lens

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Bonn by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Nikkor AFS 50mm 1.8G testing by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale dont try general shots with it....what I have seen...people use 50mm 1.8 for special shots like potraits, product photography, flowers etc

yesterday while shooting with my 18-55 I found that the water droplets on flower could not be taken with it...50mm lens or a prime lens can easily take it nicely

@sujoyp: nice clicks,the small bird is clicked thru zoom lens...

Zangetsu said:
@sujoyp: nice clicks,the small bird is clicked thru zoom lens...

Thanks...yes its taken with my 55-200 but the bird was mere 2-3 meters away...not much far soo came sharp :razz:

@Sujoy, thanks for input. I am still figuring out use of lens.

BTW liked your photos, especially first one

I tried taking some portraits, but need suggestions as i am new to using this lens.
Here are 2 photos of my friends, one of then is doing PhD in Philosophy so the title in photo

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Philosopher

by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Testing Nikkor 50mm 1.8g by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale thanks for liking my pics...

sorry I cant help u in potraits...have no idea...ask toofan..he take many potraits

Had a small trip this Sunday with a photography group. Would like to share some of the photographs I took:

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Awesome shots Sounava ..Super...and beautiful(ekdom darun khub bhalo)

@sounava loved the colors & composition of 1st and last

^ Thanks Tenida and Sujoy

Sounava: Awesome shots!! 1st n last are my fav.! which place is this?

Sounava said:
^ Thanks Tenida and Sujoy

Can you give me the original of 1st and last one ....i want to use as wallpaper..(if you don't mind :-o

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kapil: congrats for the lens. Lovely shots by you. Specially the closeup one.

Sounava: 1st and 2nd are excellently made. 2nd is an superb composition. Some Post processing left overs are there in 1st.

Manas: liked the 1st and butterfly shot.

@manashp9876 very nice series...some r very good shots

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Posting a Portrait made Indoor for your C&C. Thanks.

F-4, S: 1/200, Iso: 200
Two Flashes.
1. Vivitar 285HV, camera right, Slight back of subject. at 1/8, triggered Via cable. Reflected umbrella/black.
2. Nissin Di622 II, front of Subject shoot through white Umbrella @ 1/16 power.

Lens 50mm 1.8D.

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Pankaj by toofan.v, on Flickr

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Innocence by ajayashish, on Flickr

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Innocence by ajayashish, on Flickr

toofan said:
Posting a Portrait made Indoor for your C&C. Thanks.

Nice & clean. Tilt in Face (Neck actually) looks unnatural. Dark color background would have suited.

jagg89 said:
Sounava: Awesome shots!! 1st n last are my fav.! which place is this?

Thanks

This place is 230KM from Bangalore. You need to go via Mysore. The name of the place is Gopalaswamy Temple.

Tenida said:
Can you give me the original of 1st and last one ....i want to use as wallpaper..(if you don't mind)

Sure

Tell me your screen resolution. I will crop or resize it according to it.

toofan said:
Sounava: 1st and 2nd are excellently made. 2nd is an superb composition. Some Post processing left overs are there in 1st.

Thanks a lot

And can you tell me about the PP stuff which you are saying?

Btw, I am not a portrait guy, but here are my observations: There is considerable hotspots in the model's face and hair. Probably due to oil on the skin and hair. Also the pose is not exactly flattering - his head seems to be bent in an awkward way...

Sounava said:
Sure Tell me your screen resolution. I will crop or resize it according to it.

Thanks a lot
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Check PM

@Sounava

Nice pics mate

Unable to add rep

Thanks for the feedback friends. Another one.

vivitar 285HV camera left, reflected umbrella.
Nissin Di 622 Mk II as fill flash shoot through umbrella, subject front.

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Pankaj II by toofan.v, on Flickr

few More.

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^ These are better

thanks,

Check this link if anyone of you need a DSLR.

WTS : Nikon D3100 & Kit Lens 18-55( Non VR)

Friends I am getting used Nikkor 55mm 2.8 AIS lens for cheap price @ 5k only...I see the new ones MRP is 21k

will it be a good deal or I am wasting my money...any suggestions

What will be its use? You already have the 50mm 1.8

guys how do u capture vapours using DSLR??
i saw very hot boiled noodles somewhere.. i tried to take the pic in order to capture vapours... bt unfortunately i cudn;t.. Can anyone tell??
DSLR - Nikon 3100

Guys some more for your C&C. Thanks

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@toofan I like ur child potraits

@ sounava...soory I forget to mention its Nikkor micro 55mm 2.8 AIS ...now howz the deal...it will give me 1:2 and great for close potraits

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@Sounava
Composition in first shot is awesome.

@kjuvale
Cathedral roof shot is the best one.

guys any one going to auroville (Puducherri )?? awesome landscape and architecture

a photographers delight

My Two Photographs get showcased at NCPA, Mumbai

Today is the last day of exhibition. Will appreciate your support.

Cool G5 said:
My Two Photographs get showcased at NCPA, Mumbai

Today is the last day of exhibition. Will appreciate your support.

congrats gaurav...saw ur pic in jjmehta :grin:

some of my shots
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Sujoy: from post no. 4094, last is best. Inclusion of birds has inserted a point of interest in that image.

From above post: all are beautifully made except 3rd, bg is cluttered in that.

Some shots for C & C.

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thanks toofan....ur both macros are superb...very sharp

@toofan: really good macros ...u post pics of variety of insects which are hard to find in my place...

Zangetsu said:
@toofan: really good macros ...u post pics of variety of insects which are hard to find in my place...

thats not true...actually the insects are soo small that we tend to neglect them...but if u see carefully they r always there :))

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Nice macros Toofan.

Here are some pics from Düsseldorf, really beautiful city.

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Düsseldorf by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Kapil: excellent shots, very clean images. 1st is best among these. And thanks for the feedback.

Sujoy: thanks and superb shot friend. Exposure spot on. Did you used the natural light on over cast day or used the diffused flash.

thanks Zenzestu.

toofan said:
Sujoy: thanks and superb shot friend. Exposure spot on. Did you used the natural light on over cast day or used the diffused flash.

@kjuvale I liked the bridge...1st one is also great shot

@toofan...its neither natural light nor diffused one ...but light is bounced from a not so high cupboard :-D

Thanks for liking it

Sujoyp: Awesome shot!

toofan: Great details in 2nd shot.

Kjuvale: 1st n 2nd are nice n very clear pics!

@jagg thanks

Thanks Toofan, Sujoy and Jaggy for comments

here are few more:

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Lovely shots kapil. You seems more interested in Landscapes and architecture. Should think about a Ultra wide angle lens.

thanks jags.

Great shots kjuvle...I liked 2nd one coz its colorful...hytt hotel is also good

Kjuvale: nice shots!! love the processing on 3rd one! its HDR right?

Thanks all

@jagg89: its not really a HDR, but as I shoot always in raw, it was quite easy to modify exposure selectively in lightroom

@kjuvale: Amazing shots! I envy you! you travel a lot!

Ajanta caves and waterfall

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@amedico...both shots are nice...

I too wanna go there...but will go in winter...need sunny day for photography

@Kunal: thanks, hehe I am not traveling much

. Here we have a semester card, which we can use for traveling in all trains and buses in whole state where i am studying. So i use it to visit nearby places on weekends

@a_medico: Nice snaps,liked the last one. Have to visit this place

Please C & C.

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Periwinkle by toofan.v, on Flickr

toofan its beautiful...wow what colors

@ Toofan nice shot, looks beautiful

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some macros

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yesterday evening got a perfect night in-house shot in terms of the lightning....it was just accurate...the tint is also correct...I am very happy
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It may look normal but it took me 7 different settings to get it :))

I find it difficult to adjust the metering while using flash...it always overexposes or under exposes...and bounce flash makes the picture underexposed and reddish...

thanks sujoy and kapil.

Kapil: 1st is very good shot. Liked the flare in the image.

Sujoy: 1st is excellent shot. 2nd is also good.
and start diffusing the flash to get good results.

toofan I am unable to add the punch to the macros...they r sharp and detailed...but not exciting anyways

yaah diffuser may be one reason to that coz i have to keep the light low to make proper exposure...

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Thanks Toofan for comments.
@Sujay: nice macros, liked them, and your cat photo is nice, which lens did you used?
The bird pic looks little blurry at head, was VR on or is it missed focus?

Here posting one photo, which is not so great, just took it today. But as I am living in Bonn, a city of great composer Beethoven, I felt like sharing this pic

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Ludwig van Beethoven by digitman2006, on Flickr

and here is his one of his best composition 9th Symphony

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@kjuvale ur pic is a nice share...looks great

yaah it got slight blurred...donno y...the kingfisher sat just front of me...and in a hurry I took 3-4 shots after that it flew away...not even a single moment to change any setting

Kapil: good one.
Sujoy: 1st doesn't working due to man made distractions.

For C & C.

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@toofan ur macro is soo sharp..excellent

sadly we can not remove man made distraction

Celebration Round 1 India Gate 28/08/2011

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Ramlila Grounds + India Gate

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wow stuge ...what a series..U have captured the sheer passion and excitement of people very well

start street photography too along with landscapes

Awesome documentary work. Its feeling like I am standing in between the crowd. TFS

Amazing work Stuge, you have captured all moments perfectly.

awesome pics man!!!!

I have good news...for myself

got a Nikkor 55mm 2.8 AIS Micro lens.

So ladies and gentleman please welcome

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@Sujoy Congrats!!
I have one question to you, I think you have YONGNUO YN-465 flash if i am right.
Here YN-560 is available and I dont know much of flashes so want to ask you itf its good or not. It has Guide number:58. while YN.465 has 33. does it make big difference.
Please let me know. Its available here for approx. Rs. 4K (65€)

kapil: check first if thats has TTL or not. If you need ttl then you would be dissapointed.

as per my info. 560 doesn't have TTL. new model of it is out 565 check that if thats available.

sujoy: congrats for the buy. If you ever wish to sell it please inform me also.

how much cost.

@kapil please read the best review of this flash from -> Yongnuo YN-560 Speedlite Review (Manual Flash) | Speedlights.net

Read it then decide...you know there r many technicalities in flash too...guide no, ttl, zoom, sync, and lots more....I dont have an in depth knowledge to explain all...

After reading the review your most queries would be solved

@toofan I got it from thakur at jjmehta...approched him directly after asking shobin george if he has any ....I got it for 5k only ...I think its a good deal seeing that nikon still sell it for 21k in their website

The focus ring is quit tight...donno if it happens with every macro lens or only this one...now using ET I can go more then 1:1

A sample shot
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didnt cropped the pic at all...guss what it is....its souf we eat with paan

@Toofan : thanks for info, you are right it is without TTL, the term which i came to know first time

(Through the lens metering). But sounds like more usefull to have. checked YN-565, its available but at obvious much higher price.

@Sujoy: thanks for the link and info, I dont think i will go for this flash, will have to do more research and help from you all

before I go for any flash.

@kapil just remember one small thing...if u have money go for nikon flashes...if u have bit less then try nissin...and if ur budget is least just like me then get Yougnou

yougnou produces guide number less then what it claims...and their metering is not perfect...but as a flash its useful
Mine YN 465 does TTL so when you r in a hurry and no time to adjust use TTL mode just like auto mode

Sujoy: Good magnification Sujoy.

connect all the ets and do a test on scale. How much mm it covers, that will give the magnification that can be achieved. I am also eager to know the result.

sure toofan will do it tonight...

Blue Sky

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:razz:

@tenida...you should have taken the complete palm tree...or only sky...

Sky is beautiful

sujoy: wrong way to do the tests.

1. Make sure the scale you are shooting is straight vertical or horizontal. You could hang flat to a wall, or lie it flat on a table.
2. Now shoot making sure the focal plane is parallel to the scale.
3. Shoot on mm/cm side. not inch side it will be easy to calculate.

this will show us how much is the magnification.

check this

Magnification tests ( Added the images.)

thanks yesterday I was searching on google and jjmehta but couldnt find any result...thanks...I will do it again

My Macro Experiments on Rain Drops with Extension Tube
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Thanks to Toofan & Sujay...
C&C welcome (rather please comment on these for my improvement)

@toofan, sujoy: Why don't you try something with smoke? It would be interesting to see the results.

@astroutkarsh...2 of them are great...that full leaf and that pic with violet color..

others r nice attempts...to tell the truth I am not able to take droplets as good as these :))

@kunal - I will try today some smoke shots

@ toofan I tested again look if u like it

DSLR - D3100
Lens - Nikkor 55mm 2.8 Micro
Extension Tube - Cheap manual ET (12+20+36=68mm)

1.Nikkor 55mm 2.8 micro = 45cm

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2. lens+12mm ET = 26cm

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3. Lens+20mm ET = 22cm

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4. lens+36mm ET = 18cm

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5. Lens + 68mm ET (complete) = 14mm

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6. Lens+ 50mm reverse = 16mm

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Sujoy: this is not cm these are mm. Mili meter.

thanks for the pain you took.

It means you can go 1:1 with 55mm Macro + 68mm extension.

Your 1st shot is showing the reading of 48mm. this means this lens is 1:2 macro not 1:1.
you could get more magnification with a 50mm lens + 68mm extension.

@toofan yes I already know this....its a 1:2 macro lens...the AF and AFS version of 55mm 2.8 is 1:1

yup its mm

sorry messed it

Now with this macro I can take flowers , bigger insects and any thing that a 50mm lens can take...its very sharp

now some smoking shots...my 1str try...now I know it need daylight...will give a better try next time...

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nice smokes..how it is blue??

sujoy: you need to fire the flash at the smoke and then add coloured gradiend. then see the wonder it does.

@Zangetsu its originally blue...its from agarbatti stick...

@toofan...but if I fire flash...I cant see any smoke

I tried it at 1/200 shutter speed with ISO 200

still I will try different setups for smoke to see if anything amazing comes up

but as i said Blue came automatically I didnt add any color

add light from back/side of smoke.

toofan said:
add light from back/side of smoke.

but back should be kept dark else how I will get the smoke reflection at all...i set it up in a way that sun light comes on side of the smoke...

toofan give me 1-2 day and I will find a solution to it :))

Ok I too will try this today let see what I achieve.

A ganesh pendal

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Nice photo sujoy

here are some HDR trials

*farm7.static.flickr.com/6074/6107820828_b932892abf_z.jpg
poppelsdorf_2_HDR2 by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm7.static.flickr.com/6089/6107739792_784d18a994_z.jpg
Bonn University HDR by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Poppelsdorf palace_2 by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale 2nd one is perfect HDR...liked it very much...other two r nice try

The pandal photo is great, sujoy.

kjuvale, Nice shots!

thanks kunal

Nice shot sujoy.

Kjuvale: 2nd is perfect hdr! 1st is also good but a little tilted towards left i think.. 3rd one is bit overdone acc. to me..but nice composition.

@Suyjo, Kunal and Jaggy: Thanks for comments.
I was my first try to use photoshop cs5 to create HDR.
Here is one more:

*farm7.static.flickr.com/6062/6109161372_15921e7eb5_z.jpg
Poppelsdorf Palace, Bonn by digitman2006, on Flickr

noo this one is not looking good.. I think without a great sky HDR dont look that good

I tried a new concept...filled smoke with colors...took me a while to follow the steps

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the grains can not be ignored coz of ISO 1600

A beautiful flower

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nice pics!!!

Some macros I loved after long time :grin:

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second one is really gr8!!!

Thanks rhitwick for liking it

@sujoy: wow, nice macros and beautiful insect

wow, very sharp. YOu are getting there.

thanks toofan and kjuvale

sadly I have to take a break of 1 week from photography...going to hyd for urgent work

If possible take your cam with yourself.

Sujoy: Some initial low res shots I made while testing the setup for smoke photography.

Will post the real ones later when processed.

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@all: guys when u click macro/landscape/portrait then do u use live view (LCD) or the eye piece?

eye piece.

@Toofan: Nice ! waiting for the real ones!

Guys,
I did some smoke photography yesterday night.

Posting for Comments and Critiques. thanks

gear used : D90, Nissin Di622 Mk II fired through commander mode of D90 , Home Made Light tent, 50mm 1.8, black sheets, Agarbatti Sticks, Toys

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Smoke Train by toofan.v, on Flickr

How do you managed to get colourful smoke?

used Gradient with blending.

sujoyp said:
@astroutkarsh...2 of them are great...that full leaf and that pic with violet color..

others r nice attempts...to tell the truth I am not able to take droplets as good as these

Thanks Sujay. Those were just a start. I will need some time to get to level that @Toofan shoots.

@Toofan
gr8 work.
Have you taken snap of Setup ? If so, can you share?

wow toofan superb shots...I too have to try radio triggers for external flash...other setups are not working at all

@Zangetsu I use mostly viewfinder but for macros I sometimes uses live view

@toofan. Lovely series. Fourth one has blended very well.

Hey guys, can you tell how can I check shutter count of canon 1000D?

Thanks

INS-ANI said:
Hey guys, can you tell how can I check shutter count of canon 1000D?

Thanks

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS / 1000D - 100,000
Ref : Canon discloses Camera Shutter Life Expectancy

wow!! Awesome work toofan!!

@Tofaan: Loved them! Thumbs Up!

Thanks friends, some more for C&C,

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@ Vimal: Smoke images look really cool.
liked the first one from last post

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thanks kapil, Very good shot, but a little more sharpness is needed.

and slightly soft at both right and left ends, It may be due to lens I guess.

for C&C.
for setup information click over the image.
*farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6142132135_3274986948_b.jpg
Krishna-Portrait by toofan.v, on Flickr

@vimal...those natural spings looks very artistic

@ kapil...this shot is looking great

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This fly was sitting vertically

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Thanks Toofan and Sujoy.
@Sujoy: first one is nice.

*farm7.static.flickr.com/6162/6148125955_2494fc3510_z.jpg
vienna by digitman2006, on Flickr

@toofan great shots!

@Sujoy 1st is good! 2nd is not that sharp and has some noise..

@kjuvale Nice clear shot and colors are great! but it is tilted a bit towards left i think..

thanks kapil and jagg for liking..

jagg the noise is due to iso400 and cropping

kapil I would have loved if the pic was taken from the front like u generally take... not upside

@Jaggy: thanks for comment, yup there is tilt, didnt realised
@Sujoy: this time it was not possible to take complete shot from front as I was very close to that building and it was huge.

here is one more:

*farm7.static.flickr.com/6175/6154903889_03975d6080_z.jpg
Schönbrunn Palmengarten by digitman2006, on Flickr

kapil I understand the situation

u r taking some amazing buildings...beautiful

@toofan: awesome pics mate!!!

Some from me...

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Samarpita2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

Edited the background and replaced with black color. Taken by Samsung Galaxy S cam.

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IMG_3099 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Wave by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Boat by rH1twick, on Flickr

@rhitwick liked all of them

for me best is 3rd...

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Nice macros Sujoy

something different: ducks and sunset in vienna

*farm7.static.flickr.com/6077/6159929723_a7400b1fde_z.jpg
Ducks by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm7.static.flickr.com/6156/6159928557_2bf13a4786_z.jpg
Sunset Vienna by digitman2006, on Flickr

Guys, i like photography very much and always try to do experiment, but sadly till date, i dont own any digi cam

Anyways I am posting some of the pics taken from my mobile, tell how they are.

Taken from- N70 2mp cam
My best ever pic taken

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Taken from- SE Hazel 5mp
I have just cropped it. Full image link

*i187.photobucket.com/albums/x276/sujaykirti/DSC00721_edited.jpg

@kapil..thanks for liking...your 2nd pic have great lightning effect

@sujay pics r nice..but get atleast a digicam bro

sujoyp said:
@sujay pics r nice..but get atleast a digicam bro

Thnx man

I recently bought a sony W570 for my dad, but don't own any personally

I will get a DSLR when i get a job

BTW i have to ask one question. My bro has SX130 IS, and its a great cam i know. I was just experimenting with it, but when i tried to click pics in fully manual mode, it just came so blurry i don't know why :cry:

Although my hand was very stable but i think, since i was handling manual mode for the first time, i wasn't able to focus properly.

u mean in fully manual u have to focus manually?? there is no way u get blurry image....if it autofocuses then u just have to just change the settings like ISO, aperture, shutter speed

We don't have to focus manually in fully manual mode? I guess we've to, correct me if i'm wrong. Plus i guess in fully manual mode, autofocus is not available, manual focus is there, isn't it ? And i didn't changed those settings, as i thought to leave them as they were just to test. One more question, what's telephoto lens and what its used for?

sorry I dont have much idea about SX130IS maybe someone having sx120IS or SX130IS may help you

telephoto is nothing but more zoom lens...in photography even 18-55mm is called standard zoom lens...A telephoto lens are like nikkor 55-200,70-300, 80-200, 100-400, 50-500

Yesterday evening Nagpur sky

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Thnx, actually i went for getting photos clicked (passport), so asked the studio photographer that he used which cam and lens, he answered Nikon D80 and telephoto lens. I guess telephoto lens isn't used for such close ups ? I guess kit-lens would be perfect for it.

yaah but 55-200 lens can work as nice portrait lens...18-55 is not a good portrait lens...but best for landscapes.

If i'm correct a 55-200 lens has more zoom than 18-55, then how its better suited for portrait, which requires appx no zoom at all. Correct me if i'm wrong.

PS- nice landscape pic of urs

Can u post a full size pic link ?

dashing.sujay said:
If i'm correct a 55-200 lens has more zoom than 18-55, then how its better suited for portrait, which requires appx no zoom at all. Correct me if i'm wrong.

yes u right...u have seen 20X or 35X optical zoom digicams from SONY,Lumix etc...just observe their focal range...

Sujoyp, those are marvelous colors you got there!!! Awesome!

Used HDR?

@sujay...I know portrait lens do not need much zoom ...people use fixed focus or prime for portraits ...the most popular portrait focal length are 35mm (which become around 50mm on DX format),50mm, and 85mm

using 55-200 u will get a bit of working distance with zoom...you can take the portrait from even some distance...its good for learning :-D

On your request I uploaded the High resolution pic. *picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ds-RUFzBcd--jLdxhBS0VA?feat=directlink

@rhitwick no , I have not even done anything at all except cropping the top to make it in 16:9 resolution :))

2 more from my side

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sujoyp said:
@sujay...I know portrait lens do not need much zoom ...people use fixed focus or prime for portraits ...the most popular portrait focal length are 35mm (which become around 50mm on DX format),50mm, and 85mm

using 55-200 u will get a bit of working distance with zoom...you can take the portrait from even some distance...its good for learning

On your request I uploaded the High resolution pic. *picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ds-RUFzBcd--jLdxhBS0VA?feat=directlink

2 more from my side

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That studio photographer said the telephoto lens he used was of 35k :shock:

I mean wtf, 35k lens for taking portrait photos, which can be done finely by kit lens i guess? Isn't that a overkill?

using 55-200 u will get a bit of working distance with zoom

You mean the coverage of lens will be more without moving away?
and thnx for uploading the high reso pic

What ISO you used for it? Any other settings/tips for taking low light landscapes better ?
Thnx for ur explanations

I have actually just started learning photography. :noob:

PS- you click some real nice macros, first one is awesome. Plus in second one, i guess the balls are not in the range of focus, if they'd have been, it'd have been better, for viewing purpose

Don't take my comments as critic, am just presenting a noob's view

@sujay ...1st I feel very strange calling you sujay coz my name is sujoy

I was just going to remove the 2nd pic coz I am going to take a better in-focus shot tommorow....thank you for your feedback

35k telephoto lens...I suppose he may be using nikkor 18-200 VR which cost around the same

u can read all EXIF details (setting details) from the image it self using any photoediting software..I use irfanview to see these
View Photograph EXIF Metadata Inside IrfanView - IrfanView

BTW I have taken the evening pic at ISO400...

i know it kinda feels weird

but i'm okay with it

Thank god this n00b's feedback was correct (may be partially)

You're wc btw

I hope a more profesional pic from you

Tell me about this F-number. When its set like F/10 or F/2.4 ?? I guess it decides magnicication, and has anything it got to do with "aperture" ?

sujoyp said:
u can read all EXIF details (setting details) from the image it self using any photoediting software..I use irfanview to see these
View Photograph EXIF Metadata Inside IrfanView - IrfanView

I guess we can see most of the details (EXIF metada) through windows "properties" also.

*i.imgur.com/NOSGv.jpg

Sujoy: excellent landscape.

Excellent photography kapil and others.

sujoyp said:
sorry I dont have much idea about SX130IS maybe someone having sx120IS or SX130IS may help you

telephoto is nothing but more zoom lens...in photography even 18-55mm is called standard zoom lens...A telephoto lens are like nikkor 55-200,70-300, 80-200, 100-400, 50-500

Yesterday evening Nagpur sky

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miss nagpur man also amravati :/

Thanks toofan for liking

@sujay...read this for aperture (f-numbers) What is aperture? | Photography Basics
its not related to magnification but related to total light entering in the camera through lens opening

and thanks for that idea to see exif details in properties...I never tried that

sujoyp said:
@sujay...read this for aperture (f-numbers) What is aperture? | Photography Basics
its not related to magnification but related to total light entering in the camera through lens opening

that

Ok i'll check it out, and i'll soon clear concepts about photography

and thanks for that idea to see exif details in properties...I never tried

Your wc

, I always used that way to see EXIF metadata since beginning, why to use 3rd party if you can see it from windows

//offtopic, Sujoy when u talk to another Sujoy, do u feel like talking to a mirror

@rhitwick thank god he is sujay and not sujoy...else I would definitely feel like talking to mirror

^^

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DSC0108 by toofan.v, on Flickr

Details of setup at Flickr Account.

@Toofan: great portrait, nice lighting.

here are some from me

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Andernach by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Andernach view from ship by digitman2006, on Flickr

Beautiful Crisp shots. Are you thinking of a wide angle lens now.

Or you already have.

@ Toofan, Thanks!

No I dont have yet wide angle lens, still using 18-55.

They are very expensive

can you suggest any wide angle lens :idea:

Not that costly actually, look for tokina and sigma or tamron lenses these will cost you around 20 to 25 k. ,

Also if you wish to buy a second hand then contact Abhinav aka Stuge, he was selling his tamron lens. If you need his no. I will pm you.

look for the discussion over a wide angle lens here based on personal experiences

Tamron or Tokina for Wide Angle

I am looking at a Nikon 55-300 VR lens at about 16.5K (with bill) and 14.5K widout...Which to go for?

Also...advise me on a SD Card..got the D5100...got about 2K to spend on that...Class10(Sandisk Extreme) or class4?

@Toofan
Nice portrait, nice Face expressions captured

@mukherjee
Go with Bill (comes handy in case of Resell / warranty).

mukherjee said:
I am looking at a Nikon 55-300 VR lens at about 16.5K (with bill) and 14.5K widout...Which to go for?

Also...advise me on a SD Card..got the D5100...got about 2K to spend on that...Class10(Sandisk Extreme) or class4?

If you can spend extra 2k then always go for bill.

Card:

Sandisk Extreme 16GB SD Card

Got myself a Nikon AF-S DX 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED-VR lens today @17.5K

mukherjee said:
Got myself a Nikon AF-S DX 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED-VR lens today @17.5K

Congo!

mukherjee said:
Got myself a Nikon AF-S DX 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED-VR lens today @17.5K

Great...congrats mukherjee

Well congrats mukherjee babu

Sounava said:
Well congrats mukherjee babu

sujoyp said:
Great...congrats mukherjee

Garbage said:
Congo!

Thanks all!

Sounava said:
If you can spend extra 2k then always go for bill.

Card:

Sandisk Extreme 16GB SD Card

Went ur way :))

Btw,is smartshoppers.in good? Have u done any transactions with them?

BTw,can I go for this?

just avoid transcend ...get a sandisk ultra or extreme(class 10) cards very reliable and fast

A sandisk ultra class 4 card can produce speed upto 15MBPS
Memory Cards: Mobile Accessories List: Flipkart.com

Just a few random shots from my college.

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Random Shots @VIT University by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Random Shots @VIT University by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Random Shots @VIT University by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Random Shots @VIT University by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Random Shots @VIT University by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Random Shots @VIT University by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Random Shots @VIT University by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

Awesome photos. I donot have words to express how much I like them

Super duper

@sriharsha_madineni nice colors of sky

thetechfreak said:
Awesome photos. I donot have words to express how much I like them
Super duper

Thank you

sujoyp said:
@sriharsha_madineni nice colors of sky

Thank you Sujoy

I'm obsessed with these surreal colors of sky during sunrise & sunset. That said my photos are getting repetitive

Driver : Daniel Ricciardo... So At last Delhiites s too got the taste of Burning of the Rubber ...... eehh I mean 0.1 % glimpse of F1 .

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Don't expect more pictures as double barracks made it very difficult to shoot

anyway .. Enjoy !!:chillout:

@Stuge ....awesome...soo u went to see the trial..lucky delhiites

@sriharsha...I see a different type of sky daily...just wait for a nice moments like a special design of cloud, birds flying, colorful lights coming from between the clouds..they all look beautiful

@Stuge
Those pics are super duper awesome

Sigh......F1 doesnt come to any other city

thetechfreak said:
@Stuge
Those pics are super duper awesome
Sigh......F1 doesnt come to any other city

It's F1.. not cricket!

good ones, Stuge.

Friends,
Today, after few weeks, went in my kitchen garden with my Cam, to shoot butterflies, got few of them.
I had processed only two of them yet,

So posting for C&C, Thanks.

D90 + 50mm + 12mm Extension.

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Nice shots toofan...

one Shots by me :smile:

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Thank god I took my external flash for this...it would be just impossible without it

Stuge: Awesome shots! i missed the event due to some work

toofan: Brilliant!

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took these shots many days back..found them in a folder :razz:

jaggy: nice sky on both
sujoy: Its looking flat to me, It would have looked interesting if there would have some dramatic lights put up by organisers. Was it shot at Day time.?
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Processed more from that earlier shoot.

For your Comments and Critiques.

D90+12mm Extension + 50mm 1.8D + 2x teleconverter(manual).
Thanks

1. Could not get the bg correct.
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toofan said:
jaggy: nice sky on both
sujoy: Its looking flat to me, It would have looked interesting if there would have some dramatic lights put up by organisers. Was it shot at Day time.?
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Processed more from that earlier shoot.

For your Comments and Critiques.

D90+12mm Extension + 50mm 1.8D + 2x teleconverter(manual).
Thanks

1. Could not get the bg correct.

bg=background ?

BTW good macros

@toofan nice shots...4th one is best

That puja pic was taken in evening...cant help in lightning

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toofan: thanks! 1st is good but yea bg is bit distracting.. last 3 are great shots!

Grasshopper

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Good shots there toofan

and Nice pandal shots too sujoyp

Kuchipudi

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Thanks guys.
Sujoy: this one is way better then the earlier post, see how dynamic its looking.

jugs: good one, try to catch these in there natural surrounding also.

Stuge; excellent capture, but due to low light I could feel the blur.
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Ok, Final images of that day for your examination.

Please C&C. Thanks.
Same setup.

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3. Gram Blue!
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4. Gram Blue!
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Gram Blue by toofan.v, on Flickr

^its concert ..

anyway ,thanks

Thanks toofan & stuge for liking that pic

@Stuge I think your shot is absolutely fantastic in difficult lightning situations

@tooofan 3rd one is the best

Nice shot abhinav!

toofan: awesome shots! 1st n 3rd are my fav. great details!
i am not able to go out and shoot these days.. m really missing photography

some macros...its a Tubelight insect :))

but looked beautiful

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Nice shots sujoyp! 3rd one's the best..

@Stuge.. ultimate pics of F1

@Stuge - Are they gonna allow professional camera and lenses at the F1 circuit on the race day?

This was shot in lamp light. Filter used in Lightroom.

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Thanks jagg

@medico liked the dramatic effect in the picture

Was away for some time. Nice pics from everyone.

@a_medico: Very nice portrait, liked it.

here are some pics from festival for Germany reunification (3. Oct)

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Parade on Germany reunification by digitman2006, on Flickr

Some of the butterfly shots, I am addicted to these days, Posting for your Comments and suggestions.

D90 + 12mm extension + 2x TC + 50mm 1.8 lens.
A large size of 900x600 px but don't worry less then 100kb each.

1. Id Unkown. ( Dr Anand where are you Sir.)
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2. Four Rings.
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3. Gram Blue.
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Gram Blue by toofan.v, on Flickr

sujoy: portrait is very good, but the tone is too blue for my taste.
macros: harsh light

Kapil: nice shots. 1st is good, looking a bit cluttered to me. may be only my taste.

@toofan potrait is of medico's and not mine

Macros have harsh light but this time I have used diffuser too...manual metering on pentamirror viewfinder is the hard way u know

@kapil I liked all of them...it really looks like a pic of 1960s

@toofan your 2nd butterfly is the best...3rd ones name is Gram Blue but where is the blue part in it

Actually his outer wings have blue which are seen only while she fly.

@medico Nice portrait! great use of light!

@kapil 1st shot is nice! loved the processing!

@toofan 2nd one is a perfect shot!

here i have tried with shutter speed .. this one the closest one. improvement must required to have a better hand on it, missed the tripod

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Thanks Guys.
Choudang: a tripod would have done good also some better compo + easy light.

Friends,

These shots are made after 2nd October, and learnt and thought more about the shots.

Please critiques and Suggestions are required. Thanks.

Peacock Pansy
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4. Ready to Take off!
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5. Here she goes!
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Peacock Pansy 5 by toofan.v, on Flickr

Toofan these shots r just superb...nice DOF...BTW these r taken with 50mm 1.8 or u used a macro setup for these too

Here's my Flickr page...please pay a visit and post ur comments to help me improve my skills...

thanks sujoy, these made with 2x tc + 12 mm extension.

u used ET with these too...didnt it create problem since ET does not allow infinite focus..and the subject in focus should be very near

toofan: these are just incredible :wow:

3rd is my favorite!

Sujoy: I had shot butterflies with a distance of 1 to 2 inch. these are made at a distance of 4 to 5 inch due to TC.

This is that shot, just 1 inch I guess.
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Butterfly Closeup by toofan.v, on Flickr

Thanks guys for feedback.

1-2 inch OMG thats soo close...I never found a butterfly that could sit even 10 inches far

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Harvest Moon(Smallest Moon of the year 2011)

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Real Machine

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Stuge Harly pic is superb...

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Web of colours

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Kolkata reloaded

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Howrah Bridge

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The great tram

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Some Durga puja photos from me...

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IMG_3162 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Also check out these two youtube videos of "Dhunuchi Nach",

and

Inverted Greens

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500px / Photo "Inverted Greens " by Abhinav Singhai

Inverted Greens ! | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Colours of Delhi | Facebook

Stuge: awesome photography dear.

@tenida...loved your old styled pics...its bit different :))

@rhitwik awsome durga pendaals...there r soo many varieties of them...we see same thing every year here in nagpur

@toofan how do you get such green background everytime...do u intentionally place a green leave behind :mrgreen:

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Awesome photos above in this page by everybody.

@sujoyp- 2nd one is awesome man

Sujoy............thanks
and ur last pic gr8...

Some gr8 color in sky and the reflection.

Thanks a_medico, dashing.sujay and rhitwick for appreciating the pics

@Sujoyp-Great shot.Keep it up

sujoy P : last is good.

After perfecting the focusing technique your mind will automatically look for other aspects in the frame.

Friends,
Posting some shots made of a Dragon fly - Ditch Jewel. )Please correct me on Id)

Critiques and suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

D90+ 12mm extension + TC + 50mm Nikkor.

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Ditch Jewel by toofan.v, on Flickr

Thanks Tenida for liking the pics..

@toofan..I am presently trying for good compositions...good bokeh with insects is very difficult

...we can not ask them to pose with good backgrounds

See this..although I think this look good but the messy background have ruined it

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^I find the flower distracting!

A good macro though.

Someday I wish to do macro photography like u'll here.

Till then, do tell me what shutter speed is advicable for car tail-light painting?

Will be using ISO 80, focal length not sure till now.

u find the flower distracting :duh2:

but its a part of composition itself ....anyways it was just an example of messy background

Celebrating 62 years of Territorial Army

Celebrating 62 years of Territorial Army | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Celebrating 62 years of Territorial Army | Facebook

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Here's few B/W shots:-

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@Tenida : 1st shot blurred
2nd and 3rd out of focus

4 and 5th : ok

stuge: excellent series.

tendia nice tries.

Some more from that series for your observations. these are a bit closer shots.

thanks for critiques and suggestions.

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Ditch Jwell by toofan.v, on Flickr

Toofan as always some gr8 shots.

Second one does not belong in this group.

wow toofan brilliant bokeh...nice shots

thanks Sujoy and Ritwick.

Great shots toofan.. focus is just perfect in all shots!

sujoyp said:
yesterday evening got a perfect night in-house shot in terms of the lightning....it was just accurate...the tint is also correct...I am very happy

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It may look normal but it took me 7 different settings to get it
I find it difficult to adjust the metering while using flash...it always overexposes or under exposes...and bounce flash makes the picture underexposed and reddish...

Great shot.

Thanks faun

In safe hands

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Good timing/compo a_medico

@medico: now I liked that picture

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The Bloom

@Stuge - Thats a lovely catch.

Are they gonna allow cameras (and atleast 70-300m lens) in F1 race? I am planning to attend.

Bloom

In this series, I have tried to shoot the lotuses in various stages of blooming.

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@a_medico: I've no idea .

After a long time my dream of clicking car tail-light photos came true...
Few shots that I took that day. Please comment and provide tips for better photos.

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wow very nice images from all.

@Toofan: amazing/ mind blowing/ ... macros. liked them all.
@sujoy, stuge, medico and rhitwick: nice snaps

I got today Tamron 70-300 VC di USD lens. haven't taken any photo yet. (Forgot my camera at friend's home

) soon will post images, very excited about this lens.

@rhitwick These r nice light trails...great work

@Stuge ...I have never seen soo many stars for a long time...liked ur pic

@kjuvale congrats for Tammy 70-300 VC USD

Hi Guys
I understand most of you guys are photo gear and methods experts.Iam goind to sound a bit foolish asking advise of the the camera I having in mind.
Kindly bear with me.
Iam just a average joe who is having a 10 year old Nikon Cool Pix E775 Digital camera.(point and shoot). It does not have much zoom but does reasonable photos in sunlight and brightly lit rooms.

Iam thinking of buying this budget (baby DSLR) high zoom camera.

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Flipkart.com: Fujifilm FinePix S2950: Camera

I read the reviews in Amazon.Video seems not too good.But basic photos + zoom may be ok.
I can get this from Letsbuy.com @ Rs 8150(with out 4GB card but with No brand camera bag by prepaying with credit card or @Rs 8599 on Cash on delivery)
Flipcart -no discount -Cash on delivery @Rs 9350-with 4 GB card+ branded bag..
I read somewhere with Tripod this camera takes better photo with out shaking.
The next alternative is this.But is costing almost 40% more.

Could you guys come down from your "DSLR" high standards and give some suggestions to camera newbie like me! :wink:

Flipkart.com: Nikon Coolpix L120: Camera

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^^ Point and shoot cameras can never match a DSLR quality due to sensor, lenses and various other factors.

I'd recommend you go for a second hand entry level DSLR - canon or nikon - in your specified budget.

@all- how to take those light trails? :-?

Dear ulysses please open a saperate thread for this...and we will have discussion

a_medico said:
^^ Point and shoot cameras can never match a DSLR quality due to sensor, lenses and various other factors.

I'd recommend you go for a second hand entry level DSLR - canon or nikon - in your specified budget.

Thanks a_medioco for your suggestion.
But I dont buy anything second hand not even if given free.
I did not want a DSLR (which starts from rs 20-30K onwards).Just a better zoom point and shoot with slightly better options.
I shall open a new thread soon.
But Iam sure impressed with all you guys passion for photography and finer aspects.

dashing.sujay said:
@all- how to take those light trails?

Anyone ?

^Get a camera which has manual control.

Play with Shutter speed.
Mainly the lower the shutter speed the longer the trail is.
A tripod is must or at least place the cam on a solid ground.

Focus and press shutter and wait.

rhitwick said:
^Get a camera which has manual control.

Play with Shutter speed.
Mainly the lower the shutter speed the longer the trail is.
A tripod is must or at least place the cam on a solid ground.

Focus and press shutter and wait.

Thnx, It can't be done by holding in hands?

Even if with slight shake you won't get perfect trails. Truy it out in real. You will see the difference and would come to know the optimum setings for ur cam.

Thnx i'll try it out

Flower in my own studio (I made a home made light tent...still searching for a powerful cfl or led) :smile:

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Last image is a good macro.

I envy you for having such good cam.

Guys I need your help with my light box

I made this light box for product photography...but I am not getting enough light inside

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There is also option for a bulb at the bottom to remove shadows below the product.. :smile:

I am also planning to get a acrylic sheet to get reflections

I made it with the help of this link - How to Make An Inexpensive Light Tent – DIY

How do I put more light...is there any powerful mini cfl

Please suggest

sujoyp said:
Guys I need your help with my light box

I made this light box for product photography...but I am not getting enough light inside

How do I put more light...is there any powerful mini cfl

Please suggest

Sujoy u are using those cfls without reflectors,
Try pasting something like aluminium foil inside a concave bowl,drill hole in it and suspend those cfl inside this concave reflector(little trial and error to get exact position), like those parabolic reflectors used in old light houses, u see cfl's act as pt source and give light in all directions,focus it .also u can use a positive lense but its diameter must be large and focal length must be least.(placing cfl @principle focus of the lense)
;-)

Btw u took very nice macro,and lot of effort get that nice light tent

@lm2k thanks for the reflectors idea...will try to make or purchase it...thanks for liking my macros

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Wow!!!

That is nice shot. I was thinking, how much contrast plays for product photography? what if I put a black background for the same shot?
A bad decision?

Here are a few pics of a car show held a few months back. Had taken many pics but these are a few of them

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@sujoyp - that watch must be very costly.

@rhitwick black background can be a good idea actually....and it would produce a good contrast too...
Actually the thing is black background should not be glossy and should not reflect light...but non-reflective black sheet looks gray in this light

...will have to find a proper sheet

@techfreak nice car shots

@dashing.sujay its not that costly ....5k only

sujoyp said:
5k only

Only? I have never bought a watch costing in 4 digits!

sujoyp said:
@techfreak nice car shots

Thanks a lot

sujoyp said:
@dashing.sujay its not that costly ....5k only

5k "only"

thetechfreak said:
Only? I have never bought a watch costing in 4 digits!

My highest is 2600

@sujoyp, velvet sheets?

@rhitwick I donno about velvet sheets...where can I find them stationary or cloth shop??

@thetechfreak and sujay...this is my costliest watch uptill now but I had 4 more watches costing 1.5-3k

Happy Dipawali 2011 to all of you
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Sujoy: Excellent product shot. Very nicely shot.

Just one processing idea- see if it works or not.

Problem:
As the subject is colour less the surrounding spill of light/ the red colour is not giving it a professional look.

Remedy:
convert the whole image to b/w.
mask the center part of the image which has colour dial.

This may be work or not.

One shot I made in my starting days, its no where near your shot, but just posting.

1. you could see some yellow colour but its the reflection of watch itself. But still could be removed.
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@toofan....the red tint is coz of normal yellow bulb I have used at the top coz I didnt have any more white cfls

Will get 1 more white cfl and put it at the top..also as Im2k said I need 2 curved reflectors..like one on my table lamp already

BTW the 2 watch shot is nice

@Tenida....happy Diwali to you too

The image is out of focus

Great Shots everyone!
Happy Diwali to all!!

ohh damn tenida already took that shot

anyways posting

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You guys got a great colorful background...mine is bit simpler

Happy Diwali to All

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Festival of lights

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@lm2k thanks for the reflectors idea...will try to make or purchase it...thanks for liking my macros

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@toofan :thats why I asked you to shoot in raw .

Thanks Stuge...your processed image look much better then original one

I too want to shoot in RAW and process the images but my 8 year PC take lots of time to edit and convert each image...Even 5MB JPEG file takes time in gimp

Stuge how do you focus crackers in the sky...I tried manual as well as autofocus but it was soo quick that got 2/20 in focus ....

here are few pic that i took when i went to Mumbai....

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@maddy 1st one is nice....but you have posted it 2 times

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Shot this today...comments welcome

umm....look closely...they are 2 different pics.

Sujoy, I love this pic. Very nice composition, and the navy blue background just brightened up d object 10 fold.

Gr8 shot.

Yes they r 2 different pics...but they r soo close that I had to play the "Find the difference game"

Very good shot sujoyp (teddy one). Its very cute

@rhitwick ...Thanks...do you know this is the black non reflective paper I was talking about...after taking the pic it does not look black but gray or blue....will look for velvet sheets

@sujay...thanks for liking

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DRI + ND110 used for Trails :Exposure time 508 seconds .
Colours of Delhi | Facebook

@sujoyp :focus infinite + tripod + b/w f11-f16

Thanks stuge

It seems I have to look for a sturdy tripod very very soon

Finally got time to test my Tele lens. Here are some shots:

at 300mm, f 5.6:

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DSC_6990 by digitman2006, on Flickr

at 190mm, f 7.1:

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Duck by digitman2006, on Flickr

Here its Autumn time

(also taken with Tamron tele lens)

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Autumn in Germany by digitman2006, on Flickr

^^Nice!!

Wow u shot all these with tamron 70-300 DI LD??? handheld or tripod??

The Autumn time is very beautiful

@MegaMind: Thanks

@Sujoy: Thanks, its a Tamron SP 70-300 Di VC version (big brother of Di LD macro lens

) and all shots are handheld. The VC (VR on Nikon lens) on this lens works amazingly).

kjuvale yes the handheld shots look amazingly sharp

Here's my another candlelight shot.
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took these at charminar .

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@tenida...your candle shot and last pic looks good...remaining shots have some or other issues

u need lot of practice..at least improve on subject selection

@Davidboon liked both of your pics

@sujoyp Thanks

@Tenida: Nice candle pic
@Davidbonn: nice snaps, liked both.

here are some i took again in Düsseldorf:

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@kjuvale very beautiful place...nice colors...I am soo jealous..

I am practicing product photography nowdays... Still lightning is not perfect...some dark areas r left..daily doing changes...will make a led ring flash soon

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I always use auto mode if I m in doubt...but use landscape mode for good sceneries...
which mode u guys use?also to click people with nice background...

I m still n00b in manual,programmed mode

I mostly take pics in Aperture mode for everything but now started using shutter priority too...
Auto mode is good for parties where other too wants to take pics
Never used Program mode...donno when to use it

For nice background in potraits I think people use Aperture mode...
For macro and now product photography I only use manual mode...coz neither my extension tube work in other modes nor my macro lens

Long Way

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^^great shot

I wanted to Shoot right from front ,but I was alone with tripod so it wasn't possible to shoot from the water .
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Good pics stuge. 5th, 3rd last, 2nd last are good

Chhat is my fav festival. These are of yamuna ghat na?

OT- The water is so dirty :cry:

Yes ,Yamuna ITO ghat .

^infact it was smelling .

Yamuna smells like hell, I mean no one can even cross. And the govt just claims its doing and doing.

Stuge only 3 pics r visible....if u have removed the pics from flicker please remove the links

Chat puja looks like kumb mela...soo much crowd

^^Chhat puja is one of the most religious auspicious festival of ppl where its celebrated. (Bihar and UP)

@dashing.sujay Actually I never knew the name itself untill there was political fight between shivsena and lalu regarding it

sujoyp: see now

sujoyp said:
@dashing.sujay Actually I never knew the name itself untill there was political fight between shivsena and lalu regarding it

I can understand, still most of the indians don't know about it. Its regional anyway. But I enjoy it very much.

BTW you can call me by my name, need not spell my id

Sujoy ------>sujay

@stuge u carried your gear and tripod to soo crowded place

hats off ...it seems there is no place to compose a shot..
Photographic point of view I like the lady holding diya...looks nice

My dogs look

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A fly

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Yep ,composition is always the last thing in my mind when I do such shoots.I'm more interested in reporting stuff as it is .

wasp head on WOW

Stuge Thanks for liking that wasp

posting the last three ,which were left somehow .

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@sujoyp- your dog looks cute

I guess you love him so much.

last pic is aweomse

It looks like its angry and looking to attack you

@sujay ...I love my dog like anything...even parents love him more then me

lol

I had a feeling of it, even I loved my Dog like life

Thats nice sujay ....Dogs r soo lovable

But I guess he's no more (Dad gave him to some1 after I left home ) :cry:

Next time when I will go home, I'll post his pic.

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bit of warming etc done

sujoy: mast 1st and last. Liked the light also.

Stuge: recent image is not visible.

Friends,

Some fun shots of Krishna, Just made them without prior thinking on a nice happy morning.

For your examination. Thanks.

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Thanks vimal

You have taken proper modelling shot of krishna...LOL but y angry young man look

monkey thief from a temple

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i am having focusing problems with my 18-55 lens , can you guys recommend me a fast lens .

nice pics davidboon

u want a faster focussing lens isnt it

fast lens r said to be those which have large aperture value like 1.8 or 2.8 Nikkor AFS 70-200 2.8

@sujoy thanks , the problem is that using my 18-55 lens , its very hard to focus , so i just wanted to know any entry level budget lens that can help me focus better .

@devidboon ...I cant help you in this case

will have to wait for more knowledgeable people like toofan or stuge

@Sujoy: nice dog pic.

There was celebration one (little strange) festival (from Mexico) in Bonn. It is known as Day of dead

Here are some pics:

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Mexican Día de Muertos in Bonn by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Mexican boy by digitman2006, on Flickr
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Mexican Día de Muertos by digitman2006, on Flickr

is it Halloween or its different from that??

@Sujoy: its some what like Halloween, but different and celebrated only in Mexico.

ok...didnt u clicked more of that festival

I was frightened :lol:

ahha not really. It was not that big, just small function organised by Mexican people here.

ok...the event looks interesting

some more form me :

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Autumn by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Autumn by digitman2006, on Flickr

wow kjuvale your shots r beautiful..

Some of my attempts today

Edit:- After Jaggs comment I bumped up the saturation of some pics

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This time I tried my best to get good backgrounds

Kjuvale: Beautiful shots!

Sujoyp: Great shots but i think pics lack some contrast and bit saturation and in some shots(like the 2nd last) the bkgrnd is too bright which distracts the eye from main subject...that's what i felt but i guess toofan would be the right person to provide feedback on this

... and that's one evil face in the 1st pic :razz:

nice capture!

@jagg...you r right about contrast and saturation...It maybe coz I took all of them in direct sunlight.

Above pics are updated

ahh yea it happens in direct sunlight.. looks better now!

@jagg thanks

Gol Gumbad and Qutab Minar illuminated blue on the the eve of the World Diabetes Day.

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wow blue qutub minar...nice shot stuge

thanks

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Yesterday went to a cultural event took lots of snaps.

Some of the shots that come descent

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All shots taken at 200mm at F/5.6 ISO1600 handheld

Panaroma -> stitched 3 shots together

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Nice pics @sujoy. And yes, higher aperture could have helped in first two. I too have shot some in an cultural event. Posting them. Not sure I have posted them here before.

I tried to avoid flash. Wanted to shoot this in natural low light. 50mm was used for it.

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wow amedico ur shots r very nice and sharp...

I was like 30-40 meters away from stage...had no other option...zoomed to full and minimum aperture
ISO 1600 on D3100 is awesome...pics come out clean

I think in my condition a 70-200 2.8 or a 300mm prime would have helped

Friends,

Sharing some Air Shots Made this diwali for your valuable C & C. Thanks.

Made with D90 + 18-105 lens Movable on tripod. Exposure time of 4 sec. aperture at f-8 or f-11.

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Abhinav: awesome shots dude.

Sujoy: new genre. good starting.

medico too.

Thanks Toofan bhai

BTW I liked your 1st, 6th and 7th shot but remaining r not accurate...

did u took all shots using tripod and long exposure shots

guys...which type of lens is good for taking very sharp pictures & crystal clear?

Zangetsu said:
guys...which type of lens is good for taking very sharp pictures & crystal clear?

Get canon 'L ' Lens :lol:

Cost start from 45k to maybe 4-5 lacs

Its not that Nikon dont make something like that...but I dont have knowledge about it

Note : Clarity and sharpness r relative words depend more upon the person behind the cam

thanks sujoy.

zengetsu: what type of shots you want to take, means macro, landscapes, birds, wild animals etc etc, it will help us better to give a suggestion.

Friends,

Received a Macro photography setup yesterday. And today being sunday a good day to use it.

D90 + reversed 35 to 70mm lens + natural 7 am light.

Critiques and suggestions are most needed. All are somewhat similar but tried different settings.

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damn!!can't wait to get my dslr and spend on lenses(if i've got the money lol) :/

Toofan u have masterd the Bokeh thing...all bokeh r smooth and nice...Over all 7 is the best

toofan said:
zengetsu: what type of shots you want to take, means macro, landscapes, birds, wild animals etc etc, it will help us better to give a suggestion.

I want for Landscapes & portraits(with not a pinch of shadows on objects) :grin:

get Sigma 10-20 f/4-5.6 for landscapes
and Nikon 85mm 1.8 for potraits

@toofan Awesome shots! love the natural light falling from behind in 5th & 6th! and 7th is a perfect shot! :smile:

Hi!

First time after around 90 snaps, the bird stayed there till I click.

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First macro shot...

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Your suggestion and tips are welcome...

@nac: you shot the pictures using a P&S camera. Right? The 1st one looks good. Still, the picture is not sharp. Which camera?

Voldemort said:
@nac: you shot the pictures using a P&S camera. Right? The 1st one looks good. Still, the picture is not sharp. Which camera?

Yeah, I am using P&S camera. Canon SX130 IS.

@nac all the pics r sharp enough but the bird is not

doono the reason...but leaves r very clear in the pics ....maybe the design of bird is like that

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stuge 2nd is perfect...which place??

I managed quite a few decent photographs this sunday which I will be posting soon. I was about to delete this photograph but then I realised it's beautiful in its own way. I know it might not work with everybody, but still posting it. I liked it for its weirdness.

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@Stuge: your pics are amazing. liked them all

@medico: this pic looks really cool, liked it.

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Stuge: awesome mate.

nac: you have to go more close to the bird. And shoot at widest apertue possible.
f 5.6 would be best to get a smooth background and desired D.O.F.

Abinav - Your photos are good. I don't how long it will take for me to get such shots.

Sujoy - The bird was busy when I clicked. You can see the bird is busy in 2nd and 3rd Photos. In the first one, bird was shaking (as a bird would shake the wet off from her body). Probably, faster shutter speed would have given a sharper picture.

I tried to focus manually and clicked some. Here are few of them...

I was thinking I would never get this close to dragonfly. When I move one step towards the dragonfly, it fly away and come back. I was roughly one meter away from the subject. Focused manually and zoomed @12x

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I put the camera on the subject and took this shot.

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I don't know whether the snaps taken are at optimum focus. I felt that's the best focus I can get and clicked.

@toofan ur 2nd pic is awesome...soo how do u compare ur new 35-70mm macro setup to the old 50mm+TC+ET combo

@nac ...r these dragonfly pics r cropped or original....u will gradually learn the fun of Macros....I take macro pics from a distance of 5 inch

sometimes 2 inch....1 meter is just too much for anything macro

Vimal - Yeah, I keep that in mind. And the largest aperture is 3.4 in my cam. In fact, I zoomed as much as possible. With full zoom, the largest possible apertures is 5.6.

Sujoy - Yeah, I really wonder how you and Vimal are taking shots from that close. If it is people, we can ask them to stay still. But these insects are getting scared or busy moving, not even staying still for few seconds.

:rofl:

That was too long for macro. You can take that "Canon" shot as macro.

yes that canon shot was definitely a macro

My macro pics r mostly cropped to atleast half the original size...but coz its a DSLR pic no loss of quality is there..

Just enjoy and keep practicing

Sujoy: In terms of sharpness 50mm is way better. 35-70mm is a good setup as it is giving me variable magnification on a single setup.
although with extension and noramal lens I get to have variable magnification by using the focus ring.

nac: use the macro mode of canon P&S, its very useful man. And move slowely slowly to the insect and don't wear contrasty cloths. After sometime the insect become used of you. And never ever harm any insect for taking its snap or while in the process.

My first sun set shot...

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sujoyp said:
stuge 2nd is perfect...which place??

shanti stupa Delhi .for me first one is my fav .rest are too common to me .

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'Little Angels', the troupe was in Delhi to express gratitude to India for sending medical units during the Korean War (1950-1953).

To more about Little Angles here

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I found a nice link to view all the lenses produced by nikon till date...its a huge list I must say...U can even check the serial No and production era of a lens

Nikon Lens Serial Nos

Stuge: Liked the flickr one more.

Posting some more shots, 1st was shot on 1st day and rest on 2nd day, for your C&C. Thanks.

1. First day shot
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2. 2nd day before sun light.
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3. Ok! The sun is up now.
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4.
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5.
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Toofan u missed eyes focus in 1 & 5

I liked 4th one the most

Great pics @toofan.

@stuge lovely pic. There seem to be so many opportunities to shoot in delhi.

@a_medico opportunities r everywhere..but u should have an eye of an artist to find them

Probably you are right. But my limitation is I cant shoot Koreans in my city...err...village.

which city??...the koreans even came to Nagpur which is a B grade city

Shot these at pulsar stuntmania event at hyderabad

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stunt5 by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

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stunt-3 by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

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stunt1 by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

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IMG_1686 by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

@Davidboon superb shots 1 & 3 r outstanding and timed well

@Sujoyp thank you , had a tough time shooting between the crowd

@Toofan: amazing shots
@Davidboon nice shots, 1st looks really good.

Here now Christmas markets have been already started: here are some shots I took

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In christmas Market, Köln by digitman2006, on Flickr

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In christmas Market, Köln by digitman2006, on Flickr

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In christmas Market, Köln by digitman2006, on Flickr

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In christmas Market, Köln by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale nice shots....did u took them with 50mm 1.8 ??? even at night, pics r very clear

@kjuvale great shots

@Sujoy: Thanks, yes I have used 50mm 1.8g for these photos. Only disadvantage was no VR and not so wide view, but with 18-55 vr pics were not so good even at 1/30.

@Medio: thanks

Shot this random grass while roaming on a sunday morning...err...afternoon.
Uncropped version.

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^^Wow..!! Really nice

Macro...

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A rainy day...

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Sky shot...

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Sunrise...

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amedico it is a very colorful shot...looking nice

@nac ...macro was a good try..but with kit lens a good macro not possible

last shot of sunrise is good

@Medico: beautiful shot

here are some more from me:

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Weihnachtsmarkt Bonn by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Weihnachtsmarkt Bonn by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale in 1st pic the blueish tint PP is not working for me
2nd one is good

sujoyp said:
@nac ...macro was a good try..but with kit lens a good macro not possible

last shot of sunrise is good

Hmmm... I am gonna stick with my kit lens, no idea of buying a macro lens

I have two doubts in camera settings,

1. Is this possible to adjust Shutter and Aperture in P mode?
2. When I tried to take a macro shot, I put the camera (zoomed @ 12x) as close as possible (1 inch) to the subject, I see nothing. Totally not in focus. Is this possible to adjust the focus to optimum in this case?

Second doubt may be illogical or silly, but I would like clarify with you guys.

@nac oooh I am sorry I forgot that u have SX130IS

The P mode is more of an auto mode...although I have never used it ..I can say you can not change shutter and aperture in that.

I just saw the config of sx130IS and it says that ur cam can focus even at a distance of 1 cm...soo better use manual focus (its mentioned in the config) and try to focus from 1 inch and go closer

Morning Tea

Sepia
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B/W
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Lovely tomatoes, and snail like green chillies.

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Cloud shot. I don't know why I am clicking the sky most of the time. Is this the only thing I see???

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Even though this eagle is not in focus, I like it.

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Sports ground

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My first moon shot...

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@nac the last 2 r good

Try come creative combination with those tomato and chilli will look awesome

Green park with ladder looks fine
ur 1st moon pic is 100 times better than my 1st attempt

It was rainy most of the week. It was a sunny day and I was little surprised by the maintenance of the ground.

And ever since I bought the camera, I was searching for this moon. I couldn't see it, not even stars. In this rainy season, moon hides behind the clouds.

That eagle was circling very closer. I should have get the right shot. But with full zoom I couldn't bring it in the focus.

I didn't expect the tomato shot would come out this good. Like that over exposed night shot.

if u want to take clouds take as per the scenery rule

naah no rule as such

Check this flicker link and learn how the clouds can look beautiful
Flickr: Beautiful Clouds
Flickr: The clouds Pool

First two are shot with front lens of Wide Angle Flipped/Reversed.
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My first attempt in pencil drawing...

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Couple of attempts to get a good cloud shot...

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@nac your newer shots r good composition-wise but still its lacking in some places...maybe coz u r using P&S cam

@Stuge: amazing shots again

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Burg Satzvey by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Burg Satzvey by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale that castle look soo beautiful

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thought u folks might be interested,download from here Magazines Download - All in PDF | Smart Photography - December 2011

Thanks but I think pirated stuff sharing here is not allowed

lol all for the greater good

Dapoli trip photos...

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shell by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Boats by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Lonliness by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Bird by rH1twick, on Flickr

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BUtterfly by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Bird2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Bird3 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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IMG_3304 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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Which one looks best of the following two,
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and,
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The South Asian bands Festival 2011

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@Stuge, why there are grains on second shot? Zoom?

second shot of sunset is better.

@rhitwick some nice shots there

@stuge light effect on 1st shot is superb

Stuge: lovely shots.

One from my side after long time.

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Common Yellow! by toofan.v, on Flickr

rhitwick said:
@Stuge, why there are grains on second shot? Zoom?

Zoom doesn't cause grains lol .Its the higher iso ,which causes grain .I left the grain on purpose because I wanted that way

.Old look .

Snaps from my recent trip to Navegaon, Nagzira & Tadoba.

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Check at Flickr: utkarsh kulkarni's Photostream

C&C plz...

Posting some Unusual shots. I don't know how they are looking.

Please critique. thanks.

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Aren't they a bit too abstract?!

Only 5th pic is complete IMO. But, I like abstract art...and all of these scores high in that genre

rhitwick - I like all your b/w shots and sun set shots.
stuge - Nice clicks...
astroutkarsh - I like the first one. Red sand road partitioning the field. It's good.
Vimal - I zoom down my web browser to watch all the six in one screen. All of 'em are good. I like 6th and 2nd most.

Few good snaps in this week.

Birds in sunset

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Colour Chicken... Lovely chicken

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Candle light on KARTHIGAI

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Tried clicking fireworks...

Fireworks on KARTHIGAI

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Set in Scene mode-Low light. ISO boosted to 6400 (I wasn't aware that this cam has ISO of 6400). Too much noise...

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Me taking photo of my shadow...

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@astroutkarsh your 1st shot is good...didnt u find any tiger there in tadoba, nagzira...I am also planning to go to tadoba

@Toofan...i am sure these look good but I have no eye for abstracts...cant say much

@Nac your 1st and 2nd shot r nice....r those real chickens...colored??

Firework need some tripod, low shutterspeed and low ISO...

Yeah, they are real chicken.

They inject dye into the eggs before hatching.

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They were on for sale. Rs. 6/- each coloured chicken.

wow thats new to me...colored chickens @6 is cheap...did u bought any

DIY : Coloring Chick Embryos - PoultryHelp.com - Rocking T Ranch and Poultry Farm

Forgot to put a

No I didn't buy. It's little hard to raise them.

Some good clicks today afternoon/evening.

Cloud Patterns

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The Dog next door

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Sun has eyes

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Golden Sunset

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And I am waiting for full moon to come out, it's hiding behind the clouds. I am waiting for this day (full moon) since I bought the cam. But I don't know whether I could, because of this eclipse. Let see...

Finally I am putting my seriously big effort pic

had to keep lot of patience...hope u guys will like it

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Amazing work there sujoy.

Thanks Krow for appreciating

Sujoy...

Very good work. All of them are taken today?

I couldn't get a good one today, too much clouds. I think I need more patience.

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Yes Nac I took 200 shots and among them these suits the best...I even have RAW files of all this time

200 clicks, that too on a very small time frame and clicking the same subject. That's one helluva patience Sujoy... :doublethumb:

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Lunar Eclipse Composite 2011 II | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Stuge, the first one is awesome mate.

Sujoy - brilliant effort.

Tried my best but I was late. Anyway, I managed couple of shots, one during and one after the eclipse. These were clicked in last 30 mins of the event.

During the event:
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After the event:
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sujoy: excellent.

Stuge: Awesome friend.

@Sujoy: Nice shots
@Stuge: first photo is amazing
@a_medico: nice full moon photo

here are 2 photos I took almost 2 years ago with my P&S Kodak V1273

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Salzburg by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Salzburg by digitman2006, on Flickr

Kjuvale - your photos are always a treat. First one is awesome, more so cause of sunlight.

@Stuge 1st one is a great shot

@nac the eclipse was for 3 hours not small time...from around 7:00 to 10:00

Thanks Medico, toofan & kapil for liking

My take yesterday, couldn't wait more
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@faun Your pic is good and presentation is superb

@Medico: thanks

Nice shots everyone...my take on Lunar eclipse.

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Total_LunarEclipse by rH1twick, on Flickr

Stuge, Rhitwick, Faun all your snaps of the lunar eclipse are good.

Sujoy, I mean few hours (small time frame). No offense meant...

@rhitwick your 1st row of moon is looking very 3D...liked it

Thanx everyone...

I'm glad I got some good shots.

Nice shots guys, i am back into the business now

Watching this thread closely.

Excellent captures guys.

for you c&c. view larger.

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Toofan the macro is good as usual but background is superb...I really envy the background..its looking like a painting

Can you tell me the secret

...is it coz of bigger aperture like 1.8 and 2.8 or is it coz of high magnification

thanks sujoy.

This is shot at f-8. So the the other option of High Magnification and from very close to the subject.

Another one. A more closer look.
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Superb toofan bhai

Butterflies are too active... It doesn't even stay still for few seconds. It's great you are clicking butterflies every now and then...

Stork (I guess)

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Fly Macro

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@nac yaah butterfly shot is difficult I never managed to click them

your 2nd pic look good but y ulta...
3rd pic is too blueish...dont u use flash on macros??
That fly is goodlooking

Fly was in the ceiling, that's the reason it's upside down.

I don't use flash in general. But I have used few times. If I turn on the flash when I am shooting macros, shadow of the lens hood (I don't know the exact term here) would fall on the subject. Flash won't be much of a use when I am very close to the subject.

Blue is the colour of the wall paint, so it's blue. Will it be different if have used flash?

Yes, it's looking good wearing coolers

Wow.. such Awesome photographs in this forum! I knew this thread for quite some time, but thrilled to see some of the latest snapshots. Almost each one of them, are so ... for the lack of a better word... Awesome!

I will join too, once I get my hand on a dSLR. Keep shooting guys... you guys are ... Awesome!!

(and that fly, wearing a cool shade is so unrealistic! :shock:

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sujoyp said:
Finally I am putting my seriously big effort pic had to keep lot of patience...hope u guys will like it

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Thanks agyat for liking my pic

@vineet369 you r most welcome to join/discuss/comment even if do not have a DSLR

here is one I took in concert:
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Nokia night concert, Cologne by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale I think u were too far from the concert stage

how did u manage to watch it...screen??

Good shots of Lunar Eclipse Sujay

Here are few Birds.. From trip to Bhigwan (Pune - Solapur Highway, 120 Kms appx)

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UK_116 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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UK_132 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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UK_126 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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UK_153 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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UK_155 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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UK_163 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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UK_147 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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UK_159 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

All Snaps Bhigwan - a set on Flickr

Comments please...

I like the pictures of the bird flies over the lake...

And you need to change "the name stamping (aka watermark). It's disturbing... Try some transparent watermarking.

nac said:
I like the pictures of the bird flies over the lake...

And you need to change "the name stamping (aka watermark). It's disturbing... Try some transparent watermarking.

Thanks Nac.

I will workout that (stamping color & font) tonight.

Nice shots astroutkarsh...but Nac is right that pink watermark do not look good...try white or design some logo for yourself

wow great shots by every one and nice to see the work by new members too!

i've been inactive for long time..

shot this today..
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House Fly by Jaggy89, on Flickr

jagg, I like the background texture and nice work...

@ Sujoy: Yap I was quite far from stage, used binaculars to watch the show

not really, just kidding, ya screens was the only option, even at back, ticket was very expensive

Tried creating photo frame using Gimp...

Cloud waves

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Cute colour chicken at garden

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tried HDR
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@nac your frame looks great...

@Anorion nice try but sky is totally washed off...no details at all

was it really soo foggy

And bina clouds ke HDR ka maza nahi aata

Guys, I need some info on HDR...

I was looking up it in internet and found its mainly done by softwares...which s/w u all use?

And...I understand the basic concept of HDR
1 overexposed photo
1 Normal photo
1 underexposed photo

Other details would be helpful.

concept is to have areas with all exposures and pick the parts that work best... 3 exposures may be enough, but maybe you could do better with 5 because the extreme ends really captures more tonal information, colors that don't appear in some exposeres appear in others

for my image I used 4 brackets, there are three for the sky, one for the bluish tinge right on top, one for the warm red band in the middle, one for the purple band right around the sun, and the last one is cut at the where the "fog" is, which is an artifact of the transition, but purposely tried to make it look like fog... now ic it looks unnatural

will have to wait a whole year for those nice fluffy white clouds lol they show up best in oct-nov...

having a prolem with choosing the correct amount of light for any particular area, went ahead and retained those parts that had the most colour, maybe another exposure for the rocks at the bottom would have helped

@rhitwick use photomatrix pro ..its a full fledged software for HDR...and very popular

@anorion....u have done quit many things for that image

I have never tried HDR for 2 reasons...first I dont have tripod and secondly my DSLR dont have auto bracketing feature..before HDR I would get a CPL (circular polarisor) for neat sky and nice clouds

jags: good macro.

anorion: beautiful shot. Loved the treatment given. Although the details are washed out but a dreamy look.
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For your C&C.
Thanks. Setup is same as before.

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great shots there toofan
@sujoyp: I agree with the tripod part ,but you don't really need polarizer for hdr .Polarizer will further increase noise .
@Anorion: .Nice try ,but you gotta shoot a lot if you want to try out hdr .
@astroutkarsh: all I will say shoot more and work on composition .

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@toofan...I like ur colored macro more than these b&W coz lots of detail is lost it seems...

@stuge....lovely rose pics...loved them

That CPL was just in my mind...I know we can get good HDR normally with good techniques normally.

@stuge Awesome man

Stuge said:
@astroutkarsh: all I will say shoot more and work on composition .

Thanks Stuge...& Nice Roses
Stuge, can you take one Image to explain composition part ?
I know, composition of Image will come from experience & creativity. But still, I would like to work on that. If required, I will create another thread for this & everyone can add few cents there
Is it ok ?

Regards,
Utkarsha

how can anybody guide regarding composition

its like copying somebody's style

Still if its possible..I wanna know too

astroutkarsh said:
Snaps from my recent trip to Navegaon, Nagzira & Tadoba.

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dude this image looks right out from Far Cry 2

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_DSC5836 by toofan.v, on Flickr

superb clarity toofan

Amazing shot toofan! The focus and details are awesome!

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The Eagle by Jaggy89, on Flickr

Since I was absent from this club for quite a while, I would like to re-start with this pic.

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Sujoy, Thanks for the comment on my digital photo frame.

Abhinav, lovely roses.

INS ANI, nice one. (By the by what's your gear)

Merry X'mas to every one...

@Animesh (INS-ANI) this is an old pic u posted long before...now that u r getting ur DSLR ...I am waiting for great pics from u

@Nac Merry Christmas to you too

-----Today went to some Christmas photoshoot with 50mm1.8 but sadly missed many shots due to poor manual focusing

I will get a 50mm 1.8 AFS someday

Some images for you guys

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This diya stand is a mixture of hindu and christan culture

loved it
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Didnt dare to take direct shots soo hid behind the diya

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Lastly a Christmas tree...sorry there was no distance to move around soo not much artistic

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Thank you Sujoy...

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Meet Maggie. Most important family member in my friend's home. Got an opportunity today to click her.

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@nac those chicks always look cute

@a_medico 1st & 4th look superb

looks ekdam buddhu

Maggie wearing tees... Nice

Maggie is playing with the turtle toy or a real one???

sujoyp said:
... snip
-----Today went to some Christmas photoshoot with 50mm1.8 but sadly missed many shots due to poor manual focusing I will get a 50mm 1.8 AFS someday
.... snip

Hence, I am waiting to get my hands on the G one

Nice reviews too ... Nikon 50mm f/1.8G Review

@nac - ekdum real....here you go

Maggie's friends:

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@binarycodes rather than G-one

I was thinking of getting a old body with motor...at least it will autofocus all the AF lenses

@a medico tortoise pics r nice...but u didnt took the yellow bird too well

@sujoyp the diya and the diya lighter both are good :))

.....

@skr.... There were many such opportunities :bananana:

just a wannabe photographer stuck with P&S...also have been trying out Photoshop

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DSCF0666-edited by rahul_lifemetal, on Flickr

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DSCF0132 by rahul_lifemetal, on Flickr

@reddead your 1st shot of pigeon is very sharp..liked it

@sujoy: nice pics...i liked the christmas tree..

@medico: nice pics of the turtle buddy

@reddead: liked the last pigeon shot...nice!!!

Reddead, 1st one is really good!

Medico: excellent shots of tortoise.

dead: pigeon is sharp but could be composed better.

Please C&C. Thanks

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A few captures by my SX130!!!

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Sky spikes-net by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Bsvgn park1 by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Bsvgn park (7) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Bsvgn park (3) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Aanjaneya by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Frm 30ft by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Jngr park by skr sx130, on Flickr

@toofan: nic snaps,
nice work by all, checking forum after long time.

Just one question: if anybody has experience on bringing used camera from abroad to India.
I just came to India for vacation with my used D5100 and had to pay whopping 36% duty on it. Didn't expected, as I am going to take it back with me. What they suggested is to keep it with them in custody and take back when leaving or pay duty, if I want to us it here

ooh thats sad kapil

Please raise this question at jjmehta forum too.....there u will get some solution from seniors for sure...36%

kjuvale said:
@toofan: nic snaps,
nice work by all, checking forum after long time.

Just one question: if anybody has experience on bringing used camera from abroad to India.
I just came to India for vacation with my used D5100 and had to pay whopping 36% duty on it. Didn't expected, as I am going to take it back with me. What they suggested is to keep it with them in custody and take back when leaving or pay duty, if I want to us it here

dude thats insane,one of every item is duty free since it can be declared as item for personal use,duty is only levied if u carry more than one camera

Sorry for diverting your discussion. I have recently bought Canon SX220HS, I am not familiar with it now. Can you please tell me What is/are the uniqueness of this Model? Can this Camera take the picture like that of the pictures you have posted above?

@Sujoy: Thanks for suggestion, I will post it in jjmehta forum. Anyways I have already paid the duty as I wanted to use it here

@prabhu.wali : I thought the same and I argued with them that I will be returning soon with camera. But as per custom officer I can bring camera within Rs. 25K and whatever above that dutiable and Professional camera doesn't come under duty free item.

@hluachawngthu welcome to the photography world where expectation never ends

I would say for start select any genre of your liking like landscapes....google search how to take great landscapes and see the setting used...try those settings on your cam ...try taking similar pics...that helps...learn to use GIMP or Photoshop software for post processing like sharpning, brightness/contrast etc

Medico,
Wow!!! real turtles... Your friend have so many pet animals.

Reddead,
First one is very good and your P&S should be a good one too... What's your gear... And the last one is kinda dove doll...

Vimal,
As for as I remember I see only your macros. I checked your flickr collection. You have a nice collection there. :doublethumb:

Krishna and the little girl are cute...

skr,
I like 3rd and last one. Good work...

kjuvale,
Do you need to pay duty when you land (abroad), again???

hluachawngthu,
I am not sure about the unique feature of your camera. Sure your camera will take good photos. And you don't need to compare it DSLR's. I am just quoting Rockwell's

"The best camera is always the one you already have with you"

"The pictures you take depend on you, not on your camera"

Stork

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kjuvale said:
@Sujoy: Thanks for suggestion, I will post it in jjmehta forum. Anyways I have already paid the duty as I wanted to use it here
@prabhu.wali : I thought the same and I argued with them that I will be returning soon with camera. But as per custom officer I can bring camera within Rs. 25K and whatever above that dutiable and Professional camera doesn't come under duty free item.

oh thats a bummer :sad:

nac said:
Reddead,
First one is very good and your P&S should be a good one too... What's your gear... And the last one is kinda dove doll...

Fujifilm S2950

@nac: no I dont have to pay taxes again there as I have paid them already while purchasing it in Germany (19.5%

)

I still didn't get chance to got out to take pics outside (now in Pune

)

here is one I took before leaving to home

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Its Christmas time

by digitman2006, on Flickr

Excellent capture above. Loved it.

@kjuvale: nice pic buddy....who's that chick???

@nac Thankyou. By the way have you tried any new shots using the manual adjusments of aperture and focus? I am still trying to get to know the nuances of the same.

Just ventured out and let my SX130 capture a few.....

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Llbg Eagle (11) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Llbg (2) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Llbg Eagle (5) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Llbg Eagle (8) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Llbg Myna grp (2) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Llbg by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Llbg Ducks (37) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Llbg Ducks (36) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Llbg Eagle (1) by skr sx130, on Flickr

I know this is not the right place but couldn't help posting it here...mods pls remove if it if u want

Evolution of a Photographer
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kjuvale said:
@nac: no I dont have to pay taxes again there as I have paid them already while purchasing it in Germany (19.5% )

I still didn't get chance to got out to take pics outside (now in Pune )

here is one I took before leaving to home

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Its Christmas time by digitman2006, on Flickr

i m jus loving the indigo color on her wollen cap :mrgreen:

Nice work skr... Middle one (two birds) is noisy.

Yeah, I have tried shooting in Av. I don't use MF in general but I have tried.

Mostly I shoot in Av. Didn't go in depth...

When you shoot at larger Av, shutter speed will be faster than when you shoot at smaller Av and it affects depth of field. Larger Av shallow depth, smaller Av depth will be deep.

@skr liked ur pics...composition is on right track...I just wish those eagle shots to be more clear

@kapil nice shot

@nac & @sujoyp thanks.

All pictures were taken in AUTO mode. I couldn't get any closer to the birds. They would just fly away. Had to have a lot of patience and spot selection to get these angles. This is the best at the distance I was in.

Will using manual focus, aperture adjustments help to improve the shots?

and the eagle shots - I tried to get a silhoutte (hope spelling is correct)

@skr u r right....but I would have liked it with details more something like this..done some temporary Post processing to ur pic

Edit -> Pic removed

skr said:
Will using manual focus, aperture adjustments help to improve the shots?

and the eagle shots - I tried to get a silhoutte (hope spelling is correct)

Of course, it'll improve your shots...

With few adjustments, your silhouette would have been even better. Just click and see the difference. We ain't using film rolls, it's digital... So keep clicking and learn photography.

You can turn the date stamp off. Image file stores those exif data, I think no need of that stamp. If you want/need it, please ignore this line.

@sujoyp & @nac Ok. I will try as suggested.

One more query.

I got 80 snaps from the alkaline batteries(in the box). I have just started using the Camelion rechargeable batteries after an initial charging of 12hrs. Till now clicked 152 snaps.

As additional rechargeables what do you suggest I buy, since you must have used eneloops.
I read that eneloops are only available with 2000Mah, while uniross with upto 2500Mah.
The camelion currently I am using is 2100Mah (as @nac would be aware of).

How important is the 'Mah' count for deciding the same.

Yeah, I am using one pair of Camelion 2100mAH.
I was suggested Sanyo Eneloop. So for both the brands are giving similar nos.

Higher the mAH longer the power. I have seen 3xxxmAH NiMH batteries (AA) but not Sanyo. There is 2700mAH Sanyo Eneloop batteries. Ebay have listed 2500mAH. If they have listed, you can find it in your local dealer. Check with electronics shop or better check with camera dealers.

The only advantage with sanyo enloops are that they preserve the power for long duration...like suppose u charge today and will use it 4 days after u will get most of the charge in cell...other rechargable looses the charge sooner

there is eneloop 2500 mAh battries, and I have them, these are black in colour and has the recycle time of 500 cycles only while the white ones with 2100/2000 mAh can be recycled upto 1500 times.

@nac, @sujoyp, @toofan Thankyou for the information.

Today I bought sanyo eneloop 2000mAH rechargeables. Yes as @toofan has informed these can be recycled upto 1500 times.

@toofan Your captures are all wonderful. I have a canon sx130. Hope you have seen my eagle and ducks snaps. Ofcourse I think I cant achieve your kind of a clarity with my canon. But is there any specific technical guidance that you can give me so that such shots are taken at optimum clarity? Also I am interested in silhouettes. Need some input on that.

Skr or SRk : Thanks for the words.

Your duck shots are better in team of sharpness and colours.
Actually Most P&S and lenses are soft at there longest focal length. Also sharpness and colours, contrast depends upon the exposure you get. Sharpness on the shutter speed. you can use a good tripod for this purpose. it will allow you to shoot at lower shutter speeds also and with sharpness in images.

for eagle shots: try shooting them with better background, where the background is not as lighted as the subject. Shooting at eye level will enhance these shots a lot and it will give you some different background then sky.

Silhouettes can be shot with strong back light and exposing for the strong light. Try at sunsets. Expose for sky and the subject will automatically become darker. then you can try with different lights on background and subjects.

One more thing start using your cam on manual mode. I too have started my journey from a Canon SX110IS.

an eg shot:
shot earlier when I shifted to DSLR.
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Made this shot late in the evening.

In between.
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Krishna Silhoutte by toofan.v, on Flickr

Shot this month.
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Made this shot early in the morning.

Hope you got the Ideas.

Search flickr for images to get the ideas what you could do with your cam.

Toofan, good to hear you were using predecessor of SX130 IS.

Guys, your suggestions and comments are welcome.

Beans - Macro

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Spider - Macro

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Few sunset shots

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@toofan Thanks for the guidance. I am getting the aspects that you mentioned. Right now I am looking out for some material on beginners guide to photography, especially the use of manual focus. I will use what information you have said to dig up more.

Good to know that you too began with a Canon. So my choice of Canon sx130 as my first digital camera stands justified. Thanks again

@nac the spider macro is good. I am yet to try macro. And the sky seems to be on fire!!! :razz:

Was the brightness in the beans snap intentional?

any suggestions for a good biginners guide to photography

skr,
Thanks for the comment. Yes, that was intentional. Photo was taken in the bright sunlight, when I keep the camera close to the subject to take macro, shadow of the lens hood falls on the subject. And my focus point is where the shadow falls, so the brightness I guess. I was trying different settings, I felt this one was better than others. Black frame would have been a little better than this one.

These two are taken in Av mode. First one taken at largest Av thus shallow depth, and the second one taken at smallest Av thus deep focus.

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@nac your clouds and beans pic r very nice...but that spider is not very photogenic

Sujoy,
Thanks for the comment. Photogenic...

@nac 2nd n 3rd sunset shots are good! the clouds are amazing!

*indianaturewatch.net/images/album/photo/12108712174efefbb4f0816.jpg

superb toofan...very sharp and clear

@Toofan, One word, wow!

Nice one Vimal...

A bug on wheat grains

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Wish you all a Happy New Year :toast:

WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY PROSPEROUS AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR 2012!!!

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Llbg Myna (1) by skr sx130, on Flickr

@nac super pics. are they shot in macro?

@toofan just amazing!!!

@nac nice try with bugs but focus on eyes is missing

@skr Happy new year to u too...you should always shoot the complete bird

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Some pics (Actually was practicing bokeh like toofan

)

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*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-bQiYIq_fee0/TwAFSjDu1II/AAAAAAAAG7Q/LzUwNTk8JRg/s640/DSC_1240_filtered.jpg

This one shot normally but applied some new PP from new picasa software

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The last sunset of 2011.. its kind of dull.. how do i make it more vibrant and bring out the colors.. if possible..
Pic download link > *img207.imageshack.us/img207/2339/dsc1541.jpg

click to enlarge..
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@arian29 I recommend you to download the new picasa photo editing software...it have some great options

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-UOlpAMThJBg/TwARROlP-oI/AAAAAAAAG7s/Y5VXsuZIdzE/s640/dsc1541test.jpg

Just visited Sinhagad fort near Pune, Here are some pf pics I took

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7017/6611371301_1a888d22fa_z.jpg
Small lake on Sinhagad fort by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7033/6611368965_899f11e4a7_z.jpg
Monkey at entrance of Sinhagad by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6611366627_a8e51cf59c_z.jpg
a Bird by digitman2006, on Flickr

*Fort pics coming soon

kapil the 1st scenery is supeb

Kjuvale,
I like the first one too...

Arian,
If you are using MS Office 2007, you can use it MS Office Picture Manager. It is simpler than other photo editing software like Photoshop, Gimp etc...

Sujoy,
Like the first one. And couldn't figure out what the 3rd one is at first sight.

Skr,
Yes, they are shot in Macro.

@arian29 check your image below I just did very basic color correction and increased little contrast.

*i41.tinypic.com/2e4dnnr.jpg

@kjuvale.. first scene is so beautiful.. Can you share high quality Image..

Guys I have a request all of you, can some one pls share their Raw files with me.. I am a Photoshop user and I wish to work on Raw files in Camera Raw.. but unfortunately I don't have DSLR.. so can some one provide some Raw files to me .. I just want it for my practice and as a hobby am not gonna use this photos for any profits or anything..

If someone is willing to then I want photos in this category..couple of photos in each will do.. and if possible then give unedited image(well most probably no one saves changes in Raw file but still mentioning it.)

1 Landscape
2. Portrat
3. Macro shots

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6611813643_b3a53a6c72.jpg
pic by rahul_lifemetal, on Flickr

@Sujoy, Nac and clmlbx: Thanks

@Clmlbx,I will send you link soon for full resolution image.

here are some more pics from fort:
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7155/6611937981_f5d3358de0_z.jpg
Flowers by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6611931127_769f24e16f_z.jpg
Kalyan Darwaja (Kalyan Door) by digitman2006, on Flickr

This is HDR

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6613591255_4372e5a022_z.jpg
Sinhagad HDR by digitman2006, on Flickr

@sujoyp Beginners' blues. Had to run around a lot to get that Myna!!! :razz:

@kjuvale Amazing shots!!! :thumbs:

Today's My First Moon shots....

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7169/6613764089_db1c60c420_z.jpg
First Moon shot1 by skr sx130, on Flickr

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First Moon shot 1 by skr sx130, on Flickr

@skr: awesome shots man!!! which cam did u use...sx130??

skr said:
Today's My First Moon shots....

did u used a tripod to get it that much steady? :?:

Kjvale: Excellent takes, very sharp and well exposed. Monkey shot is over exposed.

Friends,

I wish a Very Very Happy New Year to All of you. Its one day late but out for a trip on 1st.

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6616330333_831fc2a58d_b.jpg
_DSC2958 by toofan.v, on Flickr

Kjuvale,
Your photos are coooool...

Skr,
Nice work

Few of my clicks this weekend...

Bird having lunch (Guava)

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Squirrel on the wire

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House Fly

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Bug

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*i.minus.com/jMt7zZUCicc4F.jpg*i.minus.com/jbeukD5qvD2Cs5.jpg

*i.minus.com/jvf1tnDvMwIVO.jpg

Quality Affected. Used minus.com . Should have used flickr.

@skr use negative exposure to get more details on moon

@toofan Happy New Year to u

@nac good try on macros...try to edit the pics and brighten the subjects..and dont post dead subjects

@kunal ur squerrel shots r nice ...that road shot is nice ... lake is underexposed

Sujoy,

Sorry for that. I better remove it...

And thanks for tip on negative exposure...

@abhidev Thankyou. Yes its the Canon SX130.

@Im2k No tripods. Just two steady hands!!! :razz:

@nac Thanks. Housefly is amazing.

@sujoyp What is this negative exposure. How to use it. Please throw some light!!!

*www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/SX130IS/ZURBACK-S.JPG

This is the back side of sx130IS use the +/- button while taking the pic...the +/- button is also called exposure button

There u can increase or decrease exposure (something like brightness and darkness) of the image

oh OK. Thanks.

And guys thanks for the patience with which you all reply, even if my query appears trivial.

I am a real novice and just have started of in this field. Before I came to this forum I used to think that apperture was a word used to denote high temparature.

I am a real novice and just have started of in this field. Before I came to this forum I used to think that apperture was a word used to denote high temparature.

good one

skr said:
@abhidev Thankyou. Yes its the Canon SX130.

but isn't that a point and shoot camera??

@abhidev Yes its a Point and Shoot camera but with a lot of advanced features and 12x zoom. A step in the direction of DSLR in a P&S outfit.

Tried out @sujoyp suggestion on negative exposure.

First moon shot without negative exposure

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6620435727_39d25265a0_z.jpg
Moon - Auto (2) by skr sx130, on Flickr

Second moon shot with negative exposure - using manual focus

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7014/6620436137_63053e1e6e_z.jpg
Moon MF-2 by skr sx130, on Flickr

First macro shot with flash

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6620435215_5d3997eea0_z.jpg
Flower Macro with flash by skr sx130, on Flickr

By the way, when I use flash to take pictures of people, at night, inside the house the resultant picture has a very red tone to it. Be it with the room light on or off. I cant figure out what to do. Any information in this regard?

@nac Any suggestions? And have you tried video recording. Whats your experience on that?

Kunal,
I like 2nd, 4th and 6th.

Sujoy,
I wanted to post as-is (other than cropping/resize) photos rather than edited one. And don't know how to do so, that's different

. Here is the one as you suggested. It's edited in-camera.

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Squirrel

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A tiny little insect...

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Skr,

Nice flower macro...
With flash we get little realistic (skin tone of people) than with flash turned off. In general I don't use flash. I don't remember much where I have taken using flash other than people. I think you are saying that as red tone.

About video, in total I have shot around 6 or 7 minutes till date. And I shot only at HD, no other resolution. I am not much into video shooting.

Here is a moon shot I took few hours ago...

*img46.imageshack.us/img46/4989/img2489t.jpg

@skr the 2nd moon shot is much better...u can see many details in it

red tone...u mean dark pics I suppose...try increasing the aperture in aperture mode and put the flash in auto and shoot the pics as such the subject is facing the tubelight

And yes if u can change the metering mode to center or spot...I hope u know how to change it

@nac your 1st pic is in correct focus and looks good...remaining bit out of focus

your moon is again overexposed and lost much details...try negative exposure as said earlier

dont reject editing ...u have to know it...learn slowly but start learning

Sujoy,

It's alright, don't be sorry. And feel free to criticise.

The insect shot, I don't know where to focus. That one was not even fitting 50% of that frame. Actually I was trying to post a post (about focusing the small subject) since yesterday night in the other thread (Understanding Camera Setting). But I couldn't, there is an error. Reported, yet to fix the issue. Try posting there, whether you could able to post.

And what about the in-camera editing. Is that OK?

Finally my Nikon D3100 due in 3 days :hyper:

By red tone I mean, it looks like a mild red light is focused on the person's face. I tried switching off the red eye light. Still no use.

This is without flash

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6621424985_73ebcca55c_z.jpg
Without flash by skr sx130, on Flickr

This is with flash

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7153/6621423525_b5c6be6704_z.jpg
With flash by skr sx130, on Flickr

Irrespective of the person facing the light or away from it or even without the light in the room this is how the pics appear.

@nac I edited my post 3 times coz u changed the pic and then added moon later

@prabhu Good that u got D3100

@skr...cant help with this...try using come diffuser type of thing on the flash...the popup flash just work like this

Made some shots last weak (Actually last year

). Sharing for your Critiques. I had used only one flash for these shots.

Please guide on how to improve more. Thanks.

D90+ 18-105mm @ ISO 200 S.S: 1/200 and Fstop: 16 for most of the shots. + Vivitar 285HV @ 1/16 on my rosogulla box.

1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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Sujoy,
I posted a wrong link (first image) so the edit. And the moon shot post is bumped, not edited. The moon was shot using negative exposure -2, you can check the Exif.

Prabhu,
Congrats...

Skr,
It's normal, I believe.

Vimal,
I like the last one. It looks so nice...

Vimal I hope I can critique a bit

1. Liked the composition but somehow I think the flower is too bright... or maybe flower have too many petals soo its looking like this...if it was a rose it would look great...can u try this same composition with a Red rose

2. Nothing special in compo
3.Compo is good, glass is looking great but center part of flower became dull

4. liked the color of flower but didnt like the compo

@Toofan liked 3rd one , but flower is little dull.

here is photo of Sahyadri mountains as seen from Sinhagad.
It was very difficult to take photo, it was little foggy or may be because of increased pollution in Pune areas

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7024/6625216527_76df7cdc00_z.jpg
Sahyadri mountain range by digitman2006, on Flickr

nice landscape kapil

sujoyp said:
Vimal I hope I can critique a bit

1. Liked the composition but somehow I think the flower is too bright... or maybe flower have too many petals soo its looking like this...if it was a rose it would look great...can u try this same composition with a Red rose

2. Nothing special in compo
3.Compo is good, glass is looking great but center part of flower became dull
4. liked the color of flower but didnt like the compo

Thanks a Lot Sujoy. this feedback will certainly help me Improve and do better next time.

Another one for your suggestions and critiques. thansk
*indianaturewatch.net/images/album/photo/15557273814f02f91c9b58f.jpg

Kapil: I am loving your shots now. Keep posting. I will suggest if you want to improve then start posting on JJMehta forum for better critiques. Abhinav is the only one here who is master in Landscapes here. And in these lots and lots of pics, its difficult to comment on a single shot for anyone. So Abhinav (Stuge) can't help much.

@toofan Your 'flower in the glass' is quite artistic. But your outdoor macros are just amazingly wonderful!!! :doublethumb:

@kjuvale Looks like a painting on canvas. Wow!!! :clap2:

Today the sky offers a pairing of the Moon and the Jupiter. Just tried to capture as far as possible with my camera.

First the moon

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6627923577_34902ee846_z.jpg
Moon by skr sx130, on Flickr

Next Jupiter

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6627927469_129c2b31de_z.jpg
Jupitor1 by skr sx130, on Flickr

Now the jodi

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7018/6628000223_f13019c582_z.jpg
Moon - Jupiter by skr sx130, on Flickr

Just a try. Thats all!!! :razz:

Another macro with flash

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6628002329_cb5a104448_z.jpg
Macro with flash (2) by skr sx130, on Flickr

@Sujoy, Vimal and SkR: thanks

@Toofan: thanks for suggestion, starting my first post on jjmehta

@toofan If you have read my query on the flash - regarding red tone - and seen the attached pictures can you give some inputs?

skr: I liked the flash shot for its tone, its looking more natural then the without flash.. Actually your both the shots have white balance problems.

When using the flash change the wb to flash and on other occasions as per the conditions to get the natural colours. This also depends upon which picture style you are using eg: vivid, lanscape, portrait, etc etc.

You could also keep a white paper with you and set the custom white balance for the situations. for this google or read your camera manual.

thanks friends. another one and with better d.o.f.

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@skr ur moon is looking great now

@toofan good composition...great BG

Kjuvale,
Your landscape looks cool. Fog gives cool tone to your picture, it's nice.

Skr,
Your moon is looking good...

@toofan @nac and @sujoyp Your inputs are bearing results. Thank you!!!

Today I tried macro shots of a green worm.

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7145/6633155357_8d3828780a_z.jpg
Worm macro by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Worm macro 1 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6633155365_9c74fc53ae_z.jpg
Worm macro ps by skr sx130, on Flickr

This below one is inspired by @toofan. Originally shot with flash. I used photoshop to crop and slightly adjust the brightness to get the look of @toofan's captures.

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7020/6633155379_554bd1099e_z.jpg
Worm macro with flash by skr sx130, on Flickr

@skr ur 2nd shot is perfect

good work
The last one is a good try but flash is harsh...u have to use some diffuser even a handmade white paper diffuser will be ok

finally got mine!!!!!!!*i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j461/prabhu89wali/IMG_2304.jpg

prabhu.wali Congrats for the new D3100

sujoyp said:
prabhu.wali Congrats for the new D3100

ty

@prabhu.wali Congrats and happy clicking. :thumbs:

Friends, I think I resolved the red tone issue with flash - helped by your inputs. There is an option of 'custom white balance' when flash is on. This automatically adjusts the picture tone based on the availabe light. Along with this the 'flash power' and 'negative exposure' can be manipulated to get the right brightness.

Without 'custom white balance' - flash is on. Skin has a red tone

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/6635908963_1f2db22855_z.jpg
No Flashcustom by skr sx130, on Flickr

After using 'custom white balance' - flash is on. The skin looks a lot more natural.

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7030/6635907761_cc595526a4_z.jpg
Flashcustom by skr sx130, on Flickr

Ofcourse the white balance and exposure can be made better. But just wanted to show the difference.

Another macro.....

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6635933791_f7f81ea710_z.jpg
Casio MF1 by skr sx130, on Flickr

SKR good that u r playing with the settings...its all upon what u like...that 2nd hand image is too whitish for my taste

Yes ofcourse it needs to be fine tuned. Just wanted to show the difference with little manipulations.

skr said:
@prabhu.wali Congrats and happy clicking.

TY m8,first shots

*i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j461/prabhu89wali/CSC_0251.jpg

good ...now start learning the compositions

sujoyp said:
good ...now start learning the compositions

yes i am

@nac Have you tried out the camera case given free. The case I got says it's for sx120/sx210. I tried fitting in my camera, its a little tight fit. I checked with the vendor as well as a few other stores, it was the same sx120/sx210 case that was being given free.

Alternatively, for my canon sx130, can anyone suggest a good carry case that can fit in my camera a couple of batteries and a memory card?

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6641007943_de896638c4.jpg
Sunshine by rahul_lifemetal, on Flickr

@redead ...very beautiful shot

@skr...just go to a local shop and try some camera pouches....u will be much satisfied by trying them

Reddead,
I like the vibrant orange flower but not the backdrop and sunlight is too bright.

Skr,
Good that you have found a way to get desired tone using flash.
Did you see snap I posted which has the things I received along with camera?
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/147426-suggest-digicam-12k-15k-3.html#post1545220
The pouch I received didn't say any model no. but has Canon logo (That's my profile picture). And the camera fits comfortably. It fits camera and a small pocket like thing inside the pouch to keep memory card. And they have given something belt loop behind the pouch, I don't know the intended purpose may be to hold batteries. But if we keep 'em there, definitely we will loose 'em.

@Toofan: excellent shot again, love the vibrant colours you always get with macros.
@reddead: really beautiful

I tried for first time taking moon pic: any suggestions welcome

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6642534231_b94b93661b_z.jpg
Moon / Mond / Chandra by digitman2006, on Flickr

Kapil the moon is sharp and accurate...cant be better than this

Excellent capture Kapil, very detailed shot.

the colours in macros are due to my newly bought an Old manual Nikkor lens.

sujoyp said:
@redead ...very beautiful shot

nac said:
Reddead,
I like the vibrant orange flower but not the backdrop and sunlight is too bright.

kjuvale said:
@reddead: really beautiful

thnx guys....

toofan: Great as always!

reddead: Beautiful shot!!

Kapil: I agree with sujoyp.. it can't be better than this! Great details!

Kjuvale,
It's a sharp and detailed shot...

Thanks all

Obsessed with the Moon. Today's captures.

Moon in black and white

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6647778893_aa1a0752fa_z.jpg
Moon-6-1-12 3 by skr sx130, on Flickr

Moon in Sepia

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6647794805_eb85d2bdf8_z.jpg
Moon-6-1-12 4 by skr sx130, on Flickr

By the way can anyone tell me as to how I can take the below kind of pictures using my canon sx130. Wether it is possible? Basically the subject has to be clear and background rushing. Something like capturing a fast moving car that will give me a clear picture of the car but the background must be stretched as below.

PLEASE NOT: THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN FROM ANOTHER SITE FOR REPRESENTATION PURPOSES ONLY.

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7007/6647877083_c9ac738aa4.jpg
*www.flickr.com/photos/72800019@N06/6647877083/ by *www.flickr.com/people/72800019@N06/, on Flickr

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*www.flickr.com/photos/72800019@N06/6647877191/ by *www.flickr.com/people/72800019@N06/, on Flickr

^^ well u've got to set the shutter the speed such that it isn too high or low and focusing on the on the subject

@prabhu.wali Sorry, cant make out what you have said. Can you please explain in specific/technical terms?

skr said:
@prabhu.wali Sorry, cant make out what you have said. Can you please explain in specific/technical terms?

well its like when u take a pic of a waterfall setting the shutter speed to say 1/1000 sec will freeze the water but when u set it to say 1/500 sec the water is kinda blurry so in ur context u want find that shutter speed that blurrs the background while keep the subject in focus sharp

@prabhu.wali Ok. So depending on the speed of the subject we have to decide on the shutter speed. Is there any rule to determine this or just trial and error. And is it only the shutter speed adjustment that will give me this effect?

skr said:
@prabhu.wali Ok. So depending on the speed of the subject we have to decide on the shutter speed. Is there any rule to determine this or just trial and error. And is it only the shutter speed adjustment that will give me this effect?

yes,it is dependent on the speed of the subject for ex i can blurr the ceiling fan at 1/100 sec and freeze at 1/500 so for the second image u posted set the aperture such that the subject(the person standing) is in focus and adjust the shutter speed such that u blurr the background
watch this video *www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzgALhGF8_o , *www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPcdWxhLwoA&feature=relmfu

Some pics I took from rajasthani festival

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*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l4BaHM8BPEg/TwdCgUnws9I/AAAAAAAAG8M/8Bz2c0YTSuI/s800/Man.JPG

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j7rdQliPfmE/Twc3nxUikuI/AAAAAAAAG8A/smC6mUgnqM4/s640/DSC_1364.JPG

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LDGp-pSB5Q0/Twc3p_PFNJI/AAAAAAAAG8E/6AOAjwe0vF8/s640/DSC_1368.JPG

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2bBXinbuWw8/Twc3gwsTJrI/AAAAAAAAG70/ENOrh5KLcHg/s640/DSC_1358.JPG

I wish I had faster wide angle lens something like 20mm 2.8 wide night shots using 18-55 handholded is just crap

^^ yh m feeling the need for a 1.4g and 55-300 already

@prabhu.wali Thankyou. Extremely useful info and link.

skr said:
@prabhu.wali Thankyou. Extremely useful info and link.

np but if u want to learn some technical stuff take look at these search results | lynda.com and serach for them on demonoid,if u want to preview some of the videos jus click on each topic

prabhu.wali said:
^^ yh m feeling the need for a 1.4g and 55-300 already

u mean 50mm 1.4G ...but I didnt like 50mm maybe I will like 35mm more...50mm is just too tight..This is the reason people nowdays get Tamron 17-50 2.8 non-OS as kit lens

yes 17-50mm makes more sense,wide + potrait

it cost 21k...one of my friend recently purchased it with D7000+tamron 17-50 ....will check them on sunday

sujoyp said:
it cost 21k...one of my friend recently purchased it with D7000+tamron 17-50 ....will check them on sunday

cool but wouldn that be something like a prime 18-55

Tamron 17-50 dont have fast focusing like Nikon AFS nor it have stabilization like 18-55 have VR

But as its fast enough @f2.8 we get very good shutter speed and we can take handhold shots easily ....yes it reduces the need of prime a bit ..but do remember no zoom can be compared to primes in bokeh and sharpness

sujoyp said:
Tamron 17-50 dont have fast focusing like Nikon AFS nor it have stabilization like 18-55 have VR

But as its fast enough @f2.8 we get very good shutter speed and we can take handhold shots easily ....yes it reduces the need of prime a bit ..but do remember no zoom can be compared to primes in bokeh and sharpness

yup totally agree on that

,prime is what m looking for

srk: the first cycle shot is made with the cameramen riding the cycle and then took the pic, with low shutter speed, may be 1/15 or even less.

2nd is more easy to get. A slow shutter speed 1/15 and lower (lower is best), A tripod and a still subject. Wait for the moving train to. If the train has high speed 1/15 will do the job, slower it is slower the shutter speed needed. say 1/2 sec or even lower.

It will be easy to use Shutter Priority mode here (or TV mode on canons) . you will set the shutter speed and camera will determine other feature like ISO and Aperture.

For shooting a moving car you will have to learn the technique of Panning. google it. its easy but hard to get perfect results.

Hope this helps.

some more for feedback and critiques.
First time attaching images from facebook.
thanks.

1.
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Sujoy: very good results. Liked 1st and 3rd more.

Sujoy,
I like 4th and 3rd.

Thanks toofan & nac for liking the pics

Toofan nowdays it seems u r putting much more efforts on composition and background and left magnification

isnt it

Guys I am surprised to see olympus EPL1 cost only 19k...y dont we consider it...its quality is much better then any p&S and it have in-body stabilisation...also u can fit any lens on it using adapters

@sujoyp The hut with the internal lighting looks good (4th snap).

Experimented with shutter speed. A few captures. Ofcourse there is a bit of shake in the pictures that i need to resolve.

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Fan - M (11) by skr sx130, on Flickr

A passing bike

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TV-mode experiments (17) by skr sx130, on Flickr

Skr,

2nd one is a nice try... Since you don't have tripod, set the camera in the compound wall or somewhere flat. Set it in self timer, you would get a better one. It's hard to avoid hand/camera shake with a handheld camera when shutter speed is slow.

^^ good going

this is called rear sync(flash mode)

Finally Got my first DSLR Canon 1100D
Sharing first few test pics, pics. C&C Welcome

A landscape shot taken somewhere in chennai
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A night shot with slow shutter
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a potrait shot.
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@skr good try with slow shutter

I havent tried that yet

@animesh ....I have high hopes from you coz u took good shots from P&S...and you started this thread long long ago

CC :- landscape is too cluttered

colors r nice although
portrait is good

some clicks of mine
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Stil life-flowers
nothing much to say about.

sujoyp said:
@animesh ....I have high hopes from you coz u took good shots from P&S...and you started this thread long long ago

CC :- landscape is too cluttered colors r nice although
portrait is good

I took the portrait from moving bus

, not thinking about composition as of now. Trying to understand how to set best settings based on subject.

Abt the potrait, I am still struggling to get a fine focus...

@lm2k first and last is my fav

carry on!

@lm2k 3rd one is best for me...
1st have direct sunlight issue
2nd could be great but the bright sky is not good for bokeh (blue bright spots)
4th one more things in focus needed...

Here comes one more..
The best water tank ever... with two birdie(by photoshop's blessing)
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@Animesh thnx for appreciation :smile:

,btw i liked the colour of the sky in u r last shot.

@sujoy thnx for u r valuable comments about my snaps, i will try to avoid those mistake u mentioned.it looks like i need to do some more practice to compose flowers properly :reading:

INS,
I too like the sky colour.

Lm2k,
I like the last one.

guys...over the weekend one of my frnd got a Canon 550D for party...i got a chance to get my hands on it...well i tried to take some moon shots as you guys did...but was not able to get...do you guys use a special lens...i was using the kit lens. How do ou guys manage to get so clear shot...is it possible using the kit lens??

Well some of these are the pics i took...

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@abhidev...ur 2nd shot child is cute ....and no u cant take moon shot with kit lens...its too short to crop that much...u may try with 18-105 or 18-135 kit lens although but not 18-55

Yesterday I got my hands on my friends D7000 and Tamron 17-50 2.8 combo and the pics from those were soo good...just not comparable with D5100 or D3100...D7000 is heavy and have lots and lots of buttons and settings...just not for a beginner....now I can dream of getting it

Some shots I got yesterday in rajasthan festival..it was soo crowded

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All shots taken at Shutter priority @1/15s at ISO 3200 all without flash except pic 1

Sujoy: Excellent Images, Loved each and every shot. Very well done.

I am getting a feel that is this is the genre you like to shoot more ?

@sujoy: I think @skr took moon shots using sx130(point and shoot)....so thought it would be possible using 550D easily...

@toofan Thanks Vimal...I love visiting these shows to take pics but the lighting is soo difficult in each of them...I took all of them 1/15 shutter speed and ISO 3200 handhold...thats the max I can go

The other guy with me u may know Mr.Sanjay Tiwari AKA Sanjay64 of jjmehta got D7000+Tammy 17-50 2.8...Supeb cam...and pic quality is just superb

@abhidev I can tell u simple technique...put ur cam on single focus mode, put the metering on spot metering, put aperture at f8 in aperture priority, set negative exposure to -2
now point the center focus point on moon and zoom to max u can ....after that on ur PC crop the moon and reduce the brightness a little....It will do the job

Abhi,
I thought you would have guessed like that "How could Skr have taken moon with compact while I can't with SLR kit lens?". Because he took that moon shot at telephoto angle 336mm while you tried at 55mm, that's the reason. If you have tried the same angle with SLR you would have gotten a very nice, detailed moon than Skr's compact.

The little girl is cute. Did you try the first shot with different exposure? I feel it would be better if it's little under exposed. Feel like saying it, no offense meant. My comment on your work is just a beginner's, you can very well ignore it.

Sujoy,
I like 3, 4 and 5. In my view 4th is the best among them.

thanks nac for liking

And u r right 55mm is just too less for moon still Abhidev should try as I have given him all the settings required

In an attempt to capture stars. I tried with lowest ISO (80) to highest ISO(1600) possible.

I think ISO400 image is reasonably good to print 6x4 size. But the size I am posting is little larger than 6x4.

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u were trying to capture stars on a full moon day...not a good idea....due to moonlight stars will look pale....try on amawasya when there is no moon

Yeah, me too thought the same. I should try this when there is no moon up there in the sky.

@sujoyp

Thanks for the encouraging review on the D7000

Oh and great shots. 3rd one is awesome

@binarycodes D7000 is just miles ahead in every sense there r soo many settings and soo many buttons everywhere that my friend who is in this field for 4-5 years also got confused...but results r amazing...now I can dream peacefully

Thanks for liking the pics

Sharing 2 Portraits I had shot on 1st of Jan,2012 for the suggestions and critiques.

D90+50mm 1.8. Thanks

1. f: 3.5 @ 1/1600 ISO 200
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2. f: 4.0 @ 1/1250 ISO 200
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Very nice shots toofan..very cute girl

Some shots I took today at a garden/lake nearby

1.Fishing boat
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2.Backlit flower
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3. Bird

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4.Bird in flight
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5. Rose
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6. PPed rose kali
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7. Bird 2

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@toofan nice shots

@sujoyp i like the backlit flower and 2nd bird , kind of looks like one of those angry birds

. btw which lens did you use ?

I shot this in my backyard .

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spider by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

Thanks Davidboon

yaah whenever I see that bird it reminds me of angrybird game

I used Nikon 55-200 AFS VR lens for these pics

Lovely series Sujoy. Whats the stain just above the boat, to the right?

Sujoy,
I like 4th, 5th and the last one.

David,
A different colour spider and it seems like a big one.

Vimal,
The girl is cute, and he is a good looking man.

Medico,
I guess, it's a pole/stick or something like that.

yes medico its a stick or a pole like nac said...maybe fishermen can tell u better

Thanks for liking the pics medico and nac

@devidboon u can brighten the subject a bit...I took the pic of same spider last month

Eagles, Doves and Ducks...

Few of my clicks last week. First time taking photos away from my house.

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Crow and Parrot

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@nac your eagle flying pics r nice also that white spotted dove is good

@ abhidev All of the Moon pics that I have taken are in P mode with the negative exposure ranging between -2 to -1 and zoom of 38x to 48x. Apart from that I have not done any touchups in photoshop. Ofcourse since you are using a lesser mm lens you could try what sujoyp has sugested.

@nac Very nice bird shots. One of my favorite subjects for capture

Yesterdays full moon.

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Full Moon (1) by skr sx130, on Flickr

Captured this in my garden today. Can anyone tell me what bird this is?

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KOGILE - P (1) by skr sx130, on Flickr

Friends,

Dew has started to fall and as I am limited to my kitchen garden only, so this is what I got till now.

I can comeup with a focus stack of this shot but cold is making me lazy.

D90 + 35-70mm + Handheld + natural light. For your C&C, thanks.

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_DSC2335 by toofan.v, on Flickr

@skr both of your pics r fine..good

@toofan wow soo much dew on insects...at what time do u shoot?

Thanks sujoy, early in the morning between 7 to 8 am.

Davidboon said:
@toofan nice shots
@sujoyp i like the backlit flower and 2nd bird , kind of looks like one of those angry birds . btw which lens did you use ?

I shot this in my backyard .

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spider by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

thanks David boon: I missed this shot. Very well made, the background and bokeh are making it more interesting.

sujoyp said:
@abhidev I can tell u simple technique...put ur cam on single focus mode, put the metering on spot metering, put aperture at f8 in aperture priority, set negative exposure to -2
now point the center focus point on moon and zoom to max u can ....after that on ur PC crop the moon and reduce the brightness a little....It will do the job

hey thanx for the tip...but frankly I don't know half of the terms you have used...well I have opened a thread for buying a point and shoot camera...thought of learning all the terms and settings through it and then upgrading it to DSLR. Please suggest some in that thread. Thanx

nac said:
Abhi,
I thought you would have guessed like that "How could Skr have taken moon with compact while I can't with SLR kit lens?". Because he took that moon shot at telephoto angle 336mm while you tried at 55mm, that's the reason. If you have tried the same angle with SLR you would have gotten a very nice, detailed moon than Skr's compact.

The little girl is cute. Did you try the first shot with different exposure? I feel it would be better if it's little under exposed. Feel like saying it, no offense meant. My comment on your work is just a beginner's, you can very well ignore it.

thats what i thought

Well thanx for the feedback...m a beginner too and frankly I don't know how all the settings work.

For the pics I have posted, I was just playing around with different ISO levels and shutter speed.

abhidev I would suggest to go through this thread -> *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/144093-nikon-d-slr-buying-advice.html

I have tried explaining everything I can

...there u would find many noob question and noobish answers as well

@Sujoy: missed lots of posts from you, very nice shots. Especially in post #4684 are excellent.
@Toofan: lovely shot with dew

I just came back from Goa, visited Nageshi Temple. Here are some shots I took there

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Nageshi Temple, Goa by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Boy with lamp during nagesh Palakhi by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Nagesh Palakhi by digitman2006, on Flickr

Thanks kapil

your building & boy shot is great...but last shot

I donno whats the subject

Sujoy,
Thank you...
Kjuvale's third shot is Palankeen/litter (it's a kinda conveyance consisting bed/quilt carried on two/poles by the people). You would have seen it old movies where Queen/Princess uses this. Often we can see Hindu gods are carried in this by the devotees.

Skr,
Your moon shot has come out pretty good. Use digital zoom when it is necessary. It doesn't produce image sharper.

Vimal,
Nice work... Don't they freeze to death in this climate?

Kjuvale,
First one is neat and clean. Are they still using that petromax light in Goa?

Thanks Sujoy and Nac.
@Sujoy: Nac is right, third photo is of Palkhi (in Marathi)/ Litter of Nagesh (form of Shiva). It is carried out every Monday evening.

@Nac: No they just use these lamps during Litter, otherwise, now they have electricity in these small places in Old Goa.

@sujoy very nice shots specially the "6. PPed rose kali" the light and the slender peduncle of the rose bud really looks delicate and yes the angry bird :))

@Davidboon: i loved the shot of spider and background used

@toofan great shots, specially of that insect.

@skr u take nice shots of moon

@Kjuvale, nice shots

@nac u posted some snaps of star ,what shutter speed u used@iso 80?was it the britest star in the sky?

Thanks im2k

lm2k,
The brightest was the moon. The tiny little ones are stars, in ISO80 the stars wasn't much visible in 640x480.

man..awesm thread..been off the forum for too long..check out my flickr page:
Flickr: ideepakkrishnan's Photostream
Used my mobile...a Dell Venue Pro...(except for tat macro shot of course)

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Here are some more clicks. (Read guide on how to reduce photo size by Toofan on jjmehta forum, really helpful to reduce bandwidth usage.)

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Miramar Beach, Goa by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Deers resting by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Miramar beach by digitman2006, on Flickr

^^ aws shots bro!!!guess the sun is a little harsh in the first shot and nice selected coloring in the third

Kapil the beach pic looks best to me

Kjuvale,
I like both the beach shots...

Green...

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@kjuvale: how did u get the effect in your last pic...with only the flag to be colored and rest black n white??

nice shots man!!!

@nac u missed the focus on that bug..
That farm is nice
but last pic again not focussed properly it seems

@abhidev its called selective coloring u can do it with Photoshop or gimp

Kapil: 1st is a fantastic shot. Shadows are really creating the drama there. 3rd is also good.

Cropping could have been better. Its giving a feel that its chopped heavily from top or bottom.

Thanks Sujoy...

I was checking what could be the reason for lack of focus. The last one could be because of slow shutter speed or camera couldn't get the right focus in low light (sun was yet rise and there was some fog). But I am not sure about the bug shot.

Thanks for pointing out.

@im2k and @nac thanks

@nac Nice captures and wonderful colours. Have you used 'vivid green' green snaps? The colour shades in the tree snap is amazing.

Today's capture. The sky seemed quite a canvas today....

Dragon in the sky...

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Amazing sky (3) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Amazing sky (10) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Amazing sky (6) by skr sx130, on Flickr

Some more portraits of the first day of year, for your C&C.
D90+ 50mm lens. Thanks.

1. My Best Friend.
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2. Again him.
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3. A stranger.
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4. My Friends Brother in Law.
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5.
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Skr,
Wonderful shots... Kudos to you... I like bottom 4 photos and 2nd one is the best.

@skr your parrots r nice...

@toofan/vimal I didnt knew we can take such nice shots with 50mm

maybe lack of autofocus is the reason..
I liked the 4th one most

@all : thanks for comments
@Abhidev: I used Lightroom for selctive colouring, you can take down saturation of other colours and keep required one as it is.
@skr: parrot shots are nice

@Vimal: last beach shot is cropped (from bottom) here is original (still slightly cropped from sides)one and yes nice portraits. Can you tell what aperture you used here.

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Miramar beach by digitman2006, on Flickr

Sunset and Sunrise

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@nac these r the best pics from you definitely

looking for nikkor 35mm 1.8D but can't seem to find,any help would be appreciated

Sujoy,
Thank you...

Prabhu,
Is the model no. right?

@prabhu

Try this ->Nikon Lens AF S DX 35 mm F 1 8G | Yebhi.com

But call them before ordering

In ebay it costs 14k
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX Lens for Nikon DSLR Cameras+2yrs warranty | eBay

@kapil - could you please list the steps in lightroom for selective coloring? I have lightroom3. recently installed. Currently use it just of image contrast / saturation adjustment.

Kapil: Now this is looking more better. you can Crop the images to give them a wider feel but not too much.

I had used 50mm lens @ f-4. Exact Exif you will find in Flickr. or just download the image and check the detailed properties.

Nac: 1st one of setting sun is nicely composed.

nac said:
Sujoy,
Thank you...

Prabhu,
Is the model no. right?

yes,it is

sujoyp said:
@prabhu

Try this ->Nikon Lens AF S DX 35 mm F 1 8G | Yebhi.com

But call them before ordering

In ebay it costs 14k
Nikon 35mm f/1.8G AF-S DX Lens for Nikon DSLR Cameras+2yrs warranty | eBay

yh i did find the 1.8g but m looking for 1.8d which cost as much as a half of 1.8g

There is no Nikkor 35mm AF 1.8D but there is one Nikkor AF 35mm f2D

Check here -> *www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/serialno.html

Chances r very less that u will find it here in india....u can get it from ebay.com
*www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=nikkor+35mm+D&_sacat=See-All-Categories#item2c622c1711

i think m better off buying a 50mm 1.8d for now

@nac: awesome pics man!!!

Nikon 50mm 1.8D is great ....when I used it on my friends D7000 it worked very well...quick to focus and sharp

50mm F1.8 is must have lens for any DSLR user. Too much fun in 1.8 for a small price.

but medico it does not autofocus on my D3100 and it takes too much time to focus manually...although we have focus confirmation green light inside viewfinder..

As soon as I get my hands on D300 or D7000 this year I am sure to use it more

yh its does take time to focus manually but its not like to i've to zoom in take quick shots the reason m invessing in fx lenses is that m pretty sure i'll getting one in a year or two

wow u r targeting fx ... its too much for my hobbies ....I will stick to the DX

No idea about Nikon. I am a Canon guy

a_medico said:
@kapil - could you please list the steps in lightroom for selective coloring? I have lightroom3. recently installed. Currently use it just of image contrast / saturation adjustment.

You can scroll down on right hand side panel and in HSL, go to saturation and take down all saturation to -100 except for the colour you want to retain, you can play with this to get more selective colours. Also if you want to remove traces from some unwanted areas use adjustment brush (key- K) and paint that area and take saturation down. here is screenshot attached.

and you are right, 50mm 1.8 or 35mm 1.8 are like must

sujoyp said:
wow u r targeting fx ... its too much for my hobbies ....I will stick to the DX

yh but not sooner but eventually!

today got delivery of my 1st tripod and I am soo excited :razz:

But didnt get the bag

will have to wait for it

Vanguard ESPOD 203AP

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My 1st night shot

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kjuvale said:
You can scroll down on right hand side panel and in HSL, go to saturation and take down all saturation to -100 except for the colour you want to retain, you can play with this to get more selective colours. Also if you want to remove traces from some unwanted areas use adjustment brush (key- K) and paint that area and take saturation down. here is screenshot attached.

and you are right, 50mm 1.8 or 35mm 1.8 are like must

Got it!! Great discovery thanks to you. Cant wait playing with it.

Thank you Vimal and Abhi...

*img638.imageshack.us/img638/7163/img2980sn.jpg

prabhu.wali said:
i think m better off buying a 50mm 1.8d for now

I'd say get the 1.8G.
Check out this review

@binarycodes the new 50mm 1.8 AFS G cost twice the AF-D version... I would rather suggest go for used 50mm AF-D version and later if u have the money get 35mm AFS version

sujoyp said:
@binarycodes the new 50mm 1.8 AFS G cost twice the AF-D version... I would rather suggest go for used 50mm AF-D version and later if u have the money get 35mm AFS version

twice yes, but only 13K

nice bokeh == good value

wow it seems most people know what to shoot with a 50mm 1.8 and I am the only ignorant

I really feel 50mm is a very tight frame....I am not at all comfortable shooting like that...even to get a full body shot u have to move many steps behind, which is not idle in most situations...
I would prefer 35mm more

^^ how about close shots with F1.8 aperture? Nothing beats 50mm.

example:

*img254.imageshack.us/img254/3962/img0500s.jpg

Doc: Majaa Aa gaya iss shot mein to.

@Sujoyp:congrats for Vanguard

@ medico: nice shot.

I am not sure if I posted this already, but this small doll is also taken with 50mm 1.8G

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7001/6576064523_7606489e6c_z.jpg
Doll by digitman2006, on Flickr

here is one nightshot I took recently (not with 50mm

):

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7031/6685302837_05351e57ac_z.jpg
Nageshi Temple, Goa by digitman2006, on Flickr

sujoyp said:
today got delivery of my 1st tripod and I am soo excited But didnt get the bag will have to wait for it

Vanguard ESPOD 203AP

nice!!please do mention the price and the place where u bought it and btw how does it feel

binarycodes said:
I'd say get the 1.8G.
Check out this review

yh the 1.8G is a fraction tighter than the 1.8D but it costs double as much

sujoyp said:
wow it seems most people know what to shoot with a 50mm 1.8 and I am the only ignorant

I really feel 50mm is a very tight frame....I am not at all comfortable shooting like that...even to get a full body shot u have to move many steps behind, which is not idle in most situations...
I would prefer 35mm more

but i thought on a dx with crop factor of 1.5 50mm= 75mm and 35mm=52.5mm
so 35 mm would be more tighter

a_medico said:
^^ how about close shots with F1.8 aperture? Nothing beats 50mm.

yup thats the reason most folks for 1.8 so that u can effectively blurr the background and it being a prime that too 1.8 gives immense clarity for potraits

I have 50mm for 8 months now...mostly used it for product photography and macros with ET

Its very sharp and good for low light

Thanks Kapil...your nightshot is superb

@prabhu...That tripod I got from one of my local dealer ....It cost me Rs.3k but now price have increased to 4k (even the box says so MRP 4600)
It feels nice...its solid and height is good like 5"5...its very light 1.3kg... still I donno much how and where to use tripod but experimenting and learning vaguely ....

I am waiting for one of my photography friend/guru to come back from tour and tell some basics

1.8G is AFS and would work in motorless bodies like D3100, D5100 etc coz of motor in lens its costlier

you r right about crop factor but u missed that 35mm will be wider than 50mm...if with 50mm u can take portrait with 35mm from same position you can take maybe whole body

3k?!!nice!!any chance u can get me if i pay u 3k + shipping charges

Sorry bro I dont think its possible now...I ordered 12 days back and got delivery yesterday that too they misplaced my Bag

sujoyp said:
Sorry bro I dont think its possible now...I ordered 12 days back and got delivery yesterday that too they misplaced my Bag

oh np

sujoyp said:
wow it seems most people know what to shoot with a 50mm 1.8 and I am the only ignorant

oh man!!u gotta take a look at this jus love the monkey cam!!!!!

Here's one of mine from 2010!

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6693777403_6e3ddf0444_b.jpg
One step closer! by binarycodes, on Flickr

Thats a very good pic & a scenic place binarycodes...u should have waited for that guy/gal to move away...

sujoyp said:
Thats a very good pic & a scenic place binarycodes...u should have waited for that guy/gal to move away...

yep, have one without him too :smile:

*taken with Nokia-X6*

@medico , regarding your selective coloring query I would like to add that the approach mentioned in lightroom will not be good if you had a person with red cloth.

If you use photoshop/GIMP ,I am giving you the steps or else do explore some tutorials online.
here are few,if you can..the best way will be to go through youtube videos..
*www.gimp.org/tutorials/Selective_Color/
*www.photoble.com/photoshop-tutorials/selective-color-photoshop-tutorial

I usually start with a new layer (via copy) and then desaturate the whole frame.
Then using the history brush,I recover only the part i want to.
Sometime i want the background to be little less saturated as compared to main subject, then i use different strength on the history tool.

A night potrait of my frnd, lit by only laptop screen light.
*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xBAB2bBym1Q/TxHIXmRfvwI/AAAAAAAAAMs/9ftQrnJZqg0/s720/mandal_small.jpg

heres a more comprehensive guide The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost - LR - Selective Coloring Techniques in Lightroom | Adobe TV

@INS-ANI: yes, its true, the method I mentioned is very crude and works only when image is not much cluttered. Using Photoshop or gimp and making layers is much appropriate method. Thanks for posting.
Here are few easy videos on Youtube:
1. Using Color Range in Photoshop - YouTube
2.Selective colour in Photoshop - Quick Shots 7 - YouTube

Sharing one of my selective coloring pic... hope you will like it.

Have used photoshop extensively to blend the leaf.
*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-94agQgTU5RE/TxJrmN_PcfI/AAAAAAAAAM4/PF0_vic8zmw/s640/DSC02954%252520copysmall.jpg

@Animesh Nice shot!

Sharing some shots i took today...

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6700295173_e15cc68ccd.jpg
Pink Rose by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Newly Born Hibiscus Bud by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Rose by Jaggy89, on Flickr

nice shots jagg

Ins Ani: loved the portrait.

some Macro shots made with 50mm lens + Extensions for your C&C. Thanks.

1. Freezed by cold.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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@sujoyp Thanks!

@toofan Superb shots!!!

@jagg Thanks

Your flower shots are great, #1 and #2 are better, #3 has too much color IMO.

@Vimal Thanks, am learning and experimenting with portrait these days, it appears to be one the best way to trade your freedom to shoot with your friends.

You macros and portraits are always a visual treat. In #1 image, is it really stuck/dead or posing for you?

thanks gugs and Ins. It was frozen but not dead.

toofan - droplets on the eyes.. too much!! great clicks.

awesome toofan ....never seen something like this that too without macro lens..amazing

Kjuvale,
Nice night shot...

Jagg,
Beautiful red rose.

Vimal,
Last two are good esp. the last one. Great...

just some.......

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@ Nac: Thanks
@Jagg: first rose is beautiful, nice pics
@Toofan: amazing pics, last 2 are great shots.

@prabhu Nice concept... I am no expert in this type of pic, but There should have been some more light.

@all guys
Its been 160 pages worth of photographic discussion and the journey is never ending. I need your suggestion to make it more productive. Collective we all active members can put some learner's material all out of our experience. As there are many new members who may be interested (including me

) in this.

I will start off with a simple idea..
why don't we start with a parallel tutorials. Starting from basics we can put pictorial explanation ..starting from basics to say how vimal is taking such b'ful shots

.
I will certainly love to read what vimal has to write about portrait and macro.
Similarly, all other members have their part of expertise.
Just one tutorial a week. Even with four active member it converts to one week load for each member.

Learner's (like me with little experience on manual Cam) can be tasked to explore and share basics like shutter, aperture and seniors giving their comments.
Seniors sharing their advance skills and we juniors trying to test that.

But that's one format in my mind, for a collective effort your suggestions are needed.
Let's see what you all have to say.

Problem is that there r very less seniors....like toofan, stuge maybe kapil, medico can put some more info but thats not enough to make that idea a reality

Its easier to discuss an Idea in a separate thread....like suppose u want to learn how to take nice macros like toofan...start a saperate thread for Macro photography..put up some macro pics u can take.. ask others for comments and suggestion...follow the suggestions... put more pics and so on...others can also participate

what I am saying that its just not possible to acquire gears what others have to get that result ...but its much easier to use the current gears and improve the results

Thanks

@animesh, nac, kapil!

@animesh 1st of all THANKS to you for starting this wonderful thread a long time ago.. it has really been great being a part of this thread, learning and sharing our experiences about photography and many of us(including me), started our journey in photography with inspiration and encouragement from our great senior members!

It's a good idea but i completely agree with what sujoyp said.. but if you want we can have a thread where one can discuss about any type of photography and discuss/share the techniques one uses or can use for shooting, processing/editing etc... or share some new experimental shots and techniques someone tries.. Just a suggestion.

Few more shots from yesterday..

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7004/6706253805_e709c9dd31_z.jpg
Pink Rose by Jaggy89, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6706245227_4d37415e82_z.jpg
The Last Few.. Aloe Vera Flowers by Jaggy89, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7011/6706293101_01f8cc8b6f_z.jpg
Rose Bud by Jaggy89, on Flickr

I agree with both of you. Since this section (Camera and camcorder) is already focused on hardware, how about asking the admin to re-organize it to have sub-sections for

> Displaying your work.
> Tips section.
> Post processing
> Buying/Trade Advice.

@sujyop.. I like your idea abt starting seperate thread for macro (or any other) and getting feedback from others. I suggest if we better have single thread for macro and all learners post their work for feedback in a single thread... In this way any lurker will get all he needs at one place.

@jagg #2 is great. What lens are you using? Please share exif for #2.

^Thanks! My cam is a P&S Panasonic Lumix FZ-35.. Open the pic in flickr to check the Exif.

It would be great if it can be categorized like that!

INS-ANI said:
@prabhu Nice concept... I am no expert in this type of pic, but There should have been some more light.

yh i guess i went too far with the blacks

Jagg those pics r nice...loved the 1st one...BTW did u increased the saturation in 3rd rose...it looks just too saturated..but still liked it.

Animesh the photography enthusiast r too less in this forum..maybe 10-15 max...I dont think mods will start a complete section and subsection for that...but yes we can at least make those thread sticky soo that it dont get lost

can a mod comment and give some ideas please...krishnendu sarkar is the Mod of photography section I think

@sujoyp Thanks! I did increased some saturation but not that much, it mayb due to monitor difference as i processed these shots on my laptop..

@INS-ANI and Sujoy: nice idea to make subsections or categories

@Jagg: wow nice flowers, first two are looking beautiful.

Here is last post from me before leaving Pune again

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6677289497_10737131b0_z.jpg
Sunset at Miramar Beach by digitman2006, on Flickr

and some flowers :

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6682560729_d681f08b89_z.jpg
DSC_8899 by digitman2006, on Flickr

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flowers by digitman2006, on Flickr

INS,
Nice idea. It's good if mods open sub section. But it's highly doubtful cause here we don't have many active members.

But I have a suggestion. Any one of us open a thread (eg: Photography tutorial), and block first few posts. (This has to be done by the thread starter. He has to be quick and block first 5-10 posts. Just block with content like Photo1, Photo2, Photo3...) This blocked post can be used to make index to tutorials which will be scattered across the whole thread. Name each blocked post has a separate title like Macro Photography, Landscape Photography, Portrait, Night, etc... and first post as an Introduction to this thread. Wait for a week, we may get some more ideas, suggestions...

Kjuvale,
First one looks so good and made me to think like the other two photos are taken with some other camera. No offense meant buddy... Your first one looks that good. I like the orange flower, so vibrant.

Jagg,
I like the last one, rose.

kapil 1st one is really super...great composition

Thanks Kapil and nac!

@kapil 1st one is just fantastic! Liked the 3rd one too!

Just tried playing with light and darkness

Pop singer
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Nice experiment! :razz:

Thanks jagg

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@all : nice pics...

some more bird shot

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*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-G_Pp8Obrg8s/Txe_juhcdZI/AAAAAAAAG98/Wj7aueBAxe4/s640/DSC_1753.JPG

Panorama shot of a lake at night

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Qxg5sMCddnQ/Txg1lo0H98I/AAAAAAAAG-M/FbIFs9WtQYc/s800/Untitled_Panorama1.jpg

Sujoy,
Your first doll made me to remind of my first attempt on night shot with little toys.

The last one, nice action capture.

Thanks Nac ...I was trying some new light setups on the doll

Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapattnam

waiting for ur feedback

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@prabhu the part of temple is nice but y does the sky looks strange blue

@All: thanks for comments.
@Sujoy: nice shots
@Prabhu: nice capture, did you reduced exposure of sky during PP or applied some effects?

@sujoyp nice shots!

@prabhu nice!

I don't knw if he did some processing for the sky but it looks like it was processed.. an overexposed sky can be made like this by using gradient, i tried it once, really helpful for rescuing such shots!

Sujoy, Jaggs and Kjuvale,
Me too get same sky effect when I shoot bright sky at longer shutter speed. (Doesn't mean 1 or 2 seconds. 1/200th or 1/400 instead of 1/1600th or 1/2000th of a second.

I guess, he shot this one when there was bright light and focus point at the temple. As the temple need little longer exposure to get the details, the sky looks over exposed here.

Sujoy,
As you suggested tried to capture stars when there is no moon.

*img688.imageshack.us/img688/97/img3399r.jpg

*img856.imageshack.us/img856/861/img3402d.jpg

Thanks kapil & jagg.

@nac just loved your 2nd sky shot ...stars r nice...u just cut 2 of stars from the warrior constellation

if u can just include them and recrop the pic

@nac 2nd shot is good!

@all yup did the processing in lightroom

Thank you Sujoy and Jagg..

Sujoy,
That's the full picture resized. I don't know where are those two. If they are in the top (middle) or left top, they should be in the first picture. Point me those two, I'll try capture 'em today.

Posting some of the pics I captured today

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*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-InSfeSKvmq0/TxppLS5Nn1I/AAAAAAAAG-0/yV10tXeBwYI/s640/DSC_1875.JPG

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q2UiNdS38m0/TxppP_XFpmI/AAAAAAAAG-8/CI_rM_gH-1A/s640/DSC_1884.JPG

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1MURwWtPaGI/TxppRwnP9JI/AAAAAAAAG_E/bsGIor5JCK8/s640/DSC_1885.JPG

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GYqJz8nkEt8/TxppVfwn6kI/AAAAAAAAG_U/QQnOLo76BFI/s640/DSC_1908.JPG

nac I have put those two small circles around the missing stars...the big circle indicate already in the pic

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i find the first image to be focused on the rails rather than the bird,is that so?

no prabhu...its focussed on bird...actually the bird is very small soo maybe its looking like that

sujoyp said:
no prabhu...its focussed on bird...actually the bird is very small soo maybe its looking like that

yh i guess,did u use single focus point?

yes ...single focus point I used

@sujoyp Great shots! 1st one is my fav. but i think if you darken the bright bkgrnd a bit and add some contrast n saturation it will draw more attention to the bird.. it's still good though

btw which lens did you used?

M

@sujoyp nice shots.. are u using 55-200mm ?

@jagg Thanks for suggestion but actually I am not good at selective coloring/saturation .....if suppose I increase the contrast and saturation of whole scene the yellow will look really bad

I tried that

@mastervk & jagg thanks...and yes I am using Nikon 55-200 AFS VR

....I have to crop a lot due to poor reach but quality of lens is great

M

some flower shots

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6736447341_956d1685e5_z.jpg

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*farm8.staticflickr.com/7034/6736439463_bacac66924_z.jpg

@sujoyp..

i was surprised to see your pics as using 55-250 mm i am not getting enough reach to take decent pic of even crow ..i guess cropping is the only way ..

but where to you see these beautiful birds.. i waited more than an hour in the morning but saw only crows in my garden..

@mastervk 1st one out of focus ...remaining r nice try...liked 3rd most

I went to a nice big garden with 1 more photography enthusiast friend for these birds....and mine is 55-200 and not 55-250

Cropping is the only way...u just cant go closer then 10 ft they will fly away..

M

I am using canon 55-250 mm..

while taking these flower shots felt need of tripod..it was hard to focus as even little movement will change DOF...

oops sorry I misread ur statement

No way...u dont need tripod for these simple subjects

if u need just increase the ISO to get faster shutter speed

Mastervk,
Third one looks good.

Sujoy,
I like all the birds especially the first one. I guess 2nd and 3rd from last are the same one, right? I haven't seen this bird before. It has a lengthy beak and lengthy tail but where are it's legs. It looks like it stands with her stomach.

Parrot looks always angry as her eyes are red in colour.

Rose is little brighter (may be rose is like this or it may look cool when there is very little sunlight) and the dried flower disturbs the view of your main subject (assuming the fresh one).

Squirrel is the best in this lot.

I would like to post couple of my squirrel shots taken some days ago.

*img99.imageshack.us/img99/8444/img3178t.jpg

*img854.imageshack.us/img854/6466/img3183te.jpg

And I couldn't spot those two stars yesterday. In fact, there wasn't as many as there were day before yesterday.

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*img600.imageshack.us/img600/2299/img3443a.jpg

Macro

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@nac ...that bee eater have small legs...so cant be seen
That rose looked good in original but donno maybe coz of harsh sunlight it didnt came that good
yup that squirrel is cute

your macro came very well...perfect

My first HDR tryouts....
Comments plz,

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IMG_3812_3_4_tonemapped_1 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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IMG_3802_3_4_tonemapped by rH1twick, on Flickr

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IMG_3799_800_801_tonemapped by rH1twick, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6740581297_18cf83b68a_b.jpg
IMG_3790_1_2_tonemapped by rH1twick, on Flickr

^^ the last one is good but u need a bit more vibrancy in the first shot nd try to distribute the light as much as u can

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@rhitwick last one is good! 1st one could be better and i think HDR is not ideal for these shots as there are not many things to recover the details of...

@Prabhu 1st is nice.. you could have tried different angles for the 2nd one, it's difficult to distinguish the main subject as the background is distracting...

@rhitwick 1st is nice try....u need good clouds and some scenery to make a nice HDR effect..

@prabhu.wali 1st is nice but still in photographic sense sun should not be included...in 2nd could not saperate ur main subject...in 3rd u should have just removed the front distractions

sujoyp said:
@prabhu.wali 1st is nice but still in photographic sense sun should not be included...in 2nd could not saperate ur main subject...in 3rd u should have just removed the front distractions

actually for the first one i purposefully wanted the sun to be jus kissing the dome and sugesstions noted too

@prabhu.wali I know that u purposefully included that sun

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went to jungle safari today and it was such a bad photographic experience...they wont let me get down of the car and compose my shot...and got only peacock and deers everywhere...that too mostly behind trees

and that **** guide nagging all the time

1.Jungle road
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2.Peacock
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3.Deer 1
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4. Deer 2
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@Rhitwick
Don't overdo hdr, it looks good only where the normal shot just fails to cover all the light range.
Nice try though, try to frame scenes in which you can't have everything with proper lighting in normal shots. High dynamic range it is, make use of the extended range and you won't need to ask if they look good, you would just flaunt away.
All the best, keep clicking.

Really liked @prabhu.wali's post couple of pages back #4782
bird shots are good too sujoyp

Anorion said:
Really liked @prabhu.wali's post couple of pages back #4782

glad u like it :mrgreen:

sujoyp said:
@prabhu.wali I know that u purposefully included that sun

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went to jungle safari today and it was such a bad photographic experience...they wont let me get down of the car and compose my shot...and got only peacock and deers everywhere...that too mostly behind trees and that **** guide nagging all the time

nonetheless the shots turned out good,jus love the colors in the frst image and on the peacock too

Thanx everyone guys.

Those are my first tryouts with HDR. Any tips you want to give me here.

b/w how do I click sun beam photos, like this one...
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What set-up is required?
I tried it yesterday. Woke up before sunrise, went to near by jungle...it had fogs at the moment. The moment sun rays were there, the fog disappeared

rhitwick said:
b/w how do I click sun beam photos, like this one...
What set-up is required?
I tried it yesterday. Woke up before sunrise, went to near by jungle...it had fogs at the moment. The moment sun rays were there, the fog disappeared

first u need to get the shot when the fog is on and such thta the rays are scattered by the fog then u can fiddle with the blacks,recovery and fill light settings in the lightroom

@rhitwick its a nice shot...

Thanks Anorion & Prabhu for liking the shots

@sujoy...I had not taken d sun-ray shot.

I want to take shot like that one

oops reading the setup I thought u got that shot...

Looking that Pic I think sun is quit up soo u dont have to go early morning 7-8 AM is fine...also u need a good foggy morning like in Delhi...how about using smoke for this...I think it will also give the same effect...
just get a dark place with sunlight...burn something which will emit lots of smoke...I think definitely u will get this effect

Rhitwick,
I like the last two photos from your previous post, last one is the best between them.
If you just want to capture sun rays, you can even do it in the mid day. Like this one...

*img406.imageshack.us/img406/7140/img3009z.jpg

Prabhu,
First one is good. I have a doubt here. In my camera manual I read, "don't photograph bright light (like Sun) as it would cause damage to the camera". Can we do photo bright sun without getting damaged our sensor?

Sujoy,
First one is good.
That deer is getting annoyed with those two birds pecking.

@sujoyp 1st n last are good!

Thanks nac & jagg for liking

@nac: awesome shot man!!!

@sujoyp: nice wild pics...did u use the 200mm lens for that?

@rhitwick: excellent pic...which camera u used

@Zangetsu yes pics are taken with Nikon 55-200...lens is good but its not even close to nikon's 70-300 AFS VR

@Sujoy, I would stay away from burning things I guess. Last thing I want to do is starting a forest fire

Second problem, I see sun-rays in fog but my cam can't see! How do I make my cam see the rays as rays.
Probable ISO, shuter speed and aperature ? Any idea on that?

@Zangetsu, thanx dude. I use a P&S cam Canon SX10IS.

//offtopic, my fried was impressed by my cam and went to buy it. Canon had come to his city for an exhibition. There he asked the price of my model and the Canon representatives told him that the model is not in production now. They have brought the model here to show the Canon history!!!

@rhitwick ok let me do some experiment myself then will suggest u on this

And congrats your cam is now one of the canons historical p&S

Now your friend will get SX30IS and SX40IS

in P&S shoot category Cannon wins hands down Nikon...
my cousin had Nikon Coolpix but its image quality was not so good...

@Zangetsu u r right...canons P&S r the best and then comes Panasonic & Sony

Got some nice monkey shots for u guys

1. Young One

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2. Gandhiji ke teen bandar

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3. Portrait of a Angry Monkey

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4. Angry young Monkey

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Hope u like monkey business

^good one...
how long u were standing while clicking monkeys?

@Zangetsu Thanks for liking...I was standing for 15 mins ....took nearly 30 shots and was satisfied

or else could have taken more

sujoyp said:
@Zangetsu Thanks for liking...I was standing for 15 mins ....took nearly 30 shots and was satisfied or else could have taken more

sorry u got the wrong question..I mean distance u were standing ? :wink:

In Pic 2,3 & 4 I was just 6-7 feets away from Monkey...and in Pic 1 I was nearly 15-feet away...all the pics r nearly 80-90% of original shot (very less cropped)

Thanks Abhi.

Sujoy,
I like the first one. 3rd and 4th would have been good if he hid his vampire teeth.

Rhitwick,
I got visible rays when I shot at higher shutter speed. Longer the exposure, lighter the visibility (in your case no visibility). But when I shot there was good enough light to capture the sun rays through the clouds. Try faster shutter speed, I think it should work even in little light.

@nac u want those vampire teeth hidden and I was waiting for him to show those teeth...but sadly he didnt

Some shots from the bird sanctury with 18-55mm

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Critiqes welcome

@prabhu ...I would say pics r nice keeping in mind u have used 18-55...but get a zoom lens for these as soon as possible

sujoyp said:
@prabhu ...I would say pics r nice keeping in mind u have used 18-55...but get a zoom lens for these as soon as possible

yh i did very much fee the need for a 300mm :-D

me too need a 300 or 500mm lens

I am stuck with 55-200 for a year now

sujoyp said:
me too need a 300 or 500mm lens I am stuck with 55-200 for a year now

only a matter of time

sujoyp said:
me too need a 300 or 500mm lens I am stuck with 55-200 for a year now

I will buy a zoom lens of 300mm..suggest me some VFM lens on that....

Nikon -> Nikon AFS 55-200 VR - 12k
Nikkor AFS 55-300 VR - 18k
Nikkor AFS 70-300 VR - 25k

Canon -> Canon 55-250 IS - 15k
Canon 70-300 IS - 30k

U can use third party lenses like Tamron,Sigma ..They have micro motor soo focusing is slow...but they r cheap

Tamron 70-300 Di Ld - 7-8k
Sigma 70-300 DG - 7-8k
Sigma 70-300 APO DG - 10-11k (difficult to find)

sujoyp said:
Nikon -> Nikon AFS 55-200 VR - 12k
Nikkor AFS 55-300 VR - 18k
Nikkor AFS 70-300 VR - 25k

Canon -> Canon 55-250 IS - 15k
Canon 70-300 IS - 30k

U can use third party lenses like Tamron,Sigma ..They have micro motor soo focusing is slow...but they r cheap

Tamron 70-300 Di Ld - 7-8k
Sigma 70-300 DG - 7-8k
Sigma 70-300 APO DG - 10-11k (difficult to find)

i'd personally prefer the nikkor 70-300mm VR :-D

damn!!m craving for it after redaing the reviews and shots taken with it :-D

I too loved my friends Nikkor 70-300VR ...its just way ahead of others...very sharp, very fast focussing, and good built...its also heavy and long (all features as compared to my 55-200 VR)
We can get a used one for 18k

sujoyp said:
I too loved my friends Nikkor 70-300VR ...its just way ahead of others...very sharp, very fast focussing, and good built...its also heavy and long (all features as compared to my 55-200 VR)
We can get a used one for 18k

yh its very sharp n its VRII,m a little sceptical abt used lenses since m a noob :???:

Used lenses r fine...just see that it dont have fungus.

sujoyp said:
Used lenses r fine...just see that it dont have fungus.

hmmm what abt internl physical damage

no mostly they r fine...but its better to take someone more knowledgeable with u in starting ....I have seen that amateurs like us r purchasing mostly used lenses to save money

Please C&C. Thanks.

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_DSC3246 by toofan.v, on Flickr

Again a superb shot by u vimal...composition is very good

I am not at all finding any insects or butterflies nowdays to shoot macros...will wait for summer

BTW vimal u r lucky to get that combo from NC before he left the forum :wink:

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Please CC ..

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@Vimal

How do you get such clarity without using Macro lens..Would love to see your work with Micro...

*www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/200-500mm-f28-apo-ex-dg-sigma

jus came across this stuff and thought i'll let u folks know abt it

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prabhu.wali said:
200-500mm F2.8 APO EX DG - Telephoto Zoom Lenses - SigmaPhoto.com

jus came across this stuff and thought i'll let u folks know abt it

wow 26000 US $

prabhu.wali said:
200-500mm F2.8 APO EX DG - Telephoto Zoom Lenses - SigmaPhoto.com

jus came across this stuff and thought i'll let u folks know abt it

whoa thats a rocket launcher! :lol:

mastervk said:
wow 26000 US $

US $ 32000 actually :lol:

binarycodes said:
whoa thats a rocket launcher!

yh and it weighs 15kgs and who in the world would buy it

Prabhu thats huge I got its pic

*www.waitingoutside.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/juza_handholding_sigma_200-500_2-8.jpg

here is the biggest by canon 1200mm f5.6
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& A day will come when we will keep lens like this

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^^ hahah me too

I think you guys may find this interesting.

nice article sygeek .....

I think somehow photography is still related to personal creativity...anybody with a DSLR wont become a photographer instantly...

I am not at all creative, never was. I am still learning, lot to learn

more awesome stuff!!! :hyper:

*www.photoextract.com/plus-extract/2012/1/23

Thanks Sujoy and MasterVk.
Master Vk: 1st is good, I don't know what lens you are using but cropping excessievely reduces the IQ. for Birds a 400mm lens is must.
Sujoy: yes, actaully Santanu helped me a lot to pick that lens from NC as you know he doesn't ships his items around.

That lens is a one in all macro lens. But 50mm 1.8 lens still rocks for the sharpness it provides.
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Friends,

I have been to My Village located 20km away from Almora(Uttarakhand). It was chilling cold there, the dew drops were getting freeze in morning so the fingers were too. Early mornings were Foggy. Sharing some of the house shots I managed to get in the cold. I could have got lots and lots of photographs but I was only with 50mm lens and it was chilling cold.

Some Different genre of photography for me to try.

For your C&C. Thanks.

D90 + 50mm 1.8 lens.

1.
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2.
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3.
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@toofan u went to a landscape place with 50mm??
Anyway ur 1st shot is great...
2nd is too foggy..if we could see the house behind it would be better
3rd is good too

yes I can see that ur new lens helps in composing good closeup shots but 50mm combo was just superb with great details

Prabhu,
I like the bird in flight photos from your previous post.

Mastervk,
Both are nice...

Vimal,
All the three are good, and last one is the best.

Couple of night clicks. Comments please...

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Vimal ..i am using canon 55-250 mm.Ya for birding 400mm will be good.But i will first buy a good wide angle lens before buying lens in range of 400mm.

I like your 1st and 3rd shot more.I will be traveling to Almora in May/June and hope to buy a gud lens to capture beauty of Uttarakhand.

took some shots today...was trying to take pic in so called Golden hour

Both taken with 18-55 lens
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@nac the night sky pic looks great

nac said:
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if find the image over exposed going back a couple of stops on exposure should do it good and also increase the speed 2 stops coz the blur is over done :wink:

nac said:
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what did u meter on?the sky or the house?

Sujoy your second shot (sun+boat) is a beautiful composition. Good colors and gives a very soothing effect to viewer.

But, the photo seems a bit hazy...why?

yesterday the sky was itself bit cloudy and hazy...I took the shot at f9 @1/250 and ISO 400...none of the technical detail seems bad...but pic is still bit soft and hazy

Sujoy,
Thank you...

Prabhu,
I was using evaluative metering focusing sky.

And the longer exposure was intentional. I tried one before at 1 sec exposure, but I didn't get enough blur as the ferry wheel was moving very slowly. And that was handheld shot...

But sure when I take a shot next time I keep this in mind.
*Over exposure
*Try it one +/- stop (at least)

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some shots taken yesterday

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@toofan last one is good..

@sujoyp Good shots! yes they are bit soft but i think it is coz of the clouds n haze as you said..

@nac 2nd is nice! for the 1st one You need a tripod or some stable surface for taking such shots n you need to experiment with shutter time and aperture to get the right shot.. and try to keep the ISO to minimum for long exposure shots to reduce the noise..

@mastervk Great shots both of them!

@mastervk liked both of them

Some HDR's(made from single RAW image).. Merc is not mine, I wish it was though

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6771957813_53bc1b2300_z.jpg
Mercedes Benz HDR by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Mercedes Benz HDR by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Mercedes Benz Front Grill & Logo by Jaggy89, on Flickr

Posting here after a long hiatus

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Untitled by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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like 6 and 7 most..at what time you took these pics ?

1st few were between 5AM & 8AM and the last sunny pics were from 3PM to 5PM

@jagg 2nd one is best pose

@shriharsha ...wow!!! soo many good pics...very nice landscapes and great mood captured

was experimenting with slow shutter and torch.
Came up with this

Title: Headless me
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^^ how did you achieve that? its awesome.

ha ha ha awesome Animesh

Mastervk,
Both the pictures look so good.

Harsha,
Almost all of them are good. Nice work...

@sujoyp... arghhh everybody finds it funny... and i wanted it to look scary

@medico...
set my cam on 30s exp ,
1) lit the background with torch,
2) used torch light to lit the small bean bang where laptop is kept.
3) then sat myself on bigger beanbag and lit myself
4) took a blank background shot as well to help in post processing... so there were some really big noise( like my bed) around.. removed that...

I am not a nice photographer, but I clicked some pics in Shimla. Wanted to share them.
Shot using my Sony HX7V.

*dl.dropbox.com/u/31104340/shimla/DSC00638.JPG

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I hope you like them..

Please tell me how to get better shots next time

@sriharsha, beautiful photos there.

Special mention...3,5 (6 & 7 How in the world you got such big and clear sun???!!!) and 9(a classic shot)

I've something to say about shot 9.

You have taken the shot standing...tried to take the sea as background. The photo is good, really good. The silhouette of the girl has come very good....

BUT...I wish if the photo were taken you sitting down i.e. with sky and ocean both a background. A bit more sky than the sea.

Nipun some great shot from a beautiful place...1-5 are really special

today I shot some flowers at a garden..

1.Pink Rose
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2.White ROSE - I liked it

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3.Flyer

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4. Rose 2
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5. Rose from top

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4th is the best

Thank you all

@rhitwick
Yeah should've tried different compositions for that shot, but the lady was busy splashing in water

Will definitely try next time.

@nipun
Wow, Shimla is THAT Good? Should visit this place once

The bridge on the Ganges.
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Reflections by binarycodes, on Flickr

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Thanks mastervk

binarycodes nice pic

Anorion is it actual watch with curve seconds hand

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Dirty Cups..
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Some good shots guys. Nipun snow shots are nice.

Sujoy: good series.

anoroin: undereexposed.

arian: some diffused light will do good.

one shot from my side for c&C. thanks.
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_DSC3624 by toofan.v, on Flickr

@anorion @sujyop
Appears to me a slow shutter shot, is it?

Another example
Inexact Time | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Another processed image of slow shutter experiment
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@animesh....I got lot of nice ideas with ur experiment ...and now I got tripod too...will try them soon

@toofan this one is creative but I liked original one

here is a pic I took with last series

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@arian29 1st one is superb...please post a bigger version of that pic.

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Rays by doomslyr, on Flickr

Thanks arian ....the light is beautiful

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Thanks.. thats taken in Jaliawala Bagh, amritsar

@arian nice pic.. love the way sunlight is filtered through trees.

@toofan as usually.. wonderful composition.

Clicked this candid shot when these little angels were busy enjoying cartoon on tv. The innocent expressions on their faces felt magical!

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Nipun,
Nice photos...

Sujoy,
Pink rose is so beautiful. Squirrel is always cute...

Binarycodes,
Nice and wide.

vimal,
I like the original one.

Arian,
Wonderful shot.

Medico,
Happy faces

@medico nice happy happy faces...

Thanks nac and sujoyp.

Still using my cell as the primary (only) cam till I get a proper cam.

Thanks friends for the feedback.

Arian: 1st is good.
Sujoy: Excellent expressions captured. Squirell shot could be improved.Lacking sharpness and better surrounding.
Animesh: Very interesting shot. Loved how well you captured it.

Friends,
Some more early morning shot in mist of a Lady with Fertilizer over her head. They are stacking it in there different small ladder farm in the process of preparing them for then next crop.
D90 + 50mm 1.8 lens.

For your C&C. Thanks

1.
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2.
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_DSC3635 by toofan.v, on Flickr

toofan, both pics are stunning

@toofan

wow! awesome color in the first one

@toofan liked both...but didnt like the tree in front in 1st pic...2nd one is better composed

Hey, take a look at this:

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(It's the full size image, almost 2 MB, so may take some time to load)

I'm posting this not because it is a great photo. This one has been taken at ISO-800 from a point n shoot costing 8k. There is very little graininess and almost zero color noise. I think this is quite an achievement for a camera in this price range

@cool buddy...is it taken with flash or thats street light....but u r right there is little grain ...which cam is that?

@sujoyp - without flash, that's street light. Flash will totally block out the street light (I tried)
The camera is Canon IXUS 115 HS

I think this is the best cam for low light shooting under 10K. I had seen this in the reviews itself, that's why I bought it

canon IXUS 115HS is a good one...the whole HS series is superb...115, 220, 230 all have good reviews

Again.. Nice pic toofan. 2nd one is special, love the natural background blur

Some portrait for your C&C

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^^ The first one is really looking good with that smoke

@animesh nice portraits...tell ur friend to make round smokes...will look awesome

@cool buddy .. Thanks.
@sujyop we tried, couldn't make the ring

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@INS-ANI i like the second one.. nice

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Sunset Fun by doomslyr, on Flickr

My first Flower macro...

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@arian beautiful shot

@nac I would suggest getting a colorful flower...my Photo guru says dont even try to get pic of white flower...its the most difficult color

Animesh: 1st is excellent. 2nd is also good.
arian: nice shot.
nac: require sharpness and better exposure to really pop the subject.

Friends,
NOthing more to shoot these days, so sharing few fly shots made last month for your Critiques and feedback.

D90 + 50mm 1.8 + Kenko Extensions + Handheld. Thanks!

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_DSC3562 by toofan.v, on Flickr

Vimal 2nd one is superb...good composition

@Toofan - The second one is just amazing, the background looks a bit artificial though, I supposed you have post processed the image.

sujoyp said:
@nac I would suggest getting a colorful flower...my Photo guru says dont even try to get pic of white flower...its the most difficult color

Very true, getting a white flower right is very difficult. Colourful flowers look very beautiful without much effort.
Also, it is better to get a flower from a plant. In these shots, the surface of the ground is also in focus, diluting the effect a bit. In a macro shot, everything except the subject should be out of focus

Take a look at these (my own shots)

*img221.imageshack.us/img221/4382/comingatyou.jpg

*img840.imageshack.us/img840/8782/pinkhibiscus.jpg

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Xperia Arc
*i.imgur.com/6Ibs8.jpg

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@nac distracting background.. subject aint clear..
@toofan 2 is nice

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7170/6815550111_764bcba314_b.jpg
Qutab Minar by doomslyr, on Flickr

@AmpleNM post more shots of that tortoise ....walking, playing etc...in this shot its under the shell

@arian ....loved ur shot...very wide

Today went to a lake and took some shots...my 55-200 was felling short for birds and I am soo sad coz of that :hissyfit:

..GOD please give me a Nikkor 300mm f/4 AFS + 1.4x teleconvertor soon :mrgreen:

Ok few of my pics today

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^ very decent shots for a 250mm. You can do magic with 300+

medico mine is 200mm

not even 250 ...

Thanks for the comment. I'll sure work on those things when I click next time.

Arian,
Wiiiide shot...

Sujoy,
Last black and white bird looks cute...

Vimal,
These fly shots are sharper than the butterflies. May be the structure... I am not sure.

cool Buddy: thanks for the feedback, the background is natural.
AmpleNM: please post smaller sizes.
arian: Very well composed.
sujoy: nice shots.
Nac: thanks.

One more for you guys.

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_DSC3801 by toofan.v, on Flickr

nice shots toofan

but shouldnt u try something new now then taking pics which u have already mastered ....ur landscapes were nice...y not try landscaping with 18-105 and tripod

Today again went to a new lake...it was awesome experience ...there were lots and lots of birds, still lots of migrating birds....

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@Sujoy Like all pics specially considering you are using 200 mm..

My first moon shots..Please advise how to take better moon shot (apart from getting more mm :-o

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1 :
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2 :
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3 :
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mastervk Thanks

your 1st moon shot is overexposed...just darken it a bit with any PP software...it will look much better.
2nd shot is perfect...I see no problem

A happy Happy face of my dog ...Tuffy

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^^ What a lovely pic. Should have included ears in frame though.

u r right medico...but my dog dont give this pose always...I just missed the tip of the ears

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@ Sujoy how is the 3rd one now
Cute dog...should include ears completely...

3rd one have less sharpness...wait I will do the editing for u

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@mastervk ok here is the edit pic...I used ur 2nd pic for this...applied sharpness, contrast and reduced brightness

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ur pic was very low resolution(300x320) soo its looking bit bad...but just apply same settings on original one and it will look good

@Sujoyp- Your first bird shot and centre bird shot (3rd pic) are awesome

Also I didn't know pics of moon can be snapped so clearly with a digiCam? :shock:

At first when I saw these pics of moon, I thought they were taken by telescope :))

lol

bird shots came out really well, do you keep a list of species you have shot ?

tried again, just scanned a clock

*i.imgur.com/qJ5xK.jpg

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I took these moon pics handheld with 250 mm..Tripod and 400mm/500 mm or tele converter will give very sharp details..

Thanks dashing.sujay

Moon shots can be shot easily by any camera with good techniques and at least 200mm lens/zoom

@Anorion Thanks...no I dont keep a list of birds species...should I keep one?? I have no idea

@mastervk If I can shoot good moon with 200 then u should be able to do it better with 250

BTW y did u mention teleconvertor

Do u know TC can not be used below f4 aperture ...only lenses with f 1.8, f2,f2.8 and f4 fixed aperture can be used with TC ...
tripod is also not necessary....moon is bright enough to give u shutterspeed 1/60+ even at f8

@Sujoyp Brilliant shots!! Tuffy is so cute!

@mastervk shots are fine you just need to do some pp for moon shots.

@Sujoyp Nice shot.. you need to keep the list of birds species as @Anorion suggested.
@mastervk nice moon shots...

Here are few Roses from me from Winter Rose Exhibition... C &C Plz.
Used 50mm 1.8 lens rather than 18-55.

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IMG_6457 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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IMG_6443 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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IMG_6403 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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IMG_6367 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr
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IMG_6376 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr
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IMG_6393 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr
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IMG_6397 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

All Photos at Roses - a set on Flickr

Thanks jagg and astroutkarsh

astroutkarsh ur roses r beautiful...very nicely taken

Thanks Sujay

Check all on Flickr & do comment...

I will 1st update my profile in flicker...didnt upload anything from last 1-2 months

@astroutkarsh Beautiful and very sharp Shots!!! 3rd n 6th are my fav!

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love all beautiful roses..

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@sujoyp The birds.. just awesome.. , tuffy aint doing much for me.. lovely dog though

, flower4.. like it

Thanks arian....I know tuffy's shot is not perfect with ears cut and white part overexposed...will take a better shot sometime and post again

Thanks @jagg89, @mastervk & @arian29.

Astroutkarsh,
Beautiful roses. Good work...

Sujoy,
Nice work sujoy, esp the collage. Very good...

Mastervk,
I kinda like the one with no touch up. 2nd one...

Thanks @nac.

Few Sunset, taken at Dahanu on 25th Dec 2012

C & C Plz. (no cropping & no PP on these snaps)

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IMG_6301 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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IMG_6332 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

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IMG_6338 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

Complete set Sunsets - a set on Flickr

good shots astroutkarsh

toofan said:
Thanks Sujoy and MasterVk.
Master Vk: 1st is good, I don't know what lens you are using but cropping excessievely reduces the IQ. for Birds a 400mm lens is must.
Sujoy: yes, actaully Santanu helped me a lot to pick that lens from NC as you know he doesn't ships his items around. That lens is a one in all macro lens. But 50mm 1.8 lens still rocks for the sharpness it provides.
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Friends,

I have been to My Village located 20km away from Almora(Uttarakhand). It was chilling cold there, the dew drops were getting freeze in morning so the fingers were too. Early mornings were Foggy. Sharing some of the house shots I managed to get in the cold. I could have got lots and lots of photographs but I was only with 50mm lens and it was chilling cold.

Some Different genre of photography for me to try.

For your C&C. Thanks.

D90 + 50mm 1.8 lens.

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_DSC3643 by toofan.v, on Flickr

Wow nice pics

Posting some of my valentines day preparation pics...want to take something special this time

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^^WOW! They are awesome! :hyper:

Thanks nipun

Astroutkarsh: Excellent rose series and landscapes. 3rd is a bit dull for me.

sujoy: soft images. the bokeh could be more sharp. Have you used manual focusing ?
One example shot though not a good one.
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Friends,

This Photograph I made early in the morning, wish I would have been there 15 mins before.
for your critiques. Thanks.

D90+ 18-105mm + tripod (Cheap Vivitar).

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_DSC3968 by toofan.v, on Flickr

@toofan some other guys told me that bokeh is too sharp and should be softer....and yes did manual focus

here is one image what I actually want
*www.diyphotography.net/files/images/353392636_30c215ff3d.jpg

this is not my shot

I will try again now with other lightning

@sujoyp Nice try but could have been better.. when i saw the 1st image i thought you might have gotten a shot like you posted above... 3rd one is the best!

@toofan Beautiful shot of nainital! Would love to see more of your landscape shots

Thanks jagg....actually it was my 1st try...I can compose so many things like that but I am not getting much clear bokeh...the best I got was 3rd one

also there is some funda to keep the subject at a distance so that subject is in focus and those r out of focus....I am trying

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some flowers

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@Vimal

like ur example shot ..How did you got such shot...

^^Nice..!! Specially last one

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@toofan.. nice shots, @mastervk nice

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DSC_0670 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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*i.imgur.com/KDNR0.jpg

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Pano Of Thane Station :wink:

*i.imgur.com/1xRTn.jpg

*i.imgur.com/aonpv.jpg

Pano Of Belapur

*i.imgur.com/fa2rb.jpg

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Sunsets

*i.imgur.com/y7jjr.jpg

*i.imgur.com/sjVwk.jpg

*i.imgur.com/OkvIJ.jpg

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*i.imgur.com/6pply.jpg

Akshay all ur pics r good pano, chilli, sunset liked them all...

But please dont post such big pics which takes lot of time to load...try to post max 1024*768 or 800*600 pics

Askana, nice pano but high noise level.

Also what sujoyp said above. Post a smaller size and link to the full size instead.

Back here after long time, really nice posts by everyone.
I used my camera after almost 1 month

here are some snaps i took today in one basketball match.

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Bundesliga Basketball by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Bundesliga Basketball by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Bundesliga Basketball by digitman2006, on Flickr

kapil I liked the composition of 2nd one...good capture

Happy valentines Day to all

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@sujoy nice

thanks mastervk

An attempt of experiment with light
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Astro, Nice photos of sunset.

Sujoy, nice bokeh..

Kyjuvale, As always yours looks sharp...

Askana, Nice work...

Mastervk, I like the second one...

Few shots taken today morning...

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INS-ANI said:
An attempt of experiment with light
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How come did you take this photo? Cam, settings, setup?

Its simply superb!

@nac ur 2nd sunset pic is awesome

@Dashing.Sanjay
I used Canon 1100D, 30s exposure. The book was kept on granite kitchen slab, hence the reflection.
For the 30sec period, I was turning pages and trying to light them with torch.
Its not exactly what i had expected, but will get there in a while.
And yeah.. pp in picasa.

@Sujoy & nac: thanks for comments

@Ins-Ani: nice snap
@Nac: 3rd one is best.

here Karneval is going on, here is one snap from karneval (some more in Flickr)

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Karneval (in Bonn) by digitman2006, on Flickr

INS,
Nice attempt. I thought it was table lamp. First I didn't notice the paper flipping. Sure you will get what you want in few attempts.

Thanks Sujoy and Kjuvale.... Sujoy that was Sunrise

The Cart

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@matervk: Impressive! What camera do you use?

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@Anish Thanks. I am using canon 550D..Tokina 100 mm macro lens..

snap from Karneval in Cologne

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Deko of life, Its Karneval !! by digitman2006, on Flickr

* got new Hoya HD polfilter, will post some snaps soon (when we have clear sky

)

kapil u cross-processed the image???

sujoyp said:
kapil u cross-processed the image???

Yes, I did some processing (did not know its cross-processing, thanks for info

). I liked this shade for this photo, was just playing with some tones.
Here is the original one:

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7050/6773679034_200d5c5b26_z.jpg
Copy by digitman2006, on Flickr

Kapil I knew it coz its there as 1 click cross process button in picasa software

see the difference

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tried an old composition(done by many expertly)...but not much success

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The cart

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Vibrant rusts

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Isolated and ignored

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Ful-bat is what we used to call badminton in our childhood days. Batminttal is what my barber calls it. First try on my hand on badminton photography in a very low light situation. Will be clicking and posting more in coming days.

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nice idea and concept medico

Some portraits
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@animesh donno y but I liked ur hand most

Some pics taken at a lake nearby

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@sujyop
Even i find the hand pic better, incidentally it was a test shot to check lights from window.

I like your first two pic, I tried few myself but i suck at nature photography

Animesh I just cant stay at single genre of photography ... I just keep clicking everything

BTW today I saw D300s+Nikon AFS 600mm f4 and it was just a bazooka...cant be used hand held..and cost around 5 lac...a guy was using it there
One more guy was using a 7D+canon 500mm lens
I just felt like a point and shoot user with them :hyper:

In similar scenario i used to hv similar feeling, the only difference was that i wanted to point and shoot a gun to run away with their gears

ha ha ha...true animesh

Ins, All the three are good.

Sujoy, First and last looks good.

Thanks nac ....where r u nowdays ...no new pics...no new questions

Some insects I found today...BG is still bad coz I dont get them in garden but in my house

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Though I don't usually post images here, here are some.

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@garbage I liked ur 2nd pic most...although ur dokla pic can be improved

Here are some more:

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I liked the misty house here...u need a bit post processing using any software to make it more ghosty

Very interesting shots by many. some has improved a lot with there macros and still progressing. due to a borraowed connection I could not make to this forum.

D90 + Kit lens.

Posting for your Critiques and valuable suggestions.

D90+ 18-105mm Lens. thanks

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nice reflections vimal ...long exposure shot

.....
ur net is down

thats the reason u r inactive everywhere

Took some droplet shots yesterday...and postprocessed them with picasa

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Nice shot @Toofan, I liked 2nd one most.
@Sujay
Good Shots ..., I liked the Last one.
you use Picasa for PP, Is it good ?

@astroutkarsh yes the new picasa is good...there r lots of shortcut options...just u have to determine which to use and how much

My recent trip to Kukke Sri Subramanya, a piligrimage place nestled in the beautiful western ghats.

The Gopura

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IMG_1266 by skr sx130, on Flickr

Light of Divinity

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IMG_1252 by skr sx130, on Flickr

A hazy morning... a beautiful experience!!!

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IMG_1193 by skr sx130, on Flickr

Yet another hazy greens....

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IMG_1212 by skr sx130, on Flickr

A beautiful garden!!!

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IMG_1197 by skr sx130, on Flickr

Always divine... The Cow!!!

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IMG_1203 by skr sx130, on Flickr

An attempt at panoramic capturing.

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Pan1 by skr sx130, on Flickr

1st temple shot is super

My try with strawberry drop ...didnt come as good as I hoped

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Shillong Panoroma pic, my cam does not have panoroma, took the pics with the trees as reference and stitched them together manually with Paint.NET, not good with photoshop, so couldn't blend them in.

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Actual pic is some 11000 pixels wide, will use it when I buy a tri monitor setup(I can dream, can't I?)

hey tkin can u give me the 3 files at 800x600 res...I will try to stitch them in photoshop

sujoyp said:
hey tkin can u give me the 3 files at 800x600 res...I will try to stitch them in photoshop

Sure, give me a sec will ya.

sujoyp said:
hey tkin can u give me the 3 files at 800x600 res...I will try to stitch them in photoshop

Check PM.

@tkin...ur 1st shot is bit different in color soo its just not matching up

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^^ Thanks for the join, yeah, one of the perils of not having auto panoroma and manual white balance controls, all pics taken in full auto, so color came out different.

yaah...I take panorama with tripod

its easy that way..

This one is blending 3 pics together with photoshop

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Friend captured it I did the rest.

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Was looking through some pages and some of the pics are really amazing.

@sujyop I am glad u finally had success with water droplets.
regarding the panaroma shot, can you try to decrease the brightness to match the level of adjacent pics and then merge them.

Animesh I tried but the whole white balance is different...colors r just not matching

And regarding droplets...I am still not satisfied

...now I want various shapes..and still dont have perfect idea what to splash...maybe ice will do

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HillTop by doomslyr, on Flickr

nice sceneric place arian29

but y didnt u go to the edge of the cliff to take the shot

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Thanks.. actually we were late for the glacier treck so had to rush.. ;P someone even came in the path of my shot.. left corner.. didnt want to crop it

glacier treck

wow

Nice pics by everyone. Sujoy: really nice droplet shot.

Right now I am in Innsbruck in Austria for conference and its really beautiful city surrounded by snowy mountains.

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Innsbruck by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Innsbruck by digitman2006, on Flickr

Thanks kapil

ur 2nd pic is good..very colorful

But 1st pic is looking curved...

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Destination

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DSCN1126 by doomslyr, on Flickr
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IMG_0430 by doomslyr, on Flickr

nice shot arian29...where did u shoot them

some more splash pics

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Kapil, second pic is stunning.

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@sujoy its Ilaka glacier, 8hrs treck from McLeod Gunj near Dharamsala.

How do u make the drop.. you do it or someone else ? Do u use timer ?

8 hrs treck...thats too much

I use a water container which we generally take for holidays...put on a higher place...and start the knob with drop by drop...soo its kind of automatic dropper

Nope timer is of no use...just manual focus ur cam on the spot where drop is falling and use flash use f8-f11...just do trial and error with timing and u will soon get the timing right

For taking those drops, you must have reduced shutter timing ? (don't kill me if there's no setting like that

)

actually if u can shoot in direct sunlight u can use shutter speed of 1/1200-1/1600 but when shooting indoor u will not be able to give enough light to keep that shutter speed.

solution is use flash...but flash can not be used faster than 1/200 but we can freeze the drops with that

^Thanks. tomorrow is my photography day

@Sujoy and Medico: thanks for comments.
Sujoy: first pic is curve maybe because i took multiple shots from same position and then stitched them together.

today the weather was much better here are two more :

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Innsbruck by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Innsbruck by digitman2006, on Flickr

sujoy: nice experiments.
Kapil: good as always.
Arian: nice series, look for some interesting compos. i.e. placing the subject that the important areas in a frame.

Made some Indoor portraits, Posting for Critiques and suggestions.

D90+ 50mm 1.8 lens + Vivitar 285HV and Nissing Di 622 Mk II. Thanks

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@vimal nice portraits...its looking perfect... now start taking portrait professionally

3rd one is superb

^Ya 3rd one is good, but shouldn't the girl should smile?

bro dont u see models shows attitude while photoshoot and dont smile to all the pics

Yep

but she doesn't appears to be a model

tried light photography

used 20 sec exposure...and wrote the whole word togather...its fun...will do more experiements with this

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^thats very good sujoy, how did you do that? Is it clicked or photoshop made?

Its bit difficult then I thought actually
1. set a dark room
2. put ur DSLR on a tripod and set shutter speed = 20" (20 second)
3. take a torch in hand ....put camera at 10 sec self timer mode
4. click the cam button and run at the place
5. As soon as it click dance with the torch to write in the air

do this before it make a click sound again
6. it takes time to save...do some PP like darken the image very much so that only u can see the light and no other object...remove all artifacts...and is done

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nice shots @toofan.. @sujoy.. do u use nd filter ?
ill be going to haridwar n rishikesh in april and will carry the 50mm and the 18-55mm with me. i was wondering if a monopod would be handy? maybe while taking night shots ?

I dont have ND filter...coz good nd filter cost too much ....and anyways we dont have flowing water or sea near my city ...I wont require it.

I was thinking of getting circular polariser...or maybe graduated ND filter is more useful..

monopod is handy but can not replace tripod..u have to balance the monopod with ur hand anyways
go with tripod ...thats a better idea for night landscapes

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Got a new DSLR bag today the Lowepro pro Runner 200 AW

Its very big and easily adjust all my lenses, ET, reverse ring, flash, other accesories and can take up one 70-200 2.8 attached and 2 more 70-300 togather (just for reference)

here is the pic after I put everything inside

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congrats sujay, whats the price?

It cost me Rs.3850 at flipkart ...but it can be bought for Rs.3500 from a ebay power seller...i got it from flipkart coz they r giving a free branded lens cleaner with it

You didn't used 10% coupon with it?

Congrats. Looks good and adequately cushioned. How much?

@sujay ....I dont have any 10% coupen of any site

@medico it cost me 3850+a free lenspen

^Damn, the new coupon is viral since 3 days. You could have saved 385 bucks

Do check deal thread regularly (although I didn't posted this there, but I will surely from next time).

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congrats Sujoy.. how abt everyones bag shots..

.. here mine

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arian urs is lowepro slingshot 202?? I was thinking of getting it...but it does not fit 300mm f4 and I am going to get that this year

Some pics for today

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lovely shots Sujoy.. what place is it ? ya its the 202.. the 300mm jusssst.. fits in.. i have to remove the center compartment for that..

I shot these from my home itself...these birds come daily just that they r too quick and today I patiently waited for them to settle down to take pics

I really wanted to go for sling bag coz they r easy to carry around...but the bag was costlier also and that 300mm was another issue

dashing.sujay said:
^Damn, the new coupon is viral since 3 days. You could have saved 385 bucks
Do check deal thread regularly (although I didn't posted this there, but I will surely from next time).

I couldn't find any place in flipkart to use a coupon code. Some coupon codes are floating around, but the problem where do I enter them? I have gone through the order process 3/4 times but ...

binarycodes said:
I couldn't find any place in flipkart to use a coupon code. Some coupon codes are floating around, but the problem where do I enter them? I have gone through the order process 3/4 times but ...

When did I said coupons were for flipkart?

They were for ebay.

dashing.sujay said:
When did I said coupons were for flipkart? They were for ebay.

Ah lol, sujoy bought from flipkart and your suggesting coupon seemed to imply the same.

Anyhow, I can still see some coupon code for flipkart in FlipKart.com Coupon Codes - all coupons, discounts and promo codes for flipkart.com, guess its fake then

Oops, my bad

Anyways no coupon works for flipkart AFAIK.

I was getting the same bag from a powerseller in ebay for Rs.3500
But I setteled for flipkart coz they were giving a free lenspen lens cleaner costing 500 free

That lenspen is a standard company...soo I took the deal

I visited Gujarat (Rann Festival) recently .Pretty awesome place specially White rann of kutch .

These are the few pictures from the trip ,which I'm posting here

Watching the Earth Rotate: White rann of Kutch

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Black and White Version

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This was shot 7km's from Dhordo Village .Dhordo is about 80km north of Bhuj[major town of Kutch in the state of Gujarat]. I've earlier posted single shot from the 68 shots taken in total .My plan was to shoot 2 hours of star trail,but like I said earlier our bus got stuck in sand so I had to cut short. Given a chance ,I would love to go again to complete the Star Trails

D700 + 68 Pictures stacked of 30 sec each, which is about 34minutes in total.

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Note:This is HDR of 5 images .
Equipment

700 + 24-85mm +iso200 + Velbon CF tripod .

Facing the Moon

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Wandering At Night-Rann of Kutch

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This place was about 2 km's from our tent where we stayed in Dhordo.It was very dark even in moon light .Thanks to led torch ,which I bought just before the trip .

D700 +Flash +Lee Orange Gel used to colour the foreground + 124.5sec + iso200

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Bhuj Palace

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Prag Mahal is a 19th century palace in the city of Bhuj -Gujarat.It was designed by the famous architect Colonel Henry Saint Wilkins in the Italian Gothic style. Gujarat Earthquake o[ 7.7 Richter scale] in 2001 did a lot of damage to it and repair work is still going on .

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Kala Dungar

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Kalo Dungar/Kala Dungar/ Black Hill is the highest point in Kutch [462 Meter or 1515 Feet]

Dungar in Local Language i.e Kutchi language Means :Mountain.It is 100km north of Bhuj ,and famous for 400 year old "Dattatreya Temple" .

D90 +70-300mm Vr + iso200

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This was taken just before the moonrise in Dasada village -Gujarat

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Wandering in Desert II

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This is in Continuation of Rann of Kutch series i.e Wandering in Desert II .Picture is a composite of images* i.e Stars stacked in lighten mode .Light Source :Moonlight

*‎70 images for stars at 30 sec (800iso) and 2min exposure for foreground @iso200 at F8 16mm.Rest is all processing

wow ...awesome shots stuge ....what do u mean by 70 shots stacked togather with each of 30 sec exposure

U mean to say u set up ut tripod and took 70 shots each of 30sec .....dont the sensor get heated up...
and how did u stack them togather...photoshop??

Real good shots stuge. How did you get that encircling effect?

And how are your pics so bright even in night conditions as mentioned by you, especially the wandering in rann of kachch pic.

And you must consider sending your pics in some photo competition.

@Stuge

Excellent. :thumbs:

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awsome shots @Stuge

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Lately i am having trouble with the slingshot bag.. especially when i am hiking or trekking.. i have my big bacgpack and then i cannot have the slingshot with it.. finally i ordered the Lowepro Adventura 160.. hope its a good choice..
Its for my haridwar rishikesh trip.. will carry my cousin's Velbon CX Mini tripod too..

Lowepro Adventura 160 looks small

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I think it will carry less than ur slingshot

I have a Fujifilm C20 cam (very entry level, 2.9K), when I take pics in dark/night conditions the black looks washed out, technically whats the reason for this? The same happens even in my N73.

Is there any tool/software which can compensate this?

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Stuge : Excellent shots. Please give a detailed explanation. And yes, wondering if sensor gets heated.

Xccentricity said:
I have a Fujifilm C20 cam (very entry level, 2.9K), when I take pics in dark/night conditions the black looks washed out, technically whats the reason for this? The same happens even in my N73.

Is there any tool/software which can compensate this?

Its normal and it happens coz of flash ....when pro people takes pic at night and black looks clear black thats due to no flash used

u can use any software and increase the contrast

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@sujoy ya its smaller but should be good for my purpose.. as ill be carrying 2 lenses (one mounted and one extra) and few accessories..

arian29 said:
@sujoy ya its smaller but should be good for my purpose.. as ill be carrying 2 lenses (one mounted and one extra) and few accessories..

okk...I was already using Tamrac Velocity 6x Bag which can carry DSLR+attached lens and 1 extra lens ...its also good

dashing.sujay said:
Real good shots stuge. How did you get that encircling effect?

And how are your pics so bright even in night conditions as mentioned by you, especially the wandering in rann of kachch pic.

And you must consider sending your pics in some photo competition.

Full Moon plus flash + long exposure + Patience

.e 2-3 mins to get the foreground exposed.

noob said:
Stuge : Excellent shots. Please give a detailed explanation. And yes, wondering if sensor gets heated.

I've given exif in most of the pictures .Full tutorial for each and every picture will not be easy here .Tell me for which picture you want detailed explanation.

Sensor heating doesn't affect picture of 4-5 min exposure long.

sujoyp said:
wow ...awesome shots stuge ....what do u mean by 70 shots stacked togather with each of 30 sec exposure

U mean to say u set up ut tripod and took 70 shots each of 30sec .....dont the sensor get heated up...
and how did u stack them togather...photoshop??

Stacked in Lighten mode using Photoshop .

No ,Sensor won't get heated up for 30 sec exposure .I've no clue why you guys are so worried about sensor heating :O

Stuge it was just a noob question

thanks for clearing it up

@stuge

awesome pics

Awesome shots Stuge. I was also planning a trip to Rann of Kutch later this year, will bombard you with some last minute doubts then

Guys, finally after months of head scratching, bought Panasonic Lumix FZ150

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show-off/45694-post-your-latest-purchase-467.html#post1604124

Also bought a Sony VCT-R100 portable tripod, now looking for a camera bag that can carry all the cables & accessories. Need some suggestions. My budget for it is around 1.5K.

Also since FZ150 has 52mm threads, I want to try out different filters, but don't want to spend so much on branded filters as of now. I want to experiment and then will get better filters. What do you guys think? Also should I go for a UV filter? I'm skeptical about the added weight to the lens barrel in the long run.

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The adventura 160.. was a little concerned about the space but its good.. holds one zoom lens, kit lens(attached), charger, filters an few small stuff..

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@sriharsha_madineni good choice...u would be happy with it for a long time

for a superzoom u wont have to worry about the safety of lenses and superzoom is smaller too...so just get a descent bag like Lowepro Adventura TLZ 25

Flipkart.com: Lowepro Adventura TLZ 25 Shoulder Bag: Camera Bag

@arian29 ur bag looks nice but space is less....my tamrac 6x can also carry the same

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with little adjustment I can carry D3100+55-200 attached and extra lens or flash in this

sujoyp said:
Its normal and it happens coz of flash ....when pro people takes pic at night and black looks clear black thats due to no flash used

u can use any software and increase the contrast

Thanks, is there any other better way than increasing the contrast?

Intel,Bangalore office view from my office.
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nice pic animesh

@Xccentricity post a sample pic here, I will see whats the real problem

Thank you for the suggestions guys. I was looking at the same models yesterday but was thinking if those are too big for FZ150.

How is caselogic dcb 304?

caselogic dcb 304 looks good...whats the price..

I suggested lowepro one coz its a very good brand and the bag was just Rs.900 one...big enough for ur superzoom

Prag Mahal [Bhuj Palace]

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/6837572348_2de16b9146_b.jpg

thanks everyone

A

nice shot @INS-ANI and Stuge

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/6983987611_c5b1f287e0_b.jpg
WP_000070 by doomslyr, on Flickr

congrats arian for CX mini...but isnt it bit small

good shot stuge

sujoyp said:
caselogic dcb 304 looks good...whats the price..

I suggested lowepro one coz its a very good brand and the bag was just Rs.900 one...big enough for ur superzoom

Actually I want to carry all the cables, charger & other accessories in one bag, hence looking for one which accommodates all. I liked the lowepro's better, Looking at the Rezo & Adventure series.

@arian
Congo

A

at Jaipur..
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6840723484_e76388057b_b.jpg
Jai Garh Fort by doomslyr, on Flickr

close but not quite as i expected..
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6986844271_766666fba2_b.jpg
Johri Bazaar by doomslyr, on Flickr

@arian the door pic is superb

A

why do they make zoom lenses without VR.. is it of any good ?
Flipkart.com: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G (4.3x) Lens: Lens

Also hows this..
*www.flipkart.com/tamron-af-70-300m...OkogePtcxUzo5Scg--&icmpid=reco_pp_same_lens_4 OR *www.flipkart.com/sigma-70-300mm-f-...xl1h7k+y3yp+_3BA--&icmpid=reco_pp_same_lens_1

The nikon AF 70-300 without VR is one of the worst of nikons lineup...just read its review and u will come to know about it

between those sigma and tamron, Tamron is better...it have good sharpness as good as nikon...but remember both have micro motor thats much slower to focus than nikons AFS motor.
Also VR is not there soo u have to always see that u should keep the shutter speed high enough like @300mm shutter speed should be around 450 (300*1.5x crop factor)
Than only u will get sharp pic ....soo u can use these for at day time but forget using them even after 5 PM

arian29 said:
why do they make zoom lenses without VR.. is it of any good ?
Flipkart.com: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G (4.3x) Lens: Lens

Also hows this..
Flipkart.com: Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro (for Nikon Digital SLR) Lens: Lens OR Flipkart.com: Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG Macro (for Nikon Digital SLR) Lens: Lens

well if u want something that'll keep u goin for a few years look no further Flipkart.com: Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED (4.3x) Lens: Lens

Trying Product Photography after long time

Samsung Omnia W

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vIiaEVOOqZk/T2NNVOUqnqI/AAAAAAAAHU0/H0ZFfYmClz8/s640/DSC_4154.JPG

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-iSSplDNS8OM/T2ReejTFtVI/AAAAAAAAHUw/hWvI9Ox0IjM/s640/DSC_4177.JPG

BTW howz my logo below

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/6843338436_ccdff312b9_b.jpg
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7200/6989466105_f8cdd54c0d_b.jpg

sujoyp said:
BTW howz my logo below

Black patch at the bottom kind of distract eyes.

@faun nice shots

what do u suggest..If I dont keep it black my logo will not look good

Or else I have to change the color of logo from white to maybe red or brown and make it transparent

sujoyp said:
Or else I have to change the color of logo from white to maybe red or brown and make it transparent

Yeah, make it unobtrusive. A translucent at the corner will be much better IMO.

A

like the 1st one @Faun

@Sujoy the Samsung logo isn't in focus or is it the scratch guard.., i like the 1st one

guess ill create my logo too

@arian29 ...truth is in 1st one windows logo is not in focus and in 2nd samsungs logo is not in focus

I tried many times but when I increase f-no to more than f10 it becomes very dark ...flash cant be used coz of reflection

^^aren't you supposed to have lower f number to get focus on whole thing without any blurring ?

A

Faun said:
^^aren't you supposed to have lower f number to get focus on whole thing without any blurring ?

lower f number (stops) ull get point focus.. like f1.8 etc.. larger f stops, you'll get wide focus (more stuff in focus) like f5.6 etc

@Faun If I use lower f-no like f4 or f2.8 I will get lesser area in focus ....but If i use bigger f-nos like f11, f14 I will have more area in focus..

Ok I tried with my logo and came to conclusion that if the page is white I have to use the black bar at the bottom...the logo is not looking good in full black
but if background is colored then I can use the white transparent one

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VhkGI9lqmC8/T2SWETfJheI/AAAAAAAAHU8/Zwf0N08lL6k/s640/DSC_1601.jpg

A

nice logo sujoy.. what do you suggest.. use my name or use an alias or nickname, for my logo.. ?

thanks for the quick brush up guys

Keeping the focal length lower will help with deep DOF too.

A

Sujoy inspired gonna try my 1st product photography.. ;-)

@ Faun
[YOUTUBE]*youtu.be/uzedefUXARE[/YOUTUBE]

Here are a few test shots from my new FZ150

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7201/6989897097_8a8882a112_z.jpg
SGSII by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/6843774644_35d97b06ff_z.jpg
VIT University by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/6843776872_5846bd0a83_z.jpg
Helios by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6843778634_8fd6179988_z.jpg
The Messengers by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7183/6989904887_00dc97fd0b_z.jpg
The Notorious VIT Krow

by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7046/6843782524_de38977a3b_z.jpg
Helios Again by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/6989912511_5ee911386c_z.jpg
J Block by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

Does anyone of you use Depth of Field preview button ?

@harsha
trick for the 3rd shot ?

A

Product photography tryout.. Lumia 710..

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7176/6843638524_39743f7f65_b.jpg
Lumia 710 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7038/6989761873_ef28d01803_b.jpg
Lumia 710 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7057/6843638008_c94259902e_b.jpg
Lumia 710 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/6989762037_872d6b1888_b.jpg
Lumia 710 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/6989762337_089c86f270_b.jpg
Lumia 710 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/6843638932_1d8340d3e6_b.jpg
Lumia 710 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7042/6843638784_2dfc4920e7_b.jpg
Lumia 710 by doomslyr, on Flickr

@shreeharsha nice try but u have to learn composition slowly

@arian ur shots r fine but u should see what should be the actual goal of product photography...if u have checked ur mobile in gsmarena.com u must have seen this image

*st.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/nokia-lumia-710/gal/gsmarena_001.jpg

Try to move towards this...think how the lightning should be, background, settings etc

And yes we can not remove the shadow under the product coz we do not have the light under the subject..if u want to remove the shadow u need a plain glass base, a light under it and a white sheet over the glass. keep subject over it and it wont have a shadow

Faun said:
@harsha
trick for the 3rd shot ?

For this shot, no tricks involved, I just kept the camera in Sunset mode and all was taken care automatically.

But usually what I do is, switch to spot metering and reduce the exposure to minimum to achieve the same effect with my Nikon S9100. But it was never this good.

sujoyp said:
@shreeharsha nice try but u have to learn composition slowly

Will do, but need corrections from fellow members to point out the sore things in the pic

U want corrections...ok let me see the pics ones more

A few more old snaps from S9100

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6843968468_1a5cbc3a7e_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/6990090175_881d2f5a93_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/6990087361_88a224a031_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6990085515_7039090b33_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/6990084115_39faf5f3db_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

wow shriharsha these r great shots

very well composed just didnt like 3rd one...there is something strange about those group of people...maybe a orange outline ,other than that pic is good

@Sujoy
Thank you

Even I didn't like my friends getting into the frame, but they won't budge, they were asking me to take their snaps and I was worried about the time frame, I didn't want to miss the sunrise so I had to pretend that I was taking their snaps too shuffling between both

Managed this finally on that day, I think I posted this earlier, re-posting it again

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6775824131_8f368e652d_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

@sriharsha this one is also superb...is it sunrise??

No I didnt ment that ur friends r there so I didnt like the pic but there is something wrong with post processing in that pic....just check 3rd and 4th pic....in 4th pic those guys r looking sharp but in 3rd its seems they r out of focus ...maybe its just me

^^
Yep, Sunrise.

Yeah, it looks a bit blurred, never observed it keenly

@sriharsa- Your 2nd pic in old pics post is simply touching (don't know why)

@Sujay
Thank you

Faun said:
Does anyone of you use Depth of Field preview button ?

@harsha
trick for the 3rd shot ?

will i haven't got it on my D3100 :cry:

yup even I too have nikon D3100 without DOF button .....I think it is used to see the preview of actual outcome

*i43.tinypic.com/1hdl5e.jpg

Edited in photoshop

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Steps coming from our colleges(one of the many entrances)

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@shriharsha: amazing sunrise shot.

Few shots from me:
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/6992557675_5f86f687cb_z.jpg
Innsbruck old city by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/6846430210_6bb8599fbf_z.jpg
Innsbruck panorama by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kapil panoroma is great

@serpent 1st one is looking good something like a old film days pic

2nd one is not sharp enough

@Sujoyp Thanks,Well the 2nd photo is itself like that,Anyway heres the same pic again

*i44.tinypic.com/6ej8sy.jpg

@serpent i can understand what u intend to show in this pic...but somehow I like the path but not the tree around ...its fine actually

^ Its steps from Hell :twisted:

(Hell=My college :mrgreen:

)

@kjuvale
Loved the panorama.

serpent16 said:
^ Its steps from Hell (Hell=My college )

The path looks like a way from darkness to enlightment

sriharsha_madineni said:
A few more old snaps from S9100

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7197/6843968468_1a5cbc3a7e_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7061/6990090175_881d2f5a93_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri

Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7045/6990087361_88a224a031_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7184/6990085515_7039090b33_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7210/6990084115_39faf5f3db_z.jpg
Mamallapuram by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

Wooow very nice buddy.
*i.imgur.com/UpXl0.jpg

Guys today I tried some shots with a shining diamond like stone I had....
Even these shots need setup and slow shutter speed like 3 second.

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_EGLMJTOdOc/T2dQedABdyI/AAAAAAAAHVY/cad_UraArEU/s640/DSC_4315.JPG

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GEU3GEvoPbY/T2dQcTNvnGI/AAAAAAAAHVQ/fkWEOgCfE-A/s640/DSC_4316.JPG

@tenida
dhonnobad

@sujay
Third one is good.

sriharsha ...u really liked 3rd one...I didnt like it that much coz its not shining...I donno what to do to give it some glitter effect

The first two were sore on the eye

3rd is looking good

Why not try lens flare mode to get some glitter.

SujoyP nice pics.I like the first one

Thanks tenida

@shriharsha...whats lens flare mode??? never heard of this

^^
Not sure of the exact scene mode name, but saw it in a couple of cameras, it adds twinkle to lights & such, to create that sparkling effect.

Ok here some my product photography attempt :-/

1 *i.imgur.com/Elx0U.jpg

2 *i.imgur.com/g8H9C.jpg

3 *i.imgur.com/UFi3q.jpg

thanks guys for giving me the idea of lens flare...although I didnt use it I got another filter for glitter effect

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BaqmjR5pvAA/T2dQbD_JvSI/AAAAAAAAHVI/Y4N6fHkgZ2g/s640/DSC_432211111_filtered.jpg

@tenida it just doesnt work like this bro....there r some general rules of product photography like-
1.plain surface
2. no other subject around
3. No flash effect on the subject (unless its a jewellery)

Mostly we use light tent for subject photography (use google search u will know about light tent)

Red Chilly

*i.imgur.com/9VgWl.jpg
*i.imgur.com/bbXqU.jpg

@tenida 1st red chilly is looking great...redd
but in 2nd one due to processing u lost the red shiny color itself

@nipun this pic is great

...angle is superb

now u need just 1 more improvement...u need to make the white look white

try doing that in photoshop or picasa or gimp

Thanks. Yes, 2nd pics is somehow out of focus.

sujoyp said:
@tenida it just doesnt work like this bro....there r some general rules of product photography like-
1.plain surface
2. no other subject around
3. No flash effect on the subject (unless its a jewellery)

Mostly we use light tent for subject photography (use google search u will know about light tent)

Thanks for the tips. Will keep in mind next time

Howrah Bridget

*i.imgur.com/kYjlW.jpg

*i.imgur.com/QcqwS.jpg

^TeniDa, I can see the handshake in both pics, especially in the first

^^Taken this pics from moving car so handshake or minor blur is normal, also my point-n-shoot camera doesn't comes up with Vibration reduction or Image-stabilizer.

Without IS, an image can't be such as you've posted when clicked from a moving car.

dashing.sujay said:
Without IS, an image can't be such as you've posted when clicked from a moving car.

Err this pics is taken through Car windscreen and then edited in picasa
IS just reduce the blur or shake.

tenida I liked the 2nd one...its looking good with that effect...sepia effect is not looking great in 1st

Thanks Sujoyp

Ambika Kalna 108 Shiva Temple-
Popularised by the sage Bhaba Pagla, the temple of Debi Bhabani holds a special puja on the last Saturday of the Bengali month of Baisakh. Close to it is Sri Gauranga Mandir. The temple complex houses Sri Chaitanya's manuscripts and personal belongings. A major landmark is the Siddheshwari Temple. It is dedicated to Debi Ambika, and it is after her that Kalna is also known as Ambika Kalna.

A major attraction is the Nava Kailash or 108 Shiv Mandirs. Built in 1809, the temples are constructed in two circles. One consists of 74 temples while the other circle has 34. The former has white marble and black stone shivlingas, while the latter has only white marble ones. Due to its ingenious planning, all the shivlingas can be seen from the centre of the temple complex.
*i.imgur.com/jTmwA.jpg
*i.imgur.com/hscki.jpg
*i.imgur.com/OoJOY.jpg
*i.imgur.com/eHhxS.jpg
*i.imgur.com/oLORW.jpg
*i.imgur.com/261kb.jpg
*i.imgur.com/awtfH.jpg
*i.imgur.com/zfTmy.jpg
*i.imgur.com/vVJ8B.jpg
*i.imgur.com/mVZzj.jpg
*i.imgur.com/6FzBU.jpg
*i.imgur.com/YJbDy.jpg

^Good pics TeniDa, I like the 2nd one!

Thanks Sujay.

Goddess Durga

*i.imgur.com/qltsL.jpg

Just look at the height of the Durga murti

^nice!!! which camera are you using?

Thanks.Canon Powershot A520 4mp camera

nice one tenida

Thanks sujoyp.

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my first pic from my dslr nikon d5100, got yesterday

*iof5.imgkeep.com/i/00106/bmja8egitxxz.jpg

Some beautiful, fantastic, nice shot from you guys.

What to say, wonderful clicks of Mamallapuram and VIT from Sriharsha.
I am surprisedTenida's work on Ambika temple with his 4mp P&S cam. I like 2nd and 6th of Ambika temple series.
Sujoy's splash shot esp. first set was good than later. And that little green bird is good and his blue diamond is nice.

And some landscapes...

Arian's Hilltop
Kjuvale's panorama.
Stuge's Rann of Kutch series was fantastic.

Superb work guys...

It's been a while since I posted my snaps... Here are few of 'em...

Candle shots...

*img19.imageshack.us/img19/7420/img3752a.jpg

*img836.imageshack.us/img836/6923/img3750di.jpg

*img577.imageshack.us/img577/6194/img3746s.jpg

nac last candle is more creative

Nice shot @nac. I liked the 1st one

Thank you...

Busy squirrel leaping, twisting, tumbling...

*img853.imageshack.us/img853/8376/img3777hs.jpg

*img696.imageshack.us/img696/117/img3776cy.jpg

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I dint click this pic.

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Source:Facebook

my first attempt in my garden::

DSC00041 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
DSC00038 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
DSC00014 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I think this is the first time I seeing pictures taken with HX9V. Nice clicks...

Would be better if there is more light, esp. DSC...14.

*i.imgur.com/jr373.jpg
Cloth hanger in balcony

*i.imgur.com/AMRjn.jpg
w/o flash

*i.imgur.com/SlM2j.jpg
with flash

*i.imgur.com/wTqik.jpg
zooming 5x from balcony 1st floor

*i.imgur.com/UZge4.jpg
flower in my balcony

NIKON COOLPIX L25 (10mp)

Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple visit...

*img407.imageshack.us/img407/5610/img2558d.jpg

*img51.imageshack.us/img51/9826/img2577vp.jpg

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*img215.imageshack.us/img215/3998/img2641qy.jpg

*img171.imageshack.us/img171/5338/img2659u.jpg

Nice posts by everyine,
Here is one HDR try by me:
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7233/7032205179_85bafce9a6_z.jpg
Düsseldorf by digitman2006, on Flickr

and its now start of spring and can see blossoms everywhere:

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7128/7032205557_c66d3c8bd4_z.jpg
Blossom by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7274/7032348319_2b826143af_z.jpg
spring by digitman2006, on Flickr

@ritvij liked ur 2nd shot...if u increase the brightness a bit more it will look good

@nac great colorful shots...1st one is best but its too tight composition...would be better to give some space in left right

@kapil...1st is very dramatic...cant belive its actual pic
2nd and 3rd have poor bokeh....if it would have got more isolation then it would look better

sujoyp said:
@kapil...1st is very dramatic...cant belive its actual pic

Same thoughts.

@Sujoy and Sujay

: Its HDR, so its more unrealistic.
Here is the one at 0 exposure compensation: (with small changes in LR)

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7135/6887155624_f5509d8692_z.jpg
Non HDR düsseldorf by digitman2006, on Flickr

Location India Gate

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C

Anyone from delhi can please suggest me some shop in delhi where i can get 550d for the cheapest price. if anyone knows the current gray market price, please tell me !!!
Thanx

superb shots and emotions well captured stuge

@stuge great shots

@Nac
Thank you.

@Stuge
Great shots, loved the 3rd & 7th one the most.

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Going with the flow of the thread, here's one from my side

*img43.imageshack.us/img43/2986/harsha.jpg

Hide

This sun was hiding behind the hills and was creating a wonderful reflection in the waters. This was shot at Mandovi river, Goa.

*img714.imageshack.us/img714/4793/img2017s.jpg

The Boat

This was shot at 12 noon in Goa.

*img854.imageshack.us/img854/9361/img2067wg.jpg

Beautiful one medico...great colors

DSC00042 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

sriharsha_madineni said:
@nac
thank you.

@stuge
great shots, loved the 3rd & 7th one the most.

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going with the flow of the thread, here's one from my side

ever heard of "resize"!!!???

prabhu.wali said:
ever heard of "resize"!!!???

No, teach me. I'm new to this thread. :twisted:

@others
It was a 795KB file. So never bothered to re-size the pic. Sorry for the trouble.

@Stuge: amazing shots
@medico: liked the 2nd one, nice colours.
here are some more from me:

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5447/7043201159_126e12f212_z.jpg
HDR-sunset by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5197/6897106836_af4ec085f4_z.jpg
Blossom by digitman2006, on Flickr

awesome snaps @medico, @kjuvale and @stuge

First pic with Instagram

*distilleryimage5.instagram.com/fc8f14f07db311e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg

My Instagram

*i.imgur.com/Y5btQ.jpg

Edited one
*i.imgur.com/XKRcW.jpg

here are a few more::
hx9v - a set on Flickr

Nice shots by everyone! I've been inactive for a long time as I was busy lately.. finally got some time to shoot..

These shots were taken at a park close to where I live... the images are compressed to about 50-60% as original shots were mostly around 10-15mb each and takes a lot of time to upload.. so some details/colors may have degraded a bit..

1. 3 exposure HDR handheld..
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7241/6904897492_a51deccc95_z.jpg
An old Bridge by Jaggy89, on Flickr
2.
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/7050991907_a0a7b6ae5e_z.jpg
The Fallen Leafs by Jaggy89, on Flickr
3. Again 3 exp. HDR handheld, kept this one more natural looking..
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Untitled by Jaggy89, on Flickr
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A Garden's Beauty by Jaggy89, on Flickr

^^Nice captures

Beautiful shots jagg

Sujoy,
I don't know, most of the time I keep the focus too tight. May be it's because I don't want things around the subject comes into the frame and disturb it. But I sure keep this in mind to leave some space around the subject and avoid keeping the focus tight.

sujoyp said:
@kapil...1st is very dramatic...cant belive its actual pic

Same here...

Jaggs,
2nd, 3rd and last one are dramatic. And the frame looks like you have taken this snap from the streaming video. You can try different frame.

Medico,
Sun hiding shot is good.

Ritvij,
Nice flower photographs...

Sunset and moon shots... I think moon is closer than it was in the last dec. It looks bigger.

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@krishnandu & sujoyp Thanks

@nac Thanks.. I have tried many different frames over an year on my previous shots but I think now I am settling on these simple bordered frames as they make the image look more interesting acc. to me.. or at least to me

2nd shot is good, 3rd one is a nice try!

Shot this last night..

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ISKON Temple, Anantapur by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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Posting after a long long time

sriharsha_madineni said:
Shot this last night..

splendid except the flare is a little harsh

@sriharsha_madineni Amazing shot but the flare is too harsh and ruining the shot, did you add it in post-processing?

Jaggs, Thank you...

Sriharsha,
Nice but over exposed. I think it's better to take it at smaller Av than largest.

Thetechfreak,
Nice try...

Guys, please resize your image and post. It takes toooooo much time to load. Page no. 173 takes tooooooo much time to load. Please resize your image and post. There are plenty of software to do it. Simplest one would be the one which comes with MS Office bundle.

prabhu.wali said:
splendid except the flare is a little harsh

jagg89 said:
@sriharsha_madineni Amazing shot but the flare is too harsh and ruining the shot, did you add it in post-processing?

nac said:
Jaggs, Thank you...

Sriharsha,
Nice but over exposed. I think it's better to take it at smaller Av than largest.

Thetechfreak,
Nice try...

Guys, please resize your image and post. It takes toooooo much time to load. Page no. 173 takes tooooooo much time to load. Please resize your image and post. There are plenty of software to do it. Simplest one would be the one which comes with MS Office bundle.

Nope I'm still thinking how did the flare creep in. Must be from one of the lorry's headlights.

Regarding the aperture value. Will try it next time. I was in a scary situation with lorries swooshing inches past me in complete darkness.

Great going friends,
got a new net connection so will try to be consistent.

Friends,

I was waiting for these shots from a long time and finally caught these doing bubbling.

D90 + 35-70mm reversed + inbuilt flash.
Please c&C thanks.

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Hey toofan good to see u after a long time..Brilliant shots! 2nd one is best for me!

Some more shots from that day...

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Morning Glow by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Lady Bird on Flower by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Lady Bird on Flower by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Colors of Nature by Jaggy89, on Flickr

Lovely PP in the first. And loved the bridge in previous page.

Thanks a_medico!

M

indian hawk.........

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INDIAN HAWK by manasp9876, on Flickr

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INDIAN HAWK by manasp9876, on Flickr

3. 2nd hoogly bridge
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2nd Hoogly Bridge by manasp9876, on Flickr

Illuminated

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Awesome pics everyone

Soo sad I am out of photography for months now

till august :hissyfit:

Nice shot by everyone.

@jagg89- Your 3rd pics looks awesome. I want to set that pics as wallpaper.

@manashp9876- Nice shot Manashda. All three shots are good.

M

Tenida said:
@manashp9876- Nice shot Manashda. All three shots are good.

thanks Tenida, just trying....

sujoyp said:
Awesome pics everyone

Soo sad I am out of photography for months now till august

why? what happened?

I am out of city for training (in pune)...and dont have cam or PC ....will resume photography from August

@Tenida Thanks

@manashp9876 Good shots!

@Sujoyp That's a long time, mayb it's a good opportunity to put your phone camera to test :razz:

@jagg u r right abt phone camera...but I am unable to like the quality of it after using DSLR for 1 year....

I have no choice but to wait untill aug...maybe in aug I will buy my costliest lens till now

^Which lens ?

^^Nikon AFS 300mm F4 + Nikon TC 1.4e

total cost 56+14k

70k

!! And what are these for?

Birding off course

nikon's supersharp 420mm f5.6 .....what more u want...its much better than investing on D7000 or 7D

This year i was very sad I didnt had any long zoom lens...next time I wont adjust

does it look over processed
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. by rahul_lifemetal, on Flickr

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today's lightning

M

@criztle nice.

here is mine, taken today........

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Uploaded with ImageShack.us

good lightning shots by both criztle & manashp9876 ....

Nice lightning shots manashp and critzel!

some flower shots..
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The chosen One by Jaggy89, on Flickr

2.
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Untitled by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Yellow flowers by Jaggy89, on Flickr

@jagg89- Super shot buddy. All three are good

awesome colors @jagg

@jagg All are great but I loved the 2nd one specially

This page have really some great shots

@krishnandu.sarkar agreed...very nice pics in the whole page

M

@jagg89 beautiful shots......

here some more

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beauti of nature by manasp9876, on Flickr

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look at me by manasp9876, on Flickr

3.
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where is my mommy? by manasp9876, on Flickr

Thanks everyone!

@manashp9876 shots are ok but could be better if you zoom/move a bit more closer and also the composition can be improved.. Nice title on 3rd one!

Nice clicks Manash and Jaggs...

Nice photos by everyone

here are some from me.

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Zürich by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Thunersee by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale: awesome ones man.. looks like a wallpaper for my desktop..

@kapil how much long exposure you took for 1st one?? looks awesome

@kapil Awesome shots! what was the exposure time n aperture in 1st one?

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Bench by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Another day begins by Jaggy89, on Flickr

wow jagg where r u nowdays...yellow yellow every where

hehe i took these shots last week at Nehru park, New delhi, it's a pretty big park near the embassy areas and usually well maintained... all the yellow is now gone btw, it was for a couple of weeks I'm glad i took my camera that day.. :razz:

what a great luck...very nice shots man

jagg89 said:
@kapil Awesome shots! what was the exposure time n aperture in 1st one?

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Bench by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Another day begins by Jaggy89, on Flickr

@jagg89

Nice shots, but the first one looks a tad over saturated to me.

Thanks all for comments:
Sujoy and Jaggy: Exif: 62.0 sec at f/ 16, ISO 100 at 20mm

@Jaggy: Amazing snaps, liked the strong colours
Here is one more evening shot at same place:

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Zürich by digitman2006, on Flickr

@jagg Great shots man

A

Hellooooooooooo... seems i missed a lot of action lately.. nice shots @all

I sold off the Lowepro Adventura 160 and bought the Nova 180 from www.buytheprice.com (better rates/deals than flipkart). and sujoy.. yes the adventura was small.. lol

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TheLake by doomslyr, on Flickr

Lowpro nova is sholder bag..isnt it..

kapil 62 sec exposure...thats a lot...how u came to use that much..i havent used more then 5sec

Thanks guys!

@kapil I just love this shot!

A

@sujoy yup its a shoulder bag..

sujoyp said:
kapil 62 sec exposure...thats a lot...how u came to use that much..i havent used more then 5sec

Ya, it was needed, I have used f/16 and also it was quite far scene. After trial and error I used bulb mode.

@Jaggy : thanks

Here one more shot from same trip

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Thunersee, Interlaken by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kapil and jagg u guys r turning me towards landscapes....all the pics r superb

I will definitely try some when I get my cams in hand

Has anyone played around with that specific zoom effect....its called the 'Dolly Zoom Effect'...and its awesome.

One more night snap from me

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Zürich by digitman2006, on Flickr

Beautiful shots Kapil!

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Untitled by Jaggy89, on Flickr

Kapil: I enjoy your photography now. the last one is one of the best shot I have seen this month. Excellent compo and quality.

____________________________________________________

some days ago tried the extreme High magnification, I could control. And posting the results for suggestions and examination.

Setup used:

D90 + 2x Teleconverter + Reversed Vivitar 28mm = over 5x magnification.

Could have done better with compositions and other things, but the on camera flash is not supporting for such a high magnification.
Thanks

1. Very tiny fly, ISO 800, on camera flash.
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2. Normal fly, ISO 1250, on camera flash.
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3. This is the fly in No. 2, shot around 2x magnification.
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Gangsta: nice take, the early morning light has done its magic. Try to have a good sky.

@toofan Awesome shots! this is some extreme magnification! all are great! :-o

..... "Gangsta" gave me a nostalgic feeling as I've left UT for many months now(almost a year i guess)

Thanks!

@toofan liked the 1st one most coz of portrait type composition..

Nice clicks Kjuvale, Jagg and Toofan...

Some candle clicks

Out of focus Candle
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Glass bowl and Candle bokeh
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Water bottle and Candle bokeh
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nice try nac but u need lots of improvement in this

Yeah, there are whole lot of things I should improve. I try to post some better shots next time.

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Nice sky shots criztle...

@criztle...nice pics....which cam?

Abhi, That's Sony W350.

I think this time candle shots came out little better.

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Torch effect smiley

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It was rainy yesterday. Tried to take some shots of water splash. Not that good, but would like to post here for c&c

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@nac thanks
@abhi thats sony cybershot hx9v

nice click @ nac

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actually i have 4 cameras
2 cybershots
1dslr
1 dual lens kodak

these pics taken over 2 years some from my trips some from my garden and some from my house

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This Lighthouse was used by the british

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This is an Old Siren.You can still here it ring at 12 PM.

^^loved the purple flower... have run out of flowers to shoot...

@critzle: good shots. BTW what is the object in post #5274 image no.7 (the red ball)

@ serpent16 : blurring the objects by photo editor looks odd.

@6x6
it a crazy bouncing ball (my sister's)

Criztle,
Thank you... You have quite a collection of cameras

Serpent,
I don't know whether its foggy or focus is not correct.

A

back from my trip.. a few shots

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DSC_2063 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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DSC_2113 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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DSC_2165 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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DSC_2188 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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DSC_2263 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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DSC_2276 by doomslyr, on Flickr

Good shots arian...1st one is superb also liked the 2nd from last...nice reflections

Arian,
I like that Hill shot (day), Temple shot (night) and that hill view shot. I guess there is something wrong with the night shot of houses/buildings on hills. I don't know... may be little over exposed or hand held long exposure shot or bigger aperture for a landscape shot. I don't know, I'm just saying...

A

Thanks Sujoy & nac.. @nac, i guess its because of the camera shake.. it was taken handheld.. where as the second-last pic i used a tripod.

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DSC_1674 by doomslyr, on Flickr

Arian,
Nice and sharp...

After trying for about 5 days to capture lightning shot, finally I got it in my camera today. But it didn't come good. Needs too much patience. With no tripod, and in rain I got to put the camera well inside the room to avoid rain water and with small doorway I couldn't focus on the sky and it's hard to take that lightning shot (at least for me it's tough one to take).

Here is the lightning shot

Over exposed
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Still over exposed
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It's better than the above two.
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Few other shots at the time of raining.
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Took few minutes before raining while thundering/lightning
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@arian29- Awesome shot buddy

Here's some shot by me

Sky is not far to me
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Nac those shots r great...i couldnt take those lightning ever coz for that u need ro be in rain i think

wow nac... some pretty great shots..
can anyone suggest me a tripod. will a local one do?

Thank you Sujoy and Ritvij.

Yes Sujoy, nobody would dare to put their camera in rain. Luckily here its raining for the last 5 or 6 days, and it gives me the opportunity to try it everyday. Those water splash shot too was shot when I was in the mood to capture this lightning shot but with heavy rain I started trying that splash shot. I had to wipe off the water many a times that day. Luckily there were lightning today before rain started. I was little free to be in the open terrace to click at the open sky. You know, I have clicked around or over 300 photographs to capture that lightning. Out of that I just managed to get only 5 lightning shot.

Ritvij,
You are asking for your compact one right? Tripod for around 1000 would be suffice, I think. But if you are gonna upgrade to SLR, you should be looking for a better one.

@ritvij for a point and shoot any local will do...even for a superzoom like hx100v any local will do...check slik or more cheaper one.

But if u r going for a dslr in future...u will have to spend at least 3k on tripod

nah.. since i have recently bought my hx9v.. so no new camera for at least 2 years..

any specific suggestions?

very good shots @ nac of lightning

dont worry about the exposure or anything
just enjoy the scene
i never worried about exposure or shutter speed or anything

@criztle u dont have to worry abt them...u have to be quick enough to set them as per situation

hey guys check out my new foto graphy website
Ritu Photography - My Snaps

D

nice photos.

A

Greats shots @nac .. i am really bad with lightning shots..

I have a Q.. What can be a BETTER/SHARPER alternative to the 18-55 kit lens ?? also what brand

hows the sigma 18-125.. guessing if its better than the nikkor 18-105..

Arian the current trend is to replace 18-55with tamron 17-50 f2.8 non vc which cost 20-22k ...its fast lens but dont have vr....or if u want more flexibility u can get 18-105..its good

I always prefer nikon lenses more but since nikon 17-50 2.8 cost around a lakh tammy is good vfm

A

In my last trip i really felt the need for a little more zoom. There were place across trhe river which i wanted to shoot but was restricted to the 55mm length. Changing between the 18-55 and the 55-200 was a real tedious thing. I am now thinking of buying the sigma 18-125 as it seems to have better reviews than the 18-105. It would cost me around 25k. Other option is the 18-200.

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@arian if thats the case get a 55-300 ....a superzoom lens like 18-125 is not much recommended as people say it have poor quality..
@25k u can get Nikon 70-300VR which is much much better lens.

@techfreak ur 2nd pic is out of focus it seems

A few more, taken a while back :wink:

Which one is best?

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^ i liked the second one...good shots

A

nice shots @thetechfreak..

i was wondering why a macro lens is cheaper than its normal counterpart. The tamron 18-270 macro is 30k where as the 18-270 normal is 40k.. a differance of 10k ?

@sujoy the 55-300 wont solve the prob as the issue is not just zoob but the overall coverage.. i am mostly into landscapes so i dont use high zoom as often. so i am looking for a versatile lens 18-XX

Arian see the tech specs properly...u r just considering it like intel=amd coz both r prossesor

Ok let me tell u

..the macro on tamron lens is for close focus ...it can go upto 1:3 ... Wich is not too good...even 50mm goes upto that ...which is ok for butterflies but not for insects...that lens have micro motor in lens like cheap 70-300 di ld which is not a ultrasonic lens like afs...and creates sound as well as slow
Tammy 18-270 pzd is having ultrasonic motor and focus much better...its one of superzoom i may consider someday...its just great but also costly...it have

Btw didt u hear the rumor that nikon is relesing a 18-300 vr lens soon

Nice one techfreak..i will vote for 3

Techfreak, All the 3 are equally good in my view.

A

Guess ill be going for the 18-200.. confused between tamron, sigma or tokina.. OR maybe ill get the 55-300 and use the rest of the money to buy a monopod..

Thanks a lot abhidev,nac, sujoyp

monopod??? u have tripod?? if no then get a tripod 1st ....

if u can just get tammy 18-270 pzd ...its good or get nikon AFS 18-200 VR ..

Check every spcs in those superzoom lenses like OS, VC, VR in sigma, tamron,nikon
see that it have HSM, USM and AFS for sigma,tamron and nikon
check more details

Here are some pics from me after long time:
First image is stitched from 14 shots.
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ETH building, Zürich by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Jungfraujoch train by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Bern by digitman2006, on Flickr

wow kapil they r pro like

superb

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great shots @kjuvale .. like the 2nd one

@sujoy.. i ordered the tamron 70-300 vc :wink:

Thnaks Sujoy and arian29

here is a video I took...man its really difficult to stay still without a tripod...

....

Arian congrats ....is it tamron 70-300 vc usd ...whats the cost

Abhidev get a minimum budget tripod for all this..

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Flipkart.com: Tamron SP AF 70-300mm F/4-5,6 Di VC USD (for Nikon Digital SLR) Lens: Lens

the reviews were really good.. the 18-270 didn't have great reviews go finally decided toi get the 70-300

It cost 27k

then y didnt u get nikon 70-300 afs vr ...i thought tammy would be cheaper

In anycase superzoom lens like 18-200,18-270,etc dont have great reputation even if u get nikon or canon one

Tried to capture lightning shot...

among 300 shots this one is good
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Bolt_From_The_Blue by rH1twick, on Flickr

superb rhitwick

The Supermoon - 6th May 2012

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@medico ....didnt u shoot any landscape ...this moon doesnt look different then other..

Nope. I shot this yesterday.

I mean did u try any other style...any silhouette or any landscape...

no i didnt

here some old snaps

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Criztle,
First one is good. (But camera was little close, I think).

good shots guys!

I finally got a chance to shoot a butterfly lol ! This is my 1st butterfly shot ever! :-D

The colors were more beautiful on the inside but it didn't opened the wings while sitting, mayb nxt time m lucky!

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Butterfly by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Butterfly_ by Jaggy89, on Flickr

Nice clicks jaggs.

Congo on butterfly shot...i too never got hold of any..may only one 6-7 month ago

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@criztle nice shots.. try not to keep the subject at the center

@jagg89 lovely shots.. like the 2nd one

Finally my 70-300 is here.. its big and heavy.. the VC works great.. will take a few shots this weekend..

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1 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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3 by doomslyr, on Flickr

Arian,
Looks so good.

Great arian..congrats..looks long

@nac, sujoyp Thanks!

@Arian Thanks! Congrats for the new lens!

Another shot..

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Unriped Mangoes by Jaggy89, on Flickr

@ nac Ist pic was taken in a moving car on my way to a trip
@ arian thanks

arian29 said:
Finally my 70-300 is here.. its big and heavy.. the VC works great.. will take a few shots this weekend..

don't mean to burst ur bubble but i think the nikon 70-300mm would have been a better choice also its got VRII anyways congos on the purschase

and be sure to post some pics

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Both shot at around 10pm completely dark outside.. handheld.. the VS is superb..

@f4 1/10

@70mm
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@300mm
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good that u r enjoying the zoom lens...but y this spy shot kind of effect at 70mm

Criztle,
Ok. When we keep the camera (wide angle lens) too close to the face, face will look bloated.

Jagg,
Mango season started uh...

Birds in flight...
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Blue...
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@nac, second shot is well composed. Can't say the same about others.

Few months back someone here told some important words 'if you are serious about photography, then stop clicking everything'

@Jaggy: Awesome snaps. Can you tell me, how did you processed mango shot, looks nice.

@arian: congrats for the lens, its great lens, I have the same lens too

here are some more snaps from me:

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7192065328_7d7182470f_z.jpg
Interlaken to Jungfraujoch by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7192065618_40ee50b24d_z.jpg
from Thunersee by digitman2006, on Flickr

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arian29 said:
@criztle nice shots.. try not to keep the subject at the center
@jagg89 lovely shots.. like the 2nd one

Finally my 70-300 is here.. its big and heavy.. the VC works great.. will take a few shots this weekend..

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7171790512_e2f5677536_b.jpg
1 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5468/7171789762_20f66138e9_b.jpg
3 by doomslyr, on Flickr

wooooow!!! mate congrats.

kjuvale do you work for any magazine or flims.

@KAPIL ur pics r getting better and better....superb

my very first upload....to this forum...

Rhitwick,
Thanks for the comments. But sadly, I am in that phase and see it...

Kjuvale,
As always, yours are good. But, the one who bought the lens is Arian not me...

Ratzee,
Fantastic debut...

@nac, don't take tis other way.

U've imagination which shows in your few shots. Even if you click random things try to make a good composition. A good composition makes even least important things strike out.

Best of luck.

@kapil ur photography has improved tremendously! Both r great shots! the sepia type effect worked great in 1st shot and 2nd one is a good composition and of course switzerland's nature does the rest of the work :wink:

about the mango shot.. I shot it in raw and did basic corrections and applied an ink type filter in PS..

nac dont take it otherwise...he is just telling u to improve on composition...thats all

Why cant i see ratzee pic

kjuvale, super shots. Lucky man to visit such gorgeous places with a good gear and photographic brain. Rare combination.

Rhitwick and Sujoy,
No no no I didn't take it other way. What you have said is right? In fact I like to get commented the way you did. Generally, people don't want to offend by saying so and just leave the comment "Good", "nice"... It's good to make the point straight, and I am very much ok with it.

Sujoy, Ratzee uploaded his photo in his member account not from flickr or something.

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kjuvale i envy you. :lol:

Visit to Gandhi Museum...

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^^Good shot but why is the sky so white?

@nac: nice snaps and nice clean sky and sunny day, here having sunny day is like luxury

1st shot: i am not sure, but may be it would have been better to shot it from little more close.
3rd shot: don't know why, but it looks like, there is chromatic aberration on upper right hand corner.
4th and 5th: look overexposed, i guess its because of too much sun.

Thanks all for comments

@dingdong: no, I am not working for any magazine

I am just a student and trying to learn photography (just as hobby

).

here are two more from me :

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From Thunersee by digitman2006, on Flickr

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From Thunersee by digitman2006, on Flickr

hey nac these r nice composition...last one is overexposed sky which is not good

nice shots kapil

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Thanks all

..
Nice shots @kjuvale.. love the 1st one, nice shots @nac
@kjuvale.. ur shots are like.. just take a printout and frame them.. very nice

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kjuvale said:
@nac: nice snaps and nice clean sky and sunny day, here having sunny day is like luxury
1st shot: i am not sure, but may be it would have been better to shot it from little more close.
3rd shot: don't know why, but it looks like, there is chromatic aberration on upper right hand corner.
4th and 5th: look overexposed, i guess its because of too much sun.

Thanks all for comments

@dingdong: no, I am not working for any magazine I am just a student and trying to learn photography (just as hobby ).

here are two more from me :

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8167/7205010664_cd0bd5b66e_z.jpg
From Thunersee by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7242/7205009776_a1993559bc_z.jpg
From Thunersee by digitman2006, on Flickr

Now this time you have made something wrong it seems in the second picture.First one is good.
I think the selection of location was not proper in the second.You should have shifted a little bit right.By not making the house as a subject.

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anyone know the price of nikon 28mm f1.8g

What's the most decent DSLR that I can get at the lowest price?

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INS-ANI said:
lol..was that a comment or compliment? Waise..i am an electronics student.
I have some animal pics(kittensX2), but i am yet to upload them.Some editing part still left....

I wanna see electronic catty,,, pm me.

Dingdong,
Sky looks white because it's overexposed.

Kjuvale,
Thank you so much for your comments.
1. I took one close, but the focus was too tight. I am uploading that one here...
5. Yeah, but I kinda liked this one coz of colour. I changed the focus towards sky and took one. Here it is...

Your works are good as always.

1.
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5.
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One more shot taken at Gandhi Museum...
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I just located this forum and this is my first post here.

My Facebook Photo page:
Sharp Shooter | Facebook

My Flickr page:
Flickr: Suryadeep Chatterjee's Photostream

Please like my Facebook page or Flickr pages if you like my photos. I will try to post my shots here so that I can get feedbacks here.

Thanks,
Surya

Arian do we get a 28mm lens at shops in india.

papul..u may get a 1000d with kit for 18-20k

nac ur pics r improving...it seems we have to keep pinching u and improvement will be for sure

^ Thank you

honestly nac wonderful shots.Colour composition is also good.

great pics chotochetan...please share the pics from flicker here...u can get the link in the flicker and add them as image here....

BTW u remind me of a very popular user here chotocheeta

havent seen his post for long

@nac: nice shots, now the sky looks much better

@chotachetan: i checked your flickr account, awesome snaps !!

@dingdong: that composition of building was intended.

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Thanks all. You can "Like" my Facebook page Sharp Shooter for updates. There I have lot of pics.

sujoyp said:
great pics chotochetan...please share the pics from flicker here...u can get the link in the flicker and add them as image here....

BTW u remind me of a very popular user here chotocheeta havent seen his post for long

exactly.

chotachetan said:
chotachetan

That shot is really awesome! but please post some here too.

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@nac nice pictures now.
@kjuvale: yes but it is not as good as the others posted by you.

guys how long does it takes to recharge the ni mh 2100mah batteries?

quan chi it depends on charger...mine can charge in 1 hr ...there r 2 hr,4hr and 8 hr ones too

sujoyp said:
quan chi it depends on charger...mine can charge in 1 hr ...there r 2 hr,4hr and 8 hr ones too

My charger is a weird one.I got the kit free with the sx150.
My charger says the lights wont go off even after full charge.(Somewhere i have read sometimes it even takes 21 hrs to recharge.)Therefore at first i charged for 12hrs.Then after 10-12mins it says battery low.I dont understand.

I have camelion 2100mah rechargeable batteries.

^ Ours is a basic charger. Output is 200mAH, it will take 12-13hrs to recharge. But the model we received has a time control of 12hrs. If you are OK with this overnight mini travel charger, fine. If not, better buy a quick charger.

21hrs to charge

thats too bad .....i would say get a good charger for your cells...will cost you around Rs.700 ....and check that charging time is not more then 8 hrs

21hrs is just too much

Few sunset shots...

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Chandelier...
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Nac here 3rd and 4th are the best...but donno whats wrong with 1st one , it looks very soft and blurry
2nd one is too much tilted even if its a natural scene

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when shooting sunsets/sunrise, keep horizon horizontal..pictures look gr8 that way...

Excellent deal on ebay for cameras

Canon EOS 60D SLR 18-55mm IS Kit = 50K
Nikon D5100 SLR (Black) with AF-S 18-55mm VR Kit Lens + 4GB Card + Case = 37K
and Best one is Canon EOS 550D Digital Camera with 18-55mm lens = 31K

@nac your second shot is poor sorry.Others are good.But the last one is better than others.

sujoyp said:
21hrs to charge thats too bad .....i would say get a good charger for your cells...will cost you around Rs.700 ....and check that charging time is not more then 8 hrs

21hrs is just too much

Can you please give some link for the products.

quan chi i saw many products for u but all fast chargers r providing cell with them and cost 1000 above

^^damn.Then atleast tell me some good rechargeable cells which can be purchased seperately. i charged those batteries again for 18 hrs approx.But when i inserted them again batt low message and auto shut down.

I donno whats the problem there...either cells r bad or charger is bad....u can just buy a nice cell charger combo for around 1000 ....how many cells u need..2 or 4

*www.ebay.in/itm/SANYO-ENELOOP-BATTERY-CHARGER-2-AA-NIMH-BATTERY-/310401279330?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item48455ba562

*www.ebay.in/itm/Uniross-Charger-4-Nos-AA-Rechargeable-Battery-2700mAh-/360458933930?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item53ed06d6aa

^^ok i observed one thing after charging if i am keeping the batteries open for more than 10 hours it automatically goes to zero.But if i use them fresh out of charging then no such issue.I need 2 cells.

Anyways the kits you have shown seems interesting.

Thanks guys...

Those were taken when I was in the bus ride. And I am still not sure whether that was a tilted shot. I think it's the angle, but not tilted. I sure keep this in mind not to happen in future. Thanks

Quanchi,
As I said, yours won't charge for 18hrs even if you left it to charge. It has time control of 12hrs.

Following are the models (quick chargers) I looked before buying. Check them all and decide which one you want...
Sanyo - MQR06
Sony - BCG-34HRMF4
Sony - BCG-34HRE4
Yes Quick charger 505
Yes Quick charger-6688
Envie speedster

I am using Envie Speedster. It takes 03:45hrs to charge 4xAA(2000mAH) Sanyo Eneloop and 02:00hrs to charge 2xAA(2100mAH) Camelion batteries.

quan chi I have one of Uniross 1 hour charger with 4 cells...bought for 1350..
*images04.olx.in/ui/20/06/15/1337326646_377630115_1-Pictures-of--UNIROSS-1-HOUR-LCD-CHARGER.jpg

it even have a lcd monitor to display the charge status....and its status change when fully charged in 1 hour

but couldnt find it for you

Product photography

MEElectronics A161
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Ortofon e-Q5
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JVC FXT90
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sujoyp said:
quan chi I have one of Uniross 1 hour charger with 4 cells...bought for 1350..
*images04.olx.in/ui/20/06/15/1337326646_377630115_1-Pictures-of--UNIROSS-1-HOUR-LCD-CHARGER.jpg

it even have a lcd monitor to display the charge status....and its status change when fully charged in 1 hour

but couldnt find it for you

Damn these looks pretty good!

@nac thanks for replying.

I will go through your suggestions too.

@faun except last one which have one out of focus all r looking great

@quan chi ....try to search these in local market u will get them....there r some from sanyo enloop which charges in 4 hrs, its also nice

@sujoyp
Last one was intended to draw focus towards the transparent nozzle.

How do you do product photography ?

@faun actual product photography is bit of hassel

.....you have to make a light tent and use 4 lights from top,left,right and front...if u want glass effect on bottom then either get a glass or thick plastic slab below the product..

check internet for light tent/light box

I always tried landscape either during sun set or sun rise. Today I tried during mid day. Please leave your comments...

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Supermagnified pollens:

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Give feedback please!

For my full set:
Flickr: Suryadeep Chatterjee's Photostream
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nice clicks @Faun and @nac..
@a_medico Didn't look like pollens at first glance..

Anyone interested in a photowalk in delhi ?

@choachetan nice pic...please post pics here directly...most people wont go to flicker to check.

@medico...nice magnification but find a better composition

@nac all pics r underexposed or dark try some tweaking in image editors

Thank guys...

Chotachetan, Nice work...

Sujoy, In fact, I used -ive exposure because when I tried at "0" sky was over exposed (white cast). Ok, I try increasing brightness...

@nac ...hmm then maybe thats the reason people use GND FILTER... its dark at top and light and below...to underexpose sky and proper expose ground....
but u use sx130.donno if its available for it

^ Thanks for the info about GND. I have come across this term before, but I never minded then as I don't understand Greek or Latin

its full form is Graduated Neutral Density filter

What you have given already was good enough for me to google it. Even looked for one for my camera. But unfortunately I haven't found any, yet...

Thank you...

@nac: nice shots, liked 1st, 3rd and second last the most
@Medico: nice closeup.

here is one photo I took on last Sunday (finally summer has started)

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Bonn University (Main Building) by digitman2006, on Flickr

Kjuvale,
Thank you...

It's nice and looks little animated (the building and the trees) like the HDR one you posted once.

kapil nice shot again...is it a panoroma shot...how many pic did u attach

kjuvale your shots are really wonderful.but why one pic pls post some more.

^Thanks all for comments,

@Nac : thanks, forgot to mention, its a HDR made from 3 photos with +/- 2 exposure compensation.
@Sujay : no its not a panorama just single composition, but a HDR.

kjuvale, nice shot. A bit too sharp. But nice composition.

Some of the pics from my Kerala trip

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Macro shot of calculator with my P&S
Howz it ? comments are welcome

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One day, i would buy a slr and like to take awesome macros

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Anish said:
Macro shot of calculator with my P&S
Howz it ? comments are welcome .

*fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/147/3/c/calc_by_thinkanish-d518vwp.jpg

One day, i would buy a slr and like to take awesome macros

This ones good.

@abhidev from ur series i liked 1st and 4th one...remaining r just ok

@anish ...macro look good...try on some insect

one more from yesterday night:

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Kölner Dom / Cologne cathedral by digitman2006, on Flickr

^^Wow

^^ Freakin awesome

@sujoyp: thanx

here are some more

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@kapil superb pic as always.

@abhidev ...ur 2nd pic in latest series have lots of possibilities...i have done a 2 mins editing...hope u like it (just added some saturation and GND effect)

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@sujoyp: nice work their...photoshop?

I tried adding some more effects

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nice captures @abhidev.. what place is it.. you haven't edited any of your pics ?

arian29 said:
nice captures @abhidev.. what place is it.. you haven't edited any of your pics ?

thanx buddy...its Kovallam beach...it was so beautiful...and yes I haven't edited any of my pics except the above one

@ all: thanks for comments
@ abhidev: edited photo looks good, beach looks really nice.

here is one more snap from me:
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7278703436_0aa5d0e51a_z.jpg
Cologne Dom and bridge by digitman2006, on Flickr

good one kapil

@abhidev ...edited is looking nice...I had used picasa...

@Sujoyp & romeo: Thanks for comments
@Sujoyp : Dude, How can I take an insect? Give me some tips. I tried, but they fly away before I/the camera is stablized

BTW I use canon powershot sx130is.
@kjuvale: Dude, thats a heck of a shot - one of the awesome I saw. Wish I will take like that one day

sujoyp said:
@abhidev ...edited is looking nice...I had used picasa...

thanx...I used some effects provided on photobucket.com...it provides a variety of effects

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Anish said:
Dude, How can I take an insect? Give me some tips. I tried, but they fly away before I/the camera is stablized

lol.. haha.. dude.. go for NON flying insects.. try spiders or ants etc..

@anish...yes try ants,spiders etc ....u maybe trying it on fly...even mosquito dont fly away easily

Abi, Edited one is much better...

Kjuvale, Awesome snaps...

Sujoy, I tried looking for GND filter for my cam. I don't even know whether it's available for my compact. I tried to do that effect in gimp. And here it is...

May be little extra lightness now, but some how figured it out...

Before
*img338.imageshack.us/img338/5684/img4903g.jpg

After
*img96.imageshack.us/img96/815/img4903nd.jpg

Anish,
Set the focus to macro and try to put your camera as close as possible. Spider, house flies... don't get scared all the time. You can very well click them. Few things are hard to capture, like butterfly.

One more snap...

*img607.imageshack.us/img607/5119/91117115.jpg

@nac ur bird pic is good...

u have not used the GND option correctly it seems...GND is used to get the sky underexposed a bit so that it comes blue and clouds come clear rather then sky becoming white...
but what u did is kept the sky same and brighten the ground

I am not expert in this but I have edited the pic and it should work like that

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J1hjN1rmALE/T8LxOsCCkQI/AAAAAAAAHV4/cc4mLBwF1dU/s800/img4903g.jpg

@nac @sujoyp: thanx guys...but everyone here is posting edited pics?

A

lovely shot there @nac.. the bird line..

@all :thanks for comments.
@Nac: nice shots, second shot looks little overexposed (ground), Sujay's edit looks better.
I will suggest to use Lightroom , you have much better options to edit photos.
@abhidev: i guess many people edit pictures. I shoot in raw and have to edit them first using lightroom.

here is my try for food photography

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7099/7280263230_a1609a7a3f_z.jpg
anybody hungry? by digitman2006, on Flickr

@abhidev ...yes I edit most of my pics , crop them, change exposure, set the tilting is any,change saturation etc.. dont overdo anything coz it reflect on the pic, but upto a limit editing is fine

@kapil food looks yummy..is it a setup or direct shot.

D

kjuvale said:
here is my try for food photography

*www.flickr.com/photos/9649346@N08/7280263230/
anybody hungry? by digitman2006, on Flickr

i want to eat some.
Very good shot but a little blur correction is required on the lower front portion of the tray.

@Sujoy: thanks, it was taken with whitebox setup.
@dingdong: thanks for comment, that's not really a blur, I have used maximum aperture (1.8) for this shot causing bokeh on front and back. Maybe i could have used lower aperture.

Sujoy, Yours is better. I thought since the original was taken in -ive exposure, I kept the sky portion as it is and edited the bottom half.

Kjuvale, I don't remember, if I am right this is the first photo I am seeing a non-landscape work from you.

Abhi, Initially, I was posting as-is snaps. Later as suggested, I started editing with MS Picture manager and later Gimp. As Sujoy said, picture won't look good if we edit too much. This a sample of it...

*img826.imageshack.us/img826/9849/img4903t.jpg

^ yea but i didn't edit them coz I wanted the pics as natural as they are....basically i didn't wanted the tag 'Photoshoped hai' thats all

abhidev bhai we IT guys know that but those facebook people dont...they will say wow kya superb kheencha hai...and not photoshopped hai...thats the reason i told u dont overdo it...thoda sa chalta hai

kjuvale said:
@Jaggy: Awesome snaps. Can you tell me, how did you processed mango shot, looks nice.

@arian: congrats for the lens, its great lens, I have the same lens too

here are some more snaps from me:

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7192065328_7d7182470f_z.jpg
Interlaken to Jungfraujoch by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7216/7192065618_40ee50b24d_z.jpg
from Thunersee by digitman2006, on Flickr

lovely

A

Playing around with my 70-300mm :mrgreen:

@70
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7225/7278577028_5a974cba9f_c.jpg

@300
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7236/7278576696_f33865010f_c.jpg

@70
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7235/7278575634_e5cbc8e557_c.jpg

@300
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7103/7278575252_42bd7801dc.jpg

come
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saw
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went
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gone
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arian29 said:
lol.. haha.. dude.. go for NON flying insects.. try spiders or ants etc..

They too have legs dude...
But I must admit spiders are patient than ants coz, they wait for long to finish my satisfying shot.
Here is a shot of a spider which is the size of a rice.
Please comment whether my cam could take nicer than this or is this its capacity? (canon powershot sx130is p&s)
*fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/149/4/c/spyder_macro_by_thinkanish-d51ix8v.jpg
I must appreciate the patience of this spider what do you thing sujoyp?

@arian the saw flight pic is nice

@anish ...ok now u know that u can go this close...now the next step is to focus it correctly on the insect...ideally focus should be on eyes which u have missed completely

also try to put more light...if this is the capacity of ur flash then try a led torch along with flash

not kidding i click with hands and put a torch in mouth sometimes

sujoyp said:
abhidev bhai we IT guys know that but those facebook people dont...they will say wow kya superb kheencha hai...and not photoshopped hai...thats the reason i told u dont overdo it...thoda sa chalta hai

hehehehe...true that :wink:

sujoyp said:
@nac ur bird pic is good...

u have not used the GND option correctly it seems...GND is used to get the sky underexposed a bit so that it comes blue and clouds come clear rather then sky becoming white...
but what u did is kept the sky same and brighten the ground

I am not expert in this but I have edited the pic and it should work like that

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J1hjN1rmALE/T8LxOsCCkQI/AAAAAAAAHV4/cc4mLBwF1dU/s800/img4903g.jpg

Don't exactly know what are you guys trying to do but I edited the same getting proper exposure?
*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GlF6nHwGS68/T8R1eyv27MI/AAAAAAAAA5s/POlIYb-x8C0/s640/img4903g.jpg

Here are some of my images
(Canon A3200, ISO80)

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cDYDvKx0RkU/T8J7BpReJlI/AAAAAAAAA3A/4KUWsOZlCEo/s800/IMG_0393.jpg

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oZWr8lAsDrc/T8J7QHag-MI/AAAAAAAAA3Q/tMpcKKfUrBs/s640/IMG_0399.jpg

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mHkMI0VVcd8/T8J7vuI99CI/AAAAAAAAA3w/cQtBa2tQU88/s640/IMG_0616.jpg

First image : untouched
2nd : Clarity (+40) and sharpening (+20)
3rd : Lots of editing.

^ last pic looks good...

@marvelousprashant last one is good

what I was doing is adding GND effect which will make the sky blue without effecting the exposure of ground...but due to that the coconut tree became under exposed

@Sujoyp: Dude, the spider got away before I could take the headshot :mrgreen:

Here is another macro of a housefly. Its really astonishing that the house fly didnt flyaway and was starring at the lens

*fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/150/7/3/musca_domestica___macro_by_thinkanish-d51m656.jpg

Marvelous, Your sunset/rise is marvelous

Your editing of my picture is also much better than any of us.

Anish, Good one.

@sujoyp and @abhidev Thanks

@Anish Nice... A fly is something you cannot wait to compose your shot but would have been better if it was sitting facing the camera. BTW which cam?

Tried some more close up. Still learning

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7230/7248017422_9371811d66_b.jpg
Tulsi by marvelprash, on Flickr

nac said:
Marvelous, Your sunset/rise is marvelous

Your editing of my picture is also much better than any of us.

Anish, Good one.

Thanks
I used Lightroom to edit. It is a very powerful yet simple to use tool. Give it a try. With full res image results will be much better

nac said:
Marvelous, Your sunset/rise is marvelous

Your editing of my picture is also much better than any of us.

Anish, Good one.

Thankyou nac

marvelousprashant said:
@Anish Nice... A fly is something you cannot wait to compose your shot but would have been better if it was sitting facing the camera. BTW which cam?

I took a shot facing the cam. But got blurred! my mistake. :facepalm:

Then it flew away.
Camera = Canon Powershot SX130IS.
I wish I could use a slr one day.

its the Kovallam beach, Kerala

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0067.jpg

Anish said:
I wish I could use a slr one day.

Yeah??? Since I don't any one personally who have DSLR, I visited twice to reliance digital just to get a hold of one

I couldn't try much as the sales persons are around all the time.

Abhi, Sun is toooooo bright here. If you have taken little later/earlier (sunset/rise) you could have gotten a nice disk shape sun.

nac said:
Yeah??? Since I don't any one personally who have DSLR, I visited twice to reliance digital just to get a hold of one I couldn't try much as the sales persons are around all the time.

Dude, you too have the same cam... :cheers:
In my case, in any of our relative wedding, I ll catch hold of the camera man...
will atleast try 2 to three shots :mrgreen:

Most of the times, the cameramen comming to weddings use Nikon D90 with kit lens!!!!

i need some guidance here guys.Now i have changed my batteries and somewhat it seems ok now.But still at video recording i get low batt message.

At night in low light areas the display is smooth for video recording. Now the problem is in the same situation when i switch to photo mode lags can be observed in the display while moving it.
again when i go to well lit areas the lag disappears.

i mean is it normal.

Btw i dont have much knowledge in manual controls a little help is required here.

nac said:
Abhi, Sun is toooooo bright here. If you have taken little later/earlier (sunset/rise) you could have gotten a nice disk shape sun.

yea...but the colors were awesome....and the water is good too...couldn't resist taking a dip

and hence missed some awesome shots

here are some unedited pics

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0071.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0054.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0053.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0052.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0051.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0030.jpg

Guys all these pics.I.e the housefly one can you take them with a normal camera?(under 8k ones)?

serpent16 said:
Guys all these pics.I.e the housefly one can you take them with a normal camera?(under 8k ones)?

With some amount of effort YES. A3200 lets you get fairly close (all my mics with that only). For that fly pic, you might need to crop the image

@abhidev Sun is too bright... underexpose to get a round sun and better colors. Add some clarity/sharpness to waves. And a crimson sky maybe... Just my thoughts

Ill probably be getting a camera from my cousin.Which ever they get

Quanchi,
If you just started with new NiMH batteries, it will take few recharge cycle to get the full effectiveness. Yesterday, I checked the battery life. One set of recharged batteries shoots about 73 minutes at full resolution. Since it has time control of 10 min, there was time gap between videos. But that total 73 minutes video has been shot in about 3 hours.

About the focus, SX130 struggles a little to get the right focus while zooming and moving when you are shooting video. In low light, image mode sometimes it struggles a little but when you press the shutter button half way most of the time focus locks well.

serpent16 said:
Guys all these pics.I.e the housefly one can you take them with a normal camera?(under 8k ones)?

take the shot in a good res camera and crop.
Cropping serves well dude.. I too cropped the image to 1280x800 (the housefly one)
original size was 4000x3000

nac said:
Quanchi,
If you just started with new NiMH batteries, it will take few recharge cycle to get the full effectiveness.

This. I too experienced this. I had godrej 2050mAh NiMH battries. At first, it frequently showed low battery, but now it stablized!

@nac: Dude, when I use duracel for my cam, the cam wont last for 20 shots! and tells to change the batteries. But the batteries are still good and can work on other goodies like mouse etc. why is this so with the sx130?

nac said:
About the focus, SX130 struggles a little to get the right focus while zooming and moving when you are shooting video. In low light, image mode sometimes it struggles a little but when you press the shutter button half way most of the time focus locks well.

yes after pressing the shutter button it becomes ok.But i am confused because i think when i had used it for the first time i didnt encountered any stutter at low light areas.I thought i might have changed some settings by mistake or due to some other reasons this problem showed up.

wow so much discussion in this thread after soo long...I am soo happy to see soo many enthusiast togather

@anish ur fly is superb

@abhidev ur 1st beach pic is great...I liked it

idk which camera my cousins might bring.Just keep it as a 100-150$ one.So will it be good enough to get shots of mositoques

,houseflys ?
How is that canon sx150? 10k one chip has recomeneded it

^ Yeah, even from the cheapest cam A800 you would get nice macro.

serpent16 said:
idk which camera my cousins might bring.Just keep it as a 100-150$ one.So will it be good enough to get shots of mositoques ,houseflys ?
How is that canon sx150? 10k one chip has recomeneded it

SX150IS is a nice cam... lets yo get very close (upto 1cm) to the subject. Plus full manual controls and Manual focus will be handy

hmm...Okay.Hope it gets cheaper by july mid.
Anyone they will be getting me a P&S camera only

kjuvale said:
@all :thanks for comments.

*www.flickr.com/photos/9649346@N08/7280263230/
anybody hungry? by digitman2006, on Flickr

are you using any filters?I dont know but this shot looks phenomenal is it the beautiful decoration/presentation of the food or the colours i just cannot get it but it is very much attractive

kjuvale this is awesome too dont know if you have already posted it.Zürich | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

marvelousprashant said:
Don't exactly know what are you guys trying to do but I edited the same getting proper exposure?

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mHkMI0VVcd8/T8J7vuI99CI/AAAAAAAAA3w/cQtBa2tQU88/s640/IMG_0616.jpg

First image : untouched
2nd : Clarity (+40) and sharpening (+20)
3rd : Lots of editing.

your last image is very good.Just crop the upper portion a bit.So that the height of the sky portion decreases.

anyways guys any replies for post 5460.Btw nac & others i had asked about a little help with the manual controls.

quan chi said:
yes after pressing the shutter button it becomes ok.But i am confused because i think when i had used it for the first time i didnt encountered any stutter at low light areas.I thought i might have changed some settings by mistake or due to some other reasons this problem showed up.

Does this happen in Auto mode? Don't know exactly but turning off focus tracking might help. If it doesn't set focus to infinity and try again

^^hmm dont know exactly will try and report.
Anyways the following is a pic taken months ago when i went to alibaug for picnic.Taken with a simple 2mp mobile cam.
*img814.imageshack.us/img814/2485/photo1423withborder.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8001/7290434864_1a77a9a2c3.jpg

Sunset at a river in my town.

some more.
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*img843.imageshack.us/img843/5081/photo1425.jpg

Uploaded with ImageShack.us
*img62.imageshack.us/img62/1033/photo11375.jpg

*img14.imageshack.us/img14/5724/photo1398t.jpg

Quanchi,
Sometimes, AF take little to lock. It's completely normal with SX130.

Manual controls - You can shoot in priority mode (Av/Tv). These two modes are semi manual.

Av lets you to set aperture value. You can set between f/3.4 (largest) - f/8 (Smallest). When you shoot at largest you will get small depth of field (DOF) and when you shoot at smallest you will get deep DOF. Small DOF means only the subject you are focusing will be clear and sharp, rest won't. You can get nice bokeh effect/blurring background etc at largest/er Av. At smallest you would get everything in focus.

Tv - Lets you set shutter speed. You can set between 15sec (long exposure) - 1/2500th (max speed) of a second. When there is enough light you can shoot at faster speed. When there is not enough light/low light, you can shoot at longer exposure. If you use longer exposure in a very good lit condition, your image will be over exposed which we don't want (there may be exception). With image stabilization (IS) turned on we get sharp image up to 1/30th sec handhold picture (approx). It differ from person to person depends on how steady their hands are. Anything less than that you would get blurred image. It's better to shoot with the help of tripod when you use longer exposure or you can leave the camera in a flat surface like table to avoid getting handhold blurred image.

In M mode (full manual), you can set both Av and Tv

Quanchi, your mobile shots are so good.

Trublu, Excellent one.

Thank you @nac

Eight months' hard work has finally started paying off.. makes me think what if I had studied like this back in school days

@trublu ur shot is superb

@quan chi ....u have pointed ur cam towards sun in every pic which is not good practice and in case of dslr, it can damage the sensor permanently....
I liked the 3rd pic with people playing in water

sujoyp said:
@trublu ur shot is superb

@quan chi ....u have pointed ur cam towards sun in every pic which is not good practice and in case of dslr, it can damage the sensor permanently....
I liked the 3rd pic with people playing in water

I thought DSLR is the only camera (type) that can take images of direct sun. Because it has mirror so sun rays are converged on the sensor for a very short time (unless you decide to do a long exposure)
PnS camera with live view, Electronic view finders, mirrorless cameras and cell phones will continue taking damage while you compose the shot.
Correct me if I am wrong

nope I know people who have damaged camera sensor by taking pic of direct sun using DSLR

nac said:
Quanchi,
Sometimes, AF take little to lock. It's completely normal with SX130.

Manual controls - You can shoot in priority mode (Av/Tv). These two modes are semi manual.

Av lets you to set aperture value. You can set between f/3.4 (largest) - f/8 (Smallest). When you shoot at largest you will get small depth of field (DOF) and when you shoot at smallest you will get deep DOF. Small DOF means only the subject you are focusing will be clear and sharp, rest won't. You can get nice bokeh effect/blurring background etc at largest/er Av. At smallest you would get everything in focus.

Tv - Lets you set shutter speed. You can set between 15sec (long exposure) - 1/2500th (max speed) of a second. When there is enough light you can shoot at faster speed. When there is not enough light/low light, you can shoot at longer exposure. If you use longer exposure in a very good lit condition, your image will be over exposed which we don't want (there may be exception). With image stabilization (IS) turned on we get sharp image up to 1/30th sec handhold picture (approx). It differ from person to person depends on how steady their hands are. Anything less than that you would get blurred image. It's better to shoot with the help of tripod when you use longer exposure or you can leave the camera in a flat surface like table to avoid getting handhold blurred image.

In M mode (full manual), you can set both Av and Tv

Quanchi, your mobile shots are so good.

Trublu, Excellent one.

Thanks for the guide too.

Btw yes trublu your shot is also attractive.

sujoyp said:
@trublu ur shot is superb

@quan chi ....u have pointed ur cam towards sun in every pic which is not good practice and in case of dslr, it can damage the sensor permanently....
I liked the 3rd pic with people playing in water

Lol thats why its not a dslr. :wink:

I know that.Since it is a mobile cam smaller aperture thats why i did it. :-D

anyways there was a purpose for the very first pic.so that it looks a bit artistic. :-D

But unfortunately it didnt came out that good.

Btw which picture you liked the last one or the second last one.

Still needs a lot to learn from you guys.

@quan chi

Your first two images (panorama) lack contrast... They can look much better if you add some... Like your third pic... has shades from pure white to pure black.

4th image... It is a panorama and beach. A colored shot would look better.

No expert advice, just my thoughts

Also I damaged the camera on my N86 with the sun.. it was f/4.6

@trublu...awesome shot their buddy....

@quanchi: loved the last 2 shots...nice!!!

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rjmu3RcmYl8/T8XFWyhPmBI/AAAAAAAAA6s/n-gEoNXkWLo/s640/6845690461_2103fa9d4d_b.jpg

Camera : Nokia N86

@quanchi I liked the one above panorama where guys r having fun at beach

@marvelousprashant bulb looks good

lots of updates....I missed those.
need to go thru all.
BTW.. Nice snaps...everybody

woah..i didn't know that direct sun facing shots would damage the camera sensor....thanx for the heads-up guys

This one is the Mysore palace...I have increased the color content a bit to make it look more vibrant...comments pls

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0563_effects.jpg

this is the un-edited pic

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0563.jpg

@abhidev can you upload the unedited full reso pic somewhere? Dropbox or something? Would like to play around... I wish your camera had RAW

marvelousprashant said:
@abhidev can you upload the unedited full reso pic somewhere? Dropbox or something? Would like to play around... I wish your camera had RAW

hmm..will try

*i49.tinypic.com/i53kpj.jpg
Edited in photoshop

*i46.tinypic.com/21az9c3.jpg

Here are some Macros I took today:
While taking macros, I learned one thing today:
You need patience: Loads of it.
*fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/151/6/a/ant_macro_by_thinkanish-d51qqk7.jpg
*fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/151/a/b/housefly_macro_onfirecrackerflower_by_thinkanish-d51qqng.jpg
*fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/151/5/b/spyder_macro_by_thinkanish-d51qqul.jpg
*fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/151/c/c/spider1_macro_by_thinkanish-d51qqyq.jpg

Some Sepia Shots

*fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/151/c/1/ant_macro_sepia_by_thinkanish-d51qqpw.jpg
*fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/151/d/1/housefly_macro_sepia_by_thinkanish-d51qqsc.jpg

^^AWSOME PICS!
Can we click pics like this with a mobile camera

@serpent : Depends on the mobile. With the N8 yes... With the 808 better than these...
Android cams lack detail and you'll see lots of noise in crops

Your 2nd pic is nice

@anish nice pics but why are last two in sepia.

@sujoyp Thanks

@Serpent16: Thankyou dude.. But I dont know whether those pics can be taken from a cellphone coz I dont have one

@marvelousprashant: Thankyou. The last two are in sepia coz, i took it in that mode in camera. In camera settings->my colors-> sepia. :mrgreen:

BTW, none of the pics are edited except cropping.
And I wonder how can my cam take these shots.. It has been sleeping since a year!!! I didnt know this before a year! and I thought macro was owned by slr cameras! foolish thought

Unedited

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0519.jpg

Edited

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0519_effect.jpg

Anish, Wonderful macro. I never able to capture ants, they were always too busy running.

Abhi, Even though it's too much colour, I like it.

abhidev said:
Unedited

Edited

your last two photos were quite good. For this one i would say nice attempt.

Edited one looks better.

Btw thanks everyone for the suggestions.

and yes the third picture is also my favourite.Even the last one is ok i think.

@marvelousprashant your suggestions are welcome anytime.
Anyways for the first two pics i tried adding contrast but i found this one better.More contrast was making the shore and the sea completely black.

For the last pic they are not coloured because the colour lacked the depth.Thats why i converted them into b/w.

@anish good macros...u r learning fast ...and dont try sepia and b&W with macros coz macros r liked for its colors and designs

@abhidev the blue sky is edited too much and not looking real at all

@abhidev I guess you are trying to create HDRish photos... Don't add so much color... It looks artificial

Tried to create some background bokeh?

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u34e9ahLie4/T8Y2ZjueyYI/AAAAAAAAA7E/Rl86IagBHj8/s640/IMG_0379-3.jpg

Abhi, Just I was trying with yours...

*img684.imageshack.us/img684/1043/33400199.jpg

Few snaps...

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*img138.imageshack.us/img138/5995/28550542.jpg

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*img171.imageshack.us/img171/1774/71929989.jpg

*img600.imageshack.us/img600/6497/74615837.jpg

Few clicks of sunset

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*img259.imageshack.us/img259/2171/84192442.jpg

*img256.imageshack.us/img256/4943/71675001.jpg

@nac @quanchi : thanx guys....

@sujoyp @marvelousprashant : hmmm...thanx for the suggestion guys...actually I liked the blue color of the sky.....will try to edit that pic again with less color this time....also whats HDrish?

nac said:
Anish, Wonderful macro. I never able to capture ants, they were always too busy running.

Thankyou dude. Hmm that ant.. It was just standing on that seed on our stone bench... you wont believe, it was just standing there for at-least half an hour and went only when i disturbed it!
The shot which tested my patience was that spider (small one focused on eye)
Know what? Its damn active! It posed well for a head shot. When I click the shutter, it vanishes and was not in the image and its clinging to the cam lens. It was doing it at-least 10 times. So, I got frustrated and can only take sideways

And your last shot is beautifully composed.!

sujoyp said:
@anish good macros...u r learning fast ...and dont try sepia and b&W with macros coz macros r liked for its colors and designs

Thanks for the suggestion dude...

how abt now...

edited the pic again

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@abhidev I mean you are trying to create something like this no?

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left = unedited
rirght = edited
Nevermind the captions

^ well I didn't know the term...but I was trying to make it look a little bit like a painting with vibrant colors....and thanx for the sample image

@marvelousprashant the bookeh did not come much plesent actually still u were able to blur the objects well..

@nac only ur 1st sunset is perfect...remaining all pic r just ok...bro u r again loosing the compositions.

@abhidev this time ur sky is great

clean blue with white clouds

@sujoyp: I did not expect much from the A3200 either. Realized it was some "sort of bokeh" only when I saw it on PC. BTW can a point and shoot produce decent bokehs?

@abhidev
I edited one of your images... This is extreme form of HDR but others did not look that good.

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Thanks guys...

Thanks Sujoy. I think it's time for "Art of Composition" which I left it in the shelf after felt too much of it. Personally I like that shepherd shot and the one above.

@nac Actualy those wires around do not make good effect on pics
I also liked the one above the 1st sunset...its reddish sky is looking good

Guys do camera's have a mode for Macro?Or do you'll click them buy zooming in?

@marvelousprashant For HDR toning is RAW file needed?

@serpent : HDR is basically fusing 3 images with different exposures so that the whole picture is perfectly exposed.
- Some cameras have HDR built in... easiest to use but limited tweaking
- With JPEG, you need to use in camera bracketing to create 3 or 5 images with different exposure or manually doing the same. The camera should not move while taking the pictures
- With RAW you can shoot one image then create 3 images with it having different exposures and combine them
- Single JPEGs don't give good results. But still you can get some decent images with full resolution super fine quality JPEGs. There will be plenty of noise at times but resized images look decent

Sunrise with a phone camera. There was too much noise so had to edit

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Tried to capture splash (feat Nikon S3100) The shutter lag did not let me capture it properly though

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Two more pics -

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Serpent,
In camera, it has focus mode called macro. You can shoot macros in that mode.

Prashant,
I think you have already posted the sunrise/set before. I like that one than this.

techfreak,
First one is a fantastic shot.

@sujoyp: thanx

@marvelousprashant: gr8 work dude...but the sky looks patchy...also how did u do it? Also the sunrise pic is good!!!

@techfreak: ur first shot is brilliant!!!

some more day sky snaps

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@techfreak,
the First shot is amazing. Simple yet attractive

nac said:
Serpent,
In camera, it has focus mode called macro. You can shoot macros in that mode.

Prashant,
I think you have already posted the sunrise/set before. I like that one than this.

techfreak,
First one is a fantastic shot.

The earlier was sunset from a Canon PnS and this one is sunrise from a phone

@abhidev Thanks
Used Photomatrix. Noisy because I changed the exposure on single jpeg... Also because of small size

Some food porn

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Prashant,
No, I was talking about the same sunset picture. If you haven't posted I would have seen it in your flickr page or something. Comparatively that was better and this with too much processing doesn't look so...

@nac Yup it was on flickr. Somehow I did not like it ;-)

. Anyways thanks

@abhidev Shot 1 and 2 are dangerous for your camera

I have a tulsi plant and a little spider has woven web between its twigs. I am trying to capture it from 2 days without success. AF of both Nikon 3100 and Canon A3200 was not able to focus so it fixed the focus in macro mode by half pressing the shutter key. Still I am not able to resolve the web properly. Any tips?

^
If the web is in the front and the spider stays behind, your focus gets locked in the web and you won't get clear shot of spider.

Assuming your cam can focus as close as 3cm, focus the web and press the shutter half way and lock it then move closer to get spider in focus without releasing the shutter and shoot it. And again web disturbs the clear shot of the spider.

In any way if you control Av, try it the smallest Av. May be in P mode or landscape mode

@nac spider is in the center of web. The web itself is very beautiful.. Spider is tint and I dont think I can resolve any details. I want a shot of web radiating out from spider's body.

Without flash the web is invisible. Using flash I can get some of the web but spider gets overexposed

^ Use flash manually or light the area with some other devices like table lamp, torch etc...

@marvelousprashant....yea didn't know that direct sunlight would damage the sensor....will be careful from next time

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@abhidev i still didnt understant ur craze of taking sky shots with clouds

at least try to compose it at sunset, sunrise, with birds or something like that

sujoyp said:
@abhidev i still didnt understant ur craze of taking sky shots with clouds

at least try to compose it at sunset, sunrise, with birds or something like that

I don't know man...i just love it....the serene blue sky...when I was a kid I would always go to the building terrace, climb up the water tank and lie down under the sky staring at clouds, birds...its peaceful

yea will try some other shots...

Thanks everyone

and for more please see my flickr page-

Flickr: Karan Raj Baruah's Photostream

My Native Place

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some more sky shots

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Nice pics
A bit OT.
Is canon sx150 good?Whats its cost in USA

Edit - HDR effect
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Couple of bird shot
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quan chi said:
are you using any filters?I dont know but this shot looks phenomenal is it the beautiful decoration/presentation of the food or the colours i just cannot get it but it is very much attractive

kjuvale this is awesome too dont know if you have already posted it.Zürich | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

@Quanchi: I have have used soft light filter for the food shot.
and second shot, i guess, I had posted it earlier.

here are some of my recent snaps from Dresden and Buchenwald concentration camp-
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Frauenkirche, Dresden by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Buchenwald concentration camp by digitman2006, on Flickr

This one is HDR:
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Buchenwald concentration camp, Weimar by digitman2006, on Flickr

@nac hdr is looking great

@kapil 1st one is superb...cross processesd one (2nd) have lack of punch

@nac: hdr looks good....nice!!!

this one is Allepey,Kerala backwaters

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Abhi,
Among your recent posts, this one is the best.

Kjuvale,
When I hear the term "concentration camp" I just remember world war movies. Do they allow people to go in and out of the camp?

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02_06_12 by Gr@ssh0pper on Flickr

nac said:
Abhi,
Among your recent posts, this one is the best.

thanx

nice scenery abhidev

trublu its a great shot...whats the light setup

..

@sujop : you guys are my gurus.. I had been to a nice chinese restaurant where they had lanterns hanging all over the place ( well, basically those were CFLs with tissue paper wrapped around them

)..tried to make the most of what I'd got

@abhidev : really nice place. My Alleppey trip got cancelled

going on a weekend trip to Coorg this thursday

Nice pictures guys.

@Abhidev and trublu: nice shots!

nac said:
Abhi,
Kjuvale,
When I hear the term "concentration camp" I just remember world war movies. Do they allow people to go in and out of the camp?

Yes they do allow people to go there, most of the big concentration camps have museums and guided tours. In last photo in my post the building with chimney was used to kill prisoners and burn them. Below is the main gate of the camp.

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Buchenwald concentration camp gate by digitman2006, on Flickr

inside crematorium:

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Inside View of Crematorium at Buchenwald concentration camp by digitman2006, on Flickr

@nac I like your HDR but it is a bit too saturated

@kjuvale just pure genius. Although I did not like the vintage "instagramish" look in the Buchenwald concentration camp pic

@abhidev : nice one

@trublu : great image. Love the lightning

Tried some smoke painting today (first attempt)

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@kapil ....u mean these concentration center were like prison

... I thought its somewere people do something like yoga concentration

@marvelousprashant ur 2nd one is great

Kjuvale,
It seems like they were patient enough to cremate one by one. I thought they would do it bulk. Those fences are like the one we see in the movie "The boy in the stripped Pajamas".

Prashant, Nice work. 2nd one is good in the lot.

trublu said:
@abhidev : really nice place. My Alleppey trip got cancelled going on a weekend trip to Coorg this thursday

yea...you should not miss it...its really beautiful!!!!

@marvelousprashant: 2nd one is good

...how do you take such shots?

@Sujoy: no these camps were for war not for so good purpose, may be have a look at this documentry: really very sad

1. Buchenwald concentration camp - part 1 of 2 - YouTube
2. Buchenwald concentration camp - part 2 of 2 - YouTube

@marvelousprashant: nice smoke snaps.

@kapil Its strange that those nice buildings were made for soo cruel purpose...saw both the videos

@sujoyp @kjuvale @nac @abhidev : Thanks a lot guys

@abhidev : I used an incense stick for smoke, all lights off except for a torch so that camera can see the smoke (same way like you see dust in light coming from window). Shutter speed 1/60 or higher (most of my images were not sharp as camera was choosing 1/15 even at ISO 1600

Retouching included exposure compensation,noise reduction and split toning

One more

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A better way to do this is to invert colors(negative) I did not do it because there is too less smoke in my photos. Maybe I should have used two incense sticks

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Some pics from Mumbai

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Mastervk,
First one is good, second one very good and the final one is even better EXCELLENT...

Couple of moon shots...

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@mastervk...first one is an excellent shot

@nac...liked the 2nd one...only if the moon could have been a bit visible

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mastervk great shots

nac ur 2nd shot is superb

abhidev ur 1st shot is good

M

Thanks abhidev,Sujoy and Nac.

I will go to Juhu beach this weekend and hope to capture beautiful sunset..

@mastervk if u get clouds there then try HDR too.

thanx @sujoyp...my second shot was at maximum zoom maybe thats why its not much clear

@abhidev its not about clarity but to tell u the truth the scene do not look beautiful at all...maybe u could have shot only the coconut trees with the water and it would look much better

sujoyp said:
@abhidev its not about clarity but to tell u the truth the scene do not look beautiful at all...maybe u could have shot only the coconut trees with the water and it would look much better

I was trying to capture whole lot of ducks there...which were too far..

I am so sorry i didnt notice there r soo many ducks in the pic...i thought they r leaves

due to my mobile i suppose

Sorry guys

One more smoke photograph. This one is from my old and trusty N86 which is going to get replaced in a few days. This image is a tribute to the phone that brought variable aperture and intelligent zoom to smartphones.

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Thanks guys...

Sujoy, Me too thought the same, dry leaves...

Here is one more HDR snap from me:

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Semperoper, Dresden by digitman2006, on Flickr

M

@Sujoy..

If i had tripod i would have tried long exposure shots too..
This time i will remember to try HDR .How many pics you generally use for HDR?Few times i have tried ,i have used 3-4 raw pics with different exposure and used photomatrix to generate HDR.

@kjuvalle: nice snap!!!

@kapil this time its looking artificial

@mastervk i too take 3 shots at +2, -2 & 0 ev and merge in photomatrix

Couple of moon shots taken just before sun rise

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Bird shot

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@nac your 2nd shot is waiting to be my wallpaper

link to 1080p please

^Wow!!! Thank you.

Here is the link to full resolution.
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DSC_1484 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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DSC_1063 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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DSC_1172 by doomslyr, on Flickr

@nac I liked ur 1st pic coz of colors of sky

@arian ur 2nd pic is great.

Awesome shots by everyone! Great to see this thread active again after a long time!

@nac you are improving a lot! congrats!

@abhidev, mastervk, kapil, arian Nice shots!

This was after the unusual storm n rain in Delhi a couple of days back, the sky and sun rays were looking so dramatic that I couldn't resist taking a few snaps, these were taken from my home terrace... shots didn't came that good as it was looking and I thought I must start shooting again, I'm loosing the grip on photography as m really busy these days..

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Sun Rays by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Sun Rays by Jaggy89, on Flickr

nice shots everyone

Jaggs,
Nice work. Do you shoot in RAW?

A

nice capture @jagg89

Here goes my first one:-

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nice shot jagg ...beautiful

@jayant good one

@jagg89 First image is great
@arian29 2nd shot is pretty good

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@Arian, Jaggy: great snaps !
@Jayntra: awesome pic.

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Dresden by digitman2006, on Flickr

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Katholische Hofkirche, Dresden by digitman2006, on Flickr

Thanks guys!

@nac yes, I shoot in raw most of the time... but the 2nd shot above was a 3 exposure(jpeg) hdr..

jayantr7: Nice shot!

Kapil: 1st one is a classic! Great use of b/w, it may have not looked that great in color..

nice shot @marvelousprashant

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Also I believe we should discuss about tips etc about photography on other thread by Vickybat. We should just leave photos to be posted here :wink:

no techfreak how can we comment without looking at pics...tips should be followed by pics.

like the pic u posted is too dark...u should have used a tripod or some support and used long exposure like 2-3 sec..

like the pic u posted is too dark...u should have used a tripod or some support and used long exposure like 2-3 sec..

Took photo from a car

And wasn't very stable.

no techfreak how can we comment without looking at pics...tips should be followed by pics.

Not comments. You guys were discussing few days back about some equipment etc. Don't exactly remember which page but you were

Badminton (Batminttal - as my barber calls it) court indoor shoot. Though the lights seem many, they are very high which demands very high ISO and low shutter speeds. I guess a full frame and a F2.8 lens would give amazing results here. These were taken with tripod.

The courts:

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@thetechfreak u r right, we were discussing rechargable cells

Nice pictures there everyone.

@kjuvale always love your low light shots

Here is my 15s long exposure macro... I,ve titled it "Time Flies"

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I was pretty surprised, when I saw the number of views I was getting on Venus Transit pictures . Later to find out that one of my piicture was liked by NASA Goddard, and the same was featured in NASA Goddard flickr gallery .Thank you Nasa. I know its a small recognition but it means a lot to me.

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Projected image through Telescope shot using Nikon D700 .I will post more pictures from the event .Feels awesome to be a part of this Historical Event .Next Event won't happen until 2117

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Initial transit here in Delhi was obscured by clouds .This was one of the first shot I took yesterday of transit

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Equipment :Nikon D90 + 70-300mm Vr @300mm + Kenko 2x =900mm + lot of layering and deleting in Post Processing

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link to bigger image

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@stuge superb...congrats..its really a huge motivation to feature in such an album..

congrats @stuge

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^^^ Good one bro...very sharp

nice shot @marvelousprashant

thanks guys... exploring my new SX240

@Stuge: congrats and awesome shots.

@marvelousprashant: nice droplet shot.

i was today playing in lightroom , here is result: may be go back to normal editing again to check which one looks better
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Dresden by digitman2006, on Flickr

@kjuvale...nice....what place is this?

@Abhidev: its taken in Dresden, Germany and on the right hand side , the big building is Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady). It was completely destroyed in bombing on 13 feb 1945. they rebuilt it in 2005. Almost all Dresden was destroyed. But they have built again all those beautiful buildings.

here is normal edit of same pic:

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Dresden by digitman2006, on Flickr

kapil the normal edited pic is looking much better with colors...ur previous pic is whole gray

Jayant, Nice one...

Medico, Yeah even when there is plenty of lights in-door it needs long exposure.

Kjuvale, Nice street photography...

Stuge, Wow!!! Congrats... I thought of capturing that event but couldn't...

A nice portrait

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Nice pics.

I need advice on shooting photos. I have an EPM1, and i have a problem like... when i would go to some party and take pics, it focuses on the nearest faces and blurs out the ones a bit far. How do i get all of them into focus?? Kinda bummer for a party pic.
Also, for low light, the shutter speed becomes too low. A normal PnS camera can shoot a pic with no shake at all, while, i have to make sure no one is moving while i take the pic.. else it gets blurry.
recently i went to a butterfly park, and in all the pics, the wings were blurry. While same place i had been with a Panasonic PnS, the wings were very clear. Why is the default shutter speed so low?

And if i increase the shutter speed, the pics become completely dark.

what mistake am i doing? Anyone with a good point and shoot cam may take better pics than me handling this epm1

.

^ You can ask your doubts related to camera settings in a new thread or here... Understanding Camera Settings I post the reply here

@Nac: nice snaps, liked 3and 4 th most.

here is one monochrome pic from me

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Dresden by digitman2006, on Flickr

A photo of the Rain in ABSOLUTE darkness

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and just testing slow shutter speed

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Thanks you.
Kjuvale, Nice and wide...

Techfreak, Nice experiment

Some of the pics I clicked in a hurry

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Telankhedi 2 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7381674872_3f0a1cf00c.jpg Telankhedi with clouds by sujoyp, on Flickr

Nothing artistic abt this macro shot...just posting coz I took a macro shot after 3 months

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7241/7381674624_7db6b6c379.jpg Insect by sujoyp, on Flickr

Awesome!
^^ which lens for the insect?

Sujoy,
Second one is nice. Would be better with no frames and some colour enhancement...
And why the eyes of the fly are matt finish. Shouldn't be glossy and wet???

@shoumik i have a cheap and super old nikon 55mm 2.8 ais macro lens

@ nac thanks..i havs seen most fly have this type of eye...donno the secret

@Sujoy: 2nd one is good.

I made this one B/W on purpose, so that one can read those letters written on the gate of Buchenwald concentration camp.: "Jedem das Seine" means "to each what he deserves." This slogan was written on many other Nazi concentration camps.

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Buchenwald concentration camp gate by digitman2006, on Flickr

Here is my one of very few bird snap:

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a bird in Leipzig Opergarten by digitman2006, on Flickr

amazing shots @kjuvale

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^^Awesome

@kapil ur bird is good...1st one is a difficult one

@medico: awesome colors!!!

Spotted a bird after a long time in my area...

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Another one ... "Narangi" aka Tangerine (Citrus tangerina)

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Nice pics kjuvale and medico !!!

@marvelousprashant - Is the bird weak, or they just look like that? :-D

This one's from my Coorg Trip earlier this month.

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Blues by grssh0pper on Flickr

@trublu I guess they look like this only... they are very active

Blue flowers look nice!

Clouds after rain

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@trublu : the blue color is vibrant

@marvelousprashant: great capture!!!

@trublu nice flowers

marvelousprashant clouds r great

Kjuvale, Nice bird..

Prashant, Nice cloud pattern...

Trublu, Nice flower...

The clouds look great, Prashant..

**stupid question alert** what kinda rain left so many black clouds

trublu said:
The clouds look great, Prashant..

**stupid question alert** what kinda rain left so many black clouds

Thanks.

60% Pre monsoon rains and 40% Lightroom rains

marvelousprashant said:
60% Pre monsoon rains and 40% Lightroom rains

Excellent line....

LOL we really make those clouds deeper and darker to look good

sujoyp said:
LOL we really make those clouds deeper and darker to look good

TRUE!!

Took some more splash shots... 3 of them looked good to me... presenting to you guys the story of a Splash!!!

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ooh comon ...u should have used a transperent background or black one...or even no BG at all...those tiles look ugly

and 1st and last one is definitely good

sujoyp said:
ooh comon ...u should have used a transperent background or black one...or even no BG at all...those tiles look ugly

and 1st and last one is definitely good

will try next time... I'll need some setup as I am not good at Photoshop

photoshop is not needed...u did things correctly...just use a black, white or plain color background....use sheet on cardboard

Shot with Panasonic FZ18
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@marvelousprashant : loved the 1st and the last one....try taking the shot with more light...maybe in sunlight

@prashant the bee look great...even if u lost all the colors...its looking great like that

Abhidev thanks

Sujoyp its not a bee, its q fruitfly. Slightly larger than normal fly

Prashant,
The last splash is nice.

@nac thanks

Sorry for spamming !!!

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These were taken few months back around the time I bought this camera.

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Prashant,
All the five are nice esp, the first bird shot.

@prashant all of them r goodone....I liked specially 3rd one

nac and sujoyp thanks.
Offtopic : BTW how are the colors in bird pics. I left them unedited. I don't think my laptop screen represents true colors. These look washed out a bit on my screen. But some of my earlier shots in which i added saturation looked oversaturated on phone's display

Some from my side after long time

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This one posted out of curosity...anyone seen this thing before...2-3 feet long lizard
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Sujoy, 2nd from last and 4th from last are nice...

thanks nac

sujoyp said:
This one posted out of curosity...anyone seen this thing before...2-3 feet long lizard
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its called 'Iguana' i guess... :-?

Excellent pics sujoy. Loved the second pic. The lizard is scary

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@marvelousprashant thanks

@abhidev u r right its iguana .....how do u know

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great shots @sujoy and @marvelousprashant.. love the squirrel pics

sujoyp said:
@abhidev u r right its iguana .....how do u know

Discovery Channel FTW!!! :wink:

I m buying a 70-300mm lens which one is good

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6G (4.3x) Lens | Lens | Flipkart.com

Tamron AF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro (for Nikon Digital SLR) Lens | Lens | Flipkart.com

out of these two get the tamron one...nikon af 70-300 is one of the poorest lens.

^thanks sujoy.

but the above Tamron lens I found is in flipkart.
& when I went to my local dealer he showed me the 70-300mm Tamron lens @rs9200
but it was LD Macro 1.2.is it the upgraded version ?

Donno exactly

What I know Tamron have 2 lenses of 70-300 right now
1. 70-300 Di LD macro which can focus upto 1:2
2. 70-300 VC USD costing 25-27k

maybe u r getting the 1st one....check properly that its the DI LD model and not some other older variation

power_8383 said:
Shot with Panasonic FZ18
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Amazing! how did you get this

@sujoyp: isn't the model u mentioned in list is the flipkart link?
we can also use it as a Macro lens.

yes its the flipkart one which i was mentioned

It have a 1:2 macro ratio which is not at all bad for macro purpose coz my macro lens also do 1:2 only

but it do macro from 200-300mm that means it will become long and stretched ....ur on board flash wont work with that...but it will work fine in daytime...I think there is a switch for macro in the lens

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Go for the flipkart one (*www.flipkart.com/tamron-sp-af-70-300mm-f-4-5-6-di-vc-usd-for-nikon-digital-slr-lens/p/itmczc2hbg8jchuu?pid=ACCCYZFZZ8YFZA34&ref=f8e5b320-9bbf-4917-b343-b6562d8715f3).. its great..

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@arian Like your 2nd shot from bottom.

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@arian liked all 4 from bottom

@prashant liked both....church may look good in HDR too

@sujoy Thanks

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Prashant, Both your church and moon shots are nice. Moon shot is as-is or edited??? Seems like too much sharpness/brightness/contrast reduction...

@nac The moon is edited. Looks good on my screen. But I suspect my laptop screen isn't calibrated property

Took this shot while walking on the road. No tripod... 8 second handheld

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Prashant, Wow!!! 8 sec handheld shot... Nice light painting

he he he 8 sec handhold

did u stop breathing for those 8 sec

nice attempt...

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seems the moon doesn't like me.. i took the 70-300 @300mm, center weighted, spot metering,active D lighting- off, 1/10 to 1/150 .. i could see the moon clearly through the eyepiece but the camera never fires.. tried manual as well as auto focus but couldn't make the cam take the shot :-x

^ OH BTW did you press the shutter button :twisted:

^^
May be your cam wants to take full moon first with your new lens. :wink:

marvelousprashant said:
^ OH BTW did you press the shutter button

Here's a moon shot I tried long back

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Full Moon by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

@sujoy and nac The light trails from crackers are looking good in wavy pattern but the waves are created by the shaking of my hand.

@sriharsha nice shot

So is it difficult to shoot the craters on the moon when it is full because it is to bright right?

This is the moon today
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compared to the moon on 27th June
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Nice one Prashant... Is this 100% crop?

It is cropped but not 100%. 1400*1800px from a 4000*3000px image

@marvelousprashant: loved the second moon shot

Prashant,
Oh! I asked coz I haven't seen any noise in your image other than this one. BTW, I was talking about the sunrise shot. :blink:

Tried Focus stacking...

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Hows this lens > Nikon Imaging Asia Pacific Lenses/DX Format/Zoom/AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR 5.3x.xml&CategoryID=gp11zkyu&currentTab=gp11zkz4&currentLink=gp11zkz8
am thinking of rep[lacing my 18 - 55mm with this one..

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A road less walked by rH1twick, on Flickr

and,

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MagicalSky_2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

rhitwick 1st one is superbly composed and looking great...

@rhitwick Love the first image

Thanks guys, both of them taken with my Samsung Galaxy S and then post processed.

Rhitwick,
Nice work.

Tried some night shots yesterday. Here are few of 'em

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@rhitwik @nac loved the first pic

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@nac great shots.. love the 2nd one.. facing the cam directly towards the sun, wont it effect the sensor ?

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Arian,

Actually, it's a moon shot.

You have a point. Shooting the sun directly would damage the sensor as it is too bright. Sensor would heat up... I don't know whether moon would damage the sensor or not. Using long exposure for (less brighter than sun) moon shot, would damage the sensor??? I don't know and I have never heard about that...

Someone online asked a similar question. After reading I was :rofl:

Here he is talking about moon shot.

Man1, Generally I shoot long exposure shot (15-30seconds)......
Man2, Don't you think moon will be over exposed using this long exposure
Man1, But still I am getting dark pictures
Man2, Dark? Are you shooting at ISO 8 or what?

never heard of moon light damaging anything...i thought moon light is cooler...and sun light have uv and harmful rays too...donno exactly

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nac said:
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QUOTE]

I was saying about this shot.. this aint moon right.. or is it

^
Yeah, it is a moon shot.

White dots in the background are stars not grains produced in the camera. Moon is too bright because of long exposure shot.

f/3.4
Tv 15sec
ISO 80
Increased brightness in PP

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excellent shot trublu

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^ Nice shots Prashant...

nice one @trublu ...where is it taken

@ prashant both r great

Thanks sujoy and nac

What software do you guys use for hdr?

I use picasa for HDR ...photomatrix is just too advance...and to merge 3-5 images togather i use photoshop

Started with MS Picture manager than GIMP and so many softwares. After you guys suggested tried LR and now I worked on Photomatix, here are the images...

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This sunset picture was taken few weeks back. There was some nice colour under the sky then. Bracketed shots would be even better, I guess...

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A couple of night shots taken on the day of last full moon.

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Great shots @ nac.. lovely parrots @criztle
finally i replaced my 18-55 with the 16-85

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Got a free class 10 16gb sandisc card with this

^ What's next? Gonna upgrade camera

I see it coming soon, little unclear exactly when...

And thank you...

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Nac first and third images are awesome. Like the purple sky.

Criztle :.
Parrots are nice

Sorry if my latest posts aren't appearing properly. Posting from mobile as laptop is giving some trouble

^A good butterfly shot... I never been able to get a shot of one...

Nipun, Nice product photography... First image and the image in the next post are not lit enough. Second image is perfectly lit...

Note: Guys... Please please resize your image when posting. 800x600px is good enough.

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@marvelousprashant nice butterfly but the shot seems a bit flat to me..
@nac lol no.. no cam upgrades.. my kit is complete.. D3100, 16-85, 70-300 & 50mm

..

^
I am sure you will have reasons for buying 16-85 by replacing 18-55. I am thinking :chinscratch:

that it wouldn't be better if you have kept that 18-55 and buy a wider lens like 10-24 lens with the amount you had? But you would have to miss focal range between 55-70... What do you say???

Congrats :toast:

as you said now you have a complete lens combo...

Thanks nac, how's this?

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Nipun,

*Still it's little grey. Should have used +EV to get whiter background.
*Don't shoot at wide end, it kinda gives bloated effect. Use full zoom and shoot at max focal length.
*Pushing up ISO to 3200 have given you some noise on the image. Try to stay at the lowest. If it leads for long exposure, use tripod or stack up something and put your camera to avoid camera shake due to long exposure.
*Use smaller aperture. You have limited choice here as yours have only two Av to set at any focal length. Try both... (Smaller aperture gives more DOF).

Note: Guys... Please please resize your image when posting. 800x600px is good enough

I posted using my phone and forgot to chose size on flickr so it was posted in full size earlier. Sorry for that.

@arian : I agree, the butterfly was on a tree next to my roof so could not frame the shot at a different angle.

@Nipun : There is a youtube video by DigitalRev on how to do Product photography. Although they have used high end equipments but basic setup is very easy and might help.

Few more

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@prashant : thank you

@sujoyp : thanks, it's the Buddhist Monastery in Kushalnagar, near Madikeri,Karnataka. Awesome place

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how can we upload phoyos here

@ arian29
@ marvelousprashant
thx here is another
these shot are handheld(as i dont have any tripod) and the peacocks were dancing .....this the maximum zoom i can with a digicam
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Doc, Nice one...

bk1980, Upload your image in imageshack or flickr or some other site and share your link here. There is a icon (yellow square with mountain and sun in it) just above the message box, click it and paste your link in the pop up window and click OK.

Criztle, Images are dull, I am afraid

Images for C&C

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Prashant, First one is little better...

Trublu, Neat and clean. Picture like this shows the IQ of DSLR.

Criztle if you shot at maximum zoom i wonder where is the background blur. The peacocks aren't isolated from the surroundings :O

Nac first shot could have been better in hdr. I wonder why no one is shooting clouds and scenery in hdr. Rainy season is the best time to get those out-of-the-world shots

Second shot is good

@nac, why does first shot seem hazy to me?

And, you have shot other two under hard light, hence 2nd one is overexposed and b/w conversion could not save third one. You could have tried to make 3rd one a bit more dark. Would be good then IMO.

Rhitwick,
Thank you... I really appreciate your comments.

First shot is soft because of smaller Av.

Then I need to learn to take photographs in bright light. I don't how I could've taken the 2nd and 3rd better. But I will sure try to take better...

Some editing on the third one...

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Prashant,
I thought nobody likes my HDR posted earlier as there was no comments about it. I assumed it wasn't impressive enough to deserve a comment

I would have tried HDR if that was bracketed shot.

Thank you...

@nac, ur HDR was good...really good. Don't worry. You are doing it right.

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nice pics guys....

Prashant, Second one is good. What do you think of going even closer? (Other than scaring the butterfly and let it fly away....

It would be good to see the details so close... You would have seen Toofan's macro... It should be like that close...

@marvelousprashant i dont know my cam has only 16 x zoom and i took on manual setting it was very far...

here 2 more it was sitting on a tree just outside my window

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K

Even i love to click pics, but my friend says i am very bad at it... :-(

hope one day my friend would appreciate my photographs.

@nac nice moment captured

@prashant very nice pics...colors r nice

@criztle nice peacock...too many distractions in front but the peacock is looking sharp

@marvelousprashant, real good butterfly shots.
First one is not well composed (or, taken from an unusual angle

)
Second one is marvelous! Very good color reproduction and good macro.

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@marvelousprashant
beautiful butterfly shots

@criztle....amazing shots dude....only if you could zoom some more...it would hv been awesome!!! where did u see it by the way?

Wonderful shots everyone!

I finally got some time to shoot but not much.. Took out my cam yesterday almost after a month.. I've been really busy and unfortunately these would probably be my last shots for a long time now... well lets see..

First attempt at capturing stars.. Although the conditions were absolutely not suitable for star shots as I shot this from my home terrace in the middle of the city with so much light and air pollution but the rain in the morning cleared the sky a bit so I thought I'd give it a try...

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Stars by Jaggy89, on Flickr

A random bird shot..

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Bird by Jaggy89, on Flickr

@sujoy @abhidev thx

while i as eating my lunch i saw it jst outside my window.......
that was the maximum zoom in my cam.... yeah there were too many distractions but managed to these shot from my window which is very small and narrow

@jagg89

very gud shot at the random bird...its very cute

Thanks everyone

Nac : going close in my case would mean jumping from my roof

Criztle : i like the way you say 'only 16x zoom '.

Rhitwik : butterflies were too fast. Did not do any composing. Took photos in burst mode.

@abhidev : lol. Criztle is not a dude

(hint in signature )

Jagga : nice bird shot. Looks like it is posing for the photoshoot

Jaggs, The bird is so cute.

Criztle, Nice peacock and colour.

marvelousprashant said:
going close in my case would mean jumping from my roof

Nothing special

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@nac @marvelousprashant thanks

Some flowers

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DSC_5018 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_5142 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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@Sujoy
do you use Flash for flower photography ?How good is your Yougnou YN-465 flash for macro?

no i never use flash for flowers....and my flash yn-465 is very good for macros...specially coz it have manual settings and its head can move all around

the bad thing for advance users is that it can not be wirelessly flashed without costly triggers...i donno exactly but its not for advance users...maybe for that yn560 is better

Sujoy, Dew/water drops on the grass is the best among them...

Sujoy...I love macros. And your shots are very good.

Thanks @nac ...I have some more of them but not sure if they r good or not

@rhitwick thanks...I am more concentrating on composition of macros nowdays...soo less insects nowdays

some more drops...but not sure if they r good or not

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@Sujoy
Nice pics..liked 2nd and 3rd..do you use tripod for these shots ?

thanks mastervk ....no i dont use tripod for any of the pics untill now....most pics r taken with nikkor 55mm AIS manual macro lens

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when seeing these pics at full resolution do you see any OOF? the close up pics i have taken using my Tokina macro lens(in manual mode) are slightly OOF when viewed at 100% crop..

yes ...definitely there r lots of parts OOF due to bigger f-values like I used mostly f4 for all the pics...it makes only a part of the subject in focus and even a minor change makes thing OOF

like in the pink flower I posted...only the center part is in focus but remaining flower not in good focus....we have to learn more

^^ All the three water drops are nice. esp. 1 & 3.

thanks nac...every genre of photography is a special one...droplets with nice reflection is still hard to get

Yeah, when you try next time... try and get the reflection of you holding the camera...

yaah nice idea nac...will try

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@ sujoy : those drop shots are FRIGGIN AWESOME! I am inspired. Maybe try this next time

*www.wonderfulphotos.com/articles/macro/focus_stacking/images/yellow-droplets.jpg

@medico 6 is nice. Also 8. Reminds me of a game called serious Sam

@amitabhsaha first one is good

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@medico I saw those shots in jjmehta and they r superb...loved most of them

@prashant for those type of drops u need many things..
a tripod with macro bar on top (donno what do they say them)
a good macro lens
external flash setup (mostly 2 flash)

sujoyp said:
@prashant for those type of drops u need many things..
a tripod with macro bar on top (donno what do they say them)

Macro focusing rail (or slider).

@prashant saw your pics for the first time in this thread. Good clicks.

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nice clicks medico.. love the last one..

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right medico its Macro focusing rail

I forgot the name

Prashant that b&W HDR is great

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Amitabh,
Both the mountain shots, sun rays shot are nice. I like that white flower shot very much.

Medico,
Like the last one.

Arian,
It's kinda disturbing (out of focus thing) in the clean and neat lamp/candle shot. (No offense)
Grill shot is nice.

Sujoy,
What's that macro slider? It's in the tripod or in the camera?

@amitabh I liked 2nd flower and 3rd clouds but the 4th one is bit underexposed and dark..still its good

@nac here r the pics

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@nac
thanks a lot. that white flower shot was taken at shalimar bagh, srinagar. The sun rays shot was at sonamarg , kashmir.
@sujoy
thanks. yes the last one looks a bit darker. it looked ok on the cam lcd. still learning to judge the best settings for a shot.

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raindrops and splash by marvelprash, on Flickr

Nice splash...

Be careful... Don't let the water inside the camera parts...

@nac thanks. water was not a problem in this case.

gr8 shot @marvelousprashant

@prashant overall pic looks nice...but if ur intension is only splash then u have to go closer

marvelousprashant said:
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raindrops and splash by marvelprash, on Flickr

nice one but in bokeh in left side i see a blue ring may be becuz of the abberation of the drops.

i tried a closer macro but at full 3x zoom(used a +ve lense to go closer) the flower bounces like any thing on the screen even on slight breeze

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and one hdr image
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@sujoy could not get closer because of rain. Also focusing was difficult at night

Very nice HDR. Which software did you use for merging

lm2k,
Nice HDR... But so much noise???

Is the effect (shallow depth) by camera or editing? Seems to be too much...

lm2k said:
nice one but in bokeh in left side i see a blue ring may be becuz of the abberation of the drops.

Actually, those are water drops on the lens...

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HDR by marvelprash, on Flickr

Few HDR shots,
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HDR8 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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HDR7 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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HDR6 by rH1twick, on Flickr

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HDR5 by rH1twick, on Flickr

nac said:
lm2k,
Nice HDR... But so much noise???

Actually, those are water drops on the lens...

No. I used manual focus (~2m) on the splash. Bokeh drops were not behind but were at 30-40cm away from lens. What do I call this? Reverse bokeh? :-D

Rhitwick : Very nice pics but don't see any HDR.

^I do not get your point. What do I miss?

Taking example of your 1st image, the trees and grounds are black (underexposed). In a HDR image underexposed and overexposed areas dont exist. That is why images are taken at multiple exposures so that each part of scene is well exposed. Then they are merged... under- and overexposed areas from each image is filtered out. As there are no shadows or dark regions in HDR image, it has "that glow" responsible for "WTF AMAZING!" comments from whoever sees that photo. HDR images in their true sense look unreal... like video games

Dont see my images for reference... they are ugly. Use google.

marvelousprashant said:
Taking example of your 1st image, the trees and grounds are black (underexposed). In a HDR image underexposed and overexposed areas dont exist. That is why images are taken at multiple exposures so that each part of scene is well exposed. Then they are merged... under- and overexposed areas from each image is filtered out. As there are no shadows or dark regions in HDR image, it has "that glow" responsible for "WTF AMAZING!" comments from whoever sees that photo. HDR images in their true sense look unreal... like video games

Dont see my images for reference... they are ugly. Use google.

About that HDR concept, I know it but I never liked that horror-movie-background kinda images.

To reduce that effect got compromised on the whole HDR effect. But, I actually got what I wanted to capture. The vibrant colors of the sky at sunset.

Thanks for your comments.

@marvelousprashant i used photomatrix to merge them (some "painterly effect) but that one was pale so i raised exposure so it got noisy,u r last one is really nice i love that texture formed by clouds that extends forwards.

@nac i have a fat convex lense(abt 40mm focal length) i used it as a simple microscope(aka magnifier) n zoom the camera 2wards subject to get desired proximity n all this at 30mm or little more distance
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just some random clicks,(i put the last one to give an idea of amount of magnification)
all socs

real problem comes when there is breeze n the subject just bounces in the screen like anything :twisted:

@rhitwick i love the colour of sky especially 2nd one .

@im2k...nice try...do it on some insect please

sujoyp said:
@lm2k...nice try...do it on some insect please

ya i wil du that soon n post
btw i really wonder how u take u r macros ,it really demands ultimate patience n presence of mind ,now i understood.

Yup...but with good gears its really easy like suppose u have a Tamron 90mm with a tripod having focus rail and ring flash around ur lens

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but when u have to compromise it need lot of patience ...coz insects mostly fly/run away

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Macro - insect by marvelprash, on Flickr

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centipede (1) by marvelprash, on Flickr

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centipede (2) by marvelprash, on Flickr

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rhitwick,
Nice and vibrant... It's good it doesn't look like a water painting...

lm2k said:
i have a fat convex lense(abt 40mm focal length) i used it as a simple microscope(aka magnifier) n zoom the camera 2wards subject to get desired proximity n all this at 30mm or little more distance

real problem comes when there is breeze n the subject just bounces in the screen like anything

Wow! Good technique...

lm2k said:
real problem comes when there is breeze n the subject just bounces in the screen like anything

Coz it's not a stabilized lens

Sujoy,
Thanks for the info...
Even in my cam, using flash for macro would leave a shadow (of lens hood) in the image. I thought how would DSLR users do that, as their lens are much bigger and most likely they would too leave shadows...

Flash like this (flash in lens) would be very good for macros. This is the first time I am hearing about it... Thank you...

Prashant,
These are much closer than your previous macros. Good....

Subha,
Last one is wonderful... Did you take any bracketed shots? If so, post some HDR images of Taj.

2nd is little tilted and first one's foreground is underexposed and the images is little darker...

@prashant those r superb macros...nice

@subhadip liked all the TAJ pics..

@nac if u know bit of electronics u can create one of those circular led light flash setup urself...or it can be found for 1k chineese one in ebay

^ 1k,

No, I can't afford that much... May be I will spend for flash when someone gift me a DSLR

Now I saving up for a cheap tripod. Earlier I thought table tripod would do, now I am thinking of a tripod with operational height of about 5'.

Thanks NAC & Sujoy..

used Canon Power Shot a 3200 IS..for those pictures..

First pic is for the background only..

my pick is the last one..THE TAJ

dear NAC..please tell me what is "Bracketed shots" and HDR image...

i do not know that

Nice Taj shots. Like the second one.

@nac probably the closest my cam can go

went to victoria memorial

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King standing by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Side of victoria memorial by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Victoria memorial by sujoyp, on Flickr

Nice shots everyone

BTW I took out my camera after almost two months and clicked a few during a trip to Tirupathi.

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FB-1-6 by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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FB-1-3 by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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FB-1-2 by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

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FB-1 by Sri Harsha Madineni, on Flickr

Sujoy,
Wow!
1 - Neat and nice.
2 - Perfect (lacking 1's blue sky)
3 - Hmmm... I would like colour one.
4 - I don't know... I think I don't have eye for these kinda shot. May be coz it shot at (or seems like) wide end.

Harsha,
Nice and 3rd one is the best in the lot.
What's there in the first three images (what to call that??? ghost??? kinda finger prints on the lens)

@nac
That ghost you see, is the fence

sriharsha_madineni said:
@nac
That ghost you see, is the fence

What cam do you have?

sriharsha_madineni said:
@nac
That ghost you see, is the fence

But it doesn't look like one...

tkin said:
What cam do you have?

fz150

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My first shot at HDR..

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thanks nac....it was cloudy and rained too...thats y most pic got underexposed even at iso 800 at day time...

@sriharsha ur 3rd pic is best...remaining r good

Thank you nac & Sujoy. I thought you'd like first & second. May be the fence played spoil sport

@sriharsha its just a matter of choice...I didnt even noticed the fence properly..

BTW i too did a bad editing in the last pic of mine...but its just small in front of huge building

R

Hi guys, Just saw this thread. I am doing my 2nd year visual communication and am an aspiring event/wedding photographer.

*www.facebook.com/shotsrk You can find all my works here, i haven't updated my flickr in a while, when i do do, i will surely post some images here.

P.S. you don't need to like the page to comment or like photos. This is not me promoting my page either, for those who feel so, ignore this post.

Ram,
Wonderful clicks... Great work...

If you think FB screw up the quality of your photos, upload and share them through flickr.

R

Sure, I'll post the link here first thing in the morning!

@ram nice photographs....what gears do u have...instagram is an iphone app isnt it

Went to Hirakud Dam today... was too crowded to compose the shots properly or tweak the settings
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Some birds ..

1 :

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2:

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and a dog ..

5:
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Great shots mastervk. IMO you should try a transparent watermark. Black border doesn't look good plus can be cropped off easily.. beats the purpose of watermarking

R

sujoyp said:
@ram nice photographs....what gears do u have...instagram is an iphone app isnt it

Canon 60D + 18-55 + 70-300 IS USM. iPhone 4 for instagram. Instagram is available for both iOS and Android.

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marvelousprashant said:
Great shots mastervk. IMO you should try a transparent watermark. Black border doesn't look good plus can be cropped off easily.. beats the purpose of watermarking

Thanks Prashant..I use black border as i have purchased plugin for LR to automatically apply border and text while exporting..I need to change some configuration to make the width less for above pics but forget to do that..

i don't like watermarking the pics and if someone crop the pics and use them i don't mind...

good shots mastervk...liked the dog most..

@ram ...ur gears r definitely better then mine

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Thanks Sujoy..Saw that dog enjoying Delhi afternoon outside Humaun Tomb and took the shot..many people were thinking why i am taking shot of the dog instead of the Tomb...

@mastervk they dont have an eye of a photographer

neglect them

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sujoyp said:
good shots mastervk...liked the dog most..

@ram ...ur gears r definitely better then mine

Camera does not matter as much as the person behind it. :wink:

but i am sure you hear a lot of that line anyway. :razz:

Here is the link to my Flickr page:

Flickr: Ramkumar Ramachandran's Photostream

Do leave your feedback, fellas! :-D

hahaha ram i usually tell this line when i see somebodies pic better then mine

will check ur photostream

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Raindrops (2) by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Raindrops (4) by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Raindrops (6) by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Raindrops (8) by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Some excellent shots there Prashant! bokeh in the last shot is great though the actual object is a bit out of focus, nonetheless great attempt!

extremely marvellous pics... marvelousprashant.

love the last one, Prashant !

good shot prashant

Wonderful shots Prashant...

Awesome shots Prashant

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The Winter of Frozen Oscar

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The God himself..... THE GOD

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Threesome..... THREE TO TANGO

Critics and CC please!

Shashank,
Wonderful water drop... Nice lightning captures...

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Wonderful shashank, love the lightning bolts, must have required a lot of patience and a good position to take those.

Btw, Critics and CC?

i thought CC meant comments and criticism.

here are some of my newest:

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Free your thoughts.

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Sounds of Fire - Lohri.

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Decisions - Where the World is shaped.

wonderful shots shashank

@ram very proffesional compositions...superb

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@nac - Thanks!

@ram - Yeah somewhere around 30 minutes and 32 shots, few other lighting shots only came out to be good. And yeah I meant CC only or Critics and C or whatever....I've got what I need!

@sujoyp - Thanks!

Thanks all!

@shashankm : I saw your photostream and some of the other drop shots look better than the one you posted... Nice colors though... Lightning shots are great but why did you crop? A full landscape scene with trees, houses and lightning would look better.

@Ram 1st one is interesting... Like the tones in last one... title adds a lot of meaning to it

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Flower - Macro by marvelprash, on Flickr

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marvelousprashant said:
@shashankm : I saw your photostream and some of the other drop shots look better than the one you posted... Nice colors though... Lightning shots are great but why did you crop? A full landscape scene with trees, houses and lightning would look better.
............

There is no landscape in the lightening shots, it was blank sky. No trees, houses whatsoever! What makes you think there were? Are you being critic just for the heck of it since I CC'ed your pic?

been inactive at photography for quite some time and will continue to be for few more months....
landed up in this thread somehow...
BTW here are my few noob shots which i took way back in april

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Tweet by rahul_lifemetal, on Flickr

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Leafage 2 by rahul_lifemetal, on Flickr

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Early Bird by rahul_lifemetal, on Flickr

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Leafage by rahul_lifemetal, on Flickr

Ram,
1st - Photoshoped?
3rd - Did someone actually pose for that shot? (of course, yes). Just a little surprise...

The Skyline

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Nice one medico...

shashankm said:
There is no landscape in the lightening shots, it was blank sky. No trees, houses whatsoever! What makes you think there were? Are you being critic just for the heck of it since I CC'ed your pic?

Common man I saw the exif data on Flickr. It was taken at wide angle. So I guessed.

last one is good reddead

nice shot amedico

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nac said:
Ram,
1st - Photoshoped?
3rd - Did someone actually pose for that shot? (of course, yes). Just a little surprise...

The birds were added to make the mood right. Can't go coloring on my wall now, can i?

3rd one is a self portrait. :razz:

awesome shots @marvelousprashant @shashank @reddead @ram22 and @medico

self portrait

lol

R

abhidev said:
awesome shots @marvelousprashant @shashank @reddead @ram22 and @medico

Thanks!

sujoyp said:
self portrait lol

So what was I supposed to do? Get a volunteer? :lol:

"Well, hello gentleman, i would like for you to pose for me without your briefs."

@ram ....in any case its an artistic one...well done

R

Thanks!

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Which place ?

Medico,
Wonderful, night photograph...

Thats Hong Kong shot from the peak.

My Recent Trip to Himachal Pradesh.

Rohtang Pass

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Backyard - Shimla Hotel

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C & C are welcome.

^^ OMG!!! Awesome pics. Camera?

Canon EOS 1100D ; Lens - 18-55 IS

hey msn more shots of rohtang please

Shadows of Sky
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Rohtang Pass - Loved the fogs flying around
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Great pics @msn.

Which lens did you use for the fly-x pics

beautiful pics msn...and the place is beautiful too..

@ sujoyp & @trublu - Thank you.

@ trublu - All these including fly-x pics were shot using 18-55 Kit Lens.

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Here is one more of mine

Vivekananda Rock HDR - Kanyakumari (2011)

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-TRSYZ5ZF43k/UBYU0Ik6kqI/AAAAAAAAAY4/TIGuV2ReZuY/s800/5993677469_d94da0f858_z.jpg

S

Thanks for the chides and praises guys! I am not able to attach anything, can't post everything from flickr! Help?

MSN,

Wonderful HDR

shashankm said:
Thanks for the chides and praises guys! I am not able to attach anything, can't post everything from flickr! Help?

Use imgur instead. Upload fill res pics on that, use the direct image link + l(L) for large thumbnail that will perfectly fit in the forum page. For example, myimage1.jpg is the direct image url, you need to post myimageurl1l.jpg, and that's it.
Hope this helps.

@msn ...superb HDR...very nice

Taj Mahal Premises - HDR

*i.imgur.com/GjThJ.jpg

Taj Mahal - A view from Agra Fort

*i.imgur.com/CaUlv.jpg

Taj Mahal - Agra

*i.imgur.com/mx4O5.jpg

S

CyberKID said:
Use imgur instead. Upload fill res pics on that, use the direct image link + l(L) for large thumbnail that will perfectly fit in the forum page. For example, myimage1.jpg is the direct image url, you need to post myimageurl1l.jpg, and that's it.
Hope this helps.

Thanks for sharing but #BLOCKED!!

My question is why can't I ulpoad attachments? Always that uploading failed error!

seems to be some issue with the VBulletin (forum software being used), or might have been done intentionally. I too get this error message.

Yes. Even I was not able to add and upload attachments. I also use Imgur and it works perfectly fine.

Guys... You can't upload lot of files here. We have some limit... If you wanna upload, you have to remove your previous attachments. There are plenty of sites like imageshack, flickr. You can upload there and share the link here...

I don't why KID can't share his photos from flickr...

sharing from flicker and picasa web album is very easy and confortable....I use both of them

@msn this time 2nd one is superb...other two r good

msn,
Nice and vibrant colour. Second one is a good one, but I don't like the thick black frame.

Taj Mahal looks so big. I have been to Taj, but when I visit I guess I will be busy clicking.

@ sujoyp & @nac - Thank you

@msn excellent shots dude the hdris are great , the "Vivekananda Rock HDR - Kanyakumari (2011)" shot is really very nice.

some of my recent clicks of insects
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8433/7636996992_52df536f30_b_d.jpg
a3200is ,program mode ,140mmfocal length ,400iso

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8145/7637049630_2b29425f42_b_d.jpg
a3200is ,program mode ,140mmfocal length ,800iso

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7637017974_01b2da45f7_b_d.jpg
a3200is ,program mode ,140mmfocal length ,800iso

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7670184006_b1981a6232_c_d.jpg
d760 ,program mode ,114focal length ,200iso

Im2k only 1st and last can be considerd macro...others r not that detailed...u better try to compose shots rather then concentrating on magnifying things....i mean i have left the path of magnifying macros...its ultimately not a pic but a zoological picture

try to find various compositions with insects and you will be happier with ur macro

But still the first one has excellent detail. Well done lm2k

umm please dont think i am criticizing IM2K work ...i am just suggesting that if magnification is difficult , its better to compose insect shots .

Even when i started I loved higher magnification with extension tubes...but later i started composing shots with my 55mm 2.8 lens which is only 1:2 ..its more photogenic

^ no comments on that. Don't have a hands on experience with lens kits. But, still, suggestions are welcome. Atleast gives ideas. Applying or not is the fellows choice.

ok i will post comparision shots in evening

it will give a better idea

@sujoy: hmm u r rite ,instead of subject-background relation I put too much emphasis on subject alone I must work on the former,
Regarding critising my work, well u have right 2 do so if I go wrong.

@Cyberkid we can go even more close n even more but as sujoy said it wud become a micrograph

just for the sake of comparision i am posting these 2 pics

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7431303416_d27082b2ba_z.jpg
Dragonfly by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm7.staticflickr.com/6094/6322449026_14642bca8a_z.jpg
Dragonfly closeup by sujoyp, on Flickr

@sujoyp - liked the first one. Second one is also good though. Which lens man ?

Inside the lights

*img528.imageshack.us/img528/1890/img1499i.jpg

@msn 1st one taken with my nikon 55-200 vr zoom lens and 2nd taken with nikkor 55mm ais micro lens

I just wanted to show that just magnification is not everything...a proper composition is needed too

@medico city looks nice but y its bit curved

Shimla - Kalka Mail

*i.imgur.com/5vzpm.jpg

I loved his CAP

*i.imgur.com/S8xto.jpg

@msn very nice shots...liked the reflelction of train...i was confused for sometime which one is the original one
and portrait is also nice...sadly that cap is mostly cut...should have covered that colourful cap more

sujoyp said:
@msn very nice shots...liked the reflelction of train...i was confused for sometime which one is the original one
and portrait is also nice...sadly that cap is mostly cut...should have covered that colourful cap more

Thanks for pointing that out. I would keep that in mind while composing my shots from next time onwards.

I pointed that coz u urself wrote that u loved the cap...but u cut the cap from the pic

sujoyp said:
@medico city looks nice but y its bit curved

Its the UWA effect

medico what distortion its called...i forgot the name..and what focal length u used ??

its the distortion caused by UWA lens at 10mm.

My first Panorama
*img854.imageshack.us/img854/8388/panoe.jpg

Neem fruit - Selective colour
*img607.imageshack.us/img607/1636/img6380q.jpg

@ sujoyp, a_medico, msn, nac, brilliant pics.
@sujoyp: both the dragonfly pics are simply brilliant. I think you've used the optical zoom. right? coz the dragon fly will not wait for getting clicked by a photobie.
@msn: excellent pic, especially, the trails visible behind the vehicles.
@nac: neem fruit - selective colour is good. Seems like the colour has been bumped up?

@cyberkid ...thanks...in the closeup shot the dragonfly was really coorperative...and did not fly away
the 1st one is taken with zoom lens

*i.imgur.com/SHxbH.jpg

*i.imgur.com/otxyh.jpg

@tkin 1st one of boats looks good...2nd one lights r just too far away

Have u seen this insect before..if yes what it is called...?
clicked through my Nikon D3100

sujoyp said:
@tkin 1st one of boats looks good...2nd one lights r just too far away

2nd one taken in hyderabad, I tired to get as much as the shoreline as possible, sort of like a panning pic, didn't work out so well

Zangetsu said:
Have u seen this insect before..if yes what it is called...?
clicked through my Nikon D3100

View attachment 6197

It is a Scutigera, commonly known as centipede, not dangerous, not very poisonous either: *en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutigera_coleoptrata

*i.imgur.com/48nU1.jpg

*i.imgur.com/IlPKe.jpg

*i.imgur.com/GUC3a.jpg

*i.imgur.com/rtYJm.jpg

*i.imgur.com/cuNgx.png

^thanks for the info link

@ tkin. Brilliant shoreline. Panoramic pic would have been even better. I could just imagine the beauty of the colourful lit shoreline in night.

The gulmohar shot would have been absolutely stunning, had it been in full bloom.BTW I liked it, and the third one in that post (i suppose of some park).

K

msn and a_medico nice shots.Now where is kjuvale i miss his pics.

Periwinkle (Hybrid) in morning after heavy rains during night

*i.imgur.com/27uyBl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/Ducvbl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/qQbqIl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/0b10Wl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/zHHmll.jpg

very nice pics cyberkid

^thanks

CyberKID said:
@ tkin. Brilliant shoreline. Panoramic pic would have been even better. I could just imagine the beauty of the colourful lit shoreline in night.

The gulmohar shot would have been absolutely stunning, had it been in full bloom.BTW I liked it, and the third one in that post (i suppose of some park).

Thanks, I like to do night pics, previously I was using flat surfaces with a Sony W270, now I have a tripod and a FZ150, now have to find some shorelines.

looking forward to some brilliant snaps from you :wink:

Some pics I took with nice sky and clouds...but it seems I have done too much PP...please comment if they r looking natural or total fake

Edit :- Removing all crap pics and reposting in 2 post below

^^ The subjects are nice, pic looks weird, too much PP.

u r right...i will remove it and re-edit them and upload again...i am myself that i have done too much pp

P

hi dear,,

which lens u have used in these pics

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-NTjDNlxXnyk/UB_9IuwDoCI/AAAAAAAAH90/eEeRKXVii98/s640/DSC_5591.JPG

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uaqQAbrUj5k/UB_9AzvgDhI/AAAAAAAAH9s/cZqD9W1n3dk/s640/DSC_5592.JPG

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JgJ4aVNYq_E/UB_8w68j7rI/AAAAAAAAH9k/qtBvZje-qgw/s640/DSC_5596.JPG

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4-XhQgEI17c/UB_8oPiDRYI/AAAAAAAAH9c/RCm7Fih4E1U/s640/DSC_5589.JPG

@ prinkkaadi these pics were taken with nikon 18-55 VR lens

^ Nice, location of first pic?

*i.imgur.com/yiRjJ.jpg

*i.imgur.com/bjhtc.jpg

*i.imgur.com/g9NeS.jpg

tkin pics are from Dhaka,bangladesh took last friday

Somewhere.......
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8433/7726976176_3cfa1e37d5_b.jpg
Lone wanderer by BluQSky, on Flickr

Vizag:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8428/7727045486_cfc471dddf_b.jpg
Vizag by BluQSky, on Flickr

Brahma Kamal in full bloom, this flower blooms only once a year, and I was lucky enough to be there when it did:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8423/7727245574_f6c8a87e34_b.jpg
Brahma Kamal by BluQSky, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8426/7727679624_2fb2b21279_b.jpg
Sunset behind the trees by BluQSky, on Flickr

Cyberkid,
No, it's not bumped up. Only editing done was turning everything to black and white except that fruit.
Your flower shots are so good, esp. the last one.

tkin,
Boat under sunset/rise is nice...

^ just thought so, as the neem fruit usually looks yellow, and this was looking orange.

^ But I just see yellow... Probably it's your screen.

tkin except ur white flower with flash all are nice...1st one is superb

Thanks, hard to believe all pics were taken using a cr@ppy sony W270.

umm cams r not crappy...we take crappy pics

didnt u see my bad PP pics just yesterday taken with DSLR

Had clicked this one last year @ Chhattarpur Mandir, Delhi
Though it was prohibited to click pics there, but couldn't resist
*i.imgur.com/uc35ml.jpg

A

@Jaipur

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7709461566_bfdfa80d26.jpg
DSC_0458-3 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8160/7709462880_a1888e376d.jpg
DSC_0371-2 by doomslyr, on Flickr

nice shots arian....top view of jaipur is something new

A

random shots.. :wink:

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8426/7733485710_c6805d9c15.jpg
PGT_0318-2 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7122/7733486452_6b3b486823.jpg
PGT_0278-2 by doomslyr, on Flickr

Nice clouds sujoy

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8285/7741295226_f035e3b77b_c.jpg
City Lights - Hirakud by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7115/7741120798_788b92e023_c.jpg
City Lights - Hirakud Bokeh by marvelprash, on Flickr

Arian,
Colourful landscape...

Hey guys..m a true beginner in photography..not aware of exposure sort of terms..but love to know them..
just trying to cool off my urge..so here i go..
Flickr: Vamsidhar '-''s Photostream
:mrgreen:

need some feedback..so that i can pursue..

haha..used a lot of strong words..i think so..

*i.imgur.com/55Cfsl.jpg

Clicked this yesterday with my Nokia C6-00 in Macro Mode.

no problem

we all began someday

what r ur gears bro....

u have tried good with light with long exposure...try to perfect it

sujoyp said:
no problem we all began someday

what r ur gears bro....

u have tried good with light with long exposure...try to perfect it

Canon A3300 IS ..

ook then u wont get loong exposures in ur gear....just capture anything u think is beautiful...enjoy photography

actly..it has something 'long shutter' mode for low light scenes..so tried wid that..
thank u fr taking ur time.. @sujoyp !!
:razz:

A

*img204.imageshack.us/img204/8403/37755409.jpg

Arian,
Grass looks fine, but the sky is not, esp. left hand side looks smudgy (kinda painting)... Probably little over editing...

A

*img684.imageshack.us/img684/4305/12and2moretonemapped2.jpg

@ Arian: Seems like you're oversaturated the image in previous post with some software.

Arian ur last pic is superb

tkin said:
Somewhere.......
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8433/7726976176_3cfa1e37d5_b.jpg

Amazing!!!

A

Was just experimenting with HDR, the first pic.. it's just one pic.. i made two copies of it, increased the exposure in one and decreased in the other , then used photometrix to merge it.. lol fake hdr.. didn't work.. :twisted:

the last one is proper hdr by using bracketing

@arian when you don't have bracketed images, use oloneo. Works better than photomatrix.

First attempt at timelapse video

nice @marvelousprashant.... even I wanna try this...any tips also a tripod is must for this right?

@abhidev This was my first try. I did not use tripod but placed the camera on wall

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8297/7757713918_924c1cc735_z.jpg
Clouds HDR by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8434/7757542108_b82b93fd2a_c.jpg
HDR - Clouds by marvelprash, on Flickr

@marvelprash great pics again. although the second one looks a little better than the first

Guys um im not a great photographer but here are some of the shots clicked with my new SX150.

*i.imgur.com/pys86l.jpg?1

*i.imgur.com/5Sjbel.jpg?1

Lol Mud
*i.imgur.com/wqzz2l.jpg?1

*i.imgur.com/Kj7Ozl.jpg?1

*i.imgur.com/FRE09l.jpg?1

*i.imgur.com/zxxfXl.jpg?1

Only the dog picture has come out good (you could've taken little away from the dog - looks kinda bloated effect). There wasn't sufficient light, and I think all the images are handheld. Try when there is enough light and use tripod or leave the camera in a table or something when you are shooting slower than 1/30th of a second.

Don't block the flash light. Give some room, so that the lens hood won't block the flash light. Second set is better than the first...

nac said:
Only the dog picture has come out good (you could've taken little away from the dog - looks kinda bloated effect). There wasn't sufficient light, and I think all the images are handheld. Try when there is enough light and use tripod or leave the camera in a table or something when you are shooting slower than 1/30th of a second.

Don't block the flash light. Give some room, so that the lens hood won't block the flash light. Second set is better than the first...

What about the yellow flower??
Okay,so i din't understand what 1/30th and stuff

theserpent said:
What about the yellow flower??

Yeah, it's better (I meant that as the second set)

theserpent said:
Okay,so i din't understand what 1/30th and stuff

It's the shutter speed. Okay, What mode are you using to shoot? Reply to this in your thread. We will continue from there...

yes we can continue in ur thread serpent...all ur flowers r out of focus...and it seems u have blocked the light on the flower urself...

where is the dog pic nac is talkingg about

@prashant ...those clouds dont look good like this...too much pp

Sorry for spamming. Posting all pics in 500px resolution for quick loading. So please view on flickr for bigger reolutions

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8295/7759497208_f6478cb095.jpg
Hirakud HDR (1) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8433/7759481086_20ce704bf4.jpg
Hirakud HDR (2) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/7759459622_f550a6e351.jpg
Hirakud HDR (3) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8304/7759435434_4a65e2032c.jpg
Hirakud HDR (4) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7759414878_619b263769.jpg
Hirakud HDR (5) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8444/7759392626_4cbd7c9afd.jpg
Hirakud HDR (6) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8302/7759368052_34f946561c.jpg
Hirakud HDR (7) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8303/7759348570_39b624982c.jpg
Hirakud HDR (8) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8431/7759323760_b74c474a7d.jpg
Hirakud HDR (9) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8302/7759302070_a5acd90c62.jpg
Hirakud HDR (10) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7759277764_5761b7eeb3.jpg
Hirakud HDR (11) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7759250692_340f2d90ab.jpg
Hirakud HDR (12) by marvelprash, on Flickr

except last 2 all r looking good prashant...great work

Nice work Prashant. Probably those will look better if they are not HDR.

Isolated land and trees surrounded by water shot is a good one.

BTB, leave your comment on the quality of video taken from your cam in techinewbei's thread

@nac All my pics minus the clouds are the non HDR version. They look plain. This time I have tried to keep the HDR effect to minimum and increase the Dynamic range to DSLR level. Except for last two, do you feel you would know those images were HDR if not mentioned in title?

When you said "Non HDR" in the very first line, I thought I was wrong. Factually speaking, I didn't notice the title. I convinced that they are HDR either by your previous HDRs or by the images I see from Photomatix.

I feel it's better if the image doesn't look like a water painting. I don't wanna go with HDR definition, if it says so... (No offense meant buddy, just my view)

Following are some of the images I got when I googled "Photographic HDR". These don't seem to be undergone some heavy editing and didn't look like water painting. This is simple and good.
*www.secondpicture.com/tutorials/photography/hdr_photography.jpg
*www.digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1.png
*martinsoler.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/paris-panorama-hdr-canal-st-martin.jpg
*www.profiphotos.com/blog/photos/articles/Preset-of-the-Week/2008-Nov-W4/20040612-DSC04149-BG.jpg

Now I am confused. I aint taking any offense buddy just saying that do yo feel my pics 1-10 look artificial or ghost-like or heavily processed or water painting. I am asking so that I can improve

I am glad you didn't take it that way. But I have seen people start :boxing:

out of it.

In a forum, one guy posted his work and the other one commented on it. The guy who posted his photographs turned red after seeing that comment and replied something like this (just assume a tough guy who has some low pitch voice) "Hey! smart axx first you show us some of your work, then I will decide what you're fxxxing comment worth" :punch:

You see why I said that...

^lol buddy, why fight? BTW you forgot to answer my question

Question???

I don't see any heavy editing in the first 3 images. Slightly off or over editing in the next four images and 9th & 10th. Last two is sure on the heavier side. 8th is the best in my view. So far I have seen that particular image more than half a dozen times in the last 1+ hour.

Thanks Nac. Highly appreciated

2 more
I know nac wont like it... still

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8432/7761759060_b88ed7b9c1.jpg
Hirakud HDR (13) by marvelprash, on Flickr

And rainbow
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7761280984_31d787de1f.jpg
Rainbow by marvelprash, on Flickr

@prashant its not about who like it and who doesnt....but self check the image...ur last 2 images doesnt match the quality of previous ones...in last batch 1st one is over processes and 2nd one bit dull..

and many many photo enthusiast do not like HDR processing due to the minor difference between looks good and over processesd

R

Here are my latest Pictures:

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7115/7763741674_100b9e9537_b.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8301/7763739820_828db48a41_b.jpg

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7268/7763745352_a2fca7e0fa_b.jpg

@sujoy 100% agree with you. I have grown up seeing the HDR work of another guy who is very good at it. So I am over enthusiastic about it. About the rainbow, I cannot do anything. Took that shot handheld with 1/13s shutter and it was dark outside so it came out dull.
Nice shots Ram. Last one has too much yellow though

A

thx @ sujoy, nice clicks prashant..

sujoyp said:
@prashant its not about who like it and who doesnt....but self check the image...

very true..

Prashant is it a hdr effect you used, ie. on a single shot, or did you use bracketing and took multiple shots? for what i see in your exif info its a single shots with hdr effect

gr8 shots @marvelousprashant

@ram nice subjects ...liked 1 &2

arian29 said:
thx @ sujoy, nice clicks prashant..

very true..

Prashant is it a hdr effect you used, ie. on a single shot, or did you use bracketing and took multiple shots? for what i see in your exif info its a single shots with hdr effect

Took 5 shots. Aligned and merged using Photomatrix Enhancer Smooth preset to get noise free single image. That single image was processed with Oloneo Photoengine to get HDR effect. Final processing in Lightroom to crop the unaligned edges and slight noise reduction. Reason for this exercise : Photomatrix HDR is too noisy and dark too. But its alignment is very good. Oloneo's HDR processing is very good but its alignment is crap.

@abhidev thanks

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8287/7766438724_4662d3da73.jpg
HDR Hirakud (14) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7771453032_6efd7fc7e7.jpg
Hirakud HDR (21) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8444/7771447322_1c5d61d910.jpg
Hirakud HDR (22) by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8301/7766375800_eebee6fd9b.jpg
HDR Hirakud (24) by marvelprash, on Flickr

Back after long time.
Here are some snaps i took in paris:

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8429/7776528734_8ab879db17_z.jpg
Eiffel Tower by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7776534652_97f7b21fb3_z.jpg
Eiffel Tower by digitman2006, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7776539292_8b4807d9ae_z.jpg
Sacré Coeur de Montmartre by digitman2006, on Flickr

May not be great shot in AV mode
*i48.tinypic.com/9vcmja.jpg

A

As someone said.. HDR.. vomit of colors.. :twisted:

here goes..

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8285/7764280404_711bc84ced.jpg
5_tonemapped-5 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7764280748_94d7256237.jpg
44_tonemapped-30 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8293/7764279836_42ddddd655.jpg
8_tonemapped_tonemapped-7 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8281/7764281526_46c162d9c1.jpg
40_tonemapped-28 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7108/7764282184_d5c6127243.jpg
34_tonemapped-24 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8422/7764282514_2d2c60565e.jpg
29_tonemapped-20 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8290/7764282824_119e2492c5.jpg
25_tonemapped-17 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8291/7764283250_07ce743eb7.jpg
24_tonemapped-16 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/7764283740_8f2546ced9.jpg
21_tonemapped-14 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7764284058_56aae8b837.jpg
19_tonemapped-13 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7764284560_615d4cd935.jpg
14_tonemapped-11 by doomslyr, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7260/7764284888_4e70fa1822.jpg
13_tonemapped-10 by doomslyr, on Flickr

@arian some r great and some r overdone...i liked 1,5,7,9

24, 29 and 21 really came out well. BTW what Photomatrix preset did you use? Painterly?

Why I'm feeling like most of the HDR images being uploaded here look unrealistic? Seems like people here are getting overenthusiastic with HDR Imaging.
What I feel that natural images would have been much better than these HDR ones. No doubt, there are many HDR images which have struck the perfect balance, but, still there are many which have been overdone.
Guy's don't take this otherwise, this is what I'm feeling.

Kjuvale, Wonderful shots...

Arian, Nice shots... Tonemapped monochrome HDR are better than colour...

@kapil nice shots missed that

@CyberKID The proper professional way to do HDR is to shoot 5 images in RAW. Align them in PS. Then Tonemap them in Photomatrix. Final editing, cropping and Noise/Sharpness control again in PS. Then upload to image sharing sites. The total editing process will take around 20mins. If in end the result looks realistic and no different from real world TO ITNI MEHNAT KA FAAYDA KYA??

BTW I know and agree with what you said. Talking about myself, I have recently developed this hobby and I am over enthusiastic about everything

Didn't ever thought that the idea of HDR is to make them look unrealistic.

CyberKID said:
Didn't ever thought that the idea of HDR is to make them look unrealistic.

*abduzeedo.com/files/hdr/HDR_16___The_Eiffel_Tower_by_madsick.jpg

*www.secondpicture.com/tutorials/photography/hdr.jpg

*www.twin-pixels.com/wp-content/uploads/hdr-final.jpg

They dont look real but they do look amazing

Though, I'm not into professional photography with the gears (don't have any), but still, can say that you've hit a good balance.

The pics are really good.

Especially the first one.

@cyberkid They arent mine. I googled just to show some examples

@prashant ur HDR worked well with building and sea but trees look awkward...

nice shots @arian #kjuvale

which s/w do you guys use for HDRs??

^^ use photoshop

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@abhidev i Use photomatrix and photoshop. i guess yes, HDR is unrealistic, but then a photo is good if it please your eyes.. HDR i think is good for making wall hanging photos (small ones) :mrgreen:

.. you also get them in local markets.. @prashant there's nothing like 5 shots is professional.. in most cases 3 shots is good enough. You need more (5, 7 , 9 rtc..) if the contrast is less and light is poor and you need more range. Else taking more shots isn't gonna do anything extra to the final pic.
I took these shots last Saturday and i was struggling with the light.. it was cloudy and then suddenly the sun shows up for 10mins and its cloudy and dark again.. :evil:

heyy guys my pics has been selected in the photography competition....so plz guys vote for me
vote = like

*www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=455327267820982&set=a.455324884487887.101110.291711750849202&type=3

*www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=45...7887.101110.291711750849202&type=3&permPage=1

A

I am going ro jaipur tomorrow.. i was a bit confused if i should carry a tripod or a monopod or none.. tripods i don't think are allowed inside any palace/fort area. Or maybe ill take all handheld shots.. what you guys say

take handheld...there is enough light..

u can carry a tripod if u want night shots with lights n all....monopod is not useful

@arian How about a gorillapod?

Two of the pics I snapped during my Coorg getaway in June

. I don't know which plants these are.

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IMG_3895 by Gr@ssh0pper, on Flickr

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IMG_1634 by Gr@ssh0pper, on Flickr

@Everyone, can you please help me in giving a good name for these two pictures? I suck in naming my photos

.

Extremely good ones.

just name them - berrys and white flower

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DSC04451 by BluQSky, on Flickr

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DSC04431 by BluQSky, on Flickr

Some of my clicks

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This thread's becoming something marvellous

@ tkin: the second one looks extremely good.

@ mandarpalshikar: I liked all the shots. Excellent work mate. The one with the parrot presents extreme contrast in colours, and is looking good.

^^ Thx mate.

CyberKID said:
This thread's becoming something marvellous

@ tkin: the second one looks extremely good.

@ mandarpalshikar: I liked all the shots. Excellent work mate. The one with the parrot presents extreme contrast in colours, and is looking good.

Thanks, its from Durga Puja.

@mandar ...liked many of ur shots...specially rose ones and sunset

@mandar - good shots.

One Question - I have never tried or rather i shud say took initiative to take picture of Light Trails (mandar's picture - light trail coming out of the sky). Can anyone guide me as to what would be the perfect settings for these kind of shots ? I m planning to travel again to Kodaikanal (hill station) and would like to capture some foggy shots like this when the sun peeps in.

Patience is the key to these shots. I had read somewhere that one hour (+/-) during sunrise/sunset is the best time to get magical shots with the sun.

Eid Mubarak

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The first one is absolutely brilliant.

Thanks cyberkid

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Please don't mind, but to me, all of the images doesn't look like actual photographs, most seem to be wallpapers. Too good to be true.

there is nothing known as actual photography lol..Photographs is not what I saw ,but what I want others to see

..anyway ,some parts of Kashmir is really beautiful

Photography is all about Eye + being in the right place + Patience + Tons of Enthusiasm + Post processing .

By actual photographs, I meant, clicked yourself and not downloaded from somewhere

CyberKID said:
By actual photographs, I meant, clicked yourself and not downloaded from somewhere

lol ofcourse these are clicked by me .

Beautiful Kashmir - a set on Flickr

*www.facebook.com/pages/Abhinav-Singhai-Photography/112549338784151?ref=tn_tnmn

Stuge, I think this is the first time I am seeing you posting more than one image (may be two). Nice photographs... Layers of Haze - Gulmarg is the best one in this lot.

But still, your venus transit and solar eclipse (Dec '12) are my favourites.

I was slightly confused with the first two, whether those are start or snows

Sorry! The pics are so good that I thought otherwise. Must say, the pics are brilliant.
Could you please repost the Venus Transit and Solar Eclipse one nac is talking about? Would like to see it.

@cyberkid Stuge is a great photographer...and if u check pages of this thread maybe before 100 pages there are lots of post from stuge.

Bro everyone starts from basics and gradually learn and then masters the art of photography...nothing strange in that..

Its great to see such beautiful pics from Stuge

^ Sorry! I joined the party too late.

@Stuge - Loved all the pictures. I am sure we all are here to learn and share what we learnt. Learning has no end my friend.

R

My Latest:

Weight of Expectations:

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Bit irritated with my routine of going to a college on the outskirts of the city and coming back home late, no time for some good outdoor photography. :-(

@ram nice concept ....liked the pic

R

sujoyp said:
@ram nice concept ....liked the pic

Thanks!

Sorry guys, that was lunar eclipse, not solar...

Cyberkid, I guess, those pictures are in his flickr photostream...

@Stuge Bloody Awesome shots. My favorite is 4th from bottom. Nice smooth flowing water

@Sujoy Eid Mubarak bro

Time to try to sell myself

Friends, I request you to visit my Flickr Photostream and comment on the photos I have taken. If you don't like a photo, or some aspect of it, please comment on it right there. This is not to publicize myself, but to know how much I have progressed in photography.

Here goes :

Flickr: Gr@ssh0pper's Photostream

I can comment on some pics...but r u sure u r ready for negative comments

and dont get angry afterwards

Edit- You have some nice pics there...saw starting 2 pages ...great job

Here's one from me .

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Sunrise at hyderabad by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

WOW I missed a lot of brilliant shots posted here.. checked in after so many days n I'm happy to see all these great shots and also so many new photographers :wink:

here are a couple of shots from last week.. will post more shots soon..

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Dandelion by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Untitled by Jaggy89, on Flickr

@ Davidboon: Nice sunrise pic.

@davidboon nice sunrise
@jagg liked ur 1st shot...in 2nd i would have liked whole bunch of fruit in focus.

amazing shots @stuge

@ram: nice concept...gr8 shot...lacks clarity IMO

@david: nice pic

@jagg: the first one is good

hey someone here had tried time lapsed video....what was the total time of recording?

@Abhidev : I made that. Took 500 photos at 1s interval so that makes 500s recording interval.

P

hi Abhinav,

Please tell which lens have u used for these snaps....please just for idea....anyways awesome pics really.....

sujoyp said:
I can comment on some pics...but r u sure u r ready for negative comments and dont get angry afterwards

Edit- You have some nice pics there...saw starting 2 pages ...great job

@Sujoy : If you only give good comments (even though it's not actually what you want to write), I will always be under the illusion that I am doing a good job and there is nothing to improve upon. So, yeah, shoot !

The pics are actually quit good....i tried my best to find issues

marvelousprashant said:
@Abhidev : I made that. Took 500 photos at 1s interval so that makes 500s recording interval.

can you elaborate a bit buddy

You will need
-A camera (if you have a supported Canon camera CHDK might help) If thae camera can take infinite shots at specific interval then its good otherwise you will have to use continuous mode (by keeping shutter key pressed)

-A tripod or surface so that camera does not move.

-(Optional) For slight movements you can batch align photos using Photomatrix Pro (paid) Can also be used for HDR Timelapse

-(Optional) Lightroom (paid) for batch editing. There are many open source utilities too.

-FastStone Photo resizer (free) for resizing images to 1080p. This makes PhotoLapse work much faster

-Photolapse (free) for stitching photos.

-(optional but recommended) Windows movie maker (free) to give final touches.

Thanks guys! here are some more shots...

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Toronto Skyline by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Port credit by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Lake Ontario by Jaggy89, on Flickr

Jaggs,
IQ is so good for compact, I mean fixed lens. 2nd one is nice and your dandelion is good.

jagg ...nice pics...in 1st one was it actually pink or it was ur cameras fault

marvelousprashant said:
You will need
-A camera (if you have a supported Canon camera CHDK might help) If thae camera can take infinite shots at specific interval then its good otherwise you will have to use continuous mode (by keeping shutter key pressed)

-A tripod or surface so that camera does not move.

-(Optional) For slight movements you can batch align photos using Photomatrix Pro (paid) Can also be used for HDR Timelapse

-(Optional) Lightroom (paid) for batch editing. There are many open source utilities too.

-FastStone Photo resizer (free) for resizing images to 1080p. This makes PhotoLapse work much faster

-Photolapse (free) for stitching photos.

-(optional but recommended) Windows movie maker (free) to give final touches.

hey thanx for the step by step process....will try it out

and bug you if in doubt

Hey Jagg, nice pics.

Today tried some experimental shots

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Keeping an Eye by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Horror Scene by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Eat Away by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Fire Within by sujoyp, on Flickr

@nac & CyberKID Thanks!

@Sujoyp Thanks.. The pink was natural as the sun was setting at that time.. if u look closely in 1st one u can see a very faint rainbow on the right side.. Btw pretty cool shots.. nice idea!

some more shots...

you can see the rainbow in this one too.. on the right side..
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Toronto skyline 2 by Jaggy89, on Flickr

another angle..
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Untitled by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Enjoy the view.. by Jaggy89, on Flickr

@jagga Enjoy the view is now my wallpaper

really jagg the last one is awesome

Sujoy, Nice and funny... self portrait???

Jaggs, Last one so good...

Thanks guys.. The sunset and the colors were really awesome that day.. I'm glad that I was there to capture it..

@nac thanks ...yes these r self portrait

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evening in hirakud by marvelprash, on Flickr

Thats good prashant

...please prashant post ur gears pic at the photography gear thread..

It would be fun to discuss the gears there...and we r a friendly community...its not that mine is bigger then urs thingy

Prashant, Bluuuuuish sky looks little unreal...

@nac Used the Vivid blue setting in camera but to some extent the sky is unusually blue in Hirakud. Maybe because there is no pollution. When I first came here, the blueness used to hurt my eyes.

Another one No HDR, No editing except little vingetting
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Just after sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

^ Nice compo...

yaah nice shot....looking amazing

Guys ! How about discussing about post processing software, tips & tricks in a seperate thread.

msn thats a nice idea...but I am very poor in post processing...and never devoted enough time to seriously check the chart,dynamic range, shadow, in the pic and rectify them

if you have some nice ideas...start a thread with those and lets roll

I am with a crapppy luck...got all gears but nothing to shoot...trying something at guest house

..even my flash is also in nagpur

Took product shot of my lens...the bokeh came awesome with my 55mm 2.8 lens

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Tried to give light effect....front left slightly dark
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Thanks sujoyp. Nice Bokeh.

msn said:
Guys ! How about discussing about post processing software, tips & tricks in a seperate thread.

Lets wait for others to reply .... what say !!

I came across a nice freeware tool called Wire Pilot. I think it would be easier to use compared to Photoshop though Photoshop Plug-in is also available.

Great tool which will help removing unwanted running in your images. Have not tried it yet. Have couple of shots with running wires and will try.

@msn ..the idea is ...try that software on ur pic and if successful..open a thread post the original pic and the processed pic along with trick of doing that processing

awesome shot @marvelousprashant...loved the blue aqua color of the sky!!!

Sujoy,

this one (1st) is so good. Creamy background... Probably this one is my favourite.

Thanks Nac...I was also amazed to see that at f2.8 that lens made the background soo creamy that you wont notice the door design even a bit

@Prashant 2nd shot is superb!
@sujoyp 1st one is great! Nice bokeh!

some shots..
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Untitled by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Sunset HDR by Jaggy89, on Flickr

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Sunset by Jaggy89, on Flickr

Some are exceptionally Great Shots....

@sujoy- First lens pic is stupendously awesome. Something really in lines of a pro!

PS: Are lenses called "bokeh" ? Or product shot ?

@jagg 2nd and 3rd are superb...nice light

@dashing sujay ...The creamy effect caused in the background where background is totally out of focus is called bokeh in simple language..
Some lenses create nice bokeh/creamy effect and some harsh/hazy bokeh...

@sujoyp: 1st shot is gr8

@jagg : amazing 2nd and 3rd shot....1st one looks over saturated

@ jagg: I liked the 2nd and the 3rd pic. Nice work. Thanks for posting your amazing work here.

My macro shots

hope you all like them...
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Thats the first ever insect i caught in time

its a nice attempt....background is nicely blurred....i just want u to click insect looking at u

I got this in great difficulty it was running away..So i used AF tracking

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Dragonfly by marvelprash, on Flickr

@serpent keep trying bro ...u will learn soon

@prashant nice shot

prashant that is awesome!
guys ...suppose i want to click a pic of a car moving in the road.With that car in focus and rest blurred do i use AF Tracking?

*i.imgur.com/1ISIH.jpg

@sujoy and serpent : thanks!

Serpent : your last image is very grainy but grain is adding to the overall beauty.

Regarding your query, you will have to move (pan your camera)
Read Panning (camera) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

thanks
I'm trying to click a spider webby..im not able to get the right settings
2)So theres one small baby spider in it.But the camera wont focus on it

...Please tell me how do i focus on that spider

set ur cam to macro mode and find the closest distance u can focus on the spider...u will need to do some trial error..

set the camera to manual focus and use dial to change focus while keeping the camera still. These cams have contrast based AF and spider webs are translucent! very little difference in contrast so AF fails

Canon Gone MAD ...increased the price of lenses by 30-60% in India
Price of 50mm lens increased by 2k from 5500 to 7500 ..
price of 100mm macro lens increased from 32 to 44k MRP ...
price of 100-400 increased from 99k to 150k

All in MRP

I was going to buy a 50mm , Now ill have to wait . I am getting a Vanguard Espod plus 204AP , my budget is 5.5k for the tripod . any other good suggestions ?

my ESPOD 203 AP is very similar to what u r thinking.....its good and light...I got it for 3200 ...later they increased the price by 1k

but I got a very irritating issue with its head....even when locked totally it moves upto 20 degree...I mean if we want to lock it at a single position so that it doenst move at all then its not possible...maybe its coz its a pan head...but due to this I found it difficult to take multi exposure shots coz if u touch the DSLR the head will move slightly

I think benro is better with ball head...but it carry only 2kg
Benro A150FBR0 Digital Tripod - Foto Centre Trading Pvt. Ltd.

@sujoyp so wont the pan head differ on the Espod 204 ? I ordered the Espod plus 204 from tradus.in . Buy Online Vanguard Espod Plus 204AP Tripod. Shop from tradus.com CAA0000004760867 . got it for Rs. 5135 with RECHARGE10 coupon .

One more doubt , is this shutter release good ? : Canon Generic Wireless IR Remote Control for SLR Cameras / Digital Cameras | eBay or a wired one is better ?

just hope its dont have the same pan head as mine...its just not good for multiexposure

and the IR shutter release button looks fine...wired is more reliable but then u have to set the wire everytime

M

Davidboon said:
I was going to buy a 50mm , Now ill have to wait . I am getting a Vanguard Espod plus 204AP , my budget is 5.5k for the tripod . any other good suggestions ?

you should be able to buy from ebay at old price..in general online price was around Rs 6500 and you can also apply 5%-10% coupon....

sujoyp said:
Canon Gone MAD ...increased the price of lenses by 30-60% in India
Price of 50mm lens increased by 2k from 5500 to 7500 ..
price of 100mm macro lens increased from 32 to 44k MRP ...
price of 100-400 increased from 99k to 150k

All in MRP

this might be due to fall in rupee against dollar...

How are long exposure shots taken?
How do in some images water looks so white and nice how do we do that

@mastervk ...u r right about that ...and nikon have already increased the price marginally 2 time in last 1 year....

Stuge said:
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The river in this pic,the waters like so white? how is it done?

@theserpent its done using ND filters on lenses....its like use f11 but to reduce the shutter speed at daytime use ND8 filter soo that it produces smooth water effect

@stuge... the landscape piic is awesome!!!

so it cant be done in sx150

serpent donno exactly

maybe nac can research on this and help you

Prashant,
IQ is good.

Serpent,
You can get the dream like water flow by using long exposure. But if you want to try that in bright day light everything will be over exposed. You can try long exposure and get dream like water flow where the light is very little.

A

lovely shots @jagg89 and @Stuge

@nac thanks

@serpent You can get long exposure of water in evening. Use manual mode and keep the exposure compensation bar just below normal (see red box in image below) to get the perfect shot
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Mantis posing for a photograph by Navaneeth A, on Flickr

^^ Awesome shot
@prashant thanks will try out sometime

nice one jamesbond ....btw u need to work on processing...the colors seems strange greenish here

marvelousprashant said:
@nac thanks

@serpent You can get long exposure of water in evening. Use manual mode and keep the exposure compensation bar just below normal (see red box in image below) to get the perfect shot
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screenshot by marvelprash, on Flickr

Well i cant change the exposure in 'M' mpde

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A few shots i took recently

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PGT_2197 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_2137 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_1059 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_1025 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_3354 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_3324 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_2989 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_2916 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_2816 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_2508 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_2430 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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PGT_2218 by doomslyr, on Flickr

@serpent Exposure depends on ISO, Shutter speed and aperture. For Smooth water you will need 1 second or longer shutter speed (ideally >5sec)

So set the ISO to 80 and aperture to 8, then increase the shutter speed till exposure bar (on the right bottom seen in red box in my screenshot) is slightly below the middle mark so that your image is properly exposed and without blown out skies

A few of my shots

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Clouds by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Untitled by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Drops on flower by marvelprash, on Flickr

Arian,
Wonderful shots. I like 3354 most...

Prashant,
Wow! IQ is so good esp. "untitled"

wow awesome shots by arian and prashant

M

nice pics arian and prashant..

@arian
what post processing you have done on your pics specially pics of temples and old building...

Thanks all

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Dragonfly by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Capsicum HDR by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Flowers by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Thanks @all

.. this trip i used the Cokin nd filters, was great.

@mastervk not much post processing.. just a little saturation and contrast. pics 1059 and 1025 are HDR

@prashant nice pics...2nd pic is capsicum...did u cut it like that???

@arian but where did u use ND filters...there is no water flow or clouds ?? u should have used CPL instead

@sujoy thanks. Yes I did cut the capsicum like that

I was trying to cook it actually

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Wild lizard by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Dragonfly by marvelprash, on Flickr

prashant 2nd one is good...its no use to post pic of living thing from behind

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Butterfly by marvelprash, on Flickr

marvelousprashant said:
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Butterfly by marvelprash, on Flickr

Awesome

Thats beautiful prashant

A

@sujoy have used graduated nd for 2218 and a few other shots i haven't posted here

.. somehow i dont like cpl.. nd's are good for me

lovely shot @prashant

@arian29 nice shots
@ marvelousprashant nice
that one of the butter fly ... u zoomed in to go close?

Nice thread. I should sub to it to get more ideas for myself. Nice shots by everyone. I'll post mine too.

@arian Thanks. In your PGT_1059 I think you have added some extra clarity resulting in halo in sky surrounding the temple

Otherwise very good shots esp 2058 and 1025.

@im2k yes I did zoom

@audiophillic welcome!

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Sunset Panorama + HDR by marvelprash, on Flickr

This isn't exactly sunset and the sun was too bright. So I had to use bracketing.

The panorama comprises of 4 images (12MP) stitched together using Miceosoft ICE resulting in a 38MP image.

Each of the 4 images was an HDRi comprising of 5 bracketed shots merged using Photomatrix Pro (Natural preset)

So I had to take 5*4 = 20 images for this shot... Quite happy with the end result

Link to original *sdrv.ms/PuUhN4

^ Nice panorama...

@prashant I didnt like the composition of the sun...I would crop the sun portion out of picture..remaining is superb

@nac and sujoy thanks. Can you please be more exact Sujoy? I know the sun is somewhat blown out. Could not help it

Prashant I am posting ur pic as I would have liked...hope its ok for you...after all its ur effort
1.cropped the green grass as it was not matching the mood of beautiful scenery
2. cropped the sun as it was in a awkward and too hight on the pic.
3. Cropped the water part just a bit soo that it should not look 50% top 50% below

I just wished the bridge to be more towards center

(we never stop wishing

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Prashant cant to use photoshop and remove the sun

in my pic the downwards slope of hill got cut...its looking great in original one

@sujoy I'll Click the pic without the sun tomorrow.

No need to photoshop

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Inflorescence by marvelprash, on Flickr

Ooh thats great prashant

nice compo and colors

marvelousprashant said:
@sujoy I'll Click the pic without the sun tomorrow. No need to photoshop

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Inflorescence by marvelprash, on Flickr

Wow that looks awesome

M

some pics from my Marine drive trip ...

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Mastervk,
Frame is not good
Watermarking little disturbing
2nd one over exposed
3rd one looks bland
Image resolution is too small...

@sujoy and @krishnandu.sarkar Thanks

@mastervk All photos have a bit warm tone. After retouching they will look great

@mastervk I liked 1 & 2 ....if u could compose the 1st shot without the bottom right corner wall it would have looked better..did u use tripod for these shots
3rd one looks dull coz it have nothing to see...just plain sea

M

sujoyp said:
@mastervk I liked 1 & 2 ....if u could compose the 1st shot without the bottom right corner wall it would have looked better..did u use tripod for these shots
3rd one looks dull coz it have nothing to see...just plain sea

didnt used any tripod ..kept the camera on rock..so was not able to frame picture properly..

@Nac and Prashant thanks for your comment.. increased the image resolution of posted pic...

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Ok so another sunset w/o panorama or HDR
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Sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

@mastervk Your last image is very good

mastervk last one is also good...is it mumbai ?

@prashant now the composition is looking good with sun

M

@Prashant Thanks

@Sujoy ..yes its Marine drive ..i went there to take sunset pics but sun goes down behind these building...

Sharing only preview here
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Sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

But this image really looks good in Large size (*www.flickr.com/photos/marvelprash/8018221616/sizes/k/in/photostream/ )
On resizing there is color banding

@prashant its good actually..

where is color banding...i dont see it

@sujoy When viewing at 500 or 640px size there were dark areas around the sun so I shared a small preview

On a calm rainy day

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Sunrise

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Cam - SX130 IS; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 1/1600 sec; ISO 80; EC - (-2 step);

This photo was taken about a month back when I went for my friend's marriage. We were in a building much taller than our house, so I was expecting there won't be any building/trees to hide the rising sun in the morning. But my bad, it was not as I expected and I woke up little late and just able to capture the already risen sun. It would have been better if the I could get the "disk" shape.

Taken at wide angle (28mm) and have done some PP. Please leave your C&C

Temple

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Cam - SX130 IS; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 1/200 sec; ISO 80;

This is one of the last shots I took. Since then the camera just lying in the shelf.

This was taken in an evening and it was little cloudy. I clicked one photograph and find it so dull. So I thought I could get it better if I use bracketing shots. So I did take bracketed shots (handheld) and processed in photomatix, but still the background is so dull. So the monochrome version, it looks much better than the colour one. I couldn't step back, as there are some objects cluttering and I don't want 'em in the frame. (I am not good at cloning 'em out). Sharpened and added little brightness. Please leave your C&C.

Sunrise is good. Like the blue sky.

You seem to be using default/monochrome preset in Photomatrix... it creates a halo around the temple. The latest Photomatrix comes with a Natural preset which looks less HDRish and does the job well. I have used it in my panorama pics

Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis
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Did an experiment with the Brightness and Light Sensitivity.
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@medico....nice shot...but didnt u covered too much ground and just cropped up the sky...I would have liked 1inch more sky at the top

@nac ....sunrise is good with nice blue sky and perfectly exposed..
but very poor processing in temple pic

soo much halo around the temple...use gimp or photoshop to remove it manually

Thank you Prashant and Sujoy.

Yeah, that was a preset "monochrome 2". I thought that "halo" was kinda of an effect.

nac - temple photo is awesome

prashant - the pink flower needs pp. it will enhance it more.

sujoyp said:
@medico....nice shot...but didnt u covered too much ground and just cropped up the sky...I would have liked 1inch more sky at the top

Thats what I wanted to do. To cover most of the ground with the UWA, using the distortion. Infact I think I should have sat down to cover more of it. Sky was dull that day.

Here's a colored version of the same:

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@cyberkid....while taking shot of any living things like animal, flower compose is a way that u dont cut any parts of the flower or animal....like in every pic u have cut the flower from top or side

@medico sepia is looking much better

@ Sujoyp: Actually the idea was to capture the flower's stamen. My main aim was to capture the red velvety look of the flower's anther, that's why I didn't bother capturing the whole flower.

@CyberKID, Sujoyp is right, a macro shot should cover the subject completely. Also, the colours seem to a bit lacking. The third one fairs better in that department. Judging by that I would say the first 2 shots are a bit overexposed.
If you are into post processing, increase the saturation slightly and blur everything outside the flower

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@ Cool Buddy: I too agree with you and sujoyp, but here, the subject was altogether different. I think you too will agree that too much can't be expected from a Cellphone camera @ 5MP as we all know that most of them don't let you tweak the settings too much. Moreover with reference to my previous post, all I wanted to capture is the flower's stamen and the anther part, which, without the help of Optical Zoom, becomes a bit tricky.
Here is the link to some of my pics I've posted in the thread *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-c...t-shoot-camera-photography-4.html#post1684705

As far as the post processing is concerned, I don't try doing it on my pics.

Oh, I didn't know it was from a cellphone cam. Keeping that in mind, it's a decent capture.

Here are a couple of examples (Just for reference, not to say that these can be taken with a cellphone)

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@cyberkid ...its ok for a cellphone cam ...but if u post process ur pic a little by cropping a bit more,increase the sharpness and saturation/contrast it will look better

@coolbuddy ur right by ur examples

I shot this after I bought my DSLR last year jan
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This one I shot after I got my macro lens in oct last year

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@ Cool Buddy: Saw your pics, I was trying to do something like that only.

@ Sujoyp: Superb shots

Those weren't my shots, just a few examples from Flikr.

@Sujoyp, those shots are nice. The second one does look a bit blurred around the edges though. If that was intentional, then good

Sujoy, Both of 'em are beautiful esp. the second one.

Thanks guys for liking the pics...these r just old pics I thought of sharing

@coolbuddy I think thats due to use of f2.8 at this magnification....very little area got under focus and reaming all got blurred

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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis by marvelprash, on Flickr

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can any one suggest me the best & cheep cam for best quality photograph *couponsindia.net/imgs/signature_coupon.jpg

@coolwebmaster i would suggest you to open a new thread ...and specify ur budget and preferences like which company,how much zoom , small or large etc.

Nice one prashant...I too have a similar shot.

Link to the pic -> *picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4qk7X4FWvNekTEvEPAUMe9MTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink

@sujoy Nice one.. never seen a hibiscus with a white style... Adds contrast to your pic

@prashant we have 2 colors of hibiscus , white and red (one u posted)....and the pink i posted is the result of natural mixing of both colors

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Tree HDR - surreal by marvelprash, on Flickr

Some of the pics taken today evening....all pics are taken without flash

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Sujoy, Nice and vibrant... 2nd one from the last is so good, a wallpaper material...

Soft toys portrait

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Thanks Nac
Nac I liked ur 2nd pic...but why soo big frame and soo small pics...strange :shock:

Thank you...
I saw some photo exhibition in a movie... There were some frames like this... Still trying to find exact size.

oooh like that...yes the photo exibition have a standart size frames and we put the pics inside it...but u dont have to create that huge frame

@sujoy 1st one is awesome. Others are good too

@nac liked your pics... frame is distracting though

@nac liked your pics... frame is distracting though

@prashant thanks.

to retain the detail in low light I used F8 with 1.6 sec shutter speed

....and i think thats a much better idea then using any flash at all..

Wow I just noticed I have 1000 posts out of 6127 posts in this thread

1000/6127

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flowers by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Just another house by the road by marvelprash, on Flickr

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hirakud hdr by marvelprash, on Flickr

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view from hirakud dam - panorama by marvelprash, on Flickr

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hirakud panorama by marvelprash, on Flickr

nice shots prashant....loved the last and bridge shot

Thanks sujoy

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Starry sky by marvelprash, on Flickr

sujoyp said:
@prashant thanks.

Wow I just noticed I have 1000 posts out of 6127 posts in this thread

1000/6127

How did you find that out?

How do we take pictures of stars?
Nice pics everyone

@coolbuddy just point on the pink message icon just besides the thread name in camera & camcoders page

M

Has anyone star trail here? Can we try it without tripod?

@mastervk You can keep it on a chair or something. Atleast for 10mins.

M

Chair might work.. Will try to get similar kind of support.. Though not sure if I will get anything in city light...

Prashant, Nice clicks... nice blue sky, both the panaroma are good.

Serpent, Just try it with long exposure when the sky is clear at night (better if there is no moon on the sky or atleast not in or near the frame).

in city light its very difficult....just go 30km outside city...and under the dark sky u may see light trail

..

one more idea is u can try when there is a power failure in ur area...it might work in city too

what is long exposure :/ how to do it

M

You need to keep your shutter open for long time.. Like bulb mode in dslr...

@serpent ....change to shutter speed mode and increase the time to the max....1/200->1/30->1->max

so when u shoot the pic it will capture all the happenings within that period of time

Sorry i'm a slow learner whats this .1/200->1/30->1->max ?

M

Move your shutter speed in that manner...in DSLR if you will increase shutter speed like this you will enter bulb mode

mastervk we are decreasing the shutter speed

from 1/200 of a sec to 1 sec to max possible time the shutter can keep open

Serpent,
I guess, you have already asked similar question before. As we have already suggested, better read the manual and basics of photography online. It will help you understand when people explain things...

It's hard if you don't understand when people explain in simple things using "photography" terms...

Okay i got it..

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Star trails by marvelprash, on Flickr

prashant I hope u know these are not shooting stars but due change of position of stars due to earth's rotation

here is a pic from a guy I know personally

these are Not My Pics

Stars taken with looong exposure...more than 35-40 mins
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Monument Valley by Manish Mamtani, on Flickr

I asked him how to shoot this and the answer is ...go deep into places where u find no light other than ur camera lcd screen...and the sky should be crystal clear at that time ....he is an awesome photographer....
you guys can check - Flickr: Manish Mamtani's Photostream

Yeah normally we don't see stars because of light and pollution. But if you are in a village or somewhere far you can get very good trails... almost perfect hemispheres with a good DSLR.

The problem with a point and shoot is that I cant see what am shooting. LCD is black and composition is based on luck. Also I cannot do very long exposures... something like 10mins gives a very noisy image even at ISO100. And 2 mins isn't long enough for trails. Another way is to take composite shots.. which I am going to try soon! For the above shot I zoomed in... to get visible trails even with 2 min exposure

@prashant ...nice to hear that u have studied it well before taking

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@tenida I liked the 2nd one very much...looks very artistic

sujoyp said:
@tenida I liked the 2nd one very much...looks very artistic

Thanks.

*www.facebook.com/groups/pratibimb.uss/

this is a photography group..

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Startrails in jaipur - 50 min capture by amlanmathur, on Flickr

this can be done without the bulb mode and stuff .... you do need some place stable to put your camera though ...

^^ thats good Amlan...thanks ....btw couldnt u just avoid that water tank while composing

@criztle I saw the fb group...but its for some specific college

sujoyp said:
^^ thats good Amlan...thanks ....btw couldnt u just avoid that water tank while composing

@criztle I saw the fb group...but its for some specific college

he he, needed something that could remain stationary. Being the lazy guy that I am I thought that will test it out and then retake one with a better focal object .... that never happened

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Startrailsps.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

This was done by stacking 40 images of 30sec exposures.

40 images...soo many??
But its looking nice prashant...now u also could have avoided the water tank

Panorama created with 4 pics taken 2 months ago at kolkata. (I completely forgot)

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Victoria Memorial Panorama by sujoyp, on Flickr

@Sujoy : Since I use a PnS and not a DSLR, very long exposures >1min are noisy and camera takes long to process them. Hence used stacking.

I could have avoided the tank easily... but I needed something stationary in the picture and there was nothing higher.

BTW you should try correcting barrel distortion in your panorama

sujoyp said:
now u also could have avoided the water tank

Is it shot just slightly off center or right side is blown which makes the subject off center.

@prashant see how much I could remove the distortion please check

Removed the pic
@nac It can be offcenter.... I am a human off course and center was based on guess

....yes the left is blown off coz the clouds were dark and I increased the brightness on that part which made left overexposed

@sujoy I downloaded and tried but the image distortion is complicated. There is barrel distortion + some rotation (right side lower than left) and also needs adjustment in vertical plane. It will be a better idea to re stitch using another software. Try Microsoft ICE

No prashant I cant do the whole process again...I did lots of tweaking in the pic...now not possible to give 3-4 hrs more on photoshop..
I have cloned lot of people (7) distracting the view and a top of car comming in the view...then edited the sky a bit and dodged the walls a bit

Microsoft ICE will take 1 min. It does the stitching automatically. There are no manual controls. If you have 4 pics that overlap each other... it will stick them together

marvelousprashant said:
@Sujoy : Since I use a PnS and not a DSLR, very long exposures >1min are noisy and camera takes long to process them. Hence used stacking.

I could have avoided the tank easily... but I needed something stationary in the picture and there was nothing higher.

BTW you should try correcting barrel distortion in your panorama

my point exactly .... and its not the type of image that you have the patience to attempt everyday

marvelousprashant said:
Microsoft ICE will take 1 min. It does the stitching automatically. There are no manual controls. If you have 4 pics that overlap each other... it will stick them together

What is microsoft ICE and what does it do?

Microsoft ICE is a freeware that stitches images into panorama. Advantages are
1.) It is accurate. Does not create strange looking artifacts
2.) It is 100% automatic. You don't even need to select the sequence of images. Just select the images and it is done

sujoyp said:
@nac It can be offcenter.... I am a human off course and center was based on guess

I mean... is this the reason it look like a distortion?

Ok I will try Microsoft ICE and show the result

*imageshack.us/a/img140/7636/img6869.JPG
SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 5 sec; ISO - 80;

I wanted to take full moon when it rises over the horizon but I was little late... But still I was OK with this shot as I got this wonderful subject "giant wheel" (actually it's not that "giant").

I kinda felt weird when I took this... I was the only one taking photographs ( of course it's not a tourist spot

) in the middle of an open ground where there were many people giving a weird look (which I don't see in that light). I wanted to get out of that place soon which made me not to try long exposure. I should have done either pushed up the sensitivity or used longer exposure. There are flaws, still I am posting for your C&C. Please leave your comments...

@nac It looks good. Try long exposure when the wheel is lit up and rotating :-D

nac said:
I mean... is this the reason it look like a distortion?

Reason for distortion is the fact that the center subject of panorama is closer to the camera than the subjects at the edges

@prashant u r absolutely right...center was too close...just maybe 30 meters...and the last end was maybe 100 meters

I used Microsoft ICE...It did not helped much coz of various reasons...I am posting a before and after pic just to show you what good/bad photoshopping can do

(its is original one ..just cropped)

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EOuXihR6cdQ/UHO6sUGXeQI/AAAAAAAAIBk/wAbfeZyY_bU/s800/Desktop.jpg

@nac ur attempt was good...how did u take 5 sec handheld...u have to start ignoring people....coz in future you would be using tripod on those places standing alone and adjusting...people call us mad photographers

specially when I try to shoot insects from close

marvelousprashant said:
@nac It looks good. Try long exposure when the wheel is lit up and rotating
Reason for distortion is the fact that the center subject of panorama is closer to the camera than the subjects at the edges

Thank you... Yeah, sure... it will be up and running in another 10 days I guess...

Oh!! That's the reason uh...

sujoyp said:
@nac ur attempt was good...u have to start ignoring people....coz in future you would be using tripod on those places standing alone and adjusting...people call us mad photographers specially when I try to shoot insects from close

Thank you... Yeah, once there was guy who shouted at me "hey! photographer" when I was shooting the moon at the road side around 12 midnight. Soon after I left the place... I didn't think people would notice me with this compact...

One more click I am posting for your comments... Please do comment...

*imageshack.us/a/img521/352/img6865bl.jpg
SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 1/1600 sec; ISO - 80

There was a nice cloud pattern but there was not enough light... When the sunrises that pattern scattered... Sun was hiding behind the clouds so no "disk". Some PP work done to enhance the colour of the sky.

@nac Slight crop from the top and bit more at bottom would have made a better landscape ...there is some rule of taking sky I think 1/3 part ground and 2/3 part sky looks great (beach , sceneries)
But sky is looking beautiful and well exposed

^ Unfortunately, there is no more bottom. But I have cropped some more from the top...

*imageshack.us/a/img834/342/img68652b.jpg

@nac Original one is looking more beautiful now

.....you can remove the new one ...sorry for this

New one if looking more like a photo but 1st one have beautiful sky

sujoyp said:
@nac Original one is looking more beautiful now .....you can remove the new one ...sorry for this

New one if looking more like a photo but 1st one have beautiful sky

Yeah, me too felt the same...

@ Nac, nice shot.
Can someone try clicking the sunrise at around 6-6.15 in the morning, when the sky is still blue-dark blue and the sun, large and orange.
I tried with my cellphone on a cloudy day, but couldn't get the effect I expected.
Here are a few shots I got

*i.imgur.com/1vDBDl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/FsET8l.jpg

*i.imgur.com/Z5gvYl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/kZtDsl.jpg

You mean before sunrise???

I meant capturing the rising sun.

Water tank
*imageshack.us/a/img834/4964/img6893h.jpg

Flower
*imageshack.us/a/img40/4585/img69573.jpg

Moonset
*imageshack.us/a/img841/7665/img6945i.jpg

Cyberkid,
I have shot few sunrise shots and posted 'em here. Actually you can find so many sunrise photos here in this thread.
I don't have those links right now... But you can check my flickr page, there you can find 3 of 'em...

@cyberkid I guess you were the one who tried a HDR java app on your phone? Use the same app and you will get the desired shot

M

@sujoy and @praashant nice pics

tried bubble photography on Sunday but did get any good result due to wind and lack of stable bubbles.Now i have bought bubble liquid so hope to get stable bubble this time

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8452/8074403579_241e202eff_c.jpg

some flowers

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8451/8074425382_d22dedfcf2_c.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8030/8074439399_d8c70e0cae_c.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8181/8074423866_ef04245f63_c.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8030/8074438898_ecbd1590f2_c.jpg

Awesome @mastervk

@ mastervk:
you could have tried making the bubbles using a mixture of shampoo and water. Did this very much when I was a kid, and many times got scolded for wasting the shampoo.
The two roses, IMO are looking over saturated. same with the third flower. Though, the lower half is looking good, the upper half isn't looking that great.
The last photo looks great. Especially, I liked the water.

@mastervk loved ur bubble shot...nice idea
flower shots are composed correctly but bad PP ...u oversaturated all of them ...
last one is good

M

I prepared bubble mixing liquid detergent glycerin and water. I got bubbles but not for enough time to take pictures. If i had assistant making bubbles i could have taken pics.

Yes color processing is not Good.Applied incorrect preset . Will try again

Mastervk,
Last one is good...

*i.imgur.com/4eClR.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Voh7d.jpg

Tenida,
Nice one...

nac said:
Tenida,
Nice one...

Thanks nac

@mastervk... last shot is nice

@tenida good shots... I think you should have gone with the all black and white or a blue filter preset in the collage pic

nac Love the blue sky

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8052/8077935791_0e38955c75.jpg
Startrails 70min long exposure by marvelprash, on Flickr

Very good one Prashant...

I think Tenida is using SX150...

yup I am using both canon sx150 and A520 but taken those rain shots with A520.

Sunrise for cyberkid...

*imageshack.us/a/img254/5703/img7116y.jpg

AWESOME SHOT NAC... You have motivated me to wake up early lol

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8328/8080399626_c29515103f_z.jpg
IMG_0553.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

Thanks Nac! :razz:

The bird's looking amazing in that shot.
marvelous shot prashant!

Prasant and nac- Good shot.

Great shots @tenida,prashant and nac ...

@prashant y the sky is blue in long exposure...was it evening or due to long exposure it came like that

sujoyp said:
Great shots @tenida,prashant and nac ...

@prashant y the sky is blue in long exposure...was it evening or due to long exposure it came like that

Long exposure was deep blue. I upped the exposure by +1 to make trails more visible

wonderful shot Prashant... There was a similar shot in the last month competition, I didn't think we could make this kinda shot with our compact cam... Really good... And nice bokeh...

Thank you guys... Two more shots for your C&C

I was looking for an opportunity in the middle of the night. No power, in the completed darkness I didn't expect this opportunity... First one when there was no power and the second one was shot after power came...

Moonrise

*imageshack.us/a/img140/6915/img6995y.jpg
SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 15sec; ISO - 200.

*imageshack.us/a/img228/4509/img7000n.jpg
SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 15sec; ISO - 200.

I am with these two photographs but still there could be some places where I can correct or imporve. So, please do comment...

@nac Notice the purple sky?
Since our cams aren't supposed to shoot 15s at ISO200, you need too fix white balance manually.

1st one looks better

nac 1st one is good....the bulb light in 2nd one is just too powerful and distracting

marvelousprashant said:
@nac Notice the purple sky?
Since our cams aren't supposed to shoot 15s at ISO200, you need too fix white balance manually.
1st one looks better

Yeah, I think it's normal. The purple colour sky is visible even with the naked eye and I kinda liked the colour too. So I have enhanced a little bit. I did see purple colours before when shooting during cloudy/rainy days and late in the evenings.

Thank you...

sujoyp said:
nac 1st one is good....the bulb light in 2nd one is just too powerful and distracting

Yeah, it's distracting... Probably I could have avoided if have composed with placing the cam little lower.

Thank you...

@ Nac: I liked the second one, except as pointed out above, that the streetlight is stealing the viewers' focus off the beautifully lit yellowish moon.

Midday Flower - Pentapetes phoenicea (Dupaharia in Hindi)
*i.imgur.com/fhXZG.jpg

@mastervk : The bubble picture is very nice.
@marvelousprashant : good one

More photos captured by me:-
*pcdn.500px.net/13350323/26004b00225179160ea82be2e9ed1b3f0df77d21/4.jpg

*pcdn.500px.net/15809595/499ddd0d90d5d44424d1686298139ea8cd4ec205/4.jpg

*pcdn.500px.net/15809617/209a1ab29f92ac7887d95ae40ba44c0bf6fa65ec/4.jpg

My 500px profile - [URL="*500px.com/jayantr7"jayantr7[/URL]

Last one is good...
1st image needs some post processing. Colors are warm

@ jayantr7: Liked your pics. The first and the last one. The second one's got good colours behind the clouds, but the clouds take away the attention in the pic. In reality, when one sees those colours, it's really amazing.

marvelousprashant said:
Last one is good...
1st image needs some post processing. Colors are warm

CyberKID said:
@ jayantr7: Liked your pics. The first and the last one. The second one's got good colours behind the clouds, but the clouds take away the attention in the pic. In reality, when one sees those colours, it's really amazing.

Thanks for the feedback. I'm just 13 years old, so I am kinda new to photography and don't know much. I'm learning the basics of photography and post-processing, so it will take time for me to apply it in my photos.

@marvelousprashant: Can you tell me how you captured that "Startrails 70min long exposure" photo? Camera settings? Did you use a tripod?

jayantr7 said:
I'm just 13 years old

too much for a 13yr old kid... Given the age, nice work kiddo...

13 year old? :shock:

A big leap then! At that age, I didn't even get a camera (the film one), leave alone clicking a pic. I'm not that old too, BTW.

@jayant Seems like you have the 550D. There are plenty of ways to do star trails. For that shot I left the camera on "Intervalometer" mode that takes infinite number of shots based on preset settings until battery run out. I used 0 second interval and took 108 shots over 72 minutes

The shot settings were
Shutter speed 15s
ISO 200
Aperture f/4 (maybe 3.5) don't remember

But these settings are arbitrary. You can do 5 minute exposures over 1 hour and stick them together. It depends on How fast your camera and PC/laptop are. My Camera takes too long to process long exposures but my laptop is fast and can stack multiple shots quickly. So I chose a lower shutter speed. Also the settings can vary according to brightness of the sky and noise produced by the camera... Mine gives too much noise with 5 mins exposure.

Best bet is to try single shots with varying exposure time. The shot in which sky is noiseless and stars are visible is the best. Best bet is to use ISO 400 on DSLR so as to get brighter trails.

To stack photos you will need a free app called startrails. It is automatic and pretty good

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8335/8085038738_dd5c7c9e7c_z.jpg
Startrails - 75 min exposure by marvelprash, on Flickr

(previous image had photoshop issues! edited and reposted)

wonderful shot Prashant... May be if you go bed early, you may wake up early

to shoot sunrise shot

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/8051133008_a04f33c3ed.jpg
Breaking the time barrier by amlanmathur, on Flickr

Two years ago, you were "Needed to find some time" with this watch, now you've "broken it"

Nice work Amlan...

I made Lightbox for fun

camera used: SX150 IS
*i.imgur.com/fHJt4.jpg
*i.imgur.com/mM3yz.jpg

Street Photography from my balcony
Canon A520
*i.imgur.com/cIeu3.jpg

Guys watch this page

*www.flickr.com/photos/23985194@N06/favorites/page2/?view=ju

super work prashant...

@tenida...I too made a light tent of my own with small lights around....nice car shot

sujoyp said:
super work prashant...

@tenida...I too made a light tent of my own with small lights around....nice car shot

Thanks bro.

About lightbox can you tell me how to use different types of background like glass like etc.?

u want glass background ??? u can get a non reflective black sheet...or a plain white paper sheet or colored non reflective sheets as backgrounds...for base if u want it shiny then put the sheet below the glass surface to get slight reflections below..or use marble/granite block.

and u need lots of lights...better use table lamp or at least u need light from top left,right and front...I made arrangement to even light the below of base soo that I could remove the shadows...but it was difficult that way

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vYhRJPWkZ3g/TqVWTmsQh0I/AAAAAAAAGzw/erl5EYNZp0w/s640/DSC_9385.JPG

A small torch to light from the front

Didnt tried much ...here is what I get from it ....the pink tint is cause of 40 watt yellow bulb

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1addUrHgodE/TqZ874A-94I/AAAAAAAAGz8/Wmv46I0yLdw/s640/DSC_9423.JPG

Thanks for the tips Sujoy bro.

Today I saw this beautiful looking bird. But 12X zoom doesn't helping it much, tried with different angle but can't reach better than this also light was not that great as its raining all day.

*i.imgur.com/HwU3u.jpg

*i.imgur.com/ZazX7.jpg

nac said:
Two years ago, you were "Needed to find some time" with this watch, now you've "broken it"

Nice work Amlan...

Wow, how do you know that? but yup, this watch has been at my side for a lot of clicks .... RIP

Tenida and Sujoy,
Nice light box... Way to go guys...

Tendia,
I am not sure you could have avoided that shadow/not enough light by using on camera flash...

izzikio_rage said:
Wow, how do you know that? but yup, this watch has been at my side for a lot of clicks .... RIP

I checked your flickr photostream... Nice work man...

nac said:
Tenida and Sujoy,
Nice light box... Way to go guys...

Tendia,
I am not sure you could have avoided that shadow/not enough light by using on camera flash...

I checked your flickr photostream... Nice work man...

Nac its not mine flickr a/c I am just sharing for his awesome work.... I am still noob in photography.

^ That comment was about Amlan's work...

nac said:
^ That comment was about Amlan's work...

Oh

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8089607362_5c64849a06_z.jpg
IMG_0704.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

marvelousprashant said:
on Flickr

Awesome man

marvelousprashant said:
IMG_0704.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

Wonderful. You seem to be travelling a lot, because, you don't get to see birds like these everywhere.

@tenida Thanks
@Cyberkid : Nope I was lucky to spot them on a tree nearby... Most of the time I only see these ;-)

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7567067712_38e10788dd_n.jpg
Crow by marvelprash, on Flickr

superb shot prashant...never saw even 2 sitting togather

@tenida...nice try to get kingfisher...but u need 30x zoom for that it seems

sujoyp said:
superb shot prashant...never saw even 2 sitting togather

@tenida...nice try to get kingfisher...but u need 30x zoom for that it seems

Yup you're right I need 30X

In B/W
*i.imgur.com/KmmUP.jpg
*i.imgur.com/3F7XN.jpg
*i.imgur.com/ZzMHL.jpg

Btw. early morning I took these photographs.
*i.imgur.com/jVHNV.jpg
*i.imgur.com/EAJm4.jpg

tenida 1st pic have no definite subject...3rd one is too grainy....2nd one is still the best

Remaining 2 morning shot needs some cropping

@sujoy Thanks

do you know the name of the birds?

@tenida Candle is out of focus... Focus is on background?

prashant these are green bee eaters
*www.arkive.org/little-green-bee-eater/merops-orientalis/

Prashant, Nice one... It will still look good even if you split into two...

Tenida,
First two are already shared, I think.
3rd - Noisy and candle is out of focus, and over exposed.
Last two are neat and clean...

sujoyp said:
prashant these are green bee eaters
Little green bee-eater videos, photos and facts - Merops orientalis - ARKive

Thanks!

Pomegranate collage
*imageshack.us/a/img163/6520/pomegranatecollageorigi.jpg

Hurdles collage
*imageshack.us/a/img824/3669/hurdlespracticeoriginal.jpg

The Silver Streak

*i.imgur.com/OOb76l.jpg

*i.imgur.com/7BNzFl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/L34OIl.jpg

Seems like I was being overenthusiastic in fiddling with my cell camera settings. The pics have become grainy.

^ Yeah, it's noisy... But still it looks good. You can crop that fence off the frame...

nac those pomagranate looks good and red...
cyberkid...nice shots...bit grainy but its a cell cam after all

^

Thank you...

Two more night shot when there was no power... Please leave your comments.

*imageshack.us/a/img832/3619/img7102kv.jpg
SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 256sec; ISO - 80.

*imageshack.us/a/img72/4687/img7105i.jpg
SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 256sec; ISO - 80.

thanks nac & sujoyp. I was fiddling with the ISO, Contrast, WB & Exposure settings to get the perfect balance to capture the best possible shot, but, the pics came up too grainy, and unfortunately, the silver streak on the edges of the clouds disappeared as the sun moved up.
@ nac: it's not a fence but an overhead electrical wires (HVDS), as they have put up all over Delhi. Thanks for pointing out. I should have taken care of that. Now have cropped it.

^^ Bump

bump

Nac 1st one is nice...sky came beautiful....2nd one is too much black in it

i am not a pro to tell you whats correct or wrong, just my feelings, hence nothing personal/no offense

1st one: sky look good, perhaps you tried motion capture. increase AV and ISO. tell me 256 sec means what, if its in seconds, 4.2 minute is too high, so just try between 1/15 of sec and 2 sec, AV would be f/2.4 or high. dont let the darkness come into your pic.

2nd one: too dark apart from sky, try with large av, also control Tv and ISO. perhaps you also tried some adjustment in PS too (not know just feel) ....

happy shooting.

sujoyp said:
bump Nac 1st one is nice...sky came beautiful....2nd one is too much black in it

I think I shouldn't apply strong contrast...

Thank you

Choudang, Thank you...

With this tiny little sensor and with almost no light, 1/15 of sec won't do anything but black image. Even 15sec didn't show reasonable enough details in the picture.
Yeah, that's the widest possible aperture settings I could use... Yeah, as you suggested I could have used higher ISO and faster shutter like 1-2min...

Thank you...

Two more night shots for your C&C

*imageshack.us/a/img38/313/img7176fh.jpg
SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 128sec; ISO - 80

*imageshack.us/a/img440/2807/img7107b.jpg
SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 128sec; ISO - 80

Now see the first pic, i guessed you have reduced the shutter speed (128 from 256) while same ISO and f/3.4 and things are visible. just shoot 3-5 shoots with diff shutter speed like 16/32/64/128/256 and see the diff. if you use long shutter speed while light is reducing, it will produce dark pic.

@nac: that last one , that person standing staring the sky ,very nice ,excellent shot. Also just try a shot to bend down more to remove those trees that merge with that person's legs.
also first one i love that hazy sky.

Choudang, It was dark because of my pathetic PP work not because of longer exposure (I don't know whether it will produce dark if used ultra long exposure).

lm2k, Do you see merger occurred in that image???

That's the max I could do on that shot. Actually I put the camera on the floor. Could have avoided if tried in an open ground...

Thank you guys..

^ from left side its fine
first all i see is that person staring those stars. later on more deep inspection on rite it is.
but elements work very nicely. great. :clap2:

@nac I really like your initial 256s exposures... Long exposures are supposed to look that way. Maybe if this was a river bank or a beach, this shot would have been epic!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8097627580_011d24f86a_z.jpg
Sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

Nice one Prashant... Before reading your lines, I thought it was a moon. One thing... you can clone out the spike like things at the bottom of the image.

Really good shots nac & prashant. @ prashant: why are the edges dark? is it post processing or what?

It is a post processing effect called vignetting. Gives the image a classical look ( old film cameras produced it by default. It was considered a defect at that time). My aim was to focus on central subject without cropping

superb shot prashant...

@nac .... good try with the person in black...but something is missing...I think u have to keep the man also in focus even if he is completely black...look at prashants pic...the bird is also in focus even if its black

sujoyp said:
I think u have to keep the man also in focus even if he is completely black

Actually, he is in focus. The thing is he couldn't stand-still for 2 mins.

In fact, he swung his arm once to get rid of buzzing mosquito around his ears. Thank you...

I am sure there should be another way around to take this shot...

^ Double exposure but our cams don't have that mode... So blend in PS

Or use flash.. and lond exposure. Once flash is off you can ask him to to go away

yes nac there is a way....ask ur friend to pose for u..and stand still for sometime

marvelousprashant said:
^ Double exposure but our cams don't have that mode... So blend in PS

Yeah, I was thinking something like this... But didn't know neither the technical term nor we can do it with in-camera mode. Thought we could do it in PP, only if I know how to do it

marvelousprashant said:
Or use flash.. and lond exposure. Once flash is off you can ask him to to go away

But.... doesn't camera capture when he walks away from the frame???

captured from xperia p mobile...

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8183/8102227229_e2bb59d82f_b.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8327/8102242314_3abdea6e25_b.jpg

Nice shot everybody...
here are few clicks from Nature
*imageshack.us/a/img401/4210/img7832c.th.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img208/7416/img7850nx.th.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img96/9483/img7855w.th.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img820/2848/img7859hp.th.jpg

feeling sleepy post processing .. not happy at all .. really missing a flashgun .. my 14W CFL handmade flash :-D

cant give me much ...

^ Beautiful colour... Nice shot...

choudang said:
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feeling sleepy post processing .. not happy at all .. really missing a flashgun .. my 14W CFL handmade flash cant give me much ...

Do you really need a flashlight for that? Amazing still captures and beautiful colour.

@ bhushan05d251: Good captures. Liked your shots.

@cyberkid: thanks a lot buddy..

I have seen many pics in which like a same person is shown is different posses .(it's not edited) like one in center than at the top end etc etc hows this done/

its very simple...set ur cam at a fixed position and take shot of same person at different poses and then merge it...i have done it

btw nice shots guys

oh lol

@cyberkid, yeah you need a flashgun for this with a macro lens, you may have noticed that noise level is abit high. light should come from back, best idea to use a flashgun from back at 1/4 or 1/2 power thru a glass or paper, and a tray where i have used a normal bowl, inbuilt flash, 1/1600 TV and f/5.6 @18-55 mm. but forgot to set the iso @ 100

Some Durga Puja Shots

*i.imgur.com/RrENP.jpg
*i.imgur.com/LT7FT.jpg
*i.imgur.com/h1LFh.jpg
*i.imgur.com/l83ih.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Jcb8b.jpg
*i.imgur.com/sxJRI.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Hakx6.jpg
*i.imgur.com/oOlpy.jpg

Very nice tenida...

Any advices , mistakes??

^ Couldn't guess what it is???

I hung a led from a ceiling fan and turned it on ..
Using a long shutter speed (15 sec) i captured the image ..
and later added some colors in gimp..

^ Different attempt...

maybe manual bracketing and a tripod might have given better results , but i have neither..

Nice try anoop... Bracketing for which shot??? The first one?

do you remember something in your college days ... ha ha

Tenida thanks soo much for those durga puja pics...I am missing my home like anything

Anoop nice attempt...keep it up

choudang did u really made it

Ok guys suggest me a good tripod which can handle good weight.

Some pics since I posted here
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*farm9.staticflickr.com/8194/8109189866_5db84a448c_b.jpg

2nd one .. My camera support bracketing if hacked .. I apprehensive about it ..Would you recommend it?

rnianoop said:
2nd one .. My camera support bracketing if hacked .. I apprehensive about it ..Would you recommend it?

Use it at your own risk. Other than you, Prashant do have this model. And I guess he had tried CHDK.

It's still in alpha stage. You can wait till beta release at least. And when you try, don't put your camera on stress test like opening the shutter for hours.

Faun,
Cute boy, colourful and neat and clean photograhs, wonderful blue wall.

@faun some of kids shots r too cute....good work

rnianoop said:
2nd one .. My camera support bracketing if hacked .. I apprehensive about it ..Would you recommend it?

In Manual mode, you can adjust exposure by changing shutter speed. The screen also shows a exposure assist scale. Using it you can take bracketed shots... I've done it many times

nac said:
Use it at your own risk. Other than you, Prashant do have this model. And I guess he had tried CHDK.

It's still in alpha stage. You can wait till beta release at least. And when you try, don't put your camera on stress test like opening the shutter for hours.

1.) The current build is quite good... Although it crashes
2.) Shutter speed > 2mins gives useless shots 100% of the time. However I did >1hr star trails by stacking images. Wherever there is will... there is a way

I suggest everyone to embed their photos rather than attaching them.... becomes a lot easier to view them

marvelousprashant said:
I suggest everyone to embed their photos rather than attaching them.... becomes a lot easier to view them

^^^^ +1

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8335/8113182112_263388ebb2.jpg
IMG_163fdfd9.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8113203445_8fcfd08ebf.jpg
Temple at night - 2 by marvelprash, on Flickr

IQ is so good Prashant... Awesome... I am sure SX240/260 owners are proud and happy that they did bought this. One helluva compact. I have been active in this forum for about a year. As far as I remember, based on the photographs shared here in this thread FZ150 and SX240 are the best compact cameras (so are the guys behind the camera).

@nac IQ is better than what is reflected by the pic. 1/2sec handheld exposure isn't the best setting to use. But I got the shots sharp enough for posting

Guys, I had a question. Is it possible to have an exposure time of 1/1000000 sec.??? I'm baffled to see a few images taken from my cellphone are showing this much exposure time.

Screenshot of my windows explorer which shows some details:
*i.imgur.com/L7S7X.jpg

To confirm this, I downloaded EXIF Data Viewer from www.exifdataviewer.com, and that utility also confirms it. According to it,

Exposure Time: 1E-006 seconds
Shutter Speed: .001 milliseconds

screenshots attached:
1.
*i.imgur.com/vWLLn.png
2.
*i.imgur.com/Dx6fB.jpg

Or is it simply a bug in my phone's software?

Millionth of a second

. Then that should have come out complete black result... It should be a bug...

But, then it would have been for all the pics I took from my cell, or atleast in pics clicked with a particular camera setting, right? The issue is coming for a batch of photos (~9-10) I took consecutively. The first pic in the batch, I took was 1/1000 sec., (I've got many of these with my cell), and the rest were 1/10,00,000 sec., Apart from this, the other pics I took before and after are just normal.

Assuming your phone's shutter is tiny ~ 1mm... the speed at which your shutter moves will be 1000m/s ... Mach3 speed...

On a serious note... this is possibly a firmware issue/Symbian issue

somewhere i read that cell phone uses an electronic shutter rather then a mechanical shutter. The software continually take frames thru camera and when you press the button it simply 'keeps/saves' the most recent frame. sorry, can't give you reference site or link for this.

just wait ..

Exif shows my BB takes 0 sec exposure time and not showing shutter speed, xperia took 0.2 sec exposure with 200.3 millisec shutter for night shoot and 0.0025 seconds exposure with 2.507 millisec in day time whereas CameraPro took 0.008 sec exposure and 8.032 ms shutter.

More Durga Puja pics by me.

Photo Album - Imgur

guys suggest me a good tripod and ballhead combo.

Faun said:
guys suggest me a good tripod and ballhead combo.

sure what is your budget

10-20k

a test pic at low light from 50mm 1.8g, guess I need a tripod for curbing out the blur
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8476/8116649422_a3e87d7976_z.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8467/8110188257_82e2ee5537_b.jpg

*i.imgur.com/SdJGD.jpg

*i.imgur.com/CRpfk.jpg

*i.imgur.com/3EEit.jpg

*i.imgur.com/ZKywI.jpg

*i.imgur.com/LlDTN.jpg

*i.imgur.com/lqycj.jpg

*i.imgur.com/EMpZv.jpg

*i.imgur.com/mmNHm.jpg

FZ150 kicks a$$ in low light, handheld twilight is the tits.

Few portraits:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8329/8118280777_862daf1a00_c.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8118376237_748542cc9b_z.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8463/8118299329_95b74862db_c.jpg

#macro
*i48.tinypic.com/5b1ykl.jpg

@Faun I edited one of your pics
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8185/8119034052_dc3184e5a5.jpg
8118376237_e4e9dc49c5_o_2.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

*i.imgur.com/N4rrv.jpg
*i.imgur.com/zLX5N.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Z2V9j.jpg
*i.imgur.com/L10Eq.jpg
*i.imgur.com/bgGcj.jpg
*i.imgur.com/OUqun.jpg
Calcutta's famous tram
*i.imgur.com/OUYxs.jpg
The Great Netaji
*i.imgur.com/64wT4.jpg
Shyambazaar five point crossing

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8077749562_2ef576db74.jpg
Footprints in the sand by amlanmathur, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8052/8108977192_14e0e69015.jpg
Gazing at the world outside by amlanmathur, on Flickr

Ok, time for a brilliantly stupid doubt .... what program are you using to make the black or white border? is there anyway to do it in lightroom or picasa ?

@ tenida, make tram shoot is selective color .. it will look awesome .. again try Netaji with lomo effect rather than using vignette.
@ rage, you need to reduce the saturation; just see the neck, saturation clearly visible there.

i have very little idea about lightroom, you can use photoshop border post processing.

^What do you mean by saturation there?

theserpent said:
#macro
*i48.tinypic.com/5b1ykl.jpg

Bee is out of focus, otherwise would have been good.

saturation makes your color more vibrant or increase the depth. if you see that pic, red is more vibrant but it affecting the neck also.

M

In light room I m using mogrify plug in to create border. It might be possible without plug in in latest version. Check tutorial on net

Faun said:
10-20k

i suggest u look at these

Manfrotto 055XDB | Tripod | Flipkart.com

*www.flipkart.com/manfrotto-808rc4-...QRQM&ref=1293a886-01fb-4cc6-97e4-8489a99d68b7

they can take a max load of upto 7kgs

choudang said:
saturation makes your color more vibrant or increase the depth. if you see that pic, red is more vibrant but it affecting the neck also.

Yes, so in a layman terms it means one color overpowering another ?

Serpent,
Subject is out of focus...

Tenida,
Nice street photography

How did you feel while taking photos? People don't give weird look?

if it has the same channel/pixel, hue/saturation color ranges are red, green and blue and their complementary opposites of cyan, magenta, yellow and Master. The Master color range is all colors. When working with color ranges, we are working only with those pixels whose dominant color is in the selected range

choudang said:
@ rage, you need to reduce the saturation; just see the neck, saturation clearly visible there.

hmmm...will do. still need to figure out the border thing in lightroom though. The net tutorials are all jugaad and give a weird rounded border

this may help [photoshop]

Code:

*www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/photo-borders/

lightroom

Code:

*digitalphotobuzz.com/adding-a-border-to-lightroom-4
*digital-photography-school.com/how-to-add-a-photo-border-in-lightroom

*i.imgur.com/ntAvO.jpg

*i.imgur.com/BgQ7S.jpg

*i.imgur.com/YJgzp.jpg

*i.imgur.com/j97EP.jpg

*i.imgur.com/xJfeJ.jpg

*i.imgur.com/05nEQ.jpg

*i.imgur.com/ATbiW.jpg

1st pic:- how did you converted into selective color, layer masking?

choudang said:
1st pic:- how did you converted into selective color, layer masking?

I used paint.net to duplicate layer and then convert upper layer to B&W and just erased away, didn't take long with variable size eraser. Not gonna work for abstract figures though.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8183/8122128528_816df45f96_z.jpg
All Saints Cathedral - HDR by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8122126884_9a5d636a4d_z.jpg
All Saints Cathedral - HDR by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8049/8122124956_17079b8569_z.jpg
Yamuna Bridge - NH27 by marvelprash, on Flickr

aperture widest for the last pic ?

Tkin- 1st pics looks great.

and twilight water pics looks great too.
@ marvelousprashant
marvelousprashant- Is first pics taken during night? last one looks great.

nac said:
Serpent,
Subject is out of focus...

Tenida,
Nice street photography How did you feel while taking photos? People don't give weird look?

Thanks bro. Actually festive season is going on so people will not irritate on me while shooting them

@tenida took all of them at night. Thanks

choudang said:

this may help [photoshop]

Code:

*www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/photo-borders/

lightroom

Code:

*digitalphotobuzz.com/adding-a-border-to-lightroom-4
*digital-photography-school.com/how-to-add-a-photo-border-in-lightroom

Thanks dude...will give this a shot...

Faun said:
aperture widest for the last pic ?

considering the light stars must be at the narrower settings ...

izzikio_rage said:
considering the light starts must be at the narrower settings ...

Yeah, I sort of realized that after posting.

wow soo many pics...and soo much discussion ...great going friends

Some durga puja shots...it was just too crowded to compose anything at all

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*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vj4x7_Qizns/UIlvfnb2hCI/AAAAAAAAICM/1P1TNpWxFfA/s640/DSC_6201.JPG

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Rx9NDsOWSpY/UIlvobl3DvI/AAAAAAAAICc/bHuWetwzKJQ/s640/DSC_6176.JPG

Nice shots Sujoy, they've come out really well ...

Have lots of durga puja pics here too .... but somehow did not come out well enough to put up on flickr.... will post though

Here are some of the photos I took this festive season

Flicker Link

OR

Picasa Web Album

mastervk said:
In light room I m using mogrify plug in to create border. It might be possible without plug in in latest version. Check tutorial on net

choudang said:
this may help [photoshop]

Thanks for the info... I am using gimp for creating border...

Tkin, Nice selective colouring...

Prashant, Second one is so good, wonderful shot.

Abc, Nice work...

Guys, Can u suggest a (easily available) software for time lapse photography..

How did u make the street lights appear in the shape of a star for the last pic??

^^keep the smallest aperture for star shaped light.

*www.slrlounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/starburst_day.jpg

star edges depends upon the number of blades in diaphragm.

thats a nice tip faun...thanks

Nice info Faun :thumbs:

Went to Dakhineshwar today and took some snaps with my Nokia 5233.

*i.imgur.com/DpzkP.jpg

*i.imgur.com/CwzL7.jpg
Crowd gathers near great Ma Ganga. The bridge seen in pics is Bali bridge.

*i.imgur.com/D95Ww.jpg
Main Ma Kali temple

*i.imgur.com/CHV2a.jpg

*i.imgur.com/cfdII.jpg

*i.imgur.com/oP0xO.jpg

*i.imgur.com/fo4fQ.jpg
Cute little girl

*i.imgur.com/ZSGfd.jpg

*i.imgur.com/P8uZt.jpg

nice shots of river ganga and temple...I too wanted to go there but due to lack of time i missed it....will go next time i visit kolkata

sujoyp said:
nice shots of river ganga and temple...I too wanted to go there but due to lack of time i missed it....will go next time i visit kolkata

Thanks bro. Yes do visit this temple. You will just love the divine peace here.

Tendia, Temple shots are nice... Don't burn up your sensor by shooting at direct sunlight...

nac said:
Tendia, Temple shots are nice... Don't burn up your sensor by shooting at direct sunlight...

Thanks bro.

Yup I know, read in SX150 manual

Hi friends, posting after a very long time. Some of my recent captures, for your views and advice.......

In my garden....

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8466/8128484993_c049d7c80c.jpg
IMG_3854 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8468/8128483897_ff1c73e10f.jpg
IMG_3839 by skr sx130, on Flickr

At a temple....

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8476/8128509106_627e57fea2.jpg
IMG_2919 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8128478243_432896df19.jpg
IMG_2915 by skr sx130, on Flickr

butterfly shots r good...but did u crop it that close or u shot it like that

Nice shots everyone

Tendia that's one massive temple

skr, Butterfly shots are good esp. the first one. Background has come out very nice...

Hi! @sujoyp and @nac, you both are my tech gurus. I dont know if you remember, but it was your patient guidance that helped meget this wonderful camera, CANON SX130IS. Many thanks!!!

About the Butterfly pictures, I have reproduced them as captured. Had to venture very close to them. Needed a lot of patience and some stealthy tip-toeing.

tech gurus

u will also have that much info in 1 year if u get deep into it

have fun

But I didnt understand...people take butterfly from bit of a distance to capture the beauty of its wings and flower...y did u captured it from soo close

@sujoyp... does it look bad then or how can I make a better capture.

Skr, Yeah, I do remember you... You bought it around the time it got discontinued.

I was actually trying to get a few captures like @toofan does.

@nac Just in time!!!

Friends, I need help on one aspect. If you look at the below photos you can see the hands are blurred. The hand movements are basic movements durig poojas, nothing too rapid. Still I get a blur of this extent. I tried shutter speed of 1/200, 1/400. There was no such blur then, but the photos were pretty dark. Apart from using flash I could not find any way to brighten the shots. Also photos of babies without flash is full of such motion blurs. Any suggestions....

Primarily I shoot such function photos in P mode, without flash.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8183/8130649827_cc1d36c95f.jpg
IMG_2941 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8052/8130649987_582bb9519a.jpg
IMG_29431 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8186/8130650535_bc846210f1.jpg
IMG_2942 by skr sx130, on Flickr

Only way is to shoot at faster shutter speed to freeze/capture with no blur. For that you should have very good lighting else you have to use on camera flash there is no other way with our compacts. You can push ISO higher but that will result some noise. If you do, don't go beyond ISO 200.

@nac... As you said I experimented with everything, but expect for bright lighting there was not much alternative for blur free photos.

Any suggestions on "no blur" captures of babies/kids without using flash.......

'Rain drops on a string' clicked using Manual focus......

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8130890204_82c79e96e8.jpg
IMG_2528 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8468/8130890696_4eb8ff5758.jpg
IMG_2530 by skr sx130, on Flickr

M

For dslr there are few options like external flash, use high iso or use aperture like 1.8.
For your camera see which of these options you can use

^ Then, you have try when baby is not moving much... First one is better.

@mastervk... My camera has ISO max of 1600. Apart from using flash or shooting in bright light there doesnt seem to be a way out.

@nac... That is exactly what I am sticking to.

@skr u have to have good shutter speed to remove blur....use the max possible settings like max usable ISO + max aperture u can use then check if the shutter speed is good... else u have to use a flash or make a small handheld cfl light to get faster shutter
drops r good...right on focus

Thanks all

Hi Guys, It's been quite long since i have logged in here.
That means i will have to revise whats been going here :-D

Sharing one of my image from recent trips. Hope you all will like it.
Please do give your feedback.
*img835.imageshack.us/img835/5291/img3182smallnoname.jpg

awesum click bro...

btw just a suggestion to everyone .. it will be an added flavor if you guys mention few stats of the pic i.e.

Code:

Aperture 1.8
Shutter 1/200
ISO 100
35mm Nikon

hmmm it will be nice actually but a boreing job when posting many pics

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8335/8132521836_1910a56415_b.jpg

Yeah grainy and not sharp.. but thats the max i can do..

anoop thats a good shot

@animesh ur pic looks like a horror scene

M

choudang said:
awesum click bro...

btw just a suggestion to everyone .. it will be an added flavor if you guys mention few stats of the pic i.e.

Code:

Aperture 1.8 Shutter 1/200 ISO 100 35mm Nikon

If you upload to flickr without removing exif data these info should be available at flickr.So anybody posting here can provide flickr link where person who are interested can view exif data.

^^ that's a option for a lazy guy (assuming we have very less count of gals :-D

) who wants to make us work by downloading pic from flickr and view the info :-D

btw, it will take just 10 sec to put the info.

yes mastervk u r right...but a 3 line info is better then going to flicker->action->view exif ...long way

M

if you want to know exif of an image you should not have trouble getting data from flickr

Cloud 9

Shot with the inbuilt mobile camera

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8133978450_b8a7229253_o.jpg

choudang said:
awesum click bro...

btw just a suggestion to everyone .. it will be an added flavor if you guys mention few stats of the pic i.e.

Code:

Aperture 1.8 Shutter 1/200 ISO 100 35mm Nikon

I'd like to add: Editing/PP Software used (if any)

nice one medico

I agree with you sujoyp.
Amazing shot @medico. This is out of this world.... literally.

M

nice shot medico

DASARA DOLLS at home - an annual celebration.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8049/8134284919_88b65faf38.jpg
IMG_3695 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8323/8134312246_44c2de1a54.jpg
IMG_3681 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8185/8134284479_1ec009dbe8.jpg
IMG_3704 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8329/8134294539_7a6aa74cfb.jpg
IMG_3705 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8049/8134312682_3cd5a72511.jpg
IMG_3771 by skr sx130, on Flickr

Some close up variations of the 'I Feel tower'.......

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8134342084_03fbd6217e.jpg
IMG_3721 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8056/8134342236_68bc0d9273.jpg
IMG_3730 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8476/8134341506_3e8d828856.jpg
IMG_3729 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8468/8134341852_6f258cce87.jpg
IMG_3727 by skr sx130, on Flickr

using "fisheye" feature.....

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8327/8134341688_f3a3c522e5.jpg
IMG_3728 by skr sx130, on Flickr

I din't get the point "don't shoot at direct sunlight?"

*i46.tinypic.com/2m6ofhi.jpg
Mangalore Museum

M

I think it affect camera sensor.
And if you are viewing from viewfinder sun rays can damage your eye..
Maybe like you can use lens to make fire, camera lens also focus rays in similar way

Shot at Chunnambar lake, Pondicherry.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8473/8132230665_5528fde1c6_z.jpg

Serenity on Flickr

^^ beautfiul

Taken in Auroville, Pondicherry.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8132228885_96d8e2b61f.jpg

Peace on Flickr

Medico, So sad that you couldn't use your DSLR. Nice one, it would have come out even better.

Trublu, Chunnambar lake shot is nice

nice shots skr

trublu beautiful shot

Skr, Eiffel tower toy in dushara

sujoyp said:
anoop thats a good shot

@animesh ur pic looks like a horror scene

That was the plan :twisted:

For your C&C

*imageshack.us/a/img690/3744/img7526pz.jpg
SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 1/60 sec; ISO - 80.

I was little scared to take this photo. But luckily it's leg got stuck in the foot mat, so I got closer... roughly under one feet distance. There wasn't enough light, on-camera flash used.

*imageshack.us/a/img607/7731/img7711j.jpg
SX130; Av - f/5.6; Tv - 1/100 sec; ISO - 80.

I really scared to take this one. Used full zoom...

@trublu: Nice shots. Beautiful contrast in colours in the pic "Serenity".

@trublu - lovely shots, both ones.
@nac - the second one, very nice. pet some cats to keep such things away :-D

one from my side
Evening Scape.
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8334/8100149438_b70e930603_z_d.jpg

.program mode,f/5.2 ,(1/180)second,iso-80 @18.9 mm focal length(112->35mm equi),

lm2k, Nice one...

Is it tilted? It's giving some not so good effect (kinda distortion) when there is something vertical comes near the edge of the frame (in this case tree). Me too getting something like that, trying to avoid while composing.

nac said:
lm2k, Nice one...

Is it tilted? It's giving some not so good effect (kinda distortion) when there is something vertical comes near the edge of the frame (in this case tree). Me too getting something like that, trying to avoid while composing.

No Not tilted. The ashoka tree to the rite came like that coz of wind. If it was for distortion, the left side would also have been so and the bottom also afaik. But ya something bent like that at the corners does bring a feeling like that.

Okie... Yeah, thought so it could be wind...

@trublu... Nice colours and good angles.

@nac... Have you used any colour effects, the blue and green colours look quite vibrant. I liked the second one(garden lizard?)

@Im2k... Wonderful shade of orange.

Nice shots medico and trublu

@nac 1st one is good

@Im2K selective highlight coloring will make your shot look awesome... a bit of crimson pink and blue

I did some editing on one of my shots

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8470/8137765629_6f7a6c8d9d_c.jpg
All saints Cathedral by marvelprash, on Flickr

Camera Canon PowerShot SX240 HS
Exposure 15s
Aperture f/4.0
35mm eq Focal Length 45mm
ISO Speed 100

Brooding eyes
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8468/8137802625_811b6d2012.jpg
IMG_2273 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exp1/25, f 5.6, ISO 400, P mode, Focal Length 60 mm

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8137802879_f9143fe7c0.jpg
IMG_1673 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exp1/30, f 3.4, Focal Length 5 mm, ISO 80, P mode

Teddy in the sky......
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8184/8137803083_2245b05cd8.jpg
IMG_1647 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exp1/250, f 4.5, Focal Length 16.4 mm, ISO 80, P mode

Macro of Lamp............
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8332/8137803247_b18b401cb6.jpg
Nandaa Deepa by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exp1/13, f 4.0, Focal Length 11.3 mm, ISO 250, P mode

@skr your shots are nice... disable date watermark

@marvelous.... Thanks. I keep the date for reference purpose. By the way, what kind of editing have you done on your photo. It looks like a painting.

I used Lightroom preset "Highlight Coloring" and 50% clarity

@skr- thnx. nice shots. loved the first one that portrait of cat and the sky in the second.
@marvelousprashant- nice one. i dont have literoom, any photoshop way of doing it?

soo many nice pics...
nice effect by prashant,
skr the cat look cute,
im2k ur scenery is good
nac nice attempt...dont play with dangerous animals...keep distance

...sad that I have nothing to share

Thank you guys...

Skr,
No, I didn't use any colour effects. It's just the colour of the foot mat and I pushed saturation a little bit. Brooding eyes and teddy in the sky shots are good (PP would make even better, I think). Second one seems little tight...

Prashant, Nice work...

marvelousprashant said:
disable date watermark

I guess I have told him once...

sujoyp said:
nac nice attempt...dont play with dangerous animals...keep distance

Date watermark.... Yes I have been told about that. I felt that for quick reference it would be handy. Just by way of learning,
a. is it unprofessional to use this?
b. if the date stamp is diabled at the time of clicking a picture, is there any way to remove or add the same on the photo as and when desired?
Kindly let me know.

nope its ok to use the date stamp

if date stamp is disabled u have to depend on the date of creation of picture...which is there in picture property

Skr,
b). Yes, you can add the shooting date when printing. refer pg. no. 56 of (y)our manual.

@skr The date is automatically stored in exif data and photos can be sorted out date wise in Windows too.. see attachment

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some pics from Delhi visit :

1 :

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2:

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3:

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4:Humayun's tomb

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^^ Humayun's tomb is perfect. Little problem with the black edge at the top and bottom which is not uniform.

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That is because the image was tilted and i corrected it on image with border instead of RAW image which i had backed up to my secondary HDD.I will post image without border at night.

BTW how to post process photo of old buildings/temple etc (apart from HDR)..any generic workflow ?

@mastervk.... Very good captures. 1 & 4 specially appealing.

@sujoyp.... You have mentioned Vanguard ESPOD 203AP tripod is a good one. I am looking at a buying a tripod that will also be useful for dslr in future. Which is a better choice - simplex 333, Vanguard ESPOD 203AP or any other.

Friends, need some input on this.

Its been pouring here since morning because of 'Neelam'...!!! But these flowers dint seem to mind, rather were joyous.

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IMG_4049 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exp 1/160, Aperture f/3.5, Focal Length 6.9 mm, ISO Speed 400, TV mode

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IMG_40701 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/100, Aperture f/4.0, Focal Length 8 mm, ISO Speed 400, TV mode

On an outing to a nearby farm.....

Intruders beware!!!
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Intruder Alert!!! by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/200, Aperture f/5.6, Focal Length 60 mm, ISO Speed 160, P mode

Skr, First one is nice, would be better if there was more light and with little more depth. Did you try any with flash "on"?and last one's IQ is good.
Sorry to say this, disturbing watermark :neutral:

@nac... Is the water mark layout distubing or the entire watermark? Do you have a tripod?

with flash...
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IMG_4045 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/50, Aperture f/5.6, Focal Length 6.9 mm, ISO Speed 80

Colour, font style, opacity all are disturbing. I think you are just starting to put watermark... Soon you will find a nice one.

Now it does have depth, light and looks better at reduced size. But need to avoid shadow...

@skr the 1st flower is nice..

My Vanguard ESPOD 203AP is a good tripod if u can adjust with its pan head....it can carry 2-3 KG easily and have nice height...dont worry in beginning every DSLR owner have light gears soo it will do.

@sujoyp.... There is a new vanguard espod plus 203AP that has a wider degree of leg movement. Simpex333 reviews did not give a good feedback on its stability. 'Vanguard' is Rs.4500+. Have you tried Velbon cx440/cx550/640 series.
I am looking for a tripod for around Rs. 3000 as of now. Any Suggestions...?

An ancient temple near kolar...

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IMG_31011 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/640, Aperture f/4.0, Focal Length 8.5 mm, ISO Speed 80, P mode

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IMG_31041 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/800, Aperture f/4.0, Focal Length 8.7 mm, ISO Speed 80, P mode

skr ...i considerd that espod plus version but it was out of my budget....simplex is cheapo tripod and u may use it carefully...but dont be to sure abt it.
Velbon is a good company...but i didnt see any better class tripod other than 1600-1800 range

u can get benro tripod...they r very vfm

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My window to the world by amlanmathur, on Flickr

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Rains and a book by amlanmathur, on Flickr

My 2 cents on tripods, I have one made by SILK which is very stable and has numerous ajdustment options. However the one that I carry around the most is the Joby gorillapod. Small enough to carry in your backpack or pocket, can be clipped to anything and adjusted in a lot of ways. The only downside is that after about a year of use the joints have become a little loose, not unusable, just won't stay at some points.

do give it a shot. This is coming from someone who's traditional tripod hasn't seen daylight in months

After the 'Neelam' cleansing, the blue sky in its vivid shades.....

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IMG_4157 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/500, Aperture f/5.0, Focal Length 5.4 mm, ISO Speed 80, TV mode

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IMG_4144 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/500, Aperture f/4.5, Focal Length 15.9 mm, ISO Speed 125, Tv mode

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IMG_4137 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/400, Aperture f/5.0, Focal Length 17.8 mm, ISO Speed 80, Tv mode

White Explosion.....
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IMG_4159 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/500, Aperture f/5.6, Focal Length 18.3 mm, ISO Speed 80, Tv mode

My first attempt at capturing flying objects.........!!!

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IMG_4141 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/400, Aperture f/6.3, Focal Length 60 mm, ISO Speed 80, Tv mode

^ Yeah, just after seeing your post, I see that the sky is now clear... stars are visible...

skr ur watermark is still very distracting.....make it smaller and some other descent color like black or white..

skr ur watermark is still very distracting.....make it smaller and some other descent color like black or white..

About the water mark.... just see img_4144, second photo. Is that ok.

Is there any thumb rule for watermarks? Any thing I can refer...

Just quoting from some online source...

If you choose to watermark your photos, you obviously have to deal with the fact that the text or logo will sit on top of your photo, negatively affecting the look of the image ... which, of course, is the idea of the watermarking process. However, some photographers don't want to see any text on their images -- they'd rather allow people to see their photos in the best quality possible -- so they'll choose not to watermark photos. You'll have to decide whether watermarking is for you, choosing whether the time, expense, and effect on the photo of a watermark is worth the security of knowing no one can use your photos without permission.

At first glance invisible watermark seems patently absurd. What’s the point in a watermark you cannot see? But there is technology available which can insert information into an image which cannot be seen, but can be interrogated with the right software. You can’t prevent the theft of your images this way, but you can prove that the image that was stolen was yours, which is almost as good.

Small guide on how to watermark
1. Download Faststone Image resizer
2. Use it to insert text in your image preferably at bottom right corner
3. Use a simple font. I would suggest Segoe semi light (the one used by Microsoft in Windows Phone and Windows 8) Colors black/grey/navy blue and transparency 70-80%

skr said:
My first attempt at capturing flying objects.........!!!

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IMG_4141 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/400, Aperture f/6.3, Focal Length 60 mm, ISO Speed 80, Tv mode

wow good one

D

@skr===I have tried a few softwares, And found that even something as basic as picasa can give you a watermark . You can change its fonts,size,transparency,etc.
I would advice using a greyish/black or a white translucent watermark (if at all want to do a watermark). Try putting it at the same position in the photo and dont put it at an angle(i.e it should be either horzontal or vertical)

I have seen people using white frame around and putting black watermark or logo on that....I just dont watermark the pics...its useless to watermark a 1024x800 pic coz nobody can use it anyways....its quality is not good enough to miss use it

I had shot these about 4 years ago with my LG KG300 (Dynamite). Pics found on my Indyarocks profile.
Lodhi Garden, New Delhi
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Sheikh Chilli's Tomb (Kurukshetra)
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Somewhere in the Rann of Kuchchh, (On way to Dholavira, A Harappan Site in Gujarat)
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Will try finding pics of the actual Harappan Site in Dholavira and post 'em.

Cyberkid, 4yrs old technology and that too from a mobile cam, GREAT. :thumbs:

Thanks, nac. The technology's about 6 years old. Bought the phone in Feb, 2007 but it managed to get good pics.

cyberkid those are good shots

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Amlan, I don't know how I missed yours... Second one is nice and good.

Anoop, Is this miniature mode?

Actually I added some focus blur in Pixlr to keep the subject as the center of attraction.

Have I overdone it?

yes the pic is looking very blurry ....and thats not good...blur is given to background and not subject itself

Dude look closely...someone's peeping from the window.

miniature mode works best when shooing in horizontal plane. Kid and doll are in vertical plane. In horizontal pplane you can trick people to think it is shallow DoF

rnianoop said:
Actually I added some focus blur in Pixlr to keep the subject as the center of attraction.

Have I overdone it?

Yes. The editing is too apparent. don't blur the subject itself.

rnianoop said:
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Ok .. Thanks I will keep that in mind next time..
Here's the original image..

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And this is the website I did the editing Online image editor pixlr free - fix photos direct in your browser

original is better

Anoop, Start trying better image editor (like gimp) than the one you tried online...

Edited with Photoshop-Added the watermark, nothing else.
So, for me, this one marks the start of winters. I have white chrysanthemums ready to bloom in all their glory with literally hundreds of buds to bloom over the next 1 month, looking forward to share some more shots.

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1st and 3d one are good. 2nd one is not completely in focus. Last one has washed out colors compared to #3

Tried something with a pile old CDs and DVDs. Exposure 10s, Aperture f/8 and ISO 100

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Stack of old DVDs - Light Painting (1) by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Stack of old DVDs - Light painting by marvelprash, on Flickr

mastervk said:
some pics from Delhi visit :
<Third Picture>

this picture would have been a gr8 capture, you supposed to shoot the door, making cloning and give a HDR effect. good capture

@cyberkid.... The first picture is clear and crisp. The colour and droplets standout very well. By the way what software did you use for the watermark?

@marvelousprashant.... Nice captures. Looks like rings of light. Did you focus any light on the cd stack to specifically get the effect? Really amazing what the camera eye can see...!!!

A few experiments with slower shutter speed....

with a torch....
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IMG_2700 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 5sec, Aperture f/4.0, Focal Length 9.5 mm, ISO Speed 400.

tried to write the words RAMA albeit in the reverse....
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IMG_2718 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 10sec, Aperture f/5.0, Focal Length 26.3 mm, ISO Speed 400.

This was an attempt to capture a cracker bursting in the sky(without a tripod). A very shaky hand produced this result......
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IMG_2873 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 30.3 mm, ISO Speed 80.

Interesting image skr. Torch is powered by batteries which are source of DC current. Your light trails are dotted in first 2 images but not in 3rd image which is a natural source of light hence it is not a defect of the camera. A DC powered torch should be always on, unlike the electrical sources like bulbs in our houses (AC powered) which go on and off 50 times per second. Usually those sources give dotted light trails. If you have a red indicator on your switchboard, try long exposure by moving the camera. The light trail will be dotted. A torch should always give a linear light trail not a dotted one.

Regarding my image I lit the CDs from behind by diffuse light (torch blocked by paper)

@ marvelousprashant: Nice concept.
@ skr: Again, Nice concept. Capturing light trails of a torch with a camera in slow shutter speed should have ideally resulted in clean lines as marvelousprashant pointed out. BTW, it's looking nice and the last pic is also looking good-shaky hand has resulted in a good image.

As far as the watermark is concerned, I initially used BatchStamper-Unregistered version with a limitation to watermark only 5 images in one go, but for the ones above, I used photoshop with a simple layer overlay.

photos clicked with pentax optio s4. 10 years old.

all manual no photoshop.

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I like the tea cup and bangles shot. Try some post processing

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Anand Bhawan (3) by marvelprash, on Flickr

Prashant, Why those two men are transparent

marvelousprashant said:
I like the tea cup and bangles shot. Try some post processing

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Anand Bhawan (3) by marvelprash, on Flickr

dont like to use post processing, actually this is my first time shooting with this camera, i was just fiddling around with the manual mode. Will try pp sometime. thanks for the likes

Arcangel, Some nice work...

Skr, Even though the one is handheld shot, it kinda gives some effect...

thanks. hoping to get a better camera . d5100 and post some better photos

nac said:
Prashant, Why those two men are transparent

Was forced to use HDR because the building was unevenly lit up. And somehow Photomatrix did not de-ghost the image properly

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Biryani, Jelebi and lassi

Awesome photos from everybody!
BTW, Nikon D5200 announced and also showing in Nikon India Site :-o

Eagerly waiting for price and reviews. :-D

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Late night Dessert by marvelprash, on Flickr

@ marvelousprashant- Cake looks yummy

I think more bright color will look better.

Do you guys have any tips and tricks to eliminate/minimize noise??? This was taken at ISO 1600...

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SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 30sec; ISO - 1600.

Tried to reduce noise, but I am not convinced with the result. Even for this size, it's noticeably noisy...

About the torch light pictures.... I have used a rechargeable torch that has 4 LED bulbs. May be that is the reason for the dots.

@marvelousprashant.... The dessert looks extremely appetising. Have you done any work on the background?

@nac.... Nice shot. Can you tell me what mode you used, because in Tv mode I can go upto only 15 sec of maximum exposure.

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IMG_4209 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1/400, Aperture f/4.0, Focal Length 9.2 mm, ISO Speed 80.

Skr, This one has nice depth... Beautiful...

I used hack, so the long exposure...

Whats hack?

nac said:
Do you guys have any tips and tricks to eliminate/minimize noise??? This was taken at ISO 1600...

Tried to reduce noise, but I am not convinced with the result. Even for this size, it's noticeably noisy...

Try 15-30 sec at ISO 100 or 200. Settings within this range work for me. Stars will be less bright. But you can enhance them in post processing. It is much easier than eliminating so much noise

@skr The background is white because i used a lightbox setup. Very basic one

Skr, I thought you would have heard about that... It's called CHDK, third party firmware.

Prashant, at ISO 100/200, there are not many stars visible. So the using of highest sensitivity... Tried at ISO 400, yet to process... Let's see, what I can get with that.

nac said:
Skr, I thought you would have heard about that... It's called CHDK, third party firmware.

Prashant, at ISO 100/200, there are not many stars visible. So the using of highest sensitivity... Tried at ISO 400, yet to process... Let's see, what I can get with that.

OK. The other way to reduce noise is dark frame reduction. Google about it

guys suggest some good post processing software? i used the DxO optics 7 Elite pro and played around with it, these are the results.

most of these are just processed with low iso noise, to increase the sharpness and eliminate lack of detail thanks to 4mp sensor. I got my nikon D5100 shipped yesterday

hoping to get it today itself

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DxO Optics Pro is a more of correction software. Their approach is very good. The DxO guys have presets for many cameras and lenses which are much better than Adobe. If you have a supported camera, DxO gives you a much more sharp and less noisy image than Adobe PhotoShop or Lightroom. Their lens correction is brilliant

But for cams that are not supported, Lightroom is always there. It is my personal favorite

will download lightroom and try ... what do you think of the pics above? any difference?

They look better now especially the last 6

marvelousprashant said:
OK. The other way to reduce noise is dark frame reduction. Google about it

Yeah, heard about it... Even there is an option in CHDK too, but haven't tried.

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SX130; Av - f/3.4; Tv - 16x32 sec; ISO 400.

Tried Deepskystacker software to make this one. Noise is fine in this picture... I think I will try once at ISO 1600 with this technique.

ArcAngel,

I am not sure this processing has enhanced the pictures, but the white flower shot (the one in the middle of the series) has come out beautiful. :thumbs:

nac said:
ArcAngel,

I am not sure this processing has enhanced the pictures, but the white flower shot (the one in the middle of the series) has come out beautiful.

what i meant in my original comment was that somewhat the noise has been reduced from the photos but a photo shot with a 4mp camera can only be worked with to a certain extent.
thanks, in this photo i gave it a little HDR and the colour and contrast has come out very very well.

Will download lightroom tomorrow, and use it and maybe i will post some interesting results.

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Image Details:
Camera Model: Nokia C6-00
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 60
Exposure: 1/500 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

CyberKID said:
*i.imgur.com/hTJ2Ll.jpg

Image Details:
Camera Model: Nokia C6-00
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 60
Exposure: 1/500 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

Nice photo! Is it Nat Geo?

Can anyone give tips on how to click nice pics of a car? All I know is turn on camera, point to car and press button.

NAT GEO??

It's the Express Trade Tower-2 located in Sector-132, Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

CyberKID said:
NAT GEO?? It's the Express Trade Tower-2 located in Sector-132, Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Okay, I get it, its Nat Geo.
Now can you answer my car query?

Nipun said:
Okay, I get it, its Nat Geo.
Now can you answer my car query?

Evening is the best time. Choose a slow shutter 1/30 or less. No flash. Try moving the camera in the direction of car while shooting to get panning effect

Nipun said:
Okay, I get it, its Nat Geo.
Now can you answer my car query?

Sorry mate! I don't have a car as yet. Tried clicking my new bike a couple of months ago, but due to monsoons, I got crappy pic with mud all over the bike.

Another question: How to make small things look big? Like a mini-action figure or doll?

what are you upto??? :?:

small thing big

just take the shot in macro mode ...keep the doll on top of a table ...and shoot it from close in macro mode from down (shoot upwards) the doll will look big

A shot I took somedays back of our office building

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PRAN at night by sujoyp, on Flickr

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CyberKID said:
what are you upto???

Something which will get me killed or seriously injured by friends :))

sujoyp said:
small thing big just take the shot in macro mode ...keep the doll on top of a table ...and shoot it from close in macro mode from down (shoot upwards) the doll will look big

Thanks!

Some editing (actually heavy) done on the last image posted. Now milky way is visible a little...

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^ All of them are stars? Sometimes I get confused between stars and noise. I thought we needed IR filters for shooting milky way :shock:

@nac... Wow!!! Amazing capture using SX130. I am just reading up about the Hack.

Today I purchased Velbon CX mini tripod. Looks real good and solid.

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Velbon CX Mini by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Velbon CX Mini - Expanded by skr sx130, on Flickr

Great! Even I got my Tripod -Simpex 333 delivered recently (From flipkart ... must say great service).
Here are some shots I took using ..

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- Diwali has already begun in some places !

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-Trail left by a train.

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-Any guesses what this is?

^ great photos. IMO the light trails left by vehicles would have been much better had you shot the pics near the roadside.

@nac nice image...soo many stars...thats great

CXmini tripod is solid but very small for multiple purposes...

marvelousprashant said:
^ All of them are stars? Sometimes I get confused between stars and noise. I thought we needed IR filters for shooting milky way

At least most of them are, I think.

I couldn't eliminate/minimize the noise in this process.

Now I have a doubt... Is it OK trying astro photography with no IR filters? Is it harmful for the camera, if we shot without IR filters? (If it's harmful, I better don't try this again) I have heard about this one, but don't know about it. Even I read somewhere online that it's suggested to remove that IR filter for some kinda result on astro photography.

Skr, Are you OK with the small one?

Anoop, Too many electric lines... "Trail left by a train" shot is nice. And I couldn't guess what "it" is :blink:

sujoyp said:
@nac nice image...soo many stars...thats great

Thank you... Again I tried at ISO 1600, yesterday night. Yet to process them... Let's see how better/worse than the one taken at ISO 400...

Going to click some Sky latterns pics today, Any idea on how to take good shots?
What settting?

sharing some of my personal favs..

Share you views!

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7261/7083083681_be7b694823_b.jpg
Lost in transition... by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7190/6959302299_6fd467b181_b.jpg
A Magical Twilight, Part 2. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7010/6736059607_faf329d9b6_b.jpg
The Skeleton of a tree [B/W] by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7160/6599613081_2353cbef30_b.jpg
Colours of the Arabian Sea by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7032/6487040981_899876d4fa_b.jpg
Fresh Blossoms!! by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6471597665_ffde49ca52_b.jpg
_MG_0044 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6471597229_45b2079c74_b.jpg
Garfield. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6471596641_d2eac9cdf1_b.jpg
Tender. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8160/7630004912_5798f1fcb8_b.jpg
_MG_0133 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8300/8012050564_f970c70d1c_b.jpg
In the making by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7012/6471592961_5be07d31a0_b.jpg
_MG_0102edit by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7146/6471595399_78bda4953f_b.jpg
_MG_0072 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7151/6471592011_846793884f_b.jpg
_MG_0081 copy by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7175/6599612845_a112ce122d_b.jpg
Singularity. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7273842520_727f4f2b20_b.jpg
Vintage Victoria II by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

FINALLY.. A Lucky Shot. Very Lucky.

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Blessings from Heaven. O_O by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

Nice shots anirban...some r just superb

sujoyp said:
Nice shots anirban...some r just superb

thanks bro.. more, though not many, in the link in my siggy.

@ anirbandd: Superb pics. I liked some of those very much.

^^thanks a lot bro.

@Anirban - Super photographs buddy ( Ki bolbo kono kotha hobena

Chaliye jau gurudev)

Tenida said:
@Anirban - Super photographs buddy ( Ki bolbo kono kotha hobena Chaliye jau gurudev)

that good?? :O

thanks once again.

Anirban, Great work... :thumbs:

Great shots @anirbandd

great shots anirban

@anirban das - One of your pics just made it to my desktop background. More to follow

*i.imgur.com/tlW9I.jpg

*i.imgur.com/Rbd9U.jpg

Happy Diwali 2012 to all guys here

*i.imgur.com/poZOP.jpg

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Hey guys Hi i'm kinda new here

was wondering if you could comment on my photos:

And can you guess what camera I used to capture them?

btw Happy Diwali everyone

T

Hey hi everyone I'm kinda new here...

wondering if you guys could comment on my pics and can u guess what kind of camera I used?

BTW Happy Diwali everyone!

^ My bet is on a cellphone camera... A samsung... nope... Xperia U... and edited with camera 360. Case solved?

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marvelousprashant said:
^ My bet is on a cellphone camera... A samsung... nope... Xperia U... and edited with camera 360. Case solved?

wow man you got everything right! how did u guess??
and how are the pics? good or bad? any suggestions?

HAPPY DEEPAVALI TO ALL!!!

@anirban.... Amazing captures, very professionally done. The lightning picture was specially appealing to me.

HAPPY DEEPAVALI !!!

MY Deepavali clickings....

The LIGHTS in sepia....
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IMG_4295 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 0.013 sec (1/80), Aperture f/4.0, Focal Length 9.8 mm, ISO Speed 1600.

The Golden Glow....
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IMG_4321 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 5sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 6 mm, ISO Speed 80.

A few Deepavali crackers.....

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IMG_4367 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 26.3 mm, ISO Speed 80.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8062/8182382351_97d53cb4f3.jpg
IMG_4363 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 26.3 mm, ISO Speed 80.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8489/8182381403_d38afe2594.jpg
IMG_4365 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 26.3 mm, ISO Speed 80.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8182412318_30703c759a.jpg
IMG_4426 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 17.8 mm, ISO Speed 80.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8484/8182379109_372e1d70a9.jpg
IMG_4376 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 40.7 mm, ISO Speed 80.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8182414452_a8c0363fa5.jpg
IMG_4382 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 32 mm, ISO Speed 80.

^^good cracker pics

Since I have nothing better to do, more planes

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TheSpaceDude said:
wow man you got everything right! how did u guess??
and how are the pics? good or bad? any suggestions?

Your photos are named c360_2012xxx which is standard output name for Camera360 app
Then I just googled your username and found your posts on XDA... you said you had bought Xperia U

Btw pics are good. Especially last one

@skr Read good stuff man.
Happy diwali everyone

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8182470040_0638357c12_c.jpg
Happy Diwali by marvelprash, on Flickr

awesome cracker pics...loved all of them

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marvelousprashant said:
Your photos are named c360_2012xxx which is standard output name for Camera360 app
Then I just googled your username and found your posts on XDA... you said you had bought Xperia U

Btw pics are good. Especially last one

@skr Read good stuff man.
Happy diwali everyone

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8182470040_0638357c12_c.jpg
Happy Diwali by marvelprash, on Flickr

HAHA that was smart! should have removed my digital fingerprints i guess

nac said:
Anirban, Great work...

axes2t2 said:
Great shots @anirbandd

marvelousprashant said:
great shots anirban

Thanks man, thanks a lot!

Thetrueblueviking said:
@anirban das - One of your pics just made it to my desktop background. More to follow

Sure! help yourself.

skr said:
HAPPY DEEPAVALI TO ALL!!!

@anirban.... Amazing captures, very professionally done. The lightning picture was specially appealing to me.

HAPPY DEEPAVALI !!!

Thanks man...

your cracker pics are awesome.. you took those only with a an SX130 w/ tripod?? Well done bro. Seriously. :-o

Faun said:
^^good cracker pics

Since I have nothing better to do, more planes
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where da fuq do you live?? a fighter jet?? Maaaan. :shock:

marvelousprashant said:
Your photos are named c360_2012xxx which is standard output name for Camera360 app
Then I just googled your username and found your posts on XDA... you said you had bought Xperia U

Btw pics are good. Especially last one

@skr Read good stuff man.
Happy diwali everyone

Sherlock is on the forum!!

Happy Deepavali to everyone on TDF!!

Just to let you guys know, I do not do do any editing apart from white balance correction, temperature, contrast and RAW to JPEG conversion on my 98% of my photos. They are straight out of the cam. The rest 2%, you will be able to tell that they are heavily edited.

Sharing some of my panoramas:

Kolkata: *farm9.staticflickr.com/8423/7491914998_0ef9ba1fa9_b.jpg
Abode of Clouds.. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

Mumbai: *farm9.staticflickr.com/8003/7266063494_92b4d7a6bd_b.jpg
Mumbai skyline Panorama by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

Mumbai: *farm8.staticflickr.com/7013/6651045717_86e4881e0d_b.jpg
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

Hyderabad: *farm9.staticflickr.com/8060/8184110586_179913f38d_b.jpg
Panorama1-33.5MP_Hyd by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

Nice Panormas Anirban.

^thanks bro

Happy Diwali guys ....

*i.imgur.com/TVXrf.jpg

superb shots anirban specially that railway station

good shot rajat

Thanks

Happy Diwali to all

coming back here after Long time. Very nice snaps from all of you.

Here are two snaps from me

HDR postdam windmill
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Potsdam windmill by digitman2006, on Flickr

Jena Fuchsturm
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Jena Fuchsturm by digitman2006, on Flickr

Beautiful shot kapil....very nice compositions

*i.imgur.com/rCI8jl.jpg
Image Details:
Camera Model: Nokia C6-00
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 138
Exposure: 1/33 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

*i.imgur.com/My7kMl.jpg
Image Details:
Camera Model: Nokia C6-00
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 60
Exposure: 1/111 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark); Microsoft Office Picture Manager: Adjusted Midtone Contrasts

*i.imgur.com/qT54al.jpg
Image Details:
Camera Model: Nokia C6-00
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 60
Exposure: 1/111 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark); Microsoft Office Picture Manager: Adjusted Midtone Contrasts

happy Diwali to all
very nice shots from all here

here are some of mine tried some fireworks
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f/5.2 1/30sec @200iso 114mm flocal length(35mm eq)

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f/15.3 1/60sec @200iso 114mm flocal length(35mm eq)

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8339/8187651568_092ea875c4_b_d.jpg
f/5.2 1/30sec @200iso 114mm flocal length(35mm eq)

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f/15.3 1/60sec @200iso 114mm flocal length(35mm eq)

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8486/8186646047_b58687782b_b_d.jpg
f/15.3 1/60sec @200iso 114mm flocal length(35mm eq)

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8064/8186646339_e8b7c858d8_b_d.jpg
f/15.3 1/60sec @200iso 114mm flocal length(35mm eq)

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6477862363_8bb2df3e74_z_d.jpg
f/15.3 2sec @80iso 114mm flocal length(35mm eq)

^ liked the last shot.

BTW, what is it?

@CyberKID :thnx .it was a hemispherical metallic container and childern were liting crackers in it. gave a 2sec exposure @small aperture and it looks like an orb or something like that.

Some photos of Wild Asparagus a.k.a. Satawari, (which started flowering when I was about to chop it off)
Was constrained by my cell cam. Couldn't get good macro shots.
1.
*i.imgur.com/x8llel.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 128
Exposure: 1/33 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark); Microsoft Office Picture Manager: Bumped Up the colours

2.
*i.imgur.com/HDjGll.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 64
Exposure: 1/33 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark); Microsoft Office Picture Manager: Bumped Up the colours

3.
*i.imgur.com/uoeTHl.jpg

Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 128
Exposure: 1/25 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark); Microsoft Office Picture Manager: Bumped Up the colours

4.
*i.imgur.com/lYAFLl.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 79
Exposure: 1/33 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark); Microsoft Office Picture Manager: Bumped Up the colours

5.
*i.imgur.com/Mmxlrl.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 97
Exposure: 1/33 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark); Microsoft Office Picture Manager: Bumped Up the colours

6.
*i.imgur.com/qIIUhl.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 97
Exposure: 1/33 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark); Microsoft Office Picture Manager: Bumped Up the colours

^^ nice try
for macros u can get a special macro-wide angle lens (around 400rs). but it has a magnetic attachment ring so either it is stuck to the back of fone or use something like izzi orbit/solo

BTW Asparagus,tulsi,Aloe vera, pudina ,neem and lemon(if possible) are like must have garden plants. very useful.

Thanks for the suggestion. But, I'm not sure whether those things work or not. Moreover, I feel, these pretty useless things.

CyberKID said:
Thanks for the suggestion. But, I'm not sure whether those things work or not. Moreover, I feel, these pretty useless things.

i had seen some examples of it on easto forum(sample pics of elm)
may be but to get close we can even use a simple magnifing glass between the fone and object.-- simple as that.

@cyberkid some of those shots r actually looking beautiful...coz of those flower patterns....u made some focussing mistakes but overall good attempt

CyberKID said:
Some photos of Wild Asparagus a.k.a. Satawari, (which started flowering when I was about to chop it off)
Was constrained by my cell cam. Couldn't get good macro shots.

sujoyp said:
@cyberkid some of those shots r actually looking beautiful...coz of those flower patterns....u made some focussing mistakes but overall good attempt

^ that and too much clutter in the frame. try and focus on one subject. and try and fill as much of the frame by the subject. you have put too many subjects in one frame.

@ sujoyp, anirbandd: I don't know whether you people have seen such a plant or not, but for me it was the first time in one and a half year, since I planted it. There are so many of those in the stems that it's quite hard to focus on one. I've tried my best to focus on one, but couldn't. At max, each flowering stem is quarter of an inch, and are so dense that, I was helpless, moreover, due to dried up leaves and the stems part of it remaining, that too with small and sharp thorns, it's quite hard getting the pics. I hope, some of the photos are quite able to show this.

@cyberkid u can just use smaller aperture like f11 to get everything in focus...

or you could use a f1.4-2.8 to focus on one subject and blur out the rest.

there always are solutions.

btw, you need to work on your focusing.

@ Sujoyp, Anirbandd: I suppose you people don't know that I'm working with a cellphone cam (Nokia C6-00), which doesn't have too much manual controls.
@ anirbandd: thanks for your suggestion. I'll try it once I get a Camera. For now, I'll have to do with AutoFocus of my cell cam.
Have shot a few pics today:

*i.imgur.com/nSjARl.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 64
Exposure: 1/50 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

*i.imgur.com/JJrwzl.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 64
Exposure: 1/50 sec.
Had set camera Colour Tone to Vivid
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

ooh cell cam...then the results r great

I thought at least a P&S .....2nd rose is good ..

oops. cell cam. didnt see.

my bad.

yeah.. 2nd rose is Good!

Sacré Coeur de Montmartre in Paris taken from Eiffel tower

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7776539292_8b4807d9ae_z.jpg
Sacré Coeur de Montmartre by digitman2006, on Flickr

Chillon castle located on Geneva lake:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8482/8189346013_47a01ca78c_z.jpg
Château de Chillon by digitman2006, on Flickr

kjuvale said:
Sacré Coeur de Montmartre in Paris taken from Eiffel tower

Chillon castle located on Geneva lake:

Awesome. Take a bow...

kjuvale said:
Sacré Coeur de Montmartre in Paris taken from Eiffel tower

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8448/7776539292_8b4807d9ae_z.jpg
Sacré Coeur de Montmartre by digitman2006, on Flickr

Chillon castle located on Geneva lake:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8482/8189346013_47a01ca78c_z.jpg
Château de Chillon by digitman2006, on Flickr

Awesome location; superb pics. :-D

@Faun... Fauntastic pictures.

@anirban.... Super panoramas. Like the shades of blue in Abode of Clouds. Chatrapati... is terrific. By the way what is your gear.

@kjuvale.... Nice effects.

@CyberKID... Good pictures from a mobile cam. Liked the Wild Asparagus pic no. 5. very colourful.

@Im2k.... What is your gear. Nice pics, though, for the crackers, exposure of 1 to 2 secs would have given a greater effect.

A couple more crackers....

When the stars descended....

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8182383035_f0032b48b0.jpg
IMG_4357 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 60 mm, ISO Speed 80.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8182413372_4b044e53a7.jpg
IMG_4407 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 29.1 mm, ISO Speed 80.

Lighting up the skies....
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8068/8189886873_5d83c20745.jpg
IMG_4372 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 40.7 mm, ISO Speed 80.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8207/8189887453_bf9e29c9e5.jpg
IMG_4371 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 2sec, Aperture f/8.0, Focal Length 40.7 mm, ISO Speed 80.

Thanks bro.

i use Canon EOS 1000D w/ 18-55mm non-IS Kit lens. And desi Tripod.

@ skr: thanks, mate. the pics are looking good and the trees are putting in a good effect, but, IMO, without the trees blocking the sight of the fireworks, the effect would have been even better.

CyberKID said:
@ skr: thanks, mate. the pics are looking good and the trees are putting in a good effect, but, IMO, without the trees blocking the sight of the fireworks, the effect would have been even better.

I agree. And I have uploaded pictures of the fireworks only, but these shots were taken on purpose with the tree in the foreground for effect.

@kjuvale - lovely shots. very nice

@skr- nice ones. first one("When the stars descended.... ") very nice.
long shutter for fireworks often creates very cool effects but also causes confusion about the subject snapped. and also sometimes the core of the cracker(look at the shot of mami below ) becomes too much brite and unbearable(sometimes) to look at. further for long shutter like upto 2sec or even 1 we need a tripod or a stable support which often limits the speed n mobility(as in my case) to point n shoot :-D

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8190074389_3c1c7d4faa_b_d.jpg
f/15.2 2sec at 80iso 114mm focal length(35mm eq)

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8343/8191157936_0bdd5a98c3_b_d.jpg
f/15.2 2sec at 80iso 114mm focal length(35mm eq)

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8062/8190074579_3910da5e08_b_d.jpg
f/15.2 2sec at 80iso 114mm focal length(35mm eq)

all above shots i shot with my friend's camera samsung d760 .i dont own any imaging device other than my cellphone.
and regarding ur watermark see here how to votermork u r images Thanx to Karl Taylor :-D

Nice effects with that long exposure time. Liked the second and the third ones. Second one due to density of the light trails and third one due to different hues of colours reddish, purplish, blueish, etc. Looks like atleast for the third one, you haven't used any tripod, the irregular light trails give me that feeling.

In someone's garden.

*i.imgur.com/5bZ88.jpg

ahh! the dhalia.... nice try. seems to be a bit over exposed though.

@Im2k.... For long exposure shots tripods is a must. Your first picture has come out very well and the difference is there to be seen. Ofcourse, adjusting the brightness etc is dependent upon the features in the camera. Since my Canon sx130 gives me good control over these I have given my opinion. For me, my tripod has been very useful for taking pictures.
And thanks for the watermark tutorial video. Was very informative.

@CyberKID- thnx. i didn't use tripod for any but just a rigid brick and wall for level and steadiness. the last one shows this

@axes2t2- nice try .A shadow or diffuser wud hav made it great...And which camera u used?
@skr- ya tripod is very useful for long exposures.

I have a Sony dsc w520.

CyberKID said:
ahh! the dhalia.... nice try. seems to be a bit over exposed though.

lm2k said:
@axes2t2- nice try .A shadow or diffuser wud hav made it great...And which camera u used?

I don't understand about those things.A link which explains these terms and the settings in a normal digicam will be helpful.

Even I don't understand these terms. What I know, is that the colour is not getting displayed correctly, see the upper portion of the pink part of the flower. It's probably not as you had seen the flower with your eyes. As far as understanding the photography terms is concerned, there are some sites like Digital Photography Review, Peter Eastway's Better Photography Magazine, which may help n00bs like us.

see this guide by Steve Berardi
see first two chapters. it starts with lighting and then ways to overcome directsun light. I found this much useful.

*i.imgur.com/uQeYn.jpg

Olympus FE310 (f/4.8, 1/2000 sec, ISO- 80)

^ Wrap the link in between

code. The location is nice and the photo is good too. But, I suppose you've used too much Digital Zoom, which actually depletes the quality of the photograph.

finally.. got my lazy ass to convert the pics..

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8480/8206334848_0ace1246b9_b.jpg
Ignition Start.. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8206334994_2df7e1985f_b.jpg
..3..2..1.. And we have Lift Off by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8206335196_33dc953ce1_b.jpg
diwali by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8206335458_b90069605b_b.jpg
kali puja by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

^nice pics anirban

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moon on a cold night by marvelprash, on Flickr

thanks!

and same to you

@anirban.... Nice firework trails. The image of Godess Kali seems to be a bit blurred.

@marvelousprashant.... Nice shade on the moon. The moon is one of my favourite subjects. Specialy, I like the way Canon cameras capture the moon.

A very fascinating creature. Anyone have any idea what it is?

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8065/8206921966_0f100403e4.jpg
IMG_4626 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60), Aperture f/4.0, Focal Length 8.2 mm, ISO Speed 500.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8204/8205832235_53780577ee.jpg
IMG_4636 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 1sec, Aperture f/4.0, Focal Length 9 mm, ISO Speed 80.

anirbandd said:
finally.. got my lazy ass to convert the pics..

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8480/8206334848_0ace1246b9_b.jpg
Ignition Start.. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8206334994_2df7e1985f_b.jpg
..3..2..1.. And we have Lift Off by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8206335196_33dc953ce1_b.jpg
diwali by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8206335458_b90069605b_b.jpg
kali puja by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

Nice shots anirbandd. I must say your lazy ass does a great job! :wink:

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8484/8207041017_4d8670d450_z.jpg
the wait... by marvelprash, on Flickr

Yummy Idlis. Could eat only 16 of them as I am on a diet!!! :-D

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8207189701_1f97587ce1.jpg
IMG_4675 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 0.1 sec (1/10), Aperture f/3.5, Focal Length 5.4 mm, ISO Speed 800.

Chrysanthemums! Potted on my roof.

1.
*i.imgur.com/uTIrjl.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 112
Exposure: 1/100 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

2.
*i.imgur.com/QX33cl.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 60
Exposure: 1/200 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

3.
*i.imgur.com/tr70bl.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 60
Exposure: 1/143 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

CyberKID said:
Nice shots anirbandd. I must say your lazy ass does a great job!

lOl

Thanks.

marvelousprashant said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8484/8207041017_4d8670d450_z.jpg
the wait... by marvelprash, on Flickr

nice exposure... but the composition leaves me wanting..

CyberKID said:
Chrysanthemums! Potted on my roof.

you might want to fiddle with the colour temps on these. a warmer (reddish) colour would be beautiful.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8201/8207662929_6719342fe0_b.jpg
Winter at Hirakud - Panorama by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8204/8207655961_0e87b2cfcd_z.jpg
Winter at Hirakud by marvelprash, on Flickr

anirbandd said:
nice exposure... but the composition leaves me wanting..

Took this from my roof. The girl was standing on neighbor's roof. So very less time and scope for composition!

^ Nice panos!! how many shots did you take for each??

@ i see both water and sky equally exposed.. have you used any ND grad filter / PP??

3 and 2 respectively

exposure/Dynamic range attained using HDR (photomatrix Natural preset)

yeah.. thought so... there is a slight halo visible above the trees.

Awesome shots prashant.....This place is simply great...try more compositions...u have taken shots from same place of same view many times now

^ yeah... might try something new this weekend

anirbandd said:
you might want to fiddle with the colour temps on these. a warmer (reddish) colour would be beautiful.

These are its natural colours, so why fiddle around with the colour temps?

Superb panoramas, @Prashant. You've got good colours too in those.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8069/8210701492_22e5edf1d8_z.jpg
Father and Son by marvelprash, on Flickr

CyberKID said:
These are its natural colours, so why fiddle around with the colour temps?

Superb panoramas, @Prashant. You've got good colours too in those.

as you wish.

M

took some start trails at home :

1 : stacked 135 photos

ISO 400 50 mm f/4.0 30 sec

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8216280278_b30ae947c2_c.jpg

2 :single exposure

ISO :100 50 mm f/5 2386 seconds

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8058/8215210595_29628a7d2a_c.jpg

Have taken some more but need to download and process them.

^ nice color on the 1st one.. but why are the trails like dots??

and too much pollution on 2nd. trails almost invisible.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8220210424_0a1fcd632a_z.jpg
jagannath temple.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

P mode, ISO 100
Post processing :
Topaz Denoise - Strong
Topaz InFocus - Common Preset (for sharpening)
Topaz Adjust - Film preset

I was little busy for the last two weeks...

Anirband's Panorama,
Kjuvale's non-HDR castle and the shot taken from Eiffel tower
Fireworks shots from skr, lm2k

Very nice work guys... :thumbs:

Mastervk, I don't know why the star trail looks "dotted"... whether it's the method you tried or the software made it look like this... or it may be because of 30sec exposure. Camera takes long time to process the 30sec exposure, so the gaps (dotted) I guess... And try with widest possible focal length.

Prashant, I don't know why I am not OK with tilted shots... Need to crop some of the bottom.

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@nav,
I think its because of 30 sec exposure.
Next day i tried with 20 sec exposure at f4 and took about 200 photos.then realised that i forget to remove lens cap.

mastervk said:
@nav,
I think its because of 30 sec exposure.
Next day i tried with 20 sec exposure at f4 and took about 200 photos.then realised that i forget to remove lens cap.

Very funny

But it's good that you get to see a nice and clear sky to try it out...

Just copy the star trails over itself as a layer in photoshop. Decrease opacity

M

For which photo ? Single exposure or multiple exposure

^Multiple exposure. Just make two copies and paste them as layers. Them move one of them very slightly so that stars from one image fill the gap of other image

Need CC on this one regarding post processing (added bokeh artificially

)
Original
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8478/8221013716_7f12493105_c.jpg
IMG_2159.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

Processed
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8346/8221051558_ed912a6cdb_c.jpg
IMG_2159f.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

If the processing obvious when viewing in embeded size (800px)

Nice one prashant, how did the 2nd pic come out like that?

I used topaz lens effects to add background blur

No comments? :'(

marvelousprashant said:
^Multiple exposure. Just make two copies and paste them as layers. Them move one of them very slightly so that stars from one image fill the gap of other image

Need CC on this one regarding post processing (added bokeh artificially )
Original
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8478/8221013716_7f12493105_c.jpg
IMG_2159.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

Processed
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8346/8221051558_ed912a6cdb_c.jpg
IMG_2159f.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

If the processing obvious when viewing in embeded size (800px)

Liked the first image. IMO, there is no specific subject in this particular image, so adding a synthetic bokeh, isn't adding to the scene. The second one, IMO, is creating distraction. BTW, where do you get such amazing scenes?

@prashant original one is very good...as cyberkid said if u had some subject on the rocks then 2nd may look good...but just rocks dont make a nice subject....

and one from my collection..

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8223365553_411a371570_b.jpg
winterbloom by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

PP only added border and watermark.

and one more...

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7630004178_c836dfecbd_b.jpg
Untitled by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

and another..
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7053/6966384863_991db5bcb2_b.jpg
Wrinkles.. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

PP: tone change in Silver efx.

^ Superb detail and colour reproduction in winterbloom. Please do post the original one without the border. I'd like to put it as my desktop background if you permit.

can you give me your monitor res?? i'll optimize the image.

1080p

M

Winter bloom is very good shot. Could you please posts lens you used

Ofcourse nothing close to what the masters have posted here...

*sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/536379_524873344208243_1154901241_n.jpg

*i.imgur.com/ukyvo.jpg

*i.imgur.com/SUiHy.jpg

*i.imgur.com/FvLTW.jpg

*i.imgur.com/ReLFr.jpg

CyberKID said:
1080p

okay.. i will post it here soon..

mastervk said:
Winter bloom is very good shot. Could you please posts lens you used

its in my siggy.

@Nipun... thats a toy car, aint it??

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anirbandd said:
okay.. i will post it here soon..

its in my siggy.

Did you used 18 55 with tripod ? i thought you might be using some macro lens...

18-55 handheld... i forgot to mention.. the pic is cropped.

but it should be obvious considering the ratio.

anirbandd said:
@Nipun... thats a toy car, aint it??

1:16 scale model. That's the only way for me to afford a BMW right now. :))

Anirban, Wrinkles is nice...

Prashant, How about trying other white balance presets... And the blur looks like a motion blur (camera shake) than out-of-focus blur...

Nipun said:
1:16 scale model. That's the only way for me to afford a BMW right now.

as if bmw is an awesome brand. but detail work is good. is it full plastic? metal body would be awesome.

nac said:
Anirban, Wrinkles is nice...

thanks

@cyberkid.. there you go. its optimized for 1920x1080 res monitor.

hope you dont have a problem with my watermark. its a necessary evil.

^ Thanks, Watermark? not at all. It's already made way as the desktop background on my laptop. Thanks again. :razz:

CyberKID said:
^ It's already made way as the desktop background on my laptop. Thanks again.

how about showing us how your desktop looks like with the the wallpaper?

and you are welcome!

anirbandd said:
as if bmw is an awesome brand. but detail work is good. is it full plastic? metal body would be awesome..

Is it not?
Okay, lets reframe: "That's the only luxury car I can afford at the moment". Fine now?

And yes, its full metal. More pics here: *www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/...cale-models-show-off-yours-47.html#post224951

It's looking great.
here you go with the screenshot. Have removed the icons for obvious reasons.
*i.imgur.com/wAFWOl.jpg

its looking nice!!

but its not 1080p... 1080p is most commonly 1920x1080.

btw.. WTH do you do with the WMPlayer?? :O

Nipun said:
Is it not?
Okay, lets reframe: "That's the only luxury car I can afford at the moment". Fine now?

And yes, its full metal. More pics here: *www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/...cale-models-show-off-yours-47.html#post224951

lOl..

right..

cool!

nice BMW shots nipun

@anirban that flower shots is looking real good cause of composition

nice work

thanks everyone for the comments. My query was if the edited pic looks poorly edited or editing is obvious?

Anirban : Flower and wrinkles are awesome

sujoyp said:
@anirban that flower shots is looking real good cause of composition nice work

marvelousprashant said:
Anirban: Flower and wrinkles are awesome

Thanks a lot!!

anirbandd said:
its looking nice!!

but its not 1080p... 1080p is most commonly 1920x1080.

btw.. WTH do you do with the WMPlayer?? :O

lOl.. right..

cool!

1080p was for my desktop (1920x1080p). That screenshot was from my laptop @1366x768.
As far as WMPlayer is concerned, I like it for listening to my music. Actually, I have a large music collection on my laptop (obviously illegal, i.e. downloaded) ~12K files spanning ~40 GB

, and IMO, WMP manages it quite well. Had a craze about Winamp a few years ago, but that got over, with WMP 10 coming in the scene.

hmm.. WMP is quite good at managing MP3 collections [provided it has all the detail infos] and playback.

Butterflies from my garden.....

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8205/8231145787_2c774f2d25.jpg
IMG_5080 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200), Aperture f/5.6, Focal Length 60 mm, ISO Speed 400.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8058/8231146099_d560baf9ae.jpg
IMG_5069 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 0.01 sec (1/100), Aperture f/5.6, Focal Length 60 mm, ISO Speed 320.

My pet, as always, on duty....

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8231145547_8d4fa7a25e.jpg
Focused!!! by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200), Aperture f/5.6, Focal Length 60 mm, ISO Speed 400.

@skr if it is your pet, get closer. Why use zoom? You are losing details because of ISO400

@skr.. that watermark is too conspicuous.

@marvelousprashant.... It definitely is my pet. I had to use zoom because I had to capture the mood of the moment and its pose. Had my pet seen me or even heard me, as I tried moving closer, it would have started jumping up and down all over me.

We all know how sharp a dog's ears are. And getting to make my pet pose for a picture is next to impossible :-D

You have mentioned "You are losing details because of ISO400" - can you please explain this to a novice!!!

Lower the ISO, sharper is the image and lesser is the noise/grain

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8487/8237077692_a7d1c23166.jpg
Who's Interested (2) by GouravKumar, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8339/8235996385_f5dc8e51d1.jpg
Sun Bathing by GouravKumar, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8204/8235996745_082f4e2fd0.jpg
Not so Wild-Fire by GouravKumar, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8236020679_3b142f0c67.jpg
Confidence by GouravKumar, on Flickr

^ Nice photos. Liked the first three much.

upgraded versions of my last post...

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8062/8240566783_764ee9440a_b.jpg
winterbloom_v2.0 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8240567077_c4a3b891d5_b.jpg
winterbloom_v2.1 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

anirban beautiful shots...but i think u should have used bit smaller aperture...too much blurring

wow!

that was the same thing i was thinking when i was converting the pics today.

Coolbuddy, Wonderful IQ

Anirban, Nice but bokeh looks little unreal. Some of 'em are like paint drawn (center bottom - right bottom). You can even try focus stacking for getting sharper images

Lonely Tree

*imageshack.us/a/img593/615/img85212.jpg
SX130 | Av - f/6.3 | Tv - 1/1600 sec | ISO - 80 |

Please leave your C&C.

Awesome!! Wonderful!

^ Thank you Anirban. I think the comment was for me

nice shot and compo nac..

^ Thank you sujoy...

nac said:
^ Thank you Anirban. I think the comment was for me

lol.. obviously.

Nice shot anirbandd. no matter what the technical shortcomings, visually, it's looking appealing to me.
@ Nac, liked your shot too. Good composition of the shot and the idea is also good.

Thank you Cyberkid...

My new Alto 800 LXi

*i.imgur.com/3SiHg.jpg
*i.imgur.com/PH38b.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Piuxo.jpg
*i.imgur.com/wFNMZ.jpg
*i.imgur.com/HxsWd.jpg
*i.imgur.com/D9RXm.jpg
*i.imgur.com/SollD.jpg
*i.imgur.com/WDZqN.jpg
*i.imgur.com/ouxIr.jpg
*i.imgur.com/ddlvx.jpg
*i.imgur.com/JVEls.jpg

nice!! should post in Show Off thread

car show off in the name of photograpy

...nice ones

anirbandd said:
nice!! should post in Show Off thread

Thanks. Already posted and this is not showoff

sujoyp said:
car show off in the name of photograpy ...nice ones

Thanks

Oh I thought its a automobile photography not automobile ''photograpy''

Tenida, Congrats for new Alto...

I already saw ur car in show off thread

@nac Nice eerie tree

@tenida like the second shot. Have the same car but older model

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8253829135_26fa296478_c.jpg
Sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8254900788_2d83f1bce3_c.jpg
sunset and reflection by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/8253827871_36808421b2_c.jpg
sunset silhouette by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8077/8253827325_f5ee114908_c.jpg
IMG_2581.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8218/8254899122_cfe044dec8_c.jpg
boat by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8339/8254898604_8b1879c640_c.jpg
tree by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8254898054_cae872eb65.jpg
flower by marvelprash, on Flickr

Sorry for spamming with so many photos at once

marvelousprashant said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8253829135_26fa296478_c.jpg
Sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

Nice!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8348/8254900788_2d83f1bce3_c.jpg
sunset and reflection by marvelprash, on Flickr

this one is awesome!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/8253827871_36808421b2_c.jpg
sunset silhouette by marvelprash, on Flickr

i sense a white balance/colour balance change...

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8077/8253827325_f5ee114908_c.jpg
IMG_2581.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

goood!! white balance/colour balance change?

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8218/8254899122_cfe044dec8_c.jpg
boat by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8339/8254898604_8b1879c640_c.jpg
tree by marvelprash, on Flickr

FTW pic.. awesome!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8254898054_cae872eb65.jpg
flower by marvelprash, on Flickr

Sorry for spamming with so many photos at once you should see the no. of images on my posts.

written inside quotes...... ^^^

@anirban I used Auto white balance. Only changed the tone of Boat and sunset pic. Some editing in last one too but not regarding white balance. Thanks. Much appreciated

awesome shots prashant...

A

nice clean shots @ marvelousprashant

*img12.imageshack.us/img12/5377/pgt4367.jpg

@^ Love it!!

marvelousprashant said:
@anirban I used Auto white balance. Only changed the tone of Boat and sunset pic. Some editing in last one too but not regarding white balance. Thanks. Much appreciated

yeah.. tone change. forgot about that.

but great shots, those are.

Some from my side-for C&C: :-D

All the photos are of the same flower (bud), taken from somewhat different angles.
1.
*i.imgur.com/hI9Ay.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 73
Exposure: 1/100 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

2.
*i.imgur.com/zCIg1.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO:91
Exposure: 1/100 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

3.
*i.imgur.com/2SEvL.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 73
Exposure: 1/100 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

4.
*i.imgur.com/Z89HA.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 73
Exposure: 1/100 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

5.
*i.imgur.com/wSf9s.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 79
Exposure: 1/100 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

Sorry guys, didn't intentionally resize the pics as I it felt necessary not to.

Little suggestion, if you are taking photo in "A" mode or "P" mode, there is no point in mentioning exif data

@cyberkid : those are good. They need little PP like contrast in background

@anirbandd- nice pics of winter bloom.
@nac- nice one
@marvelousprashant-2nd one has very nice colours, 4th n 5th are also very nice.
@CyberKID- last one is nice, try cloudy white balance it makes colours more warm and if possible combine three buds/flowers in a single shot(odd number).

marvelousprashant said:
Little suggestion, if you are taking photo in "A" mode or "P" mode, there is no point in mentioning exif data

taking pictures in A or P mode defeats the purpose of photography as an art. if someone is not limited by his cam, he should definitely use the Manual or Shutter/Aperture Priority mode. Thats IMO.

@cyberKID: nice pics, but the colour looks oversaturated. and it needs a bit of contrast.

'A' means auto or aperture priority???

In PASM dial A means aperture

My mistake. A is definitely Aperture priority. I meant Auto... and modes like Easy auto, program, Kids mode, scene mode...... You can specify these settings.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8070/8255760381_6f68343a11_c.jpg
Nature's drawing board by marvelprash, on Flickr

Added contrast, decreased exposure and removed shadows in Lightroom. Denoised using Topaz DeNoise

M

@prashant
Beautiful..did you tried taking the picture without electric wires

Prashant, Neat and clean shots...

Arian, Nice work...

Cyberkid, Some nice PP work would make it look much better...

And Thank you guys...

@mastervk. Not possible unless I uproot those poles

@nac thanks

@ marvelousprashant: sorry mate missed your shots. The sunsets and the tree were nice. The colour, in the boat also like just as good as it should be.
@ arian29: Your shot does looks nice.

marvelousprashant said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8070/8255760381_6f68343a11_c.jpg
Nature's drawing board by marvelprash, on Flickr

Added contrast, decreased exposure and removed shadows in Lightroom. Denoised using Topaz DeNoise

wonderful shot bro!! could have kept the pole at the left one third position. or any other. would have made nice subjects, and increased the picture depth.

@nac and @marvelousprashant.... Very nice shot composition of the 'tree'. The background shades add to the pensive mood of the lonely tree, in both your captures.

With spring round the corner, these tiny beauties have started building nests in my garden!!! and they are smaller than the size of a fist!!!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8217/8260905876_ec26feaf5f.jpg
IMG_5286 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8361/8260905548_bf8a4671ec.jpg
IMG_5273 by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/8259838011_c1d5fe6e19.jpg
IMG_5285 by skr sx130, on Flickr

I have created a new thread to disuss a particular topic.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-c...ocessing-photos-inputs-views-discussions.html

Was not sure if this thread could be used for discussions.

Kindly leave your valuable inputs.

Thank you SKR.

That's a nice little bird.
* Isolate your subject
* Your subject is under exposed (2nd image)... Green leaf is brighter enough to disturb...

BTB, one watermark is enough and leave the second water mark (green one).

@skr - first one is very nice

. the dark coloured branch really brings out attention towards the subject .try to shoot RAW to avoid clipping to some extent.

First shot is nice skr. Delicate balace between highlights and shadows

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8482/8261479510_b110c10e83_z.jpg
me n u by marvelprash, on Flickr

I thought of uploading then I totally forgot to do so.

This is a composite of 20 (30 sec) frames.

*img819.imageshack.us/img819/9088/img8113a.jpg
SX130| Av - f/3.4| Tv - 30 sec| ISO - 1600

Used Deepskystacker to stack and some tweaking (don't remember what I did).

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Cats

1 :

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8217/8262007930_db223185ae_c.jpg

2 :
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8197/8260861993_79591080cc_c.jpg

Mastervk,
Nice pet shot...

@mastervk 1st one is good

@nac why only 20 frames, battery died or your patience?

marvelousprashant said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8077/8253827325_f5ee114908_c.jpg
IMG_2581.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

Great shot!

Very good composition. Keep it up.

marvelousprashant said:
@nac why only 20 frames, battery died or your patience?

I read about 15 frames is enough to avoid noise so the lesser no.

Even if I wanted to take 100s of frames to get celestial pole visible, we don't have electricity for over night processing

Yeah, it take hours to process them.

With full battery I can take about 200 frames and this will take about 8hrs to process... :blink:

Batch resize them to 800 or 1000px width. No use of full resolution as no one will be seeing a 100% crop

For better result they suggested to use RAW. So I can't resize and save 'em RAW. We can take small images W or S, but then there ain't as many stars as in L.

@mastervk.... Pretty 'Kitty'

@nac.... The stars are possible only with 'hack' I believe, not with a normal sx130. One query though, while letting the camera capture, with exposure of 30 seconds for some 20 frames, did you give any time gaps or is the camera built to take such loads. What was the zoom. And is it posssible to capture star formations and constallations with this camera.

Some more of the winged beauties building the nest. This time I think I have composed the shots a little better than before :-D

, no post-processing except for the water marks.

THE BIRD.....
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8345/8268185659_12436ef91d.jpg
IMG_5300 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/400), Aperture f/5.6, Focal Length 60 mm, ISO Speed 250.

WINGS
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8220/8269256118_343b9c285c.jpg
IMG_5304 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 0.002 sec (1/640), Aperture f/5.6, Focal Length 60 mm, ISO Speed 200.

NEST BUILDING
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8269255658_7c07b44fb5.jpg
IMG_5289 by skr sx130, on Flickr
Exposure 0.003 sec (1/320), Aperture f/5.6, Focal Length 60 mm, ISO Speed 100.

Hope to capture the little ones in the future... :razz:

mastervk said:
Cats

1 :

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8217/8262007930_db223185ae_c.jpg

2 :
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8197/8260861993_79591080cc_c.jpg

awesome shots!

IMO, frame is an eye sore.

Skr, You can do it without hack, but you need to press the shutter without letting the camera shake (not even a little). Yes, I think it's possible to take photographs of constellations.

1. Nice bokeh
3. Good exposure and nice blue sky...

*pcdn.500px.net/20554835/bd56965eebaac665851cdc44336f8a810a470625/4.jpg
500px / Photo "Baby Bird" by Prashant Gupta

*pcdn.500px.net/20699657/bc762cc1b918272865ada73a6898a669e179e9da/4.jpg

500px / Photo "Waterfall" by Prashant Gupta

Ready for the frying pan...!!!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8492/8277588682_a47032638e.jpg
IMG_5331 by skr sx130, on Flickr

SKR, Good IQ

Prashant, I don't your last one is dull/flat don't know exactly what...

Now?

*pcdn.500px.net/20761999/74fd90a96274ce211d4d558ab1bc10d6e42985e4/4.jpg

@prashant. Now it looks even better than the previous one.

I stand nowhere near to what u all have shared. Taking everything step by step. Its been just 3 days since the camera got delivered and have finished reading the manual. Posting this pic cause i wanted a blurred background effect. Clicked in the manual mode, i want to know what better can be done

*i.imgur.com/KWtVv.jpg
f/5.6, 1/25, ISO-800

I like the tone
18-55 can go down to f/4.5 I guess. Couple that with shutter speed of 1/60 and ISO100 or 200 to get a sharper image and more background blur

Friends,

Few photogarphs for your feedback and critiques after a long long time. Thanks.

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@vimal
your macro shots are always treat to watch...what is your setup..if you have explained it in jjmf would love to see the link..

i have dedicated macro lens but always struggle with manual focus to get sharp image...

in 4th pic did you wanted to put hand OOF ?

Chrysanthemum of my garden!

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-6djppD1dPmM/UM9CxFm9J4I/AAAAAAAAzuQ/W3jTFS3NMjU/s800/Chandramallika_Pink.jpg

awesome shots Toofan

...vimal bhai this thread was missing your macro shots very much

Sony HX20V

clicked with 20x optical zoom

*imageshack.us/a/img832/2312/menap.th.jpg

Prashant, Better...

Vimal, Great macros... Have you tried focus stacking for your macros? I am just curious to see one of yours... Any processing on the 4th one?

Rhitwick, Nice flower...

Rockstar, Nice start...

* Control ISO. Try to keep it at base ISO
* For sharing, down size your image when posting. It takes too much time to load if you upload full res. photographs.

@toofan--- freakin awesome macro shots bro..

Click, Good IQ... Why ISO - 800? Just rig your camera with some books or something and go for longer exposure and use low ISO.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8478/8281528836_a81454d511.jpg
silky waterfall by marvelprash, on Flickr

Clicked another waterfall with 15s exposure

@Toofan like the bokeh in 4th pic

@toofan: Superb shots with awesome clarity and details.

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@prashant
Beautiful..where is this fall?

@mastevk Thanks. Hirakud, Orissa

marvelousprashant said:
I like the tone
18-55 can go down to f/4.5 I guess. Couple that with shutter speed of 1/60 and ISO100 or 200 to get a sharper image and more background blur

What wrong am i doing?

*i.imgur.com/d6Dgu.jpg
*i.imgur.com/8ahRH.jpg

*i.imgur.com/oQYZ7.jpg
f/5, 1/6, ISO-400

Suggestions please.

Thanks

maybe u are using matrix metering...use point metering and point the meter indicator on the viewfinder on the subject...then see...u can also use center metering coz u are keeping the subject on center

Click,
*For start, use Av mode... (If you're using M mode, than check exposure level indicator to adjust your exposure settings).
*If you are not using zoom, shoot at wide open aperture (f/3.5 in your kit lens).
*Since your subject is not gonna move, you can go for longer exposure.
*Shoot at lower sensitivity.

Thanks Cyberkid, prasanth, anirbandd, nac, Sujoy and mastervk for the comments.

Mastervk: these shots are made with reversed manual focus lens on D90. And 4th pic is shot at f 1.8 so yes the oof finger is intentional. Otherwise that background was not possible.

Nac: 1st one is focus stack of 3 images. I do it with my high magnification shots.

Prasantha: good work there.

Nac one of my fav. focus stack shot. a stack of 5 images. Others might have seen it.

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2282/5750237894_f141e204c9_b.jpg
Hover-Fly by toofan.v, on Flickr

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Great shots @toofan :razz:

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_PGT4709-159 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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_PGT4656-146 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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_PGT4588-123 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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_PGT4844-195 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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_PGT4731-168 by doomslyr, on Flickr

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_PGT4725-167 by doomslyr, on Flickr

@arian:

arian29 said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8484/8265421359_581b30b40d_z.jpg
_PGT4731-168 by doomslyr, on Flickr
like the candid nature of the shot

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_PGT4725-167 by doomslyr, on Flickr
chair toning is kinda good. should have done a full portrait of the chair..

Vimal, No, I haven't seen this one before... Probably you have shared a year ago... (before I joined this forum). Good one :thumbs:

Arian, First and second from last are good. 2nd one is kinda soft/blurry...

And what's that item with green chilly. I have never seen or heard of a recipe with this much chilly in it... :shock:

*i.imgur.com/ZdXLV.jpg
PP in photoshop CS3

Click, Nice one...

Is it a glass top or reflection itself a PP

Hi Friends! WISH YOU ALL A VERRRRY VERRRRY HAPPPPPYYYYY

PRALAYA -THE DOOMS DAY.....'THE' THE END!!!

I dont think I will be available after PRALAYA, if it happens, hence wishing in advance. :-D

ENNNNJJJOOOYYYY!!! AND CELEBRATE!!! :clap2:

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8360/8287364490_27ff8f872c.jpg
IMG_53681 by skr sx130, on Flickr

nac said:
Click, Nice one...

Is it a glass top or reflection itself a PP

Thanks Nac. Its a glass top

clickclick said:
What wrong am i doing?

*i.imgur.com/d6Dgu.jpg
*i.imgur.com/8ahRH.jpg

*i.imgur.com/oQYZ7.jpg
f/5, 1/6, ISO-400

Suggestions please.

Thanks

In the last pic you are using ISO400 and shutter of 1/6 (not very ideal). For getting the same exposure level at ISO100 you'll need to go down to 1sec which isnt recommended. Either get a f1.8/1.4 lens if you want to continue shooting or more light or a flash

*i.imgur.com/GYuRL.jpg

Here are a few pics from me

I have edited the pics, some slightly, others more so.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8292036800_8f51258eab_n.jpg
IMG_0671 copy by pranav0091, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8355/8290979999_d3fbf58d22_n.jpg
IMG_0223 copy by pranav0091, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8504/8290980269_2fa07e9cf1_n.jpg
IMG_0201 copy by pranav0091, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8292037892_355e487941_n.jpg
IMG_0173 copy by pranav0091, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8292038192_17e1c09170_n.jpg
IMG_0158 copy by pranav0091, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8503/8292038632_98f35dce58_n.jpg
IMG_0152 copy copy by pranav0091, on Flickr

Suggestions/critique very much welcome

@pranav

loved the grado

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8478/8281528836_a81454d511.jpg
silky waterfall by marvelprash

Loved your pic marvelprash..

But how did you manage the exposure?
All my long exposure daylight shots are getting overexposed..
I have the same camera as yours..

Anoop, That's HDR...

Prashant, Post a non-HDR version of that... I would like that.

@nac and anoop. No its not HDR. I took it in the evening after sunset. Around 6:30. Managed 15 seconds without overexposing. Enhanced shadows in Lightroom

^

It ain't???

Exactly a year ago to this date - 23/12/2011 - I got myself a wonderful companion, the Canon SX130IS.
Ofcourse, I would again like to recollect the patient guidance given by friends here, especially @sujoyp and @nac. :clap2:

Can't really believe its already a year and a year in which, this WONDERFUL companion of mine, has helped me to offset the turbulances in life.

I am posting here some of my opening captures with my very first digital camera.... as a complete novice handling a digital camera for the first time...!!!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8503/8299254239_4c5c1b50f0.jpg
Opening Freezes (5) by skr sx130, on Flickr

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Opening Freezes by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/8299252661_cab94ba239.jpg
Opening Freezes (1) by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8076/8299252311_954a07d665.jpg
Opening Freezes (2) by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8358/8300304148_ebff1065d6.jpg
Opening Freezes (4) by skr sx130, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8300304372_eb2e8a71eb.jpg
Opening Freezes (3) by skr sx130, on Flickr

^ Nice pics buddy, especially coming right out so early in your photo-career

PS: That watermark is too obtrusive IMO.. Why not make it more translucent and perhaps a better font as well?

SKR,

It's been a year!!!

You seem like you're more interested in photography than me... You may buy a DSLR in a year or two, I think. :thumbs:

Couldnt help the grill blocking the pigeon

*i.imgur.com/82SzG.jpg

@SKR

Great ....just keep practicing and have fun

@ skr: those are some good captures esp. when you know that it came from a n00b.
@ clickclick: nice capture.

1.
*i.imgur.com/Kv3Kwl.jpg
Image Details:
Aperture: 2.97
Focal Length: 5mm
ISO: 69
Exposure: 1/50 sec.
Post Processing Software: Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Only added watermark)

@cyberkid

Thanks man, though i bought a dslr, i am a noob too

i have lot to learn, loving each click on the canon

I can actually see human figures in the tree, superb capture

we all are noobs here. there is always something or the other for everyone, which he/she doesn't know.
That's why I was amazed and clicked the pics of that tree.

Hope you like these ,Its kinda noisy cause i cropped them
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8222/8303597356_e0853730b6.jpg
Antz by serpentakshay, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8493/8302544383_7e463ee497.jpg
It's a long way up-Ant by serpentakshay, on Flickr

theserpent said:
Hope you like these ,Its kinda noisy cause i cropped them

very nice

Thank you !

@nac.... Yes, photography has been a real passion for ages. Its only now that I have found the resources to pursue my passion.
@sujoyp.... For me, 'Clicking' means fun. :razz:

@pranav0091.... thank you.
@cyberkid.... thanks. The tree really looks spooky. Nature is the best creator of art.

@theserpent.... Nice try, but getting macros of insects, with a sx150 is a bit tricky. I felt the angle of the shot could have been different. And then, probably cropping could have been avoided.

*img51.imageshack.us/img51/5424/img9054qd.jpg

skr said:
@nac.... Yes, photography has been a real passion for ages. Its only now that I have found the resources to pursue my passion.
@sujoyp.... For me, 'Clicking' means fun.
@pranav0091.... thank you.
@cyberkid.... thanks. The tree really looks spooky. Nature is the best creator of art.

@theserpent.... Nice try, but getting macros of insects, with a sx150 is a bit tricky. I felt the angle of the shot could have been different. And then, probably cropping could have been avoided.

I can't get the camera to focus

..it took around 10 mins for the camera to get it in focus

^
Happens. maybe you were too close to the subject or maybe the background was cluttered.
Even with my 600D, I'm less than satisfied with the speed of focussing. Maybe I just expect too much.

Yep, your shots have a very 'contrasty' background, thats possibly why the focus was bit of an issue. Try to keep a dull-plain background if possible, that should help.

Merry Christmas everyone

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8080/8306655534_402cce13eb_n.jpg
272544_10200171787123236_1720999367_o by pranav0091, on Flickr

This one's from Deepavali...
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8083/8306655470_30a2eb9338_n.jpg
IMG_0699 copy by pranav0091, on Flickr

@pranav: fireworks is very nice shot!

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Fireworks is really nice.. I liked it very much.. Good one pranav..

@nac.... Focussedly out of focus!!! Nice colours.

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8082/8305869275_bfbe0ce6c7.jpg
Pigeon pair by skr sx130, on Flickr

The fireworks wasn't exactly that good looking right out of the camera. I stacked three of them in three layers and merged them as 'multiply'

This is the original.

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Some shots with canon 50-250 IS ..

1

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2

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8072/8311409644_c1d3fedeb8_c.jpg

Skr, That's how we can get this much bokeh (hexagon shaped)...

Pranav, That's a nice PP work.

Mastervk, Nice and smooth background. But dragonfly is not sharp enough...

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nac said:
Skr, That's how we can get this much bokeh (hexagon shaped)...

Pranav, That's a nice PP work.

Mastervk, Nice and smooth background. But dragonfly is not sharp enough...

@Nac

it was taken at 3200 ISO..lost all detail while denoising..will try denoising again with moderate settings...

mastervk said:
@Nac

it was taken at 3200 ISO..lost all detail while denoising..will try denoising again with moderate settings...

noise?? i think its camera shake bro..

nope mastervk is right he took the shot @3200ISO and then lost all details due to removal of noise and smoothening of picture..due to that the pic doesnt look to be in focus too

A macro of a cute Little Pink flower. Its size is just about the size of a Ten rupee coin.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8310844785_5ef6969c4e.jpg
IMG_5446 by skr sx130, on Flickr

By the way has anyone here tried 'ZOOM BURST'. ?!!!

Hello guys!

New here!
Random shots taken by Canon A3300 IS, bought 6 months ago.
Im trying to improve my skill, so suggestion are welcome!

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^^ all shots are nice...just I think monkey shot is out of focus...background looks more in focus

Taken with Nokia 5233 during our TDF Kolkata meet.

*i.imgur.com/hOXOy.jpg

Nice pic tenida

Our mangalore station is probably the worlds dirtiest railway station B)

theserpent said:
Nice pic tenida
Our mangalore station is probably the worlds dirtiest railway station B)

Thanks but I heard Mangalore is very clean place

which is better??
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8353/8314694132_bd9e9f8c40_b.jpg
_MG_0118a by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8223/8314694268_b36dffe007_b.jpg
_MG_0118 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

and comments on the photo itself are welcome.

Tenida said:
Thanks but I heard Mangalore is very clean place

Mangalore is one of the cleanest city in India[Some areas are] railway station is the worst.

@anirbandd: Nice composition of the first one.

Nice pic anir

Skr, Nice but kinda soft...

Axel, Nice and great...

Anirban, Colour one is nice but not sharp enough... (but still it's good)

^ yep it was handheld shot @ 1/10s, f3.5 1600ISO. so have lost some sharpness during noise removal.

^

at 1600 not as grainy as I would expect... Good noise removal...

B&W is little more noisier than the colour one.

Tenida, You guys enjoyed uh...

I wanted to try this water drop shot. Actually, it's not a proper attempt. But still they are here for your C&C

*imageshack.us/a/img842/6202/img9151m.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img204/6643/img9155g.jpg

@nac Your shot is great... but it would have been better in natural setting.

Tried some product photography
[*farm9.staticflickr.com/8082/8320475665_24cdf745fd_c.jpg
Untitled-1 - Copy.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

Everything except shoe is PS

Prashant, Call Adidas and make a deal :doublethumb:

Nice shot Nac

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@nac
Nice pic...how much effort it took for post processing

mastervk said:
@nac
Nice pic...

Thank you...

mastervk said:
how much effort it took for post processing

Asking me or Prashant??? If me,
It didn't take a lot of time... My usual touch up, that's it...

Thank you Serpent and Prashant...

@ nac What did you use below the drop?

^ Syringe...

nice shot prashant...it look soo pro

@nac good try but u need to drop the drop on something...pic with a dropper is not photogenic....people use a small quantity of sugar in water to make it more thick...or u can also use honey

^ Yeah, I sure do that next time.

I have tried captioning my images, what i felt while capturing these photographs at that moment.I did a lot of work in bringing my impressions to life, and it took more than a day to do these.All it took was Photoshop Cs6 and my little sense of creativity.

I did my best in showing my perspective, if u think anything needs to be corrected, please tell me.
ALL I NEED IS SOME KIND OF FEEDBACK..SO I CAN IMPROVE!

1.The beauty of nature.
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8361/8322668618_b2b536d293.jpg

2.Let yourself out!
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8503/8321607633_810018ab27.jpg

3.FRIENDS = FUN UNLIMITED!
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4.Summer wave
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8321606849_cf3cf84d3e.jpg

^
1. Liked your idea of QR code as watermark. A bit intrusive but fresh thinking.
2. In the 4th image a little PS magic to create lens flare (and maybe some blur/brush stroke to create the refraction effect seen in extreme summer). Otherwise it looks very plain

@sujoy Thanks. First attempt at something like this in PS

Axel,
Nice IQ. First two photographs are nice

marvelousprashant said:
^
1. Liked your idea of QR code as watermark. A bit intrusive but fresh thinking.
2. In the 4th image a little PS magic to create lens flare (and maybe some blur/brush stroke to create the refraction effect seen in extreme summer). Otherwise it looks very plain

1.Thank you prashantmarvelous! sure QR looks disturbing

2.Ill try to do that

Axel,
Nice IQ. First two photographs are nice

Thank you nac! Took me a lot of time to try that 'FIRE'
text.!
IQ,.. hehe

*i.imgur.com/qDtB3.jpg

*i.imgur.com/mOA9i.jpg

*i.imgur.com/Qpci4.jpg

*i.imgur.com/pbPxv.jpg

*i.imgur.com/bW2z8.jpg

*i.imgur.com/oOtSI.jpg

Guys here are some pics I took recently (Some are from Diwali)..

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*farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8197684165_9dde6ff4da.jpg
I realized after taking the photo that flash would have helped..

I have some questions(Some are unrelated but didn't know which thread to ask)..

1.I loved the bokeh photography posted by toofan ,nac, pranav0091 and marvelousprashant (from the portion of this thread I have seen so far..)
My question is, for bokeh we have focus much beyond the small light source or behind?
And how do you get different shapes?

2. Is it possible to make a intervalometer for a P&S camera without a 3 pin connector? (Preferably without hacking)
As in the pic above I have an Arduino Uno microcontroller. Will that be of any help?
(I have a Canon Powershot SX240HS)

3.My friend is interested in buying a bridge camera with a budget around 20k.. He is unable to decide b/w Nikon P510 (18.6k on ebay) and Panasonic FZ60 (19.4k on Flipkart). Which is better? Should he consider Fuji HS30EXR?

Anoop,
Nice firework photographs...
3rd one is slightly over exposed.

I have replied to your query here

Tenida, People walking in the corridor is nice.

MARIGOLD SET - 1

*imageshack.us/a/img547/7329/img9262k.jpg
SX130| Av - f/5.6| Tv - 1/500 sec| ISO - 80

*imageshack.us/a/img831/2129/img9236w.jpg
SX130| Av - f/5.6| Tv - 1/400 sec| ISO - 80

*img443.imageshack.us/img443/4231/img9238t.jpg
SX130| Av - f/5.6| Tv - 1/640 sec| ISO - 80

Please do C&C

*i.imgur.com/cWe2H.jpg

@nac petals towards center are nice and sharp but margins not very clear at peripheral regions. Also the last picture has some highlight clipping. Overall they look good. Some PP might help in enhancing the lost details

Also you have lost your watermark in last image

@nac petals towards center are nice and sharp but margins not very clear at peripheral regions. Also the last picture has some highlight clipping. Overall they look good. Some PP might help in enhancing the lost details

Also you have lost your watermark in last image

@prashant
marvelous work with the adidas

@nac
2nd flower is amazing

Guys i have a question, Had gone to the beach today,While shooting in shutter speed mode, in speed 15" to 1/4 or similar the whole image was white(Coudn't see the image on screen before shooting too), even though exposure was -2, flash was off whys that? but shooting at 1/500+ the image was visible..I seriously understand

Anyways here are some i clicked hope you like them

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8326006074_a344aee870.jpg
Corn in the beach by serpentakshay, on Flickr

@nac Awesome Macros! Can never get my cam to blur the background so nicely

M

Some pics ...

1 : *farm9.staticflickr.com/8358/8325216019_28cf00f01f_c.jpg

2: *farm9.staticflickr.com/8359/8325214033_23c933b595_c.jpg

3 : *farm9.staticflickr.com/8362/8325221063_321e83693a_c.jpg

4 :*farm9.staticflickr.com/8351/8326281254_4b78f04014_c.jpg

@mastervk ....other then ur fish shot all others r neither portraits nor street photography....u should have told them to do there work while clicking or should have taken a proper bokeh wala portrait shot

M

@sujoy
After seeing camera they stopped working.. Maybe a long lens will help..

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8083/8326266638_f3c6c8d89c_c.jpg

Click,
Wouldn't everything be in focus in product photography? I don't know... I am just asking...]

marvelousprashant said:
@nac petals towards center are nice and sharp but margins not very clear at peripheral regions. Also the last picture has some highlight clipping. Overall they look good. Some PP might help in enhancing the lost details

Also you have lost your watermark in last image

I tried to get the details by reducing exposure but the flower gets darker. Yeah,

watermark is not visible in the last one... I should create a darker one.

theserpent said:
Guys i have a question, Had gone to the beach today,While shooting in shutter speed mode, in speed 15" to 1/4 or similar the whole image was white(Coudn't see the image on screen before shooting too), even though exposure was -2, flash was off whys that? but shooting at 1/500+ the image was visible..I seriously understand

You will see the other one (aperture in Tv mode) in orange when shutter pressed halfway, which means that the exposure has crossed the limit. So adjust until you get it in white... If it's OK you can turn on "Safety shift".

Thank you guys for commenting on my photographs...

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8498/8325633476_0db0e968aa_b.jpg
Foggy Sunrise by marvelprash, on Flickr

Mastervk nice shots

Nice one Prashant... Crop or clone out the electric line...

sujoyp said:
people use a small quantity of sugar in water to make it more thick...or u can also use honey

Thanks for the tip Sujoy... I have read this in Aroon Kalandy's tips but didn't strike when I tried.

nac said:
Click,
Wouldn't everything be in focus in product photography? I don't know... I am just asking...]

was just playing with the settings, product photography wasnt really the intention to click

M

@prashant..
nice pic..you live at a beautiful place...

nac said:
Click,
Wouldn't everything be in focus in product photography? I don't know... I am just asking...]

I tried to get the details by reducing exposure but the flower gets darker. Yeah, watermark is not visible in the last one... I should create a darker one.

You will see the other one (aperture in Tv mode) in orange when shutter pressed halfway, which means that the exposure has crossed the limit. So adjust until you get it in white... If it's OK you can turn on "Safety shift".

Thank you guys for commenting on my photographs...

How do i turn it on?

@nac.... Nice composition of the flower. I felt the yellow was a tad bit too bright. However nice bokeh.

An attempt at manual focus, focussing on the peas at the front and gradually blurring, as you move on to the top....

Mr Bean (or is it peas?!!!)
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8362/8328401199_ca23bbc918.jpg
IMG_5551 by skr sx130, on Flickr

skr composition is great...nice shot

Serpent, From menu (right bottom button), you can turn it on. Refer pg no. 96 and 97

Skr, Nice one...

MARIGOLD 2
*img42.imageshack.us/img42/1341/img9360b.jpg
SX130| Av - f/3.4| Tv - 1/1250 sec| ISO - 80

@nac.... This marigold is really worth its weight in gold....

Wish you all a very Happy Healthy and Prosperous New Year 2013!!!

A NEW DAWN BECKONS!!!
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8215/8330325678_7c9ba2e197.jpg
IMG_1673 by skr sx130, on Flickr

Lovely capture nac

Thanks SKR and Prashant...

*img109.imageshack.us/img109/7131/img8367x.jpg

@nac - nice pic of marigold actually i see the clouds forming a beautiful frame around the flower from left bottom.
@marvelousprashant -nice panorama , but how did u avoid distortion ?( i mean in the center normally many times it forms a buldge ), how much %overlap u kept? n how many shots u took?

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8071/8306518905_47db05969b_z_d.jpg
grandpa n grand son , reminds me of my own childhood.
samsung D760. taken in program mode.

tried friend's canon sx150is ,very nice camera . for 7.3k ,deal is hard to resist with the features it has.
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8214/8332694747_2e2c66f461_b_d.jpg
taken in program mode.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8219/8332696371_3c79c7722e_b_d.jpg
program mode with MF set to 1cm

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8497/8330878838_5c459b05f0_b_d.jpg
last sunset of 2012. program mode(HDR) @-2,0,+2 ev.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8354/8306518775_73dfbcba9e_b_d.jpg
height of lazines.

^ Nice captures!

lm2k said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8354/8306518775_73dfbcba9e_b_d.jpg
height of lazines.

lol shot

@nac beautiful shot...the light blue sky is giving great BG

Im2k ur last sunset is superb...very nice composition

Lm2k, Road shot is good. Nice compo... Flower shot is good but kinda soft... may be slightly "off" focus and too much crop I think.

Cat shot is so good :lol:

Thank you lm2k and Sujoy.

@Im2k I corrected distortion in Lightroom. I dont remember how much overlap. It was 6:30 and freezing cold. Took 4 pics. After cropping and distortion correction the pic size was 35.7MP

anirbandd said:
lol shot

a telefoto makes subjects more vulnerable to be shot like that.

@CyberKID,@sujoyp,@nac -thnx
@marvelousprashant -thnx for info. i hav tried a panaroma but never corrected it for distortion. i ll try n post my results soon.

lm2k said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8497/8330878838_5c459b05f0_b_d.jpg
last sunset of 2012. program mode(HDR) @-2,0,+2 ev.

Good composition. My suggestion crop the photo from down side till the very base of the structure. Well do not touch the base but keep 2-3 cm spare.

And, you are playing with ev. It does nnot help much other than brightening the photo. Play with exposure, ISO and focus. If the cam has program mode, should have support of changing the values of the mentioned features.

For those who are interested in astrophotography, here is the Orion constellation I took last night. Exposure 20 seconds. OMG, it's full of stars!!!

@Im2k.... Nice captures. The grand father-grand son picture gives a nostaligic feel because of the black and white, plus nice composition. Lazy mood is written all over the cats face and the picture. :razz:

@rhitwick - thnx . both way it will look nice . i kept that small path as foreground ,by cropping that building wud become foreground against the sky so even this wud look nice . i wanted to include the path to form a line towards the middle ground n background. the sun was still brite so when i pointed my camera towards it entire frame became dark, so for i used hdr >3 fotos @+2,0 -2 EV here.
@skr - thnx. the first pic means a lot to me, it was my childhood i saw it n i captured it :-D

tried star-trails in north direction.
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8339057338_71fb4730ab_b_d.jpg
kamera- camon sx150is using f/3.4 , 10sec @800iso in manual mode.focus was set to infinity in MF. setting custom timer ->1 sec-10 shots so manual press of button after 10 shots, 70 shots total.
software-->StarStaX_0.52_Win.

problem here is that
1) camera performs dark frame substraction for each foto so each 10sec exposure needs 10+10+(2 sec for processing)=22 sec time or interval is 12sec approx---how to disable dark frame substraction? coz this is causing the trails to look like arcs of dots n not smooth streaks.
2)there is a eye like formation in the center of the frame , is this due to absence of lense ho0d?
there were 3 street lites towars left @200m distance n 2 on rite @ 250m n one smaller lite one about 20m. camera was 30feet above ground mounted on velboncx440 tripod.time was between 7.30 pm to 8. pm.
any suggestions? links to tutorials that have worked n addressed these issues?pls.

Dark frame subtraction can be disabled in CHDK (not sure)
Or you can use photooshop. Duplicate layer. Decrease opacity to 50% Move the center of image to pole star and rotate a little to fill in the gaps. You can then merge both layers. Duplicate the merged layer and use "multiply"

Blackpearl, It's not sharp... kinda trail or motion (camera) blur...

Lm2k, Nice one... :thumbs:

I thinks it's (dark frame substraction) common for all the cameras. You can try CHDK to avoid the delay.
I am not sure about that "eye", probably it's a Stargate

Suggestions... There are plenty out there online. Just google it...
Pleasing foreground subject would be good.

For inspiration watch this video

Prashant, Yes, in CHDK we can disable dark frame substraction. Still it takes about 8 seconds shot-to-shot interval when I tried 32 sec exposure.

PS: Watch the video with audio on...

ok i ll try that in chdk n report my findings asap. thnx for suggestions.

nac said:
I am not sure about that "eye", probably it's a Stargate

lol

@nac - thnx for that vid. it is really great especialy that whirl wind cloud n moving radiotelescopes.

G

First post in photography section.
Here's one taken sometime back last year.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8285&d=1357233736

Any tips on how to not overexpose light sources pointing at the camera for these kind of photos ?
I'd like to get something like this - *cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_3onXVC89YM/s/850/680/13CH1005-389.jpg

*img689.imageshack.us/img689/4923/sunset2t.jpg

Sony HX20V with Optical Zoom

^ Nice start Rocky...

*i.imgur.com/qtzTf.jpg

nac said:
^ Nice start Rocky...

thanks

Gen, If your camera does have manual exposure controls, use smallest aperture and longest exposure. If it's over exposed, reduce the length of the exposure.

I accidentally photographed sunspots once with my old Sony Hx1, some 2 years ago.

The images are a bit blurry because I wasn't shooting sunspots. I was just shooting sunsets. Later when I viewed them on the computer I was intrigued by a dark spot that appeared on each shot at exactly the same position on the face of the sun. A quick visit to SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids confirmed my suspicion - it was a sunspot!

*i.imgur.com/kRyT0.jpg

Blackpearl,
:wow:

that's nice... I really wanted to shoot venus transit last June. I even got up early, but I had some other work to do on that day...

Nice click rockstar.
@ clickclick: the candle itself seems to be somewhat out of focus but not it's flame.

G

nac said:
Gen, If your camera does have manual exposure controls, use smallest aperture and longest exposure. If it's over exposed, reduce the length of the exposure.

Thanks for the tip on aperture. I guess reducing exposure time won't help, I won't get enough trails.

@clickclick - The candle shot is quite good.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8314&d=1357397955
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8315&d=1357397962

CyberKID said:
@ clickclick: the candle itself seems to be somewhat out of focus but not it's flame.

I purposely focused only the flame

Gen.Libeb said:
@clickclick - The candle shot is quite good.

Thanks Gen, shot the candle in the washroom

Loved the second guitar shot, nice work

Gen,
Reduce the exposure only if you're getting over exposed shots... If you're trying this in bright lit condition, then you need ND filter.

blackpearl said:
I accidentally photographed sunspots once with my old Sony Hx1, some 2 years ago.

The images are a bit blurry because I wasn't shooting sunspots. I was just shooting sunsets. Later when I viewed them on the computer I was intrigued by a dark spot that appeared on each shot at exactly the same position on the face of the sun. A quick visit to SpaceWeather.com -- News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids confirmed my suspicion - it was a sunspot!

*i.imgur.com/kRyT0.jpg

Interesting

. it could not be sensor dust.

@Gen.Libeb - second one came out very nice. Depth of field is too much shallo. can u post Av,Tv,focal length n iso for both.

@Gen.Libeb I like the first guitar shot. Great creative work with shallow DoF.

Yesterday this photo was published in Ei Samay,a bengali tabloid from Times Group. i dont see the bengali paper, it was brought to my notice only in the late evening when my dad was reading it.

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7146/6471595399_78bda4953f_b.jpg
_MG_0072 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

*i.imgur.com/7eUUc.jpg

anirbandd said:
Yesterday this photo was published in Ei Samay,a bengali tabloid from Times Group. i dont see the bengali paper, it was brought to my notice only in the late evening when my dad was reading it.

nice one ,very neatly composed without any obstrusive elements.Did u took it from over-bridge?. BTW what was the column about?

@clickclick - nice wall-hanging.

G

@anirbandd - That is one really great shot.
Thanks to Nac, lm2k & marvelousprashant.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8330&d=1357485130
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8329&d=1357485125
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8328&d=1357485121

Nice photos guys.
Btw heres something from my recent trip to kolkata.

*s7.postimage.org/57jq0e4m3/011_resize_copy.jpg
upload foto
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upload photos
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upload foto
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images
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photo sharing websites
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image upload

Criticisms are welcome for improvement.

^last one is really good. the beak n eyes of the kite and the curve formed by its head n neck.
some of u r shots have more yellows .

lm2k said:
nice one ,very neatly composed without any obstrusive elements.Did u took it from over-bridge?. BTW what was the column about?

Gen.Libeb said:
@anirbandd - That is one really great shot.

thanks!

@lm2k its wasnt about anything.. just a space for readers' photos on Kolkata.

*img802.imageshack.us/img802/3343/dsc00140large.jpg

lm2k said:
^last one is really good. the beak n eyes of the kite and the curve formed by its head n neck.
some of u r shots have more yellows .

Thanks yep the last one is my favourite too.Well as for your second comment i think thats because except for that tiger shot rest all are little bit post processed (first one is heavily post processed and i think it went wrong somewhere).

G

lm2k said:
@Gen.Libeb - second one came out very nice. Depth of field is too much shallo. can u post Av,Tv,focal length n iso for both.

Thanks for your post.
ISO - 100.
Av,Tv - I don't have those in my camera.
Focal length - I don't know, F3.5 may be. There isn't much control over this either, anyways there is a lot of post processing in those 2 photos for this to be meaningful.

@quan chi - Some of your shots are nice, Last one is definitely the best.

@Rockstar11 - Nice pose. But its a bit too noisy & a little more saturation could help I guess.

anirbandd said:
thanks!

@lm2k its wasnt about anything.. just a space for readers' photos on Kolkata.

Hey, can you post the ExIf values of that image?

^ f/11, 25sec, ISO: 100

Anirban, Congrats :thumbs:

Quanchi, Mobile camera? Kite is nice...

nac said:
Anirban, Congrats

Quanchi, Mobile camera? Kite is nice...

Lol no.sorry i forgot to mention its Sx150.Thanks btw.

I have some other pics too will try to post them later.

Hope you guys not hungry

Tried some food photography

*i.imgur.com/tGS9Q.jpg
*i.imgur.com/FbDdC.jpg
*i.imgur.com/0vpLf.jpg
*i.imgur.com/pcYnu.jpg
*i.imgur.com/nxTvX.jpg

Yummmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyy

clickclick said:
*i.imgur.com/7eUUc.jpg

I have this wall hanging too

@Tenida: now that is mouth watering maan!!!

Click, Nice one...

Tenida said:
Hope you guys not hungry Tried some food photography

tenida!! jemon naam tamon kaam!!

ke ranna korlo?

btw, why is the table so big??

btw.. aato dekhi khachchho.. hojom hobena kintu!!

anirbandd said:
tenida!! jemon naam tamon kaam!! ke ranna korlo?

btw, why is the table so big??

btw.. aato dekhi khachchho.. hojom hobena kintu!!

Ordered from Alibaba, Bosepukur

Table ta boro :O eta to center table , eta amar bari te tola chobi

ar eta sotti photography purpose e post korlam ekhane

...
hozom hehhe eta 1st jan e already hojom hoye geche

Pala r hozom na hote pare ..but Tenida ar hozom hobe na huh

wow...food looks tasty

BTW eto bangla te kotha bolo na...lokera objection korte lagbe kintu

(dont talk in bangla else people will start objecting on it)

Don't use english words in bangla. Otherwise I know what you are talking

sujoyp said:
wow...food looks tasty

BTW eto bangla te kotha bolo na...lokera objection korte lagbe kintu (dont talk in bangla else people will start objecting on it)

hehhe alright

Used spoiler now

Faun said:
Don't use english words in bangla. Otherwise I know what you are talking

You can know anyways with google translation option but its not always correct though

G

This if of last year.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8364&d=1357709661

anirbandd said:
^ f/11, 25sec, ISO: 100

:sigh: my cam does not go beyond 10 Sec. f/11 is also not possible.

This is how I tried once,
*farm7.staticflickr.com/6159/6268821605_dc5a3e80bc_z.jpg
IMG_3193 by rH1twick, on Flickr

10 sec ƒ/7.1 ISO 80

A

Maha Kumbh is here and ill be in in Allahabad from the 8th till the 11th.. . This is gonna be new for me. There will be people people and people all around .

Gear.. am thinking ill take with me, My D7000 with 50mm 1.8 and 16-85mm and the 70-300mm.
Tripod yes though am not sure how feasible it will be to carry one.
Any suggestions/experiences

yes 1 suggession...dont carry all that gear with you ....just keep the gear u can keep in your jacket pockets...carrying bag is a very bad idea....there will be so much crowd that u wont get enough chance to change lens...and even if u get u should not by any chance keep ur bag down on the ground...

Ok now y I am telling this ...a fellow forum member in other forum lost his 2 lakh worth cam lenses n all in his bag in ganpati visarjan mumbai...just when he put the bag down for some reasons.

a simpler solution...get a sling bag with easy access so that u can bring out the gears from that bag without a need to keep it anywhere...just swing in forward and take out things

A

I will be taking this bag.. >> Lowepro - Flipside 300 Lowepro claims it to be a crowd bag..
As for the lenses i guess you are right.. wont be able to change.. guess will keep one lens for a day. Not sure if i should carry the 70-300,, it'll be very helpful in capturing far events but is really painful to carry around without a mono or a tripod..

ur bag is a complete backpack with no easy access....to change lens you have too put whole bag down and then unzip to remove lenses which is not suitable for that environment....thats y I told you about sling bags....check lowepro slingshot...it have side access ....I just want ur gear to be safe ....actually u may find 70-300 most useful there coz either u would be taking portraits or zooming in on events....

arian29 said:
I will be taking this bag.. >> Lowepro - Flipside 300 Lowepro claims it to be a crowd bag..
As for the lenses i guess you are right.. wont be able to change.. guess will keep one lens for a day. Not sure if i should carry the 70-300,, it'll be very helpful in capturing far events but is really painful to carry around without a mono or a tripod..

i dont think those lowerpro guys are experienced in Kumbh Mela type crowds.. they are referring to the more civilised crowds in their countries..

Rhitwick, Too much light for a long exposure...

It's nice to stay under these leaves on a sunny day...
*imageshack.us/a/img829/4343/img9712f.jpg

Hey! I am little busy up here...
*imageshack.us/a/img209/2842/img9743t.jpg

nac said:
Rhitwick, Too much light for a long exposure...

Can't help.
With lower exposure I wasn't getting goot light trails and with higher exposure the photos are washed out.

@rhitwick- nice one sir. i too had tried that but results never up to my satisfaction, either darkness consumed lites or hilites blew up darks.
@nac - first on is nice. Did u used i kontrast here? focallength? av?

*distilleryimage11.s3.amazonaws.com/ac7e0de4f32011e1b0f022000a1de67b_7.jpg

Abhi, A similar one was posted few days ago.

Lm2k, Thank you... I think it's (i-contrast) on all the time.

Rhitwick, Then you should have try where there is no bright light...
Was it a signal? It may be the reason for washout... Trying it in a highway is better than in a city lanes with signals... And try it at wide angle settings...

^yea...I have the same wall hanging....

nac said:
Rhitwick, Then you should have try where there is no bright light...
Was it a signal? It may be the reason for washout... Trying it in a highway is better than in a city lanes with signals... And try it at wide angle settings...

Taken at 12AM at night. I was on a footover bridge over this road. No signal anywhere.
Camera used Canon SX10IS P&S. May be some sensor limitation or IDK

Rhitwick, I think I didn't offend you by asking you to try, did I?

If the vehicles stayed put with head lights on in the signal, we would get this overexposed shots. So I asked.. Yeah, saw some of the exif info in flickr. I tried once, even with a wide open aperture it wasn't this much over exposed. So the lights are brighter enough to over expose in your case, I think. No offense, again...

rhitwick said:
Taken at 12AM at night. I was on a footover bridge over this road. No signal anywhere.
Camera used Canon SX10IS P&S. May be some sensor limitation or IDK

SX10IS is a very capable advanced point n shoot. u can try more beter shots. experiment with shutter speeds . exact shutter speed n aperture opening depend on the traffik n speed of the vehicles passing by , a trial n error is necessary here.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8096/8367442034_729947ce0e_z_d.jpg
Kamera- Samsung d760. Exposure program- Manual mode,Av-F/8.4 Tv-8secs, focal length-38mm(35mm eq) @iso-80

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8221/8367441862_0f000a4186_z_d.jpg
Kamera- Samsung d760. Exposure program- Manual mode,AV-F/8.4 Tv-8secs, focal length-38mm(35mm eq) @iso-80

Lm2k, 2nd is nice... And you weren't satisfied with this :blank:

Few night shots, tried a week ago... Please leave your C&C...

*imageshack.us/a/img823/6779/img9534o.jpg
SX130| Av - f/3.4| Tv - 15sec|ISO - 200| F - 28mm

*imageshack.us/a/img837/5669/img9511g.jpg
SX130| Av - f/3.4| Tv - 15sec|ISO - 400| F - 28mm

*imageshack.us/a/img138/8779/img9494ub.jpg
SX130| Av - f/3.4| Tv - 15sec|ISO - 400| F - 28mm

nac said:
Lm2k, 2nd is nice... And you weren't satisfied with this

ya; in the first one the i cud hav avoided the truck n brot the bicycle rider a bit closer to centre. n in second one the traffic was too low so didnt got the desired effect . Ideally there shud hav been equal amounts of lites n blacks ,a balance between these. these were taken long time back.

BTW the shoots u posted, these hav both the sun n starz,i guess these r sunset shots.in last two shots sun is carefully placed without obstructing any other shapes

. n which tripod u used?

Actually they are moonrise, shot around 2300hrs. I don't have a tripod, just placed the camera in a wall.

nac said:
Actually they are moonrise.

OOps

the brite sky n yelloish shade around the moon tells a different story ,may b coz of long exposure. the moon rise shots r nice.

Yeah, if the same setting was tried at sunset, almost entire sky would have come washed out...

rhitwick said:
Taken at 12AM at night. I was on a footover bridge over this road. No signal anywhere.
Camera used Canon SX10IS P&S. May be some sensor limitation or IDK

Glasses. Try putting a dark sunglass infront of your lens.. or two if needed. Thats cumbersome, I agree, but it should help you get better trails with lesser washouts

nac said:
Lm2k, 2nd is nice... And you weren't satisfied with this

Few night shots, tried a week ago... Please leave your C&C...

*imageshack.us/a/img823/6779/img9534o.jpg
SX130| Av - f/3.4| Tv - 15sec|ISO - 200| F - 28mm

*imageshack.us/a/img837/5669/img9511g.jpg
SX130| Av - f/3.4| Tv - 15sec|ISO - 400| F - 28mm

*imageshack.us/a/img138/8779/img9494ub.jpg
SX130| Av - f/3.4| Tv - 15sec|ISO - 400| F - 28mm

superb...

can i click this typ of setting with sony hx20v?

Rocky, Thank you... You can take much better than this...

G

nac said:
Few night shots, tried a week ago... Please leave your C&C...

Nice. The 3rd is the best. Well done to capture the moon like that.
I think you can crop out the out of focus lower thirds / fourths in all of them,. It is not really adding much to the photo.

Thank you Gen. That was a nice C/C. I keep that in mind... Thanks a lot...

@arian29 I hope you have taken pics of sadhus in the river at sunrise. And of the new Yamuna bridge

. Waiting to see them

@nac You are a very dedicated photographer. It is a very daring task to go on the roof at night in this winter

^

nah, it's not that cold here at my place...

Digi Cam

Nice capture Tejas.
One from my side.
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DSC_2734 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

Took this one in morning on a cloudy/foggy day, so some visible grainy background.

@nac

very nice clicks mate

Kid, Nice one...

Thank you Click..

Tejas, I am not sure, should have tried at longer focal length. It looks kinda bloated... (It happens when we shoot at wide angle)

i just wanted to share this pic, no efforts put in to click this

just that i found this 18 year old film camera in the store cabinet

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Now I am confused. Why is there an ISO button? I thought films had fixed ISO

Films had fixed ISO but they came in diff. variants. 100 speed, 200speed, 400Speed. May be depending on your film you are supposed to set the button.

i dont know

@CyberKID - nice flower, petals in the center create a nice effect.

Roof Tops of Alandi.
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^^ Very good shot!! [foggy??]

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_MG_0156 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

anirbandd said:
^^ Very good shot!! [foggy??]

oh thnx. ya it was foggy. taken aroung 6AM feb long time back.

u r both shots are awesome. second one is a very nice implementation of odd rule of composition

u did selective colouring in kamera or is it photoshop?

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@anirbandd - Nice , the vegetables real or plastic ?

the vegetables look real to me

nice shot anirbandd

lm2k said:
oh thnx. ya it was foggy. taken aroung 6AM feb long time back.

u r both shots are awesome. second one is a very nice implementation of odd rule of composition
u did selective colouring in kamera or is it photoshop?

photoshop RAW tool

Gen.Libeb said:
@anirbandd - Nice , the vegetables real or plastic ?

clickclick said:
the vegetables look real to me nice shot anirbandd

Real veggies

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@prashant.. yamuna bridge in Allahabad ? am yet to go there.. next month

As for the bag,, i do have the slingshot 202aw but the risk is that it can be unzipped and opened from the back, so not secure in a crowd.. as for the flipside, its secure. The flipside has a belt type strap on it which allows it be opened without keeping it on the ground, its not very smooth though, but good

Here is a rather big set from my visit home last weekend

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IMG_1442e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1395e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1366e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1359e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1354e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1335e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1333e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1328e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1325 by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1320e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1242e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_1176 by pranav0091, on Flickr

Pranav, Some of the cat shots are nice

Anirban, Second one is good

Lm2k, Nice and new...

Blue Sky

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@pranav: avoid same kind shots -> cat.

speaking of cats, i dont believe i have posted these here:

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_MG_0264 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

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_MG_0261 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

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all these are my instagram pics....

lovely cat shots pranav, beautiful eyes,

superb cat shots by anirbandd too

Abhi, Second one is good. First's focus is little off...

:hyper:

Finally, I have captured butterfly... It took me more than one year to click one...

For your C&C

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SX130| Av - f/5.6| Tv - 1/125 sec| ISO - 80| F - 336mm

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SX130| Av - f/3.4| Tv - 1/640 sec| ISO - 200| F - 28mm

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SX130| Av - f/3.4| Tv - 1/250 sec| ISO - 80| F - 28mm

Anirban, Good work...

Tenida, I guessed it right that the photograph is from SX1xx when the image is getting loaded. You know, I have shot very similar shot a lot of times.

@nac- no its taken with canon Powershot A520.

So the IQ of A520 and SX130 is also similar

@nac

third butterfly has come out real good

@nac- I like the third shot as well

nac said:
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SX130| Av - f/5.6| Tv - 1/125 sec| ISO - 80| F - 336mm

this is a wonderful shot.. close crop it to get a better view of the butterfly and show us.

Thank you guys...

Anirban, I already have cropped some. If I crop further, we would have to see the image at pixel level which would be noisy.

oh dear.. original pic is how many MP??

Anirban, It's 12MP.

@nac : thanx man!!!

here are some more

Lamp
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Dinner table
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Beach
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Nice variety of captures.
@cyberkid.... A very eye soothing flower photo. The shades of yellow on the flower are just so beautiful.

@nac.... Nice try. And yes ofcourse, a lot of patience is needed to capture these flutter bys.

Cat captures are really captivating. They are natural posers. And speaking of cats, here is my try. Not a pet, but one afternoon it was taking a lazy nap on my window. It chose to give a pose and I obliged...

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Brooding Eyes by skr sx130, on Flickr

Thanks guys. I like capturing flowers and plants, and growing them too.

@ pranav, seems like you like cats. Is that one your cat, coz, otherwise it wouldn't have let you click so many pics? I particularly liked IMG1366e, IMG_1359e, IMG_1320e. The water droplets on the leaf and the perfect colour balance gives the pic an absolute professional look.
@ tenida, enjoying the daab haan? :wink:

BTW, while the sky looks beautiful, the tree isn't looking that great. Seems to be too much dust on it.
@ anirbandd: Have you tried capturing the cat's paws (not the claws)? their pink coloured claws look absolutely amazing and that too, after so much walking and moving on those paws, they manage to keep that very clean.
@ abhidev: I don't know whether you like putting that black border around your pics, but to me that looks seriously distracting.

@ nac: I liked the second shot, which is showing the front portion of the butterfly. That, I suppose is curry leaves plant? Did you take that pic recently? As AFAIK, it blooms in mid summers.
Seems like we have too many feline lovers. :-D

Posting up a few more.
White Chrysanthemum
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DSC_2745 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

Cream Chrysanthemum
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DSC_2744 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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Guys, those cat & butterfly shots are nice.

So it is flowers now ?
I like the first one @CyberKID

Please Comment/Critique.

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Startrails-Edit.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

Took 123 shots over 80 mins
Settings ISO100, f/3.5, 15sec
Stacked using startrails app
Gaps merged by creating a duplicate layer and adding motion blur (my own method

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Happy harvest season and festivities, in all its various forms and names, to all!!!

HAPPY MAKARA SANKRAANTHI!!!

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IMG_5628 by skr sx130, on Flickr

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IMG_5650 by skr sx130, on Flickr

For Information, these are moulds made from sugar syrup, which we distribute among friends and relatives during this festival, along with a whole lot of other tasty savouries. A tradition that has been followed in these parts of the country.

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@ Gen.Libeb: Thanks. For me, it's always flowers time.
@ skr: Here in north India, we usually call these "khilone" (toys) and these are a part of our diwali celebrations/offerings to the deities and as part of diwali sharings with friends and relatives. HAPPY PONGAL/MAKAR SANKRANTI

@cyberkid: the borders are because of the instagram filters

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CyberKID said:
Thanks guys. I like capturing flowers and plants, and growing them too.

@ pranav, seems like you like cats. Is that one your cat, coz, otherwise it wouldn't have let you click so many pics? I particularly liked IMG1366e, IMG_1359e, IMG_1320e. The water droplets on the leaf and the perfect colour balance gives the pic an absolute professional look.

Thanks buddy

Yep, he is my cat, roughly two years old. Domesticated a stray kitten and now he is quite a looker

BTW i have edited all the "e" pics. The edit is generally a trimming of the 0-4 and 250-255 levels to boost contrast. I feel that adds to the image making it punchier and more wallpaperish.

I checked out your flickr profile. You owe yourself a DSLR. Seriously. It'll go miles in helping you with good pictures. If you can get impressive flower-pics with you phone, I can pretty much assure you that a DSLR will (obviously) liberate your creativity. And if you are just short on cash, get a cheap 1100D from ebay or a second-hand body+lens. Trust me its worth it.

@skr: try to get the cat to look at something darker if possible. Their eyes open up. Thats when they look majestic. I understand though, that its a exercise in restraint to try get a stray cat's pic. Good pic :

@Gen: Flower looks 'different' (not "bad"

) . why so dark though?

Gen, I am not sure, kinda focus is little off (probably low light) or handheld long exposure.

Skr, Is this just sugar, nothing else? Will sugar turns like this?

Kid, Nicely taken.

Prashant, I have seen similar shots from you before. So I am expecting something better, like nice foreground subject, longer duration trails. I am thinking of trying startrail, I would be doing it when I get a chance to try it in wide open space and well away from city lights.

is this pic any good?

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@cyberkid.... Thank you for the information.

@pranav.... Yes, strays, especially cats are a lot harder to get.

@nac.... They are just sugar. It is a tedious process, involving boiling the sugar in equal quantity of water, filtering the syrup some 5-6 times, and once the syrup is condensed to a certain consistency, it needs to be slightly beaten and poured boiling hot into the wooden mouldings. Here again timing is very crucial because, in a matter of seconds the syrup will solidify and before that it has to be poured into the wooden mouldings. But in the end, 'sweet' are the results of all the efforts :-o

Red,
Okay :unsure:

, but not as good as bonfire, rock pigeon, sunshine...

Skr, Thanks for the recipe

nac said:
Red,
Okay , but not as good as bonfire, rock pigeon, sunshine...

Skr, Thanks for the recipe

you remember those pics??
anyways, i have lots of pics from a recent trip, will PP them and post..

@ pranav. Thanks, for your suggestion. Yup, I definitely owe myself a dSLR. Planning to get myself a 600D. Just waiting for the right time. (Just saw that you own the 600D yourself). I'd like to have your review of that camera. Is it worth it's price or something better can be had for that much (~34K - 38K for Body + 18-55mm lens kit)?
One small request. Can you try picturing your cat's paws? I hope that pic would be an absolute stunner.

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_MG_0286 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

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_MG_0125 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

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_MG_0123 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

^^ why are the last two images noisy?

nac said:
Rocky, Thank you... You can take much better than this...

hmmm.. nice

try karna padega

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nac said:
Gen, I am not sure, kinda focus is little off (probably low light) or handheld long exposure.

pranav0091 said:
@Gen: Flower looks 'different' (not "bad" ) . why so dark though?

Thanks for your comments.
It was at some flower exhibition & was 7pm when I took that pic, not much light & no flash plus a bit of pp ... so dark.

reddead said:
is this pic any good?

Its quite good. I like it.

CyberKID said:
@ pranav. Thanks, for your suggestion. Yup, I definitely owe myself a dSLR. Planning to get myself a 600D. Just waiting for the right time. (Just saw that you own the 600D yourself). I'd like to have your review of that camera. Is it worth it's price or something better can be had for that much (~34K - 38K for Body + 18-55mm lens kit)?

I'll do a review of the camera as well as I can. But here is what I think of it in short. I was set on 550D at 33k(over the 5100D at about 34k) because I noticed that contrary to all reviews online, it was the canon that produced better images in low-light conditions and the 5100D was costlier too, so the 550D. But then I found this ebay offer on 600D at 33.5k and that was it-made the jump to 600D.

Here are my thoughts:
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/167387-entry-level-dslr-battle-3.html#post1815367

CyberKID said:
One small request. Can you try picturing your cat's paws? I hope that pic would be an absolute stunner.

I'll have to wait until I go home again

Anirban, I think you have posted a very similar shots before.

Rocky, Nice and good.

nac said:
Anirban, I think you have posted a very similar shots before.

...

that was a different one...

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King of Himalayan flower aka brahma kamal aka aussurea obvallata
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Anirban, Okie... but it seems very similar... even lights, angle...

Abhi, First one would be better if the lines leading to nice subject (like sky) rather than ending at the ending of the frame.

Kid, Yeah, it's a curry leaf plant. It was taken about a week ago...

Bee at flight.
For your C&C

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SX130| Av - f/5.6| Tv - 1/320 sec| ISO - 80| F - 336mm

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SX130| Av - f/6.3| Tv - 1/2000 sec| ISO - 400| F - 336mm

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^
I see obvious defocus applied with some image editing program :>
Picasa?

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nac said:
Bee at flight.
For your C&C

The 2nd one looks cool. I might crop them a bit more to have a clearer look at bee but i guess you've cropped them already.

Please critique.
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pranav0091 said:
^
I see obvious defocus applied with some image editing program :>
Picasa?

i know the pic would hv been much better without it...its Instagram

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@nac- second one among "Bee at flight" is gud, but seriously the butterfli shoots u took r much better.
@CyberKID- first one is good. i like the formation made by petals.
@anirbandd -boat shots are nice. didnt u use NR here?
@Gen.Libeb - did u grow it u r self(i mean in u r garden). u can spray some water on it :wink:

n increase saturation(if possible) or try different white balance setting instead of auto.

shots of rajnigandha.(first bloom )
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sx150is|| f/7.1 for 1/6 th sec at 80iso with focal length 28mm(35mm eq). flash fired.Exposure program-Manual.

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sx150is|| f/6.5 for 1/10 th sec at 80iso with focal length 28mm(35mm eq). flash fired.Exposure program-Manual.

@ Gen: Nice shot. Odd color as well

Also as lm2k suggested, sprinkle water drops

@abhidev: Thats a much better shot

What camera/phone do you use?
@lm2k: Really liked the first one. How about stacking two of them one above the other and merging as multiply with appropriate opacity ?
I generally use that technique to get stronger black and get a punchier image.

@ Gen: the shot's pretty low on colour, IMO.
@ lm2k: Nice. I hope, you liked it's fragrance too. The water drops, could have been a bit smaller, though. It's pretty odd for rajnigandha (mexican tuberose) to bloom during this time of the year. I usually blooms during the monsoons only (i.e. around july, august) and that's the time when we see those pretty flowers with the bouquet makers. I've got one too blooming right now, possibly as I planted those late.
One more thing, the colour could have been a bit warmer and the white is a bit pale too. I don't know whether that was intentional or the flower's that way, but, here's a comparision with one of my unprocessed shots of rajnigandha, taken back in July, 2012. I hope you won't mind your photo being compared.

*i.imgur.com/J3sz1.jpg

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lm2k said:
@Gen.Libeb - did u grow it u r self(i mean in u r garden). u can spray some water on it n increase saturation(if possible) or try different white balance setting instead of auto.

No, It is not at my place; It was at some plant/flower exhibition. The desaturation was intentional, The coloured version was a bit too green for me.
@lm2k,@pranav0091, @CyberKID Thanks for your comments.

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pranav0091 said:
@lm2k: Really liked the first one. How about stacking two of them one above the other and merging as multiply with appropriate opacity ?
I generally use that technique to get stronger black and get a punchier image.

thnx. I didnt knew of multiply technique.Just tried it , it works great when we have grays in image.

CyberKID said:
I hope you won't mind your photo being compared.

Oh ,not at all.

i took a raw file n processed in Adobe Raw, n had increased the warmth in it also decreased exposure to fill the frame with a darkspace to isolate the flower. may be coz of this it is looking like that.
Mine is has flowers even during noon :-?

i thought like hylocerus undatus the flower wud die by morning.Yes it really has very elegant fragrance, i just love it. :wub:

another one i processed today
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sx150is ,f/6.7 for 1/10 th sec at 80iso from 28mm (35mm eq) RAW processed

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sx150is ,f/6.7 for 1/10 th sec at 80iso from 28mm (35mm eq) JPEG processed

any coments which one works better?
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^ I find the processed jpeg better looking, could be just me though...

Regarding the "multiply" trick. Yes, works wonders on grays with bright sources, like fireworks at night. Also adds emphasis to weak reds/orange/yellows..

pranav0091 said:
@abhidev: Thats a much better shot What camera/phone do you use?

hey thanx

...that's using Motorola Photon 8mp cam

About those "Rajanigandha" shots...did you use flash? I guess not. If yes, the flash output was really low. There was shadow behind the image. And the subject is not luminated enough.

let me know if I'm missing anything here.

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toofan said:
This is called a DSLR PIC.

But why you used aperture: f/8.0 it can be around 3.4 to 5.4 or something. I m new to photography so these questions will help me and other newbie.

Do you use tripod.

Yes toofan bhai...we all know u r very new to photography

@pranav0091 - i wanted to use the curved stock of the flower as a separation between dimly lit area n dark area, perhaps i overdid it in .RAW processing, needs more refinement

@ rhitwick - i had fired flash with min pow, n exposure was set to -2ev coz, in niteblooming folwer there is low lite n the colour of the flower was white, so flash fired at full power or 0 ev cause over exposure like this
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samsung D760 || f/2.8 for 1/45th sec @ iso 400 from 38mm(35mm eq)
nite blooming white flower often pose some difficulty n also there comes in the unwanted background. i often use this like stopping to a small aperture n using -2 ev with flash.

^ Nice shot. Pure unadultrated white.

A small suggestion, while capturing flowers during night, what I do is, take a few shots from side. I also take multiple shots, as most of us do, and then use the best picture. Also, you may try to block the flash with some translucent medium (butter paper or something).

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@lm2k I like those shots in post #6904. The flash is too harsh in #6915

@clickclick - Nice in #6913. How do you do those selective colours ?

CyberKID said:
^ Nice shot. Pure unadultrated white.
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but it is still not like what i saw, the white is too much brite for a long gaze, the midrib of petals , some of stamens n some borders of petals has dissapeared .This shot was one out of 12 trial fotos as usual.
BTW u r idea of diffusing the power of flash manually using something like butter paper is worth trying , i ll post my results on this.

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Clicked with a Nokia 3110c with a pair a magnifying glasses attached.

@Gen.Libeb

Thanks mate. I use photoshop for post processing

I am buying a basic tripod tomorrow from croma. About 1.6kgs, max height of approx 160cm and aluminium build. Not a ball-head as I didnt like the one on display. Price 2k. I took a shot with a Nikon L510 at some 5-6x zoom and with the store's lighting, the pic came out fine. I dont see any obvious wobble even when the legs are kept close together. The legs have rubber grip with a metal nail in the centre. No hook for attaching weights, but the tripod is quite heavy at 1.6kgs anyway. Quick release, two bubble levels present. Anything else I need to check ?

Croma's own brand BTW. An interesting feature is that you can take out the centre column out fully and and then extend it and use as a monopod as well

This one:
*www.cromaretail.com/Croma-150cm-CRIA1045-Tripod-pc-1813-550.aspx

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image hosting sites

Did after some trial and error.Dont really remember the exact settings but iso was around 800.
As usual i am open to criticism.

@quan chi

very good shot buddy, the candle is nice and new

which camera u use?

^^Thanks and good observation.

sx150.

Gen, Colours are not punchy, it looks dull/flat

Lm2k, Nice but would be better if it looks whiter...

Quanchi, -1/3 exposure would be better, I think.

Click, Cute boy...

^I dont really remember the settings but i guess it was around aperature f/3.x to f/5.x, shutter 1/3 or 1/5 iso 400 or 800.

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@quan chi whats that on the left of the candle ? It looks cool.

^^ I know.Thus the photo.

Its one of those designed window glasses.

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quan chi said:
Btw I hope you have noticed the shape too..

What do you mean ?

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Didn't see that but it looked cool anyway.

Here's my next one. Please critique.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8510&d=1358607654

@gen

@im2k Your pics are well composed but a bit darker. If you use LR for PP, you can control blacks, whites and shadows separately and get a well exposed image

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8221/8394744617_a86e090c91_z.jpg
Eager eyes by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8395827656_614db9e66d_z.jpg
IMG_5002 by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8087/8394805025_87aee52f6f_z.jpg
flowers by marvelprash, on Flickr

2 portraits from my side

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8396115084_67ba4431f2_z.jpg
Handsome Man by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8083/8396152930_3de11c0ec8_z.jpg
Tense look by sujoyp, on Flickr

@prashant,

first and second one are superb

Prashant, Yellow flower shot is nice. brighter, more saturation would be good.

Sujoy, Okish portrait...

@Gen.Libeb - good one. i too had tried some in the zoo in pune but those animals refused to pose for me :-D

@marvelousprashant - "Eager eyes by marvelprash, on Flickr" is awesome , loved the expressions freezed. did u do black n white in camera(using in camera effects ) or is it LR? second one , the motion blur used as background is also nice.

marvelousprashant said:
@im2k Your pics are well composed but a bit darker. If you use LR for PP, you can control blacks, whites and shadows separately and get a well exposed image

thnx , actually i m working on post processing.

@sujoyp - nice portraits, second one is very nice. Did u post process it to add the warmth?

@ Gen: Nice. No comments on that. You can't ask an animal to pose for you the way you want. :-D

flowers by marvelprash, on Flickr is also good. +1

@marvelousprashant: eager eyes is Good!

@Gen your pic is good but it can be made better by a little cropping.

@sujoy 2nd portrait is nice
@clickclick thanks
@nac didn't PP the flowers amart from little cropping
@Im2k Thanks. Used LR
@ CyberKID & anirbandd Thanks

Thanks Nac

@IM2K yes I post processed it and aaded a bit warmth...but the light in pizza hut was already yeallow too

@prashant thanks

A sample pic from my Trip, will upload more soon after I sort and watermark them:
*i.imgur.com/Cbuhn4x.jpg

tkin said:
A sample pic from my Trip, will upload more soon after I sort and watermark them:
*i.imgur.com/Cbuhn4x.jpg

lol the tiger slurpping seeing u?!!

prabhu.wali said:
lol the tiger slurpping seeing u?!!

*i.imgur.com/3cgj0HR.png

tkin said:
A sample pic from my Trip, will upload more soon after I sort and watermark them:

That looks similar to a siberian tiger!

Anyways heres another one.
*s13.postimage.org/72axzpukn/IMG_01393.jpg
upload pics

@tkin Tiger shot is nice. I guess you used average metering instead of spot metering

A shot from friend's wedding
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8361/8398246152_dc0c2b28cd.jpg
Wedding by marvelprash, on Flickr

Exposure 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 68.1 mm
ISO Speed 1600

good exposure, but nothing special..

marvelousprashant said:
@tkin Tiger shot is nice. I guess you used average metering instead of spot metering

Exposure 0.04 sec (1/25)
Aperture f/6.3
Focal Length 68.1 mm
ISO Speed 1600

FZ150, didn't have time to customize, it was a fast shot, was waiting for the tiger to look at the lens, took atleast 15 tries to get the shot.

Edited this shot

in photoshop
*i47.tinypic.com/jqnoyv.jpg

tkin said:
A sample pic from my Trip, will upload more soon after I sort and watermark them:
*i.imgur.com/Cbuhn4x.jpg

Tiger "Yummy, look at that photographer"
No offense

^^ None taken

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@ clickclick, lm2k, cyberKID, quan chi - Thanks for your comments.
@Tkin - Nice, that look on the tigers face.
@quan chi - Nice composition on post #6945. I'd pp out those wires.
@marvelousprashant - That looks pretty good @ 1600 ISO

Gen, Nice deer...

Tkin, :lol:

Nice capture...

Prashant, Gone too close...

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8195/8399345452_6b8fa4b827.jpg
Serenity by rahul_lifemetal, on Flickr

@tkin thats a nice tiger shot

@prashant from the top the pic of kid watching out of window is superb

@serpent ur shot is too dark on the right...u need to keep light even on all sides

@reddead beautiful shot

Few shots from me,
Flowers of my garden,
*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QBNjVnUxhzA/UPw8mj3UJkI/AAAAAAAA1Q0/CqAMun80Ek0/s800/Pansee_1.jpg

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v9-oFsT-Lzg/UPw81aeOsgI/AAAAAAAA1RE/hGTTaXcNu0o/s800/Pansee_2.jpg

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b1yNEHhgDDQ/UPw7dL-mPDI/AAAAAAAA1P8/iALuR1GAP3k/s800/Dalia_bud1.jpg

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JxuSidahw4c/UPw7dfR-pGI/AAAAAAAA1QA/lXx8Y2sdlEI/s800/Dalia_bud2.jpg

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CC7PCpCYPcc/UPw7W9sVKNI/AAAAAAAA1P0/VkaVDu_ryqc/s800/Flower2.jpg

Misc,
*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-9lOeVTJeg2o/UPw74nl2WqI/AAAAAAAA1QQ/bzTLS6hDUZA/s800/Grandma.jpg

Kolkata Kite festival shots,
*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-cGHfj_M2agw/UPw8Yk-fxuI/AAAAAAAA1Qo/P6yzIjzGBbQ/s800/Leftout.jpg

*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cJXmbsMH1P8/UPw8YgRUq1I/AAAAAAAA1Qk/itVEkCgpJPQ/s800/Mom_n_Gal.jpg

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I2aawC-RRbc/UPw8qxI-dGI/AAAAAAAA1Q8/yCoXrtivRbQ/s800/Puzzle%2521.jpg

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_Lc8kcSaWqk/UPw9FxzIVPI/AAAAAAAA1RM/9rIhCoDFwKI/s800/TargetAwuired.jpg

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MvWNnl4_cEw/UPw9GOp4rSI/AAAAAAAA1RQ/DlX7uo5TZf8/s800/Together.jpg

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ssOOZHW0VQM/UPw94jZltnI/AAAAAAAA1Rg/UKClRK3Cqbs/s800/KidVision.jpg

rithwick your 4th and 6th pics are good.

Gen.Libeb said:
@quan chi - Nice composition on post #6945. I'd pp out those wires.

That was intentional as it was acting like a design to the picture.But anyways without those wires.

*s14.postimage.org/pspy0ksz5/IMG_01393.jpg
images

@rithwick some of your shots r good...liked the old woman and white flower also the mother and child having a laugh is good

@sujoyp thanks

@ tkin: the big cat's photo is good.
@ rhitwick: those pansies are really appealing. Those dahlias buds are also looking nice. The White African daisy (the white one), however is looking a bit over saturated.

My first attempt at selective colouring. C&C tips are welcome.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8371/8400499107_8bd6aa2404_z.jpg
DSC_2731 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

Reddead, Good one :thumbs:

Rhitwick, Some nice work... esp... 4th, old lady, mom and kid, couple under umbrella...
It's too many... Try to limit 2-3 photos at one go.

Quanchi, That's a :doogone:

Nicely cloned out the wires...

Kid, Nice try...

Thanx everyone.

The old lady is my grandma.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8079/8401087167_04b2148fb4_c.jpg

-Twins

I thought of asking "are they twins"? I see they are twins after scrolling down... Nice one Anoop.

cute twins

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@quan chi - That looks much better without those wires.
@cyberKID - well done on the selective colouring. The focus is a little soft for me & that other flower is competing for attention.

Max zoom (10x)
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8546&d=1358790838

^ That is one very good looking shot. Nice

@anoop: Very nice shot buddy.

PS: Why don't everyone posting here mention their cameras in their signatures? That'd be pretty useful rather than going back to check what model a particular person is using

Gen.Libeb said:
@quan chi - That looks much better without those wires.
Max zoom (10x)

nac said:
Quanchi, That's a Nicely cloned out the wires...

Thanks.

Btw nice shot gen.

@ rnianoop: Cute kids, nice picture and good background.

BTW who ate they?
Thanks nac, Gen. @Gen, your shot's good too.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8224/8403866019_e71454aca4_b.jpg
P1010027 by BluQSky, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8215/8404966814_94d3fc2f65_b.jpg
Silver Seas by BluQSky, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8403880577_6d1b7ab27e_b.jpg
Blu by BluQSky, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8193/8403887577_478119c2bb_b.jpg
Tree of life by BluQSky, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8404986264_ed29557a6f_b.jpg
Majestic strides by BluQSky, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8403901901_24e7e4723c_b.jpg
Ancestor? by BluQSky, on Flickr

^
Really pretty shots of the sea, especially the first one.

PS: When at the beach go low

Get shots of the waves just about an inch or so from the ground/water, as close to the waves as possible. trust me, it looks really good.

pranav0091 said:
^
Really pretty shots of the sea, especially the first one.
PS: When at the beach go low Get shots of the waves just about an inch or so from the ground/water, as close to the waves as possible. trust me, it looks really good.

Have one such shot, let me see.

@nac, @pranav0091, @sujoyp : Thanks.. Neighbor's kids.. Non identical twins.. One has curly hair and is smart and naughty.. The other one is silent and obedient.. They both were sitting on top of a car that's why the background.. I seized the opportunity and took the pic.

Here's a 4 year old pic from my 5 year old camera Canon A460

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8084/8405094204_33038442ce_c.jpg
-Sunrise

@tkin 1st one is superb and monkey portrait is nice

@rnianoop this shot looks soo beautiful

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rnianoop said:
-Sunrise

Beautiful shot.

Gen, Nice capture

Tkin, Wonder shot "Man holding the sun"

Anoop, Nice one

nac said:
Gen, Nice capture

Tkin, Wonder shot "Man holding the sun"

Anoop, Nice one

Thanks, idea came to me as I was striding on the beach, set the camera up using lower exposure and had one my friends take the shot.

Then the credit should go to your friend

So that's you in the picture...

nac said:
Then the credit should go to your friend

So that's you in the picture...

For taking the shot, yes :wink:

For setting up the camera, setting up exposure values, zoom, aperture and shutter speed, you decide

^

Have you ever tried to shoot video in manual mode??

How useful it is to you?

nac said:
^

Have you ever tried to shoot video in manual mode??

How useful it is to you?

A few times, video quality is excellent, also audio capture is pretty good and does not muffle sounds, and the best part is the zoom is virtually noiseless as I used it during a video capture and no sound came through.

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@ pranav0091, quan chi, Cyber KID, nac - Thanks for your comments.
@tkin - That sun in the hand shot is great.
@rnianoop - Nice shot of the sunrise.

Nice beach pics by tkin, rnianoop.

Images from the Orange Rose plant potted on my roof.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8411247208_c4ae8c3a3f_z.jpg
23012013002 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8505/8411245990_793a652b0b_z.jpg
23012013013 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

Kid, More light would be better, but still it's good.

And very impressive IQ from a mobile phone...

Thanks for the suggestion nac, but, unfortunately, LED flash is not much capable. Will try capturing it again with a supporting light.

@anoop awesome beach shot
@tkin nice shots

Btw guys why is it that when we reduce shutter speed in daylight time we can't see anything in screen.I know i asked this earlier but need how to overcome it

Edited pic
*i46.tinypic.com/kcj5zk.jpg

Edited via photoshop-some color looksup

theserpent said:
@anoop awesome beach shot
@tkin nice shots
Btw guys why is it that when we reduce shutter speed in daylight time we can't see anything in screen.I know i asked this earlier but need how to overcome it

Edited pic
*i46.tinypic.com/kcj5zk.jpg

Edited via photoshop-some color looksup

Way too much light is captured as the shutter is held open for long time, its suitable is darkness where the light is low.

So it's not possible to take low shutter shots in beaches etc?

theserpent said:
So it's not possible to take low shutter shots in beaches etc?

No and why would you want to do it? I mean low shutter is used in low light, in a beach its not needed, you can tweak the speed a bit to capture brighter images, but can't use very low speed as the image will be whitewashed. Try playing with exposure, I think it will accomplish what you want.

^^ Ohk! But i'm not able to change exposure in Manual mode.
All that we can change in M mode is TV,AV and Iso

theserpent said:
^^ Ohk! But i'm not able to change exposure in Manual mode.
All that we can change in M mode is TV,AV and Iso

Don't think that's right, I mean even my ye old Sony POS had exposure control, hell even my Nokia 5800(worst cam ever) has one setting for that, try fiddling a bit.

btw u can take low shutter speed in beaches also but u have to use ND or Nutral Density filters...these filters r used to capture silky falling water or flowing water in day time....

for silky water u need slow shutter speed but in daylight even in iso 100 and -ve exposere u will get to 1/2 shutter speed...an ND 10, ND6 filter can cut lots of light and will gain the slow shutter speed needed

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@CyberKID - I'm not sure I like that kind of lighting on flowers but if that is with a mobile phone you definitely deserve a good camera.

Please critique.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8634&d=1359090686

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Gen.Libeb your shot is good but you should have kept some space for the background also.Then it would be more interesting.

@ Gen: Its a promising shot, but the one problem i see is that no individual key is in focus, so the image seems as if its fully out of focus.

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^^the second key from the front is in focus. :lol:

But like i said its a bit boring because of the missing background.

Gen.Libeb said:
@CyberKID - I'm not sure I like that kind of lighting on flowers but if that is with a mobile phone you definitely deserve a good camera.

Please critique.

Or, may be my cell has a good camera.

As far as your keyboard is concerned, as others have already pointed out, focus is missing. Also, the light is too much, to the extent that it's reducing the details in the image. IMO, try taking the shot again this time, from a higher height and greater angle, and I suppose, the shot would be good.

Gen, It's a kinda photography which I don't have an eye for it...
These two may add some value to your work
*Keeping the background
*Monotone

I fully agree with digitfan ...the piano's 2nd key is in focus and a bit of background may have worked better...but still I liked the pic

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@ digitfan, pranav0091, CyberKID, nac, sujoyp - Thanks. I really appreciate comments from all of you.
I'm gonna have to look for a good background.

And now, just for the sake of its huge size

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8502/8415502933_2a88b8efb0_z.jpg
26012013017 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

The picture of my rose with a Rs. 2 coin for size reference.

theserpent said:
^^ Ohk! But i'm not able to change exposure in Manual mode.
All that we can change in M mode is TV,AV and Iso

Exposure depends on Tv, Av and ISO

*i45.tinypic.com/y19bp.jpg

@CyberKid: you maintain that garden/flowers?? great job!!

@serpent: backgrounds more colorful than the subject moth.

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CyberKID said:
The picture of my rose with a Rs. 2 coin for size reference.

That is one big rose.

Background blurring you say? Take that DSLR users

*i.imgur.com/skZXWDg.jpg
With my FZ150.

PS: J/K, no offense please :wink:

^^ but I can still see legs of the man behind

Haven't been able to post much, probably 3rd post and its been a year since i bought my dslr

*i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j461/prabhu89wali/Jan%202013/DSC_6304_zpsae0a57dc.jpg

*i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j461/prabhu89wali/Jan%202013/DSC_6247_zps994065be.jpg

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tkin said:
Background blurring you say? Take that DSLR users

Are you able to blur the background while shooting people / focusing on larger subjects ?

Gen.Libeb said:
Are you able to blur the background while shooting people / focusing on larger subjects ?

A little, have to zoom in from far behind, and it doesn't come out right, come on, I said it was a joke didn't I?

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tkin said:
A little, have to zoom in from far behind, and it doesn't come out right, come on, I said it was a joke didn't I?

I don't even have a dslr, I genuinely wanted to know if you can with that camera.
I've been able to get pretty good background blurs with one of the presets in the sony HX series (not mine), but I think that camera does some kind of processing, not sure though.

Now since you said 'have to zoom in', I have a question. Usually as you zoom in, the aperture decreases on most p&s cams. How does that gets a better background defocus since a higher aperture is needed to achieve that. Anyone knows how that works ?

Its the increase in focal length that helps the blur in this particular case as far as I know.

Gen.Libeb said:
I don't even have a dslr, I genuinely wanted to know if you can with that camera.
I've been able to get pretty good background blurs with one of the presets in the sony HX series (not mine), but I think that camera does some kind of processing, not sure though.

Now since you said 'have to zoom in', I have a question. Usually as you zoom in, the aperture decreases on most p&s cams. How does that gets a better background defocus since a higher aperture is needed to achieve that. Anyone knows how that works ?

Read on: How to use aperture for creating shallow depth of field
The newly released FZ200 has constant F2.8throughout entire range(upto 600mm), which will allow you to take very good background blurred photos.

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Focal Length, I guess thats the answer, a longer lens with a higher aperture. Thanks to Pranav0091 & tkin for that link.

Couple of attempts with shallow dof.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8674&d=1359312710
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8675&d=1359312739

^^Sorry but unfortunately you are making the whole pic blurry.Only a small part of the string is in focus that too is hard to notice.Try to keep some more parts in focus otherwise try to keep maximum part of the strings in focus.

prabhu.wali nice shot!

I know its not that good but still.

*s8.postimage.org/wxs0lbrlh/002.jpg
image sharing
Iso125,f/5.6, focal 60mm,1/200s.

@CyberKID - nice flower, do u use any kind of fertilizer for that? or is it a breed like that?
@quan chi - 600mm focal length :-?

? which camera u use? the moon is yelloish, did u did in in postprocessing or is it in camera effect? nice click BTW.

have nothing much interesting to post other than some macros from my garden
kamera used- SX150is with a macro converter.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8423660533_3b7a0a306d_b_d.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8424758166_0d573a00f7_b_d.jpg

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tkin said:
Background blurring you say? Take that DSLR users

*i.imgur.com/skZXWDg.jpg
With my FZ150.

PS: J/K, no offense please

blur more
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8232/8419886736_7e8c46ca50_z.jpg
Classic Vibe Stratocaster '50s by psygeist, on Flickr

quan chi said:
prabhu.wali nice shot!

Thank You!

Thanks, @ Anirbandd, lm2k.
@ lm2k, I don't use any synthetic/chemical fertilizer, just plain organic vermi-compost. I've come to understand that a small pot is too less space to use any chemical fertilizers. Actually, the variety is that way, which gives giant flowers. Photos of one more variety I'm having.

In the mid of it's life...
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7112/7430552880_3a59fc5f31_z.jpg
03032012797 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

Towards the end of it's life...
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8152/7430555888_65f66b6ace_z.jpg
10032012879 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

@ Faun: that Classic Vibe Stratocaster '50s looking stunning. BTW, is that your own profile on Flickr? If so, I saw your site. Nice and clean presentation of the contents. Well done. One thing I'd like to add. Do, put some text describing the images in your site, or atleast put some creative title for those images.

lm2k said:
have nothing much interesting to post other than some macros from my garden
kamera used- SX150is with a macro converter.

the pictures are bland, and by bland i mean, they lack colours,

clickclick said:
the pictures are bland, and by bland i mean, they lack colours,

i purposely did it in first one to remove the distraction caused by green leaves

@CyberKID - nice flower, i have seen many types of roses but not many were this large.

a spider shot taken today

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8426735096_7053339cc7_z_d.jpg

and one landscape

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8423663493_d35f223d92_b_d.jpg
SE ELM, twilite portrait mode, cloudy white balance, cropped a bit.

@CyberKID The pics are cold and slightly oversaturated. Have you turned the colors to "vibrant" on your phone?

lm2k said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8423663493_d35f223d92_b_d.jpg
SE ELM, twilite portrait mode, cloudy white balance, cropped a bit.

very nice shot. post proc is well done. nice depth in the b/w. and simplistic, clean composition. iLike.

@anirbandd - thnx, i took it with my cellphone.

lm2k said:
@anirbandd - thnx, i took it with my cellphone.

Nice landscape lm2k... Try a different watermarking...

marvelousprashant said:
@CyberKID The pics are cold and slightly oversaturated. Have you turned the colors to "vibrant" on your phone?

Probably not. I don't remember that very clearly, but can surely say that I didn't turn that vibrant setting on, neither did I edit the image, except, adding the watermark with Batchstamper. Turning the Vibrant setting ON, does gives relatively good picture that look vibrant, but, that actually overdoes the colour, which, most of the times is not to my liking.

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@quan chi - What cam for the moon shot ?
@cyberKID - I like that first photo
@lm2k - That landscape shot is great.

lm2k said:
@CyberKID - nice flower, do u use any kind of fertilizer for that? or is it a breed like that?
@quan chi - 600mm focal length? which camera u use? the moon is yelloish, did u did in in postprocessing or is it in camera effect? nice click BTW.

have nothing much interesting to post other than some macros from my garden
kamera used- SX150is with a macro converter.

Sorry there was a typo.Now corrected.

As for your second query its the same.As far as the post processing is concerned i just reduced the exposure a little bit and slightly increased the contrast.Thanks btw.

As for your picture the first one is really good.
I hope Gen.Libeb too got his reply.

@lm2k both the shots are good but the second one is better,But you should have kept those trees in the center...just my thought.

The spider shot is spoiled due to wrong background colour and unwanted blurred areas.

@clickclick ,@nac ,@Gen.Libeb- thnx

quan chi said:
@lm2k both the shots are good but the second one is better,But you should have kept those trees in the center...just my thought. The spider shot is spoiled due to wrong background colour and unwanted blurred areas.

thnx, see rule of thirds. abt the spider, it is a part of its adaptation to hide itself in its habitat , for that matter i tried to desaturate the background but i think it did nt work.

^^Yea i know that.Its a general rule and works most of the time. But everytime it does not works especially if there are multiple subjects.Sometimes you have to decide yourself.

Hey, I just gave out an ad for my FZ150: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/bazaar/169637-panasonic-fz150-sale-almost-new-condition.html

Now, in another forum a guy says he'll give 12k for it, when I asked him why, he showed me this: Nikon P510 vs Panasonic DMC-FZ150 - Our Analysis
:facepalm:

I made a comment on that page, they'll surely take it down though.

tkin said:
Hey, I just gave out an ad for my FZ150: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/bazaar/169637-panasonic-fz150-sale-almost-new-condition.html

Now, in another forum a guy says he'll give 12k for it, when I asked him why, he showed me this: Nikon P510 vs Panasonic DMC-FZ150 - Our Analysis

I made a comment on that page, they'll surely take it down though.

dont worry bro ppl will quote what ever they want to so just wait for the correct offer

^give link to that forum

Post an ad on quickr. If you live in a big city, you can get a decent deal there

marvelousprashant said:
^give link to that forum

Post an ad on quickr. If you live in a big city, you can get a decent deal there

You can guess

Posted on quickr and OLX, damn, I can't wait to get my hands on that FZ200, yummy

A shot I took using my DSC W270 way back, I'll post some more, that was bloody good cam:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8428/7727045486_cfc471dddf_c.jpg
Vizag by BluQSky, on Flickr

Hey guys, this pic was taken with a Canon 5D, now my question is can this be achieved with a cheaper setup? Like max 50-60k? Don't laugh, I have no experience with DSLR. And is this pic edited, or can the canon 5D actually take these kind of pics?
*farm5.staticflickr.com/4061/4622721842_7f3b3e0ef4_b.jpg
Rodeo beach / Marin Headlands by James Anthony Photography, on Flickr

@ tkin: Nice capture. AFAIK, the second picture is concerned, i feel, it's been edited. The Exif Info does show that it's been edited with Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Mac.

A few captures from my side.

Beat the nature.
1.
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01022013020 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

2.
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01022013022 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

3.
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01022013026 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

4.
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01022013037 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

The dense fog, here in Delhi, caused this. Saw this today in the morning on two of my smallest rose plants.

@tkin: Yes it can be achieved. Its possibly shot with a small aperture (twinkle on the sun but may well be processed) but I have every reason to believe that it can be achieved with any decent DSLR with an exposure of just over a second or two. Just have a decent lens handy (the 50mm f1.8 prime may work too). Just my opinion.

tkin said:
Hey guys, this pic was taken with a Canon 5D, now my question is can this be achieved with a cheaper setup? Like max 50-60k? Don't laugh, I have no experience with DSLR. And is this pic edited, or can the canon 5D actually take these kind of pics?
*farm5.staticflickr.com/4061/4622721842_7f3b3e0ef4_b.jpg
Rodeo beach / Marin Headlands by James Anthony Photography, on Flickr

Yes, its possible.
Yes its edited for sure.
IMO, its an HDR photo. I'm placing my bet on the sky.
Yes, a cheaper cam can bring close to such photo.
Sky: For sure. Wave: Not sure. Then again, ya...cheaper cam can get you better photos than this.

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^^Agree and another point is that 50 to 60k is not cheap.It comes close to high end professional cameras mid end may be the better word(Depends on the selection of the camera too.Some dslr's performs close or sometimes better than those priced ones.)Most importantly it all depends on the person who is holding the thing.

^^
I bet even a 1100D can do the above pic with about 3 exposures and then HDRing it. Maybe an ND filter to boot. And a tripod.

pranav0091 said:
^^
I bet even a 1100D can do the above pic with about 3 exposures and then HDRing it. Maybe an ND filter to boot. And a tripod.

Hmm, I was thinking of getting a SLR this diwali.

pranav0091 said:
^^
I bet even a 1100D can do the above pic with about 3 exposures and then HDRing it. Maybe an ND filter to boot. And a tripod.

yes it will!!

basically any digital cam with manual settings can do it. with a tripod.

anirbandd said:
yes it will!!

basically any digital cam with manual settings can do it. with a tripod.

What about the colors? Won't it benefit from a full frame sensor?

Not as much as it'd benefit from a ND filter and some photoshop. In normal lighting, and in the case of an image thats is not going to be blown out to be displayed at 100% zoom, especially of distant objects/landscapes the benefit of having a pro-DSLR over a more modest DSLR is very limited indeed. The improvement is minimal and in fringe areas like slightly better sharpness, faster focusing, better low light sensitivity, better balance, build etc. But none of them is so important as to make or break an image.

@pranav

Man u were planning to buy a tripod, did u?

Yep. Its good. Just under 2k from croma. Nice and stable, rubber feet. 1.75 kg approx, no vibrations once the camera is mounted. Not the best finished palstic around, but looks solid enough to me. And nice aluminium feet too. Surprisingly good

Planning to get a time-lapse video of something

Did some background research and a bit of testing on a setting sun. Looks fine. Now gotta get some time and a subject... Thinking of something like a rotting fruit

pranav0091 said:
Yep. Its good. Just under 2k from croma. Nice and stable, rubber feet. 1.75 kg approx, no vibrations once the camera is mounted. Not the best finished palstic around, but looks solid enough to me. And nice aluminium feet too. Surprisingly good
Planning to get a time-lapse video of something
Did some background research and a bit of testing on a setting sun. Looks fine. Now gotta get some time and a subject... Thinking of something like a rotting fruit

I have a simpex tripod, works ok, got for 800/-, wanna go to the roof and try a 60 sec shot, lets see how clear I can get the moon.

And its for that time lapse pics I want a DSLR, spinning stars

I have a dslr and i want a mega-zoom for startrails. the 50mm lens is too shortsighted for stars

pranav0091 said:
I have a dslr and i want a mega-zoom for startrails. the 50mm lens is too shortsighted for stars

How much will do? 200mm?

PS: A fisheye lens from the roof a tall building would look good I think?

200mm is 4x as compared to 50mm.. so it should do I think..

I have no clue about the fisheye buddy.. But they are expensive lenses anyway

@Pranav

I am too planning to buy one, saw the benro s online, they have like 3-4 models between the price range pf 1700-2100. I shall check out the croma make too, as croma is just next to my house.

Cheap P&S has come a long way, pic takes by father(who just knows to press the shutter button) on a Canon A800:
*i.imgur.com/4whd2R7.jpg

Another one, Kodak Easyhsare C140, taken during Amarnath trip:
*i.imgur.com/qFR4My1.jpg

The blue glass acted like a filter it seems:
*i.imgur.com/tHzqk7k.jpg

I was unlucky that I couldn't make that trip, one of the most scenic routes in India, Amarnath pilgrimage:
*i.imgur.com/nG2TQ6f.jpg

*i.imgur.com/KgWFh9b.jpg

That damn date layout, I remember turning it off when my father left for the trip, how the hell did it turn itself back on?
*i.imgur.com/Qp1ukF0.jpg

*i.imgur.com/6syuFyj.jpg

*i.imgur.com/0vHeuCU.jpg

@tkin the place is really beautiful and very photogenic....some shots r real nice

sujoyp said:
@tkin the place is really beautiful and very photogenic....some shots r real nice

Yeah, too bad I missed the tour, although I didn't have the FZ150 then, would have to make a trip there myself someday, maybe next year.

Also I was surprised to see a sub 4k P&S taking this kind of quality pics :shock:

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@tkin Some nice pics there.

Please critique
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8783&d=1359813914

Nice pic, what cam did you use?

That 2nd pic in tkin's post is lovely.

axes2t2 said:
That 2nd pic in tkin's post is lovely.

That applause goes to my father, not me

@tkin: Those are some lovely pics.
@Gen: The yellows are beautiful. Nice shot. Maybe a little bit of cropping, but still the pic is pretty as it is

Tkin , nice Pics

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pranav0091 said:
@tkin: Those are some lovely pics.
@Gen: The yellows are beautiful. Nice shot. Maybe a little bit of cropping, but still the pic is pretty as it is

Thanks.

Rishi. said:
Tkin , nice Pics .

Thanks, I want to go the amarnath and kashmir someday to take some pics myself.

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@tkin & pranav0091: Thanks.

tkin said:
Nice pic, what cam did you use?

Sony H55 for this one.

Why do some people think flash is very important? Even when the picture is bright?

Some pics from me , posting after along time .

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8323/8136563117_5b03c25d58.jpg
IMG_6735 by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

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IMG_6738 by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

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IMG_6734 by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8323/8125590788_b264e5a1db.jpg
Dudhari by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8053/8097936406_e4fb31ae7c.jpg
Extinguishing the sun by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8497/8391938010_aef9699b41.jpg
and a day ends by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8229/8391937778_9dab7d2f9e.jpg
Untitled-4 by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8056/8390853807_28f9aa9556.jpg
Dawn by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

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boat by lovejeet singh naik, on Flickr

Wow all the pics are really good esp the 3,4 and 6

Nice pics davidboon, but please keep the exif info from now one, I like to see the settings

@theserpent thank you

@tkin thank you

, how can we save the exif data after processing the photo in Photoshop ?

Davidboon said:
@theserpent thank you
@tkin thank you , how can we save the exif data after processing the photo in Photoshop ?

I use Paint.net only, no idea, ask a photoshop expert.

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Davidboon said:
@theserpent thank you
@tkin thank you , how can we save the exif data after processing the photo in Photoshop ?

If you save for web, the exif data goes away. If you use the Save option on the original file, the data stays.
btw most of your shots are really great. Love that smooth water & those sun rays.

Gen.Libeb said:
If you save for web, the exif data goes away. If you use the Save option on the original file, the data stays.
btw most of your shots are really great. Love that smooth water & those sun rays.

Also amazing cam, this was released in 2010 right? Rebel T2i?

@Gen.Libeb thank you , i used to always save for web .
@tkin yes it's a Rebel T2i / canon 550D .

very nice shots davidboon ....

guys people takes award winning pics using 2005 DSLR

photography is not just about camera

sujoyp said:
very nice shots davidboon ....

guys people takes award winning pics using 2005 DSLR photography is not just about camera

I know, I was just saying what a great cam it is, made in 2010 and still gives modern DSLR's a run for their money

@DavidBoon: great pics.. but.......

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8328/8136562137_d360953c83.jpg
this you needed to set the picture style to Standard on the 550D.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8053/8097936406_e4fb31ae7c.jpg
subject??

the Boat and Dhudhari, i Love..

IMO, its a must for DSLR users to shoot in RAW.
Control is the word that comes to mind.

A good site for photo lovers..
interfacelift — wallpapers, icons, themes, and iOS apps

Whats the effects that's possible after shooting in RAW?

@serpent if u shoot RAW u can set exposure,noise reduction,color profiles,sharpning,saturation after shooting.

well, TBH, you can do all kind of effects on RAW images. best of all is simulation of ND filters. and localised exposure correction. its how you use it.

Oh. Simulation of ND filters eh? Nice. Never knew of that. Now I need to google this subject.

I tried taking long exposure shots on my camera with jpeg+in camera noise reduction and the the RAW modes. No matter how hard I tried I couldnt get the RAW images to the level of jpeg ones in terms of noise on photoshop

The best thing one can do when it's raining

is to let it rain and click

anmolksharma said:
The best thing one can do when it's raining

is to let it rain and click

View attachment 8816

You could just put it near a sink and splash water on it, how'd we know?

j/k

Taken using HTC One V

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8446317939/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8514/8446317939_f7133045d0_z.jpg IMAG1954 - Copy - Copy by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

Full Size and more on*www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=280841708710046&set=a.280778305383053.63404.262302690563948&type=1&theater

^^superb

anmolksharma said:
Taken using HTC One V

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8446317939/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8514/8446317939_f7133045d0_z.jpg IMAG1954 - Copy - Copy by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

Great capture bro

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anmolksharma said:
Taken using HTC One V

Thats a great shot.

Please critique.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8832&d=1360094993

@anmolksharma Make the white box in front of number plate grey or simply blur the plate. Awesome shot

Gen.Libeb Please dont mind but your earlier photos were superb. This is all green, no definite subject

@Gen.Libeb Awesome

@ Gen: Wonderfully green pic buddy . Nice

Its not the sharpest nor with a subject, but with something as soothing as that greenery they are easily overlooked.

Hi Anmol, I checked ur clicks on flickr.
good work man ! ur images tells a silent story

Many thanks for your appreciation guys, will work even harder

anmolksharma that is awesome!
gen.libeb nice try good photo but there is a little problem with sharpness and the subject.Thats completely my view.

Anyways heres some from my side.

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*farm9.staticflickr.com/8510/8451523574_e3b5e79acf_c.jpg
You can find me in flickr too ID click picture.

quan chi said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8530/8450439629_92b7082086_c.jpg

Awesome

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@ marvelousprashant, krishnandu.sarkar, pranav0091, quan chi - Thanks, appreciate your comments.

@quan chi...great shots

In your ship in the golden water shot u should have left some space at the top and left...just around 1 inch or so...u have cropped that part too tightly...other then that the shot is awesome

quan chi said:
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8451528426_37dd359d00_b.jpg

Very good shot. Liked it.

Thanks to anirbandd,sujoyp & Rhitwick for your comments as for sujoyp's query yes you are right i had to crop it tightly the reason behind it was that due to low exposure the sky looked too much grey so i thought it would be nice to rip that part as much as possible.I will try to post it again this time i will crop it like you suggested.

Meanwhile heres another one.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8386/8453950808_e5bb8db93c_c.jpg

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^^Nice shot.
anmolksharma nice mobile photography.

Bought Canon 600D today...

The few test images I took...amazed me.

Boxed
*i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz182/rhitwick/Canon%20600D/CameraZOOM-20130208190439408.jpg

Unboxed
*i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz182/rhitwick/Canon%20600D/CameraZOOM-20130208190848531.jpg

Test image : color
*i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz182/rhitwick/Canon%20600D/IMG_0003.jpg

Test Image : b/w
*i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz182/rhitwick/Canon%20600D/IMG_0006.jpg

Cool. Congrats buddy. Welcome to the club. Keep shooting

digitfan said:
^^Nice shot.

Thanks.

@rhitwick congrats!

pranav0091 said:
Cool. Congrats buddy. Welcome to the club. Keep shooting

Hey, just noticed, you use the same cam too!

Congrats rhitwick ....happy clicking

Thanx guys. hope I can match up with the machine

rhitwick said:
Thanx guys. hope I can match up with the machine

So when do I get a demo?

Surakund Mela 2013 - a colorful traditional craft festival of India that showcases the finest handlooms, handicrafts, authentic fragrances & flavours of rich Indian cuisines. It is held in the backdrop of the lake, during the spring season, every year from February 1–15 in Surajkund, Faridabad, Haryana.

Yesterday I visited this beautiful place and clicked as much as possible. Here on this thread I am posting select pics as there are over 100+ pics and it is not feasible to post all pics here. Complete set of pictures are available on this link*www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.283439318450285.63817.262302690563948&type=1&l=d19cfc8014 Requesting everyone to kindly go through the complete album!

Here are few select photos of the crafts mela.

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8460972386/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8460972386_5cdf9e1cac_z.jpg 1 (1) by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8459876955/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8459876955_608aca9f04_z.jpg 1 (2) by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8460976438/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8232/8460976438_2373f24d05_z.jpg 1 (3) by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8459871237/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8384/8459871237_9eb5eafeb5_z.jpg 1 (4) by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8460976040/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8519/8460976040_12a309a0a6_z.jpg 1 (6) by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8460975492/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8460975492_8d7819950c_z.jpg 1 (7) by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8459874645/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8370/8459874645_4a048cb5d5_z.jpg 1 (8) by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8459870429/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8251/8459870429_3ae2b2d071_z.jpg 1 (9) by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8459873345/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8518/8459873345_d78b492a90_z.jpg 1 (10) by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8459869295/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8096/8459869295_0aed64cfe8_z.jpg 1 (11) by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

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anmolksharma said:
Surakund Mela 2013 - a colorful traditional craft festival of India that showcases the finest handlooms, handicrafts, authentic fragrances & flavours of rich Indian cuisines. It is held in the backdrop of the lake, during the spring season, every year from February 1–15 in Surajkund, Faridabad, Haryana.

Yesterday I visited this beautiful place and clicked as much as possible. Here on this thread I am posting select pics as there are over 100+ pics and it is not feasible to post all pics here. Complete set of pictures are available on this link*www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.283439318450285.63817.262302690563948&type=1&l=d19cfc8014 Requesting everyone to kindly go through the complete album!

Nice photos, I love how your photos are sharp and contrasty; What camera ?
The 3rd, Cycle & camera in mirror ones are the best for me.

@ Congrats rhitwick on your purchase. We are up to a few more brilliant shots from you. :-D

BTW, how much did your purchase cost you?
@ Anmol: Nice captures buddy.

BTW, I now have a blog running, the first step of a rather long game plan. Check it out here @ Metro Greens: Journey of a plant lover. Comments and Critics invited.
I'm not too much experienced with blogger, so any suggestions are heartily welcome.

M

Some shots from Bangalore Aero show ..

1 :Flares

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8390/8458039625_5e18dc38fe_c.jpg

2 : Russian Knights flying Sukhoi Su 27

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8527/8459148796_df194e9644_c.jpg

3:HAL LCH (light combat helicopter)

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8458033751_b68a6e6ea1_c.jpg

4:Red bull team
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8245/8458023483_04b9bf33e6_c.jpg

CyberKID said:
@ Congrats rhitwick on your purchase. We are up to a few more brilliant shots from you. BTW, how much did your purchase cost you?

Thanx.

It costed me 32994/-

I hope I can match up to its level.

@anmol those are some awesomeeee shots
@master Nice shots

...those flares are scaryyy!

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@serpent..thanks ..ya but will be useful when heat seeking missile is fired

posting here after long time, checked last few pages, there are very nice snaps from everyone

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8376/8417320165_f5d2527711.jpg
Sunset over Graz by Kjuvale, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8079/8398189173_602750e255.jpg
Graz, Schlossberg by Kjuvale, on Flickr

^^ Amazing, I yield to take pics like that one day

PS: You visit some amazing places, work I take it? Or just vacation?

Nice shots, there, Kapil.

awesome shots kapil

thanks all

@ tkin: i am doing doctoral studies in Bonn. Sometimes I get chance to travel nearby places.

kjuvale said:
thanks all

@ tkin: i am doing doctoral studies in Bonn. Sometimes I get chance to travel nearby places.

Ah nice, in which subject?

tkin said:
Ah nice, in which subject?

in Pharmaceutical Chemistry .

kjuvale said:
in Pharmaceutical Chemistry .

Great

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@kjuvale - Those are great photos, is it a hdr ?

Thats the closest I could get, Couldn't defocus the cage anymore.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8911&d=1360603638

^^ Ugly bird :yuck:

Nice photography though

Gen.Libeb said:
@kjuvale - Those are great photos, is it a hdr ?

First one is not HDR, though, shadows and highlights are adjusted in lightroom. Second one is HDR.
this is one more HDR attempt from me, tried to capture Bonn university building in the evening.

*farm7.staticflickr.com/6089/6107739792_44aaaa11e4.jpg
Bonn University by Kjuvale, on Flickr

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mastervk nice captures but the angles were not good.Still nice try.
anmolksharma your third picture is the best.
Gen.Libeb sorry but bad photo.Subject is missing.We dont understand what you are trying to show in the bird?I mean any specific body parts? Please try again.

Kjuvale long time no see.

kjuvale said:
First one is not HDR, though, shadows and highlights are adjusted in lightroom. Second one is HDR.
this is one more HDR attempt from me, tried to capture Bonn university building in the evening.

*farm7.staticflickr.com/6089/6107739792_44aaaa11e4.jpg
Bonn University by Kjuvale, on Flickr

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kjuvale said:
First one is not HDR, though, shadows and highlights are adjusted in lightroom. Second one is HDR.
this is one more HDR attempt from me, tried to capture Bonn university building in the evening.

*farm7.staticflickr.com/6089/6107739792_44aaaa11e4.jpg
Bonn University by Kjuvale, on Flickr

:O Awesome

kjuvale said:
posting here after long time, checked last few pages, there are very nice snaps from everyone

Welcome back mate.

Btw why dont you post yours "Doors to the hidden world","Starnberger See" & "effil tower" those are some wonderful shots!

Btw heres another one from the same album.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8450441825_19574f1ed4_c.jpg

@Kjuvale great shots. Love the sky in the last one. Perfect HDR effect, nothing extra like some people do

Posting after a long time, nothing spl

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8469229787_bea35503db_z.jpg
IMG_5329.jpg by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8523/8469229209_ed4bd5f604_z.jpg
tree bark by marvelprash, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8227/8469228307_582068f943_z.jpg
ducks by marvelprash, on Flickr

prashant posted twice

I liked 1st shot

Kapil's shots are really superb

So in HDR Shots.. we have to click 3 pics(-2,0,+2)
But say i am clicking a building people are moving around...wont that people come out weird while combining the pics?

^Yes that'll do. You can't click HDR photos of moving people. Few softwares like Photomatix can correct slight changes but drastic changes can't handled.

Basically, you are taking 3 photos of same objec in same posture. So, moving objects are not ideal for HDR.

Hey guys, what software can be used to easily create HDR photos after I take the three shots?

tkin u can use photoshop or photomatrix

sujoyp said:
tkin u can use photoshop or photomatrix

Don't have photoshop, have lightroom though, also I need the tool to be as easy to use as possible. I'll try "Acquiring" photomatix

photomatrix many people dont like....its sureshot way of creating HDR...I mean automatic way...just add 3 pics and u get HDR

Thanks all

quan chi said:
Welcome back mate. Btw why dont you post yours "Doors to the hidden world","Starnberger See" & "effil tower" those are some wonderful shots!

Posting these images, though, I dont like my editing of "Doors to the hidden world". I think i went too ahead in editing it.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8187/8419953220_b87043f66d.jpg
Doors to the hidden world ! by Kjuvale, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8424/7843944286_017eac3d48.jpg
Starnberger See by Kjuvale, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8429/7776528734_8ab879db17.jpg
Eiffel Tower by Kjuvale, on Flickr

@ theserpent : for HDR i am also using Photomatrix, i find it better than Photoshop. In photomatrix you can try to remove any movements in images, although it doesnt work always.

@prashant: Liked the first and last image. The second one, is too oversaturated to my liking.
@Kapil: Superb shots! Stanberger See and Eiffel Tower. Somewhat, to my preferences, I don't like black and white photos. Maybe, I don't have that artistic temperament to appraise such shots.

So, no comments on that. The Eiffel Tower is an epic shot. Nice. :-D

@ Kapil: OMG! You have so many shots like those posted above in your flickr profile. Salzburg and Coffee and chilli are nice ones. Perfect lighting and composition of the shots.

@kjuvale that picture has a mystical feeling to it.Naming is proper too.The editing may have small flaws but its not bad infact it successfully conveys your idea to the viewer.Btw what place is that?

marvelousprashant your last picture is good.

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@tkin, digitfan - thanks for your comments on the bird photo.
@kjuvale - starnberger & Eiffel tower are great. A bit too much sharpening on the first one for me. Can you guys link your photos in such a way so that we see the larger versions here ? I mean its boring to click on each photo to open up the larger version.
@marvelousprashant - I like the 1st and 2nd one.

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tkin said:
Hey guys, what software can be used to easily create HDR photos after I take the three shots?

photomatrix is good..There are other s/w also.
You can also use plugins(like topaz/nik) for creating HDR which can be used with lightroom and photoshop..These plugins also support creating HDR from single RAW image (though 3 or 6 is better)..

mastervk said:
photomatrix is good..There are other s/w also.
You can also use plugins(like topaz/nik) for creating HDR which can be used with lightroom and photoshop..These plugins also support creating HDR from single RAW image (though 3 or 6 is better)..

My FZ150 takes RAW, so RAW+plugins+Lightroom? Single shot HDR? Would be useful for existing pics.

@gen.libeb the larger pictures are restricted here coz it takes lots of time to fully load the page...we used to post before but then we mutually decided that we will post 640x480 size mostly

eyes like a shutter, mind like a lens !

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8473719644/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8384/8473719644_9d284258e7_z.jpg DSC_524 - Copy - Copy by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

Exactly what is the subject of this photo? Nothing in foreground, weird.

tkin said:
My FZ150 takes RAW, so RAW+plugins+Lightroom? Single shot HDR? Would be useful for existing pics.

IMO DxO Optics Pro will be better

tkin said:
Exactly what is the subject of this photo? Nothing in foreground, weird.

Agree. Although I think its okay once in a while. Who knows, somebody might just find this the perfect picture to express something "profound" about life. On facebook

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Please critique.
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8947&d=1360860642

I like the shot of anmolksharma...at least its something new then same birds and landscapes everytime ....I would encourage u all to play with ur cam ...try smoke photography, black & white, product shots, bokeh,water drops,...

isnt photography about creativity

anmolksharma are you advertising for docomo?

Gen.Libeb the picture is good but i feel something is missing.I am no expert therefore just a guess that it may be due to improper selection of location,exposure or style.

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My trip to the kumbh...

*picasaweb.google.com/1092617743666...&authkey=Gv1sRgCM7Wj7HptYSuYA&feat=directlink

quan chi said:
Gen.Libeb the picture is good but i feel something is missing.I am no expert therefore just a guess that it may be due to improper selection of location,exposure or style.

I get a feeling that the pic would be better if cropped to widescreen ratio somelthing like 16:9 removing a bit of water from the bottom.

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8476318764/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8243/8476318764_67f5210d17_z.jpg DSC_6777 by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

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[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/anmolksharma/8475230435/]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8475230435_41798a3b85_z.jpg DSC_6787 by anmolksharma, on Flickr[/URL]

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen ~ Winston Churchill.

High res on /Click here

Gen.Libeb said:
Nice photos, I love how your photos are sharp and contrasty; What camera ?
The 3rd, Cycle & camera in mirror ones are the best for me.

Thanks. It's Nikon D3100.

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@anmol nice pics..

some pics from aero show exhibition

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@ anmolksharma : Liked your first and third photo with nice light bokeh in background.
@mastervk: 2nd pic is nice. In 3rd one don't know what something is missing.

here are some form me, I took those form a ship, somewhere near to Geneva:

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Flying Maschine by Kjuvale, on Flickr

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Flying Maschine by Kjuvale, on Flickr

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DSC_7798 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_7720 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_7718 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_7559 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_7516 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

For high res please click here

Some nice work there, Anmol. You've done superb selective colouring.
That rose is also nice.

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@ quan chi, pranav0091 - Thanks for your comments. About the 16:9 part, Do you guys shoot with a fixed aspect ratio or do you change the aspect ratio while shooting as per the photograph needs it ?

@kjuvale - Those plane shots are great.

@Gen: I usually shoot at the default setting of 4:3, just keeping care to shoot slightly more than I need so that even if later I feel like cropping, I have leeway. That being said, its not often that I crop pics...

@anmol. Nice pics. I wonder how the selective coloring would have looked if applied only on the faces..

@anmol ur music series is very nice..loved all of them...selective coloring is ok ok..4th one with 2 guys is good

@mastervk u have used blurring in wrong place I suppose...other models r good

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Bridge - Black & White by marvelprash, on Flickr

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sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

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yellow hibiscus by marvelprash, on Flickr

@prashant: Bridge is a very nice snap

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@marvelousprashant - The first photo is great. The colours look great on the 2nd but I'd clone out those people & is it me or is the tower slightly tilted.

That sunset is nice. Good pink tint all over the sky. Good work Prashant.

quan chi said:
^^Yea i know that.Its a general rule and works most of the time. But everytime it does not works especially if there are multiple subjects.Sometimes you have to decide yourself.

Oh sorry sir , i missed u r post. Same with me , too many subjects always cause confusion.Saw u r pics very nice , the boat in the golden waters is great one.

@Gen.Libeb - very nice sunset. horizion placed wisely but some thing in the foreground wud hav made it more dramatic. also did u try a longer exposure here?

@anmolksharma - i liked the last one u posted.

@marvelousprashant - sunset shot is very nice, is it hdr? n the black n white bridge also.

some of mine
a Flak cannon
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beetle found in the capsicum leaf
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underneath
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Damdi mosque
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HDRI of 3 images @ -2, 0 and +2 ev.

........

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179283_288427261284824_317438445_n by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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8630_288427311284819_31779367_n by anmolksharma, on Flickr

^
Now, I guess, you are overdoing the selective coloring technique :>

D

^^agreed
lm2k your third pic is wonderful.

@lm2k. 2nd and 3rd pics are very nice.

@ LM2K: I liked your third and fourth pics. The Damdi Mosque doesn't look like an HDR image.

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@lm2k - That last shot doesn't at all looks like an HDR. It'd look better with more contrast but thats just my personal preference.

lm2k said:
@Gen.Libeb - very nice sunset. horizion placed wisely but some thing in the foreground wud hav made it more dramatic. also did u try a longer exposure here?........

Didn't have a tripod or anywhere to place the camera for a long exposure with that photo.
But this one is with a long exposure taken sometime last year, Didn't come out as expected though.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9068&d=1361381351

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Moon by Naveen.Sharma, on Flickr

Purchased FujiFilm HS30EXR a few days back and this is my first Moon Shot. Trying my hands first time and I don't know much about photography. I subscribed to this thread a few months back, going through it and learning a lot of things.

Thanks everyone
@im2k: it isn't HDR.
BTW you should have taken the pic from front. HDR would have enabled you to get perfect exposure for outer walls an well as interiors

@gen : last one is slightly overexposed and too much empty space. This scene is perfect for panorama

another one from me
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sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

I wanted to shoot this scene as HDR but after processing, non HDR version looked better

I set the White balance to Tungesten to get bluish sky and overall evening feel. I think nac had discussed this some time ago in a different thread

marvelousprashant said:
Thanks everyone
@im2k: it isn't HDR.
BTW you should have taken the pic from front. HDR would have enabled you to get perfect exposure for outer walls an well as interiors

@gen : last one is slightly overexposed and too much empty space. This scene is perfect for panorama

I wanted to shoot this scene as HDR but after processing, non HDR version looked better
I set the White balance to Tungesten to get bluish sky and overall evening feel. I think nac had discussed this some time ago in a different thread

What tool do you use to process?

@tkin Lightroom

marvelousprashant said:
@tkin Lightroom

Hmm, gotta check out the filters, I use paint.net mostly, but it has its limits

Playing with Sauce and a knife

Murder Knife 1
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Murder Knife 2 (tried zoomin effect)
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Any suggestions to improve the composition or the picture itself is welcome ...trying to be creative

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Honey Bee by Naveen.Sharma, on Flickr

Honey Bee

Any suggestions?

@naveen ur shot is soo perfect that it dont need a suggestion

@Naveen: Superb pic, though a bit grainy.

@digitfan, @tkin ,@CyberKID - thank you.
@marvelousprashant - it was a hdri, image taken @ 0EV had underexposed walls and foreground. In photomatix i ended up doing it like that coz i didnt like the inbuilt presets(pinterly/grunde). shooting from front was not an option coz there were many dried tree branches in the frame from that angle. Nice pic

from u r side BTW with very neat editing.
@Naveen.S - the bee shot is brilliant and sharp. very nice.
@sujoyp - second one looks nice, i wonder what wud a white pillo/(stained) wud do if arranged in a image like that.BTW hoe u got that background?
@Gen.Libeb - nice but i wud have cropped it around 15% from top n included some of those stones or a little lower perspective angle.

@im2k ...That pillow idea is nice....but I have to wash that pillow cover after doing all this

that background is a wooden brown door which became reddish due to saturation

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marvelousprashant said:
@gen : last one is slightly overexposed and too much empty space. This scene is perfect for panorama

Yeah, I don't really like that photo. couldn't get it right, the left part was too dark & the right part was bright. May be I should have taken 2 different shots & merged them.
Some day I'll go there again & give another try.
btw your sunset photo is great.

@Naveen.S Your both pics are great, only if you could get rid of the noise in that bee pic.

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Oh where's my food by serpentakshay, on Flickr

CyberKID said:
@Naveen: Superb pic, though a bit grainy.

Gen.Libeb said:
@Naveen.S Your both pics are great, only if you could get rid of the noise in that bee pic.

Thanx everyone for comments. It looks like I have used wrong settings. I didn't even notice noise before seeing your comments.

I am new to photography and there is lot to learn.

I am not experienced enough to comment on any of your clicks. Just learning through your discussions on various photography aspects. This thread has 7100+ posts. hmmm....

^
You dont need to be a pro to comment on the pics buddy .. Just express your views , thats all. Its not that we are all pro-photographers

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@abhidev looking nice...did u try to increase saturation a bit?

lm2k said:
Oh sorry sir , i missed u r post. Same with me , too many subjects always cause confusion.Saw u r pics very nice , the boat in the golden waters is great one.

Thank you.

@sujoyp nice try.

@Gen.Libeb your post 7168.Sorry i will only say a good subject messed up badly.It could have been a wonderful shot!

@Naveen really a good and a clear shot.
@marvelousprashant post 7170 is really cool!

*s8.postimage.org/bey9swi45/8451522514_eb05e3505_c.jpg
picture sharing

yea...i know I overdid it

...what s/w do u guys use for editing pics??

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@theserpent - the squirrel is cool & with the tree its looks great , but that background, its way too bright & gets distracting,
@abhidev - nice, though it could be better. Reminds me of a similar photo I took earlier. Here it is

I didn't really wanted to pots to be visible.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9127&d=1361717481

^ Those Zinnia's are really looking good in bunches. Though, a bit low on light.

Got my phone repaired after a month. Was missing it very much.
Some shots, I took today.

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24022013043 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

@Gen.Libeb - lovely flowers.a bit under exposed though .Did u grew them u r self?
@CyberKID - i liked the rose ,but some how it appearrs that the rose is blooming on a different plant coz of the leaves. Also looking at those buds i think u shud try a time lapse for that , like a video showing gradual opening of the flower. u can use lapse.jar. it wud be worth trying.

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A brinjal , grew it in my garden,. camera - SE elm, twilite portrait , cloudy white balance. software used- topaz detail to sharpen it a bit.

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camera -SX150is. using a macro converter. this one is smaller bee(doesnt byte)

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camera -SX150is. using a macro converter.

^^ last shot is nice what is macro converter

yaah even I am interested...whats this macro convertor for SX150...the results are nice..

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@ CyberKID - nice shots, the flowers are cool but the backgrounds aren't looking good on any of them.
@lm2k - The 3rd one is great. With the 1st I think the flower shouldn't be in the frame & instead you should have focused only on the brinjal.
my flower shot is not at my home, was at a public place. I thought it was overexposed !!

@ lm2k, Gen.Libeb, thanks for your comments guys.
@lm2k: To clear out the confusion, the leaf you're seeing is that of the jasmine or chameli. Actually, the stem of that rose was so thin that the flower bud drooped, so, I had no choice but to get support from that chameli stem. The leaf, you're seeing just below the rose bud is one chameli leaf, I arranged to provide support to that rose bud. And thanks for that time lapse video app. Even, I like those time lapse videos, saw those on some infotainment channels. I'll surely give it a try, if the app works on my phone. Your last capture, is actually looking nice, though, the round pale background, to me looks distracting.
@Gen.Libeb: Sorry mate, can't do anything with the backgrounds. My playground is my small roof, so, can't help.

@cyberkid the rose has come out really good

thanks, @theserpent.

theserpent said:
what is macro converter

any magnifying glass. A simple magnifing glass stopped down to 15% of its diameter(as in my case) that wud allow us to zoom in optically towards the subject and get a closer macro even from a safe distance(1 feet in my case)

@theserpent, @Gen.Libeb, @sujoyp - thnx.
@CyberKID - thnx. C6 is symbian so java wud work, u may need to build u r lite-tent for the time lapse.

@lm2k: Got the time lapse app installed. Though the Lapse Basic app is working, the Lapse Advance is giving a Nullpointer Exception, while trying to access the video. Will try it once I get to Delhi, and post the results.

CyberKID said:
@lm2k: Got the time lapse app installed. Though the Lapse Basic app is working, the Lapse Advance is giving a Nullpointer Exception, while trying to access the video. Will try it once I get to Delhi, and post the results.

we just have to make the camera click a foto at a interval(according to the time required for the flower to open up frm bud) pc app like startrails.exe wud take care of the frames .Try it in u r time. :wink:

Clicked at my college's fest

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1911_290095454451338_1136254112_n by anmolksharma, on Flickr

more fest photos *www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=29...0563948.-2207520000.1362155051&type=3&theater

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tips for improvement please

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lock and key by anmolksharma, on Flickr

That's a nice shot, Anmol.

some help here please: *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/170966-tamron-sigma-lens-dealer-mumbai.html

Few from me...

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nice shots rithwik

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rhitwick said:
Few from me...

Love the first one. What cam ?

Gen.Libeb said:
Love the first one. What cam ?

Canon 600D

@anmolksharma - nice shot.
@rhitwick - first one is great. but it needs some Photoshopping. clone stamp the green stock cutting the flower , add vignette n a lomo effect.

Nice shots rhitwick. The first one is nice, the second one I suppose an opening dalhia bud, is also a good shot.

Guys I need an advice.

I use Paint.net for post processing jobs but I find that it does not support RAW files.
Is there any free and good image processing tool which can process RAW files?

Best tool is Lightroom but it isn't free.

Free ones are pretty basic. Adobe CS2 was free some time ago. Not sure if it still is

How about GIMP ?

rhitwick said:
Guys I need an advice.

I use Paint.net for post processing jobs but I find that it does not support RAW files.
Is there any free and good image processing tool which can process RAW files?

canon digital photo professional that comes in a cd with the canon dslrs or raw supported cameras. Most of the canon guys prefer it.

^^ DPP is extremely good for basic stuff..

Advanced RAW editing >>>> Photoshop Raw.

A cigarette is a pipe with a fire at one end and a fool at the other. Quit Smoking! It kills...

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527725_420063794723054_961467018_n by anmolksharma, on Flickr

Nice punchline @Anmol. We need creative people like you in the industry. At the other end of the Ministry of Public Health, are sitting fools, who do not know anything about their job. Their only concern is getting the buck.

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Some of my first shots - still learning.
Need some suggestions on how to improve.

Can someone tell me how to display the images in the body of the message rather than attachments?

Upload ur images into imgur.com copy paste the image link and post it.

^ Buddy, your pics are good in general, so I'm only gonna put the ctitique here

1) The pollen stick is out of focus, and it looks like you were photographing a flower that was higher than you. So maybe it'd be better to take this shot from the side, so that you can get some sort of focus for the pollen grains too. Also advisable is to shoot later in the evening, the sun is a bit too harsh here.

2) Again, harsh sun. Maybe go for tighter framing and slightly sideways angle.

3) No comments.

4) This one is a nice shot. Not much to improve IMO, maybe, just maybe, use picasa to straighten the image a tiny bit. You could try this experiment though it needs a tripod or having the camera placed firmly on some support. Get the aperture to be very small at some thing like f18 or lower. Then basically experiment with the image exposure duration until you get a shot with proper exposure. The benefit here is that you get the lights to sparkle like this:-
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IMG_1966 by pranav0091, on Flickr

Don't be disheartened by the critique. Since the pics are decently good enough to start off, I just focused on the negatives here (negatives according to me)

And regarding how to get images to show inline, I upload them to flickr and use their "share" option. Then choose BBCode with a resolution thats not too large or small like 640

@ Anmol: Nice pic. Very good use of the selective coloring technique

@aadi: Nice shots dude.
You in Calcutta? That SBI.....!

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@aadi007 - The SBI shot is pretty cool. The flower shots are decent but none really stand out. What camera?

Nothing special here. Just wanted to see what I get if I left the camera facing the sky with a longer exposure. Some of this could be noise ?

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9373&d=1362943657

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thanks everyone for your feedback.

I was just experimenting with my new canon 600D.

@pranav - buddy, thanks a lot. I will try a few flower shots this weekend and upload here. Will try out the technique you mentioned. What do you mean by straightening - "use picasa to straighten the image a tiny bit"?
@ithehappy - I was in Kolkata for the last week. I do not stay here but it is my home town

@Gen.Libeb - thanks buddy.

The SBI shot was taken from a moving boat on the Ganges in handheld at ISO 1600 and shutter speed of 1/20 or something. The IS seems to be good.

nice shot pranav

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sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

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Yellow n Pink Hibiscus by marvelprash, on Flickr

After long time, Prashant. Those two are marvelous shots as always. I think, if you had taken a front shot of the hibiscus, that would have been simply awesome.

CyberKID said:
After long time, Prashant. Those two are marvelous shots as always. I think, if you had taken a front shot of the hibiscus, that would have been simply awesome.

thanks. Took some shots from front too but they were not properly focused as it was dark. The plant was taller than me and I was taking blind shots without looking at viewfinder

hey guys anybody tried self portrait using timer....I took some shots but none of them came good....how do i focus my eyes when i cant see the viewfinder....any ideas

ex

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Set camera to Cont AF and take multiple shots with timer (intervalometer) This way camera will focus after taking each shot and only 1st image will be out of focus.

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@ marvelousprashant The 1st shot is cool, the colours are great. The 2nd shot.. not so much for me, the light on the flower doesn't go well with the blue background, the wires on the left top don't help either.

@ aadi: I meant that you could try using picasa to set the horizon to be parallel to the photo-frame... But it could be just my eyes tricking me that the photo appears tilted...

@ prashant: very nice first pic

@sujoy: I'm not able to access the pic buddy...

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Quick question guys : Is there any advantage shooting RAW with a point and shoot camera ? I post process most of my photos with photoshop & I really like what I can do with layers, I tried a little with Adobe camera raw (new with this) & I liked the White balance fix but everything else I can do with jpegs plus no layers with RAW files .

@adi you can check this link for the image

The eye got totally out of focus body is in focus although

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prashant ur idea will not work for eye...i got the body in focus...check the pic

@gen.libeb RAW is good if u r really ok with all that hassle of converting,and manually procesing....i find it very boring and shoot only jpegs

How about taking a trial shot at the desired pose, and then manually setting the AF point to focus there (face/eye) for the next shot?

@pranav ....yes I tried that too..i tried it with back lcd screen and set a 10 sec timer soo I can settle...but focus on eye is too difficult

Prashant, First one is good, but WB can be little more warmer...

Sujoy, I have tried some with my compact. Since it has more DOF than DSLRs, I get sharp (I don't have the luxury of focusing on a small thing like eye with my cam) images. I turn on the face recognition option when I take self portrait.

I watched a self portrait video a few months ago, you can try this...

If you have mask (or you can make one, like a celebrity masks). Hang it in a place where you want it, focus in the eye with the help of AF (you can use AF lock or switch to MF from AF after focusing the eye). Set 10 seconds or more, so that you don't have to rush... Remove the mask, and pose for your self portrait.

Write back if it works...

Hmm the mask idea is good...I can try that

BTW guys what do you think if I set f11-f16 on my cam I am sure everything will be in focus...soo maybe eye will also be in focus...just like nac said what he did with his P&S

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Please critique

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A camera and a dream can take you anywhere

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sujoyp said:
Hmm the mask idea is good...I can try that

BTW guys what do you think if I set f11-f16 on my cam I am sure everything will be in focus...soo maybe eye will also be in focus...just like nac said what he did with his P&S

That would be nice. Remove the background and add some bokeh later on probably

@marvelousprashant - u cud hav got rid of the cable in the hibiscus shot . first one is nice BTW.

tried a portrait
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kamera- canon sx150is.exposure program - Av, F5.6 for 1/100 sec at 200iso from 336mm focal length(35mm eq) software -LR

n some flowers , recently brot from nursery.

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kamera- canon sx150is.exposure program - Av, F3.4 for 1/320 sec at 80iso from 28mm focal length(35mm eq) software -LR

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kamera- camon sx150is.exposure program - Av, F3.4 for 1/450 sec at 80iso from 28mm focal length(35mm eq) software -LR

any coments or critics r welcome

I like the cat. Last shot has too many shadows

@im2k cat and 2nd flower is nice....I liked the flower more actually

@marvelousprashant, @sujoyp - thank you.
@marvelousprashant - in the last shot of 3 roses i wanted to try selective lighting to prioritize the flowers according to their appearance , the time was evening but may be i think it didn't work. i tried to fix shadows in LR but it just enhanced details under it, later added a vignette .

One (two) of my latest blooms. Got these blooming after three months of sowing the seeds, and after a wait of 5 days. These beauties started blooming around last tuesday, and would bloom when I left for office and would close up before me entering my house. Somehow, I caught and captured these yesterday.

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@lm2k: I wonder how you get that cat strike a pose for you? :shock:

That pink rose is actually looking nice. IMO, you could have tried capturing it somewhere in the morning (i think you've captured it in the evening), or somewhere in the shade. The sunlight, is actually creating a distracting effect, as it is unevenly falling on the flowers/petals.

@ Gen.Libeb: That white bougainvillea is giving a pretty soothing effect to the eyes. Nice capture!

Cyberkid, Vibrant flower...

Lm2k, I liked the last one more than others. And IQ is good...

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CyberKID said:
@ Gen.Libeb: That white bougainvillea is giving a pretty soothing effect to the eyes. Nice capture!

Wow.. You know the names of the flowers, I had no idea what it was. Thanks for the comments.
Your flower is cool but as a photo... don't really find it interesting. (the cut off flower & the angle at which the photo is taken could be improved)

@lm2k - The first 2 are quite good.. specially the cat one.

Gen.Libeb said:
Wow.. You know the names of the flowers, I had no idea what it was. Thanks for the comments.

That because I am a gardener, by hobby.

Your flower is cool but as a photo... don't really find it interesting. (the cut off flower & the angle at which the photo is taken could be improved)

I agree with the second part. Even I found it hard to select one (the best) from a number of shots I took. As for the first part, I'd rather say, you ought to see this flower (Ghazania) in real. It's a delight to look at, as these come in dozens of colours, and even a single flower has about 5-6 colours.

@CyberKID @nac @Gen.Libeb - thnx
@CyberKID - i had just given that cat her favourate thing (a cup of shrikhand in this case) :-D

some how she stayed long enough for me to click a couple of snaps.
also is there a website u use to find the botnical names of u r garden plants? coz i too hav some but we just call them like " lal fool ka paudha" or so

. also i agree with what Gen.Libeb said abt the flowers. they r beautiful but i wud hav loved to see the second one also or just a single one in a frame.

lm2k said:
also is there a website u use to find the botnical names of u r garden plants? coz i too hav some but we just call them like " lal fool ka paudha" or so. also i agree with what Gen.Libeb said abt the flowers. they r beautiful but i wud hav loved to see the second one also or just a single one in a frame.

Actually, these are not botanical names, but common names, though, most common names are derivatives of the botanical names. In case you want to know more, you can visit Flowers of India. It's an extensive database for plants. Also, you can try using google image search. I use it sometimes when I can't find info about a plant.
As for the other flowers, here you go. The photos I'm posting here belong to the same plant, the lightest one (yellow flower) was about five days old, the medium coloured one was about 3 days old, and the darkest one was just one day old.

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17032013156 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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ins-ani said:
"got a cam? Want to use it? Don't know how how to? Sitting idle..."
well..thats how you identify a potential wanna-be-photographer.

Many of us will be having interest in photography and here's an opportunity to share our experiences.
I am soon going to upload some of snaps i took and these were really better than i expected.

I am working on a tutorial from what i have learnt from my experiences and request all experienced/non-experienced member to share their ideas/works.

Just for sample i am uploading some of my work, and i hope you guys will like it.
*yfrog.com/62ogaaaaid3k8dvzbb8c4m9p0j

hey man i need your help..........................................

Please suggest me a camera under 16k........i know that it is too low...
But i am a beginner and i want to start with a p&s camera.
How would rate to this cam:
Canon powershot sx500is.

Help me

Friends,

In starting of this month, we were in strike so I used this time in taking few photographs. Sharing with you guys for Critiques and comments.

D90+ 35-70mm(reversed) + On camera Flash. thanks..

1. Jeena-Marna Saath Saath.
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2. Ok starting my day!
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3. Balancing...
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4. Opposite force..
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5. Big Big Babool..
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wow vimal bhai ...ur macros are amazing....last one with bubble is special

@ Toofan: Superb macros mate. Though the first image, whatever it is, it's looking ugly,

but, the following pictures reflect an awesome work done by you. I'm amazed at the details in the shots captured by you. Nice work.

Mother of God, those are awesome shots

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@toofan - All shots are too good. great details.

@toofan - Holy crap, those shots are incredible!!

I went through this thread after a very long time, so here's a few oldies from my flickr stream (taken using either a Galaxy SL or Canon A3200IS):

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This one was clicked by my fiancee. I only made colour manipulations.

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Great work toofan :thumbs:

Klaw, Silhouette shot is good.

@klaw beach one and lock are great

@toofan amazing macro

@CyberKID - thnx for the websits, i ll try it. out of the two snaps u posted i liked the first one more.
@toofan - Awsome shots , i like the sharpness and bokeh in each, third one from the top and the last one are my favourate.
@Kl@w-24 -i liked the flowers and the lock and the key shots, nice captures.

Here is some of my Work.

500px / Tejas Gupta / Photos

Camera : Sony HX10V

Some nice work there, Tejas. BTW, what is the source of that human shadow in that shot of the boot? I tried finding someone standing on the boundary wall, but couldn't.

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CyberKID said:
Some nice work there, Tejas. BTW, what is the source of that human shadow in that shot of the boot? I tried finding someone standing on the boundary wall, but couldn't.

That was a great idea & photo. I'm guessing he took 2 images one with the guy & other with just his boots & then masked out the guy during post processing. Would be nice to hear from him.

yaah very innovative shot...its 2 shot for sure at the same place

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A couple of fail attempts during the weekend.
I will need some light setup & something to place the camera on to pull this off. Needed to go to ISO 6400 to get decent exposure at shutter speed of 400.
Any suggestions ?

Camera - Canon S110
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Gen.Libeb said:
That was a great idea & photo. I'm guessing he took 2 images one with the guy & other with just his boots & then masked out the guy during post processing. Would be nice to hear from him.

Yes i took 2 photos and merged them

the Real tough part was that i had no Tripod and also it was a self shot

Tejas, Nice clicks...

Gen, Are those from Canon or Sony?

Gen, use flash for lower ISO

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nac said:
Gen, Are those from Canon or Sony?

Wow! You remember. Those are with the Canon.

marvelousprashant said:
Gen, use flash for lower ISO

I usually hate flash & like most times I forgot my camera has a flash. The next time I should try this with a flash. Thanks.

Happened to click couple of portraits on the occasion of Holi. Posting them.

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Wow, the bokeh :shock:

. f1.8 ?

^^^ F5.6 (Hope you were talking about my pics)

Yep, yours. F5.6?? Dear god, I need to recalibrate my senses

Its probably because the significant distance between subject and the background.

@pranav even a 55-200 can produce that kind of bokeh at f5.6 ....

@medico nice portraits...liked both

@gen the problem in drop shots is
1. you need smaller aperture for everything in focus
2. you need faster shutter speed like 1/200
3. Due to above it becomes very dark soo you need flash

you dont have an option of external flash trigger else i would have suggested you that...I have done quit research on this before but failed coz all shows to trigger the flash from side using wireless trigger

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@medico - Both shots are great.
@sujoyp - Thanks for your comments.
I already had shutter speed of 1/400 with these shots but a tripod or something like that would had made it easier as the kitchen isn't convenient or well lit to do these shots, and then smaller aperture = even less light. I tried this again yesterday with the in-camera flash but the light was pretty weird and it turned out even more fail.

Back to familiar subjects. Got this yesterday.
Please comment / critique.

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flash from the front is total useless....you have to use light from side or top..
yaah 1/400 is good but I said 1/200 coz in DSLR flash sync dont work above 1/250

You can try it in sunlight...It works well like that...just for example
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your above shot is superb...very nice

Medico, Wonderful bokeh...

Gen,
Canon???

Just that I am expecting more from your Canon. What's the ISO setting in your last photograph (landscape)???

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@sujoyp That water drop shot, did you take that ? Its really good.

nac said:
Gen,
Canon???

Just that I am expecting more from your Canon. What's the ISO setting in your last photograph (landscape)???

Yeah, Canon for this. ISO 100, F/8, 1/1250sec. Is it a little noisy ?

yes I took that...I have some more...like the one you tried

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Gen.Libeb said:
@sujoyp That water drop shot, did you take that ? Its really good.

Yeah, Canon for this. ISO 100, F/8, 1/1250sec. Is it a little noisy ?

Yeah

@sujoy: really nice pics. Maybe you should just try a hand at doing this with colored lighting...

Gen.Libeb said:
@sujoyp That water drop shot, did you take that ? Its really good.

Yeah, Canon for this. ISO 100, F/8, 1/1250sec. Is it a little noisy ?

Kinda... diffraction... Using f/8 in S110 is like using f/22 in Canon APS-C. You will get too much diffraction and won't be getting sharper image. Even a wide open aperture would be suffice (I think) for this landscape shot (or stop down 1 point). You have plenty of light here, you may need ND filters to reduce the intensity of the light.

Just google and read about diffraction with small aperture.

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@sujoyp,nac & pranav0091 you guys are amazing. The last 2 water drop shots are real great.

nac said:
Kinda... diffraction... Using f/8 in S110 is like using f/22 in Canon APS-C.

Didn't know this. I guess this is the cause of the buildings being tilted towards the center.
So is there some range of aperture to use for landscapes with a point and shoot, may be something like f/4? I've looked for this, but most of them are for DSLRs.

@pranav these shots r bit old..maybe 1 year old ... I will get a wireless flash trigger and then try the smoke and splash/droplet photography again

I really know its needed

@gen thanks for liking

Eyes of the devil

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Eyes of the devil by sujoyp, on Flickr

had a very difficult time shooting self eye with manual focus and a torch in hand

@medico Nice shots
@gen Landscape shot is edited? The color of sky looks different
@sujoy nice tips. Will try some drop shots soon

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Lonely by marvelprash, on Flickr

Gen.Libeb said:
@sujoyp,nac & pranav0091 you guys are amazing. The last 2 water drop shots are real great.

Didn't know this. I guess this is the cause of the buildings being tilted towards the center.
So is there some range of aperture to use for landscapes with a point and shoot, may be something like f/4? I've looked for this, but most of them are for DSLRs.

No real lower limit as I know it, but at the other end I guess you are reaching the limits of a good pic at f15 or so...
That doesnt include the spiked-star trick which is using very small apertures of f22 or more intentionally...

Dont get disheartened buddy, everyone doesnt take amazing pics all the time. We all have pics that are less than good looking. Bury the skeletons

EDIT: I didnt notice you were asking for PnS cameras...

Pretty pis from both sujoy and prashant

Dont get disheartened buddy, everyone doesnt take amazing pics all the time. We all have pics that are less than good looking. Bury the skeletons

yaah right...like you can see my eye shot...its still not perfect

tried 1st time ....u will also learn sooner or later

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marvelousprashant said:
@gen Landscape shot is edited? The color of sky looks different

Yeah, That shot was edited.
Your chair shot is pretty cool.

@pranav0091- There's no reason to be disheartened.

@Medico: great snaps, liked them both.

@Sujoy: i saw you recently bought Tamron 17-50 f2.8, awesome. How is performance, sharpness over nikkor kit lens? and do you have any daylight landscapes taken with it, i saw you have some night photos and they look good. But wanted to know performance in daylight.

here one more took long ago, but didn't have time for last 3-4 months to even use my camera

. Will start using it soon, but its still under 0 degrees as even ester has weekend has started, don't know when we will have sun here.

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Berlin Cathedral by Kjuvale, on Flickr

@kapil Tamron 17-50 f2.8 is good and sharp even at f2.8 ...no issue in that ....but as I have played with 50mm 1.8D I dont find bokeh good in tammy...I tried everything the bokeh is not comparable to 50mm...
Compared to 18-55 tammy is bit better in everything...better in low light, better build,better and faster focussing,no VR required,more silent and lastly more wider

But for indoor shooting its great

Actually its a mixed feeling...I am really disappointed by the bokeh at 50mm..I wish it was 15-85mm f2.8

I havent shot any landscape in day time ..just some casual shots...will show you

@Sujoy: thanks for info. Sounds good for low light photography. I am using wide angle lens mostly in day light, thats why i was interested. All nikon lenses with such apperture are very expensive.

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Please critique.

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Cams : Canon S110 & Sony H55

@gen.Libeb
First photo is good. Do you think the focus is where you wanted it to be? It looks good, I wonder how would it be if the focus was on first three crads.

Second image is . It does not tell anything, neither its a good macro nor I can see any photographic experiment that you have done with it (judging it on base of my limited knowledge)

Best of luck and keep clicking.

1st one is nice gen. Will use it as my phone's wallpaper

@gen 1st shot is really good...but 2nd shot I didnt understand the purpose...what were u trying to do actually

1st shot is really good @gen

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@Gen First shot is very nice...do you have a colored version too?

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@ rhitwick, marvelousprashant, sujoyp, abhidev, JaySmarty23 - Thanks everyone, appreciate your comments. sorry, no colour version, I think I overwrote it.

kjuvale said:
@Medico: great snaps, liked them both.

@Sujoy: i saw you recently bought Tamron 17-50 f2.8, awesome. How is performance, sharpness over nikkor kit lens? and do you have any daylight landscapes taken with it, i saw you have some night photos and they look good. But wanted to know performance in daylight.

here one more took long ago, but didn't have time for last 3-4 months to even use my camera . Will start using it soon, but its still under 0 degrees as even ester has weekend has started, don't know when we will have sun here.

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Berlin Cathedral by Kjuvale, on Flickr

is it HDR ? How did u do it ?

Gen, Nice one... :thumbs:

Edited a bit

Odo shot
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@tenida its looking good but didnt colored looked better with green,yellow red colors ???

Why I fell in love with Photography?

Answer is Mumbai - The city of dreams from where it all started. This is the first photograph which I took using my new Sony DSC-W110 camera during my visit a couple of years ago and after that I fell in love with Photography and of course with the city itself.

The journey has just begun and there is a long way to go.

Keep Supporting!

Once Upon a Time in Mumbai !

AnmolSharmaPhotography

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sujoyp said:
@tenida its looking good but didnt colored looked better with green,yellow red colors ???

Need to take color shot on night. It will look good I guess.

@anmolksharma- Superrr shot buddy

@anmol good shot nice composition

@gen:1st shot excellent!!

sujoyp said:
@gen 1st shot is really good...but 2nd shot I didnt understand the purpose...what were u trying to do actually

same question..
more importantly, how did you manage to keep the K sharp??

Tejas.Gupta said:
is it HDR ? How did u do it ?

Yes, its HDR. Made it with photomatix using 3 images of different exposures.

nice shots Gen, tenida and amol

Here new one, not HDR but used polarizer filter.

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Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, Germany by Kjuvale, on Flickr

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@nac, anirbandd, kjuvale - thanks.
@anmolksharma - Thats a good shot. I tried getting that a couple of times but never got a good one.
@kjuvale - The 2nd is great. It looks like a HDR (but I see its not).

anirbandd said:
@gen:1st shot excellent!!
same question..
more importantly, how did you manage to keep the K sharp??

It is post processed. I wanted to get a shallow DOF + a little fancy effects.

How is it?

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PS: Ignore the fingerprints, will be careful next time.

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Nipun said:
How is it?
PS: Ignore the fingerprints, will be careful next time.

This is good. Do you have a non-eaten version too? Curious how that'd look.
May be if you could try to have a light source from the right so that the part under the shadow (the 2nd bar) isn't so dark.

Plz critique n comment

Wow! wonderful location. Is this the place you live???

nac said:
Wow! wonderful location. Is this the place you live???

yup its the place whr i live

Plz critique n comment sm more of my clicks

why cant i upload more than 5 pics?

^ Try different white balance, use vivid colour and do some PP...

i am completely new to DSLR photography these are my 1st clicks can u xplain in layman terms

* There is something called white balance (WB). You will have the access to set WB when you shoot in priority mode or in manual mode (and also in P mode, Ithink).
* There is something called colour settings. You can use "vivid" for landscape shots.
* And do some editing with image editing software to enhance the image.

Digital Photography Tips for Beginners

You can learn the basics here...

@gamefreak...I like 2 of ur pics ...I think 2nd one and those roads ....when u shoot flowers shoot it in a way that ur hands or any artificial thing is not seen in the picture...and start using editing software like picasa....direct pics from DSLR sometimes arent good...just edit a little and it would look great

I know I have shots this many times...but got him today again

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Plz critique n comment

^ Suggestion: Use some image sharing sites like imgur or flickr or such to show the images in the post itself. Most visitors, including me, are too lazy to click and open the links.

In my opinion, you need to review your style a bit. You need to cut off the distracting elements from photos of close subjects like flowers and such. For closeup shots, you may use Macro Mode along with Zoom (preferably Optical), and you'll have great reqults.

@gamefreak...2nd flower and last city scape is nice...just use picasa and increase the saturatio and contrast a bit and it will look much better

here is ur cityscape comparision ...top one is edited and 2nd one urs

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thanx for ur valuable suggestions frnds i tried using picasa and made a flickr account
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@Sujoyp - Nice photo with that spider. I only wish its front legs weren't out of focus. How big was it ?
@game-freak - I like the bug pic & the mountain buildings. What place is this? I guess most of your photos need more contrast, A little post processing goes a long way.
edit - Didn't see that last set. It looks much better. Then 2nd pic looks beautiful

Good old days of tape/cassette

*i.imgur.com/1UtpNvj.jpg

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8655430321/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8108/8655430321_c8473b8c45_b.jpg[/url] DSC_0040 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

@gen the spider was only 3 cm big soo its difficult to estimate which part is in focus and which not...will try again if i found him

@tenida nice concept

@game freak....now this one is looking good

@ sujoyp thanx bro

Sujoy, You can focus stacking to get everything in focus...

Gamefreak, PP-ed image is better. You don't have to leave the time stamp ON. It's all there in the image file, and you can get it printed whenever you want.

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@game-freak - The flower shot looks quite good.

Here's another Cloud shot. Camera: Sony H55
Please critique

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8111/8657768349_f5d68f5563_b.jpg

I have tested my triggers with some smoke photography

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dude sm1 pls review nikon coolpix L820

Sujoy, Wonderful :doublethumb:

First three are good.

It's not that good with incense in the frame (last two photographs).

Thanks nac...I just tried something new...without stick everyone takes..I just tried with them

@ sujoyp nice clicks bro
here are some of my recent shots plz critique
[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8659497267/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8117/8659497267_b0385a2533_b.jpg[/url] DSC_0186 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8660598854/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8113/8660598854_c5039286bd_b.jpg[/url] DSC_0182 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8660599086/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8120/8660599086_20bf5eddfb_b.jpg[/url] DSC_0180 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

@game freak...That's a cute subject

nice shot

thanx a lot bro

i hope i am taking the pics right

@sujoyp: lovely shots! get some more sticks in to gather up the smoke..

btw, you could do some mirroring in PS to pull some nice effects..

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@sujoyp Nice smoke photography...

Can you tell me how you used different colors of light?

JaySmarty23 said:
@sujoyp Nice smoke photography...
Can you tell me how you used different colors of light?

Photoshop color gradients

@sujoyp self sketched eggs

@anirban...I have that plan in mind of multiple sticks and some design

will do that tommorow ...Thanks

@jay ...yes its photoshop gradients

Thanks

@sujoyp #7328: Awesome shots.. :thumbs:

Please give details about lighting, ISO, Shutter speed of those images..

@quagmire All are taken at ISO200 and shutter priority mode @1/125 ....I have used my wireless flash trigger from right angle to the camera and put a cover such that flash do not fall on the background of smoke....its very easy setup...shots are taken handheld using tamron 17-50

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@sujoyp - Nice Shots.

plz critique

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8664266666/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8240/8664266666_a876e2ce53_b.jpg[/url] DSC_0187 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

@gen thanks

@gamefreak ...I think ur idea is great and love the cute egg

hi everyone, have been missing from this thread from quite some time. Hardly got a chance to put up clicks

some new ones

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8359/8299553352_f856534511_c.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8515511623_35762afb02_z.jpg

Flickr: Amlan Mathur's Photostream
500px / Amlan Mathur / Photos

Rage, Both are nice.
But, PP is not that good (for the first photograph).

^2nd one is good.

@izzkio I liked both of them....how long did u put ur cam for 1st shot

very nice pictures every one!

one from my side after sometime now

"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Full Screen View Recommended. Please feel free to share the picture.

© *www.facebook.com/AnmolSharmaPhotography

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8524/8668679816_6e3528a31d_z.jpg
554757_315820018545548_537778032_n by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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@izzikio_rage The 2nd one clearly shows how good composition makes a real great photograph.

@izzikio: Really nice snap, the second one

@game-freak: Pretty eggs

@anmol: Nice pic. I guess the font used for the quote looks out of place. Helvetica or something of that sort would've probably been more impactful. And maybe even reduce the font size for the credits, just a personal opinion, I mean its distracting when the credits steals all focus from the actual pic. Like, would you like to read a book that has the authors's name in 25 point font on every page? Or if you plan to keep t that big, them maybe make it translucent. Just my two cents

Pride of Calcutta: The yellow taxi.

*i.imgur.com/MQzUkwa.jpg

pranav0091 said:
@izzikio: Really nice snap, the second one
@game-freak: Pretty eggs
@anmol: Nice pic. I guess the font used for the quote looks out of place. Helvetica or something of that sort would've probably been more impactful. And maybe even reduce the font size for the credits, just a personal opinion, I mean its distracting when the credits steals all focus from the actual pic. Like, would you like to read a book that has the authors's name in 25 point font on every page? Or if you plan to keep t that big, them maybe make it translucent. Just my two cents

Thanks Pranav for your suggestions and tips... I will definitely implement these in my next photograph.

Some more of my Clicks

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*fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/562102_471182986285521_1102520830_n.jpg

This was taken with Full Digital Zoom so its not that Clear.

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@tejas...1st one is nice...3rd one need more details...try again

*i.imgur.com/qYfLhkQ.jpg

Thanks everyone, loved the snap of the eggs

real creativity there

sujoyp said:
@izzkio I liked both of them....how long did u put ur cam for 1st shot

It's a stack of multiple shots,
59 images
45 minutes
15 sec, ISO 400, f/2.8
Stacked using startrails, The inital image was taken using a flash. The rest without

Some new stuff

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8245/8663917895_4f12637127_z.jpg

The fireworks at the light and sound show at Ocean park Water and fireworks | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8651849651_e94eb9e5e7_z.jpg

The macau skyline The Macau skyline | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

^^Awesome

@amlan 2nd one is good...nice reflection on water

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sujoyp said:
@amlan 2nd one is good...nice reflection on water

Hey Sujoy, thanks. As always, love your snaps. BTW how are you taking the smoke pics? and what post processing is involved?

and how do you time the drops? Have spent hours trying this one, but somehow the "right" moment is still awaited

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Ok guys, am planning to finally switch to a pro camera. But since I want it to be able to go anywhere with me, am looking for a mirrorless one. Suggestions welcome,

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/172921-buying-mirrorless-camera.html

plz critique my first attempt to capture the moon

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Canon EOS 550D

@amlan Thanks ....The smoke setup is very simple ....I am flashing from sideways towards the smoke in a way that the flash do not fall on the background.
focus on smoke is difficult...just try to focus on sticks red part.

Post processing I am doing with photoshop...its just 4 easy steps
1. create duplicate layer - layer->duplicate layer
2. go to layer-->new adjustment layer--> levels ...move the slider such that background becomes very dark..blakish ...but smoke is visible
3. go to layers--> new fill layer-->gradients ....select a color gradient and in layer window select color instead of normal.
4. select duplicate layer and clean the unwanted colors and unwanted particles to make BG clean black.

Now drop is a pure chance....I was puting drop with one hand and clicking with other...very hard I would say

put a floating object at the point where drop will fall and focus the point...put it on manual focus...use flashlight from side or take shot in sunlight ...setting should be around f4 and SS 1/160 ..as soon as you release the drop click

hope the tips will help...

If you are ok with EPM1+kit and zoom or prime lens according to your taste later then its a good deal...but you will loose viewfinder

@ sujoy: water drop is beautiful buddy

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8680655043/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8402/8680655043_53bbc416ed_b.jpg[/url] DSC_0272 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

game-freak said:
plz critique my first attempt to capture the moon
View attachment 10173

It's a little grainy, try reducing the ISO next time. Plus for things as far as the moon, keeping the camera on a tripod helps

sujoyp said:
@amlan Thanks ....The smoke setup is very simple ....I am flashing from sideways towards the smoke in a way that the flash do not fall on the background.
focus on smoke is difficult...just try to focus on sticks red part.

Post processing I am doing with photoshop...its just 4 easy steps
1. create duplicate layer - layer->duplicate layer
2. go to layer-->new adjustment layer--> levels ...move the slider such that background becomes very dark..blakish ...but smoke is visible
3. go to layers--> new fill layer-->gradients ....select a color gradient and in layer window select color instead of normal.
4. select duplicate layer and clean the unwanted colors and unwanted particles to make BG clean black.

Now drop is a pure chance....I was puting drop with one hand and clicking with other...very hard I would say put a floating object at the point where drop will fall and focus the point...put it on manual focus...use flashlight from side or take shot in sunlight ...setting should be around f4 and SS 1/160 ..as soon as you release the drop click

hope the tips will help...

If you are ok with EPM1+kit and zoom or prime lens according to your taste later then its a good deal...but you will loose viewfinder

Awesome setup drawing, thanks will give this a shot today

... and how are mirrorless camera's at creating bokeh ?

Thanks @pranav

@gamefreak .....ur moon is very grainy ...please share the exif details...also moon is not focussed properly.
ur 2nd shot also have some vibrations due to slow shutter speed I suppose....(try to read the board) for these shots u need trypod or a surface to keep the camera steady...handheld is impossible.

@amlan Mirrorless cams are capable of everything...just u need to read proper review of lenses before buying...even some f1.8 lenses have harsh bokeh I have read.

sujoyp said:
@gamefreak .....ur moon is very grainy ...please share the exif details...also moon is not focussed properly.
ur 2nd shot also have some vibrations due to slow shutter speed I suppose....(try to read the board) for these shots u need trypod or a surface to keep the camera steady...handheld is impossible.

1/200, f/11, ISO 100 at 300 mm
camera was handheld

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8400/8682157403_8d1ae060a2.jpg
IMG_2933 by serpentakshay, on Flickr

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IMG_2900 by serpentakshay, on Flickr

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IMG_2866 by serpentakshay, on Flickr

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IMG_2861 by serpentakshay, on Flickr

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IMG_2784 by serpentakshay, on Flickr

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IMG_2765 by serpentakshay, on Flickr

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IMG_2669 by serpentakshay, on Flickr

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IMG_2684 by serpentakshay, on Flickr

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IMG_2686 by serpentakshay, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8400/8682157403_8d1ae060a2.jpg
IMG_2933 by serpentakshay, on Flickr

Amlan and Sujoy, Wonderful photographs guys... :doublethumb:

Thanks Nac

@gamefreak exif seems ok ...then maybe due to vibration moon shot got blurred

@serpent ...that cave shot is awesome...is it the lonavla kalra cave...coz I went there and it seems like that

^ Yup it is

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@sujoyp - The water drop is great.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8113/8682984654_cd29d43730_b.jpg

Guys, how many of you are on 500px.com? my first month impression is that the quality of the images is way ahead of flickr ..... do share your profiles.

mine is 500px / Amlan Mathur / Photos

@the serpent ...please edit ur images and remove the duplicates....u posted all of them twice

@amlan I am there but dont have lots of images there...

500px / Sujoy Packrasy / Photos

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Photography Experts, How is this guy getting people shots like these? Is it the lens / angle of the shot or what ?
When I try to shoot full people shots, the subjects look really tiny. But these shots are so sharp at that distance. What do you think ?

*www.timparkphotography.com/images/jae-01.jpg
*www.timparkphotography.com/images/jae-09.jpg

Gen.Libeb said:
Photography Experts, How is this guy getting people shots like these? Is it the lens / angle of the shot or what ?
When I try to shoot full people shots, the subjects look really tiny. But these shots are so sharp at that distance. What do you think ?

*www.timparkphotography.com/images/jae-01.jpg
*www.timparkphotography.com/images/jae-09.jpg

I checked the exif. Large aperture + pseudo-telephoto (160mm) focal length.

Gen.Libeb said:
Photography Experts, How is this guy getting people shots like these? Is it the lens / angle of the shot or what ?
When I try to shoot full people shots, the subjects look really tiny. But these shots are so sharp at that distance. What do you think ?

*www.timparkphotography.com/images/jae-01.jpg
*www.timparkphotography.com/images/jae-09.jpg

see ryan Brenezier 's method aka portrait panorama.
Saw it on dps .

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@pranav0091, lm2k - Thanks

pranav0091 said:
I checked the exif. Large aperture + pseudo-telephoto (160mm) focal length.

Won't large aperture make focus spot smaller (eyes may be) ? Then again I need to look up pseudo-telephoto.

@gen if u know the 85mm lens is the most popular portrait focal length ....and maybe the longest for a f1.4 aperture....If you get a 85mm f1.4 lens on a apsc sensor it becomes around 120mm f1.4 and that can produce these kind of shots from a certain distance....

plz critique
[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8689999180/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7047/8689999180_46737ff0d8_b.jpg[/url] old by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8689999656/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7044/8689999656_9ac521c9e4_b.jpg[/url] flower white purp by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8688881929/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8405/8688881929_5ac8526de2_b.jpg[/url] flower white by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8690000854/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8400/8690000854_0b46a0512d_b.jpg[/url] bird by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

game-freak said:
[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8690000854/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8400/8690000854_0b46a0512d_b.jpg[/url] bird by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

Superb image. Very clear and vibrant colors. Keep it up.
b/w check out "rule of third" in web...

I guess, you have not done post processing. Your third pic looks a bit dull than the second pic.

@rhitwick thanx will read rule of third 4 sure

some more shots plz critique
[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8689093257/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8689093257_614eaf3d21_b.jpg[/url] sparrow by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8690214630/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8397/8690214630_a87afe3e2a_b.jpg[/url] birdy 1 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

very good shots @gamefreak

..1st 3 shots were very good..

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@game-freak -Great photos.
This is just some nitpicking. The first shot is great, but either the white balance is off or you have saturated it too much. But you got a great focus there.
In your first shot in the second set, are you sharpening it in post-processing? Looks a bit overdone.

sujoyp said:
very good shots @gamefreak ..1st 3 shots were very good..

thnx bro

@Gen.Libeb for the first pic i used a effect in picasa called 1960

plz critique
[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8694235184/][img]*farm9.staticflickr.com/8253/8694235184_5a4846b042_b.jpg[/url] church by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

Gamefreak, Good IQ. Need to improve PP...

nac said:
Gamefreak, Good IQ. Need to improve PP...

PP ??? didnt get u

^ It means post processing.

And you can very turn OFF "Time Stamp" on your images. All the information will be there in the image file.

i am only using picasa tried using light room but found it to b a bit tough to use

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@game-freak - Your first set of images was pretty impressive. But I'm sorry, don't like this one.
To begin with, it is tilted, also its not sharp & the colours are boring.

@gamefreak: My 2 cents on the pic. Interesting subject and lighting,

1. I guess the exposure is a little on the darker side could have been remedied by a longer exposure and a smaller aperture f/8 or f/11. This would have made the image sharper with more focus throughout
2. I think the yellowish tint might be due to some picasa filter, probably not the right one to use here. Or you could set the camera white balance to auto or even tungsten (for a cool bluish tint)
3. Move closer to the building, avoid the trees that are blocking it partially, try a new perspective (probably lower, emphasizing the height of the tower)

A similar landscape pic that I had clicked a while back, probably not the best example

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8382/8533783631_ff5dc18181_b.jpg
A flower in the city | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

A sightly better one

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8400/8687065061_b7c052c1ac_c.jpg

*www.flickr.com/photos/izzikiorage/8687065061/

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izzikio_rage - slightly? The 2nd one is lot much better than the 1st one, its great

First attempt at PC parts.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8560/8698743748_0493155c80_b.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8395/8697619529_85ed8a27b9_b.jpg

gr8 pics

There are some 10 more photos related to same theme. I request all to please do have a look at the complete album.
Here is the Link If Life Was a Pencil

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8698114397_f6dba19af3_z.jpg
DSC_9318 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8698115061_e8b76e0114_z.jpg
DSC_9314 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8551/8698115677_74842f101d_z.jpg
DSC_9312 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

Nice pics from izzikio (love the trails the water leaves in long exposure shots) and General and Anmol

@ game-freak : Here are some unspoken rules of good pictures:
1) No time stamp.
2) The horizon is horizontal. Unless you have a very good reason to let it tilt for some special effect

Keep snapping

Gen.Libeb said:
Photography Experts, How is this guy getting people shots like these? Is it the lens / angle of the shot or what ?
When I try to shoot full people shots, the subjects look really tiny. But these shots are so sharp at that distance. What do you think ?

*www.timparkphotography.com/images/jae-01.jpg
*www.timparkphotography.com/images/jae-09.jpg

The guy is a real pro in portrait shots.

PS: His site is also very good.

Here are few shots I took recently. There is one street in Bonn "Heerstraße" famous for lots of cherry blossom trees all over the street. I tried to take some shots at night.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8533/8696810627_4a2fd55745.jpg
Cherry Blossom at Heerstraße, Bonn by Kjuvale, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8419/8700189350_253e90bfba.jpg
Cherry blossom trees in Bonn by Kjuvale, on Flickr

^
Good IQ, good colours in the night

2nd one is good.

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8713918489/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/8713918489_32ac725667_b.jpg[/url] fire by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8715038712/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/8715038712_ca039dace1_b.jpg[/url] tar by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8713919153/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/8713919153_77c3dd5a9c_b.jpg[/url] tar boy by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

^ Nice pics. Although it probably would have been a better choise to use manual focus to pin focus on the flames. That;d probably have been a powerful image.

pranav0091 said:
^ Nice pics. Although it probably would have been a better choise to use manual focus to pin focus on the flames. That;d probably have been a powerful image.

will go back and try again the work is going on near my place

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8718472390/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/8718472390_cb09698b4a_b.jpg[/url] church by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8717354271/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7412/8717354271_88b6342725_b.jpg[/url] cityscape by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8718471704/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7347/8718471704_061cd54c9a_b.jpg[/url] spark by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

^ Nice pics buddy. Get a closer shot on the second image, that one has the potential to be wallpaper worthy. Mother-of-god, thats pretty scene

thanx a lot bro do u know of any free watermarking software mine got expired

game-freak said:
thanx a lot bro do u know of any free watermarking software mine got expired

Picasa batch mode

didnt get u did u mean picasa 3

Of course

Gamefreak ur shots have improved a loooot ...nice buddy

Some of my shots took recently in kolkata

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7390/8716176415_81d0959c1b_z.jpg
Boat by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Princep Ghat by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Princep Memorial by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Princep Enterence by sujoyp, on Flickr

^

Nice photographs. But would like to know why wider aperture for BOAT and PRINCEP GHAT?

wide aperture coz it was very late in evening and to hand hold at f5.6 will need to bump the ISO to maybe 3200 ...and i really missed a tripod then...my bridge pic is completely spoilet

Hi all! Came here after a long time. Don't know how many still remembers me

Here is one photo from my side

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8537/8630818174_7efc87bc33_b.jpg
Sunset and Fog by Sounava, on Flickr

^WOW..

@ Sounava, Wonderful :doublethumb:

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@Sounava - That is one epic photo.

wow beautiful sounava...welcome back..

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*www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=52...204.1073741825.112549338784151&type=1&theater

Sounava said:
Hi all! Came here after a long time. Don't know how many still remembers me

Here is one photo from my side

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8537/8630818174_7efc87bc33_b.jpg

Sunset and Fog by Sounava, on Flickr

That's simply MAJESTIC.

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@Stuge - That's too good.

Here is a Before and After PP pic.

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10423&d=1368161253
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/8724127840_a0249bc383_b.jpg

^ That's some good PP done.

^^ That's of helluva PP work... :doublethumb:

I really would like to know how you did it? I have few photographs which needs a similar PP work...

sujoyp said:
Gamefreak ur shots have improved a loooot ...nice buddy

thanx a lot buddy loved ur clicks specially ur 1st and 2nd click
more clicks plz critique
[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8725635657/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/8725635657_72c5abcc47_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0181 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8725627131/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/8725627131_a1d84d3b16_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0203 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8725627635/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7381/8725627635_0e92103993_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0149 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8726748312/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/8726748312_e9b1905319_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0147 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8726748768/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/8726748768_302a9a18be_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0146 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8725629599/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7324/8725629599_e9389c5ebc_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0145 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8725630249/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7350/8725630249_cf114a1dfa_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0144 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8726751076/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7411/8726751076_0bb4662379_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0143 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8726746328/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/8726746328_231358e75d_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0141 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8725631455/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7383/8725631455_67f14e8d51_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0133 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8726752320/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/8726752320_0ab5697081_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0129 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

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@ game-freak - Third from bottom is looking very good.
What place is this ? Simla ?

nac said:
I really would like to know how you did it?

Photoshop. The usual tools: cloning to remove the light post, smudge for noise removal, high pass filter for sharpening & some of the tools in image adjustment section for the colours.
I'm still not into shooting RAW, I feel I can do lot more with layers & masking than with RAW

thnx bro

@sounava: been checking out your works man..

take a salute

btw, do you use a polariser??

@ Gen.Libeb nice shots and great PP

@ Sounava beautiful click

Some really nice pics coming in here, good to see

@game-freak: Much appreciate the new watermarks. Second from top is my pick

@Stuge: Nice pic.

@Gen: Very impressive editing work

I'll possibly upload a couple of pics tonight from a recent dinner tonight.

Stuge, It's a good one and I really appreciate your time/effort you put to make this photograph. But IQ is not that great, (guess you used FF) probably you may have used higher ISO. No offense, just take it light. This is just a beginners comment on a pro's work.

Gen, If you ever get time, please make a video on "HOW YOU DID THAT PP"... Even I would like to send you one of mine to check whether it is possible to clone out the blown up area.

Gamefreak, 2nd top is good.

Gen.Libeb said:
@ game-freak - Third from bottom is looking very good.
What place is this ? Simla ?

yup its shimla

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game-freak said:
yup its shimla

I had a couple of snaps from this place some years before although not quite good.

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7303/8730022203_2eaa7f6378_b.jpg

On the way.
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7304/8730021929_fca901069e_b.jpg

Rush Hour

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The mall

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/8730388695_23925073a2_o.jpg

^ That's a nice miniature effect...

Gen, Very much similar to game freak's... same spot???

nac;1902158 But IQ is not that great said:
IQ is affected by FB .Its only good for sharing images ,but it tends to lower IQ by compressing images .You can check out same image on flickr where IQ isn't much affected and Yes ,I use FF for all night image these days .

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8225/8583885521_ee131b1905_c.jpg

Above us | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

@Stuge, brilliant pics

@gamefreak, loved the night images

@Gen.Libeb, awesome stuff

here are some from my side

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8110/8658474350_0170302636_c.jpg
lights on the water | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8092/8450430851_d2f8d028b8_c.jpg
The guiding lights | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

How Is this Using The Kit Lens !!

*3.bp.blogspot.com/-Un8-z4HvbkY/UZJsAbreJhI/AAAAAAAABa8/ipykNu-k8yc/s1600/DSC_0341Sparrow.jpg

@izzikio_rage: Some great pics mate.
@Ayuclack: That's a great photo mate. Sparrows are now rare to see. But, I'd suggest to size down that image to 640x480 resolution, so that, everyone could see the post. We have many people with slow-very slow network connections.

^ Nice. Needs little WB tweak.

@ Ayuclack nice shot
@ izzikio_rage lovely pics the guiding lights is awesome
some of my clicks plz critique

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8742345520/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7286/8742345520_f570b05c8e_c.jpg[/url] sunset1 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8742346282/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7291/8742346282_25633af000_c.jpg[/url] sunset by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8742347762/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/8742347762_e12f01364c_c.jpg[/url] night by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8741232691/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/8741232691_960e0d9b81.jpg[/url] moon1 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8741232747/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/8741232747_e6fbd0aabc.jpg[/url] moon by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

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@Stuge - Both of your photos are great. Exposure Time ?
@izzikio_rage - The trees one is cool

nice clicks guys...

Izzikio, Nice clicks buddy...

some more clicks
[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8744589421/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7308/8744589421_8c6f878ce8_c.jpg[/url] 460 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8744590003/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7287/8744590003_dbf502c993_c.jpg[/url] 445 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8745707020/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7307/8745707020_ed0d2681ae.jpg[/url] 475 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8745707644/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7304/8745707644_e3ea68947a_c.jpg[/url] 438 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8745709562/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/8745709562_518688ed6c_c.jpg[/url] 428 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

@ Sounava and Stuge: awesome shots !

@ game-freak: some nice compositions in sunset photos on last page, liked them

here is one firework shot and my first try to shoot smoke :

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8547/8708857539_f4b68e14d1.jpg
Rhein in Flammen by Kjuvale, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7295/8744593559_01fc96d18c.jpg
smoke by Kjuvale, on Flickr

@ kjuvale nice clicks
firework click is looking awesome

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@kjuvale - Great shots
@game-freak - tree shot is cool. If you have another version where you didn't cut off the branches, or may be a vertical shot where you see more of the tree, it would be great.

Some more Before and After pics. These are a bit old though.

Sunset
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10564&d=1368766115
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8112/8657769491_6556003c49_b.jpg

Deer
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10563&d=1368766112
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8260/8682985302_b3d66e1ae9_b.jpg

Thanks everyone,

kjuvale, the fireworks pic is brilliant.
Pretty cool pics everyone, lots of stuff worth trying out

Kjuvale, Not that it ain't good. Just that it's not as class as you usually post. No offense... :unsure:

“The best journeys in life are those that answer questions you never thought to ask.” ~ Rich Ridgeway.

Full Screen View Recommended. Please feel free to share the picture.

©*www.facebook.com/AnmolSharmaPhotography

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DSC07628 - Copy - Copy_8767_1234_temp - Copy by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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Some photos are like good jokes. If you have to explain them, then they are just not that good. In some cases a photo shouldn't need a story to back it up. It has to speak for itself. ~ xyz

Full Screen View Recommended. Please feel free to share the picture.

©*www.facebook.com/AnmolSharmaPhotography

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DSC_7390 - Copy_8767_1234_temp by anmolksharma, on Flickr

some from my side also

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8076/8444559717_32497a3c73_c.jpg
With the waves lapping my balcony | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8077749562_2ef576db74_c.jpg
Footprints in the sand | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Guys Help Me With My DSLR ,, It Gone For Now :hissyfit:

@Gen.Libeb the 2nd sunset shot looks beautiful
@ izzikio_rage nice shots
[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8751828980/][img]*farm4.staticflickr.com/3821/8751828980_84f0a32c99.jpg[/url] 564 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

Loved the editing General

Nice pics, especially the fireworks from Kjuvale, the first pic from izzikio and the second one from anmol

Here is one from me after a long time

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3732/8755235628_dc58f89eff_z.jpg
Waterdrop by pranav0091, on Flickr

@pranav0091 great shot
some of my shots for review plz critique

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8754220747/][img]*farm4.staticflickr.com/3680/8754220747_3ac9bd86f1_c.jpg[/url] DSC_0706 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8755341114/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7321/8755341114_1a6163819d_c.jpg[/url] 707 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8754219053/][img]*farm3.staticflickr.com/2831/8754219053_d5481fb972_c.jpg[/url] 702 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8754221147/][img]*farm8.staticflickr.com/7415/8754221147_686db80b2e_c.jpg[/url] 695 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8755344288/][img]*farm3.staticflickr.com/2868/8755344288_2c62cea901_c.jpg[/url] 694 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

[url=*www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8755344094/][img]*farm6.staticflickr.com/5449/8755344094_949f52e082_c.jpg[/url] 693 by ☣ankit, on Flickr[/IMG]

Nice click

@game-freak: Nice shots. Seems like you've been doing nightouts for those shots. :-D

I liked the second one most. There's one suggestion though. I believe you're using the Forum BBCode directly from Flickr, so there's no need to put the code in the

@Cyberkid, didn't know about the BBcode thing, thanks for the tip, it's a real timesaver
@Gamefreak, pretty cool light trails. I guess you can make this more fun by painting the tunnel and vegetation using a torch. It'll add more details to the image.
@Pranav: brilliant droplet. and I guess this is without a macro lens, right?

one from my side. It's a little dark I guess.

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8296/7873642242_431967e7dc_z.jpg
sometimes nature just decides to put all artists to shame by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

^ That is a great image. It has made way as my desktop wallpaper. The actual sight of this would have been awesome.

Ankit and Amlan : Very pretty pics.
@ Amlan: Very very pretty indeed. But do fix the horizon buddy. Horizons *must* be horizontal :>
And another thing would be to use 16:9 for landscapes, generally looks better

Yep, this is the stock 18-55 lens and then cropped a bit. So the droplet isnt as sharp as I'd have liked

pranav that drop is very good...it just doesnt lack anything...what more do u want???

@gamefreak....liked ur light trails...but 1-2 shots were enough

sujoyp said:
pranav that drop is very good...it just doesnt lack anything...what more do u want???

@gamefreak....liked ur light trails...but 1-2 shots were enough

I have a couple of other pics from this series that are sharper than this but they are too plain. I'd have loved to get their sharpness in this shot (But yeah, they were shot at a greater distance as well, and hence the better focus, but also the less "impact") :>

@gamefreak: What sujoy said

@ Amlan awesome shot
@ sujoyp k will keep that in mind

clicks for review

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2827/8757303787_70e0a132d6_c.jpg 647 by ☣ankit

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8552/8758427836_da6bd95eec_c.jpg 664 by ☣ankit

Ankit, Nice attempts with light trails... :thumbs:

sujoyp said:
@gamefreak....liked ur light trails...but 1-2 shots were enough

Thought of saying this for a long time, I don't how he would take it and I kept my tongue silent...

@ game-freak: I have a bit of suggestion if you dont mind. I see that your shots vary wildly in their appeal. Some okay shots, some really nice ones. I also see that you are changing your lenses a lot. If you rememeber I was back ther at that thread where you wanted to buy a dslr and suggested you not to buy multiple lenses right from the word go

If you dont mind, I would suggest you to stick to one lens for some time, no matter how much you are tempted to change, and try to get the best shots from it, instead of changing lenses. The ideal candidate for this would be your 18-55 stock.

Pranav, Just would like to know. I have seen people saying this... but... Can't there be a case where horizon would be little diagonal. I tried and get Amlan's horizontal, but I think the one he posted was better. What do you guys think?

*img833.imageshack.us/img833/7466/izzi.jpg

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@pranav0091 - The waterdrop shot is great. The 30 (whatever that is) reflection looks cool. Did you had to spend some time to click at the right time ?
@game-freak - The lights look pretty good.

nac said:
Can't there be a case where horizon would be little diagonal. What do you guys think?

For me, If that angle adds to the photo then yes, but most of the times I notice & don't like if the most prominent horizontal / vertical line in the photo is a little off.

nac said:
Pranav, Just would like to know. I have seen people saying this... but... Can't there be a case where horizon would be little diagonal. I tried and get Amlan's horizontal, but I think the one he posted was better. What do you guys think?

Well I guess there is no hard and fast rule, but personally I find slant horizons to be jarring in most photos (not all, most) And regarding your repost of Amlan's image, with the exception of the image-contrast I prefer your version tbh.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5327/8757930003_d574e9deba_c.jpg
Untitled by pranav0091, on Flickr

just tweaked the color balance a bit and the usual horizontal horizon and cropping. Quite a tricky shot to get the horizon right. I kind of prefer this slightly overdone-to-the-left version.

Gen.Libeb said:
@pranav0091 - The waterdrop shot is great. The 30 (whatever that is) reflection looks cool. Did you had to spend some time to click at the right time ?
@game-freak - The lights look pretty good.

For me, If that angle adds to the photo then yes, but most of the times I notice & don't like if the most prominent horizontal / vertical line in the photo is a little off.

Yes, I think i had to take over 50 shots to get some 3 decent ones. The larger effort is in the setup though. And I had only the built in flash to work with, so adding some highlighting coloring was not a possibility.

nac said:
Pranav, Just would like to know. I have seen people saying this... but... Can't there be a case where horizon would be little diagonal. I tried and get Amlan's horizontal, but I think the one he posted was better. What do you guys think?

pranav0091 said:
Well I guess there is no hard and fast rule, but personally I find slant horizons to be jarring in most photos (not all, most) And regarding your repost of Amlan's image, with the exception of the image-contrast I prefer your version tbh.

just tweaked the color balance a bit and the usual horizontal horizon and cropping. Quite a tricky shot to get the horizon right. I kind of prefer this slightly overdone-to-the-left version

I had the same problem which framing this, I have the rule of thirds overlay on my camera but wasn't quite sure which part of the bank to match with the horizontal. Your versions look good though.

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/8770991300_27a563af3b_o.jpg

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2870/8766319653_a9a9656079_o.jpg

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5337/8771001062_9758c8dbed_o.jpg

Some photos to celebrate the new Flickr website

Will hotlink them on next page of thread again.

@Anmol: great shots,
@Ankit: nice moon shot, good detials.
@pranav: awesome droplet shot

@thetechfreak: nice attempts, can you put exif data, I think you need much faster shutter speed to capture movement.

some photos from my side:

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8270/8758075512_0377baeef7.jpg
Drachenfels, Bonn by Kjuvale, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7410/8755352076_83db3a6c6f.jpg
Münster platz Bonn by Kjuvale, on Flickr

guys, reposting this link ..... really need some help here

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/172921-buying-mirrorless-camera.html

Some from my side. Posting these links from my blog.
*lh3.ggpht.com/-E5klO-dzvFk/UZxcvo7FVaI/AAAAAAAAAj8/Ci-e4m6eX7k/s720/19052013160.jpg

*4.bp.blogspot.com/-jyd0LqraeXU/UZUDT42MNiI/AAAAAAAAAjY/uisv79kcIMk/s720/30042013057.jpg

*2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nl6_Termq-0/UYtuUQqs2OI/AAAAAAAAAiI/boME33dKYo0/s720/010420121003.jpg

*2.bp.blogspot.com/-odop5fpV1ls/UYtuWUUgFMI/AAAAAAAAAiY/Rs3u9HtjN_o/s720/30032013374.jpg

@kjuvale Münster platz Bonn, beautiful click
another moon shot for review
*farm9.staticflickr.com/8272/8783163461_e1512b09f4.jpg *www.flickr.com/photos/94910990@N04/8783163461/ *www.flickr.com/people/94910990@N04/

@kjvale: Nice pics as usual. Man, how I wish I could travel

@game-freak: Thats a good shot. A bit of detail lacking, but I guess its the limiting case of the atmospheric conditions.
PS: It looksmuch better in the black background of the new flickr. Almost majestic. Do a printscreen and upload as a second pic

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@kjuvale - Great photos. Love whatever filters / effects you use.
@game-freak - This moon shot looks great, much better than your other moon shots.

Here's a sunset.
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/8759051484_1357f74e74_b.jpg

@gamefreak: what lens are you using for these moon shots?

Kjuvale, Wonderful clicks...
gamefreak, Better than the moons you have posted before. But don't crop it too tight.

izzikio_rage said:
@gamefreak: what lens are you using for these moon shots?

I guess 70-300vr

Birds!!!!!

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3675/8787876459_8dc7f349d4_o.jpg

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3815/8787879687_edfe7d2bc0_o.jpg

Few more here: Bird Photos! - a set on Flickr

Hope you like them

2 smokes from my side

*fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/252382_10152883394310424_380204412_n.jpg

*fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/969107_10152883394390424_1288180868_n.jpg

can somebody help me rectify the one mistake i made in editing the above pic in photoshop...

Visited Singapore last year. Took some photos. Here are a few:

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/8803877441_81096ea641_o.jpg

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7450/8814495724_e27668c29b_o.jpg

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5346/8814521558_b5de69ac19_o.jpg

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7296/8814477378_3b827b30f4_o.jpg

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5334/8814542900_919d576ed7_o.jpg

Check out the full album here: Singapore in photos: Part 1[Jurong Bird park+ Sentosa] - a set on Flickr

Sujoy, No as impressive as the previous set.

Sorry, I don't know much about PP.

techfreak, Are those from 1000D? :blink:

@nac no issues...I am very stuck in photography right now...no outdoor shoots...no one to take portraits...no flowers,..no macros ....soo very limited subjects..
what new can i try in smoke...maybe I will try bit drops now

sujoyp said:
@nac no issues...

No offense meant, Sujoy.

BTB, you sound like me. Most of the times, I look for subjects in and around my home. It would be good if I travel a lot, at least for taking photographs

sujoyp said:
I am very stuck in photography right now...no outdoor shoots...no one to take portraits...no flowers,..no macros ....soo very limited subjects..
what new can i try in smoke...maybe I will try bit drops now

Try tutorials of digitalrev channel from youtube. Stuck @ home, levitation...

sujoyp said:
@nac no issues...I am very stuck in photography right now...no outdoor shoots...no one to take portraits...no flowers,..no macros ....soo very limited subjects..
what new can i try in smoke...maybe I will try bit drops now

Yeah. Same here

Drops are wonderful once you can get them setup.. As a tip, I'd suggest you dont take the drops directly from the tap, instead make them fall off from a very pointed object, they are much more regular that way. However, if you are planning the "teardrops" kind of pic, then it helps to keep the source as blunt as possible.

@techfreak: The pics look not well in focus buddy. Point and shoots

@nac: I'll check out those videos too. Thanks

One more of my time in Kolkata

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Reflections by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Amlan, Good work... :thumbs:

You're getting very good IQ from a compact. :doublethumb:

I don't get to share the photographs I take for quite a while as most of them are wedding, birthday photographs... Here are the two which I took some months ago in the midnight. People gave a weird look and pass comments about me taking photographs. :unsure:

Please do comment on the flaws in these photographs. What I could have done to make this photographs better? Right from composing to PP work...

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@nac and pranav actually I used to go out every weekend when i was in nagpur-hometown ....I loved birding and flower shots..but since i came to bangladesh I feel like caged ..anyways nac I will check the video..thanks
thanks for the tip pranav ...I have already taken some shots before ...I will try harder

@amlan nice shot

@nac ur 1st pic is very simple subject and u shot direct towards light thats y it have slight discoloring lens flare type right at the centre of the pic..remianing in the 1st pic seems fine
your 2nd pic is technically correct...but u have choosen wrong place....the place seems just too bright ...and those yellow arrow mark is a disdvantage if u r showing light trails....choose darker place with dark backgrounds...u can find it on highways

nac said:
techfreak, Are those from 1000D?

Yes. 70-300m on few shots. Haven't used Photoshop even a little on photos.

Singapore in photos part 2 now!!!

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7323/8827082008_444dc47acb_o.jpg
1 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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2 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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3 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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4 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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15 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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17 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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22 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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24 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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31 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3711/8827079862_73e7e8b26b_o.jpg
38 by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

Full Album here: Singapore in Photos: Part 2 - a set on Flickr

Sujoy, Thanks for your comments. You are right, if I didn't under expose the first one we could see the lens flare clearly. Instead, I should have stopped down aperture to f/8 rather than keeping it wide open. Now I wonder why I didn't do it then.

Got the point for the second one.

@techfreak: Ah, well. That seals it. No 70-300 non IS lens for me :>

@nac: Sujoy's csuggestions make a lot of sense. You might even want to stop down to f/18 or lower (not sure of the limits, i use f/22 or lower) to bring out the lights as pointed stars. it looks better to me that way

@Amlan: Nice shot again. (Again the horizon is a bit off :>). You should invest more into photography, a DSLR and some time into pp. Never forget that a good pic has a lot of post processing involved (Not necessarily photoshop grade work but the little things like horizon, composition etc)

@nac good that u didnt took in negative way

@techfreak ....u should have pp'ed at least in picasa...direct from dslr dont show the actual potential of picture

^^

HMmmm. Will start playing around with pics and see what comes. But I just HATE the idea of touching the photos with an editor even a little bit and then posting under "Photography Thread"

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@thetechfreak - Love that first photo except for the black thing at the right top.

@techfreak ..photoediting is a part of photography from starting itself ...soo no harm in editing

pranav0091 said:
@Amlan: Nice shot again. (Again the horizon is a bit off :>). You should invest more into photography, a DSLR and some time into pp. Never forget that a good pic has a lot of post processing involved (Not necessarily photoshop grade work but the little things like horizon, composition etc)

Thank you, am planning to finally shift to a DSLR (or MILC) now, have used DSLRs before (generous friends and family :))

and there is no way a compact can deliver even a fraction of that. PP I need to start doing.

sujoyp said:
@amlan nice shot

thank you

nac said:
Amlan, Good work... You're getting very good IQ from a compact.

Thanks, its just that a compact requires much more effort to get the same IQ, a tripod, long exposure at min iso and aperture, to get something which a DSLR could have captured handheld

The light trails pic is pretty cool, especially the blue lighting of the sky. Did you shoot this at dusk?

@techfreak, the firebreathing pic is amazing

Coming after a long time. Great pics everyone. Will try to be regular from now on

Welcome back Prashant. How about a photograph you think best you made in this long absence???

@nac Thanks. I haven't got much time to shoot during my absence because of studies and heat. I took this panorama some time ago usin my phone
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Panorama - After Sunset by marvelprash, on Flickr

Another shot that I had already shared before... but with a different PP
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Eager Eyes by marvelprash, on Flickr

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@marvelousprashant - That sunset shot is amazing.

nac said:
Please do comment on the flaws in these photographs. What I could have done to make this photographs better? Right from composing to PP work...

For the 1st one, I think you could had the aperture down to f8 with a longer exposure if that was not handheld, You could have got stars instead of the not so good looking light. Is that a guy standing at the bottom of the light post?

The 2nd one, you probably got the settings right, but I don't find anything interesting about it

Quite an entry with that sunset Prashant

:fanfare:

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@pranav0091 - off-topic question - What's the highest ISO you can go with your camera (for night photos) & still get usable photos?

prashant I saw both of them in flicker I think...sunset is nice

Prashant, Really eyes pops out in this version...

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Spent some time clicking this weekend. Here is one of the them.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5323/8869559094_72e0daa6a1_b.jpg

Excellent shot gen! Love the colors

A

Hi just got my first camera(a nikon d3100) 2 days back... read on the internet about Shallow Depth of field and I tried. Here are the results.
P.S sorry about my choice of subject in the pic..

Focal =40, f-stop= f/5
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Focal =44, f-stop= f/20
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superb shot gen

lol ajay ...started with colin

good

Gen, The best I have ever seen from you. :doublethumb:

@Gen : Hats off. That is beautiful.

S

@sujoyp

Bro your inbox is full.
Unable send you a message.

@ajay try night street photography with streetlights, you will get more beautiful results and an idea about DoF and bokeh

Gen.Libeb said:
Spent some time clicking this weekend. Here is one of the them.

That is a beautiful image, taken on marine drive mumbai if I'm not wrong?

ajay600 said:
Hi just got my first camera(a nikon d3100) 2 days back... read on the internet about Shallow Depth of field and I tried. Here are the results.
P.S sorry about my choice of subject in the pic..

Nicely done, it takes people quite some time to understand this concept. Waiting for more pics

Installed Magic lantern on my 600D. Such a nice addon even though I havent used it to do anything yet. I was so enamoured by the no-shutter-movement-photo option (for night sky photos) but unfortunately it seems to be a very low resolution pic

But the focus assist, histogram, over-exposure alert etc are themselves something I would even pay for. Best of all, its extremely simple and apparently doesnt even void your warranty.
install [Magic Lantern wiki]

Did someone use Colin or mouth wash before for test shot

Pranav, So short film is on the way eh...

awesome shot @gen

nac said:
Did someone use Colin or mouth wash before for test shot

Pranav, So short film is on the way eh...

Nope. outskirts of a city, what do I film anyway

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@marvelousprashant, @sujoyp, @nac, @pranav0091, @izzikio_rage, @abhidev - Thanks to all

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@all,

pls correct me if im wrong.
from the online learning I did, the trick to getting great background blur(bokeh) are:
1) setting the widest Aperture
2 Getting as close to subject as possible
3) Get the Maximum possible zoom
4) The background should be at a max possible distance from the subject.

Anything wrong in the above 4 or anything else also is needed

^
Correct.

If I am permitted to be cheeky, then there is an ingredient mising - PRACTISE.

A

yep... im just a 3 day old dslr owner

a few more

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Just jamming away by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

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Don't we all tend to move towards the light? by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

ajay u r doing correct and ur shot was 100% right with good bokeh...but can u try it on some flowers or teddy bear ...something colorful

izzko 1st is awesome...superb

I don't fully agree with point 4. If background is too far you have will get a creamy bokeh instead of beautiful bokeh circles. Bokeh is easy to learn. Just keep shooting and you will come to know

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3705/8886762754_18198cb784.jpg

Rain from my office window.
Taken in macro mode from my Samsung Galsy S camera. Touched up the contrast and hue/sat. Put a frame.
*pbs.twimg.com/media/BLe_wuKCEAAWOt7.jpg

Amlan, Nice clicks again... :thumbs:

Ayuclack, Good IQ

Rhitwick, Nice attempt. I guess you would get much better image when you try this set up with your 600D.

posting after very long time
here are some of my click from my recent spain trip

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3670/8892792060_975daf7888_b.jpg
DSC02462 by Criztle, on Flickr
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7654 by Criztle, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7453/8892187809_f7c48a3b3f_b.jpg
Rays of Hope and Peace by Criztle, on Flickr

all pics are (C) All Rights reserved

^ All images are private

just a second

are they visible now?

Yes. 1st one is lovely except for some highlight clipping. Wallpaper material

thanks . @ prashant

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@izzikio_rage - Great first shot.

Criztle, Second one is good.

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*4.bp.blogspot.com/-P2yW6VdOYrg/UabX4duGCiI/AAAAAAAABcg/0QNX9PrVa2M/s1600/DSC_0449+copy.jpg

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handheld, with shutter speed of 1 seconds and no flash

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handheld, with shutter speed of 1.3 seconds and no flash

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any tip on getting the night shots better?

As a rule of thumb, should never go for shutter speeds that are ~~slower~~ SHORTER than 1/ISO and LONGER than 0.3 seconds if the camera is handheld.

Nice 1st shot Ayush

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pranav0091 said:
As a rule of thumb, should never go for shutter speeds that are slower than 1/ISO and longer than 0.3 seconds if the camera is handheld.

@pranav0091 - Not sure if you saw this before but whats the highest usable ISO on your camera for night shots?

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pranav0091 said:
As a rule of thumb, should never go for shutter speeds that are slower than 1/ISO and longer than 0.3 seconds if the camera is handheld.

Nice 1st shot Ayush

Thanks.. There was absolutely no light and i do jot own a tripod... So had to Set a slow shutter and a high ISO.

And are the pics usually edited In photoshop or other tools before getting displayed here? Especially the landscape shots

Gen.Libeb said:
@pranav0091 - Not sure if you saw this before but whats the highest usable ISO on your camera for night shots?

I have shots on 3200 that look just fine (unless one is pixel peeping, but even then aggressive noise reduction+sharpen+glow helps a lot). In short, ISO 3200 is perfectly usable, havent tried any more than that though.

ajay600 said:
Thanks.. There was absolutely no light and i do jot own a tripod... So had to Set a slow shutter and a high ISO.

And are the pics usually edited In photoshop or other tools before getting displayed here? Especially the landscape shots

Yeah, as much any one would like to get great pics right out of the camera, its nearly impossible to do in real life. There 's always something or the other that you feel could have been done better after you take the shot. So most of us here do a little editing (mainly straighten the horizon- cant stress this enough, STRAIGHT horizon, unless you have a very good reason to break this rule, crop to trim out the non-interesting/distracting parts, tweak the levels a bit to boost contrast at the slight expense of details, and tweak the luminosity curve generally to a sigmoid curve)

All those shots were taken in moving car at 40-50 km/h in city... When I just received my camera back from Nikon.... I was just testing it...

@ ajay600
Yes most people do a bit of editing ...and editing is a integral part of photography...just u should know how much to edit soo that it looks natural...it should not look artificial

Ayuck, What happened finally? Did they replace the unit or repaired it?

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pranav0091 said:
I have shots on 3200 that look just fine (unless one is pixel peeping, but even then aggressive noise reduction+sharpen+glow helps a lot). In short, ISO 3200 is perfectly usable, havent tried any more than that though.

Thanks for that post. noise reduction+ Sharpen + glow: in-cam ??

I had a hard time figuring out the best settings on some handheld night shots the last time. This one is with a 15 sec exposure. (not handheld)

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8534/8857679628_ee9aa0bb1e_b.jpg

very nice shot gen.

nac said:
Ayuclack, What happened finally? Did they replace the unit or repaired it?

Whole internal's got replaced ...excluding sensor .. They said they can't replace the body as due to serial number and thin at kind of stuff.They first gave it back to me after replacing the focusing screen but plastic shard were visible in viewfinder and the mirror was also scratched.. So they took one week and gave almost new camera back to me..

^ Good that they have replaced the faulty internal units rather than fixing them.

Gen, That's a nice one... :thumbs:

Gen.Libeb said:
Thanks for that post. noise reduction+ Sharpen + glow: in-cam ??

I had a hard time figuring out the best settings on some handheld night shots the last time. This one is with a 15 sec exposure. (not handheld)

Brilliant pic Gen, more so since its not from a DSLR

Nope, all in paint.net/picasa.

@ nac thanks i actually took it from back side of moving bus

Ajanta caves (Summer edition)

Individual caves

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Inside the caves

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Birds-eye view - 2Kms stretch of hand carved caves in a stretch of hills

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gr8 shots @ayush

Medico, Looks like a good location for Indian Jones 5

Like the birds eye view. HDR???

criztle said:
@ nac thanks i actually took it from back side of moving bus

Yeah, I guessed. Good IQ for a compact. And it's better warmer.

nac said:
Medico, Looks like a good location for Indian Jones 5
Like the birds eye view. HDR???

Yes

abhidev said:
gr8 shots @ayush

Thanks Dude !!

a_medico said:
Ajanta caves (Summer edition)

Individual caves

Inside the caves

Birds-eye view - 2Kms stretch of hand carved caves in a stretch of hills

nice pics. liked the textures in the cut rocky caves , may be you post processed it this way.

some of my first attempts at timelapse
redrose

camera- Sony erricson ELM
application - lapse.jar to make the camera take a foto after every 5 mins
startrails.exe to make the video
one foto taken every 5 min for 2 days but ended up using the last 86 fotos from last 7 hours since there was too much movements along with some lighting and focus issues.

purple gazania

application - lapse.jar to make the camera take a foto after every 2 mins
startrails.exe to make the video
total time was around 3 hours.

a_medico said:
Ajanta caves (Summer edition)

Individual caves

Nice snaps

I like the post processing here, but my take would be that it doesnt suit the second and third pics as much as it suits the first one.

@lm2k: Neat time lapse

~~Which camera? and how did you maintain the battery ?~~

@medico Too much HDR I think

@
im2k Awesome time lapse!!!!!!!

thanks all for the inputs

@lm2k awesome effort! thats a lot of patience. loved the blooming in the second.

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@a_medico - A bit too over-processed for my taste
@lm2k - The time-lapse is great

pranav0091 said:
Brilliant pic Gen, more so since its not from a DSLR

Thanks. I was happy with most of the results as long as they were not night landscape handheld shots otherwise I need to place the cam somewhere (no tripod) & compromise on the composition. I'll probably post some handheld from that session later.

@lm2k, nice time-lapse dude. Learnt something new today.

Need some quick help/advice.

Yesterday I found that there was a small (perfectly circular) line in the viewfinder of my 600D. I pinned it down after a bit of observation to lie on the pentaprism surface that receives the light from the mirror. In a moment of stupidity I open up the lens and use a clean dry swab to try clean it, but ended up making a bit more dirty. Any chance I'll be able to get this cleaned under warranty? If not how much will it cost?

The initial marks were caused on their own and not by me.

pranav0091 said:
Need some quick help/advice.

Yesterday I found that there was a small (perfectly circular) line in the viewfinder of my 600D. I pinned it down after a bit of observation to lie on the pentaprism surface that receives the light from the mirror. In a moment of stupidity I open up the lens and use a clean dry swab to try clean it, but ended up making a bit more dirty. Any chance I'll be able to get this cleaned under warranty? If not how much will it cost?

The initial marks were caused on their own and not by me.

Same Thing That Was Damaged In Mine ... :lol:

@pranav0091 ,@marvelousprashant , @a_medico and @rhitwick - thank you. i m trying this on some other flowers also . I ll post back the results.
@pranav0091 - Sorry to hear that about your camera. I hope it will get fixed soon.

Pranav, I don't it would be a big deal. It sounds like a swab mark (like fingerprint). Probably they will clean it for you under warranty.

Lm2k, Good work :doublethumb:

But I was expecting about 2 or 3 minute long video

plz critique
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^ Both are nice. Need to work little more on the second one. I think it's not the IQ one gets from DSLR, I guess you have cropped too much. Try it with your prime lens and try focus stacking for macros...

Check out toofan's flickr...

@game-freak - both are nice , in the first one i would have liked to see more of the earth(mountains and trees) also you could have tried this image as HDR(3-5 images) second one is beautiful especially the eyes but as nac said u have cropped it too much, you can try sharpening it in photoshop.
@nac - i am working on it may be when i see a bud i will try it again with better lighting amd arrangements to avoid unwanted movements.

Got the camera fixed. They took one look at it and asked me if i had opened it and tried to do something. I said yes, that I tried to clean with a swab after seeing a mark. They just advised me not to try anything more than a blower on the internals and cleaned (replaced?) the focus screen and the sensor on the spot. I just had to wait for about 20 minutes in total. Very pleased with the service. Canon Level 4 service centre, Brigade road, Bangalore.

PS: Are cameras under warranty eligible for free servicing even if nothing is wrong with them?

@game-freak To tell the truth these shots are good if shot by a Point and Shoot camera. But disappointing quality for D5100. I dont know what is wrong with 1st shot. It is grainy. I checked the exif and it is just ISO 140. Maybe just bad luck

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@game-freak - I like the 2nd one, Could had been better if that blurry thing in the foreground wasn't there & if the background was a little less noisy.

Here's another one.
*farm4.staticflickr.com/3716/8940164334_62f7a1c725_b.jpg

Gen.Leibib, beautiful shot, have you post processed this somehow or is this the dynamic range that your camera normally gives?

Gamefreak: I thought that the second shot was brilliant, after all it's not always that a fly sits down in the perfect position and lighting and lets you shoot it. You could try reverse mounting your present lenses if you are interested in getting good macros.

Gen, Nice attempt. Foreground ghosting, you can crop out some of the top and bottom ghosting. Is that a moon? If so, it would be good if we can see some of the moon details. I have seen people using double exposure to get BIG moon in the frame.

How is the PP in this picture

*img266.imageshack.us/img266/1149/img3473q.jpg

A good photo I took long back. Might've posted here earlier. Arguably my best photo ever

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7448/8946341047_fd4842cdd0_o.jpg
Surise by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

PS: Have not used Photoshop even a little :wink:

^

Use a little to make it better.

G

@thetechfreak - Thats a nice looking shot. I like that.

izzikio_rage said:
Gen.Leibib, beautiful shot, have you post processed this somehow or is this the dynamic range that your camera normally gives?

Don't know about DR but there is a quite a bit of PP in that shot. I know its not well done here though.

nac said:
Gen, Nice attempt. Foreground ghosting, you can crop out some of the top and bottom ghosting.

Foreground ghosting?

nac said:
Is that a moon? If so, it would be good if we can see some of the moon details. I have seen people using double exposure to get BIG moon in the frame.

Moon details .. Do you mean get 2 shots one exposed for the building and other for the moon & then blend them? Got any links to such shots?
I think your moon shot with details works well on a cloudless sky.

lm2k said:
nice pics. liked the textures in the cut rocky caves , may be you post processed it this way.

some of my first attempts at timelapse
redrose

camera- Sony erricson ELM
application - lapse.jar to make the camera take a foto after every 5 mins
startrails.exe to make the video
one foto taken every 5 min for 2 days but ended up using the last 86 fotos from last 7 hours since there was too much movements along with some lighting and focus issues.

purple gazania

application - lapse.jar to make the camera take a foto after every 2 mins
startrails.exe to make the video
total time was around 3 hours.

Nice try!
I tried it but couldn't get the application lapse.jar to run on my S60 v5. Had to use LapseBasic with poor results.
Yours is a good time lapse video.

Gen.Libeb said:
Foreground ghosting?

I meant, blurred passer by (I think) at the bottom of the image.

Gen.Libeb said:
Moon details .. Do you mean get 2 shots one exposed for the building and other for the moon & then blend them? Got any links to such shots?
I think your moon shot with details works well on a cloudless sky.

Here you can find some artistic double exposure shots (Some of this may be photoshoped). Google it, you can find many. I don't know your camera has this feature in-built. If not, you have to do it in photoshop.

I meant similar to this one.
*www.members.shaw.ca/ocl2/moon.jpg

Note: It's not mine. I just picked it from google search.

Yes, the one I posted is actually two shots blended in gimp.

You are good at photoshop, I guess you don't need a youtube or website link to "how you can do this in photoshop"

Some drops

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5338/8971581838_1a1bb7dba3.jpg
Golden Drop by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8549/8970390135_9997e9aa2a.jpg
Sparkling drops by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Splash by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/8971584260_0f30e35c80.jpg
Close drop by sujoyp, on Flickr

@sujoy : Great drop shots. Like the third one

@nac I m not very fluent with terminology but your example is of blending not double exposure

@thetechfreak good. Empty space on the left doesn't look good. Without it, this will look more spooky

@nac : Lots of noise around the tomb

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@Sujoyp - Those are great. How did you get the water to splash like that in the 3rd one ?

@nac- Thanks for the link. Didn't knew of double exposure before. May be I'll try that kind of moon blending sometime if I get the right photo.

Nice work Sujoy.

marvelousprashant said:
@nac I m not very fluent with terminology but your example is of blending not double exposure

Okie

marvelousprashant said:
@nac : Lots of noise around the tomb

Is it?

Poor editing, I take.

But I didn't see it. May be I need to borrow your glass...

@prashant & nac thanks

@gen. the splash like 3rd is a sheer chance...sorry there is no style to drop water

@nac in ur pic black is black but the grayish light around the taj is what he is talking about....it look like noise...u could have removed it in photoshop

^ No no... He was right... Because I didn't see it, necessarily it was clean and noiseless. I am very much ok with his comments. I just wanted you guys to comment on the editing part of the photograph as I tried something to make it better. And I take it that it wasn't good enough.

sujoyp said:
it look like noise...u could have removed it in photoshop

You know what... The existence of noise became apparent because of what I did in editing... :rofl:

Link to original Taj pic plz. Want to try my hands

Nac here is ur photo with my editing

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Awesome pics everyone, seems like this thread has really come back to life

...

Some from my side too

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Opulence by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Also, tried out my hand at HDR using photomatix (results still come out a little too noisy for my liking)

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Colorful Kolkata by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Amlan, OPULENCE is good, little overexposed I think. Nice try on HDR...

@amlan Opulence is great...some editing would have made is much better

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@izzikio_rage - Nice photos

nac said:
How is the PP in this picture

tbh I'm more bothered about the things in the foreground' the ad board, the wires rather than the moon in that shot.
If you are okay with it, can I post a quick edit to your shot?

@gen you are right I should have removed the wires from the Nac's pic when I edited it

nac said:
Amlan, OPULENCE is good, little overexposed I think. Nice try on HDR...

Tried to get a lot of shots of this, however the background to the light always came out dark, and recovering it would make it really noisy, really need to learn to reduce noise in selected area of an image. Or get a DSLR

sujoyp said:
@amlan Opulence is great...some editing would have made is much better

Sujoy, please suggest, Whatever editing I did only made it more noisy

My first attempt at floral abstract photography...

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nac I want a colored version of this pic

its nice

@amlan I tried some editing ...actually I was going to say remove the noise from roof...the jhoomar came brilliant and does not need any changes

ok now I tried once more and I could only reduce the redish noise a bit but still not enough ...removing too much noise will reduce the sharpness which I didnt wanted.

Sujoy, Colour version is not good. It wasn't a fresh flower... and I like this version.

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@nac - That looks quite good.

I tried a night city photo last year & it didn't came good.
This is a recent attempt. Click for larger version.

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^ Good one Gen. Panorama???

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nac said:
^ Good one Gen. Panorama???

No. It was a usual 16:9 but had too much of blacks at the top & bottom that I cropped off. Now it looks like a panorama.

Thirst

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Pretty pics everyone. Especially sujoy and izzikio and medico

Here is my first attempt at timelapse. Night clouds from my balcony.

nice one gen...I wish it had the moon in the sky

@medico ...urs is artistic

@pranav its nice ...what else can we shoot with timelapse??

sujoyp said:
nice one gen...I wish it had the moon in the sky

@medico ...urs is artistic

@pranav its nice ...what else can we shoot with timelapse??

Stars mainly. This was a practice attempt so that I dont have to figure out everything when I go home to the village and try to shoot the stars. The other subjects could be flowers blossoming, rotting stuff/leaves, seed germination etc.

hmmm I am waiting for your star attempt ...my cam dont have the feature soo I cant try it

pranav0091 said:
Stars mainly. This was a practice attempt so that I dont have to figure out everything when I go home to the village and try to shoot the stars. The other subjects could be flowers blossoming, rotting stuff/leaves, seed germination etc.

I think with the same set of pics for stars it would be more fun to get star trails ..... but thats a cool idea, have a lot of star trail pics will try to make a timelapse out of it

Thanks

My first's

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@shreymittal nice start...like the composition

@shreymittal Good composition. But slightly on the warmer side

@nac

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Uploaded with ImageShack.us

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pranav0091 said:
Here is my first attempt at timelapse. Night clouds from my balcony.

Nice. May be someday try on blue sky & white clouds.

@CyberKID - thnx. i had used advanced version just to select the highiest resolution possible sicne it gives more room for cropping(batch) ;i am sure s60 would have their own app for such work.
@sujoyp - nice pics of the drops. i liked all.
@izzikio_rage -Opulence pic is very nice.
@pranav0091- nice timelapse. one question is y the sky colour is yellow ?
@Gen.Libeb - nice panorama. is it incamera or a i PC. also if done in PC how much % overlap u kept?

lm2k said:
@CyberKID - thnx. i had used advanced version just to select the highiest resolution possible sicne it gives more room for cropping(batch) ;i am sure s60 would have their own app for such work.
@sujoyp - nice pics of the drops. i liked all.
@izzikio_rage -Opulence pic is very nice.
@pranav0091- nice timelapse. one question is y the sky colour is yellow ?
@Gen.Libeb - nice panorama. is it incamera or a i PC. also if done in PC how much % overlap u kept?

Night clouds polluted by light from the city. It wasnt that yellow to the naked eye, but the sensor really picks it up.

Here is a startrail (again the sky was nearly black as far as I could see, but the sensor picks up even faint light.)

I am not very pleased with this one, I had to have to zoomed more :/

pranav0091 said:
Night clouds polluted by light from the city. It wasnt that yellow to the naked eye, but the sensor really picks it up.

Here is a startrail (again the sky was nearly black as far as I could see, but the sensor picks up even faint light.)

I am not very pleased with this one, I had to have to zoomed more :/

Pranav, run the same pics in a software called startrails. A timelapse video of startrails shows barely anything since the star light is so faint. However a trail looks pretty cool

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Celestial light show - startrails by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Pranav, Try try... It's good to try and get to know things how it works... Soon we will see one like this from you

Prashant, It's cool...

Shreymittal, Nice one. :thumbs:

pranav0091 - nice one. what shutter speed and iso and how much interval betewwn shots? also try to add some foreground like a rock or something interesting .

pranav0091 - nice one. what shutter speed and iso and how much interval betewwn shots? also try to add some foreground like a rock or something interesting .

I use startrails only for the video buddy. Then compress it using handbrake from 200MB to 600KB

Yep, I'll keep trying :>

Just ordered the 'Black Hole', Canon 50mm, f1.8 lens for 6.8k from FK. My first lens upgrade, I guess I am ready to move onto primes, now that I have spent the last 6 months with the kit lens

lm2k said:
pranav0091 - nice one. what shutter speed and iso and how much interval betewwn shots? also try to add some foreground like a rock or something interesting .

pranav0091 - nice one. what shutter speed and iso and how much interval betewwn shots? also try to add some foreground like a rock or something interesting .

Sure, let me just get home in a couple of weeks time, the city sucks for time lapse (except for the traffic, which I might do soon)
30 seconds per shot, ~150 shots at 15fps, ISO200, no post processing (too lazy), 'shoot like crazy' mode from Magic lantern, basically less than a second between successive shots (Although the video above had a 3s gap between shots, hence the very slight jitter)

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lm2k said:
@Gen.Libeb - nice panorama. is it incamera or a i PC. also if done in PC how much % overlap u kept?

Thanks. Tts just a regular 16:9 photo with some of the empty space cropped off at the top & bottom. Not taken through the panorama mode.
I haven't tried anything with the panorama mode yet.

Guys more here please correct me if i am wrong anywhere
Because I'm a n00b in Photography

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Gen.Libeb said:
Thanks. Tts just a regular 16:9 photo with some of the empty space cropped off at the top & bottom. Not taken through the panorama mode.
I haven't tried anything with the panorama mode yet.

it is not 16:9 you have dropped out 1000 pixels more and the things in the frame appear to be far so it is looking a bit like panorama.

shreymittal said:
Guys more here please correct me if i am wrong anywhere
Because I'm a n00b in Photography

Which camera?
Also, better to use flickr so that the rest of us can see the camera/shot info.

First pic, why slanted? :>

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lm2k said:
it is not 16:9 you have dropped out 1000 pixels more and the things in the frame appear to be far so it is looking a bit like panorama.

I meant it was 16:9 when I took it. I cropped it on PC later to remove the empty space. Not sure what you asked about the % overlap.

shreymittal said:
Guys more here please correct me if i am wrong anywhere
Because I'm a n00b in Photography

@shreymittal - What were you trying to shoot in that pic?
You've cut off the top of the most interesting building in that pic, Apart from being tilted, the road isn't looking good in there either.

Colour one for Sujoy

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My first time lapse video..Edited using LRtimelapse and Lightroom 3 to create a moody look... The final video inspired me to write some lines about the 'Lonely tower'.. Shot with Sony Xperia Sola using Lapseitpro app..

Please comment your opinion..!

Clouds pass by as the lonely tower waves a delicate 'good bye' to the exhausted sun.He was with the lonely one all day long, just to make it feel better.
Musing a better tomorrow , the lonely tower gave itself a comfortable uprising.
-There are so many people around you,like the tower itself. Show them some solicitude by sparing a few seconds.

Thanks Nac and it looks better than B&W one ...I like it

^ Thank you...

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Clicked with my Sony Xperia L.

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Had increased the contrast in this image in paint.net.

wow awesome bikes nipun

Wow! Those bikes look cool... Are those imported or Indian make?

Harley Davidson. They were parked outside the showroom in DLF Promenade, Vasant Kunj, Delhi. The one in first pic is Night Rod Special. I would say it's the Lamborghini of the bikes. Looks awesome, sounds awesome, is awesome.

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@nipun - The bikes look great.

Couple of shots just for fun.

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15 second exposure

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^^ first one is awesome. very creative.

Gen.Libeb awesome first shot ....

@gen: Very nice indeed

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Taken with my Galaxy Nexus. Pic was taken from a moving car.

@Gen the 1st one's concept is great

Gen, I have seen these in your flickr account. Good

But I don't know what happened, first one is not visible...

I think I haven't shared these before... All of them were taken long ago. Here for your C&C

Spider with prey
It would be good to crop all the way to see this species closely. But I wanted to keep it's shadow in the frame.
I don't remember exactly, if I have ever seen an equivalent or better IQ (of this image) from any of my other pictures when viewing it @ pixel level. I really like the IQ in this picture.

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Moonrise
It's not something new subject from my side. I think it was a full moon day, and I don't know why I chose smaller aperture. Image was dark, I had to edit a lot to fill some light in this picture. So you can very well see noise all over the image. To make it less visible, I am posting a smaller sized image.

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Temple
You may have heard me saying not to use smaller aperture. I think this was taken before me realizing about the diffraction it would cause in the image. The temple is soft because of aperture, I believe. But I kinda like this picture solely because of the nice blue sky.

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^@nac: spidey is awesome. i like the bluish tint on the background. accentuates the spider. nice

from my new 70-300mm

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^ Congrats

Non VC???

@nac: the spider pic is brilliant, awesome cool tint and good sharpness

was trying to up my game a little by taking some high contrast black and white shots ....

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Light and Dark by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

And an old one that i really love

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Footprints in the sand by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

@nac spyder is nice...temple is also good

@anirban get ready for birding

@izziko 2nd is super

Amlan, And you may want to stop down aperture all the way to the smallest...

Thank you guys...

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Thanks everyone.

@izzikio_rage - Like the 2nd one. The first one looks goods in the small version.
@nac - First one is great. you got good details and contrast on that Whats up with the big black border on the 2nd one ?

What settings should I have used here to get a sharper photo ?

In this session, I didn't get any usable night handheld shots. This is one of the many handheld shots I tried that day.

Aperture - F2.0
ISO - 800
Exposure - 1/8 sec

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=10994&d=1371147383

I see the shutter speed is too low, may be should have tried changing that with higher ISO. Could have used a timer to reduce shake, I don't know if that would do any good. Anything else? What do you guys think?

When pointed light source hitting the lens, it's better to use smaller aperture like the ones you used in your previous post.

Thank you. It looked good in flickr with black background, so I tried black frame here. And it also helped to overlay the exif

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nac said:
When pointed light source hitting the lens, it's better to use smaller aperture like the ones you used in your previous post.

Can't use smaller aperture for handheld night shots like these. You see I already have high ISO & low shutter speed.

The previous ones were not handheld, so they had lower aperture/ISO and longer exposure time.

nac said:
^ Congrats
Non VC???

yes..

sujoyp said:
@anirban get ready for birding

lol

actually, no.. im staying far away from the usual that people do after buying tele lens

You can very well use this lens for portrait. You will nice bokeh at tele. I am sure, the picture will be much better than kit lens.

*i.imgur.com/kfbWqv4.jpg

Was just checking all image modes and clicked this.

How to make the text in notebook blurry, like book's text?

Focus at the book, texts in the notebook will likely to go blurry. Keep one of your finger close to camera (about 5cm), half press the shutter and now take your finger off the frame and press all the way to get most of things blurry.

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into the sky by marvelprash, on Flickr

Nice shots there nac

Got my 50mm prime finally. Not very impressed, if not for the el-cheapo 6.7k price. Makes a flimsy-noise when focusing, Jitter at the very extreme point of the macro end when focussing as it constantly deals with the inability to focus on an object less than 45 cm away. A couple of loose contact errors and didnt AF when i first inserted into the camera. All in all just

right now.

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Tried partial coloring on an old photograph(clicked in April).

This will probably look better on a red colored car...

Done.

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nice cars nipun

@pranav have patience ...there may be some of ur fault in dealing with the lens...50mm lens in nikon and canon are equally popular

Sky is beautiful here ....today's shot

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wow nipun ....you do have some really exotic cars around you

nac said:
You can very well use this lens for portrait. You will nice bokeh at tele. I am sure, the picture will be much better than kit lens.

yep... i tried it out on my mom and dad, bokeh was pretty nice.

the lens is good for daylight only. that too, with terrible AF. and i mean goddamn terrible AF. slow as hell, and inaccurate. i am using MF

and it has visible color fringing at the tele end, and looses sharpness.

I would say dont use it for portraits above 200-220mm ...300 mm is bad in most consumer lenses...AF is like that only...u will get used to it...my friend take great pics with that lens.

Prashant, Vertical panorama? Nice to see a different resolution/aspect ratio. I like that idea. I will try when I see a possible scenario...

Pranav, Thanks for the comment. Congratulation on your new purchase.
Very recently, I read a similar post. Did you initiate the return? Loose contacts are normal, I read but I don't knom about other things you said about the lens.

Nipun, Nice selective colouring. Are those yours? or just another photoshop

Anirban, How did they feel when you were armed with the mini bazooka?

Two of you guys bought a new lens and both your first impressions are not good. Didn't research enough??? :?:

nac its cost vs satisfaction .....more u pay chances r more u will be satisfied

canon 50mm lens cost 6.7k and pranav have soo many issues ...If i buy one i will pay 13k for nikon AFS 50mm 1.8 soo i couldnt afford one

anirban bought 70-300 di ld for 7.5k ...to reach 300mm with VR a 55-300 cost 10k more and a nikon afs 70-300 vr cost 4 times that nearly 27k
soo more u pay more u get

...dont worry guys u will find ur ur techniques very soon and get good shots..its just matter of practice and time

my philosophy is practice with materials of lesser quality, and by practice, i mean, trying to bring out the best with a thing of lesser quality, become a master with the bad thing, trying to conquer the challenges that it throws at you. then after moving on to a better quality material, you can wring out the absolute perfectness out of the better thing.

i knew before i bought it that i would get the not-so-good-lens.

and in optics, money matters BIG time. i was saving up my pocket money for this. so... i'll buy after i have my own money to spend. not my dad's money.

sujoyp said:
nac its cost vs satisfaction .....more u pay chances r more u will be satisfied

canon 50mm lens cost 6.7k and pranav have soo many issues ...If i buy one i will pay 13k for nikon AFS 50mm 1.8 soo i couldnt afford one

anirban bought 70-300 di ld for 7.5k ...to reach 300mm with VR a 55-300 cost 10k more and a nikon afs 70-300 vr cost 4 times that nearly 27k
soo more u pay more u get ...dont worry guys u will find ur ur techniques very soon and get good shots..its just matter of practice and time

Tamron 70-300 VR is ~27K. :\

yaah anirban you are right...if u have noticed my lenses u will find most of them r basic ones and cheap except last tamron 17-50 2.8 that too bought used....I also follow ur philosophy of getting the max out of cheaper things

u know what i paid for
55-200 vr -12k (new) I use it for birding too
50mm 1.8 D - 3k (used) portraits mostly..nikons one of best lens
55mm 2.8 macro AIS -5k (used ) said to be one of nikons sharpest lens
tamron 17-50 2.8 - 15k (used) new cost 22k
and I use the cheap and simple D3100

soo overall its the techniques and ability not the camera and lenses

one improvement that i definitely have had is while working with non-IS lenses. my low shutter speed shots are MUCH more stable than people using IS.

and i hope to do the same with the 70-300 too. at 300mm the camera shake is ghastly. even the shake due to the falling shutter shows up under 1/60.

nac said:
Nipun, Nice selective colouring. Are those yours? or just another photoshop

You mean the cars or photograph?

I had clicked the photograph(in April) and later edited it using Paint.NET(Photoshop alternative - Open Source).

nac said:
Prashant, Vertical panorama? Nice to see a different resolution/aspect ratio. I like that idea. I will try when I see a possible scenario...

Pranav, Thanks for the comment. Congratulation on your new purchase.
Very recently, I read a similar post. Did you initiate the return? Loose contacts are normal, I read but I don't knom about other things you said about the lens.

Nipun, Nice selective colouring. Are those yours? or just another photoshop

Anirban, How did they feel when you were armed with the mini bazooka?
Two of you guys bought a new lens and both your first impressions are not good. Didn't research enough???

Thanks bud

I researched for months tbh. I feel like it focuses a wee bit faster than the 18-55 stock, but the jitter is very very annoying. Sometime today I was trying out the AF on everything and I got this in such a setup that I am looking through a window into the houses outside. And boy, the AF went full retard. Pressed the shutter button half down and the AF continuously jumped from the windowpane to the houses outside and did it continuously without settling at either end. This continued for some 6-8 seconds until I released the button giving up any hope of a proper lock. I never had such issues with the 18-55. It'd sometimes take a second or two to lock focus but it'd lock somewhere atleast, not keep jumping around. And I thought the 18-55 was noisy, but this one gets the crown. Not just plain noisy, but also a very plasticky noise.

The lack of OIS is also very noticeable, irrespective of the aperture. Something is funny here. I havent really gotten time to have a look, weekends are al I get these days, but something is definitely funny that I who could shoot pics as slow as 1/30 of a sec without much of an effort on the stock seem to be hitting blurry pic after blurry pic on this. Its not the lens' fault though, this one. I used it on my tripod and and it was very sharp.

Maybe I am just xpecting too much from a sub 7K lens (I remember being quite disappointed with the 18-55 initially, but then loved it as time passed and I got familiar with it), so currently a wait and watch game.

Oh, btw, outrageous bokeh available on tap though (pentagonal but then, thats not very noticeable, unless you are specifically looking for it.)

I dont plan to return it currently. I did see something that looked like a permanent marker-mark on the contacts even before inserting it into the camera, guess its the source of the loose connection. Inserted and removed the lens a few times, the mark has gotten scratched and the issues seem to have gone away, as of now.

anirban get a cheap monopod...that will solve the movement problem at 300mm

Nipun, I mean the cars... askin because it carries your name

on it's number plate

Sujoy, That's a huge investment. Even though I know your gears, I never thought of what it would have cost this much to you...

Pranav/Anirban, Hope you guys will be fine the lens soon.

nac but I was actually saying that I have all the cheap lenses and invested far less then others ....just think how much people spend for nice gears ..

Total Expenditure - 80k including DSLR+5 lens+2 bag+tripod+flash+trigger

Few more which I haven't shared before.

HDR
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Non HDR
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Stars
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NAC: you sure those are HDRs?? details lost in black shadows and all..

sujoyp said:
anirban get a cheap monopod...that will solve the movement problem at 300mm

i will, but what i actually need is a lens mount.

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and the thing aint cheap. i need ask around in metro galli. :\

nac said:
Pranav/Anirban, Hope you guys will be fine the lens soon.

lol wut??

actually, this would be nice too

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anirbandd said:
lol wut??

I sometimes miss a word or two...

Yeah, it's HDR. Even in the over exposed shots, they were black. There were some presets in photomatix which shown some details in the dark area, but I don't like them.

yaah anirban u r right...1st u need a lens mount then only u can fit it on a monopod or tripod....u can try ebay.com for those...since they r just metal piece they wont attract customs

atleast not now.. maa will kick me out of the house if i buy any more.. atleast not till i move to Hyd.

with HX 200V MANUAL SETTING:

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@nac - Nice shots. Its great you got so many stars in there & you still got blue skies there.
@avichandana20000 - I was trying the something similar as your first shot today. You definitely need some good lighting & a better background in those kind of shots.

@vichandana20000 Nice shots!

Avi, Nice start with manual settings. Now try them on flowers, people portraits etc...

Gen, Thank you. I tried that last December. I thought I would be seeing even more start during summer, but no.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5442/9062032139_5bcdd44ab6_o.jpg
A view of the Sky by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

Taken from Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

@nac: the one with the stars is pretty cool, at first I thought that the tin roofing was the side of a pyramid

Can't complain though, my first stars pic had a sintex tank in it :))

@avichandana: good to see you're experimenting with the manual mode, check out flickr for pics taken using your cam (and the settings used), that's usually an awesome place to start learning

@karan, good one, and is it just me or do these nexus, galaxy S3/S4 cams take pictures that are a bit underexposed? get the same feeling with mine

Tried out some macro shots with weekend

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A small ride by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

^izzikio - I have a feeling that had you taken the pic with bit more FOV portraying an apt shallow DOF, it'd just look great.

Anyone getting ready for this?
*25.media.tumblr.com/fd4efe2f0b062be9be6bb242f38339e9/tumblr_mn7yfrV2jx1rfuijjo1_r2_500.jpg

^ I am...
First thing I checked after reading Sujoy's silhouette photo project was when is the next full moon day.

and im still here, begging my dad to buy me a dSLR..

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Nac hope we can see that in this part of the world

axelzdly1 good luck

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15062013242 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

One from my More-Than-Half-Dead cellphone. I haven't got any controls because my phone's touchscreen's dead. Just the dedicated camera key's working. Captured this yesterday in the middle of the rains. Haven't done any PP.

izzikio_rage said:
@karan, good one, and is it just me or do these nexus, galaxy S3/S4 cams take pictures that are a bit underexposed? get the same feeling with mine

No, I edited a bit before with the Android flickr app uploading.
A few shots:
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Some Ducks by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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Above the clouds by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

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Lights! by Karan Raj Baruah, on Flickr

^ Liked Above Clouds. Did you take this during a flight? Possibly this is the reason, the image isn't that clear.
Some Ducks, have too many subjects to my liking.

^^
Yes took it from a plane. The windows really diminish the clarity of a photo(they're very thick)

Yup! They need to have one or two PHOTOGRAPHER'S SEAT :-D

. More than being thick, they are dust laden (atleast from outside), that makes the matters worse.
That reminds me of my graduation excursion to Dholavira, Gujarat. All the while in through the Rann of Kutchch, I sat in the Driver's cabin, for One and a half hour, to capture the photos of the Rann, as the tinted windows of the bus weren't openable.

Karan, the lights pic is pretty cool, the bokeh as come out really well. IMHO you could probably add a subject (which would have a sharp focus) with the bokeh as the background to make it even better.

thanks. this is possible for a close subject nicely.

now want to know how to take a long distance subject with background defocus i.e. subject is far away from me and the background is further away from the subject.

Techfreak, Cloud shot is good.

Avi, In that case, you would have to depend on defocus mode in your camera.

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@thetechfreak - Love that "view of the sky" shot
@izzikio_rage- small car is nice, could have used a plane surface instead of the bedsheet (whatever that is)

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Gen, Picture is clean. But placement of those buildings in the frame could have been better...

That's a great shot, Gen. I liked the colour gradient of the sky.

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Location: chennai @ around 5:30 PM
@all, any thing to be done for the betterment of the photo

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no ajay its already beautiful and that bird in the sky is icing on cake

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@sujoyp, thanks... my first landscape shot..
tried the same shot with different exposures and finally thhis had the right exposure and also the bird

Ajay, Nice one...

This was shot yesterday when I was shooting for photo project - silhouette.

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its looking nice Nac ...is it HDR

No, its not HDR. Camera gone little crazy when I tried that shot. Probably because of some rain water gone inside the camera. It's a -1EV, still it's brighter than 0 EV. Towards the end of the photo shoot it happened. I don't know the exact cause, but camera works fine now.

I like this photo, nice reflection. Warm rocks, cloudy sky and some greeny area. It's nice. I never seen this side of the area, though I know this place for a very long time.

I posted my silhouette shot. I think I am ok with this one, I am ready for the next project.

@nac, good shot, have used the Canon sx130 many times and it's rare to see that much of a dynamic range from it. Have you installed CHDK, is there a chance that this got captured as a raw, since it has that high dynamic range and slightly flat look of a raw.

Do find out, would also love to capture shots like this.

Nice shot nac. Love the colors

Thank you guys...

Yes, I have CHDK firmware loaded in the memory card. But I am not shooting in RAW, I tried it once long back. I couldn't able to make better out of RAW than jpeg from the camera. My guess is rain water, I don't know.

Wah Taj <3

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Nice one tenida... Smaller resolution would be better to view. Have to scroll and see the whole image

nice one tenida

Thanks nac and sujoyp

Some more

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19062013348 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

@nac - beautiful capture. I liked the reflections.
@CyberKID - i liked the last one , Dragonflies most of the time return back even after we shoo them away, very generous creatures :lol:

@Tenida - nice one, i liked the way you framed it.

Kid, Good. Pictures are sharp.

@cyberkid the last one is good...a dragon fly pic is always taken that way soo that it gets nice OOF background

Nice pics, tenida and cyberkid

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@CyberKID - Well done, those are looking real good.

I wanted to post this earlier but forgot

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DSC_8445 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Nice one Sujoy...

Silhouette

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Kolhapuri

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@nac 1st one is perfect

@medico nice kolhapuri

Thanks guys @lm2k, nac, sujoyp, pranav0091, Gen.Libeb.
@lm2k: Indeed they are very generous creatures. They pose steady for us to take their pictures, and don't even ask for royalty. :-D

@ sujuyp and nac: nice silhouettes.
@ a_medico: nice selective colouring.

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@a_medico - I like that photo.
@sujoyp - Why those background window grills?

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@gen in my flat all the balconies r grilled...actually in bangladesh all the balconies are grilled...and i dont have access to roof soo dont have any choice

Qutb Minar

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Yamuna Expressway
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Edited in picasa.

Akbar's Tomb, Agra

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All pictures taken with LG Optimus L9

@tenida....awesome composition of qutub minaar...loved it

@Tenida - first one is nice. last one has some potential.
this one is an edited by me using Lightroom 4 hope you wont mind. :-D

increased details in shadows and moved some colour sliders in "HSL menu" along with some sharpening and NR.

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Excellent work tenida... :doublethumb:

Lm2k, Nice editing...

sujoyp said:
@tenida....awesome composition of qutub minaar...loved it

Thanks you so much :-D

@Im2K: Thanks for the editing bro.

@NAC: Thanks

How about this one

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So, have we moved on to history?
Here are my entries

A wonder in marble: The Taj

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04022012234 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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04022012186 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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04022012235 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

A Wonder in red sandstone: The Red Fort, Agra

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04022012145 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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04022012037 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

As always, shot with my Nokia C6-00, with no PP.

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@CyberKID - I like the first 2, although you could have used some more space in the first .

Kid, I don't find it interesting keeping the tree as a subject right against TAJ. Distortion due to bad composition/angle...
2nd one is tilted

Thanks for your feedback guys. @nac, thanks for your comment. However, I found it interesting to capture a tree silhouette against the taj during a sunset with blue sky as background. I agree that the image is a bit tilted. May be I was exhausted enough, reaching the taj in the evening, to care about the taj being tilted in my photograph. Anyhow, I've made some adjustments. Reposting the second one. I hope, this time it's correct.

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The Taj by CyberK1D, on Flickr

@cyberkid I liked ur 1st and last one...and yaah 2nd one was tilted and you corrected it ...but that composition I saw too many times

^ That is the thing with that composition, when you visit the Taj. Seeing the Taj from that "GATE" and watching it grow bigger as you move forward, appears to be some sort of GIF.

you should have recorded a video like that...then extract the frames and pick some frames to create a gif

but GIF is not a picture in the orthodox sense.

my pics with the new tele lens

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more in here: Kitten Diaries

cute cats

This is was shot last weekend when I was out for super moon photo shoot. Too much clouds, I didn't see it. I waited till 7, but no show

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guys i am not able to get link of my photos from flickr and unable to post here .. please help.

^ When you click the picture, you will few icons in the right bottom. There you will "more ways to share" icon (an arrow jumping out of square shaped icon), click it. Click "grab HTML/BBcode and check BB code. Copy the link and paste it here using insert image option. Voila...

^^^Thanks

MY friend's new Dzire and my WagonR

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DSC_9856 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_9853 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_9852 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_9846 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_9844 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_9841 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

More at *www.facebook.com/AnmolSharmaPhotography

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DSC_9856 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_9853 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_9852 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_9846 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_9844 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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DSC_9841 by anmolksharma, on Flickr

More at *www.facebook.com/AnmolSharmaPhotography

OMG, the cat lovers are back. BTW Nice cats.
@Anmol: you've done some great work with selective colouring.
Anyways I'll be who I am. Posting some more from my plants. Got my cell's camera working completely after two months.

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Hibiscus (Red) by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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Tuberose (Rajnigandha) by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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Vinca (Sadabahar) by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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Arabian Jasmine (Chameli) by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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Hibiscus (Red) by CyberK1D, on Flickr

This multi-post sucks. :-x

Guys, recommend me a long zoom lense.
75-300 or something similar. I'll be using it with my Canon 600D

rhitwick ....its very simple

budget less then 10k - Tamron 70-300 di ld (No IS and slow focus...but cheap and sharp..work fine (7k)
budget 10-20k - canon 55-250 IS - have IS and canon's most popular zoom lens (14k)
budget 20-30k - Tamron 70-300 VC USD - have IS, and very fast autofocus...and its sharp (27k)
budget 30-40k - Canon 70-300 IS USM - have IS, and fast USM motor (35k)

now choice is urs

Good stuff people ....

My contribution to the historical pics

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From my balcony by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

sujoyp said:
rhitwick ....its very simple

budget less then 10k - Tamron 70-300 di ld (No IS and slow focus...but cheap and sharp..work fine (7k)
budget 10-20k - canon 55-250 IS - have IS and canon's most popular zoom lens (14k)
budget 20-30k - Tamron 70-300 VC USD - have IS, and very fast autofocus...and its sharp (27k)
budget 30-40k - Canon 70-300 IS USM - have IS, and fast USM motor (35k)

now choice is urs

Thanx. I think I would got for "budget 10-20k - canon 55-250 IS - have IS and canon's most popular zoom lens (14k)"

@Anirban: the crow pic is amazing ..... love how you've isolated the subject by overexposign the background

@Amol: nice car pics, had been trying some cool car pics for some of my friend who recently purchased cars. Couldn't get any that I liked. Will also try this selective coloring, although I feel that It looks really amazing on yours due to the color of the cars

Anmol, Nice application of selective colouring. BW photographs of black and white cars...

Thanks all.
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A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you. ~ Brigitte Bardot

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fb copy (2) by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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izzikio_rage said:
@Anirban: the crow pic is amazing ..... love how you've isolated the subject by overexposign the background

@Amol: nice car pics, had been trying some cool car pics for some of my friend who recently purchased cars. Couldn't get any that I liked. Will also try this selective coloring, although I feel that It looks really amazing on yours due to the color of the cars

Am I the only one here who didnt like the crow pic?

Lots of purple fringing and noise...

@anmolksharma Awesome light trail!
I think you can do better with the text..

@CyberKID - nice flowers.
@anmolksharma - nice shot, but somehow if the curve woud have been complete it would have been awesome.
@anirbandd - nice to see those cute kittens.

@nac - i liked the first one , i think it could have benn a bit more sharp.

some from my side
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SE elm , twilight portrait mode , cloudy white balance

some shots from my garden blooms
pink lily
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moss rose
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took this shot some time bac
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lm2k said:
@nac - i liked the first one , i think it could have benn a bit more sharp.

Yeah,
Lm2k, Moss rose is lovely, but the it should have presented in a much better way than this...

A few of my D3100 captures

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nac said:
Yeah,
Lm2k, Moss rose is lovely, but the it should have presented in a much better way than this...

thnx
moss rose was a bit difficult because it didnt have much leaves to place that dangling runner stock and get a greener background.

@axelzdly1 - i liked the first one from the top. I remember you had posted a time lapse of of the last shot where the clouds appeared like ink in water, it was also nice.

@lm2k thanks man!
about the timelapse, Im trying to make another with a dSLR, when the clouds look stunning..

too bad these days, sky is either empty or raining..

great shots IM2k liked them all ....specially 2nd and 3rd

@axelzdly I liked ur 3rd one and last one

@ lm2k: Liked your lily.
@ alexzdly1: liked your cypress vine bloom. Would love to see the whole vine in blooms. Liked the last shot too sans the tower. Use a hacksaw and cut that down :-D

for a great capture. If you need help, I'll be there to help you out with that.

@cyberkid Hacksaw? that wld take days bro! how about this? Surprise!

That tower has its presence in most of my photographs... I love it because, it makes me think of something very lonely..!

I thought a better idea, something as suggested by you, but, then removed it for obvious reasons.
The N5@ is spying on all of us.
What about a blowtorch. That would be easy and quicker. :wink:

As for your point of view. That's interesting too. I never took it that way.

Indian N5@? :lol:

Nice blog kiddo.! any Bonsai cultivation in your garden?

Desi one can't do that.
Thanks. No bonsais as of now, except those miniature oranges, if they are included in bonsai.

My first take on Time Lapse Photography

Shot with my laptop.
Will improve upon this. Will put the plant inside my home before shooting. That way, it will be away from movements caused by air.

^^beautiful!!
how? and what application ? battery?
for longer periods you would also need a table lamp at hand.

@sujoyp and @CyberKID - thank you.

@Cyberkid Well tried!
Try capturing more frames this time..! That will make the video even more smooth..

If you have an Android phone., try this app..
LapseIt Pro

lm2k said:
^^beautiful!!
how? and what application ? battery?
for longer periods you would also need a table lamp at hand.

@sujoyp and @CyberKID - thank you.

Thanks, Dell Webcam Central. It has a function called timelapse video. Discovered that a day before yesterday only while playing with neighbour's year old baby. You know, everyone has something or the other to teach you. As for the capture, the laptop was always connected to mains. Making the video took a hour and forty minutes for a 9 minute long video. The present one's a faster version of the original video running in at 31.25X played using VLC and recorded using a screen capture utility. I didn't find any utility to save fast forwarded videos.

axelzdly1 said:
@Cyberkid Well tried!
Try capturing more frames this time..! That will make the video even more smooth..

If you have an Android phone., try this app..
LapseIt Pro

As for the frame rate, this video was captured at 6 frames per minute (i.e. the capture interval was set at 10 seconds). The video became a 9 minute long one. Next time, I'll make that interval ~30 seconds or such.
As for an android phone, I don't have one yet. The one for symbian devices (Lapse) refuses to work on my cell, only lapse basic does, that gives vga resolution. Moreover that would need a tripod sort of platform to place the phone firmly and in a better position to capture the shots.

Some pics with my first DSLR 1100D.
IMG_0627 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

IMG_0182-Edit | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Thats a good start nikku

sujoyp said:
Thats a good start nikku

Thanks sujoy ..

One thing i wanna ask... I faced a lot of problem while capturing moving pics in low light (in kerala it's too cloudy)?? Any suggestion??

in cloudy situations u will have to bump up the ISO ...try to go till ISO 3200 and see if it works for you...shutter speed should at least be 1/30 to take shot hand holded.

^^i tried few shots of a moving fishing boat in sea , with my 55-250 bt while cropping detailing is bad...i used ur said settings too.

nikku_hot123 said:
Thanks sujoy ..

One thing i wanna ask... I faced a lot of problem while capturing moving pics in low light (in kerala it's too cloudy)?? Any suggestion??

Exactly what Sujoy said, also a wide open aperture will help immensely. This is basically the smallest number and will look something like f2.8 or f3.8

A high ISO will reduce quality, so try to find a balance between that, the shutter speed and the aperture (a small aperture will reduce your depth of field)

when I used to shoot birds in cloudy weather , I used to put a ISO 800 , point metering, shutter priority and 1/80s for 200mm ...this works for me

try to find what suits u.

One from my side too

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soul strings by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

izziko how ever u did the shot ...its looking unique...good one

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@izzikio_rage - That's a great photo.

Thank you Sujoy and gen

sujoyp said:
izziko how ever u did the shot ...its looking unique...good one

Not too hard, camera on a 15 sec exposure on a tripod. Used a white LED torch to make the outline of the guitar and the blue light from a dell charger to make the strings. Did no post processing, this is straight form the camera

@izzikio_rage: That's a great shot.

nice idea amlan...will try something like that

@izzikio_rage: Really nice one man...

Bon voyage!

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Another try with timelapse photography

Every Morning's Essential Stuff

Full Screen View Recommended. Please feel free to share the picture.

Comments and suggestions are most Welcome.

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fb copy - Copy (2) by anmolksharma, on Flickr

Nice work guys... :thumbs:

Trying out my hand at BW and photographing lights

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Craziness in C# major by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

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Earthenware lights by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Nice pics Izzikio

I went back to my favourite waterdrops this weekend

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Waterdrop - 2 by pranav0091, on Flickr

1st one is nice amlan
donno whats the 2nd one

@pranav nice drop and reflection...y dont you get something beautiful in background and put in our photography project thread

Which thread is that?

EDIT:
The background of the pic above is the shadow from the tap cast by the flash

there is the sticky thread "Photo Projects - Practical Approch"

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@pranav0091 - You are great with water drop shots. I tried some yesterday but came out no good.

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^ Thanks for the compliments buddy, your cityscapes are pretty too, something I have never really gotten a chance to get a decent shot :>

I do hope you were trying with tripods, else its an exercise in futility. Even with tripods its a lot about luck, a bit of editing, and a large number of shots. :>

I'll someday but up a small DIY on how to do it like sujoy mentioned. The best part is that it needs no macro lenses - I have been using my kit 18-55 at the 55mm end all this while

"Where words fail, music speaks." ~ Hans Christian Anderson

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@CyberKID - nice time lapse, just the flower looks a bit out of focus. was it 50cm away from the camera because most of the fixed focus camera show things (that are 50cm away from them) in focus while closer ones wont?
@izzikio_rage -"Earthenware lights" shot is beautiful, i liked its abstract feel.
@Gen.Libeb -beautiful , y the part of building near the parachute is showing up like painted or some thing?
@pranav0091 - amazing, how did you manage to keep that drop stable in perfect spherical shape?

^
Its about timing and luck buddy. I have a few other shots with drops that arent that well formed. After a few shots you realise the 'delay' between when the drop reaches its point of no return and the time when you should press the shutter to get a particular effect. i guess there is not much one can do about the luck factor as we humans can only be so accurate with timing.

What I do is, take a large number of shots with the camera as close to the drop as possible, focus must be precise (cant overstress this one, I use the tip of a fork held by myself to set-up the focus prior to taking the shot. Hold the fork so that the pointed tip is facing you and any water drop falling from the tap will fall directly on top of it - then focus to this point as precisely as you possibly can, MF, camera on tripod) Also keep the camera perpendicular to the path of the falling drop so as mimimise the chances of the drop going out of focus. Then take a large number of shots and hope that atleast one of them is worth showing off

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@pranav0091, lm2k - Thanks. Not sure why that part near parachute is like that, I think it might be a construction cloth.

Here is a random shot that came out okay. No subject of any sort to speak of:-

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Rain against the city by pranav0091, on Flickr

Got some drops on the camera in the process, hope I dont have to pay dearly for this

Got my new SLR (or MILC) the Sony NEX6 :))

.... still trying to figure it out, but amazed at how simple it is to use

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Rains, long drives and cool music by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

congrats amlan ...enjoy the cam

izzikio_rage said:
Got my new SLR (or MILC) the Sony NEX6 .... still trying to figure it out, but amazed at how simple it is to use

How much you got it for?

ankushkool said:
How much you got it for?

got it with a bag, a 48mbps 16GB card, a UV and polarizing filter all for 49k . Amazon.in has it for 45k, however not very sure of how their EMI system works out, so decided to go and purchase from a shop.

Oh, Easyday can also get you the cam on order, the freebies are largely the same with a tripod replacing the polarizing filter. Price is 49k there too

49k ..hmm lot of money ...and which lens is the kit lens..I saw somewhere sony 3N have 16-50 as kit

izzikio_rage said:
got it with a bag, a 48mbps 16GB card, a UV and polarizing filter all for 49k . Amazon.in has it for 45k, however not very sure of how their EMI system works out, so decided to go and purchase from a shop.

Oh, Easyday can also get you the cam on order, the freebies are largely the same with a tripod replacing the polarizing filter. Price is 49k there too

Great! i sud tell to its money well spent. This cam is just brilliant at higher ISOs

That was a great shot, Amlan! And Congrats for the cam! :razz:

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11072013579 by CyberK1D, on Flickr
Captured this today morning, so, it's fresh!

ankushkool said:
Great! i sud tell to its money well spent. This cam is just brilliant at higher ISOs

CyberKID said:
That was a great shot, Amlan! And Congrats for the cam!

Thanks guys, finally I get a chance to try out the SLR only pics :))

sujoyp said:
49k ..hmm lot of money ...and which lens is the kit lens..I saw somewhere sony 3N have 16-50 as kit

I know, it took me quite some time to convince myself that it was worth it. I've gotten the same 16-50 pancake lens, it folds up so it's pretty compact. The jpegs are pretty good with almost no distortion. The RAWs need a bit of correction before they can be used though. Not buying another lens for the next year at least, by that time Emount should have a good collection of lenses, otherwise there are always convertors :))

keep track of cheap minolta lenses ...it will fit on ur mount and they r super cheap...at least you can buy wide angle and macro with manual focus...remaining buy when u have money

btw 16-50 is nice range...16mm is quit wide

Guys, How about having a TDF Photographers' Group on Flickr?

Should it be?

1. Public, anyone can join
2. Public, invitation only

@cyberkid thats actually a great idea...we can just add our pics to the group ....and people wont be able to hide bad pics by posting smaller size pics

CyberKID said:
Guys, How about having a TDF Photographers' Group on Flickr?

Should it be?

1. Public, anyone can join
2. Public, invitation only

Thats a really nice idea. Is there a mode for Join after moderator approval or something like that ?

yes there is pranav...people can join only if moderator approves

What about naming it "TDF Photographers" group? or some other attractive name? What about the copyrights "TDF", "ThinkDigit Forum" in name and description respectively?
We can make it a Public - Invitation Only group, where people would be invited by email, just to manage joining of members. Those who want to join can inform admins here on the forum.
Any suggestions on naming Admins, Mods and Members? Any creative persons here?

While I was looking for suggestions and technicalities on creating a group, seems like I accidentally created the group

. Found this out when Amlan joined the group and I got a mail asking to review his joining request.
So, the group has been created.

*www.flickr.com/groups/tdfphotographers/

We can work on adding more admins and mods. Till then can we have some more members to join the group? Will it be OK if I send you guys invitation to join, using your flickr usernames?

cyberkid I am all ready...do we really want a mod or admin in our group...its invitation only group..soo not needed....you are the creator of the group soo you have the admin rights...thats enough I think

and since this is a photography thread, my click for today is

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Day and Night by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

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@izzikio_rage - you got the moon too in there .. nice. There's quite a bit of nose in the full version though.

A bit bored with photography these days so something indoors.
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Steel Rebars - A Major component of any construction work!

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steel rebars by anmolksharma, on Flickr

^ nice shot

Clicked this Morning !!

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@Ayuclack nice click

@anmol nice composition

@gen were u trying to play with bokeh coz a pencil cell is not a beautiful subject to click

Nice shots @ Amlan, Anmol and Ayush.

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sujoyp said:
a pencil cell is not a beautiful subject to click

Yeah, The intention was to shoot an insignificant small subject at home & make it look cool.

@gen dont you have anything beautiful then this

like keychain, god murti , any crystel , finger ring , bangles , he man, superman etc

Rain Droplets

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In B/W

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Nice pics everyone, especially the sparrow. Long time since I last saw one of those

@tenida: I can see sharpening at work :>
Did you use sharpen to cover up on the little off-focus?

pranav0091 said:
Nice pics everyone, especially the sparrow. Long time since I last saw one of those

@tenida: I can see sharpening at work :>
Did you use sharpen to cover up on the little off-focus?

No

Actually it taken with LG Optimus L9 mobile cam so slight off focus

^ Pretty good for a phone

Must be the jpeg compression then.

Tenida, the drops picture is very nicely shot, quite a job considering that it was shot from a cam

Since every one on this thread has fallen asleep, its upto me to keep the show running :))

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From my perch by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Nice one Amlan

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Here I come!
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17072013680 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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17072013688 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

@cyberkid why did you shoot all of them at night using flash ....and even if when using flash you should have used some diffuser type material soo that light falls properly everywhere....

sujoyp said:
@cyberkid why did you shoot all of them at night using flash ....and even if when using flash you should have used some diffuser type material soo that light falls properly everywhere....

Actually, in the morning, I don't find much time to devote in order to capture 60-70 shots from different angles and settings. I reach home at 7 in the evening, and that is the time I can, shoot at my leisure.
As for the diffuser soft of thing, I can't, as I'm using a cellphone, and the LED flash is too close to the lens to use a diffuser without having a drastically bad effect on the photo.
One thing I can ensure for proper lighting is to have a supportive light, but, then the sensor automatically changes the settings. A lot of times, I find that what's being shown during the capture isn't the same as what is being actually captured.

You can use a nightlamp to light the picture ....and then maybe use of flash may look good...try to experiment using cfls and table lamps

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The Turtle Way - Anmol Sharma Photography (3) by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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The Turtle Way - Anmol Sharma Photography (2) by anmolksharma, on Flickr

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The Turtle Way - Anmol Sharma Photography (1) by anmolksharma, on Flickr

@anmolsharma nice bokeh in th BG!
and btw, can you try taking one with both the turtles in the same direction? Like this one Turtles

and try placing them a bit bottom in the frame, so that the bokeh would appear nice..!
and you can do better with the captioning..try some new fonts like, qwigley, dearjoe , trocchi ..

Thats it from me., try it if you like it..

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@anmolsharma - Nice, I like the 3rd one. I don't like the out of focus tortoise in the first 2. The back light looks nice.

thanks for the feedback guys

@izzikio_rage - I liked "Day and Night" shot, nice vibrant colours .
@anmolksharma - Your first shot of the reinforcement bars is nice , i would have liked to see them continue forever( i mean no termination in frame) then i looks like something infinetly long.
@CyberKID - beautiful flowers, i liked the second one from the top; also the last one .
some from my side
i had recently tried my hands on a cake my elder sister made, tried many shots out of which this one is a bit okish,
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Sx150is CHDK(shot as RAW,F5.3 for 1/30th of sec from 110mm focal length(35mm eq) when iso was 200.
i had just one table lamp and a mirror , i have tried to get rid of some shadows but would like to get any tips for improvements.

and one landscape
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sony ericcson ELM , twilight portrait mode, cloudy white balance and a bit cropped.

@anmol 1st one turtle is great

nice concept

@im2k that cake is looking soo awesome...feeling like ymmmm

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Blue Bridge by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Lonely bench by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Evening lake by sujoyp, on Flickr

A fun pic on my friend

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Devil by sujoyp, on Flickr

@anmol : like the third turtle. the other two have one of the turtles being too distractive.
@lm2k : The cake is really nice. Whats the background, to et those very soft shadows?
@ sujoy : Like everything except the devil, and that font on the text

@pranav can you suggest a font...I couldnt decide on that

Helvetica, Califirnian FB, Calibri etc but only in plain white (strictly no borders)

hey but they are just plain fonts...I want something creative to match with evil word

ok got it...will update the pic

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Devil returns by sujoyp, on Flickr

lm2k the cake is just brilliant, how did you get the white background? can you post some pics of how you set it up?
@anmol: the turtle shot is very good, specially the bokeh, did you put some lights at the back intentionally
@sujoy: as always brilliant stuff

Thanks @izzikio

you can check flickr for more shots...I couldnt decide whether they are good or not

Thats much better sujoy

Thanks pranav

Thanks guys. I am glad you liked the pics. @izziko_rage - the bokeh are result of a electric diya lamp.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chasing Dreams

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chasing dreams by anmolksharma, on Flickr

@sujoyp -thnx . "Devil returns" shot is very nice , i liked the light and sky as background, also "Lonely bench" is also good.
@pranav0091 - thnx, i had tough time removing shadows both during shooting and in PP, some i reduced in ACR and softened some using spot healing brush and gradient tool in photoshop.
@izzikio_rage - thnx ,i used a temporary setup made of 2 white papers(one below and other behind) as they reflect light and used a 25watt table lamp at 45 degree and a mirror on the opposite side.

my attempt at the droplets pic

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Raindrops by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

I liked it very much

its soo colorful

Multiple shots of a Cosmos and a small butterfly/moth.

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Cosmos Butterfly 1 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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Cosmos Butterfly 2 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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Cosmos Butterfly 3 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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Cosmos Butterfly 4 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

some from me

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Chapel Bridge, Lucerne, Switzerland by Kjuvale, on Flickr

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Mt. First, Grindelwald, Switzerland by Kjuvale, on Flickr

Chennai on a canvas:

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Shot and edited using Camera 360.

Pretty pics everyone

Yo, kjuvale, cant you post some less impressive pics so that we feel a bit better about ourselves :>

Guys , should someone go for a Long Zoom camera or a entry level DSLR , if willing to spend ~20k ??? I was thinking about buying one within a month or two.
I don't know much about photography but when I see those pics , it thrills me.
More into nature and wildlife.

@kapil those are awesome

@pranav you are right about kapil ...those pics of kapil makes us feel too bad and jealous

@rishi you said you donno much about photography....soo I say get a superzoom camera and start..it will cover your landscape, macro portrait birding etc...if you start to get interested in any specific type of photography you can later get DSLR with that lens...

@kjuvale: Liked Mt. First, Grindelwald, Switzerland by Kjuvale, on Flickr. And I agree with pranav. You should often post some not-so-great ones so that we could feel somewhat better.

@Kapil Juvale... Stunning landscapes bro!

I wrote a small blog on my photographt, so guys have a look

My Photography Page! | Karan's Blog

^ Don't know whether this is happening with only me or with everyone else that photos on your blog have got vertically stretched too much. Checkout and adjust the image heights.

^^ happening to everyone.

click the photo and view it on flickr.

Damn I hate when something like this happens.

You can try specifying the dimensions of the image explicitly. You can do that in the HTML code, if you could do that in Wordpress.
One more thing, I would suggest you to watermark your images before posting on website/blog/flickr. That way your pics can't be used somewhere without due credit to you.

Clicked this today....the sky was really beautiful today

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Colors of the sky by sujoyp, on Flickr

^Its magical. Only nature can do that. Very good click Sujoy (Dhaka sky?)

Few macro photos from my side (Got this Tamron SP AF 90mm F/2.8 Di 1:1 Macro)
Expect more from me soon....

1.
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6 by rH1twick, on Flickr

2.
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5 by rH1twick, on Flickr

3.
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4 by rH1twick, on Flickr

4.
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3_2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

5.
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2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

6. (This is not at per with the quality images posted here...still....)
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1 by rH1twick, on Flickr

@rhitwik : Very pretty pics. Try focus stacking as well

sujoyp said:
@rishi you said you donno much about photography....soo I say get a superzoom camera and start..it will cover your landscape, macro portrait birding etc...if you start to get interested in any specific type of photography you can later get DSLR with that lens...

Thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks rhitwick ..ur 1st one is good one ....other needs improvement

Ol, I got a good lense but I'm having trouble focusing.
I get a very small spot to focus and that too is not round shaped rather flat. Suppose in this poorly drawn pic X is the object then the focus pot is the dotted line. I get a good photo of the place where the line is crossing "X" [------------X------------]

Can someone guide me on Macro photography?

rhitwik macro photography is a different genre altogether ....u need different equipments and different techniques.

1. Macro photography dont need autofocus...better use manual focus..its more accurate

2. dont use f2.8 for macros ...u will have to go down to f7.1-f8 to get the whole subject sharp ...bokeh u will get easily due to magnification, dont worry about it.

3. You will definitely need a external flash with diffuser for macros coz when you go soo close ur popup flash can not light the area...and diffuser coz u wont want ur subjects go blind after ur photo.

4. at 1:1 thats at the highest magnification its too difficult to handhold the lens and camera ...for two reasons which are you have to go around 6-7 inches close to the subject and subject will fly /run away if its insect ....you can not see the insect through viewfinder...you have to use the back lcd ...better make a proper distance from the insect even if u have to loose some magnification...you can just crop the pic later.

5. strengthen your forearms

... you can imagine the dslr+lens+flash = 1.5kg in your hand stable for long time ...a slight movement and pic will be useless

Great shot Sujoy! It would have been simply magical watching the sky.
Liked your 1st and the 4th shot rhitwick. BTW why those black borders around your pics? IMO, it's distracting the view of the images.
I don't know technicalities of photography and thus go with the senses when capturing my pics. When capturing, you won't bother about the technical aspects, but instead on getting the shot right and beautiful. Trial and error lets you have the experience to capture great shots. No single values fit into all kinds of subjects and scenes thus you need to experiment that and then apply the outcome to your photography.

thanks @ CyberKID ..yes the sky was really beautiful yesterday...and it was reddish out side ...although I have darken the pic a bit but the colors are actual and not oversaturated

@izzikio_rage - nice one, very creative; you could have cleaned the glass and avoided the window grill. but it does not show up unless we are looking for it.
@CyberKID -second one from the bottom is very nice.
@kjuvale - lovely shots, liked both of them, very beautiful.
@sujoyp - nice vibrant colours, nice capture.
@rhitwick -I liked the first and the forth from the top. To what Sujoy said above add to it "6)Patience wait and click" .

Thanks @lm2k. I'm glad that you liked it.

sujoyp said:
rhitwik macro photography is a different genre altogether ....u need different equipments and different techniques.

1. Macro photography dont need autofocus...better use manual focus..its more accurate

I'm using manual focus here. Autofocus is too slow.

2. dont use f2.8 for macros ...u will have to go down to f7.1-f8 to get the whole subject sharp ...bokeh u will get easily due to magnification, dont worry about it.

Very important point you raised. My almost all photos are in low focul length. I'll remember this.

3. You will definitely need a external flash with diffuser for macros coz when you go soo close ur popup flash can not light the area...and diffuser coz u wont want ur subjects go blind after ur photo.

I'll think about it. Right now need to take enough good shots to convince myself that I can do.

5. strengthen your forearms ... you can imagine the dslr+lens+flash = 1.5kg in your hand stable for long time ...a slight movement and pic will be useless

Yeah, facing issues here. My hands are so shaking. I wonder how Toofan clicks those insect photos.

@rhitwick for macro photography external flash is not a choice its compulsory

get a cheap one costing 2.5k a chineese one...it will also do...but without flash u wont be able to take shots at f8 coz ur own shadow will fall on the insect

and yes shaking hands is a problem...the only other solution is using a monopod or tripod .. my macro lens was small and dslr is also small soo it helped...its like 350+300+300 = around a kg ....but I could not keep it still like that for long looking at the screen and waiting for right moment ... only after taking 50 macro shots my hands starts paining

just keep practicing

lens liya hai to seekho

Great going guys

Lm2k, That cake shot is wonderful. One of your best :doublethumb:

Karan, Congrats for the blog... But why the images are stretched.

Hey guys, can we have some more members in TDF Photographers Flickr Page?
You can PM me your mail id's to send you an invite or can join using this link:

Flickr: TDF Photographers

nice discussion on macro photography, have been trying out some of this stuff, but I guess without a macro lens or a reverse mount it's not really going to be all that good.

Have been utilizing the monsoon time and clicking cloud pictures like crazy.

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A whole new world by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Great capture!

G

@sujoyp - Nice colours in the sky . I'd have liked it more if you had cropped more of the buildings, there is a bit too much of blacks in there.
@rhitwick- All shots are really nice.
@izzikio_rage - Nice , where did you shot that from ?

Here's one with Sony H55
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Nice pics Gen, Izzikio and rhitwik

Izzikio's pics have to be from an aircraft.

yup, have been travelling for the past week so quite a lot of flight pics. Will upload them soon :))

Cool pic Gen

few wide angle pics

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^
Damn

Where is this?

@amlan nice sky and clouds

@gen nice sun rays

@faun beautiful shots

@ Faun: Superb shots :razz:

. Where have you captured these.

The Caves

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@All: thanks

@Sujoy, izzikio_rage: nice sky pics
@Faun: Awesome snaps
@medico: nice photos, is it Ajanta?

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Alps by Kjuvale, on Flickr

@medico ...it seems ajanta caves ...nice one

@kapil post it bit larger...u posted too small...pic is beautiful

Some great shots at this page

awesome pics guys

Faun & Kapil, Nice work guys :thumbs:

Did a mod to my NS! Changed the stock pilot lamps with green LED's.

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28072013937 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

cyberkid nice attempt ..try more and use photo editing softwares ...make that headlight look like a cyborg

sujoyp said:
cyberkid nice attempt ..try more and use photo editing softwares ...make that headlight look like a cyborg

you mean another devil??? :twisted:

he he he...yaah a devil ...u cam make it look like alien head

@cyberkid, that is one cool looking bike, +1 to the idea of making it look like a cyborg.

Have been trying to click some pictures of lights for quite some time now. My latest

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Light in the dark by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

@ Faun awesome clicks
Some of my clicks plz critique
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sky shots are superb gamefreak ...birds are not quit good

sujoyp said:
sky shots are superb gamefreak ...birds are not quit good

how can i improve my bird shots

@kapil @sujoy - Yes. Ajanta.

@game-freak - awesome clicks. last one probably is too tight. needs more space around the bird, in the frame.

@game-freak - awesome clicks. last one probably is too tight. needs more space around the bird, in the frame.

thanx
is it better now
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@ game-freak: The first one's a great shot. Looks like a painting. The bird shots are too grainy.

@game-freak

How about this:

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@medico its still looks like taken on ISO 3200

the game freak's 2nd attempt is better ...and that flower on the top is really increasing the beauty .

^ Agree. I'll have a go at editing this one later in the evening if I still remember

good pics gamefreak, I guess a little noise reduction is required in some of the darker ones

Gamefreak, First one is good, but it little dark...

@game-freak - the bird pic is awesome
here is an edit from my side
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try checking if u are underexposing images when clicking or oversharpening during post processing.

I did try to include the flower but in that case, the bird gets pushed towards the edge and looks out of the frame. Also corrected the WB. There was too much of green. Did try to reduce the noise too, but after a certain stage, it looks artificial.

a_medico said:
I did try to include the flower but in that case, the bird gets pushed towards the edge and looks out of the frame. Also corrected the WB. There was too much of green. Did try to reduce the noise too, but after a certain stage, it looks artificial.

same, i just added some warmth and opened shadows a bit along with some topaz denoise "RAW strong" preset. It applies some kind of a median filter to smooth out the grain but some times the artifacts are visible.
regarding croping there is no definite answer ,i just wanted to add up the look and the feel of the surrounding.
Long time back I had tried some snaps with EOS600D and forgot to check the exposure(was in manual mode) the resulting image was dark but after some retouching it was alright(thanx to the 14bit raw) along with some objectionable amount of noise.

another click for review
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Wow ankit, that is amazingly clear. Very nicely done

one from my side too ....
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Sitting on the clouds by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

thanx Amlan the click is beautiful awesome clouds
something i clicked today plz critique
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Nice clicks @ Ankit and Amlan. :razz:

awesome shots gamefreak ...both are superb

Lizard

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@game-freak - That's a great shot.

Wellington Waterfront

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nice shots faun...I liked the 3rd one

Faun, brilliant stuff, the image quality is amazing and you've done a hell of a job finding the places with the most awesome lights.

Great shots man @Faun

Nice work Faun.

Great shot Faun

And also game-freak.

Hey if you people are going to show off the place where you live I will too :))

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Nargarh fort on a rainy day by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

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A step on the yellow brick road by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

thats nice amlan...where is this place...rajasthan??

Nargarh fort Jaipur Rajasthan, this is where a lot of Rang De Basanti was shot. Brilliant place to go to if the weather is right or on any night :))

do you have to walk the long curvey path to come up...or there is some shortcut

that road is awesome...

Hey guys. Its continuous raining here but i dared to go outside for some pics(with proper equipments umbrella, plastic cover and waterproof bag_ :-(

) tried few shots.

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in third shot i didn't like the reflection off the leaf

how to correct that??

shots are fine nikku...you can not remove the reflections....while taking the shots you can take it that way that leaves wont come in the pic....in future when you will shoot these kind of pics using large aperture lens like tamron 90mm f2.8 or zoom lens like 70-300 the leaves will come blurred.

Amazing shots @Faun. Liked all the shots. One query though. In the last shot, the lights have come out differently. Did you use some sort of filter for that or, was it a result of long exposure?
@ Amlan: Yours are also awesome shots. Truly signifying the state of brilliant colours.

Thanks everyone .... I guess we really should share some interesting shots from our hometowns or the place we are currently staying. It'll give us all a list of awesome places to visit

sujoyp said:
do you have to walk the long curvey path to come up...or there is some shortcut that road is awesome...

You can always drive up, which is what most people do. There is a pretty cool restaurant here that is right on the cliff edge. Its an amazing place to chill out at night. Haven't been there at night for quite some time, not with a cam atleast. Will put up some pics when I do. This curvey path is quite a lot of fun too, and very exhausting

Candid Kids

Used Tamron 17-50 F2.8 after long time. Satisfied with the results (heavy cropping done, else the images would have been even sharper)

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@game-freak - the sky shot in post #7887 is super. Can you share the camera model and settings?

Anish said:
@game-freak - the sky shot in post #7887 is super. Can you share the camera model and settings?

You can also click on that image and flickr displays the Exif data (thats the data that you want is called) below the picture under "Additional Info".

Here are the settings:
Settings: 1/160 s, ƒ/9, ISO 400, 18 mm
Camera : Nikon D5100

@ medico : All nice shots. the kid in the third looks genuinely happy, and that lends quite a charm to that image

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lm2k said:
@game-freak - the bird pic is awesome
here is an edit from my side
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try checking if u are underexposing images when clicking or oversharpening during post processing.

Wow Amaazing!!!!!!!!

a medico, very cool portraits.
ayuclack: the perspective of the shot is pretty good. Your eye sort of follows the road off into the distance. Very nicely shot

Some of mu shots

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izzikio_rage said:
Nargarh fort on a rainy day

Nice work Amlan

Medico, Cute kids

Ayuclack, Okish. I guess it would be good if there is no electrics wires, poles...

Sujoy, so-so IQ

@medico: Cute kids. Liked the smaller ones, i.e. the first and the third one. Moreover liked your photos.
@Ayush: Nice shot.
@Sujoyp: As nac has already pointed out, the IQ could have been better. I missed sharpness in the dragonfly shot. BTW liked that snail and the last flower shot.

Thanks nac and cyberkid.....by IQ do you mean they are very grainy...or composition/colors are bad .....grainy is due to ISO 800 ...you know these days its cloudy outside...soo to get bright pics I bumped the ISO...

yaah dragonfly shot is looking poor....will see what happened

^ I mean... colour, noise...

@sujoyp 5th shot is dramatic

@nac I am sure the poor color and noise is due to crop on ISO 800 pic ....sorry about that

@axel Thanks

ok soo today I tried to shoot through my kenko CPL (which I bought yesterday for 1k) and had no idea what effect it gave...and at night I was not even able to detect any change on the pics ...maybe I will go to the lake at daytime.

Also got a set of cheap macro filter (4 pieces..+1, +2, +4 and a macro filter ) ...+1, +2, +4 filters can be clubbed togather..and it wont change the working distance...but macro filter effects the working distance ...bokeh is just too creamy to control

ok soo this is the pic with CPL but I could not set it properly coz it was very dark...used 13sec shutter speed to get this
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and this is macro filter effect...clubbed +1,+2,+4 on my macro lens to get this
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Test Shot:
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My Village

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nice capture 6x6.

That's a good place to live on Tenida. it reminded me of Barfi! BTW do you take a bath in ponds/lakes like that?

@6x6 thats nice flower...but what were u testing

@tenida ...i was just going to post a similar pic like urs 1st one

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Beautiful place by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Tuffy by sujoyp, on Flickr

A fun shot

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Doobti nayyiya by sujoyp, on Flickr

^ your tuffy is really cute. please pass on my complement to him. :-D

All the three of 'em are good, Sujoy.

@Tenida: Beautiful first pic. Very pleasant place you live in

Can you post a flickr link so I can get a better copyy to tinker around if you don't mind

@Sujoy: Dont need to congratulate you. Nice pics as always

I'll post mine too today.

thanks cyberkid ...yup i am proud of my tuffy

@nac thanks

@pranav ...in this same page I have posted poor pics too

Thanks for liking

btw guys CPL was very useful to get nice clouds ....the gray clouds look white and sky looks bit better...water also looks bit cleaner ....I will post a comparision for you guys

very cool pics people.

@Sujoy, CPL (circular polarizing filter) I understand, but what is a macro filter, and is it worthwhile to invest in one? The bokeh in your pics is pretty good.

@tenida: amazing pics, you live in a really beautiful place. Where is this by the way, seems to remind me of the time I spent in the Hoogly region

As I said, I've been tinkering around with black and white for some time. Trying to get some moody shots. Here is the latest attempt

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I walk a lonely road by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

The example of CPL

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you can see the top one is with CPL and below without CPL . you can notice the reflection on water and the clouds. This shot I took for the sole purpose of comparision

Thanks Sujoy. The water looksjust like I expected although the sky looks the opposite (I expected a lighter shade of blue with the CPL, but now my old physics gyan kicks up and tells me that the images are right

).
Here are the shots I said I'd post yesterday:-

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IMG_4321e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_4400e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_4145w by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_4149e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_4338e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_4491e by pranav0091, on Flickr

Comments, suggestions, critique everything welcome. Yes, for the daylight shots I am aware that the high ISO has degraded the IQ, and the spider was not cooperating, neither the breeze, not the inability to use a tripod

Great shots pranav. Liked the first one most.

@amlan ur composition is good in B&W pic...try using a tripod or a stand .

@pranav I liked ur 2nd 3rd and spider shot

@pranav, the first bike shot is brilliant ....

@sujoy: got a little too cocky since I got a DSLR, I shoot everything handheld with the ISO set to ungodly values :))

will retake with a tripod

Thanks everyone

izzikio_rage said:
@sujoy: got a little too cocky since I got a DSLR, I shoot everything handheld with the ISO set to ungodly values will retake with a tripod

Tell me about it.

I am seriously considering setting 800 as the max ISO on my camera. Went home last weekend shot outdoors, so couldnt review the images well and ISO noise had ruined pretty much all of the images

G

@pranav - I like 1,2, & 6.
What are those white things in 2nd, I like the pic.
The bicycle ones looks like a nice idea but not that great results. The yellow flower pic is decent but does not really stand out.
The spider looks great.

@pranav: spider shot is awesome. very nice background with the almost invisible web. keep it up!!

Gen.Libeb said:
@pranav - I like 1,2, & 6.
What are those white things in 2nd, I like the pic.
The bicycle ones looks like a nice idea but not that great results. The yellow flower pic is decent but does not really stand out.
The spider looks great.

I have no idea what they are called, they are just some kind of flowers on grass.
How do you think I can improve the bicycle pics (the trails are just pure luck

) ?

Its funny how everybody likes the spider, and I personally think thats the worst shot of that lot

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^ Really well exposed pic considering the highlights I'd say.
Whats the camera ?

PS: It'd be nice if everyone would put the camera model in their signature, or use Flickr to post. I dont know about others, but I am pretty interested in the settings of most images

pranav0091 said:
^ Really well exposed pic considering the highlights I'd say.
Whats the camera ?

PS: It'd be nice if everyone would put the camera model in their signature, or use Flickr to post. I dont know about others, but I am pretty interested in the settings of most images

Thanks Canon powershot A530

@tenida the flower is overexposed on right side and properly exposed on left side...it only means that ur setting was correct and to get complete flower in proper exposure u had to turn the angle of flower a bit manually

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Sorry for OT

Would appreciate your thoughts on the quality of this image

ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting

Taken with Sony Xperia i1. 1/2.3" Exmor R 20.7 MP sensor, 28mm wide angle Sony G f2.0 Lens

The above image is 8 MP.

randomuser111 said:
Sorry for OT

Would appreciate your thoughts on the quality of this image

ImageShack® - Online Photo and Video Hosting

Taken with Sony Xperia i1. 1/2.3" Exmor R 20.7 MP sensor, 28mm wide angle Sony G f2.0 Lens

The above image is 8 MP.

Is it a supposed Honami Image?

Looks very good, neutral colors. But if its not a stock 20 mp image, I'll need to know how it was reduced to 8mp. On the PC? And secondly that image is a bad sample to judge the camera performance.

I guess you wanted a comparison/comment of that image wrt the Lumia 1020 ?

pranav0091 said:
Is it a supposed Honami Image?

Looks very good, neutral colors. But if its not a stock 20 mp image, I'll need to know how it was reduced to 8mp. On the PC? And secondly that image is a bad sample to judge the camera performance.

I guess you wanted a comparison/comment of that image wrt the Lumia 1020 ?

Yes resized to 8mp on PC.

Original 20 MP here

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And yes it IS taken with Honami, not "supposed"

The 'supposed' was for the image, not Honami

With the full res image things are much easier to judge.

I see similar but worser graininess as compared to the 1020 - both seem to have embraced the philosophy of sharpness over low noise, which is a very clever thing to do at good-light conditions.

There is a bit of smearing at the pixel level - very likely to be the photographers fault, considering he was sitting on the saddle.

Short verdict : Very likely to be better than every cameraphone out there with the exception of the 808 and 1020. Sony needs to improve the de-noising algos a bit though. The current one looks too aggressive.

Do you have any low light samples' link ?

PS: DO NOT use a PC resized image for comparison. Either the full res or the the processed output from the phone

No not right now

Finally, tried to develop these rusty old ones..Independence to these!
and btw Happy Independence day to my fellow TDF members!

(an hour left

)

ROAR!
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BEAU7Y
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INNOCENCE
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BLISS!
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FROZ3N
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^ Really liked the butterfly and the waterdrop images

The drop in particular must have taken a LOT of effort...

Hi, I took some images after a long time

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Thanks for viewing.

@pranav0091 thank you! Yeah, It took a lot of time to get that...the drop was'nt exactly what i've expected..the only thing water drop photography is fun because, the more mistakes you make,the more creative the result will be..isn't it?

@Anish The first pic and the rose are good! Others would be better if they are'nt blurry, not so steady hands?

axelzdly1 said:
@pranav0091 thank you! Yeah, It took a lot of time to get that...the drop was'nt exactly what i've expected..the only thing water drop photography is fun because, the more mistakes you make,the more creative the result will be..isn't it?

@Anish The first pic and the rose are good! Others would be better if they are'nt blurry, not so steady hands?

Agree

Its not lack of steady hands as much as it is the very aggressive framing/cropping. I get a feeling Anish was pushing the limits of the minimum focus distance and consequently the ISO/Shutter speed to its limits atleast in a couple of those images. Just my two cents

pranav0091 said:
Agree

Its not lack of steady hands as much as it is the very aggressive framing/cropping. I get a feeling Anish was pushing the limits of the minimum focus distance and consequently the ISO/Shutter speed to its limits atleast in a couple of those images. Just my two cents

Agreed. I tried to get as close as possible to take the macros how ever, the rose is at a distant of some 10 foot from the lens. Others are macro mode pictures. I had to keepup with my fam in that flowers garden, so i was in a bit hurry. Next time i ll try a *very* steady hands :-D

@axel the water drop pic is really good.

@abhidev thanks man!

@axel : the drop pic is absolutely brilliant, the bokeh the lighting the reflections, everything is just spot on. Amazing stuff

have been travelling over the past few weeks here will try to post some from the trip. Here's one from Shimla

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A lighted porch by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

@izzikio_rage Thank you Amlan! btw, how often do you use 500px..?

@axelzdly ur roar, innocence and drop pics are nice...drop pic is actually brilliant

@anish you need to learn and practice more...framing is correct just like u said u went too close and shots got blurry

@amlan those tubelights ....I just cant decide to like or dislike the pic...while the pic looks soo creative but technically it have many faults

wow..i accidentally bumped into this thread..all these pics are amazing !!!!

loved this one in particular :

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i guess most pics in this thread are from digicams & DSLRs..

I wonder if the above drop effect could be captured using my Xperia L

Gr8 pics !!!

@sujoyp @ashs1 Thank you guys!

@ashs1 Try this thread..Mobile point&shoot camera photography

@Tenida - liked both of your landscape shots,
@sujoyp - last of your flower shot is nice also i liked the "Beautiful place".
@pranav0091 - the pic spider is awesome, also i think there is some potential in the pic bicycle showing lite trails , may be some angle or change in perspective .
@axelzdly1 - i liked the butterfly pic and the shot of the drop is really awesome, how did u get the red background?

some from my side
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SX150is F8 for 1/400th of sec from 267mm focal length (35mm eq) when iso was 200

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sony ericccson ELM , twlight portrait mode, cloudy white balance.

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SX150is F3.4 for 1/125th of sec from 28mm focal length (35mm eq) when iso was 80.

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SX150is F3.4 for 1/160th of sec from 28mm focal length (35mm eq) when iso was 100

and one panaroma
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axelzdly1 said:
@izzikio_rage Thank you Amlan! btw, how often do you use 500px..?

Not a lot, I have been uploading stuff there but somehow the feedback is not as good as on flickr..... people just come say stuff like "brilliant shot V+F, please see my work and appreciate it" .... so not liking it that much. But the pics there are amazing, I just keep browsing with my jaw on the floor as a pool of drool collects on the table in front of me

sujoyp said:
@amlan those tubelights ....I just cant decide to like or dislike the pic...while the pic looks soo creative but technically it have many faults

Please advise, I clicked a lot of pics on this trip, but now that I sit down with them I'm not that happy with most of them. What do you think I should've done better in this?

G

@axelzdly1 - Great photos , specially the water drop. What camera ?
@izzikio_rage - Nice Photo, I like your photos, you got a unique style.

sujoyp said:
@anish you need to learn and practice more...framing is correct just like u said u went too close and shots got blurry

Yeah, thanks. I'm just practising manual modes :-D

@lm2k Haha...it was a gift wrapper foil..Thanks to my inbuilt flash., the BG is looking good :razz:

I really need to buy an external flash

to push the freezing limit above 1/200th..

and those flowers look amazing!

@Gen.Libeb Thanks man..I did that with my D3100, 18-55mm ..

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@im2k except 1st spider shot I liked all others .

@amlan
EXIF from flickr -
Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture f/5.0
Focal Length 27 mm
ISO Speed 3200

here u have kept the shutter speed way too high...u could have reduced it to 1/30 and reduced ISO from 3200 to 1600...in these low light condition I generally use manual mode or shutter priority mode...

in this shot the tubelights are making blurry lights ...if you shot this handheld then you had no choice...but if u used a tripod u could have just decreased the shutter speed more and reduced the aperture to f14 f16 and maybe underexpose a bit ....this will give light rays effect from lights...
Also at some places the colors are blotchy ...that seems due to high ISO .

So basically high ISO is the problem...if somehow u could have shot it around ISO 800 it may look much better.

G

Panorama made of 3 photos
Camera: Sony H55

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@Gen.Libeb what place is that?

@sujoyp dude, you are doing a great job of reviewing other's works. Keep it up !

@sujoy, as I said I seem to have become lazy in clicking stuff..... really need some new stuff. BTW, what is the status of the projects thread? or have we given that up?

@anish I dont review much coz I am afraid to hurt some one ... I am more of a critique then a admirer

@amlan no amlan ur composition is absolutely perfect...and I told u at first that pic is looking creative with those tube lights and I couldnt really decide to like or dislike it.
but I think ISO 3200 have ruined the pic.

I almost lost track of project thread coz I was at home for holidays for last 8-10 days....just today I got back to job...will continue it..let me see

@sujoy, thanks bhai, will try to get off my behind a bit :))

... I finally tried out splash photography today

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7343/9530989566_734d78bd29_c.jpg
Splash! by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

@Im2K- I liked all your photographs but the dead tree with green leaf is just marvelous

Wishing a very happy photographers day to all my fellow TFDers..! :clap2:

Each of you amazing shutter :ladybug:

s deserve

Keep clicking!

Axel, FROZ3N is excellent :doublethumb:

Lm2k, Lake panorama is good

Amlan, I like "lighted porch"

Nice work pranav...

IMG_4400e, IMG_4321e, IMG_4145w

@axelzdly1 Happy clicking

I was planning to get something for yesterday but sadly my battery dried out and couldnt attempt anything

belated happy photographers day everyone, perfect timing since today is bound to be a holiday and you can spend it clicking around

No holiday

yaah u guys can club rakhi colors and photographic day shots togather ...no holiday for me too

Some shots of my Rakhie

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-WjahUhqZ48k/UhO8zuRA1RI/AAAAAAAAJSc/zXMPLDuQg9s/w1259-h709-no/DSC_9370.JPG

*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fQXhgr-ugpE/UhOrH073JVI/AAAAAAAAJSM/WSp9WpX1-yE/w1132-h709-no/DSC_9350.JPG

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Fr2iqvHMwA0/UhOrAsRT4dI/AAAAAAAAJSE/cAVTr0e27mA/w472-h709-no/DSC_9349.JPG

I should say the macro lens is very sharp ...I just love it

Recently I made a trip to "Puri", few HDR shots from that trip...
1.
*farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/9561952209_56d9513f23_z.jpg
Puri skies_HDR_6 by rH1twick, on Flickr

2.
*farm4.staticflickr.com/3693/9561936925_c4a5ff1753_z.jpg
Puri skies_HDR_5 by rH1twick, on Flickr

3.
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7345/9561918269_f8c42f9f7c_z.jpg
Puri skies_HDR_4 by rH1twick, on Flickr

Which one is better between 2 and 3?

4.
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7437/9564692304_bd3bb73ce4_z.jpg
Puri skies_HDR_3 by rH1twick, on Flickr

5.
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7366/9564663758_37d73635c9_z.jpg
Puri skies_HDR_2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

6.
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5450/9564647134_71d6262416_z.jpg
Puri skies_HDR_1 by rH1twick, on Flickr

rhitwik I liked 2nd and 5th...but I really think u overdid the HDR things...and pics r looking unreal

Well, someone here had advised me earlier that if a pic wasn't looking unreal, it was not a HDR. This time I followed that rule.

And, selected "Surreal" option in Photomatix for most photos here

@rhitwik: That HDR is grossly overdone, IMO

HDR: High Dynamic Range, not Hypernormal Dynamic Range

^try autoHdr, thats a good tool for easy and neat hdr.

I use photomatix which in many sites is termed as best s/w.

And, almost all but one are done with a preset available in the tool.
Overdone?! Could be.

Any tips on good HDR? What should I keep in mind while taking HDR shots?

*captainkimo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/crabby-joe-pier-port-orange-nighttime-hdr.jpg

^Thats a very nicely done HDR.

HDR is not about unrealistic looking photos, its about getting the details from both ends of the spectrum, often more than the human eye itself.

Your images are not bad per se, they are interesting - abstractish. But if you think of them as samples of HDR, then they are pretty overdone.

The rule #1 of HDR is that you make it look as real as possible while getting the maximum details from both the dark and bright part of the images using multiple exposures stacked on top of each other and then selectively choosing areas to form the final image. Thats what your aim should be imo.

Thats the reason I liked 2nd one...it looks real and the clouds are beautiful

@rhitwick: pretty cool pics. I have a slightly different take on the surreal HDR thing. A lot of photographers tend to use it very creatively, so although the photo looks doctored but it's pretty apt for the message that you wanted to convey. A great case in point is photographs of cars and bikes in HDR. One look and you know something has been done, but that takes a backseat to the fact that you are absolutely drooling over the said car, the reflections on chrome, the brakes showing through the alloy wheels stuff that a normal capture would never showcase this well.

HDR Photography | High Dynamic Range Photography is a pretty good place to get some of the basics of HDR, plus you can always search for photomatix tutorials and use the controls manually rather than use the presets.

And if i may be allowed to shamelessly plug in my shots :))

a very slight HDR (needed only since the building itself was very dark and a normal exposure would show no details)

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8250098178_dd9459e4b5_c.jpg
From my balcony by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

A slightly stronger one

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8030/7971695102_21d4acf5fb_c.jpg
The weekend getaway by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

and the almost surreal level shots

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8289/7501761098_aedff66d78_c.jpg
The Howrah station by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

@sujoy and @nac - thnx
@Tenida - thnx, for me it shows the immortality of life,
@rhitwick - the second one from top is very nice, also i dont find others bad. Like pranav0091
said they look more like some abstract art, you may use them for some images as background.
@izzikio_rage - liked the first one and also the second one is done nicely.

some HDRI from my side. I have included a 0EV/unedited image in the spoiler if anybody is interested

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5446/9571237788_c64aecd275_b.jpg
used ACR to bring out shadow details

unedited open the spoiler

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3752/9571221888_5b1ff1fc98_b.jpg

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2810/9571216064_e8e2245edd_b.jpg
merged 5 images in photomatix
0EV open the spoiler

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5346/9571206482_f60e1e4788_b.jpg

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3828/9409918006_9c6ebcf739_b.jpg
merged 5 images to tiff in photomatix and used LR on this
0EV open the spoiler

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3676/9568433375_9bd29704e3_b.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8489041402_e8dc5233ee_b_d.jpg
used LR to bring out shadow details
unedited open the spoiler

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2843/9571275482_e641f144dc_b.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8239/8583177912_44f6e3222d_c.jpg
used photomatix
0EV open the spoiler

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3783/9568474381_eb16076603_b.jpg

Took this shot coz I wanted a shot showing drowning rupee value....

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7449/9573627761_cce7965447_z.jpg
Rupee Drowning by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5333/9576425682_0ec7e06cd0_z.jpg
Valueless 5Rs coin by sujoyp, on Flickr

^^ nice shots...i tried splash but very bad lighting n no equipment for proper lighting. Waiting for sun to came out( it's been the weeks).

N yes rupee its really drowning.

thanks nikku...yes I took both in sunlight....no way u can have soo much light inside room

Sorry guys I dont like HDR much personally

IM2K ur last pic is super

@lm2k, great pics. The original image in spoiler is a good idea, really lets you appreciate how much difference an HDR treatment makes

@sujoy: finally a splash pic, and a really relevant one. The windowgrill lighting in the second one is really cool, gives an amazing pattern to the water and the glass

thanks amlan..i too have to shoot on burst mode and 1/800 f11 manual mode ....thanks to ur tips

hey guys, checkout my Ascend P1 review thread. Do let me know what you think about the camera performance.

@izzikio_rage - thnx, something like before and after gives an idea what is was.
@sujoyp - thnx, I too never liked HDR but sometime we are left with no option like the shot of the flag or the rising sun.
i liked both of your splash pics, but the second one matches the tittle/purpose more correctly, i think because it is B/W and has got more harsh shadows that make a sense along with lighting.

@izzikio_rage - thnx, something like before and after gives an idea what is was.
@sujoyp - thnx, I too never liked HDR but sometime we are left with no option like the shot of the flag or the rising sun.
i liked both of your splash pics, but the second one matches the tittle/purpose more correctly, i think because it is B/W and has got more harsh shadows that make a sense along with lighting.

@im2k ...1st one may depict the turbulent downfall of rupee ...and reaching its lowest

Was going through some of the splash pics that I had shot, and I guess a few more are worth posting too.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5455/9589460564_e034fed1b5_c.jpg
Splashed by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Nice splash pics Sujoy and Izzikio

Nice splash pic Amlan :razz:

nice splash amlan...I just couldnt find anything to put in water

sujoyp said:
nice splash amlan...I just couldnt find anything to put in water

and I can't find anything to put water in. Tried with a borosil glass, and it's very narrow.

will try with a glass bowl + burst mode in my new cell tomorrow.

Already posted these shots in my review :-D

Taken with my new cell phone.

*i.imgur.com/tJiZwskl.jpg

*i.imgur.com/3pff6URl.jpg</a><a href=*i.imgur.com/tJiZwsk.jpg target=_blank>

*i.imgur.com/FAJVJFMl.jpg</a><a href=*i.imgur.com/tJiZwsk.jpg target=_blank>

*i.imgur.com/P67HoXul.jpg</a><a href=*i.imgur.com/tJiZwsk.jpg target=_blank>

*i.imgur.com/bcsnmLrl.jpg</a><a href=*i.imgur.com/tJiZwsk.jpg target=_blank>

*i.imgur.com/6T00kOBl.jpg</a><a href=*i.imgur.com/tJiZwsk.jpg target=_blank>

*i.imgur.com/xxtu2nSl.jpg</a><a href=*i.imgur.com/tJiZwsk.jpg target=_blank>

Awesome splash pics guys

@ CyberKid : No offence, but I think the pics from your previous Nokia phone seem better to me from memory. I'll just go back and see if thats indeed the case...

@cyberkid ...flowers r fine but y did u took the pic of that leaf...its looking soo normal

A visitor at my room today

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/9593580660_f1f2e6b208_c.jpg
Cute by sujoyp, on Flickr

^ Which lens?

Where did all the advanced Exif data on Flickr go??

its actually taken with my nikon 55mm AIS Macro lens....since its AIS D3100 dont record any data for it....its full manual lens

its exif
M mode
Aperture-f5.6
SS - 1/80
focal length - 55mm
flash fired - yes, external using diffuser

Thanks. Nice macro, though I am not a fan of the model

thanks ...i have been looking long for nicer models

pranav0091 said:
@ CyberKid : No offence, but I think the pics from your previous Nokia phone seem better to me from memory. I'll just go back and see if thats indeed the case...

None taken. :mrgreen:

Can't say about Huawei.

One of their erstwhile flagship devices with BSI sensor with such a shitty performance. Thanks for that honest feedback, Pranav. I thought that too. That's the reason, I posted the pics here. I'm really disappointed with the cam performance, or maybe, I need to fiddle around with the settings a bit more. Can't even get a well exposed shot in broad daylight. Almost all of the closeup shots in broad daylight are overexposed, night shots are completely gone. :-(

Will purchasing CameraPro be helpful? I had it on my Nokia and it seemed good, but not better than the stock options I got on Nokia. Seems it'll be great on this.

sujoyp said:
@cyberkid ...flowers r fine but y did u took the pic of that leaf...its looking soo normal

A visitor at my room today

Cute by sujoyp, on Flickr

Seems he recently had waxing done on his legs. :lol:

BTW nice macro.

IMO, It's the normal things which tell us the importance of better things, and give us something to compare other things with. Actually I captured that leaf shot for the purpose of checking out the ability to capture details. These leaves have very fine hairy coverings on them, so this shot.

@izzikio_rage - nice one,
@sujoy - beautiful macro, i can even see the details in its antennas.
@CyberKID -i liked the third one from the top . I like the angle and inclusion of leaves.

thanks cyberkid & im2k

is it just me or is Sujoy's grasshopper giving a weird grin, Kinda like a cartoon character

^ now that you said it appears to be posing for the photograph

@abhidev @amlan u are right...that grasshopper looked funny to me....at some angle it looked like a alien or a cartoon smiling

Amlan, "The Weekend Getaway" is good :thumb:

Lm2k, I like "Fort" HDR and "sunrise/set" HDR. I am really not a fan of overdone HDR. But still I like your second "fort" hdr.

Sujoy, "Valueless 5Rs coin" is good. But something is missing on both your and amlan's splash.

@nac what I find missing in our shots is a big aquarium glass box ...I am not actually fond of taking splash shots in such small glass .....what pro level shots have is no glass borders ...clear water and glass....some lightning from side and top

Sorry...
I don't understand what's the need for aquarium glass box for splash photography. Any link for details regarding this topic???

to give u shot like this

Shots taken by Professionals and put up for example only
*fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/309/b/7/highspeed_splash_photography_by_plams321-d5k2d7y.jpg
*tabathamcleodcatc.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/splash-photography-56.jpg

btw I have found another thing missing ....actually our flash is not high speed shutter compatible....and goes only till 1/200 which is very slow for these shots...I have searched a little and found that the cheapest HSS flash is Yongnuo YN-568EX costing around 170$ ...it can go to max speed of 1/8000 ...soo can capture these things better..example
*www.diyphotography.net/files/images/high_speed_photography_glass.jpg

in the second type the only thing that we are losing out on is the clarity of the shot due to our cameras/flash being slower.

The aquarium glass shots are pretty cool, will need to make friends with some fish owner now :))

love the pics !! gr8 work !!

P.S. : is it even remotely possible to get these splash effects on mobile's camera ??

I was soo excited about high speed shooting HSS flash but then read that its only compatible with middle to high DSLR's ...will not work on my D3100

@ashs....splash effect is possible with mobile if u have some option to speed shutter speed...then at least u can attempt

....and try only under direct sunlight

i do have a burst mode app that apparently takes upto pics upto 30fps

'
( *play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hantor.CozyCamera )

I'll try to attempt the impossible tomorow

any pointers for first timers ?? any camera settings that i have to adjust before taking pics ? ( have xperia L

)..

If i even get a decent splash image, i'll never say a word against sony xperia ever

(*crossing my heart* )

@ashs ok i can give some suggestions ...donno if it will help or not
1.Switch off any image stabilisation
2. do this experiment under sunlight....shoot sidewise
3. better tell somebody else to drop something in water
4. do that 1-2-3 and drop thing to syncronise between both of u guys
5. on count 3 click
6. try it for 20-30 times....
7. use burst mode if it helps...but start clicking right after 2nd count.

good luck

Thanks Sujoy/Amlan...

If you guys don't mind, can you please tell me the need for aquarium glass box... Google isn't helping me...

This is how it is used

*cdn.mos.photoradar.com/files/articles/techniques/february2011/photos-ideas-photographing-water-splashes-flash-setup.jpg

*www.photigy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Atlanta-photographer-advertisement-underwater-lighting-setup.png

or if you really want to freak yourself out

*www.diyphotography.net/files/images/5/5572881019_f41cd53021.jpg

These are all pro setups, I can't even begin to imagine setting up something like this at home

Okie... It has something to do with flash. I thought we would be needing some special kinda glass to get the effect...

So, we can try it with clean/scratch-less glass when there is plenty of light to shoot @ higher shutter speed to get a decent a result...

And this flash sync is not a problem for me (compact user), right?

Nac you have to test it urself at shutter speed higher then 1/500 then only we can say ...try it

I've gotten pretty decent shots of splashes with my Canon SX120, so using a P&S should not be a problem.

My snap for today

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2887/9613464869_5846a73ca4_c.jpg
The first days of life by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

And not sure if I posted this, but I love the way the clouds came in this

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5519/9562983957_eede74b35e_c.jpg
sailing on smooth water by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

@amlan 2nd one is great...but i couldnt figure out whats 1st one...is it a animal or a toy ??

New born bird... couldn't figure what bird it is... chicken?

that's a new born pigeon baby, just hatched a day back. I thought it looked cute and clicked it, It seems to freak most people out. Guess I should remove the pic soon.

C & C welcome...

*imageshack.us/a/img571/3223/djcv.jpg

*imageshack.us/a/img839/4739/0dsr.jpg *imageshack.us/a/img534/5602/wefr.jpg

izzikio_rage said:
that's a new born pigeon baby, just hatched a day back. I thought it looked cute and clicked it, It seems to freak most people out. Guess I should remove the pic soon.

and I was wondering, looking at that image on your flickr page, what could it be.

When I couldn't, I dropped the idea to comment on that capture. The second one's definitely good.

A few from my side.

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2858/9622264746_d91d7135bb_z.jpg
Beanstalk in the sky by CyberK1D, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5345/9622221720_4dd7a151a2_z.jpg
Umbrella Vinca by CyberK1D, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7457/9618984687_69c8e702f4_z.jpg
Opening up by CyberK1D, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3791/9618986481_0518f6a219_z.jpg
Hibiscus bloom by CyberK1D, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7332/9622229426_9720a6062b_z.jpg
New Rose leaves by CyberK1D, on Flickr

@nac ur 2nd pic is looking like a rock gorilla...nice angle

@cyberkid i liked umbrella and hibicus .

@amlan i still couldnt figure it out thats its a pegion...can u post a pic from other angle

some splash shots

again

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5454/9624536094_6cb766a552.jpg
Mirchi3 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2812/9624538180_d98d3e2f88.jpg
Mirchi4 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7417/9624532150_aca3ae3b6d.jpg
Mirchi2 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7308/9624528498_2eb464f31d.jpg
Mirchi1 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Sharing after a long time..

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7438/9622218221_9e20df3f63_o.jpg
About to Bloom Marigold.. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

@Sujoy: Nice attempt, but you need 'cooler' models

Sujoy, This attempt has come out very well... :thumbs:

Nice work...

@nac pretty cool photos
@cyberkid: pics are good but seem to be a little washed out, I guess shooting in better light (dawn, dusk) or a little PP is needed
@sujoy: now these look like professional shots .... good stuff

one I shot yesterday

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5446/9621442701_834a5930a8_c.jpg
spreading light by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Thanks pranav , nac & amlan

Cooler model ...I will have to buy something which look cooler...company guesthouse dont have nice things

@anirban ...your shot is ruined by harsh bokeh and marigold in background

@amlan nice shot but high ISO is making it grainy

btw guys just checked that flickr just shows way too much exif info

feeling like it is revealing all the secrets we try to hide

nac said:
Sujoy, This attempt has come out very well... Nice work...

Agree.

was just reading up some forums today and someone had posted the query that if I use HDR or burst mode a lot the shutter of the camera will stop working sooner. Ie it has a limited number of open closes it can do. Has anyone ever gotten their shutter mechanism replaced or is the only option to buy a new camera when this happens (Considering the rate we all shoot at we should be really scared :))

)

@faun thanks

@amlan my shutter count right now is 26321 (checked right now) ....and I think it will easily work till 1.5 lakh count ...soo still a long way to go

but i have seen people replacing the shutter after 2 lakh counts to be on safe side...it takes around 5-6k to replace it

Few from me. seen the sun after a long time.

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3783/9600278696_3e7893d40f.jpg
IMG_0993-3 by NikhileshSharma, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7314/9600296250_459ffb2932.jpg
IMG_0993-2 by NikhileshSharma, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5534/9597570057_6741a504f6.jpg
Dawn by NikhileshSharma, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/9600388966_2f3205c99e.jpg
IMG_0995 by NikhileshSharma, on Flickr

@nikku ur pics are beautiful...post pics directly not the links

sujoyp said:
@nikku ur pics are beautiful...post pics directly not the links

Thanks sujoy. Bt i m out able to inline the images. Can somebody help me,????

btw in tapatalk it's showing correctly.

use

or you can upload to flickr/other img hosting sites and grab the BB codes..

Thanks guys...i have edited the post now it should look fine.

Nikku, Nice but little over processed, I think.

*imageshack.us/a/img837/2595/nffw.jpg *imageshack.us/a/img19/3750/qmle.jpg

beautiful pics Nac

@nac: amazing pics, where do you live? or are you clicking pics from postcards and fooling us all

@nikku: great stuff, seems like you captured all the colors of the sunset/sunrise

@sunil: that's a pretty good click, however I think that the camera did not focus properly on the caterpillar. Did you use the macro setting and did you half press the shutter till the rectangle on the screen turned green? (sorry for the very basic questions but the focusing on the Sx160 and all is usually pretty good)

My attempts at manual shooting with the new cam. I know it's not much in terms of a click, but that's exactly how I felt when the weekend just disappeared

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/9637027168_4e9f9640cb_c.jpg
Where did my saturday disappear by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

The winning smile

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3705/9650276537_16973efb60_o.jpg

nikku_hot123 said:
Thanks guys...i have edited the post now it should look fine.

Nice pics

A couple of additional suggestions - try to use Flickr or 500px. They not only help you embed images easier, but you can also post larger versions with ease ( nobody here minds large pics

) And then there is the exif info...

Pretty pics, nac and Amlan

My first post here.

I've bought SX160 last month...(thnx @ nac)

I'm trying to post the pics directly (not the link) but unable to do so (IMG URL Method).
I've deleted my previous post but after seeing comment from izzikio_rage I decided to post it anyway.

@ izzikio_rage : I'm new to photography and I've some other pics in which caterpillar is focused (will upload few more once uploading issue is solved). I've used Macro settings but I don't remember about the half press thing. Will take care of that in future...Thanks for the info

Pls help me (PM) how to post pics directly without Flickr or other hosting site.

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sunil.001 said:
My first post here.

I've bought SX160 last month...(thnx @ nac)

I'm trying to post the pics directly (not the link) but unable to do so (IMG URL Method).
I've deleted my previous post but after seeing comment from izzikio_rage I decided to post it anyway.

@ izzikio_rage : I'm new to photography and I've some other pics in which caterpillar is focused (will upload few more once uploading issue is solved). I've used Macro settings but I don't remember about the half press thing. Will take care of that in future...Thanks for the info

Pls help me (PM) how to post pics directly without Flickr or other hosting site.

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Here, does this help ?

anirbandd said:
use

or you can upload to flickr/other img hosting sites and grab the BB codes..

PS: Why not use flickr, I mean why do you seem opposed to that idea ?

yes use flickr or picasa web albums which come with google+ and gmail

@medico nice shot....nice moment captured

Medico, I like this one... No processing uh...

Thank you Pranav, Sujoy and Amlan.

Sunil, Focus, exposure issues... Read user manual for better understanding how your camera works...
We have limited quota to upload directly in forums. It's better to upload in image sharing website and share the link here.

@Sunil, Nikku at the risk of repeating what everyone here is saying, do post your pics to flickr and then link here. Some of the advantages are

1. Exif data: this allows everyone to see your camera settings, it'll help us understand how you got those great clicks or where you could have made some changes for a better shot. Once you get the hang of it you can always check out the info of pics that you like to replicate them

2. One consolidated place for your images, that way you'll be able to go back in a year or so and see how much you've improved or what new stuff you've learned

3. Flickr itself has some really nice people who'll help you along, plus you always get access to an amazing collection of images and what settings were used to click them

Posting from flickr is pretty easy, just upload there. Open the image, On the bottom right of the image (in the black area) there is a box with an arrow coming out of it (more ways to share), click that, click on get the HTML/BBcode, select the BBcode radio button at the bottom of the popup and copy paste the text/code that shows up, in the forum.

Mandatory disclosure: I'm not getting any commission from flickr or am anything more to them than just one more user :))

^^^ thanks for the tip. Started following ur suggestions.

@nac. Thanks for suggestion. Will try to process pics correctly.

And we have a small flickr group of TDF enthusiast where we pin our pics shared here

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nice light trails

Nice work Anmol :thumbs:

awesome light trails anmol ....

finally a few from my side. Couldn't resist shooting up the ISO in the first, the second though is a tripod mounted long exposure. Sujoy please don't take my case on the high ISO :))

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adding a little spice to life by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

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Human hives by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

amlan I am letting ur high ISO go coz u posted such tasty pickles pic

in the 2nd if those 2 lights were not there, ur pic would look much better and colorful...those lights are taking attention away

sujoyp said:
in the 2nd if those 2 lights were not there, ur pic would look much better and colorful...those lights are taking attention away

Nice attempt Amlan.
Kinda overexposed. I think you could have stopped down the aperture to something like f/22 @ base ISO and not keeping the shutter open for too long. You can start @ 15sec, and increase if you feel so.
I am expecting much cleaner picture from an APS C sensor camera especially @ low light.

Sunset pic

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Sunset by sujoyp, on Flickr

Nice work on border/frame.

Sky is blurred or it looks so???

I blurred it ....actually I wanted the bird to look sharp and sky as a background ...is it looking bad??

here is the original link - *lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Ff2N8Ur4nks/Uim-AJVd3pI/AAAAAAAAJUI/IKcxga2juEQ/w426-h685-no/DSC_9536.jpg

IQ is better than original. As far as blurring is concern, not much of a difference between original and PP.

K

Here are some of my pictures clicked with the Canon IXUS 510HS.

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Kevin

Kevz,
Train (red engine) photo - Have to give some space on the right hand side (moving direction of the train)
Selective colouring - You chose to emphasis a subject by selective colouring, but the subject is disturbed for other elements in the photograph.
Aircraft - Pole is cluttering

N

Made this short movie guys, give your comments on it.

1.
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Canon SX130 | f/3.4 | 1/320 sec (0 step) | ISO - 80
Photomatix HDR - 5 images -2 step to + 2 step

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2.
Canon SX130 | f/3.4 | 1/80 sec (0 step) | ISO - 80
Photomatix HDR - 5 images -2 step to + 2 step

These two were shot few days ago when I was shooting for monsoon photography project. Please do c&c...

nipunmaster said:
Made this short movie guys, give your comments on it.

Commendable effort

I didnt take a particular liking to the storyline, but thats fine for its personal taste - found it a bit weak.

But here are some suggestions from my part:-
1) Tripod to shot atleast some of the scenes.
2) Cutting down on the noise levels if it were possible.

But in short, quite an effort, congratulations.

What did you use to shoot this video ?

G

@nac - Don't like the borders, but the photos are great, I like it that you've kept it natural & not overcooked the HDR, I hate that most of the times.
The only thing, I'd say the pics are too small in size to make out details.

nac said:
Medico, I like this one... No processing uh...

Yes. I am trying to cut down upon post processing and HDR. It's difficult but I am trying my best to hold the urge

One more moment from IBL finals:

The Smash

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pranav0091 said:
nipunmaster said:

Made this short movie guys, give your comments on it.

Commendable effort

I didnt take a particular liking to the storyline, but thats fine for its personal taste - found it a bit weak.

But here are some suggestions from my part:-
1) Tripod to shot atleast some of the scenes.
2) Cutting down on the noise levels if it were possible.

But in short, quite an effort, congratulations.

What did you use to shoot this video ?

Click to expand...

thank you pranav.
actually, I dont have any nice video camera, just a Canon IXUS 115hs, so borrowed a 2 year old sony handycam from a friend. We only had 48 hours to complete the movie, so didn't think about the tripod, though we didn't had any , but yes if we had a tripod, it would have helped a lot. There was a LOT of noise from the raw camera video. I tried removing some with nero wave editor. But then, this was the most I could do. Actually, I made the movie in 1080p, but have to upload it yet(you know how internet in india is ). And the fun part is, none of the teacher's dialogues were written, they just spoke naturally

i have one question, can we something like using a standalone mic for the audio, and the handycam for just the video, and then sync it together, maybe it can give better results?

nipunmaster said:
pranav0091 said:

thank you pranav.
actually, I dont have any nice video camera, just a Canon IXUS 115hs, so borrowed a 2 year old sony handycam from a friend. We only had 48 hours to complete the movie, so didn't think about the tripod, though we didn't had any , but yes if we had a tripod, it would have helped a lot. There was a LOT of noise from the raw camera video. I tried removing some with nero wave editor. But then, this was the most I could do. Actually, I made the movie in 1080p, but have to upload it yet(you know how internet in india is ). And the fun part is, none of the teacher's dialogues were written, they just spoke naturally

i have one question, can we something like using a standalone mic for the audio, and the handycam for just the video, and then sync it together, maybe it can give better results?

Click to expand...

Yes, thats perfectly possible - infact recommended if possible.
The reason I wanted to know about the camera was because I found the video to be shaky implying a non-OIS enabled source. Next time get a device with OIS if possible - it does make a world of difference to the viewability.

And regarding the audio part, I dont know how powerful is nero in this regard, but going with my general experience with nero products, I wouldnt even bother using them. Try using something like Audacity to clean the noise out. You might need something else to get the audio stream separated from the video - I believe such freewares are available (Virtualdub)

nipunmaster said:
Made this short movie guys, give your comments on it.

And dedicating to your teacher

Gen.Libeb said:
@nac - Don't like the borders, but the photos are great, I like it that you've kept it natural & not overcooked the HDR, I hate that most of the times.
The only thing, I'd say the pics are too small in size to make out details.

I viewed the image in black background and liked it, so the reason for thick black frame. I viewed some pictures/frames of Raridra Prakarsa to get an idea... But it doesn't look good, I guess (from your comment)

I put those three in (one I posted in photo projects thread) flickr without frames as we can see the images in black background there

a_medico said:
Yes. I am trying to cut down upon post processing and HDR. It's difficult but I am trying my best to hold the urge

Nice click... I like it this way comparing with PPed images of yours.

And I didn't know you're shooting with 60D. When did the transition happened from 550D to 60D?

nac said:
Nice click... I like it this way comparing with PPed images of yours.

And I didn't know you're shooting with 60D. When did the transition happened from 550D to 60D?

I have 500D. Also brought a secondhand 60D, a year back. I use both, especially when I dont wish to change the lenses frequently - eg. 10-22 and 17-50, each on one camera.

Medico,
Oh! So it's not 550D then. But I thought you had one.
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And the last one from the series.

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Photomatix HDR - EV +2 step to -2 step (Total 5 images)

@nac I liked last one the most ....I really feel its looking much real then other two

@medico its good to practice pics without editing ...but then DSLR sucks without editing ...most have poor contrast, washed out colors ...i never liked any of the pic right out of my dslr ...and I like the flexibility it provides while editing .

I

sujoyp said:
@medico its good to practice pics without editing ...but then DSLR sucks without editing ...most have poor contrast, washed out colors ...i never liked any of the pic right out of my dslr ...and I like the flexibility it provides while editing .

There are two divided opinions about what you say and I kinda agree with yours. I believe, shooting a good pic is half job done. Post processing takes the the photo to a completely different dimension. Having said that, there is a tendency to overdo things. I have realized it hard way. The pics by me I thought were brilliantly processed were heavily criticized by online community. When I look at them again after a year, i do realize most of the times that they are overdone. So i m learning to hold myself back during post processing. Its difficult but i am trying. This is the advantage of posting your work online for c&c. Appreciation is good, but it's the critique that teaches you the most.

yes right medico ....soo we can cut down on processing ...like minimum cropping , avoid sharpening, not changing exposure much, not applying blurring or noise reductions ....but we have to perform some basic things to make it look good like incresing saturation, some fill light, some cloning of unnecessary objects

My take on PP is that I'd do it as long as the image doesnt look unreal or fake (much like my opinion on women wearing makeup). PP is supposed to be like pickles - great when used in moderation, rubbish when its all you can find in an image.

yes but pranav u wrote in other therad that u compulsorily do PP to all pics and just opposite medico is trying to avoid any PP on his pics ....soo what I am saying that a balance can be maintained

sujoyp said:
yes but pranav u wrote in other therad that u compulsorily do PP to all pics and just opposite medico is trying to avoid any PP on his pics ....soo what I am saying that a balance can be maintained

Precisely. PP is needed but in moderation so that it doesnt look like applying lipstick to a pig

Nac, liked your first two HDR's. The third one seems to be a bit overdone and unrealistic to me.

@cyberkid and I wrote just the opposite

I liked 3rd of Nac and found 1&2 un-natural LOL

today is the day of opposite quotes

1st by medico and pranav then cyberkid and me ...great

since all of you seem so confused with landscapes and HDRs let me contribute a macro shot .....

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@amlan having different opinions make us unique rather then followers

Cyberkid,
Thank you... Yeah, they are over cooked. I am not fan of HDR, but still I like all the four of 'em (esp. first (posted in the other thread) and last). Rarely, I like more than 2 photos in a series and this is one of them.

Made this short movie guys, give your comments on it.
'A Prophetic Dream' - A short movie that explains the importance of teachers - YouTube

A good work, nipunmaster! Nice story line..
You need to get better at composition..Try to frame a scene in various angles..and also camera shake is quite tampering..
You really need to cut short the length of the video..try aiming for 5-6 min max..dont test their patience

PP was good., and good luck for your upcoming projects..

Nipunmaster: finally got back to my broadband and got a chance to see your movie, pretty cool stuff. Can't wait for your next one

I was trying out some night shots a few days back. The aim was to see if I could get a half decent bokeh out of my cam and stock lens

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Watching over the city by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Guess getting this silhouette was a bonus

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There's a world out there by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

1st one is nice amlan ...bokeh is not soo good...but descent enough ...u should have put some beer in that mug before shooting

A

Hello.. how r u sujoyp..
my 1st shot at product photography

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^
Very personal opinion, but I HATE watermarks disfiguring the very subject of a photo its meant to show. I hate that with a vengeance. Why on earth do people care so much about losing the images to the internet ?
Its not like one is becoming immortal over the internet even if one's images go viral - most people would just curse you for ruining the show with a ghastly watermark and some guy will just edit it to remove the watermark anyways. Not saying I dont understand this need some people have to watermark their images, but do it in a more subtle way - on the sides and not in a way that it gets half the attention. I'd hate to have anybody's face plastere with a logo that screams ABCDEFG Photography.

Credit to you, your watermark is less obtrusive than a few others I have seen. /rant

Other than that, decent shot though the background is overexposed - use newspapers rather than white a4 sheets. Although you can certainly find stuff better than both of them.

@Amlan: I am not very sure with the idea of handheld photography at night

But good shots, although the bokeh isnt that great.

@arian

...nice try ...would like bit nicer subject

and yes I too hate watermarks...soo initially i tried but then its not worth...the high quality pic is always with us and low quality pics are online...no issues

@arian: that is a cool image
@pranav, how would a newspaper be better for an isolation shot? Wouldn't that just clutter the background more?

Guys, tips on getting a better bokeh without changing to a f/1.8 or so lens?

izzikio_rage said:
@arian: that is a cool image
@pranav, how would a newspaper be better for an isolation shot? Wouldn't that just clutter the background more?

Guys, tips on getting a better bokeh without changing to a f/1.8 or so lens?

Newspaper for getting rid of the overexposure by helping the camera (that being said I cannot comment much unless I know what type of camera was used), not isolation. I have had okayish photos using newspapers as the background - adds a rather nostalgic touch, especially the font used by The Hindu. Make sure that the newspaper is atleast a month old in the open

@Amlan : Reduce the distance between the lens and the subject wrt the distance betwen the subject and the background.

Amlan do you have a zoom lens? if yes then its soo easy ....keep in mind the minimum focus distance at its highest focal length...like 300mm @ 2 meters ...and keep the subject at a place where background is at least 10-15 meters behind...and bingo u will get a creamy full green background

Nope, no lenses yet. The stock lens is a 16-50 lens with a 1.5 crop factor. So 24-75 compared to a 35mm. Will try the nearest subject distance and let you know how it works out

izzikio_rage said:
Nope, no lenses yet. The stock lens is a 16-50 lens with a 1.5 crop factor. So 24-75 compared to a 35mm. Will try the nearest subject distance and let you know how it works out

Thats fine. Doesnt your camera have an APS-C sensor ?
In that case I cant see why it shouldnt get as much bokeh as the regular 18-55mm lenses on the APSC DSLRs...

@pranav whats the relation of apsc sensor and bokeh??

i only know bokeh is related to focal length and f-stop

sujoyp said:
@pranav whats the relation of apsc sensor and bokeh??

i only know bokeh is related to focal length and f-stop

Bokeh also depends on the sensor size, larger sensor = better bokeh (for the photograph shot to have the same field of view a Full frame sensor needs a longer focal length, so)

yup you are right pranav ...here is a good read - Bokeh difference - full frame vs crop??

Makes sense, will give the bokeh another go. BTW I finally discovered why my shots were so noisy. Apparently the camera does no noise reduction while shooting in RAW, I normally shoot using jpeg, so even at high ISO the noise is not too much. But most of the shots posted here were shot in RAW and mujhe laga ki mere camera ki tauheen hogi noise reduction lagana .... so

Nice work Arian and Amlan.

sujoyp said:
Amlan do you have a zoom lens? if yes then its soo easy ....keep in mind the minimum focus distance at its highest focal length...like 300mm @ 2 meters ...and keep the subject at a place where background is at least 10-15 meters behind...and bingo u will get a creamy full green background

Yes, it gives a nice bokeh. Even I wondered when I saw the result (from my compact) when I tried...

izzikio_rage said:
Makes sense, will give the bokeh another go. BTW I finally discovered why my shots were so noisy. Apparently the camera does no noise reduction while shooting in RAW, I normally shoot using jpeg, so even at high ISO the noise is not too much. But most of the shots posted here were shot in RAW and mujhe laga ki mere camera ki tauheen hogi noise reduction lagana .... so

Thats what I was saying in the other thread

amlan bhai RAW needs all kind of processing...its just the raw material...process to karna hi padega...and noise is normal in raw

How are these attempts at HDR ?

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these are absolutely brilliant faun. I guess the second one is a bit soft (blurred/hazy) but I guess that is a byproduct of the HDR process

@ Faun: Beautiful HDR

Just wonderful...

The second pic reminds me of LOTR, a movie I wished never ended

@izziko

yeah, i do feel the need to process second one differently.

@pranav

Spot on ! Second pic is of the interior of green dragon, hobbiton.

@faun...liked the 2nd one...looks real and dreamy

G

@faun - Both photos are great looking.

Faun, 2nd one is soft...
Nice work :doublethumb:

@faun - Stunning images. You have come a long way.

@arian - I don't know much about product photography, but I think shadows should have been gotten rid of.

Few more processed today:

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I see that HDR is a good way to bring out details.

Nice work faun. Very surreal HDR. Reminds me of scenes from lord of the rings movie

Just saw pranav's comment after seeing this

briiliant shots Faun, the fish shot is amazing considering that it would've kept moving making it difficult to get the shots needed for an HDR. Are you processing these in Photomatix?

sorry to say but other then two fish other shots looks like computer generated images ....

Faun, Nice work :doublethumb:

Not enough light in fish photographs...
I love the 4th one. I would like to see that starry sun occupies little more space in the image. Where is this place... wonderful...

izzikio_rage said:
briiliant shots Faun, the fish shot is amazing considering that it would've kept moving making it difficult to get the shots needed for an HDR. Are you processing these in Photomatix?

Yeah, Photomatix.

sujoyp said:
sorry to say but other then two fish other shots looks like computer generated images ....

All are computer generated

Agree that it does look like that.

nac said:
Faun, Nice work

Not enough light in fish photographs...
I love the 4th one. I would like to see that starry sun occupies little more space in the image. Where is this place... wonderful...

marvelousprashant said:
Nice work faun. Very surreal HDR. Reminds me of scenes from lord of the rings movie

Just saw pranav's comment after seeing this

The last three pics are from Hobbiton (from Lord of the Rings movie). It's in New Zealand, Matamata area.

Few more I processed yesterday, if only I had tripod to stabilize these would have been much better:

Not all are HDR. Basically shooting in RAW gives much more freedom to modify image.

Sky Tower, Auckland
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Faun,
Wonderful... :thumbs:

I like the compo of sky tower and aerial view shot...

@faun ...I liked your 1,2,4,6 pics...they are amazing

WOW...

@faun: Epic pics.. :-o

One from my side:
Taken from Canon SX240. Original unedited.

Settings: 2.5 sec, ƒ/6.8, ISO 100, 90 mm
LED torch light shined from a distance, no flash.

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Fantabulous quality from a compact, Quag. :doublethumb:

Nice capture...

Some awesome shots there @Faun

Faun bhai.....fod ke rakh diya...and the Tower shot is breathtaking!

@quagmire ...just loved the rose and water droplets on it ..very beautiful

one of my splash shot...didnt share it before coz its yet again a splash shot...but people liked it soo sharing it

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Splash2 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Some breathtaking shots faun. Liked most of them. Great work with the HDR. :-D

Aerial View of Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway

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wow, this group has suddenly gone super pro, lovely images everyone

I own a Nikon D3100. I want to know which mode is best for shooting portraits? The camera's inbuilt portrait mode or Aperture priority mode? Should flash be used or not?

Any tips to get good portraits. I will be covering a party event this week.

anmol: what lens are you using? I guess we'll all be able to better tell you after we know that.

Flash is very strong source of light and destrys texture

izzikio_rage said:
wow, this group has suddenly gone super pro, lovely images everyone

Hehe, yeah

izzikio_rage said:
anmol: what lens are you using? I guess we'll all be able to better tell you after we know that.

i am using 18-55mm kit lens

@anmol
1. what is ur idea of portrait in party?? is it group photos or one by one ...will u be getting chance to try art or its just random shots.
2. if u actually want portraits...try to take the shots without flash...at high ISO like ISO 1600...and take the shots in good light.
3. if somehow u have to use flash the u will not get any artistic shots from inbuilt flash...just normal group shots
4. 18-55 is slow lens...dont take a portrait shot at 18mm...at lest zoom to 24-35mm to get a portrait shot.
5. if ur party is dark and u need to flash then ur only option is a cheap external flash..buy it

@sujoy flash would create shadiws no? Also flash pics are very crisp. Portrairs with soft texture and little grain, accurate skin tones look better imo.

Even I agree with point 4. Portrait lenses are usually in 50 to 85mm range. Shooting above 35 will give roughly 50mm which should be good

A flash is a good idea since in a party no one will stop to pose. The best thing to do would be to get a fladh that can tilt. So you can bounce it off the ceiling. That'll give you much better colors and softer shadows.

If you do take posed shots do it against a lit background with the flash filling in. That will create a nice halo around the person.

I am against using pop up flash for portraits...specially in evening parties...the pics mostly look blown out..with white skin and black background...only en external flash which can bounce the light off ceiling can be used....that gives nice colors.

Actually my intention to tell him use above 24-35mm was due to distortion...people should not look like alien

with long nose ,long hands etc ...if its a group pic then you can use widest 18mm to accomodate

^ How about a diffuser of some kind for the pop up flash?

RX100 has a tiltable pop up flash. Is there any DSLR does have that kind of flash?

the sony nex 6 also has a flash that you can tilt ..... I'm fast learning what a useful thing this is

popup flash diffusers are available ...he can try those...may cost rs50 .

dslr dont have tiltable poup flash...but nikon sb400 looks like internal flash with tiltable head

Atleast mention the Gear used to capture the images....thats bare basic for a thread like this. Only a few did rest is as good as blank theory!

@incinerator ...if the pic is linked to flickr you can check the exif of that pic to get the cam and lens details

A simple taken by so and so gear is what it should be IMO for a thread like this,or simply dont post so gorgeous shots that makes us curious :razz:

Some of the pictures I have taken using my Canon point and shoot.

Camera : Canon A3300
EXIF : Not available

PS : Yes, the images have been post-processed. To me that seems fine, since there are times when I can't produce a desired effect using my camera. Though must take note that, none of the elements are artificial, I only alter the light schemes when needed.

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Childhood Dreams by ayush.frost, on Flickr

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Diwali Diyas by ayush.frost, on Flickr

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Song Of The Rain by ayush.frost, on Flickr

@ incinerator, i guess by gear you mean things like tripod, softbox, reflectors and all. Thats a good point and i guess we can do that in the future.

Although i'm pretty sure that most of the people here are at max using only a tripod (except sujoy, who uses lightboxes and all)

ok we can post the details of shots...I dont even use tripod most of the times (its at home and i am out of india)....but have some other small things like handmade softbox, handmade lighbox, some magnifiers, extension tube, diffuser, flash triggers , reverse ring etc which can be used as per need.

After seeing all those awesome HDRs here i decided to try my hand on them again. Auto HDR from the camera (3 shots at .3ev separation), haven't post processed this extensively

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Divine intervention by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

amlan ...composition is not good...you should have covered it till the ground...light from the clouds is looking good though.

And what was the camera and lens in use?

The Incinerator said:
And what was the camera and lens in use?

Exif | Divine intervention | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

If the pic is from Flickr, like above - click on the pic to get to flickr > scroll down and click on Additional info > show more.

If you want to see even more click on the settings shown when you click show more again.

Amlan, It could have been a good one... but

pranav0091 said:
Exif | Divine intervention | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

If the pic is from Flickr, like above - click on the pic to get to flickr > scroll down and click on Additional info > show more.

If you want to see even more click on the settings shown when you click show more again.

Pranav you are right but if the images are here why not the details here too. Thats more like it should be IMO. Some of the photos are so stunning for a gazer newbie like me that I almost curse when I dont see the details!!! And by the way Your Flickr set is among the very very best I have ever see. Its your work that sealed the EOS600D deal for me,otherwise I was looking at some Nikon models.If you could share on how to take those super sharp amazing Cat,Night City and Fire Work images would be really thankful.

^^ u are giving credit to 600D for pranav's hard work....and cursing nikon for taking bad pics ....not a good start

just joking

@ Sujoy Your set [the rupee drowning,Cute,Colors of the Sky, Colors,MIRCHI] is also among the very very best and thats the reason I wanted a Nikon 3200/5100 in 2012/2013 in the first place,but plans got delayed and delayed and finally when it was time came the Canon 600D offer with the twin Lens kit at Rs 35,800 was too irresistible.And as they say its more the person than the Camera,why dont you guys start a thread giving tips to us newbies how to do it with particular brands and models harnessing their strengths and weaknesses.

Im the first outcast in my family who took this long to buy a camera let alone a DSLR,I never had a point and shoot even! All I ever bought were Audio Equipment and Gaming PC ! And Im the first one in the family to get a Canon ,everybody is a Nikon guy [the sisters are Sony/Nikon but since Nikon uses Sony sensors they are all on one side] in my big Joint family they cant stand a Canon :razz:

, imagine my plight and leg pulling !!!! :cry:

comon i was just joking

...my pics are as crappy as they were 2 years back.....and thats not coz its nikon

but the canon 600D twin lens combo is really awesome deal...and if I was one to select I too would select that.

Starting a thread like that will start an obvious war...coz without comparision how will you understand

and that is not good at all..its better to add a small detail of equipment and settings under pics

Dont worry...we will definitely help each other to learn photography...its not a secret ..its more of imagination

Somebody has to be blind to call your set crappy :razz:

!!!

Yeah, well said..... its more the imagination and of course the technical knowledge of Tool and Lightl you guys have accumulated. Theres no short cut.

Im at the Camera Manual reading stage.....now :stirpot:

Did anybody check the pictures I posted? They're on the previous page as my post was approved a little late.

Good luck bro

nac said:
Amlan, It could have been a good one... but

What did I miss out?

sujoyp said:
amlan ...composition is not good...you should have covered it till the ground...light from the clouds is looking good though.

That was the plan, however there is a marriage garden right in front of the metro. It would have added a hell lot of clutter to the pic.

BTW considering the dynamic range that this cam captures, plus the editing leeway that raw gives there is a crazy amount that you can do with this image. But then it became more about the editing than the picture itself.

frostbite said:
Did anybody check the pictures I posted? They're on the previous page as my post was approved a little late.

Dude I can't seem to open the pictures. It would be great if you made a flickr profile and posted them from there. That'll give us access to your EXIF info (camera settings) also.

Sure thing. But I am uncertain about EXIF as I don't seem to be able to find the originals and can only redownload the ones I posted on facebook (which doesn't retain EXIF)

frostbite said:
Did anybody check the pictures I posted? They're on the previous page as my post was approved a little late.

Hey none of the pics are visible...as amlan pointed out just open a flickr profile and upload the pics there and share the image...like all of us do

Time Waits For No One | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Frostbite, I could able to open your pictures, but couldn't able to see elements in the photograph as the image pixel size is 1x1

Even if I try to see it with my camera @ full zoom, less likely to see your photograph. Down sampling is fine, but this is too much :rofl:

And asking us whether did we see your picture or not where Faun stole the entire page with awestruck images...

*www.flickr.com/photos/103408536@N05/9962383774/lightbox/

The Incinerator said:
Pranav you are right but if the images are here why not the details here too. Thats more like it should be IMO. Some of the photos are so stunning for a gazer newbie like me that I almost curse when I dont see the details!!! And by the way Your Flickr set is among the very very best I have ever see. Its your work that sealed the EOS600D deal for me,otherwise I was looking at some Nikon models.If you could share on how to take those super sharp amazing Cat,Night City and Fire Work images would be really thankful.

Thanks a lot for the comments

Infact except for the night shots the camera was largely in the auto (program) mode with AF on and thats the reason for the sharpness. I compulsorily do a bit of editing on every image i put up on flickr.

I boost the colors/contrast by trimming the levels above 250 generally. And also tweak the image crves to an S shape. This may sound add to you right now, but in a little while it will be clear

Read these too :
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-c...ocessing-photos-inputs-views-discussions.html

Guys I have tried to do this composition....any suggestions to improve

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Love Coffee by sujoyp, on Flickr

Gears used - D3100+tammy 17-50+flash+candle light

^^ WoW....morning paper Tata Tea errrrr coffee ad quality honestly....atleast to me.

pranav0091 said:
Thanks a lot for the comments

Infact except for the night shots the camera was largely in the auto (program) mode with AF on and thats the reason for the sharpness. I compulsorily do a bit of editing on every image i put up on flickr.

I boost the colors/contrast by trimming the levels above 250 generally. And also tweak the image crves to an S shape. This may sound add to you right now, but in a little while it will be clear

Read these too :
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-c...ocessing-photos-inputs-views-discussions.html

Thanks for the Link. And Auto Programme ,is it the A+ mode?

Thanks Incinerator ...I just love to experiment

but need more guidance ...and maybe equipments to improve

The Incinerator said:
^^ WoW....morning paper Tata Tea errrrr coffee ad quality honestly....atleast to me.

Thanks for the Link. And Auto Programme ,is it the A+ mode?

I use the P mode more than the A+ mode since it allows a little more freedom in the settings. And the Av Tv And A-Dep modes. Start off with the P mode. Learn about exposure and the art of balancing ISO, Shutter speed and aperture. Thats pretty much all there is to "learn".

Btw, focus on the post processing. No matter what somebody else might say, PP is generally the difference between a OK image and a good image.

As an example check out image 1176 from my flickr feed. Thats an untouched image - notice how it lacks the warmth and effect of the other images. 1176 is an OK image. I just didnt have the patience to edit back then, but serves as a prime example of the importance of PP (post processing).

Here are just a couple of examples from my own shots -

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IMG_0152 by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_0699 copy by pranav0091, on Flickr

Pranav, how do you do this half image PPed and the other half orignal? The only way i can think of is layers in photoehop and then remove half

wow pranav those examples are good...btw whats the cost of that fossils watch...it looks quit good..or is it the picture

Yes as pranav said PP is very important ...if I show you the original pic you will not belive...u shoot RAW or JPEG ...some PP is always good

izzikio_rage said:
Pranav, how do you do this half image PPed and the other half orignal? The only way i can think of is layers in photoehop and then remove half

Exactly that. Hardly takes two minutes

sujoyp said:
wow pranav those examples are good...btw whats the cost of that fossils watch...it looks quit good..or is it the picture

Yes as pranav said PP is very important ...if I show you the original pic you will not belive...u shoot RAW or JPEG ...some PP is always good

Got it as a gift

Its $95 AFAIK.

Btw I misspoke earlier - remove the lowest levels not the highest one to increase contrast.

I have adobe Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom too,which one is better for PP. And what about those two CDs from Canon do they have software for post process too?

CS6 is good for removing unwanted things ..thats what i use it for...u may like to play with layers as pranav showed u ...but you have to learn it.
Lightroom is as good as picasa...just move sliders and set what u want..color, contrast,brightness, etc

Thanks @ Sujoy for explaining.

@ Pranav ,whats with 4145w and 4149e in Flikr? To me the 4149 looks better......

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Time Waits For No One by ayush.frost, on Flickr

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The Alchemist by ayush.frost, on Flickr

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Childhood Dreams by ayush.frost, on Flickr

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Bliss by ayush.frost, on Flickr

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Diwali Diyas by ayush.frost, on Flickr

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Dreamer by ayush.frost, on Flickr

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Song Of The Rain by ayush.frost, on Flickr

I updated my earlier post with the images from flickr

Please check.

Frostbite, Images are good. POV shot of second Alchemist is nice, but houses in the drop are not appealing.
Other than Alchemist shots and water drop, I like all of them... Great work... :doublethumb:

esp. after knowing they were taken from basic PnS.

The Incinerator said:
Thanks @ Sujoy for explaining.

@ Pranav ,whats with 4145w and 4149e in Flikr? To me the 4149 looks better......

Both are from the same late night cycle ride. I couldnt decide which one I liked more - the warmth of one pic or the light-trail in the other - so kept both.

frostbite said:
I updated my earlier post with the images from flickr Please check.

Ah, much better. Nice pics if its from a PnS.

Whats with the different styled name-stamping on the different images ?

The Incinerator said:
I have adobe Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom too,which one is better for PP. And what about those two CDs from Canon do they have software for post process too?

Never used Light room myself so cant comment on that.

I use a set of three tools in the decreasing order of frequency: A firm believer of the right tool for the right job.
1. Picasa
2. Paint.NET
3. PS

The Incinerator said:
I have adobe Photoshop CS6 and Lightroom too,which one is better for PP. And what about those two CDs from Canon do they have software for post process too?

use Canon DPP, its very fast RAW-JPEG conversion time.

its very good in GUI, and produces good results.

anirbandd said:
use Canon DPP, its very fast RAW-JPEG conversion time.

its very good in GUI, and produces good results.

For a beginner RAW *may* be too much. As he learns more maybe he can choose what he likes. Why add a step if he can do just fine with JPEGs ?

Thank you so much. Means a lot. I'd love to get into the technicalities but my camera doesn't allow much manual settings.

And the different styles are because they're firstly amateur edits. I hadn't settled on a single watermark.

@frostbite ....Loved ur shots.

pranav0091 said:
For a beginner RAW *may* be too much. As he learns more maybe he can choose what he likes. Why add a step if he can do just fine with JPEGs ?

with raw, te possibilities are endless.

and why use DPP when you are using Jpegs?? the s/w works best for RAW PP.

anirbandd said:
with raw, te possibilities are endless.

and why use DPP when you are using Jpegs?? the s/w works best for RAW PP.

Incinerator has clearly mentioned that he is new to all of this. I see far better value for him in Jpeg+Picasa/Paint.NET than trying to work with RAW+DPP.

Not saying DPP is bad, it isnt. Just that he has better options being a beginner.

With RAW the possibilities may be endless, but I am confident enough in JPEGs doing it better for a beginner. Damn, after about a year, I still find myself leaning to JPEGs over RAW. IMO, JPEGs are terribly underrated. Not one pic from my Flickr feed is a RAW and so far (I havent tried HDR) I have found nothing to complain about JPEGs. The ease of use does it for me.

beginner or not, one should realise that RAW is far more superior to JPEG.

Incinerator has clearly mentioned that he is new to all of this. I see far better value for him in Jpeg+Picasa/Paint.NET than trying to work with RAW+DPP.

thats your opinion.

JPEGs are terribly underrated.

Believe me, its not. its the world's most preferred pic format

so far (I havent tried HDR) I have found nothing to complain about JPEGs

start using RAW (+DPP or PS w/ Camera Raw). then you'll know what exactly to complain about.

btw, each photo on my flickr(except a few earlier ones) are RAW.

frostbite, those are some really good shots. Great stuff

Thanks man. Guys what kind of photography I can try with my point and shoot. I am like totally out of ideas. I tried light painting it was rather fun, but the maximum exposure I could give was for 15 seconds (shutter can't remain open for more than that). And also can anybody suggest how to get good and still pictures in night without flash.

frostbite, what camera are you using? Can't seem to find EXIF data on your flickr page.

If you really want to try some different types of shots check out a thread for photography projects. *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/174801-photo-projects-practical-approch.html

yes that thread was to promote new ideas..

btw guys participate in that thread and submit something

or at least give some new ideas...I will be back to india on 1st november and then I will have resource to do any type of photography or project you want

If Picasa were the sales brochure for a car, Lightroom would be the comprehensive owners manual and maintenance guide,and Photoshop would be the o.e. repair manuals
Picassa vs. Lightroom - Canon Digital Photography Forums

Thats so well said IMO.

@Incinerator: i see you have bought a 600D. now is the best time to start experimenting with RAW.

in your best interests.

Finally did that raw vs jpeg comparison experiment this weekend. Posted the pic and the description on the postprocessing thread.

Hope more of you start shooting raw now

izzikio_rage said:
Finally did that raw vs jpeg comparison experiment this weekend. Posted the pic and the description on the postprocessing thread.

Hope more of you start shooting raw now

Looking forward to the comparison since I was always too lazy to do it 'properly' myself. BTW, I cant find the post there...

Ah well, I found it via your Flickr photo stream. Can you provide a link to untouched samples of both pics ?

Always shoot in RAW. One will regret shooting in jpeg later.

I am still not convinced to shoot RAW .... I still dont understand how will I PP each and every RAW file if I have 200 of them ...and if I apply a batch conversion to jpeg...how will it be different then in-camera jpeg. You may say that batch conversion settings are done by us, but then each pic need different exposure and different sharpning, how a batch conversion will help me??

If you want to PP then RAW is the way to go. I take my own time to do that because each pic requires individual attention. JPEG limits the PP.

sujoyp said:
I am still not convinced to shoot RAW .... I still dont understand how will I PP each and every RAW file if I have 200 of them ...and if I apply a batch conversion to jpeg...how will it be different then in-camera jpeg. You may say that batch conversion settings are done by us, but then each pic need different exposure and different sharpning, how a batch conversion will help me??

in adobe bridge, select the pics that you want to convert, and then open them in Camera RAW. apply whatever PP you need to each image (individually/all at once) and click on Save[Left bottom corner]. select the format and quality and naming, and click on Save.

@Sujoy: Shooting in RAW is not about batch conversion. In that particular area they are equals.

The argument boils down to the 'amount' of PP that needs to be done. I have seen the 'banding' issue before in Jpegs. Didnt know they were avoided by RAW.

@Amlan : I am not fully convinced. I think the way to compare them would be to see if the two images can be brought to the same visual quality instead of comparing the output after applying the same fixes on them, since each image needs different PP (I am assumeing thats what you did) even if they are from the same RAW-FPEG pair. Thats why I wanted the parent-untouched files.

Also I see that the RAW has clipped white highlights on the pillars while the Jpeg has banding...

@Anirban : Does PS have options like DPP to get the camera-JPEG equivalent of the RAW so that batch processing is a viable option ?
My whole point of not shooting in RAW basically revolves around the number of tools I have to switch between for a single image at this point : Camera -> DPP (get JPEG equivalent RAW) -> PS to do most else (I dont particularly like DPP so :>)
My current setup looks like : Camera -> Picasa or Paint.NET (depending on the level of PP needed)

@pranav & anirban ...for me batch conversion will be way more important ...when I used to go for birding my whole morning went in photographing and whole afternoon in post processing and selecting from those 300-400 pics ....now u want me to convert those pics into jpeg first with some equal settings and then crop and pp again ....it seems its increasing my time ...I will see ...and I will surely try in 1-2 day itself

pranav0091 said:
@Sujoy: Shooting in RAW is not about batch conversion. In that particular area they are equals.

The argument boils down to the 'amount' of PP that needs to be done. I have seen the 'banding' issue before in Jpegs. Didnt know they were avoided by RAW.

@Amlan : I am not fully convinced. I think the way to compare them would be to see if the two images can be brought to the same visual quality instead of comparing the output after applying the same fixes on them, since each image needs different PP (I am assumeing thats what you did) even if they are from the same RAW-FPEG pair. Thats why I wanted the parent-untouched files.

Also I see that the RAW has clipped white highlights on the pillars while the Jpeg has banding...

@Anirban : Does PS have options like DPP to get the camera-JPEG equivalent of the RAW so that batch processing is a viable option ?
My whole point of not shooting in RAW basically revolves around the number of tools I have to switch between for a single image at this point : Camera -> DPP (get JPEG equivalent RAW) -> PS to do most else (I dont particularly like DPP so :>)
My current setup looks like : Camera -> Picasa or Paint.NET (depending on the level of PP needed)

Follow the process i gave above and you will be using only PS for the entire process. I mostly use PS.

I use DPP only when i dont need any kind of fine tuning to be done on the RAW apart from adjusting exposure, WB, etc. on the whole image.

in PS Camera RAW, there is an adjustment brush where in you can select a region in the pic and adjust the exposure of that region. there is also selective coloring, grad filters and many more.

for me the process is Camera -> Bridge.

sujoyp said:
@pranav & anirban ...for me batch conversion will be way more important ...when I used to go for birding my whole morning went in photographing and whole afternoon in post processing and selecting from those 300-400 pics ....now u want me to convert those pics into jpeg first with some equal settings and then crop and pp again ....it seems its increasing my time ...I will see ...and I will surely try in 1-2 day itself

for those exact needs i use Bridge+PS.

Both Bridge and PS have Camera RAW, so adjustments can be done anywhere.

and i shoot only in RAW.

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Lightning by sujoyp, on Flickr

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^ - Lightning shot is brilliant.

Thanks...Actually I took it hand held and and made some big blunders in the pic...to cover up I made it soo dark

but final image is looking fine....and yaah its converted from RAW

Together towards enlightenment

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sujoyp said:
Thanks...Actually I took it hand held and and made some big blunders in the pic...to cover up I made it soo dark but final image is looking fine....and yaah its converted from RAW

that is a good shot, lightening hardly gives you any time to react, much less change settings. BTW could you explain how you took this shot?

Finally on the raw bandwagon :))

@medico, nice moody shot.

@amlan I tell you its not possible to take handheld lightning shot....still I tried to attempt one...to capture lightning shot you need at least 5' second shutter speed and f11 to keep it sharp....I got this success in 20second shutter speed and f13...you can check in exif.

now the blunder was I had to hold the cam handheld for 20sec...and other then lightning all the details got blurred/hil gaya ...I had to do lot of PP to remove almost all other details from pic

That's true, but that is still a pretty cool lightening shot. I've tried this quite a few times, but mostly the strike itself is so faint that it looks more like an image imperfection rather than a lightening strike

Tried again to get a decent bokeh out of my stock lens. It's better but I still need to control iso and focusing

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coffee? by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

amlan why the pic is soo grainy...there is no relation between high ISO and creamy bokeh?? just take the shot at ISO 100 and slow down the shutter speed

@ medico, amlan, sujoy : Nice shots from all

@Amlan: Costa coffee sucks here in bangalore. Also try using AF if you dont use it already. The sonys have some of the best AF around.

1/20 @~400ISO would have been very ideal for this shot. Even if it was handheld.

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Camera - Sony H55
Made from 3 photos.

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F10 aperture, 3 pics tone mapped, Tokina 11-16mm, D7000

nice one faun...liked it specially due to blue light effect

which application do you guys use to process the photos??

@Faun: Very nice use of the wideangle

Green all the way

(Place where I belong)

famous song by John denver
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah River -
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growin' like a breeze

Country Roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

*i.imgur.com/8NvupHV.jpg
*i.imgur.com/F7zDEpe.jpg

Nice one Faun, a_medico and Amlan.
Here is my pic taken from Canon SX160.

Avatar Style | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Nothing is permanent | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Lappy n Sennheiser | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

@Faun Nice click. Great to know you have tokina. Have you ever tried portraits with it? Always wondered how they would look with a UWA and F2.8 combination.

The sailors are no more

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sunil.001 said:
Here is my pic taken from Canon SX160.

is it my monitor or are your photos too saturated ?
The "Avatar Style" looks nice.

@Faun - Nice Photo.

sujoyp said:
nice one faun...liked it specially due to blue light effect

yeah, you have to be there at the right moment for that

abhidev said:
which application do you guys use to process the photos??

basically raw processing is all that you need. and photo matix for hdr.

pranav0091 said:
@Faun: Very nice use of the wideangle

only if i had tripod for more possibility of good compositions. damn thing weight too much with the ball head. couldn't carry with luggage.

a_medico said:
@Faun Nice click. Great to know you have tokina. Have you ever tried portraits with it? Always wondered how they would look with a UWA and F2.8 combination.

portraits are not the forte of this lens. you have to be incredibly closer to the subject. however, i will post few here. you decide how they look.

sunil.001 said:
Nice one Faun, a_medico and Amlan

Gen.Libeb said:
@Faun - Nice Photo.

thanks.

medico your selective coloring is looking great

Medico, That's a good one.

Sujoy, Finally, a lightning... :thumbs:

20sec ??? Even a 4 sec came overexposed (lightning bolt) when I tried it.

Sunil, As gen said, it's over saturated...

Faun, That's neat and clean shot...

nac the aperture was f13 I think and -0.3 exposure then got slight black

Some very awesome pics people. Loved the selectively colored boat

I went to the delhi photo festival yesterday. Was good fun talking to other photographers and learning from them. The exhibition was mostly old images that i guess we've all seen over the years. But had some pretty cool ideas nonetheless. Heard a lot of debates on nikon vs canon, got my sony berated by quite a few people who said its not a "real" SLR, saw loads of fancy new equipment. Overall loads of fun

guys u all click and keep the photo in RAW?
i use jpeg always

Zangetsu said:
guys u all click and keep the photo in RAW?
i use jpeg always

Same here

I now click in RAW do PP directly on it...then save it as jpeg...crop it in picasa...and delete RAW

This was shot long ago...

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One from my side after a long time. Please C&C. thanks.

D90+200mm Ais + 20mm Extension tube @ f-5.6, 1/160, ISO:200
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_DSC9533 by toofan.v, on Flickr

@toofan: need some tips on portrait photos..I've seen your portrait photos and they are shadowless :mrgreen:

nice one vimal bhai...very sharp...is it 200mm AIS macro or normal 200mm AIS

@vimal, very sharp subject and a beautiful bokeh. What is an extension tube? and what type are you using here?

Zangetsu said:
@toofan: need some tips on portrait photos..I've seen your portrait photos and they are shadowless

keep your flash on if there are shadows...i guess DSLRs allow controlling the intensity of flash right?

Some crazy editing done in this image...

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Thanks sujoy and Izzokorage.

Zangetsu: Shoot portraits in Diffused light. Either diffusing the Flashes using diffusers or shooting in diffused Window/door light. Outdoors also look for diffused light.

Sujoy: This is normal AiS lens.

izziko: Extensions are hollow tubes, which generally comes as a set of 3 pieces of different length. These are used to decrease the minimum focussing distance of the lens hence results in increased magnification without any loss to image quality. But there is significant loss of light depending upon the length of extensions used.

Abhidev: on camera flash will make the subject look flat. Though it could be used as a fill flash when no other option is available.

toofan said:
Thanks sujoy and Izzokorage.
Abhidev: on camera flash will make the subject look flat. Though it could be used as a fill flash when no other option is available.

yea they do make the pics a little flat...but it works well with beach photography on a sunny day where you'll have shadows on the faces most of the time...

toofan said:
Zangetsu: Shoot portraits in Diffused light. Either diffusing the Flashes using diffusers or shooting in diffused Window/door light. Outdoors also look for diffused light.

Diffused light :chinscratch:

will have to do some R&D on it

on day time when we use flash its called fill flash and it really helps remove shadow when directly under sun ..

@ Zangetsu...you can make a handmade pop-up flash diffuser at home...or get a external flash and get diffuser for it...a external flash can bounce light from walls and thats a bigger solution ...

Few Landscapes. C&C Welcome. thanks
D90+50mm 1.8.
Early morning during Sunrise. View of Himalayas from Almora, Uttarakhand.

1.
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2.
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_DSC9451 by toofan.v, on Flickr

those are some nice shots toofan, and just love the way you give the image a 3d treatment and add a drop shadow and all before posting

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Do we really need to look hard for happiness? by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Awesome @ Toofan....HDR?

awesome landscape toofan...nice place

@amlan I liked it...its creative

Vimal, Nice work :thumbs:

This is the genre we get to see less often from you.

Amlan, Good one...

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@toofan - Great photos. Do you do this as a profession ?

@nac - nice chicken.. was it really that yellow ?

Izziko: Thanks. Very good shot. the smiley type of look is making it unique.
thanks Incinerator and Sujoy.
nac: Thanks friend. yes Didn't get time for landscapes and its very tough genre.
GenLibeb: Thanks. Just my hobby like others.

I wish toofan (vimal), abhinav, prashant all start posting in this thread again ... they were soo good

Gen, Though I have increased saturation little bit, yeah it was that much yellow.

guys I want a help in photoshop...I have one pic and there is a white spot in the pic right on the face...seems to be due to water drop..its taken long back using a Point and shoot ...can anyone try to remove it .. sorry I can not share here the actual picture directly (Its of my ex-girlfriend) anyone want to try I will PM the picture link

That's sensor dust i guess. It's really hard to remove spots from faces. Tried that for a few pics and it usually turns the faces into horror movie type stuff.

People who do this, please walk us through how you do it. Preferably on a less sensitive image

God opens millions of flowers, without forcing the buds. It reminds us not to force anything, for things happen in the right time.

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DSC_6854 - Copy - Copy (2) by anmolksharma, on Flickr

amlan I tried many times and was not able to do the PP ...pic is not that sensitive

...its not sensor dust..its water drop on lens.. i just removed the pic from my photoshoot photostream I made in flicker ... I made it to see if I really shoot people or not

just sharing with you guys -> Flickr: sujoypp's Photostream

max pics of old friend was shot with Sony P&S 4 years back ...before i got my DSLR ...next time when I will shoot a photoshoot I will definitely will be more creative...the last photoshoot I did was 1.5 years back...but now going back to my home city and will search for a bakri again for photoshoot

^^I can try my hands at photoshop.

@faun sent you PM of the link

today was awesome day...got a deal with a person from banglore and bought his Sigma 150-500 APO OS DG HSM ...but I will get hold of it only on 1st or 2nd when I come back home :cloud9:

Also ordered an umbrella+holder+light stand for Rs.1300 from ebay.in ...nice deal .....will do some portrait photoshoots soon

Now my small studio setup is complete with Flash, trigger, umbrella, light stand, and Tamron 17-50 2.8 + nikon 50mm :twisted:

Congratulations, so now we get to see even more awesome bird pics and portraits.

What did the sigma cost you? At 500mm its a monster sized lens. Also are you using adapters to fit these or are they all canon lenses only. Are you using a tele convertor too?

Thanks ...Sigma cost me 35k (+1-2k for treat to the friend ) adapters??? sigma makes them for sony, nikon, canon, all mounts...no it wont take TC

it was tough to select coz there are lot of sample variation...some sigma 150-500 are soft some are sharp, some have backfous problem...we had to check the owners flickr to decide if the lens is good or not....this guy have awesome shots with this lens
Flickr Search: 150-500mm

didnot take me 10 mins to decide

My First Snaps with EOS600D with the 55-250 MM IS Lens

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Excep the last photo of my cousin in Monochrome and the dog which are at 55mm and 109mm all are at extreme end of the focal length and no PP done on any snap and shot on a cloudy day......

The pics are looking less sharp and less dramatic than straight out of the Camera, thanks to the Re-sizing! :evil:

@ Sujoy....congrats on that awesome new purchase.

@incinerator very good start...shots are looking nice and sharp...
and thanks

Nice pics Incinerator. Nothing super catchy but that takes luck and location too

Keep shooting

@Sujoy. If you dont mind I might want to try a hand at PP on that pic of yours after I get back home.

sure pranav...I will ping you the pic location.

Thanks Pranav,and yes ill keep looking!

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@incinerator - Duck photos are nice. I like the 7th the best

Here's something just for fun.

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Thank you @ Gen.Libeb.....

@gen did u shoot single and PP it to 360 degree or u have some 360 degree lens

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Can someone please tell me how do I get the circular lights in the background?
Please suggest!

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Can someone please tell me how do I get the circular lights in the background?
Please suggest!

Its called bokeh. Go close to the subject and as far away from the light as possible. Now focus on the subject (light is not your subject). Best results obtained with DSLRs with big apertures (small f numbers) staying at the limits of its minimum focusing distance. Perfectly possible in a lesser extent with PnS too. Google bokeh for more info.

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pranav0091 said:
Its called bokeh. Go close to the subject and as far away from the light as possible. Now focus on the subject (light is not your subject). Best results obtained with DSLRs with big apertures (small f numbers) staying at the limits of its minimum focusing distance. Perfectly possible in a lesser extent with PnS too. Google bokeh for more info.

Thanks Pranav. I know bokeh and I have got shallow DOF with the f/1.8 lens in particular with my canon 600D.
The question is - how to get the CIRCULAR lights in the background as shown in the pic. Does it depend on the light source?
I will try it out anyways but looking for suggestions.

when I tried something like that long back what I did was 1st arrange the diwali light in the background in desired style..put the lens in manual focus and move back at least 10 meters. now move the focus ring and select the desired type of bokeh in the BG...you will notice that the bokeh will become smaller and sharper then will become bigger and dull ...soo select as per ur need
Now place the subject so that its in proper focus ...move it forward back manually

now u will have focus on subject as well as desired bokeh

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Valentine teddy by sujoyp, on Flickr

ooh btw if u want to get this heart shape bokeh ...cut a heart out of a small cardboard square piece...and put the heart shape exactly in center of lens ...now all bokeh will be in heart shape ...try new shapes.
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^ Thanks Sujoy.

In the first pic, did you actually put out a heart-shaped cardboard to get that effect?
I am wondering what determines the shape of the lights in the background.

I am little confused about the following statement - :"move it forward back manually" .. what does it mean?

The shape of the bokeh depends on the shape of the opening. Most lenses will give you an almost circular bokeh but some with less "leaves" will give you octagons or other polygons. The leaves control the aperture

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aadi007 said:
^ Thanks Sujoy.

In the first pic, did you actually put out a heart-shaped cardboard to get that effect?
I am wondering what determines the shape of the lights in the background.

I am little confused about the following statement - :"move it forward back manually" .. what does it mean?

aadi I am not sure u understood of not

...I mean to say cut out the heart shape from the cardboard and put the heart shape opening right in front of the center of the lens...it will give you heart shape bokeh like this...any design of opening will give u that shaped bokeh like I have shown ILU shaped bokeh

by moving the subject forward backward manually you have to find a place where your subject is in focus....I dont know how pro do it but I am giving you the simple way....actually we need the perfect kind of bokeh...soo we moved our focus ring manually and selected the desired bokeh. Now you can not move the focus ring anymore. how will you focus on the subject. you have to move subject between the camera and lights to find a position when its in perfect focus.

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sujoyp said:
@gen did u shoot single and PP it to 360 degree or u have some 360 degree lens

Single Shot & PP -> Invert Photo -> Filter -> Polar to Circular.

@gen it will look much better...try a panorama shot and do this

Nice start Inci

Gen, I didn't know what it is until reading the later posts. Initially I thought it is a giant wheel.

Gen.Libeb said:
Single Shot & PP -> Invert Photo -> Filter -> Polar to Circular.

what software are we talking about?

^ Photoshop

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sujoyp said:
@gen it will look much better...try a panorama shot and do this

Here's with a panorama.

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Sorry everyone
its actually PP-> make photo square -> Invert Photo -> Filter -> Distort - > Polar Co-Ordinates -> Rectangular to Polar Circular.

Thanks Nac...and thanks for all that you shared that made me go for the DSLR.

Gen, Buildings are on :cloud9:

@gen except the right side building that u couldnt overlap properly I loved the effect

Gen ,great work there.....for me rocket science at the moment...though.!

@Gen.Libeb : Awesome buddy. Which s/w di u use for p&p? Can you do a tutorial?

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The Incinerator said:
Gen ,great work there.....for me rocket science at the moment...though.!

quagmire said:
@Gen.Libeb : Awesome buddy. Which s/w di u use for p&p? Can you do a tutorial?

Thanks. But its really simple. Search for Little Planet on Flickr/you tube, people have done it a 1000X better.
Used photoshop for this.

Here's how to do this.
- In the photo, Make sure the horizon is straight
- Try to use a photo where the sky/land is similar on left & right because that's where it merges, otherwise at the end clone it
- resize the photo to a square (even if it gets distorted).
- turn it upside down.
- In photoshop - Filter -> Distort - > Polar Co-Ordinates -> Rectangular to Polar Circular.
- there will be a hard edge at the end, you'll need to clone it out.

I tried ur method gen ...but it seems it need some specific type of pic...the alighnment never looks good ...will try to soot a pic for this and then try

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^^ sujoy, thanks.
I got the focussing part.
About the cut out, I am assuming it will be just the border which needs to be cut out in the desired shape leaving the gap in the middle. Sorry if it sounds dump.

Few more questions - what is the easiest way to get borders around your photo? Any good link would suffice. Same for signature and timestamp. Thanks again .

cheers!

aadi you need this
*www.diyphotography.net/files/images/bokeh_heart.jpg

DIY - Create Your Own Bokeh | DIYPhotography.net

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Thanks Sujoy.

Regarding borders for the photograph along with timestamp and signature, what are the easiest tools to use?
Something free which I can use?

If i had to add all that then I may use picasa...i find it easiest

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Flickr doesn't let me upload jpeg anymore.

How is this ?

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Nice composition gen

its not possible gen...I have two accounts and both I can upload jpeg

Nice one Gen. May be I don't like the colour treatment.

Probably, flickr keep track on it's member. Those who make good photographs shouldn't upload low quality jpeg, but RAW

Gen.Libeb said:
Flickr doesn't let me upload jpeg anymore.

How is this ?

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Where is this?

Impressive.

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sujoyp,nac,axes2t2 - Thanks

axes2t2 said:
Where is this?

Somwhere out of Pune I think, It was taken some time back.

nac said:
Probably, flickr keep track on it's member. Those who make good photographs shouldn't upload low quality jpeg, but RAW

Not sure what you meant there.

@gen he was joking that all ur pics are soo nice that flicker wants to keep RAW images rather then jpeg of ur pics

posting after a very long time plz critique

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^ Too contrasty... IMO, pp is not appealing.

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I like the bird shot , though its a bit too black.
The sky in the 2nd shot looks nice, but the ground is too underexposed dark. IMO this is a good example where HDR might have worked .
The 3rd one has too much contrast. Didn't liked it.

Ankit, the bird pic is great. Nice capture of a moving target and a great background

I too liked 1st and 2nd ...but both seems underexposed ...2nd would have worked with GND effect

@game-freak : first one of the bird in flight is nice one. I think there was a chance to try the second one as HDRI.

A shot I took today of my friend

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The yo man by sujoyp, on Flickr

one thing I have to say...RAW files are soo soo grainy ...Its soo difficult to keep it sharp and remove grains ...I will have to learn that..even at ISO 400 it looks like ISO 3200 JPEG

^ I have read in many places that RAW is best at base ISO.

but nac while birding I keep my ISO at 400 most of the time.... today out of camera RAW are soo much grainy...I had to apply like more then 50% of noise reduction in LR ...and then the image looked soft ...lost all the sharpness :evil:

I have the same problem with raw. You can actually see the grain even without zoonming.

Currently i just apply about 80 points of luminance noise reduction with the details at 60 points. (Lightroom). Let me know how you are dealing with it

I am almost putting 50 luminance , 50 detail ,20 contrast and 40 color noise with no sharping

but that does not make my pic clean...just a balance between sharpness and NR.. my out of DSLR ISO400 was soo clean ...I will try other NR software

Some pics from my recent Lonavala trip:

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Aha...Last one is the best.

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The Road (2nd) looks great. Too bad there were those big ads.
Good timing for the last one.

last one is really nice

The City That Never Sleeps...

Metro Construction Work in Progress at Ring Road Around 4am

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fb - Copy by anmolksharma, on Flickr

beautiful shots people

Anmol; that's a nice light trail.

a few of my latest uploads

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Protecting the light by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

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Lights of luxury by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

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izzikio_rage said:
a few of my latest uploads

Why cropped them both? Nails need cleaning lol.
I like the 2nd.

@amlan 2nd pic is great...1st u missed the thumb else its good

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"Born to Fly -You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't--Rumi"

Beautiful Stuge ...nice to see ur pic after soo long

Wow stuge... That is a beautiful landscape

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thank you guys

^ Now thats one pretty pic

Where is this place ?

I came to this page to post what I thought was a good picture, but I am having second thoughts after seeing Stuge's photo :-(

.

Anyway, here's one of the pictures I took on my trip to Chongqing, China last month. This is the Great Hall of the People. Beautiful place to spend your evenings.

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The entire album is present here.

I really need to learn how to PP images like the way Stuge does.

@stuge beautiful shot

@trublu...your shot is also very good man ...Stuge was already an expert when I started 3 years ago

soo a guru is always a guru

he is a good photographer

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@stuge - The first one was great, the 2nd is even better. Nice location. What camera ?
@trublu - nice photo.

Here are a couple of city night shots.
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gen what PP you are doing ...
in 1st pic building are looking awesome..but why there is no reflection on water..and its blurred out
in 2nd pic all is good except the sky...whats the strange blochy effect on sky

@Gen.Libeb : Nice shots. I want to learn how to take night shots of skylines. What are the things I need to keep in my mind?

There's this beautiful place in Chongqing, the Chaotianmen square, where the rivers Jialing and Yangtze meet. The night skyline is just mesmerizing. I thought since this is a wide-angle shot, setting the camera to aperture priority and shooting at f11-f16 will get me a good shot. There was so much light from the cruise ships that the whole lot of pictures came out just full of colours, as if looking at the skyline through coloured glass!

I regret my decision now (going back to China is a decision my wallet won't approve

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@ Stuge, Gen, Trublu
Nice work guys :thumbs:

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Thanks for your comments everyone.

sujoyp said:
gen what PP you are doing ...
in 1st pic building are looking awesome..but why there is no reflection on water..and its blurred out
in 2nd pic all is good except the sky...whats the strange blochy effect on sky

Adjusted sharpness & noise sliders in ACR for the first one, unsharp mask for the 2nd.
Then used a high filter pass overlay for more sharpening for both.

On the first, the first thing I noticed I wasn't those light getting stars, I tried several shots but never got it right. Blotchy sky could be clouds/noise, I didn't notice much till I read your post.

trublu said:
@Gen.Libeb : Nice shots. I want to learn how to take night shots of skylines. What are the things I need to keep in my mind?

I just keep exposure time between 10-15 seconds for these night shots. ISO to 80 (lowest). Aperture to F8 (lowest on your camera) & definitely not shoot hand held.. place the camera somewhere. Also try to use a timer, you know pressing the button will cause some shake.

I have the same problem with too much light on day time long exposure shots. The 2-3 stop built in ND filter just doesn't cut it.

sujoyp said:
gen what PP you are doing ...
in 1st pic building are looking awesome..but why there is no reflection on water..and its blurred out
in 2nd pic all is good except the sky...whats the strange blochy effect on sky

The lack of reflection is the long exposure working on the waves

This effect looks like a remove the extreme levels + bump up saturation/warmth a tiny bit - I know coz thats my most used setting

great shots @stuge n @trublu

Into the deep

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Another one. This was near Paradise Walk in Guanyinqiao, Chongqing.

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trublu, wonderful pics. Little softness though. Did you use tripod? Recommended for such shots with longer exposures.

Gen - first shot is fantastic.

What's that into the deep buildng ?

Faun said:
What's that into the deep buildng ?

Nothing really. One could use it to commit suicide, if he were so inclined! Not sure he'd die though.

a_medico said:
Nothing really. One could use it to commit suicide, if he were so inclined! Not sure he'd die though.

I think Faun meant what/where the building was...

@a_medico : It was a hand-held shot. I don't have a tripod (yet). I don't really know how it came out so soft - it was like that when I touched it in LR.

Is that a good thing?

pranav0091 said:
I think Faun meant what/where the building was...

Casa Mila rooftop in Barcelona

@medico it was an actual building?? and I thought its just a 3d painting on road or something

^^ Actual building, yes.

Roof actually, which is open. The pic is shot from the terrace.

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a_medico said:
^^ Actual building, yes. Roof actually, which is open. The pic is shot from the terrace.

Looks like an entry from one of those top 10 weird buildings in the world or at-least the photo makes it feel that way.

Hey friends,

With winter coming up, there will be plenty of fog and dew in the morning. Any ideas how to take that advantage to shoot "misty" photos?

thank you guys

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Hey stuge, your pics are awe inspiring. Do you have a flickr/500px page?

Just a little show off

1. My Sigma 150-500 :mrgreen:

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DSC_0003 by sujoypackrasy, on Flickr

Sigma 150-500 with my Nikon 55-200 (both closed)
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Sigma 150-500 with Nikon 55-200 both extended full
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DSC_0008 by sujoypackrasy, on Flickr

My small setup
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DSC_0001 by sujoypackrasy, on Flickr
it have light stand, flash holder, umbrella, wireless trigger and flash and a diffuser

backdrop is completely black

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DSC_0002 by sujoypackrasy, on Flickr

1st shot I tried on myself as self portrait

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Me by sujoyp, on Flickr

Stuge, This one is amazing. Very good work :doublethumb:

Still with D700 or moved to later model?

Sujoy, It didn't seem too big in the first photograph. But in the later, I can see how big it is... How old is that Sigma?

@Sujoy: Impressive shot. I saw that the flash was not fired, and that rules out the diffuser as well. How on earth did you get that soft light on the face and the pitch dark background ?

congratulations Sujoy, that is one bazooka of a lens ....and amazing setup

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@sujoyp congratulations on the purchase.
Now tell us what kind of photography each of these will be used for .
Is that white umbrella only for indoor use ?

@pranav, amlan and gen ...thanks all

Pranav exif says flash not fired coz I triggered the flash through flash triggers ....you can see that the trigger is attached under the flash on flash holder...now what you have to do is tilt the umbrella's front side towards yourself and fire the flash through the umbrella..soo the diffused light will be very unidirectional and fell on small area...

If i would have used it backwards thats I stand behind the flash then the inverted umbrella would have given much more light and whole face would have properly lit

background as I said in that post..I bought a black wrinklefree BG (check spoiler) it gives pitch black BG

@gen some of ur questions I already explained here

and umbrella can be used anywhere...I saw lots of youtube video to learn and undestand ...you guys can check portrait with single flash setup on youtube.

@nac The lens is huge...and my hands are still paining after carrying it for 2 hrs in a garden ...and sadly all my pics came crappy...no use of internet advices...will have to find a way my self...will go tomorrow again..lens is 3 years old

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So sometime ago I saw a channel on flickr with cinematic colour style photos.
Here's my attempt at that colouring style. The goal here is to make the photo seem like a still shot from a movie. Some of the things are so subtle, I can't really tell what it is.
Please comment / critique.

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@gen I liked 3nd and 4th ...there is something creative in it

I think I liked the star shape of lights and hightwise buildings in 2nd

sujoyp said:
Just a little show off

1. My Sigma 150-500
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DSC_0003 by sujoypackrasy, on Flickr

holy **** Sujoyda!! congrats!!

where did you buy that 150-500??

thanks anirban ...I bought it used from jjmehta forum member from banglore ...just got hands on it yesterday

great lens... how is the image quality compared to an Canon L-series??

I have heard the sigma isnt that good at far end of the lens. How has your experience been so far

umm my experience is bad till now...but I blame it on myself...the previous owner used to get awesome bird shots and I am not even able to focus properly ...thats all a user fault ...today I shot soo many and didnt liked a single of it ..mainly coz I shot at RAW and ISO 800 and pic become soo much grainy that I was just not able to keep any detail ...I am gonna shoot in JPEG tomorrow and ISO 400 (like I used to before

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final by anmolksharma, on Flickr

More diwali pics - *www.facebook.com/AnmolSharmaPhotography

sujoyp said:
umm my experience is bad till now...but I blame it on myself...the previous owner used to get awesome bird shots and I am not even able to focus properly ...thats all a user fault ...today I shot soo many and didnt liked a single of it ..mainly coz I shot at RAW and ISO 800 and pic become soo much grainy that I was just not able to keep any detail ...I am gonna shoot in JPEG tomorrow and ISO 400 (like I used to before )

Ahem

All the best

sujoyp said:
umm my experience is bad till now...but I blame it on myself...the previous owner used to get awesome bird shots and I am not even able to focus properly ...thats all a user fault ...today I shot soo many and didnt liked a single of it ..mainly coz I shot at RAW and ISO 800 and pic become soo much grainy that I was just not able to keep any detail ...I am gonna shoot in JPEG tomorrow and ISO 400 (like I used to before )

maybe its time you upgraded the body...

Anmol superb pics ...love them all ....

my bad luck ...the lake where i used to go birding is full...and there are no birds

...now will shoot in december

G

sujoyp said:
@gen I liked 3nd and 4th ...there is something creative in it I think I liked the star shape of lights and hightwise buildings in 2nd

Thanks.

srkmish said:
Hey stuge, your pics are awe inspiring. Do you have a flickr/500px page?

Flickr: Abhinav Singhai's Photostream
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Gen, You have achieved your goal with your PP work :thumbs:

Anmol, Very nice :thumbs:

Anmol, those are some great shots. You do a great job with selective colouring!

It's great to be back to photography. Have shot a few shots in my container garden.

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Orange Rose by CyberK1D, on Flickr

Few from my side after a long time. suggestions please

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Bought a SX50 2 days back

srkmish said:
Bought a SX50 2 days back

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Congos!

@cyberkid...bro do some PP on those...they look too washed out and colorless

@srkmish congrats

@nikku ...liked all of them

Thanks sujoy...

I finally got my camera back, here are some decent shots that I was able to get around Diwali

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^^nice shots Amlan...

Had an outing with SX50 today. Here are some shots.

Srk, Congrats for the purchase... Composition are too tight...

Nikku, Nice IQ... kit lens?

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@nikku_hot123 - The first 2 shots are slightly tilted? Other than this I like them.
@izzikio_rage - super bokeh in the first one.
@srkmish - The monkey photo is awesome; Hows the SX50 working out for you?

I don't usually shoot moving subjects. But here's one from the weekend. I shouldn't have cropped her feet.
ISO 3200 isn't good enough.

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@nac.. Thanks. Yes its my kit lens 18–55
@gen. I also felt so after uploading, will rectify it. Thanks

nice shot gen...like the PP and composition

@srk I never thought SX50 could do soo good...nice pics ..work on composition

@Gen : Thanks. SX50 is a nice cam. I have yet to put it through its paces.

Positives: Long zoom helps in capturing birds/animals.
RAW option available

Not so good stuff: AF is fair enough, not instant(Fuji HS50 has much better reviews in this regard). Also, i have to take 5-6 shots to get one sharp shot after focus has latched(max zoom). However, i will have to get better at this as at the max zoom length its a challenge to keep steady hands. For still birding, i think its a good cam, not so much for birds in action.

Congrats Sujoy..... one hell of a purchase there......was eagerly waiting for the pictures...

And a sharp Sigma that one.....

I will go to garden tomorrow one last time...to shoot birds this tour ...then will get chance after one month ...btw today had an awesome photoshoot of my friend...really exhausted

@srk... Those are some really good shots. As sujoy said try composing with more in frame or using rule of thirds and all

@gen, thats a great shot.... Gives you a great gatsby feel

@sujoy: Looking forward to birding pics

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@sujoyp, @izzikio_rage - Thanks

sujoyp said:
btw today had an awesome photoshoot of my friend...

Pics or it did not happen. :-D

i have not edited a single one...it will take time

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sujoyp said:
i have not edited a single one...it will take time

Take your time. was only joking.

Gen.Libeb excellent shot and Sujoy eagerly waiting for your pics too.

@sujoy: so finally the new lens gave you some images that you feel are worth editing .... :))

... awesome

Gear used = EOS 600D with 18-55mm and 55-250mm IS Lens

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patties ???
damn..now i am hungry !!1

Yeahhhh....ready to go in to a Burger..... :-D

Another one from the SX50

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Guess what these are:

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izzikio_rage said:
@sujoy: so finally the new lens gave you some images that you feel are worth editing .... ... awesome

No no Its nearly impossible to shoot portraits using a 150-500

I shot it by my 17-50 lens and using those umbrella, trigger and background I bought

This thread on Quora is amazing!
What is the most amazing photograph you have ever taken? - Quora

Vyom said:
This thread on Quora is amazing!
What is the most amazing photograph you have ever taken? - Quora

That thread is at the same time beautiful and depressing

Gen, Nice work :thumbs:

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Its a composite of two images. Wasnt at the right places to capture anything better this Diwali.

Used tripod+magic lantern to get the shots. Its not perfect but beats the uncertainty of manual trigger by a mile.

And this one is from home, handheld:
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IMG_4945_e by pranav0091, on Flickr

Always been facinated by the fire, though this attempt is pretty generic. Havent really used my camera at all in the past few weeks. Work is taking its toll.

@Gen: Like what I see with the cinematic experimentation.

There is something about the mellow warmth of film that never gets tiring. The first shot somehow reminds me of the opening shot from the brilliant movie - No Country for Old Men

Im picking up photography after a gap of nearly one year and i am shocked to see lens prices skyrocket

. I was gonna buy 60mm 2.8 canon macro but now its 32k at flipkart. One year back, the local dealer was offering it to me at 21.6k

yes all lens prices have increased by 15-25% ...specially canon lenses

pranav0091 said:
That thread is at the same time beautiful and depressing

I wonder why depressing? That thread some of the most famous and iconic images! Like the Father with Mother with Child and smaller child, all faces lined up.

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@The Incinerator, @nac, @pranav0091 - Thanks

@harshilsharma63 - What's that in the last photo ? The bird pic is nice.

pranav0091 said:
@Gen: Like what I see with the cinematic experimentation.
There is something about the mellow warmth of film that never gets tiring. The first shot somehow reminds me of the opening shot from the brilliant movie - No Country for Old Men

That's great to hear, its been some time I seen that movie, Isn't the first shot where the guy is hunting deer ?

In case any one's interested , This is not a tutorial, But I got started with the cinematic editing watching this video,
Red Giant - RGTV - Episodes

btw your fireworks photo is great.

Gen.Libeb said:
@The Incinerator, @nac, @pranav0091 - Thanks

@harshilsharma63 - What's that in the last photo ? The bird pic is nice.

That's great to hear, its been some time I seen that movie, Isn't the first shot where the guy is hunting deer ?

In case any one's interested , This is not a tutorial, But I got started with the cinematic editing watching this video,
Red Giant - RGTV - Episodes

btw your fireworks photo is great.

Yeah, I guess so. I was referring to one of the shots where they show that long straight road in the sunset.. its somewere near the beginning i guess. Thanks

Vyom said:
I wonder why depressing? That thread some of the most famous and iconic images! Like the Father with Mother with Child and smaller child, all faces lined up.

Depressing because every guy behind the camera, myself included, hopes get thta one image that you will remember forever. That somebody will remember forever. And then you look at your own images and feel sad that you have nothing to compare with, for all you several thousand shots on your expensive DSLR and lenses - so carefully handpicked after much deliberation - to a guy that got a a stunning picture via his Iphone.

sujoyp said:
No no Its nearly impossible to shoot portraits using a 150-500 I shot it by my 17-50 lens and using those umbrella, trigger and background I bought

My 100-400 has given me some amazing portraits. The drawback is that you have to stand too far.

G

pranav0091 said:
And then you look at your own images and feel sad that you have nothing to compare with, for all you several thousand shots on your expensive DSLR and lenses - so carefully handpicked after much deliberation

Question for you, sujoyp & other experienced hobby DSLR owners.
Do you ever feel limited by the camera you own? If yes whats it ?

Gen.Libeb said:
Question for you, sujoyp & other experienced hobby DSLR owners.
Do you ever feel limited by the camera you own? If yes whats it ?

No, definitely not the camera. Though I sometimes feel limited by the lens. I'd guess I'd have done just fine even with the 1100D instead of the 600D I got because the former lacked a rubber grip.

My biggest disappointment is location in the middle of the outskirts of a city. I rue moving away from the places I grew up, in a village.

As I am using D3100 for last 3 years I would say 'Yes' I feel limited by my DSLR now ....
I want bracketing option for landscapes
ability to meter AI,AIS nikon lenses as I have a AIS macro lens...I could buy more old lenses if it would meter
pentaprism viewfinder which my dad's old SLR had and my new DSLR dont ...it makes focussing much easier
Better focus module ...I have read that sigma 150-500 does not do well with D3100 but is great with D7000

these are my personal needs...if I get weathersealed body, inbody motor etc along its just advantage.

Gen.Libeb said:
@The Incinerator, @nac, @pranav0091 - Thanks

@harshilsharma63 - What's that in the last photo ? The bird pic is nice.

That's great to hear, its been some time I seen that movie, Isn't the first shot where the guy is hunting deer ?

In case any one's interested , This is not a tutorial, But I got started with the cinematic editing watching this video,
Red Giant - RGTV - Episodes

btw your fireworks photo is great.

The last pic is a macro shot of a towel. ANy guesses for second last pic?

A

Nikon P-510 some videos

I am using Nikon P510 since May 2013. It has got awesome zoom of 42x. I bought it because it was the onlyi Nikon available in my budget with mode dial & manual settings. It has got some issues with auto focus in video and a slightly sluggish zoom and auto focus during photography. I mainly use manual controls. Here are some sample videos.

Tiger in Kanha - YouTube
Train approaching Kamakhya Station, Guwahati - YouTube
Nainpur Chhindwara Narrow Gauge Train - YouTube
Nainpur - Chhindwara Narrow Gauge Train - YouTube
Gurudongmar Lake, Sikkim - YouTube
Peacock Dance - YouTube

AshishBM

No rains inside

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medico thats beautiful

sujoyp said:
medico thats beautiful

Thanks... it was shot at Noida

a_medico said:
No rains inside

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@a_medico .. beautiful buddy

hi guys.. I have taken few pics with my ixus 255 hs how to post here or should I just give link to flickr..

first two are my first macro shots...

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random click I took while returning back from a function ...
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please critque...

U nailed it

Very strange subject. Could have found better ones.
Liked last one, but needs some PP.

G

harshilsharma63 said:
The last pic is a macro shot of a towel. ANy guesses for second last pic?

A towel!! & I thought it was the moon.
The green thing , is it something metallic ?

@pranav0091 & @sujoyp - Thanks for answering.

@a_medico - Thats a great photo - why/who placed them (umbrella) like that ?

@rickenjus - Although you got sharp/in focus macros, both don't look much interesting to me. the background being the same colour does not really help. Also feel the same with the tree photo. Its sharp, colours are good but if your subject is the tree, the red box at bottom, the person on extreme left & the white building behind are kind of distracting. Also you cut top of the tree.
Keep on clicking.

@medico: Wonderful pic. What are those things ??

Theres a big open space over a big reception area, where the umbrellas are hung upside down. This place is in noida.

nikku_hot123 said:
U nailed it

lol...

Very strange subject. Could have found better ones.Liked last one, but needs some PP.

well acutally I like to take macro of anything lying in my house regardless of the subject

But here I acutally like the rusted nail..

For last one, I don't know how to do PP and also dont get much time..

thank you .

Gen.Libeb said:
@rickenjus - Although you got sharp/in focus macros, both don't look much interesting to me. the background being the same colour does not really help.

ya background is dull, plain white.

Also feel the same with the tree photo. Its sharp, colours are good but if your subject is the tree, the red box at bottom, the person on extreme left & the white building behind are kind of distracting. Also you cut top of the tree.
Keep on clicking.

Ya when I took this photo I should have thought about that, well will take care of that next time. thanks for your analysis..

G

How's this ?

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@Gen.Libeb -- Nice one bhai..

how are these .. !!!

Light up

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Mr Benjo

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Screw u

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@a_medico : amazing shot. liked the pattern and selective colouring(i guess?).
@rickenjus :First one is out of focus. second and third one need a bit corrections.
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If u are biginer then there is not much wrong with these shots u posted. u just need to keep practicing.

@rickenjus bro keep practicing and find better subjects around

I have not yet taken any superb shot with 150-500 ...sharing some of the pics I took
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BTW I find ACDSee 5 much easier to use then lightroom

^ How much did that lens cost btw ? :>

I bought it used for 35k ..new one cost almost 65k 70k ....mine is 2 years old but work great

@lm2k.. well thank you .. yes I am a beginner.. but actually 1st was done out of foucs intentionly, cuz I wanted to get it the way it is..... and for 2nd one I wanted to get the girl(my sis) and the window, I like it that way and same for last..
but thanks for your tips and your corrected pics are quite good nd I got your point "to isolate object/subject for surrounding/distration"

@sujoyp- okay bro I'll try..

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@rickenjus- Thanks.
Did you use flash in the 2nd pic ?

@sujoyp - The flower photos are great. I like the woodpecker ? (the 3rd bird)

Sujoy, Flowers are better, bird photographs really not good.

rickenjus said:
but thanks for your tips and your corrected pics are quite good nd I got your point "to isolate object/subject for surrounding/distration"

M glad u got my point and I would like to see more from you.

@sujoyp : the wood peacker shot and the flower just above it, both are lovely.

@nac I am trying for good birding...and I am sure I will get better chance in December...this was just my 1st attempt

@gen thanks...yes its woodpecker

@im2k thanks

@Gen.Libeb - yes..

@lm2k - thanks..

Awesome pics sujoy, specifically the woodpecker. Good colors, nice bokeh and great subject.

Stuge, please post some tuts for some of your night shots (on flickr). They are absolutely brilliant

thanks @amlan ...I have promised myself to get much better shots next time

...I am bit disappointed by these actually

sujoyp said:
thanks @amlan ...I have promised myself to get much better shots next time ...I am bit disappointed by these actually

Disagree. Very impressive flowers. That bokeh is so creamy :wub:

@pranav thanks...yes flowers came good...but those I could have taken by any of my other lens too like ..55-200 VR , 55m micro 2.8 or my tammy 17-50 2.8
The real purpose of lugging this 2.2 KG combo is to take good bird pictures

soo need to work hard

^ But getting good pictures is also a matter of luck. You can see the potential of the lens in the flower shots, but birds, you cant get them tp pose for you

he he he yaah right

...need to do more hard work on birding ...waiting for december

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pranav0091 said:
^ But getting good pictures is also a matter of luck. You can see the potential of the lens in the flower shots, but birds, you cant get them tp pose for you

I don't believe the luck part. I guess most great photographers have a vision of what to get in their shots & the technical knowledge to get it correct on their first attempt rather than going out and shooting 20 shots and choosing the best one.

As for the awesome animal/birds/lightning pictures we see, I believe people have spent a lot of time patiently waiting for the correct shot.

Gen.Libeb said:
I don't believe the luck part. I guess most great photographers have a vision of what to get in their shots & the technical knowledge to get it correct on their first attempt rather than going out and shooting 20 shots and choosing the best one.

As for the awesome animal/birds/lightning pictures we see, I believe people have spent a lot of time patiently waiting for the correct shot.

Animal pictures are waht I was talking about, since Sujoy is birding. There is no way to get them to behave the way you want generally. You could be just increasing your chanes by going on a safari or something, but there is a big chunk of luck involved.

pranav0091 said:
Animal pictures are waht I was talking about, since Sujoy is birding. There is no way to get them to behave the way you want generally. You could be just increasing your chanes by going on a safari or something, but there is a big chunk of luck involved.

I have to disagree with this. The reason very few people get good action photos of birds/animals is because most people dont want to get down and dirty.

My friend regularly visits mangaljodi in orissa( bird haven for migratory birds) and his passion causes him to relentlessly pursue great bird pics(flying, eating). His knees/elbow becomes grazed and sometimes bloodstained. Of course he has the amazing nikon 300mm F4 , helps in Af

Animals/ birds are such nimble creatures that often something interesting is going on. It depends on your patience really to study their behavior and shoot thousands of pics to ensure few awesome pics.

However if you are talking about extraordinary moment pics which get showcased in NG magazine, yeah luck is defimitely involved

yes some luck is involved and ability is always needed

Sujoy apart from the first one I liked all of them TBH.Great work and the flowers are awesome.

G

Here's another attempt at cinematic style colouring.

I was surprised I got a usable pic at ISO 5000 & 1/125 sec.

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thanks @inci

hmm good work gen...ISO 5000 is too high

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sujoyp said:
hmm good work gen...ISO 5000 is too high

Thanks. But had no other option, had to keep the ISO high at that shutter speed. It still wasn't still fast enough to freeze the action, her hands have blur.

yaah...stage shows are difficult to capture blur free ...idle will be a 105mm f2.8 or 85mm f1.4 with a full frame at maybe ISO 6400

Posting here after a long time.
Shot of an about to bloom orange chrysanthemum
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The Winter Chrysanth by CyberK1D, on Flickr

good shot @cyberkid do a little post processing and it should look even better.

yaah abhidev is right...do some post procesing .....it will definitely look much better

Thanks abhidev & sujoyp for your comments. :-D

Can you guys please suggest what should I specifically work around in PP? :-?

My idea is to post what comes out of the camera, just ensuring that it looks closest to the original one. :mrgreen:

no no its not about close to original pic its about looking closest to the moment u captured...the light, brightness, contrast u saw with ur naked eyes when you shot

sujoyp said:
no no its not about close to original pic its about looking closest to the moment u captured...the light, brightness, contrast u saw with ur naked eyes when you shot

That's what I meant with "closest to the original one" - The one that's there in real.

GLOw

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superb star trail stuge ....can you give a short tutorial on star trail ....I am not able to do it even with long exposure

Good Captures !

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@Stuge - Thats a great photo.

Where's everyone else.. Too little new photos for the last few weeks. :-?

Nice photo stuge

Gen.Libeb said:
@Stuge - Thats a great photo.

Where's everyone else.. Too little new photos for the last few weeks.

I have left my cam at home thinking my current project may end in november but sadly I will go back home in christmas

Soo no DSLR for 2 months for me :punch:

G

sujoyp said:
I have left my cam at home thinking my current project may end in november but sadly I will go back home in christmas

Soo no DSLR for 2 months for me

Too bad.
So new photos in Christmas time.

My last weeks attempt at nature photos was a big fail. Here are a couple of them.
I thought it was a good chance to take long exposure photos as the light was low.
Both of them were shot at f/8, 2 sec exposure & ND filter.
Please critique. What went wrong ?

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^ Nice shots.

But I believe the ND filter is the culprit.

gen, I believe, both are quite good shots. :-D

@gen what is that red tint all over the leaves and branches...and y did u use ND filter?? purpose ?
2nd one is fine I think...not bad

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@pranav0091, CyberKID, sujoyp - Thanks for the feedback.

sujoyp said:
@gen what is that red tint all over the leaves and branches

Probably sunlight, If you are asking about the 2nd one.

sujoyp said:
y did u use ND filter?? purpose ?
2nd one is fine I think...not bad

I wanted to get the smooth water look (no ripples). That's why the 2 sec shutter speed & ND filter.

I'm thinking may be trees/plants are not good subjects for long exposure,even a little wind might be causing a blurry effect & not got a sharp pic.

no gen I am talking about the 1st pic the left side tree branches are all red...that i can see from this pic....then I open that in flickr and to my horror what happened to that pic ???

those are all strange details of tree top even right side tree is looking strange....water is great but tree produced some strange details.

maybe as u said due to movement of leaves while long exposure it happened.

Another of my shot.
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The Midday Flower cropped by CyberK1D, on Flickr

@Stuge : Awesome startrails.
@CyberKID : Nice flower, but i also see many leaves and one pot in the background.

some of mine. didnt get chance to click any this month :-(

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Sx150is
Settings: 1/640 ƒ/3.4 ISO 80 Fl:28mm(35 mm Eq)

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Sx150is
Settings: 1/125 ƒ/4 ISO 200 Fl:65mm(35 mm Eq)

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Sx150is
Settings: 1/500 ƒ/5 ISO 80 Fl:124mm(35 mm Eq)

nice flower im2k ....is that a real insect ...

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@lm2k - I like the first 2, whats that thing in the 2nd pic ?

@lm2k: Couldn't have done anything for those leaves or those pots (actually there are two of them in the background).

Maybe, next time, I'll try secluding the subjects away from such distractions. :razz:

BTW, your Portulaca too has come out great.

@sujoyp and @Gen.Libeb:Thnx, It is some kind of a catterpillar, I found it on one of my rose plant.

@CyberKID:Thnx. and thnx for the name, i didnt knew it

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@Abhinav: that is an amazing startrails pic .... as are all the others you've put up. You really do need to give us a tutorial of these sometime

BTW, was reading up a bit about lenses ever since I heard that Sujoy got that huge bazooka of a lens, and found this really great video about how a lens affects portraits (which we'll all end up shooting for our friends, family, SO etc.)

so check this out, gist is that you should shoot with something like a 135mm for best effects

[youtube]*www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRoqNx9rlVA#t=339[/youtube]
How Lens Focal Length Shapes the Face & Controls Perspective: A Lighting Tutorial - YouTube

its 135mm on full frame...soo that makes 85mm on crop sensor

thats what most people use for portraits

85mmf1.8 is very popular

here is another comparison
Untitled Document

i find not much difference beyond 100mm except increase inpincushion distortion.
but even for point and shoots, anything beyond 150mm(35mm eq) produces acceptable results, while wide angle like 28mm distorts or produces near-far effect where the object near to the lens appears large and that object located even a little far appears too small.
what about others which focal length do you guys use for portrature?

Till now i was shooting at the highest focal length, but for a different reason. I wanted the shallow depth of feild that came with a long focal length. Didn't know that shape also changes

My kit lens is 50mm at the top, ie 75mm in 35 equvi, so i guess its good enough. Will be hard to use a bounce flash at this distance though

I use my 17-50 for portraits too...50mm prime become 75-80mm and that needs lots of space for full body..impossible in my small studio

...soo I use 35mm-50mm DX for most shots

izzikio_rage said:
Till now i was shooting at the highest focal length, but for a different reason. I wanted the shallow depth of feild that came with a long focal length. Didn't know that shape also changes

Same with me too. But not necessary to stick to the rule, for taking environmental portraits sometimes it wide angle is also useful.

@sujoyp: I had read somewhere that 80/85 mm(prime with wide aperture) lens is ideal, by using zoom lens somehow we dont get that much aperture . there should be some increase in zoom lens with reduction in aperture.

lm2k said:
@sujoyp: I had read somewhere that 80/85 mm(prime with wide aperture) lens is ideal, by using zoom lens somehow we dont get that much aperture . there should be some increase in zoom lens with reduction in aperture.

Actually the 50mm is closest to what your eye actually sees, with an aperture of roughly f/2.8 (need to check this). This is for a full frame sensor, a sensor like mine is an APSC that means it has a crop factor of round 1.5. So for me 50mm at full frame equivalent is 50/1.5 or 32 odd mm. Means that if i want a click similar to what a full frame 50mm will shoot i need to shoot at 32mm

There are telephotos that have a very fast (large opening) aperture but they are usually more expensive. Also since aperture is shown as f/some no where f is focal length so a 200mm at f/5.6 is way larger than a 50 mm at even /2.8. So, many people just look at the fstop value and feel the aperture is smaller in telephoto lenses

izzikio_rage said:
Actually the 50mm is closest to what your eye actually sees, with an aperture of roughly f/2.8 (need to check this). This is for a full frame sensor, a sensor like mine is an APSC that means it has a crop factor of round 1.5. So for me 50mm at full frame equivalent is 50/1.5 or 32 odd mm. Means that if i want a click similar to what a full frame 50mm will shoot i need to shoot at 32mm

There are telephotos that have a very fast (large opening) aperture but they are usually more expensive. Also since aperture is shown as f/some no where f is focal length so a 200mm at f/5.6 is way larger than a 50 mm at even /2.8. So, many people just look at the fstop value and feel the aperture is smaller in telephoto lenses

Regarding the crop factor , i knew it; but the second point about aperture was something i never thought about. If this is also true with point and shoots then at 336mm[35mm eq](in case of sx150is) the lens must ofer aperture wide enough to try something like this
*www.diyphotography.net/files/images/bokeh_heart.jpg
*www.diyphotography.net/files/images/353392636_30c215ff3d.jpg
May be a test.

f stop depends on the focal length, and its for a good reason that they are great indicators of the light grabbing ability of a lens - the size opening of the diaphragm is useful for comparison only with respect to the angle of view of the lens (ie, the focal length)

"a 200mm at f/5.6 is way larger than a 50 mm at even /2.8" - while this is physically true, AFAIK, the smaller f numbered lens will be letting in more light (thus faster) IRRESPECTIVE of focal length (because its already taken care of inside the ratio)

Think of it as the circular cross section of a cone. While the area of the circle can vary depending on where you bisect it, the equations that describe the bounds of the cone dont - ie, the cone remains the same for a given f number - and therefore the light capturing ability too.

In short lower the f number, faster the lens, irrespective of focal length.
The 50mm f/2.8 is easily a few times faster than the 200mm f/5.6.
Thats what I know, if I am wrong I'll be glad to be corrected

guys what I have studied about portrait photography is almost for full frame...

The thumb rule for just portrait thats head shots is 85mm @f5.6 this will create enough DOF to keep focus on everything on the model and 85mm will be enough for background blurring.

if u convert this to DX it may look like 50mm@f4 ....

in zoom lens with fixed aperture I dont think aperture changes much ...its the advantage...but its tru that zoom lens have more distortion in images...u need to check that.

@pranav0091 : yes, with decrease in f number like going from f2.8 to f5.6 with increase in focal length, the light intensity(amount of light) does decrease since it is a collective effect of lens and the aperture available.I was just talking about the opening of the the diaphragm alone.

lm2k said:
@pranav0091 : yes, with decrease in f number like going from f2.8 to f5.6 with increase in focal length, the light intensity(amount of light) does decrease since it is a collective effect of lens and the aperture available.I was just talking about the opening of the the diaphragm alone.

Agree, but why would you be concerned about the absolute magnitude of the opening of the diaphragm ?
The f number describes the speed, and the focal length describes the usage. As a photographer, I am not sure why one would be concerned about the absolute size of the opening at all.

But on a purely technical level, yes, you are perfectly correct.

aperture decreases in zoom lens from 2.8 to 5.6 ??? ...which lens you are talking about ...is it kit lens with variable aperture like f3.5-5 or u include the fixed aperture lens like 17-50 2.8 and 70-200 2.8 too in same theory

and when zoom lens have bigger aperture it obviously become big and may have bigger opening too ...thats coz you have to maintain bigger aperture.

lastly its very difficult to take good portrait at f2.8 or f1.8 most people shoot at f4 or f5.6

pranav0091 said:
Agree, but why would you be concerned about the absolute magnitude of the opening of the diaphragm ?
The f number describes the speed, and the focal length describes the usage. As a photographer, I am not sure why one would be concerned about the absolute size of the opening at all.

When you hit the shutter button there are 3 things that happen, the diaphragm/shutter closes and opens up, the sensor starts recording the image and in case of an SLR the mirror flips out of the way to allow light to reach the sensor.

The amount of light captured depends on 3 things, which most photographers jargonize as the triangle of exposure. The shutter speed shows how long the shutter remains open (1/60 is 1/60th of a second or 0.1 sec ).

The f stop gives us the diameter of the opening (f/2.8 means that at 28mm focal length the diameter of the opening will be 10mm), this means that the higher the fstop or lower the so called fstop number, more light comes in if the shutter remains open for the same amount of time. This means that you can take the same pic with a much faster shutter speed and hence lenses with lower fstop numbers f/1.8 or even f/1.2 are called fast lenses. BTW the higher the aperture opening the bigger the lens needs to be and hence more glass, that is why photographers are so hung up on the term glass, viz "this is a better glass" "look at all that glass"

The third is the ISO, which basically means how much of the image the image is enhanced or guessed by the camera. A high ISO means that you can get the click with faster shutter speed but there will be less detail since most of the image is not captured, it's guessed by the camera. This is the same thing that happens when you increase the brightness of your image on a computer

A high gyan explanation of the above: *www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=45

An amazing simulator as to what settings do what : *www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/

I am not sure what u guys discussing ...can some one tell me the actual topic of discussion please ...I thought u were discussion something about portrait photography :chinscratch:

pranav0091 said:
Agree, but why would you be concerned about the absolute magnitude of the opening of the diaphragm ?

oh
to get these
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these are just for example i tried yesterday, didnt had those tiny festival lights.
how :idea:

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if i knew the diameter of the iris opening roughly , max diameter of the external shape<iris opening.
long time ago i had seen such fotos somewhere and always wanted to try it and later learnd that external shape must be<iris thought it wud be possible only using a DSLR, later from this discussinn i got the idea to try it.

@sujoyp: i was talking in general about the lens aperture. I think the topic was portrature and focal length :))

hmmm you guys are disussing as of we are discussing some optical physics project

Soo after all those talking who tried shooting portraits actually

and trying the various 135mm, 85mm, 50mm and f2.8, f4 apertures

@IM2K getting those shape is simple but focussing on something inbetween and getting that shape is difficult

For those artistic projects, the general rule of thumb is that you should make the opening as small as you possibly can (Didnt know the limits wrt the iris, thanks

). The heart already looks a bit too large to my eyes.

ok some more portrait photography gyan

Portrait Photography Tips | Portrait Photography - YouTube

Amlan I have seen almost 50+ videos of "How to take good portraits" "How to shoot portrait with single flash" "How to use reflectors" "How to use umbrellas" " How to make simple poses" etc ....but shot only once after that...and pics were bit dark I would say (and I need a better model to try next time

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The first 5 are with my home studio

Flickr: sujoypp's Photostream

@pranav0091: exactly they it appears big because i cropped the pic.
@sujoyp: Nice work,in most of the pics posing is done nicely. About the shapes, i still have to do some more work on it.
@izzikio_rage : nice and short vid, very informative. thanx for sharing.

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2 pages and no photo. Posting a picture here.

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These ads are making the photo look tiny :-x

Awesome pic @gen

thanks im2k

@gen nice shot

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@ abhidev, sujoyp - Glad you liked it.

Posting one after a long time. This was taken on the night of Diwali. No tripod, so placed the camera on a flat surface focusing the sky. Ultra Intervalometer (CHDK) used. Did some PP to enhance and to remove smoke.

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nice composition nac ...would love if it had more of lights in the sky

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@nac - Thats nice.

Atlast got chance of birding

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DSC_0480 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0466 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0460 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0452 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0427 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0424 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0384-2 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0383 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Nice work Sujoy :thumbs:

466 - Slightly out of focus. AF is tricky???
460 - Little work on gimp or PS would have helped to get the head look better. It's kinda look little under exposed. Yeah, dark head in well lit environment is little tough to get it right out of the camera. I guess you have tried...

427 - The one I like most. cute pose...

384-2 - Underexposed.
383 - Nice colour but other elements like dried buds and webs makes it not working.

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@sujoyp - Nice Photos. So you got your camera back ??
Where do you find these variety of birds to photograph, may be mention the names ?

I like 427 & 460 the best. The others could had been great if they were sharper.

@nac thanks nac

466 is a 3 inch bird shot from 30 feet away...impossible to focus on just eyes...this is the best i can get

460...I did no PP ...yaah u are right...maybe a little pp to remove shadow from head would be better
384-2 is also edited and I removed the shadows...but I thought increasing the exposure might also increase the intensity of background light...which will not look great anyhow

@gen ...yes I am back

I am back home town and hope will spend at least this winter here...got all these birds at nearby garden

To get these shots I had to shoot at ISO 800 and f7.1 ...else pics were either too grainy at ISO1600-f8 or underexposed at ISO 400-f7.1

466 is a 3 inch bird shot from 30 feet away...impossible to focus on just eyes...this is the best i can get

I guessed it... But I thought DSLR would have enough AF points unlike our compacts

384-2 is also edited and I removed the shadows...but I thought increasing the exposure might also increase the intensity of background light...which will not look great anyhow
It doesn't look that bad...

*imageshack.us/a/img856/5673/o0pz.jpg

@nac its looking great

thanks

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@nac - Nice edit.

Just a random shot while going around. I hate that I never see any clouds in winter.

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Nice one Gen. :thumbs:

HDR would have helped to avoid blown out sky...

After a looong break., back with these moody shots.. wondering why i've ignored sepia all these days..

btw guys, im becoming terrible at composition in PP, nothing is pleasing me..I need something better than the rule of thirds..any help?

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@axelzdly1 ....hey I loved ur 1& 2 composition ...liked the 4th one too but didnt like b&w effect , compo is good

@Thank you sujoyp.!
about the 4th one.., pure b/w seemed dull to me, so added a little masala !

lol, to da dustbin!

Really nice pics there Sujoy

Good to see the investment payoff. How about the moon now?

@Vamsidhar : Nice pics

Although , personally, I am not a big fan of large watermarks :>

@pranav ...ok I will try moon next full moon day

lets see what u can view form here

sujoyp said:
Atlast got chance of birding

Seems I didn't miss a lot. Great shots, Sujoy. I liked all of them, leaving aside that silhouette one.

I'm not that big a fan of B/W photos.

thanks @cyberkid ...

I like to shoot at least one shot thats different ...soo shot this silhouette

this time I just neglected flowers

*imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x800q80/856/o89o.jpg
evolution of nexus

my frinds' G.nex, N4 & N5.
I know nothing much great

BTW, who all are participating in Flickr's 12Days contest? Here: #Flickr12Days - Twelve days, twelve joyous winners

thanks cyberkid ...let me participate there for the 1st time

...but will have to look for a pic or take something crazzy of my dog

sujoyp said:
thanks cyberkid ...let me participate there for the 1st time ...but will have to look for a pic or take something crazzy of my dog

yes, Sujoy, your dog will make a perfect subject for the theme of the contest :lol:

yaah its about joy...let me make him more happy and see if he poses for me

Axel, Good IQ. Like the second one...

Second last - Looks like a man from stone-age

Kid, I don't know... If I get to click images suits the topic, I may participate.

nac said:
Axel, Good IQ. Like the second one...

Second last - Looks like a man from stone-age

Kid, I don't know... If I get to click images suits the topic, I may participate.

I too wasn't finding it suitable for my taste/photography niche, but, when I saw the submissions including the flowery ones, I thought that I should participate too, just waiting to click a good one.

easiest model is a kid ...just make him happy and get the shot u always wanted ...later you may give him a chocolate

A few of my shots:
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*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-w3X0MPz09EE/UqNH2dHgm5I/AAAAAAAABIQ/WBapZ3kHvf4/w679-h509-no/IMG_20131204_121640.jpg

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nac said:
Nice one Gen. HDR would have helped to avoid blown out sky...

Thanks.

@axelzdly1- I really like the 4th one with big sun.

@CyberKID - Nice flowers

@pranav0091 - Thank you!

@nac -thanks nac! haha, sure looks evil

@gen.libeb -my fav one..noticed that buffalo skull? got an eerie feeling evrytime I was trying to move it.. :-(

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axelzdly1 said:
@gen.libeb -my fav one..noticed that buffalo skull? got an eerie feeling evrytime I was trying to move it..

Didn't figure it was a buffalo skull.

Latest one.
Wasn't sure about the building in there.

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^ Nice pic, Gen.

I can already sense that at a long exposure with black glass on this location would look surreal... especially on a rainy/foggy evening.

Anybody here uses/has experience with ND filters by any chance?

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Thanks Pranav,
I'm interested in ND filter too, but I doubt I can put one on a p&s.

I too dont have much knowledge about ND filters ...just know that its used to reduce the shutterspeed in broad daylight

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Photos making good use of ND filter, in case anyone's interested too.

9 or 10 stop ND photos - Canon Digital Photography Forums

@Gen : Very nice shot. I feel this location with a late dusk scene( Sky all red) and HDR( to capture full range) would be great. Especially if you can get someone to sit on the rocks ( The human element adds a lot to an otherwise bland landscape shot).

Gen.Libeb said:
Didn't figure it was a buffalo skull.

Latest one.
Wasn't sure about the building in there.

This one is a good shot, Gen. Liked it. :-D

Few Photos from me....from my not so recent Puri trip
1.
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Serenity2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

2. Beach HDR. I liked how it came out with the effect.
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PuriBeachMorning_HDR_2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

3. One more HDR. Evening sky
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Puri__SKY_HDR by rH1twick, on Flickr

4.Early morning. The lamp-post became an obstacle but somehow adds value to the photo. What do you thinh?
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MorningSky by rH1twick, on Flickr

5.Good vs. evil.
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EvilCloud by rH1twick, on Flickr

6.Evening time market on beach side
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Evening market by rH1twick, on Flickr

7.The man from water!
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BlueEvening_2 by rH1twick, on Flickr

8.Blue evening. Could not remove the head in photoshop. Did not like the end product after cropping, so kept it.
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BlueEvening by rH1twick, on Flickr

9. Morning bliss
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TwoBoats5 by rH1twick, on Flickr

@rhitwick ...superb shots ...I liked the 4& 6 very much

Some of my shots
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DSC_0621 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0617 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0596 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0607 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0015 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0013 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Rhitwick, Choice of WB is not good, in my view. Try make better photographs. I see some are little soft... If you were shooting handheld at that low shutter speed, use tripod or something when using long shutter speed.

Gen, That would be better if there was little more space over the building. And FYI, your camera do have built in ND filter and since you are trying for smooth look, use smallest aperture possible. Don't mind about diffraction here, it would ruin the image (in this case) along with the ND filter. But don't expect longer shutter speed when you're pointing at sun

Sujoy, The last one is very good :doublethumb:

One of your best, IMO (it looks slightly tilted, I think. May be coz of wide angle). Again, I kinda feel the first four images are underexposed.

@nac ...thanks ...I donno how everytime the pics seems underexposed ....yaah maybe bird in flight is underexposed but I dont find others even a bit underexposed ...keeping the fur details is needed even if I have to sacrifice a bit of light

ooh and last two are shot with mobile

I donno how everytime the pics seems underexposed ...
May be you need add some punch.

When you are shooting next time, try few shots little over exposed. Just to share them with me

ooh and last two are shot with mobile
Impressive IQ for a mobile camera.

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@Rhitwick The 2nd one is totally super.
@sujoyp - Last cat is great. Bird flying is nice too, but why the lack of colours in the there.
@srkmish, @CyberKID - Thanks, glad you liked it.

nac said:
Gen, That would be better if there was little more space over the building. And FYI, your camera do have built in ND filter and since you are trying for smooth look, use smallest aperture possible. Don't mind about diffraction here, it would ruin the image (in this case) along with the ND filter. But don't expect longer shutter speed when you're pointing at sun

Thanks for the comment, I agree about the space over the building.
I've used the built in ND filter but its not good enough for day time long exposure shots over 2-4 seconds (cloudy / no sun) & useless for sunsets over the sea. (even at smallest aperture there's too much light for long exposure)

^

Come on, you were shooting when the sun was up.

or did you see any long exposure shot when the sun was up in the sky

Did you try before sunrise or little after sunset, if you have then you are right. You need filter. If not, try and let us know.

@nac ...next time I am getting overexposed shots for you

actually these are shot in RAW..let me send you the RAW file to you, then you decide

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nac said:
^

Come on, you were shooting when the sun was up.

or did you see any long exposure shot when the sun was up in the sky
Did you try before sunrise or little after sunset, if you have then you are right. You need filter. If not, try and let us know.

Yeah, have tried when the sun is on the horizon at sunset but even then its too much light at lowest aperture for a smooth water effect at the sea. It'd need atleast 12-15 seconds I guess (not sure).

I've posted a 2 sec daytime shot before a few pages back (#8478), but the light was low that time & the water there was quite calm too.

^ Okie...

I remember there was a member on the other forum. He did few long exposure photographs little after sunset (the topic was something like spring/winter/summer evening in bangalore. I don't remember exactly and it was roughly two years ago. So the thread would have likely been removed already. We can't find it even if we want to). If I remember correct, there was no mentioning of any filters and the exposure was between 2-4 minutes. He could barely see things in front of him and there was no sun at all just those orange colours (after glow). Those images were stunning. So the reason for me assuming that you could do the same with your S110.

sujoyp said:
@nac ...next time I am getting overexposed shots for you actually these are shot in RAW..let me send you the RAW file to you, then you decide

2/3rd would be fine I think. Just good enough to keep the subject's highlight intact.

@nac if u want to try ur hand on those birds I am giving the RAW NEF file link

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Sujoy, the last cat shot is really the best and very artistic. The cat's expression remains an enigma ( Sad or vacant or tired? ) and the B/W goes very well with the mood.

thanks srkmish for liking the shot

^ Yeah, I tried it yesterday with the jpeg. I don't know whether I could make it better with the RAW. :blink:

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thanks nac ...ur edited looks better...now I know how much exposed u want

today i have shot some green and blue bee eater..will post at night

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Got these christmas pics on sunday.

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Gen nice pic ...Christmas tree is beautiful

I dont know if I will be able to shoot anything today

R

hello guys.
this is my effort
Flickr: rajat56525's Photostream

I am just beginning so be easy

sujoyp said:
now I know how much exposed u want

Infact, you have over exposed by 1/3 stop, but I don't know why I think it's little under exposed.
You have cropped a lot, advantage of having lot of pixels. If the bird is up close, you would have gotten "the fur" details you want. I am expecting a nice and good bird photograph before you go back to work.

actually it was dull cloudy day and to get exposure right I required to increase the exposure a bit...I do it regularly

crop a lot

but that is to be done...I was 15-20 feet away and with my 500mm I could get only this result ...its almost not possible to go nearer

today I shot in my home garden and I know they are better

will post at night
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Here are two birding shots I quickly snapped in the morning

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Green Bee eater by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Blue bee eater by sujoyp, on Flickr

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sujoyp said:
Gen nice pic ...Christmas tree is beautiful
I dont know if I will be able to shoot anything today

Thanks.
May be something for new year ..

Nice bird pic, esp the first. You should try some selective noise reduction (see the grey part) & selective sharpening (eyes & beak).

rajat565 said:
this is my effort

I am just beginning so be easy

The fireworks & water pics are great.

thanks gen...I will try

Thanx friends.

About WB....any tips on that? What my photo lacks and how can I improve it.
And, its not always possible to use tripod (not carrying it always), so any tips to compensate that?

ritwick I dont think there is anything particularly bad in any of ur pic technically ...maybe some are bit unnaturally bluish

I will say you should work on improving the composition...its more needed...
if tripod is not possible then solution is keep it on a rock and use wired or wireless trigger

@rhitwick : very cool pics !! Those cloud effects look beautiful !

can anyone teach me ( or provide links) on how to enhance those effects on cloud ?
like in this one ( from rhitwick's pic )
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sujoyp said:
ritwick I dont think there is anything particularly bad in any of ur pic technically ...maybe some are bit unnaturally bluish

But, the blue is natural. This is how I got the pics. I just enhanced contrast and clarity in Photoshop.

I will say you should work on improving the composition...its more needed...
if tripod is not possible then solution is keep it on a rock and use wired or wireless trigger

Hmmm. Composition is natural. Either you have it or you don't. I try to observe photographs of other persons (specially newspapers) and try to imitate it.

I need to buy a trigger I guess. Don't have one yet.

ashs1 said:
@rhitwick : very cool pics !! Those cloud effects look beautiful !

can anyone teach me ( or provide links) on how to enhance those effects on cloud ?
like in this one ( from rhitwick's pic )
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The clouds are not edited. Its HDR, taken three shots and then used "Creative" settings in "Photomatix"

Even you can do that.

@sujoy: the two cat pics are amazing, very well composed, very nicely lit. Do you own both a dog and a cat?
@rhitwhick : brilliant HDR shots, love the amazing clouds and the clarity of the people (usually they get blurred when you shoot HDRs)
@gen: i think your pics belong in the photo projects thread too

@rhitwick if blue is natural maybe I didnt like the composition

I am saying just work upon composition and ur shots will look amazing

@izzikio thanks...I used to own a lots of cats...but after my dog came the cat world gradually decreased..no no my dog didnt killed them but chased them away ..and now only have 2 cats comming and going

Get a mouse too .... saara tom and jerry gang ho jaayega

Rhitwick,
Just these two things would help little to make images a little better. I hope you don't mind.

Serenity2
Shutter speed (0.4 sec) - It's pretty obvious this will result it motion blur if we take this handheld. Try as sujoy suggested. You can use self timer untill you buy remote trigger.

Aperture (f/5.6) - I think (vaguely remember) people use f/11 (around this no.) for landscape. You figure out what's working for you. I think f/5.6 is too large for landscape. In general people keep something in foreground to make the image look interesting. The tricky thing is focus, you have to keep the foreground subject to infinity in focus. For that you have to hyperfocal distance, dof and all. In this case, waves are blurred coz of DOF or because of both dof and long exposure.

WB - May be you chose an inappropriate WB or AWB, it's too bluish. If you were right and still it's too bluish, you have to warm it up a little bit.

Sujoy, Cute birds

and nicely exposed

Just a little warmer would be good, I think.

Man those cloud pics are stunning.!!! For a moment I thought they were manipulated using some effects. Some real nice , pro photography there.

nac said:
Rhitwick,
Just these two things would help little to make images a little better. I hope you don't mind.

Serenity2
Shutter speed (0.4 sec) - It's pretty obvious this will result it motion blur if we take this handheld. Try as sujoy suggested. You can use self timer untill you buy remote trigger.

Agree. Its not always possible to find apt environment to help yourself. But, I'll keep that in mind. Thanx.

Aperture (f/5.6) - I think (vaguely remember) people use f/11 (around this no.) for landscape. You figure out what's working for you. I think f/5.6 is too large for landscape.

The large aperture is intentional. I took few shots with low aperture but had to use flash. The images were taken at around 7.30 PM. I wanted to capture the whole beach with as much natural light I can get. So, large aperture and an unnatural color tone as background.

In general people keep something in foreground to make the image look interesting. The tricky thing is focus, you have to keep the foreground subject to infinity in focus. For that you have to hyperfocal distance, dof and all. In this case, waves are blurred coz of DOF or because of both dof and long exposure.

The only reason of blurred waves is the exposure. 0.4 sec is too long to capture a still wave.

WB - May be you chose an inappropriate WB or AWB, it's too bluish. If you were right and still it's too bluish, you have to warm it up a little bit.

But I like the blue color I got! And, you are right in my cam AWB is selected. Is that not right?

Rhitwick: I personally like the blue color tone of your pictures. If you had access to a tripod you could have closed the aperture to f/7 or so and put a 10 odd sec exposure to completely make the waves like a foamy mist. This in no way says that what you did was not right, and the stunning pics speak for themselves

Ok a few from my side too

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With the hills as neighbours by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

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And what exactly were you doing? by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

^ If you like the blue colour, it's fine. I have even tried different WB to get a different tone than actual.

my cam AWB is selected. Is that not right?
Camera may not works always the way we want. You have a camera in which you can control it's behaviour. You can either pick your desire WB for the scene for jpeg or you can shoot RAW and edit them in PP.

Its not always possible to find apt environment to help yourself.
Yeah, true. There should be some consideration. No tripod, can't put our expensive gear in the sand. Only we can do is find a rock or stone or something to keep the camera stable, but not all the beaches have rocks.

Amlan,
And what exactly were you doing?
He may not be Emraan, but he can give you a memorable one

Did you get it?

Gen, I tried long exposure to see whether I could get some colours in the horizon before sunrise and also to see whether I could expose for 15 sec without blowing out the image. I tried it roughly 30-45 minutes before sunrise and I kept the aperture wide open. It's working gen. With ND filter on, you may able to do that even just few minutes before sunrise or may be even when sun starts to peek from behind the ocean. Good luck

Nice shot amlan ...but whats the idea behind a macro shot of camel

its soo close that I can count the hair on his mustach and beard

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@izzikio_rage - How close were you from the camel ?

Ran out of ideas what to photograph this time. So tried some max zoom photos.

Used the Sony H55 after quite some time. Its still quite decent in good light.
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S110 isn't the camera for birds, This is cropped part of the photo at max zoom.
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@gen bird is nice...dog dosnt seem to be happy u shooting his pic

Some shots I took today ....went for a photo trekking

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DSC_0791 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0796 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0647 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0665 by sujoyp, on Flickr

sujoyp said:
Nice shot amlan ...but whats the idea behind a macro shot of camel its soo close that I can count the hair on his mustach and beard

Gen.Libeb said:
@izzikio_rage - How close were you from the camel ?

Was sitting on another camel when this one decided to poke its head at me. It was so close that it could have eaten my camera in a gulp

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Sujoy,those are nice, sharp clicks. Good composition too.

Some random birds I happened to click recently:

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The last 3 posts with pictures are simply amazing
I haven't seen these kind of birds or may be I just don't give much attention

Medico, I like the black and white treatment.

nac said:
Medico, I like the black and white treatment.

Thanks. Wanted to highlight the ripples.

Thanks medico ....I too liked the B&W with ripple

@Kaz thats the beauty of photography

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@sujoyp - The first bird photo is super. The others are nice too but I'd have liked them better with a little more colour (saturation ?) & contrast, but that's just my preference.

@a_medico - Great photos, I like 3rd & 4th the best. What camera you using ?

@gen ...I think my D3100 is not sufficient for good birding...many of my friends said that I should upgrade to a better body to get contrasty and better focussed birds ...the pics from D3100 are soo low on contrast that after PP they look like this

Will upgrade soon then will see

Nice pics on this page, Sujoy,Medico

@Sujoy: If you got RAW images might want to try editing them. Been experimenting with them a little lately and slowly getting the hang of the controls. Definitely a lot more options than editing jpeg

@Gen - Canon 60D

@Sujoy - I believe you shot them with sigma 150-500. Probably Nikon company lens would give better results, rather than a camera change. Ofcourse higher camera will perform better. In the end it all boils down to how much you are ready to spend.

yaah I too have started using RAW only ..coz I found that it takes same time to edit a RAW and a JPEG ...soo jumped the ship ...I have RAW files pranav at home...which one do you want to try

@medico ...I know 300f4+tc gives better result coz its sharp at f4 and I am shooting these at f8-f10 with ISO 800-1600 ...I had to use lots of noise reduction ...but 300f4+tc combo cost 80k and my sigma cost me 35k ..huge difference in cost
but what I said is true...many birding guys told me that D3100 is not sufficient for birding due to slow focus speed and low on contrast in general shots ....I may just get Nikon D7000 if needed

Nice... So I think my biggest achievement for this year is that I convinced a bunch of you amazing photographers to switch to RAW

thanks amlan

but because of u now I had to get a external HDD too

^^ i just ordered 1TB from flipkart. Western Digital. Heard few good reviews. I don't shoot in RAW. Takes too much space. As on today, I am quite happy with the results of post processing on jpg in lightroom. I know I am missing many things while not shooting in RAW, but dont exactly know what/which. Things you don't know won't hurt you!

medico actually I too used to neglect RAW ...but I saw editing jpeg and RAW just takes same time...and I dont store the original RAW files yet...just dump everything at one place ...soo the external HDD of WD

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Resting
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srikant mishra

sujoyp said:
yaah I too have started using RAW only ..coz I found that it takes same time to edit a RAW and a JPEG ...soo jumped the ship ...I have RAW files pranav at home...which one do you want to try

@medico ...I know 300f4+tc gives better result coz its sharp at f4 and I am shooting these at f8-f10 with ISO 800-1600 ...I had to use lots of noise reduction ...but 300f4+tc combo cost 80k and my sigma cost me 35k ..huge difference in cost
but what I said is true...many birding guys told me that D3100 is not sufficient for birding due to slow focus speed and low on contrast in general shots ....I may just get Nikon D7000 if needed

I'd like 802 and 647 as RAW if possible.

The sad thing is that for the last few months all I have been doing here is just commenting

I am looking for a good walkaround lens (something along the likes of the Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC Macro OS HSM review: Digital Photography Review) for the time I will get a bike in a few months and *hope* to wander off a bit and need a single lens to carry around. Any suggestions (I have nearly given up shooting for the time being) ?

If somebody here doesnt mind explaining, how much of a difference in IQ are we talking about between Sujoy's D3100 and a possible higher end upgrade, the lens being kept constant ? I understand that there is surely going to be difference, but is it enough to be a gamechanger in photographs without having to pixel peep - in this case , contrast ?

These are likely to be my last clicks of the year. Shot early in the morning.

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I think the second shot I forgot to change the focus, it was set in MF. I thought of increasing the exposure and get some shadow details, but later I decided to leave it as it was.

Please do C & C.

@nac 1st one is good composition...2nd one looks without a subject...what to look in that

@pranav ....it all depend on ur budget ....Sigma 18-250 HSM OS is good one...Tamron 18-270 VC PZD is also good ...Nikon 18-200 AFS VR is also best among them.
If u dont have budget then get Nikon 18-105 AFS VR ...its a good alround lens

About D3100 vs higher end DSLR ...IQ doesnt change ...but faster focus, 16 Bit RAW , more fps certainly helps in birding...I had hard time shooting birds in flight coz I had only 3.5 fps ...most pic came out of focus
if u shoot raw all the time it dosnt matter much in other situation ....contrast of picture also depends on lens ...but I have seen many reviews of D3100 and know that it produce bit low in contrast pics

Hi Sujoy, my friend shoots exclusively with D3100 and 300 mm Prime and his bird shots are excellent. Have a look. I think the Sigma lens cant compete with a prime lens with regards to details and sharpness

Flickr: Abinash Dhal

excellent shots by ur friend ...actually higher body is long time pending for me ...I always wanted better grip, more controls and motor inside also ability to meter AIS lens , pentaprism...I will surely jump to 300 prime someday...but now its turn of DSLR upgrade

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nac said:
These are likely to be my last clicks of the year. Shot early in the morning.

I think the second shot I forgot to change the focus, it was set in MF. I thought of increasing the exposure and get some shadow details, but later I decided to leave it as it was.

Please do C & C.

To be honest, I don't like both. There's nothing interesting in both of them to look at. You got the moon but its so small but framing between the trees is nice.

Your pics remind me of an edit I made I ended up not liking. I was not sure what I wanted to get with this one.
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@srkmish - Those bird pics are too good.

srkmish said:
Hi Sujoy, my friend shoots exclusively with D3100 and 300 mm Prime and his bird shots are excellent. Have a look. I think the Sigma lens cant compete with a prime lens with regards to details and sharpness

Flickr: Abinash Dhal

But, Flickr says its a D5100

And no doubt the shots are great..

@Kaz good point

@sujoy: if FPS is an imp consideration then do give the mirrorless cameras a consideration. Mine gives a crazy 9 odd fps at it's burst shooting mode, which fills the buffer in round 4 sec. After which it slows depending on how fast your card is.

Thanks Gen, Sujoy.

what to look in that
The intention was keeping the nice blue starry sky as the subject. I get your point.

You got the moon but its so small but framing between the trees is nice.
Your pics remind me of an edit I made I ended up not liking. I was not sure what I wanted to get with this one.
I manipulated to get the moon bigger, but it didn't come out good.
In fact your editing was nice. Is that a composite?

kaz said:
But, Flickr says its a D5100 And no doubt the shots are great..

The news ones he is shooting via D5100 i think. But all his photos taken with D3100 are excellent as well. Especially the 3rd one is fabulous. Examples below

Just Landed.. | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Common Kingfisher | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
I Can Fly and Shout.. | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Whiskered Tern | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Breakfast Time | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Lonely Shore
by
srikant mishra

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Macrocosm
by
srikant mishra

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nac said:
I manipulated to get the moon bigger, but it didn't come out good.
In fact your editing was nice. Is that a composite?

Now you got to post first new year pics.
Its a single photo. The skylights & stars are created in photoshop.

@srkmish - The sunset is looking nice.

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Bloom
by
srikant mishra

Srkmish, You seem to be using lot of cameras... SX50, 550D, HX20... any more than that...

You have some nice collection in your photostream. Good work :thumbs:

Gen.Libeb said:
Now you got to post first new year pics.

Did you mean me?
I did go out to take some good photographs. But things didn't panned out as I expected it to be. I didn't get attend any party last night, so I was out in the public place. First, I was shooting in a bridge. Patrol police came and asked me to leave the place. Then I got my vehicle off the road and trying to get some nice bokeh, then two drunkards came in and I had to leave the place. Then I didn't feel like shooting after that and came home.

nac said:
Srkmish, You seem to be using lot of cameras... SX50, 550D, HX20... any more than that... You have some nice collection in your photostream. Good work

thnks nac.i sold off my 550d actually. realized i dint wnt to lug around a dslr everywhere. HX20 is my fav cam and gives me vry good iq and not to mention, easily pocketable. im planning on selling off sx50 after 2 months only as the AF at the tele end is poor and im not really njoying chasing birds as half of my photos become OOF. have heard of good reviews of fuji hs50 for birding. might buy that next

@srkmish ur sunset was good ..

@nac bad experience u got ...anyways that was past year

srkmish said:
tHX20 is my fav cam and gives me vry good iq and not to mention, easily pocketable. im planning on selling off sx50 after 2 months only as the AF at the tele end is poor and im not really njoying chasing birds as half of my photos become OOF. have heard of good reviews of fuji hs50 for birding. might buy that next

I can see nice dynamic in "gay abandon", "enchanted sunset"

Reviews of SX50 was much better than HS50. If you're not happy with SX50, it's less likely that you will like HS50 or the difference won't be massive to worth the switch. I get it, lens is little faster and phase detection. If you're serious in getting a new bridge, better try your hands on before buying.

sujoyp said:
@nac bad experience u got ...anyways that was past year

Yeah, there are lot more new years gonna come in my life. I will get an opportunity to shoot then...

nac said:
I can see nice dynamic in "gay abandon", "enchanted sunset"

Reviews of SX50 was much better than HS50. If you're not happy with SX50, it's less likely that you will like HS50 or the difference won't be massive to worth the switch. I get it, lens is little faster and phase detection. If you're serious in getting a new bridge, better try your hands on before buying.

Actually now that G1x is available for 26-27k , i have dropped the idea of HS50. An APSC sensor pocketable camera. Life cant get better. Will be putting up sale thread for SX50

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^ It's good to hear that you are considering G1X when there is a popular model RX100 is out there are selling at similar price range.

G1x sensor is still quite large as compared to RX100. Plus i am fan of post processing . So those RAW images that G1x gives me , i will have more details to work with as compared to RX100 and not to mention, low light photos will be better as well.

canon G1x for 27k ...hmmm interesting

But I still dont think its worth it...it have a fixed 28-112mm equivalent lens attached with f2.8 - 5.6

It offers a 28-112mm-equivalent focal length range, and in terms of depth of field and background blur, behaves much as an F5.2 - F11 optic would on a full frame camera.

as said by dpreview

at 50mm its f4.5 and at 85mm its f5.6 ....its like a hifi P&S again

but yes its a better alternative to people want to buy a dslr and fit a 18-200 or 18-105 lens all the time

^ RX100 would be like f/4.9 - f/13.4 on a FF. Pretty close...

I like to have good burst speed in my camera which Canon doesn't offer but I like the high ISO performance and VF of Canon which Sony doesn't offer. So it's a matter of priority. Nikon DSLR user wants to own RX100 and ex-Canon DSLR user wants to own G1X.

Do you think you will be OK with the camera which doesn't have VF after you have been with one for few years.

errr I dont want to dump my DSLR ...just want a 2nd small camera which could take quality pics...and which I can take to temples, church, museums...and which other people can use to take my pics too

where most can not handle a dlsr..and take blurry outoffocus shots of me

nac where did u get that RX100 is f4.9-f13.4 data...its not in dpreview..please give link

BTW RX100 is f3.5 at 50mm and f4.5 @85mm

Yeah, I know you are not going to dump DSLR. I asked you because, after I tried my hands on with D90 even I really like to have OVF.

Sujoy, you might want to consider a mirrorless. That way you won't need 2 cams. It'll be an upgrade to your existing 3100 and can be a simple hassle free cam that others can shoot with (heck you can remote control the shots on your mobile), its compact, the burst mode is super fast, the new ones have phase detect focus for fast focus and its compact to carry.

The downside is no ovf, lenses need adapters or you buy the expensive sony lenses.

^ You cant talk him out of it by saying burst speed, faster AF and all... He has invested a lot in Nikkor lenses. He will consider only when Nikon introduces a APS-C or FF CSC with the same F mount.

Nac is very right ...now I have 6 lenses and a flash all for nikon only ...Hope nikon come with something better then those J1, J2 and V1, V2...I would certainly consider it

I want to own a fujifilm X20 like device someday ...which is small , pocketable, large sensor , premium look, fast ..28-112 f2-2.8 lens ...

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3 shots from today morning

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DSC_0825 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0826 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_0834 by sujoyp, on Flickr

some flowers I edited after a week

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sujoyp said:
3 shots from today morning

Nice. I like the 1st & last 2 the most. The last photo is too good.

Thanks @gen

I liked the rose ones. The bud one is to good. The first bird photo , is that shot through a window?

@srkmish thanks for liking ...yes that shot is taken from window grill coz that bird is very alert ...the moment it sees me with this big black canon like lens it just fly away even before pointing at it...soo had to hide

Sujoy, Bird 1 and 2 and flower 1 are awesome. :doublethumb:

Bird 3 and flower 2 are good but the above three stole the post.

Thanks Nac ....I really love both my rose shots this time

2nd rose is soo complete and perfect ....never shot something like that before

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6 days into the new year and I haven't got a single decent shot yet, so I'll post what I have now.

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This was a result of a failed attempt to freeze moving vehicles. I had to be happy with this & some post processing.
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I saw this while going this around so this was again a chance to repeat this kind of shot. This time ISO - 6400 @ 1/160 sec.
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I want to get some decent street night shots but haven't yet been able to foresee what kind of photo I want to get.
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Gen that 1st shot is awesome...

Yup, the first shot is amazing. Did you give it an HDR treatment ? since I can't seem to figure out how the tree could be so well lit when the sky looks like a dusk sky. But whatever the reason, that's a great shot.

For traffic shots you might want to give trails or very low POV shots (cam almost touching the road) a go.

1st shot is too good. Storm's coming mr wayne

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@sujoyp, izzikio_rage, srkmish - Thanks , glad you guys like it.

@srkmish - "Storm's coming mr wayne" - mean what ?

@izzikio_rage - Not HDR but its a composite of 2. I haven't yet figured to create a HDR without generating a lot of noise.
Night Street photography is something I want to try but I feel very awkward, I am the only one with camera in hand & people give those stares like I'm doing something weird.

Gen, You have unique using of WB in your picture...

What's the resolution gen, it seems wider than 16:9.

@gen: the mood of the pic is like an impending storm. And in TDKR, selina says to bruce " storm's coming mr wayne"

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nac said:
Gen, You have unique using of WB in your picture...

What's the resolution gen, it seems wider than 16:9.

The WB, was auto for all. Later in PP, I was trying to get a cinematic colouring look for the last 3. There the aspect ratio is 2.35:1 not including the black bars.

sujoyp: the red rose shot(the last one) is soo nice, i really liked it most.

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Thanks @im2k

@amlan ...liked both shots

Nice work Amlan

Awesome first shot @gen
Great bird shots @sujoy
Good shots @amlan

Good shots @Amlan and Sujoy

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@izzikio_rage - Both are great. I like the way the 2nd one looks so super sharp.

thanks @pranav and abhidev

thanks everyone ... Here is one more from a recent trip

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Hanging by a thread by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Gen.Libeb said:
@izzikio_rage - Both are great. I like the way the 2nd one looks so super sharp.

I got slammed by Sujoy here about how much noise I was getting, The same thing was repeated by people across other forums too. I usually tried to reduce the noise by crazy amounts of noise reduction, making the images soft ... again a stupid move. So finally went back to the basics, still trying to shoot right

Random bird (probably Night Heron but not sure)

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@amlan the sharpness and colors are good but need a better subject

@medico ...bird is sharp...but howz the background soo black...u cleaned it manually

These two were shot when shooting for bokeh photo project.

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@nac need better subject in 1st one...try rose rather then this flower with selective coloring...will look good

sujoyp said:
@amlan the sharpness and colors are good but need a better subject

@medico ...bird is sharp...but howz the background soo black...u cleaned it manually

yes. reduced its exposure and brightness and there was too much of distraction which cannot be cloned

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@a_medico - Like the bird.
@nac - 2nd pic is nice. The glass is looking good in 1st, the flower in it not so much for me.

Some of the bokeh experiment

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Nice bokeh. I like the first picture.

Not sure if this colouring works for this photo. What do you think ?
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Wow, amazing pics sujoy. Woukd you have any pics of the setup, or can you just describe it

@sujoyda excellent. I like tue rose and the couple closeup the most.

thanks @gen and anirban

@amlan ...setup was very easy

1. Keep diwali lights at least 6 feet away from the subject
2. do not use flash to illuminate ur subject ...use phone led or led torch to illuminate ur subject ...
3. use zoom lens or macro lens soo that subject could be kept just 6-8 inches away from the camera

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Soo this sunday shoot

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I just love this flower ...it looks like there is light inside it

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this one from mobile
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Gen the pic is too messy ...there is no definite subject

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sujoyp said:
Gen the pic is too messy ...there is no definite subject

Thanks, The bridge was supposed to be the subject, I guess it doesn't stand out among the trees.

sujoyp said:
@amlan ...setup was very easy

lol @ that diagram, you sound like an IT professional.
thanks for sharing anyways.

@Sujoyp great shots but the 1st one is unbeatable

@gen ...yaah I am an IT proffessional

but comon we dont have better tools in paintbrush

Thanks Kaz

Did some fun photo stuff this weekend. Had purchased a Emount to MD (minolta format) lens adapter some time back which was delivered this week. Dad has an old minolta and my eye was on the 28mm 2.8 prime that he has

. So I mounted that, had some fun operating a fully manual lens after all these years.

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I was about to put this away when I though let's put the kit lens too. It turned out that we never got a kit lens, the other lens is a 30-70 mm zoom plus there was a awesome macro converter too :))

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Still going through the results but will post them and some new shots over the next week

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Colors by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

@Sujoy, save up some more moolah and get a telephoto prime man, you deserve it.

@pranav ...will keep the option for next birding season next year....this year its almost over...just 1 more month left I think...Next year hope to get 300mm prime+TC combo

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@izzikio_rage - Your cam looks nice, the first one.
@pranav0091 - whats up, no new photos for quite long time.

Some landscapes.
Please comment / critique.

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2nd and 3rd one are very nice. I would have liked to see some interesting subject in the foreground in the 2nd pic. In the 3rd pic, how did u get all those colors? Is it in-camera?

@amlan good that u started experimenting ....I too used some adapters for macro in the start

@gen 3rd and 4th i liked....1st one composition is nice but didnt produce the effect

Gen,
1 - Little more contrast would have given some punch
2 - Colourful.
3 - You have posted it before.

Sujoy, Mobile phone shot is nice...

It's little weird that the advanced compacts (some models) get to have a aperture ring while the lenses (at least most, if not all) for DSLR (esp. canon) doesn't have one.

Amlan, now you can use aperture ring

(I guess your lens didn't have one, right?)

The kit lens that I got with the cam has only one ring (it's a combined zoom and focus ring) and a slider for zoom. Canon's lenses also have no aperture ring and so require a much more expensive adapter. That is the reason I'm trying old manual lenses, there is no AF, no electronic aperture control, in short the cam has no idea what lens is mounted and what it's doing

@Sujoy: I had been putting off experimenting out of sheer laziness, finally got the adapter and started. BTW please let's restart the photo project thread. Now to we have a lot of interested people who are actively shooting so it'll be fun to work on some project and then compare notes

@nac ....u only liked the shot by mobile :wah:

@amlan u know my macro lens is like that only ..and I have been using it for past 3 yrs now ...it have manual aperture control, no AF and need to use only in M mode ...but its soo sharp that I didnt get a autofocus one

Ok we will start the photo project again .....lets see if someone participates

Liked the colours & compositions.

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srkmish, sujoyp, nac, satinder - Thanks for the comments.

srkmish said:
how did u get all those colors? Is it in-camera?

Not in-camera, done in PC using gradients & layer mask.

Great shots Gen. Liked the second one the most. :-D

Seems I've been missing a lot of interesting stuff here.

Sujoy's been birding, and is coming up with awesome bird shots. Great shots mate. In the last page, I esp. liked the green bird and the flower.

Thanks cyberkid ...its right time for birding...only one more month and winter birds will be gone

Clicked this one today. It's straight out of the cam, no editing yet. Will click it again tomorrow morning, to see the changes in the result. :-D

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remastered an old favorite.

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and another one

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nice click cyberkid

@srkmish nice try with macro petals

@anirban 1st one is good pic....remaining two cat is cute but find some good action with that kitty

sujoyp said:
nice click cyberkid

@srkmish nice try with macro petals

@anirban 1st one is good pic....remaining two cat is cute but find some good action with that kitty

You mean pussy??

I would have done, but she moved off with the babies.

kitty is more descent word

...if cat lives around then u will surely find some action soon

No.. She moved off.

Guys I m going for a trip to South India for a week. I will visit places like RameshwarM, kanyakumari, trivandrum etc. Can you please suggest what type of pics I can get, and what should be the compositions?

u should take 18-55 or what ever wide lens is with you...you will get mostly landscapes and architecture shots there...read some website to shoot temples...

These photos are beyond amazing, these are magical. Just proves that the highest form of photography comes out of love, deep love.

Russian Mother Takes Magical Pictures of Her Two Kids With Animals On Her Farm | Bored Panda

yaah saw these on jjmehta forum ...beautiful

Anirban, Midday adda is nice... Don't remember seen this before, but the other two.

Srk, Thanks for sharing the link of the Russian mother's work.

Nikku, Welcome to Tamilnadu...

Thanks sujoy. I will definitely check.

@nac thanks. BTW I m not too far from TN. I live in kerala now

Worrier ready for war

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@CyberKID - Nice flower. whats the white thing at border of petals
@srkmish - Thats a nice try, not the best but still cool.
@sujoyp - That one is great. For a moment I couldn't tell the size of the warrior.

Don't have a colour version of the deer. Please comment/critique, Thanks.

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Thanks gen...what type of PP u did on the pic...is it zoom stacking

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sujoyp said:
Thanks gen...what type of PP u did on the pic...is it zoom stacking

apart from b/w, applied vignette (i don't do that usually) & fake dof.
Don't know what zoom stacking is. didn't find on youtube either.

@gen sorry I mean zoom burst...but the effect u applied is not that also

someone asked me to shoot moon with 150-500 I thin amlan have asked me once...soo here is the shot

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nice sujoy, that is an amazing shot. I just wanted to see how much of the frame would be filled with a 500mm. That said I guess you can surely try all those amazing shots where the moon looks huge in comparison to the main subject.

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amlan with 500mm , this pic is still 1/4 of the original pic ....but details are good ...I will try something if someday I get moon on rise ...

btw those big moon pics have two saperate pics of big moon and the actual picture...both merged togather

^ Can't that be achieved without the use of image manipulation software?

no Nac ....moon is never that big...even with trick photography its impossible to make moon 10 times larger then original..and there are lots of video and tutorial how to take those pics

Few years back, I thought that it's possible. Later when I started to learn about image manipulation and the tricks involved to taking photographs, I thought it's not possible. But later I started to think it's pretty much possible and I started seeing images which are very much convincing enough that my thought is right...

This is one among them...

1IMG_3160 SUN AFTER SUNRISE | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Check his others works too...

That was the reason I wanted someone with a big lens to give it a shot. It's super easy to do this with an image manipulation software (heck, i've seen people fake this in paint

). But a couple of sites tell you that it's about relative size so using a large focal length lens with the subject very far away you can get these results straight out of the camera.

that pic is very easy to take it seems...but would I want to point my lens towards sun for long time?? NO

I will try this but on cloudy day when sun is soft ....also Nac most of Sun shots on that photostream are not good at all ...

this shot *www.flickr.com/photos/anupamrajeev/9719536792/
its shot just at 200mm ...impossible.. he have cropped the pic a lot...and photoshopped ...look at the line around the sun ...maybe he have pasted the sun there

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srkmish both shots are good ...post the pics from flickr or some photo sharing sites ...

Guys I tried the big moon experiment with a small ceramic hut ...My main Idea was to put that hut as a silhouette inside the moon.
But the result was--- since the moon was on infinite distance the closer object thats my ceramic house was soo much out of focus that it disappered..
Also If I focus on the house the moon becomes total out of focus and just a round white out of focus light...

Soo to achive this I need a subject almost as small which can be fit inside the moon and it should be at least 50 meter away from my lens to focus on infinity.

so your object needs to be at a distance greater than the so called hyperfocal distance of the lens. There are online calculators for finding out this distance. It'll give you some idea.

I guess you can use that ceramic hut with the moon if you keep the hut really far away. Like across the room or even on your neighbor's roof, while you focus from yours

Plus silhouette is ok, but you can use a phone led or torch to light up the hut to give it some detail. Try both if you can

yaah ...problem is I can not go to neighbor's bunglow to keep my subject...his bunglow is lower then mine ..I want higher...I will try whatever I can

lets see

Gen.Libeb said:
@CyberKID - Nice flower. whats the white thing at border of petals

Thanks, Gen. It's the colour of the flower. This Dahlia is dual coloured, red and white.

yaah I too have shot some Dahiliya at a flower show...they are beautiful...shot through mobile

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I've been trying out the my lens adapter and my old Panagor 28mm prime. Here is a shot that I clicked yesterday

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Nightly strolls by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

BTW this is the type of weather that I find when I go for all those golden hour shoots

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A haunting we will go by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

they are awesome amlan ...very good ones

on 1st one exif says shutter speed 1/15 and ISO 3200 ...y didnt u use long exposure for this shot keeping ISO low??

Wasn't carrying any tripod and there was no place to put down the camera, so it had to be a handheld shot. Will try again with a tripod. BTW my gorillapod magnetic can hold my kit lens but not my very heavy prime one, so I might need to upgrade that too

Ooh then u did right..no need to try that again...shot is good

Amlan, the first pic is too good

Got my D5200 today....After 7days of ordering

Will shot at a beach tomorrow....Will get some goods pics worth posting here

Any precautions while shooting on beach (other than the water

) ?

Congrats...dont open ur lens at beach..and yes keep away from water

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@izzikio_rage - Like the 2nd one.
@srkmish - Blackie is great. what is it ? A duck ?

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@medico place is beautiful ...just that you took it on harsh daylight

details came out good

@Gen : Thanks, some kind of stork i guess

@sujoyp yup I won't....I don't have extra lenses to switch

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Flowers at night

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Bookeh

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Lights in Action

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Contained

These are some pics from 1st day of my photography I was mostly out of AUTO

Please CRITIQUE....I haven't got time to edit any and these are out of camera pics....

#8713:
The first shot is amazing. Just wanted to say that, and thanks for sharing.

@medico nice shot. What is the place?

todays catch

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Kolkata Bridge by sujoyp, on Flickr
I really wish I had a tripod to click this bridge at kolkata

I was playing with HDR

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@kaz - Nice first shots .
The first one, may be you could have focused more on the flower, crop it a little ?
Did you use flash there ? Personally I try to avoid flash, most of the times I don't like the results I get using it.
Nice bokeh on 2nd, It'd be much better if you has a subject in the foreground.
The other 2 are ok I guess, nothing really interesting.

But these are just my opinions since you asked for critique. I am no expert.

@sujoyp - Bird one is nice.
HDR is nice but a somewhat noisy. How many shots for it & what program ?
I once tried Photomatix but I kept on getting too much noise so I got rid of it.

Thanks gen...its single shot.. Used photomatrix and Picasa to give this effect...

Thanks gen

I used flash because it was very dark. Shot @9pm in college

Will post some better ones soon

I tried shooting with low shutter speed 1-2sec in bright daylight and all I got was a complete white pic..Why so..

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kaz said:
I tried shooting with low shutter speed 1-2sec in bright daylight and all I got was a complete white pic..Why so..

Because there is too much light captured in 2 seconds.
If you want a long exposure pic at daytime, You'll have to reduce the aperture to min possible value , keep ISO lowest, These will often be not enough in daylight & will still give a white (overexposed) pic. Then they use an ND filter (which reduces the amount of light coming into the camera).

nikku_hot123 said:
@medico nice shot. What is the place?

It was a temple under construction in thailand. Heres an alternate view:

Under Construction

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Portrait

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medico nice horse portrait ...and nice hair cut of horse

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@a_medico - both are nice. The temple is cool looking.
Is the horse real ?

Some clicks to share from today morning - Republic day celebrations.
I got some more too that I need to edit, I'll post in coming days.

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Gen.Libeb said:
@a_medico - Is the horse real ?

Ekdum pyuar asli ghoda

Gen.Libeb said:
Because there is too much light captured in 2 seconds.
If you want a long exposure pic at daytime, You'll have to reduce the aperture to min possible value , keep ISO lowest, These will often be not enough in daylight & will still give a white (overexposed) pic. Then they use an ND filter (which reduces the amount of light coming into the camera).

Thanks bro..Will be buying a ND Filter n CPL soon

@gen ...nice moments ...at least you captured them

@medico: You never cease to amaze, do you?

pranav0091 said:
@medico: You never cease to amaze, do you?

umm..are you talking about this thread or the personal hygiene thread?

Above temple's wooden interior

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Shell1

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Shell3

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Security Guard

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Shell

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Shell

Please Critique because I have started learning and I want to know my mistakes and other perspective for taking these

Gen.Libeb said:
@kaz - Nice first shots .
The first one, may be you could have focused more on the flower, crop it a little ?

Edited

Medico that temple is soo beautiful ...is it old and renovated or newly constructed that way

@kaz .
1. Its very cluttered...you need bigger aperture like f2.8 or a zoom lens@200mm to get background saperation
2. This one is perfect
3. shot is ok but see seems to flow from left to right

tilt does not look good
4. nothing interesting much
5. Nice details and background blurring

sujoyp said:
@kaz .
1. Its very cluttered...you need bigger aperture like f2.8 or a zoom lens@200mm to get background saperation
2. This one is perfect
3. shot is ok but see seems to flow from left to right tilt does not look good
4. nothing interesting much
5. Nice details and background blurring

Thanks. Didn't get the 3rd one

kaz said:
Thanks. Didn't get the 3rd one

Horizon. ALWAYS keep it perfectly horizontal when you are starting off

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@ kaz - Nice pics. Last one is the great
Even in the edited one , there's too much of ground / leaves & uneven lighting which does not looks good at least for flower photos. The first both is nice too, but the background is white too which makes the shells not stand out much.

sujoyp said:
@gen ...nice moments ...at least you captured them

I wasn't planning on taking the camera at first because of security... but glad that I carried it.
Here are few others from the day. More coming soon.

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Thanks Pranav and Gen

Amlan, Both "Nightly strolls" and "A haunting we will go" are nice.

Medico, Good clicks medico :thumbs:

Horse portrait and temple interior are nice.

Temple is nice but I kinda feel that the sea, sky, temple are little underexposed. I just clicked auto correct in MS picture manager, and this is what I got. So with good software, you could get even better I believe.

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Again the same for "under construction", little more punch in colours and brightness would be better I think.

Kaz, Congrats... Nice start... Other than the security shot in your second show case, I like all of them. Good.

Gen, Some nice clicks of RD parade :clap2:

nice pics guys...especially the horse with a funky hairdo

Thanks Nac

sujoyp said:
Show us some pic nac *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

One already posted in photo project thread.

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This place was filled with monkeys. I saw more monkeys than human... There were times, they scared the shxt out of me with their crazy monkey grunt. I didn't dare to go closer and all the monkeys photographs are of small ones.

I wanted to click and move fast out of scariness that lead to lot of out of focus or blurred photographs. I had to delete most of them...

All of them are developed from RAW.

1st 2nd are nice nac...3rd in BW is too cluttered.

@Kaz, those shots are fantastic, specially the crab shot, I'm still marvelling at the fact that you caught a live crab and got it to pose

@Gen, wow, I didn't even know that camera's are allowed. I never even thought of going there. I'm repenting that decision after seeing your pics

@nac. Thank you
I feel that that your post processing of the image has overexposed the temple itself, but it makes the blue of the sea and sky stand out very well.

Medico: The pics are just amazing, great stuff

Few more...

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1st 2nd is very good...3rd one compo is not that good

^ Last one was shot "photograph without viewing VF" fashion. I was trying to get those bats @ full zoom. They were fast and with live view, I couldn't track it. So @ wide end, I was clicking without viewing LV.

Thanks for the comment.

the 1st thing I noticed in ur 3rd pic was bats

thought wow u could capture them

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izzikio_rage said:
@Gen, wow, I didn't even know that camera's are allowed. I never even thought of going there. I'm repenting that decision after seeing your pics

Not sure if cam are allowed in Delhi (I guess you are there).
But considering the fact that now almost everyone has a smart phone there's no point in not allowing small cam atleast.

@nac - Thanks & nice pics. I like the 2nd one.
may be crop the lower part in the 3rd one & get rid of the cars/people.

izzikio_rage said:
@Kaz, those shots are fantastic, specially the crab shot, I'm still marvelling at the fact that you caught a live crab and got it to pose

Thanks Amlan.....It wasn't a crab...Some snail kind of creature inside a shell...It came under my friends feet inside the water(sea) and he took it to me holding in his hand

Shooting birds with my 18-55 and all I could get is make them fly away ;(

Kaz keep trying...and find various methods to bring them closer

( greet clothes, food particles, rice, some water etc) If u can shoot descent birds with 18-55 then u will become a pro with a 55-300 itself ....shooting birds from close distance is the most difficult task

Thanks bro will post last two days birding pics soon

Got presentation at college in an hour

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Circle

Is this the slide you put yesterday in your presentation

nac said:
Is this the slide you put yesterday in your presentation

Hahaaaa

Some birding with my 18-55 (pics are highly cropped

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Crane 2 and 3 are good. With 18-55?? Wow!!! It seems D5200 have lot of pixels to dump

Butterfly PIC is good.

Thanks nac and anirbandd

those are great pics to start..other then last purie all are fine

Thanks sujoyp

This is a good and simple article on birding - How to Photograph Birds

Cool...Thanks for sharing

Doing a total change, here is a panorama shot that I clicked earlier this month

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@kaz - Some nice pics. I like 2,3 & butterfly. 1 & 4 are a little too blurry imo.
@izzikio_rage - River panorama is looking awesome.

Some Vintage Cars
I am beginning to like this sort of edits.

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Great Panorama Amlan..

Thanks Gen and those are some cool car shoots.....

How can I make panorama from my D5200?

@gen nice shots

@amlan I saw that pic on flicker and it have a lot of distortion on left side

I would have like it more this way
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@kaz, crane1, crane2 and the butterfly shots were great.
Nice Panorama, Amlan

Today due to a bad setting I missed an amazing shot of flying purple sunbird ....the shutterspeed was set at 1/250 accidently and its wings came out blurry :hissyfit:

my mistake

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@Suyjop Even though it looks great

CyberKID said:
@kaz, crane1, crane2 and the butterfly shots were great.

Thanks bro...Crane1 is my fav

thanks kaz ..

Today I tried shooting emus in side cage. But when I kept the lens close to the net it didn't focus properly on emu

though it captured it easily when the camera was little away from the net. Actually light was very low....nothing great worth sharing
TechFest begins tomorrow...Might get some good shoots and some of Kunal Ganjawala the day after tomorrow....

@kaz did you checked in the viewfinder which focus point you selected when shooting emu...I am sure the focus point was falling on the cage and cage was too near to focus.

Yup you are right. And I messed up with focusing and most of the times camera didn't click any pic

Will see if I get time tomorrow, gotta conduct 3 events :wah:

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@sujoyp - both are nice .
How close from the fly ? Why it says 0.0 mm f/0.0 ?

@gen Thanks ...the fly must be about 7-8 inch away from me...it shows that coz mine is Nikon AIS lens fully manual and taken at manual mode ...Nikon 55mm f2.8 AIS micro...its apertue was f8 and focal length is 55mm fixed

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The last set of photos from Sunday

Celebrities.
Sucks that I missed Salman & Jaqline

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@gen thats great...soo vintage car with (vintage)celebs was the theme

@sujotda: hummingbird is awesome! But the flower color???

thanks anirban...flower color is due to slow shutter speed...at that light I could have got 1/1200 shutter speed at f8 but instead I got 1/250 at f8

soo got too much light and flower looked like that

sujoyp said:
thats great...soo vintage car with (vintage)celebs was the theme

Sujoy, I have never seen that bird in my life, but only in the photographs. I know how I would have felt if I missed a chance like that...

Gen, Cool series...

Nac situation is not that bad..that bird lives at a nearby tree and comes daily with its wife

soo will catch him later..today it was soo close to me but no cam at that time

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sujoyp said:
@gen thats great...soo vintage car with (vintage)celebs was the theme

@ sujoyp & nac - Thanks. The vintage car show was the last part of the parade. I went there after hearing there would be an airshow on the 26th but it didn't happen, it was still lot of fun though.
I am mostly happy with these photos. Anything you guys think I could have done differently ?

yes...should have reached on time to shoot Jaqline

Those are some great shots, Sujoy. Though, it seemed that the flowers are overexposed. Anyways, it's always a feast for the eyes to see such great shots. :-D

Jpeg version 9.1 is out. Can we expect it to come to our camera via update?

thanks cyberkid ....I am still trying to figure out a birding technique which I can use in most situations

@kaz never heard of jpeg version update on camera ..

sujoyp said:
@kaz never heard of jpeg version update on camera ..

ohhhhh

some sunbirds again ...I know repatitive..but I am looking for some excellent pose till then I am going to keep trying

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sujoyp said:
thanks anirban...flower color is due to slow shutter speed...at that light I could have got 1/1200 shutter speed at f8 but instead I got 1/250 at f8 soo got too much light and flower looked like that

Maybe, if you have the raw file you could try fiddling with the white balance? That color on that flower is commonly due to the wb being off..

sujoyp said:
yes...should have reached on time to shoot Jaqline

Loool

True!

sujoyp said:
thanks cyberkid ....I am still trying to figure out a birding technique which I can use in most situations

@kaz never heard of jpeg version update on camera ..

May be you can get a bird feeder and set it up against a dark bg?? Use your strobes if possible, with diffusers.

Not for outdoors, though.

no not that kind of technique but something like preset of Shutter speed , aperture, and ISO soo that I have to think only about one of them ...

right now I preset ISO as 400 or 800 and aperture as 7.1 or 8 and see that shutter speed is minimum 1/250 with VR on ...but soo many things are variable that it becomes difficult

sujoyp said:
no not that kind of technique but something like preset of Shutter speed , aperture, and ISO soo that I have to think only about one of them ...

right now I preset ISO as 400 or 800 and aperture as 7.1 or 8 and see that shutter speed is minimum 1/250 with VR on ...but soo many things are variable that it becomes difficult

Ahhh... Well you'll figure that out as you have more experience...

sujoyp said:
preset of Shutter speed , aperture, and ISO soo that I have to think only about one of them ...

I agree, you know in your mind what settings are needed but the bird hardly gives you the time to fiddle about with settings before the moment is lost. I guess the best way is to aperture priority, ISO can be set at 400/800 to ensure that the shutter speed selected automatically is fast enough. Or maybe shutter priority, if you are alternating between flying and sitting birds. That's what I do when clicking kids, it's almost similar :))

I use aperture priority @f8 with ISO 400 or 800 set according to atmosphere... but if by any chance shutter speed go below 1/250 in my 150-500 pic is not comming sharp for sure.

I tried that minimum shutter speed option available but it does not work good...and if I set shutter speed on shuter priority I wont want my cam to take shot at f6.3 always

The Bridge

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@sujoyp - Nice birds. I like the 1st one, looking good.
may be its the angle at which you clicked the 2nd that does not work for me.

@a_medico - nice bridge, great that there's just this one person on the bridge.

Thanks gen..yaah I know nice oof bg would be great to have in 2nd..

Nice bridge medico...

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Nice kaz, was just looking at these pics on flickr. Very well shot

izzikio_rage said:
Nice kaz, was just looking at these pics on flickr. Very well shot

Thanks a lot

I liked 2nd one kaz...the fire is awesome

Thanks

A kingfisher

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Nice shots

thanks kaz

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@kaz - Nice , I like the first one. no idea what that is but it looks great. reminds of those balloons from the movie "the beach". shot it from above or under ?

@sujoyp - The first one is super. Love the lighting & how it glows the edges. Now only if the eyes were exposed better, it'd be perfect. Like the lighting with the dog in the 3rd one but not looking that sharp on flickr.
The 2nd is nice too, nothing negative about it. but somehow I still like 1 & 3 better.

Medico, Excellent :doublethumb:

One of your best in my view...

Kaz, Nice work... You already have lot of ideas (I guess) to try even before buying DSLR

Sujoy, Tinting is excellent. :doublethumb:

1st - Underexposed

a_medico said:
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Excellent shot bro!!

Looks really wide. 10mm??

@sujoyda: the kingfisher is awesome!! The sidelighting really accentuates the colors.

Good timing.

@gen I was under this while shooting...Actually left my dinner and rushed to the place where people were lighting this during my college tech fest.. While shooting the 2nd one I felt the heat all over my hand..

@nac hahaaa I missed shooting this last year

@gen in 2nd the eye is perfectly in focus ...I didnt sharpen anything soo maybe ...I should have selectively sharpen the eyes

@nac if I increase the exposure , the golden hour sunlight will become brighter and will not look yellow...nor the beak will look red also lots of details will be lost ...you give it a try casually and tell me

Thanks nac and everyone.
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sujoyp said:
@gen in 2nd the eye is perfectly in focus ...I didnt sharpen anything soo maybe ...I should have selectively sharpen the eyes

Never said that about the 2nd.

I thought the eyes were underexposed in the 1st & eyes don't look that sharp in 3rd,
may be you can try selectively adjusting eyes for the first, because apart from it, it perfect, either way I love both of those pics (1 & 3) for the lighting.

@gen sorry not 2nd I was talking about the dog 3rd one

...ok will give another try for eyes of 1st one

@medico your b&w is looking much better then original one

@anorion is it you with dslr

Bought a Nikon D5100 yesterday. Can someone give me a good heads up guide/tutorial link for shooting tips with this camera?

@sam get The Digital Photography Book by scott kelby and read it thoroughly ...its the simplest book/ebook available to learn

That's what I hate the most.....Reading Books

sujoyp said:
@sam get The Digital Photography Book by scott kelby and read it thoroughly ...its the simplest book/ebook available to learn

thanks a lot man, hey for a quick start, can you tell me the fstop and ISO settings with a no zoom 18-55, for a night cityscape snap?

Some great shots on the last page.
I'm not a very big fan of B&W shots, but, what medico posted was indeed a great shot.

Again great bird shots, Sujoy.

But, those dogs are surely gonna sue you someday, for posting their objectionable pictures online. :twisted:

@sujoyp nope, it was someone doing reverse ring macro photography... at Sanjay Gandhi National Park. had never heard of it till yest

@kaz photography is more of a science when you hold a cam to shoot ....soo have to read and see youtube videos

@sam I am not good at cityscape but just for beginners we can use 2 settings
1. Hand holded aperture priority f5.6 @ 18mm ISO800 or ISO 1600
2. keep it on a stable surface put on shutter priority set shutter speed 4" sec@18mm and ISO 100

try some combinations

@anorion I have done that 2.5 yrs back for macros...its quit difficult and better to get macro lens

@Anorion: Am planning to do that, was smiling when I saw your shot

@Sam: if you have a tripod or a stable surface to put the cam on then use the following settings
f/8 or f/16
minimum ISO : 80 or 100
Increase shutter speed till you get proper exposure :
put a 10sec timer so that your pressing the shutter button does not cause blur by moving the cam
turn off image stabilization: sounds stupid, but for a mounted camera the mechanism itself causes some motion and hence blurring
focus at infinity (manual focus is much better since the shot is usually a little dark for the autofocus to work as well)

Share the pics, I guess we'll all be able to give better advise once we see what you are shooting

@amlan do remember some things when using reverse ring...
1.you are using ur lens in reverse and dust can enter through back coz its hollow in many lenses...
2.secondly if u accidently bump ur plastic mount of ur lens somewhere then ur lens will not be usable ever.
3. front side is strong enough to hold filters but not strong enough to hold a heavy lens...its not a mount..dont try it on a zoom lens like 55-250
4.reverse ring needs aperture ring on the lens else you have to control the aperture liver manually...it may damage the liver

what I did was get a Rs.3000 Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF lens (not new D lens or AFS lens) and used it with reverse ring...even that lens get damaged will not make big damage on my pocket.

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You Are Not a Photographer | Exposing fauxtographers since 2011

Thanks those pics are hilerious

sujoyp said:
@nac if I increase the exposure , the golden hour sunlight will become brighter and will not look yellow...nor the beak will look red also lots of details will be lost ...you give it a try casually and tell me

I mean, you could bring out the shadow details in PP. Was it shot RAW? You bet, I did it already...

sujoyp said:
@anorion is it you with dslr

I was about to ask the same thing.

Digital Photography Tips and Tutorials for Beginners - Digital Photography School

yes nac ...now days I shoot raw only when going for photography

sam_738844 said:
thanks a lot man, hey for a quick start, can you tell me the fstop and ISO settings with a no zoom 18-55, for a night cityscape snap?

Quick tip:
1. Use the auto mode to get exactly what you wanted - a quick guess on appropriate the settings. Dont take the photo, just notice the settings.
2. Now remember the following handly rules
a. Half the exposure (2x faster shutter period) => double the ISO for the same exposure
b. 1/30s is pretty much the limit of handheld photography with a good 18-55 lens like the default Canons

A bit more advanced is trying to balance the EV meter at 0ev (negotiable) while keeping one/two parameter(s) fixed (like the shutter speed/ISO) - Thats what I use and prefer. Keep shooting

PS: More zoom => lesser exposure since the f number increases - keep that in mind. A shot which would be unusable at the 55mm end MAY be possible at a lower focal length on the same lens. This of course applies only to the regular zooms like the 18-55 stocks and not the nice, constant f lenses.

Nac how is this edit of kingfisher...but you can not view it more than 1024x768 or you will find it too grainy

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Sujoy, the kingfisher shot is an absolute beauty

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sujoyp said:
@kaz photography is more of a science when you hold a cam to shoot ....soo have to read and see youtube videos

I prefer online articles and youtube the most

@kaz 2nd pic is nice

err soo isnt online article = ebook in pdf format

sujoyp said:
@kaz 2nd pic is nice

wish I had more zoom

err soo isnt online article = ebook in pdf format

haaha

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@kaz - Nice both pics. Your cam is new but you are doing real great. I like most of the pics you post except for that .... signature.

Gen.Libeb said:
@kaz - Nice both pics. Your cam is new but you are doing real great. I like most of the pics you post except for that .... signature.

Thanks a ton....These comments keeps me going

You don't like the signature's style or should I remove it completely ? :cry:

Kaz, i like the moment of the first pic more... If only the stand in foreground.

PS: you have camera shake.

anirbandd said:
Kaz, i like the moment of the first pic more... If only the stand in foreground.

PS: you have camera shake.

Thanks..I also like the 1st one more

And yes there was camera shake

was shooting hand held at 1/50th of sec

kaz said:
Thanks..I also like the 1st one more
And yes there was camera shake was shooting hand held at 1/50th of sec

Hmm.. You dont use IS/VR?

Sujoy, It's better. Yeah, couldn't avoid the noise when pulling shadow details.

Kaz, Nice work...

reducing noise will surpress all the feather details...soo its better to be bit grainy with all details

sujoyp said:
I was playing with HDR

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@sujoy da: just saw this... Its an amazing shot. A m a z i n g.

I have no words to describe its beauty. You have captured the quintessential essence of ancient Kolkata in that pic and postprocessing. Hats off to you.

Thanks anirban for liking it soo much ...shot it from that park under Ravindra sarover bridge....its a nice place to shoot these type of beautiful landscapes

That is really awesome sujoy. PP is incredible. I need to learn some PP, m very bad at it :-(

thanks nikku...that pic looks ok without PP ..but looks much better after PP

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kaz said:
Thanks a ton....These comments keeps me going You don't like the signature's style or should I remove it completely ?

Its up to you. There must be a reason you placed the watermark in the first place.

In case it is to keep people from stealing your pics, I think its pretty easy to clone it out. Otherwise they'd just crop that part out.

If you are keeping it try out other styles, may be something semi-transparent or in such a colour that does not takes the attention away from the main picture.

@kaz ur signature is lot bigger on the pics

problem with watermark is that if u put on top or bottom or left right it can be cropped away easily...and if u put it on center it looks bad ...now its upto you..

Shot when I was shooting for golden hour photo project.

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@anirbandd I use VR but the subject was also moving

@nac thanks

and I will look in that signature thing....may be designing a new one

@nac nice shots....sunrise looks good

Back after a long while.

Anyways good work guys.
Heres a totally fcked up & a very bad attempt of low shutter photography.

I was not having any tripod at that time.
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nac I liked the 2nd one

quanchi ...I can imagine what it is

should have kept dslr on anything stable ...still nice attempt

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@nac- Nice sunrise

@quan chi - That's nice, quite better than my even more fcked up similar attempt. No tripod too so I kept the cam on the railing outside but as the wheel started it didn't remain much stable.

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This one looks gooood.

Great angle!!

One second or little less is suffice for the effect you guys have tried (long exposure giant wheel).

@gen, that is a pretty good shot .... you should probably post process it a little and crop out the pillar at the left side (which is quite blurred). Other than that its pretty cool

@ Gen.Libeb Thats unfortunate.

the angle was actually good!

anyways another fcked up one.

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@anirbandd, izzikio_rage - thanks, its nice you liked it.

@quan chi - what is that thing ?

^^ Look closely.

anyways a hawker demonstrating one of those glowing toys.

Never let me go

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thats a cute moment medico

wow, medico that is an amazing amazing picture .... very nicely shot ... where is this?

nice..seems like the baby elephant is feeling cold

izzikio_rage said:
wow, medico that is an amazing amazing picture .... very nicely shot ... where is this?

Thats elephant orphanage near Kandy

Finally got D7000 + sandisk extreme 8GB

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And also keeping D3100 for a month ...dad wants to try ...soo have 2 DSLR now

Hey!!! Finally got it...

Congrats...
Bought with kit lens?

Congrats sujoy.... Waiting to see some great pics from this one too.

thanks nac and amlan

no, the shopkeeper didnt had the body only box soo he removed the kit lens and gave the remaining

to get good shots it will take time....today morning was trying to shoot birds on auto selection autofocus mode and it was not easy

What's the difference in its focusing system ?

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sujoyp said:
Finally got D7000 + sandisk extreme 8GB

That's great, Congatulations.
Now you will make everything look awesome. The birds are still there ?

sujoyp said:
Finally got D7000 + sandisk extreme 8GB

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And also keeping D3100 for a month ...dad wants to try ...soo have 2 DSLR now

I'll advice to keep them both. I was planning to sell my 500d, when i brought my secondhand 60d. But then i realized it makes sense to carry both (though adds to bulk) as i happen to use uwa and telephoto. Each on different cam, so i dont have to change the lens everytime.

thanks gen...yes some birds are there...today morning clicked purple sunbird and barbet at my garden

@kaz D7000 have a much faster and advance focus system with 39 AF points and I think 12 cross focus points...where D3100 had only 1 cross focus point and 12 AF points
Also there is lots of focus options in D7000

@medico ....I am keeping my D3100 for now ...yes to avoide lens change two bodies are required,,,will see if it gets properly utilized ..in any case it will be used by dad now

hmmm I see

@sujoy congrats dude. Waiting for some awesome clicks.

thanks @nikku. ....let me check the result in the evening...damn I wish I had no office for 3-4 days

Take cl(S)ick leave for a week then...

No nac I have already out of unpaid leaves...took them when I used to come home from dhaka

now m waiting for april to get this years leaves

good shot medico.

Congrats sujoy. Actually I too was thinking of getting one but since I am still learning that would be an overkill for me.

If possible please do a little review and how different is the new D7100 from it?

yup D7000 is quit an advance DSLR ...it would certainly be an overkill for starters

let me use it for a week then I can review it

the main points different from D7100 -
D7100 have much better focus module
D7100 have better weather sealing
D7100 can autofocus even on f8 lenses example 300mm f4+ 2x TC = 600mm f8
D7100 have newer sensor and no low pass filter..due to that pics are much more sharper but grainier
D7100 have a software 1.3x crop mode which gives faster burst rate and good for birding

but all these good things do not justify the 25k more cost from D7000

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Purple sunbird by sujoyp, on Flickr

sujoyp said:
but all these good things do not justify the 25k more cost from D7000

Yes it seems a bit overpriced.Thats why i asked you if the difference is too large.

I have one more good news ...the nikon 50mm which I damaged due to my negligence in december and put to rest (removed from my signature too) is finally working after I checked it seriously ...although it have lots n lots of fungus but pic quality is fine.

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DSC_0111 by sujoypackrasy, on Flickr

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DSC_0110 by sujoypackrasy, on Flickr

if u are curious what I damaged then story is I opened up the back part of the lens to clean the fungus ...but I was nervous enough soo decided to repack again without doing anything...but could not assemble properly..soo it was not working ...After all I spent only 3.5k 2.5years back ..

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The super bokeh in the first one is because of the new camera ? or because of 50mm lens ?
I like it.

@gen the bokeh is coz of 50mm taken at f1.8

cam have no role in that

Congrats, for your new purchase, Sujoy. Looking forward for some great shots from you. :-D

And it's a promising start for now. :-D

@cyberkid thanks ..I have not started yet

want to do soo many things...today I am playing with D7000+50mm and its a lightweight and quick combo

wow, nice to know that your f/1.8 prime is back. BTW how do you end up with lenses at such amazing prices?

wow, nice to know that your f/1.8 prime is back. BTW how do you end up with lenses at such amazing prices?

Amlan I buy lens used..new ones cost too much...and this is not the newer D lens its one genration older lens..but its just as good as new gen one..I bought it to reverse mount for macro

Gen.Libeb said:
The super bokeh in the first one is because of the new camera ? or because of 50mm lens ?
I like it.

sujoyp said:
@gen the bokeh is coz of 50mm taken at f1.8 cam have no role in that

That is lens blur not bokeh.

he he he aniraban ...dont start again

just put creamy bokeh in google image search and then tell

Hmm.. Okay. They seem to be the same thing.

Thanks!

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Good Morning

Nice work kaz.

And a very good morning to all!

Thanks

nice work kaz

just spent my whole morning for birding at a nearby dam and found that D7000's auto focus point selection is soo irritating...soo many of my shots got out of focus...I have to find a way to handle it..it wont let me select the focus point and itself select wrong points. :banghead:

not even one shot worth posting :cry:

@sujoy: he he ... the new camera depression syndrome

. Happens to me everytime I change my cam. It's irritating to know that your cam can do everything better than the old one yet it doesn't want to ... plus you miss the small small benefits of the old cam. I was missing CHDK and things like a 10x zoom for months after I got my DSLR

sujoyp said:
nice work kaz

just spent my whole morning for birding at a nearby dam and found that D7000's auto focus point selection is soo irritating...soo many of my shots got out of focus...I have to find a way to handle it..it wont let me select the focus point and itself select wrong points. not even one shot worth posting

You cant select an auto focus point manually??

@Amlan yes u r spot on...I know its much better then my old cam but somehow could not contol it...may take time.

@anirban...no I cant control the 39 Af points manually as of now...but I am searching for option to do it

A selfportrait of magician

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Magic1 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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@sujoyp - wow !!! That one is brilliant.

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sujoyp said:
@Amlan yes u r spot on...I know its much better then my old cam but somehow could not contol it...may take time.

@anirban...no I cant control the 39 Af points manually as of now...but I am searching for option to do it

A selfportrait of magician

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Magic1 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Brilliant

Thanks pranav and gen

good that the incense sticks (agarbatti) are totally covered in my hands

Sujoyda brilliant execution.

thanks anirban

at least my sunday did not go waste

Good one @sujoy... liked the smoky effect

Nice pics there guys.

Some shots of konark from my side.

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Thanks abhidev

Nice shots quanchi...do u have more shots..specially konark statue

Thanks sujoy. Unfortunately due to limited time I even could not explore the place properly.

I didn't get the time to shoot enough statues. Btw still I will try & see If i have any good pics of statues.

Meanwhile enjoy these two.

In the first pic look at the middle left side there is a statue of surya's youth(afternoon) form. The middle one from here I think *www.thekonark.in/konarksungod.html
Similarly on right side I think it contains surya as a child (morning).(Its hidden)

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@quan chi: Loked the first shot

@ Sujoy : This might sound silly, but isn't this what you wanted ?
Nikon D7000 Autofocus Settings

Some random (noisy) shots from me :-

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IMG_5715_e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_5640_e by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_5543_e by pranav0091, on Flickr

@quanchi hmm would have loved some more detailed shots

anyways thanks for sharing

@pranav ... :duh2:

thanks bro ...I just not noticed that focus liver also have a button inside ...and it really solves all the problems

I used the focus liver at least 3-4 times but never noticed the button

sujoy da and all, please suggest me a suitable HDR bracketing range for wide f8-f10 landscape shots. cloudy, metering is sometimes fooling me and i picked some underexposed shots ( which is actually safe and better than OE), still how to do the metering correct for HDR in a cloudy day ?

also much appreciated if someone can tell me where is the Mirror Lock option in D5100 ?

@gen regarding your ship picture...I would say its too tightly taken or cropped...there is just no composition in it ...no space left on front neither back ...

@pranav ...1st one have color cast..improve the white balance on that flower ...2nd is beautiful and 3rd is cute.

@sam I think you have to use point metering and point to the thing which you think is right exposed...if u use matrix metering then in a dull weather it may just underexpose or over expose the whole picture ...in any case u will not get properly exposed shot in a cloudy day...if u want that then take two pictures point the focus point on ground and take the shot and take the same shot with focus point on clouds...then merge both

mirror lock button is AE/AL button ...I have check the path at home

Sujoy I myself is missing some detailed shots which i couldn't take due to reasons sated earlier.

Pranav your first shot is good but needs a little improvement as stated above. Last one is good too but the finger should have been blurred a little bit.

Anyways another statue shot (actually its a very average shot i think. lots of crowds thus had to make it quick)

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screen shot on pc

Quanchi ..looking at ur shots I think I will add konark to my "things to visit before I die" list for rich in monuments and ancient indian culture

Add khajuraho too.

Its exciting.

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Lonely Tree
by
srikant mishra

anirbandd said:
Add khajuraho too.

Its exciting.

Added

...btw its in madhya pradesh ..right?

@skrmish ...nice shot and composition ...but is it HDR..

anirbandd said:
Add khajuraho too.

Its exciting.

yes it sure is... :lol:

IYNWIM

I was preparing for holi this weekend by capturing some high speed shots.

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it was a good attempt amlan...btw you must have read somewhere...what else we can shoot in high speed ...you can reply on other thread

sujoyp said:
Added ...btw its in madhya pradesh ..right?

@skrmish ...nice shot and composition ...but is it HDR..

Its in camera HDR and post processing in PS. SX50 is starting to impress me especially with static bird shots at full zoom. I went to mangalajodi saturday and got some good pics of birds. Will be uploading soon after processing. It was also able to capture moving birds but its damn impossible to view through the ugly viewfinder and track the bird movements. Hence i had to zoom back and capture it from a distance. Needless to say, this cam isnt suited for BIF shots.

Good that SX50 is soo capable...will be waiting for your bird shots

Wow ....Congrats Sujoy on that D7000...

My cousin wants to take up photography professionally ,so among all the suggestions I suggested him to take classes at IIPCAL International Institute of Photography Kolkata - Learn the Art from Masters. Advance courses, photojournalism and commercial photography in India's premier photography academy in Kolkata.. Suggestions are warmly welcomed . Thank you.

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Another Day Ends
by
srikant mishra

superb one skrmish ...loved it

Thanks Inci ....yup that institute looks good and economical

srkmish loved your pics! good work!

sujoy I love visiting historic places too. Read the story of konark its interesting. The wheels of the chariot acts as a clock or sundial & shows almost accurate time! The minutes have 3mm spacing between them! Engineering even in those days was at its best!

Another statue.

Statue of chaya devi the wife of sungod or surya dev.

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This is not konark.

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@srkmish : Excellent shot for any camera, especially a non-dslr.

@Sujoy : Poor lighting on that first picture, went through a bit of experimentation in PP, and then added a layer which worsened the color-cast, but improved the texture on the petals. Yes, the shots could have been better...

pranav0091 said:
@srkmish : Excellent shot for any camera, especially a non-dslr.

The correct terminoloy would be : especially a Small Sensor Camera

. There are compact cams having full frame sensors

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@sujoyp - Thanks. Much appreciated comments. I was on one of those boats and clicking all the different things I saw, the others came out even worse.

@srkmish - Both pics are nice. I love the first pic except that its one of the rare times where I don't like the sun rays.
The 2nd one is super too.

@izzikio_rage - Those are great. How many balloons you wasted before getting this and how close were you ?? water proof camera ..

@quan chi - Nice pics.

skrmish ..really bro there are soo many types of cameras these days specially sony have confused us much
1. Medium format
2. DSLR APSC sensor
3. DSLR full frame
4. DSLT APSC
5. DSLT full frame
6. compact full frame ILC
7. Compact full frame fixed
8. compact APSC
9. Compact ApSC ILC
10. m4/3
11. 1" sensor ILC
12. 1" compact
13. 1/7"
14. 1/2.3"

hufffff...I remember only this much

@Gen: I think i popped some 10-15 balloons before I got this one

, my lens was at full zoom of 50mm so close enough to get some drops on the camera but far enough to be safe.

@sujoy: I know, it's now really hard to judge people by the camera they carry, not that you should do that anyhow. I once got chewed out by some organizer of a photography exhibition since I purchased a bad compact sony camera rather than going for a Canon or Nikon. c'est la vie

sujoyp said:
skrmish ..really bro there are soo many types of cameras these days specially sony have confused us much
1. Medium format
2. DSLR APSC sensor
3. DSLR full frame
4. DSLT APSC
5. DSLT full frame
6. compact full frame ILC
7. Compact full frame fixed
8. compact APSC
9. Compact ApSC ILC
10. m4/3
11. 1" sensor ILC
12. 1" compact
13. 1/7"
14. 1/2.3"

hufffff...I remember only this much

But that is a good thing Sujoy. Sony, Fujifilm, olympus, panny are experimenting and innovating and bringing new products. RX100 is a great example of a cheap cam which doesnt compromise on quality. New Fuji cameras with x-trans sensor or something is touted to be the next big thing and those using it say it delivers images at par or even better than FF Cameras. Nikon and Canon are resting on their laurels and bringing nothing new to the table.

amlan its really important to use a bit longer zoom then 50mm ...anyways we have to adjust with what we have

I know people are soo brand conscious...one of my friend always bore me with how good canon is and how bad nikon...and i should sell off everything and join canon brandwagon....
suppose If I carry a sony RX1 which is DSLT Compact fullframe camera with 35mm fixed lens ...cost almost 1.2-1.5 lakh and people will think I am just a point and shoot user

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1 Review: Digital Photography Review

skrmish ...true that sony fuji olympus panasonic all are trying to bring something new...but sony should control there innovation and build on the additional lenses and accessories required.
Sony have DSLT, NEX, RX, now those new full frame A7R ....where are the lenses ...and how many type of flash mounts third party will make ..
Nikon and canon have almost a 100 lens choice each and full support for third party equipments from wireless triggers to flash to android apps...even software support .
but DSLT have some choice but Nex and A7R have only max 10 lens ...

wow some great shots to see...liked IMG_5640_e by Pranav, izzikio's water balloon and the boat and tree are amazing Srkmish

@skirmish awesome pic!!!

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Reflection
by
srikant mishra

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@srkmish - Reflection is looking nice.

First flower pic of the year.

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@Sujoy: don't have a zoom lens, am trying to jugaadofy a couple of old manual lenses.

@Srikant: loved your first shot of the boat, the reflections one seems slightly underexposed

@gen: nice flowers

@amlan old manual lens is good as far as either its one of those gems or for macro and wideangle purpose or if its free or super cheap ...else get AF focus one.
spending 6-7k on a manual zoom lens is just not worth

nice flower @gen

Some pics taken with the FZ150:

*i.imgur.com/7xqNuxS.jpg

*i.imgur.com/UdQEA1j.jpg

tkin bird shot is very clear ...thats nice shot

sujoyp said:
tkin bird shot is very clear ...thats nice shot

Yeah, tried a bokeh, worked good with max zoom.

wow the bg houses matches the colours of the pigeon

Anorion said:
wow the bg houses matches the colours of the pigeon

Pigeon's Creed

@tkin: nice shot.

if you can, try again with the background full of the houses, no sky...
and get your horizons and verticals right..

in a wide, cinematic shot. if you can. try it.

anirbandd said:
@tkin: nice shot.

if you can, try again with the background full of the houses, no sky...
and get your horizons and verticals right..

in a wide, cinematic shot. if you can. try it.

I'll try to gas the Pigeon and glue it to the pipe and try something

Jokes aside, this was taken in Hyd, left there, and Pigeons can't be found where I live in kolkata, you know any place?

oh

yeah i know a place. its right opposite my balcony, on the neighboring house.

Taken at Mangalajodi, Orissa

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skrmish ...these shots are good bro ...even with my huge 150-500 I am not getting this much clarity ....looks like I will have to get a Sony HX400V (63x optical zoom)

Srkmish: you've got the time of the day spot on.. Great lighting and good photos man.

sujoyp said:
skrmish ...these shots are good bro ...even with my huge 150-500 I am not getting this much clarity ....looks like I will have to get a Sony HX400V (63x optical zoom)

First sell me your gear.

sujoyp said:
skrmish ...these shots are good bro ...even with my huge 150-500 I am not getting this much clarity ....looks like I will have to get a Sony HX400V (63x optical zoom)

I think u shud wait for canon sx60. I read on a rumors site that canon has patented some tech for 100x zoom :O

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@srkmish - Well done on the bird photos. Those are looking great.

@anirban...your wish can be fulfilled this year itself ....would love to get Nikon 300f4 +TC 1.4x combo ....start saving

@skrmish ...wow 100x now thats what I am waiting for...will sit on a relaxing chair in the middle and shoot all the birds from there

sujoyp said:
@anirban...your wish can be fulfilled this year itself ....would love to get Nikon 300f4 +TC 1.4x combo ....start saving

@skrmish ...wow 100x now thats what I am waiting for...will sit on a relaxing chair in the middle and shoot all the birds from there

100x Zoom handheld is a joke

I had issues with 25x already - manageable, but definitely not recommended.

And meanwhile sony will release a camera that has wheels and a bird feeder. that way you let it go and when birds come to eat it'll click images of them. At the end of the day it will come back to you and give you the photos

Nice work guys... :thumbs:

I like Sujoy's Magic1, Pranav's cute kitten, Srkmish's lonely tree, Amlan's balloon blast.

@pranav thats not a problem ...I can use a gorrila pod or tripod and set cam on that

BTW I am seriously getting a monopod next birding season...I cant carry my combo in hand for more than 1-2 hrs continously ...

@amlan LOL we will just send drones from home to shoot pics and directly upload live shots on FB

@nac thanks...u checked after soo many days ???

sujoyp said:
@nac thanks...u checked after soo many days ???

Yeah, out of town. Weddings, travel...

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Both these shot this week. You may still see some lens distortion, as I couldn't find a perfect lens profile for my camera.

*i.imgur.com/CRRV9gm.jpg

*i.imgur.com/nts8wBH.jpg

Nice shots and composition nac

@nac: the night image is very beautiful.

Do any of you post regularly on Instagram, Flickr or VSCO Grid? We can follow each other there too. I follow Sujoy on Flickr I think.

@krow ok soo you are pranay parab...I was just wondering

Krow there is a flickr thread too ...you can check that thread for others

^^ Most of us have put our flickr link in our signature.

Thank you Sujoy and Amlan.

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I like 500px better than flickr. 500px feels more "artistic" and i hate those tags/awards/groups in Flickr comments.

500px mostly has better photos, or it ensures that you see only the good ones. But somehow the community on flickr is better, they respond to queries, discuss stuff. So images have better comments than just a "v+f"

And since its free, i use both.

nice skrmish

yes I too use both...500px have great way to display the best pics ...and flickr have great groups where we can see the pics of a certain lens or a certain dslr and discuss about it

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Shot some macro

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Pollen by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Spidy web by sujoyp, on Flickr

I know spider web could be better...but light comming from back is natural between leaves...not under my control

Nice clicks Sujoy.

Thanks nac

@sam some of them are composed properly but u have done too much editing using HDR ...

@Srkmish were do you live... How far is Mangalajodi from Bbsr?

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@Sujoyp I tried shooting web but had no luck

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Will post some pics from today's picnic soon....

this update and like thing is cool in TDF

i live in bhubaneswar. mangalajodi is 85 km away and is a paradise for bird lovers . thousands of birds of many varieties. winter is the best time to visit as the most variety ull find at this time cuz its time for european birds to arrive. Also the perfect place for anyone to hone his bird photography skills. one of my friends goes every weekend.

Thanks....Lets see if I can make it this month because next month they all will be gone I guess?
I will be here at Berhampur till April and after that my studies will be over.... So for me its like now or never

@kaz u are already bit late...still see that u go as soon as possible ...in Nagpur I can already see winter birds moving back

kaz for web try manual focussing ...I use macro lens although

@Sujoyp hmmmm lets see if I can manage because my B.Tech project presentation is very near

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Sunset from a moving vehicle

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I'm dead

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Relaxing

@kaz, that is a really scary turtle.

@kaz its a dead turtle right ...or is it alive...

@izzikio_rage yes it was.... @sujoyp it was dead... you can see that the eyes are not there...

We were in water and this came floating towards us upside down... Some of us were very close and we rushed out shouting "a dead turtle is here" and those who were little far said its just a bag of cement... finally we managed to get this out of water and turned it

...It was pretty heavy

such a bigg dead turtle with all the skin...whoever ate it is quit sharp in eating

sujoyp said:
such a bigg dead turtle with all the skin...whoever ate it is quit sharp in eating

Decayed - mother nature

Yeah may be it had its natural death and is getting decayed now... Or may be hit by boats or something

Scary Turtle !
But Image is Great !

Thanks

nac said:
Yeah, out of town. Weddings, travel...

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Both these shot this week. You may still see some lens distortion, as I couldn't find a perfect lens profile for my camera.

Second pic is good but I think something is missing. Maybe its a bit dark.
@kaz scary photos.

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Vroom Vroom !!!!

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JhalmudiWala

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Bhukh Lagi Hai

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Cutie

damn, you guys seriously post really great and professional looking pics :mrgreen:

snap said:
damn, you guys seriously post really great and professional looking pics

Was that for me

kaz said:
Was that for me

all of you who regularly post here, you guys have dedication and work hard and are eager to learn and teach :razz:

unlike many people who just buy a dslr and think they are photographers. You Are Not a Photographer | Exposing fauxtographers since 2011

kaz said:
Was that for me

Kaz u taking everything alone

your crying gal is good ...I am not good at analysing human shots

@snap I read that article in that link ...it was very hilarious

@sujoyp

i know nothing about photography so glad to find that you enjoyed the link

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Rose2 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Rose1 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Butterfly2 by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Butterfly1 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Great macros

Beautiful photos , sujoy, which lens u used

thanks kaz & skrmish

@skrmish ...bro I used my Nikon 55mm f2.8 AIS micro lens ...its an awesome lens ..full manual lens

I don't get why a lens can't be a macro and a portrait/landscape shooter too, when the focal length is same in the each specific one :???:

@kaz a macro lens dont need a f1.8 aperture coz most macro shots are taken at f5.6- f8 ...and it does not produce that nice creamy bokeh of portraits..the creamy green background produced in macro shot is due to magnification..although if you want to take portrait with macro lens its not a problem...

portrait lens are more of creating creamy clean background ..soo they are f1.4 or f1.8 aperture like 50mm 1.8, 50mm 1.4 or 85mm 1.8 ....50mm 1.8 can focus very close

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macro lenses are like 55mm 2.8, 60mm f2.8 , 85mm f3.5 90mm f2.8, 105mm f2.8 105mm f4 etc

Cool means one can use f2.8 on a 55mm macro for portraits ?

wow, sujoy, just checked out the images from your friends. They are absolutely brilliant at this.

@ kaz yes off course I can use it as portrait lens ...and result will be very sharp indeed...but its a 100% manual lens...you have to decide the aperture and shutter speed yourself and metering wont work on D5200
thats the advantage of D7000 ....now I am getting focus confirmation and point metering

it became easy to use

@amlan ...yup really those are great ...his gears are also superior no doubt ....300f4+tc 1.4x is much superior then 150-500 but cost also double used

Sujoy, Rose1 is really nice. :thumbs:

kaz said:
Cool means one can use f2.8 on a 55mm macro for portraits ?

Ofcourse

Thanks nac

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@sujoyp - What did you do ?? The last set of pics are on a new level of awesomeness compared to some of your previous pics.

@gen thanks

its just matter of chance bro

...today I got soo many birds but the weather was soo bad ...had to shoot at ISO800 and 1600

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Morning light by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Blue birdie by sujoyp, on Flickr

wow... is that a tadpole in the kingfisher's beak

donno kaz It just dived in the water and caught in a sec .... I wanted to shoot the dive but it was just too fast for me

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Guys I took this 3x3 panorama today...just experiment ....I think its called matrix panorama a 70MB file

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Matrix panorama by sujoypackrasy, on Flickr

Excellent pics -kingfisher and blue birdie - sujoy

Thanks pranav

Sujoy, I agree with the others... the last few pics have been really amazing. You've absolutely made full use of the birding season

Thanks Amlan..I just tried the best I can

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nice pics using iphone ....but it cant take shot of bird

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Nice shots srk, specially the first one. Great golden hour shot

nice shots srkmish ...1st one is quit good...it would look much better if all birds would fly similarly ..but thats not in our control
other two are very sharp...looks nice

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@srkmish - Nice. I like the 3rd pic of the white bird.

For the iphone pics, the one thing common between all of them, all have great locations.

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Attack

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from crane 1 and 2 which edit you like more?

@kaz 1st one looks funny ...I like crane1 more...its close and equally sharp like crane2

sujoyp said:
@kaz 1st one looks funny ...I like crane1 more...its close and equally sharp like crane2

yeah 1st one is funny

crane 1 is cropped more and vibrance and saturation bumped up

There is no activity here for some time...let me start again

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Garden by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Plight of Zoo animals by sujoyp, on Flickr

The first owl shot and flowers one are really fantastic

Thanks @skrmish

Sujoy, I like "looking you", shallow depth of "garden" and Cheetah is also nice.
That monkey looks like a realistic doll

"Green House" - I think there is a tilt and kinda unbalanced compo.

@nac I too feel there is some issue with my Green house picture other then just tilt....what should I do...any suggestions? I liked the composition that way but just 50% satisfied with that.

Please critique

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Grass

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Road

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Sailing

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Waves

great pics @sujoyp and @kaz

@kaz the first pic for moment felt like a bunch of peacocks with their feathers open

sujoyp said:
@nac I too feel there is some issue with my Green house picture other then just tilt....what should I do...any suggestions? I liked the composition that way but just 50% satisfied with that.

Sujoy, i feel since it was midday, hence there is no drama in sky for the greenhouse shot and the light is harsh. You should try taking this compo during golden hours

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@Kaz : did u go to satapada?

srkmish said:
@Kaz : did u go to satapada?

naa this college project is not allowing me to go anywhere

also had my GATE exam yesterday :hyper:

@skrmish ...you are correct I think...if there is some golden light comming between the trees It would look great...will do it someday

sujoyp said:
@nac I too feel there is some issue with my Green house picture other then just tilt....what should I do...any suggestions? I liked the composition that way but just 50% satisfied with that.

I think if the building is in the centre, it would be little more balanced than now. Center in the sense, it has more space on the left than right side of the photograph and correcting the tilt would be fine in my view. The pro photographers may have little more than this. And turn it b/w, I will like even more

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kaz said:
Please critique

I like road and sailing. Sailing is super sharp all the way...
Vignetting doesn't do any good to "waves" and shallow DOF is also not working in my view.

nac said:
I like road and sailing. Sailing is super sharp all the way...
Vignetting doesn't do any good to "waves" and shallow DOF is also not working in my view.

Hmmmm but shoot at f8 and still came this way

and f10 in Sailing seems to have made lots of difference ...

kaz I like sailing and road ...sorry I did not noticed the pic before coz of page change here

Nac now the pic is looking lot better ...I will also try again

Thanks

@Sujoy, very nice pics of the owl. I sort of like the green house pic, the road and trees lead the eye to the house. If you really want an alternate way to shoot this then you might want to shoot in landscape rather than portrait, with the edges of the road meeting the photo corners

Here is a pic from my weekend

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Nightlife by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

^ That's a nice one, Amlan. :thumbs:

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izzikio_rage said:
with the edges of the road meeting the photo corners

Nice tip.

I keep in mind, I will try when I get an opportunity.

Thanks amlan ....I will try that next time

your nightlife is great amlan ...which city is that?

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I edited the Green house pic..is it any better
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Lonely Hut by sujoyp, on Flickr

^ It sure is better... :thumbs:

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Dogs in bush

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Crows

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Crow

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Pooping Eagle

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wow kaz u got eagle shot ...thats great ...I never even saw one till now

I like the colour treatment in "dogs in bush", but I am not sure about the hard vignetting. Esp, for the BIF photograph. Sky is pretty clear, there is nothing distracting or cluttered. I don't know, may be I am not used to it.

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Jaimin, First one is nice.
3rd - Your watermark is sharper and brighter than the subject and draws the attention to your watermark. And this watermark issue is applicable to all your photographs.
4th - I don't know whether it's intentional shallow dof or miniature effect, but it doesn't work for this landscape in my view and kinda little distorted.

Nac you are right...vignetting was not at all required ...he may have used it as a frame around

@jamin I liked your 2nd pic...concept is right there...need more improvement

3rd pic also seems conceptually correct...but pic need more editing

4th blurry jungle is not good here

@kaz: very nice pics. Im also not sure of vignette. It works for the Crow portrait as it enhances the eerie tone, but doesnt suit the dog and the eagle. Eagle one btw is very cool.

@sujoy and @nac thnks for comments.these pics are taken as my first photography lessons (on nikon d5100).

the sharpness will come after stand bcz my hands are not habituated to handle dslr

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@nac in 4th i tried miniture effect

4th pic is tilt shift? artificially made in photoshop or actually shot that way? it has the miniature effect, but too there is too much blurry trees in foreground, maybe keep more of it clear?
also, your composition is a little off, check out "rule of thirds" and "filling the frame".

ooh thats miniature effect or tilt shift effect ... is it useful for landscapes...I have seen that effect mostly on cityscapes

yup its right the vignetting doesn't look good in the eagle pic especially

I spoiled the pic :cry:

good a bad habit of vignetting every pic....

Planning for a trip to Similipal on 20th of March... I have never seen a tiger before

@srkmish I can go Mangaljodi after 15th only... Will it be worth going there in mid march?

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@kaz - I like the 3rd crow (colour pic) but the vignette is too much in other.

Kaz, that is a brilliant eagle pic. But I think whatever the intention of the vignette effect it has been overdone.

@Sujoy: that is jaipur, taken from nargarh fort
@jaimin: I liked the idea of the krishna pic

I was out with my manual lenses and a macro converter this weekend, here is one of the shots (feeling a little too lazy to PP or put them up these days)

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amlan nice shot ...although I donno why I didnt like it on flickr

ur laziness in PP/taking shots/uploading can be termed as dip in interest...see that u do innovative things soo that repetitive things do not bore you.

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2nd shot is good jaimin

@sujoy mine too!!

I liked the 4th shot the most ...did you add more pics ...that city and lake shot was 2nd previously and now its 4th

@sujoy this city is surat where i live and the lake is river tapi

taken from bridge @ diwali night unfortunately at that day due to heavy traffics i cant take more pics

only those 2 pics

2nd and 4th are really good

Shot a prehistoric bull

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The bull by sujoyp, on Flickr

Actual insect
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Full insect by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Destroyed

@kaz I have seen this thing in call of duty game

yeah I lent them

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13797&d=1394252631

Took it with my mobile cam today early morning.

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kaz posts Cod , so now anirbandd posts DICE engine.

Dice engine only?

Yesterday went to a lake...got lots of shots...but wasnt satisfied with 90% of shots ...birds even 50 meters away dont look good at 500mm ...helpless

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BIF by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Digit gone drunk?

what happened anirban....digit drunk

Sujoy, Some of the photographs in BIF collage are nice and good. :thumbs:

Thanks nac ...but I am really disappointed with the lens ....yaar there is not much details in the birds which are 30-40 meters away ...I shot soo many BIF...shot came fine...but details are really poor ...thats y I made this collage...

Those are pretty good shots sujoy, wonderfully captured moments. What is the problem with the details? you might need to calibrate the focusing of the lens (youtube has a video on it).

@kaz: that seems like a great place for some light painting. If you can go there after dark

couple from my side

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Candlelight dinners by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Amlan, 2nd one is not impressive

BIF collage is cool, the whole thing

Time to Light the Lamps the lights and shadows are well captured

@amlan the problem with detail is I am getting pro lens like details only when bird is at handful distance like 10 meters ...and I am loosing almost all details if its more than 30 meters

10 meters is just too less...all birds fly away from that close.

thanks Anorion

@amlan 1st one is wondeful ....2nd one ...glass should have been clean and plain...no scratches or marks of any kind

this is the most helpful tips ever found on internet ...donno how I missed these for such long time

GUIDES, HOW-TO, TIPS AND TRICKS

@sujoy: but this lens was working great on your old cam right? is it a lens or a camera issue, or is it something as minor as improper calibration of the lens on the cam

BTW was reading a great article yesterday on how the HDR technique is in danger of dying out as new sensors can capture amazing levels of dynamic range. Guess all that is needed now is to learn how to post process them well

@amlan ....my D3100 was a simple DSLR ...I never expected it to work awesome...but still I got the most of it ...its 9 point AF with 1 cross point was enough ...and i used center AF single point all the time

Now D7000 is one popular DSLR which people are using to a very advance level ....its 9 cross AF point and 39 in total confuse me much ...I try multi AF point and it vaguely focuses here n there ...I have lost too many shots due to focus issue which I never had in D3100 ....this parrot sitting just 15 meters away could be easily captured...but donno whats the issue its not looking sharp

Well that is an issue with my camera as well, it tends to focus on the background a lot specially when it is brighter or has more detail. In those cases I switch to the center focus or manual adjustment of focus.

Also in multi focus it tries to keep as many things as possible in focus. So if the parrot covers only one focus point and the tree around it passes 2-3 focus points then the camera will tend to lock focus on to the tree. Same thing goes for the exposure too.

White noise

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Medico, that is pretty cool. Have you used selective coloring in this?

yes i have

how do I insert photos here from Flickr ??

When you open your pic in flickr there is a share button at the base (looks like a box with arrow coming out). Press that, go to copy bb forum code and copy paste that here. It'll work

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@a_medico - Nice, That looks something that could be on a magazine cover.

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go speed, Pattaya by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

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Beer glass view by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

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Challong temple, Pattaya by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

Gen.Libeb said:
@a_medico - Nice, That looks something that could be on a magazine cover.

Thanks. Glad you liked it

[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION]: nice and calm pic.. serene kind of feeling!

iLikes.

nice shot medico ...looks great

some of my shots
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Zilpi tower by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Road to zilpi by sujoyp, on Flickr

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My bike by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Canines

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Damn... this one looks scary

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mini siam, Pattaya by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

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Thai House in stilts by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

abhidev liked ur 2nd and last ...nice garden for kids it seems

Yea it's a park where they have replicas of famous monuments from all over the world

Sujoy, Zilpi's are nice, I guess Mobile camera, right? Bird photos ain't good

Abhi, Except first one, others are OK.

LOL no nac all are taken with D7000 only ...birding is difficult man ...go to a open space where birds fly 30-40 meters away ...you get no details ...even with a 600mm f4 you wont get anything at all ...
previously I used to shoot in local gardens and my own garden ...where birds are within 10-20 meters ...soo you could see the feather details ....I shot 200 shots and all are below average coz they were too far away ...I cant help

....I can just pray that some nice bird come close to me so I could shoot it

If you are in FB you can check the birds I got here...they are not good
*www.facebook.com/sujoypp/media_set?set=a.10153965352805424.1073741853.703330423&type=3

just for an idea..this is the lake

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Zilpi by sujoypackrasy, on Flickr
and to walk to that building seen next side of the lake and back takes me 2-2.5 hr

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lanterns by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

Excellent shots medico

[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION] - Sad to see the new body not helping enough man, I have seen much better from you. That lens is definitely holding you back now. And the lack of greenery in the background. And the terrible lack of sharpness - mostly a lack of focus

How about locking the focus points to _one_ of the closer ones to the intersection of the rule of thirds and force the camera to not keep hunting for some 'optimum' mix of multiple points ? Thats something I have seen helps often, although my experience was going for the macro end on my stock 18-55. Just my two cents.

Pranav the issue is surely from my end..lack of experience with d7000 is the trouble...with advance things come the responsibility to upgrade knowledge..
This time I got soo many correct bird in flight shots...now the issue remains sharpness and contrast...contrst is difficult when sun is right up in the sky..sharpness I will try

Pelicans

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Macaw

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[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION] - Nice
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] The birds are ok I guess, The 1st bird one it'd be so much better if it had some space to the right. instead of the left & since the background is quite plain you can easily do it.
I like pics 2 & 3 (road) but lol @ the bike pic
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] - Nice, the 4 pitbull's are looking great.

@gen the first shot was part of burst shot ...its not a crop its the actual shot itself ..y laughing at my bike

comon its 10 yr old..

medico pellicans are soo sharp...donno how u get soo sharp pics..please share exif

Thanks @gen [MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION]

sujoyp said:
medico pellicans are soo sharp...donno how u get soo sharp pics..please share exif

ISO 1000
F5
1/1000
170mm

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Moon @200mm.. highly cropped..edited a little in lightroom..

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] zilpi field and road to zilpi looks really good

@medico great bird shots

Thanks medico ...

Kaz thanks...your moon looks good...I too have shot lots of moons

Got myself a new DSLR , ( DSLT actually ). I was wondering where to start from ?? I have no clue about Photography , although I do understand the Jargons but not a clue where to begin from.

BTW , All I have right now is a DSLT ( Sony Alpha A58 ) , with stock 18-55mm lens kit. Is there a need to upgrade to a better Telephoto or Macro lens , right away or should I explore the Stock one first then go for the Higher Zoom lenses .??

Also , I was wondering whether I have made a good choice buying the DSLT ( Sony A58 ) , or should I have purchased the Nikon D3200/5100 or Canon 600D/1100D ??

check out the exercises in *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/174801-photo-projects-practical-approch.html
and
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/173677-learn-photography-me.html

50mm is great for portraits, indoors, low-light although it is a macro lens. it's also less than 4k so I guess go for this one if you want something right away.

[MENTION=140405]Rishi.[/MENTION]..no need to upgrade right way...get lenses according to your need and urge...do remember that every lens may make a hole of around 20k in your pocket (macro,telephoto) ...

A58 is new for us and it seems you may have to tell us how good it is

...but dont regret the decision...sony have all the lenses and equipments available in India now...We can definitely help you regarding photography

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION]: DONT upgrade so soon to ANYTHING. Clear hai ?

sujoyp said:
[MENTION=140405]Rishi.[/MENTION]..no need to upgrade right way...get lenses according to your need and urge...do remember that every lens may make a hole of around 20k in your pocket (macro,telephoto) ...

A58 is new for us and it seems you may have to tell us how good it is ...but dont regret the decision...sony have all the lenses and equipments available in India now...We can definitely help you regarding photography

Thanks for the advice.
So I am the only one with a DSLT ??

, Waw!! Seems like I have landed a fortune.

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pranav0091 said:
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION]: DONT upgrade so soon to ANYTHING. Clear hai ?

Roger that.

Clear hain. At least wallet me extra holes nahi karna padega.

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Anorion said:
check out the exercises in *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/174801-photo-projects-practical-approch.html
and
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-camcorders/173677-learn-photography-me.html

50mm is great for portraits, indoors, low-light although it is a macro lens. it's also less than 4k so I guess go for this one if you want something right away.

Thanks bro. Will check the links .

Finally another person with a Sony camera

. I guess everyone already told you not to go about investing in new lenses, since it'll burn a hole in your pocket. What they did not tell you was that using a stock lens and loads of jugaad will make you more creative

. looking forward to seeing some awesome pics form you

@Medico: awesome bird photos [MENTION=155950]sujay[/MENTION]: wow d7000, awesome, I am here after long time

I liked your second shot on this page. I also tried taking some bird pics, but was not that successful, they are in most of the cases not too sharp and while shooting flying birds, due to sun , they came too dark.
Here are few snaps from me :
1. easiest bird to take photo of

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Pigeon by Kapil Juvale on 500px

2.
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Prague city square by Kapil Juvale on 500px

Wow, that pigeon is mind blowingly sharp. Prague scene is very nice as well.

Pigeon is very sharp kapil and that prague square is beautiful

I tested my lens on garden birds and its good enough ...those long distance birds and BIF are just difficult targets

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Fakta by sujoyp, on Flickr

Sujoy, In my view, this is your best bird photograph ever. :doublethumb:

sujoyp said:
I tested my lens on garden birds and its good enough ...those long distance birds and BIF are just difficult targets

Then don't bother shooting them...

Kapil, Bird... Something new from you...

Too much saturation, I feel.

Thanks nac ...but then I get bored looking at same bulbul, fakta, kabootar, purple sunbird, female sunbird and yellow little bird daily in my garden....I need to improve my techniques and get better shots out there...I am getting monopod within a week ...lets see if it helps me improve

The fun with digital world is shoot shoot untill you learn

awesome pics [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] and [MENTION=933]kjuvale[/MENTION]

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perfect view, Phuket by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

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Big Buddha, Phuket by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] you didnt shoot the buddha from front ..it seems to be quit photogenic

I did...I did

here you go...

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Big Buddha, Phuket by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

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Big Buddha, Phuket by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

good work

from front its really beautiful

Yeaa its very beautiful... it was still under construction though

What lens kit do you guys prefer to capture long-distant shots of birds , etc ??? My 18-55mm doesn't takes me far , so I was wondering if this would be a good alternative for time-being as I don't want to be broke buying an original Sony lens .
Tamron AF 70 - 300 mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro for Sony Digital SLR Lens - Tamron: Flipkart.com
Will this be okay for capturing insects , leafs , rain-drops as well apart from long-range shots ??

Rishi Tamron 70-300 di ld is a OK lens...it performs good in good light...since it dont have any vibration reduction inbuilt it performs very poorly in low light ...like cloudy weather or evening ....in day time it perfoms as good as any good lens

you can get a sony lens or get a Tamron 70-300 VC USD costing 25k to increase your range

Sujoy, But his camera features built-in stabilization.

yaah that factor I did not consider ...in that case Rishi can get this lens ...the only disadvantage will be slow focus motor ...but its really useful for 1:2 marco shots

Rishi. said:
What lens kit do you guys prefer to capture long-distant shots of birds , etc ??? My 18-55mm doesn't takes me far , so I was wondering if this would be a good alternative for time-being as I don't want to be broke buying an original Sony lens .
Tamron AF 70 - 300 mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro for Sony Digital SLR Lens - Tamron: Flipkart.com
Will this be okay for capturing insects , leafs , rain-drops as well apart from long-range shots ??

70-300 is one of basic necessities in a kit, but won't be as good as say the 70-400 which is a bit better for birds, insects and long range. it keeps getting better from there. Yes Tamron is a good alternative. you might feel need for tripod pretty soon.
go to a photography workshop? these are great for getting the hang of a camera quickly, and understanding what kind of gear you will need.

Rishi. said:
What lens kit do you guys prefer to capture long-distant shots of birds , etc ??? My 18-55mm doesn't takes me far , so I was wondering if this would be a good alternative for time-being as I don't want to be broke buying an original Sony lens .
Tamron AF 70 - 300 mm F/4-5.6 Di LD Macro for Sony Digital SLR Lens - Tamron: Flipkart.com
Will this be okay for capturing insects , leafs , rain-drops as well apart from long-range shots ??

Unless you are really serious about birding I'd advice to stick with the 18-55 for a while. Like izzikio already pointed out, its a very versatile lens. If you already find it limiting you, then either your needs are different or just havent used it well enough. Doesnt it do pseudo macros as well ? The canon 18-55 can do that upto 25cm which is prety good for a beginner you know

even if you want to do macros at this point of time you can easily do them with some macro converters (check ebay for this) or by reverse mounting the lens.

The lens itself seems like a pretty decent deal except for the flaws that sujoy pointed out. If you can live with those for the next couple of years then go ahead and buy the lens. Otherwise stick with the kit lens for some time, explore what lenses you can borrow from people, figure out what are the things that your kit absolutely cannot do (awesome bokeh, very low light, zooming into that bird sitting on a tree) and plan your lens purchase accordingly.

Reverse mounting the lense can easily damage the lens mechanism, not recod at all for beginners

And without a aperture ring reverse mounting is useless

Nice buddha pics
2nd one is good.. nice angle

Thanks [MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION]

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Ko Phi Phi, Thailand by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

Nice try,
capture same at the time of sunset/sunrise with better composition,
you can get better light that time.

actually this was when I was traveling on a boat and sadly the boat timings are little odd....only till afternoon

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On the boat Ko Phi Phi, Thailand by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

guys please do comment on the pics...

Couple of night photographs taken this week.

Stars:
I thought of trying star trail and this is one among the photographs taken for star trail. Star trail end result wasn't good. I am getting dotted line, so dropped the idea. It was developed from a RAW file. Yeah, it's noisy as it was shot at higher ISO setting.

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Cloudy moon:
I have taken a very similar one before. The colour was nice when I looked up the sky few nights ago, so the reason for capturing this one.

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Please leave your comments and do critiques.

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] you could have taken a better composed shot then 2nd one..it may have looked lot better

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] I am sorry to say but both are not upto the mark
1st one have just too much color noise ...and stars are not that clear due to that
2nd one everything looks blurry ...but yes color seems good

^ you are talking about the first shot right?? Composed as in... Like can you please elaborate a bit?

no I am talking about 2nd one with a bit of boat in it...dont know why but I liked the bit of boat and flower in that pic ...it feels leisure

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] are you using a DSLR or a P&S ??

Rishi. said:
@nac are you using a DSLR or a P&S ??

I am using a point and shoot camera SX130.

I too liked the boat shot. It takes some time to figure out if it's a boat and the hill seems to jut right out of it.

Maybe taking it from a slightly higher point would have allowed more of water to be seen, and the hill could've been moved to one of the left. Just my thoughts, great shot though

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[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] - I like the first pic - #9134, with the other one I feel either shoot the boat or shoot the mountain.

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what is that gen...is it a ship or land ...if its a ship what kind of ship??

Seems like a terrain structure. But yeah its very difficult to distinguish it from a ship or land structure.

sujoyp said:
no I am talking about 2nd one with a bit of boat in it...dont know why but I liked the bit of boat and flower in that pic ...it feels leisure

Yea.. The proportion of the boat and the scene is off... Well I wanted the boat anyways in the pic

Hey thanks [MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION]

I have few more pics... will post once I reach home... Flickr android app isn't giving me the bb code :/

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the Legendary MAYA BAY

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Maya Bay, Thailand by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

I liked this one

composition is also good

some of the old pics i took from my Ancient Canon Powershot A1100

Water droplet from a leaf ( morning )

Boiling tea in a kettle

A Statue of Hanuman ( near tirupati )

G

sujoyp said:
what is that gen...is it a ship or land ...if its a ship what kind of ship??

It is land, though there is a little bit of this ship on the extreme right, I have no idea what it is.

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] - Looks like the place from the movie "The Beach", is that it ?

Soo I have shot some shots with my DSLR on monopod and it seems its very easy to get sharp shots this way

just that you have to handle the monopod somehow...and high ISO noise is due to my preset ISO 1600

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DSC_2048_filtered by sujoyp, on Flickr

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DSC_2078_filtered111 by sujoyp, on Flickr

this cat was taken at 400mm with only 1/40 sec SS ...still much usable ...impossible handheld

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DSC_2051 by sujoyp, on Flickr

J

Good shots all. 400 screams for support...

Cheers

Gen.Libeb said:
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] - Looks like the place from the movie "The Beach", is that it ?

Oh yeaa...that is it... Actually before planning this trip I saw the movie 'The Beach' and after that I said to myself I have to see this place with my own eyes before I die

and after 2 months I was there... Luckily all went well

sujoyp said:
I liked this one composition is also good

Thanks man...it was a little crowded so couldn't get a shot with no people around but it was beautiful anyways

Sujoy, First and last are awesome. :doublethumb:

Thanks nac..tomorrow is Sunday..more photography

Sujoy.. These are very nice. Great shots

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] the cat shot is great...a liitle bit more detail would have been awesome

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] - I like the top two. Did you post the last one before sometime also ?

You know what I'd like to see, some photos with the monopod & your old DSLR for comparison,

Thanks abhidev and skrmish ...yaah more detail of cat would be awesome...but the shutter speed was soo slow that even with VR turned on and monopod I got barely still proper shot

will shoot him again someday

@gen ...no I didnt post any of the shot before...all are taken today afternoon

I didnt understand your request gen ....please tell more clearly

^ Mount your D3100 on your monopod and take photograph of that setup with D7000 and share it with us.

(I guess I got it correctly)

G

nac said:
^ Mount your D3100 on your monopod and take photograph of that setup with D7000 and share it with us. (I guess I got it correctly)

Nope,

1- Take bird photos now again with D3100 and monopod, some of your earlier ones with D3100 weren't exactly the sharpest, so now we'll know if monopod makes significant difference with that DSLR.
2 - and if possible take same bird photo with new and old cam for comparison.

Gen.Libeb said:
Nope,

1- Take bird photos now again with D3100 and monopod, some of your earlier ones with D3100 weren't exactly the sharpest, so now we'll know if monopod makes significant difference with that DSLR.
2 - and if possible take same bird photo with new and old cam for comparison.

I second this motion

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Hey Sujoy, thats definetly a marked improvement, even if you take contrast out of the equation. This series is definitely much sharper than before, no doubt the images earlier were being hurt because lack of stabilization..

I happened to think of this. Think of the SLT [MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] bought which has on body OS and therefore will put in stabilization with all lenses - Isnt that a huge bonus considering how we see Sujoys shots getting a steroid shot with the monopod ? I understand the optical -OS is ATM better than in-body Stabilization by a little amount, but in cases of specialized lenses like theses, its a question of stabilization vs none, and surely we know who's gonna come out on top...

Was thinking of an upgraded body for the future, from the Canon/Nikon stable, now not so sure anymore.

[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION] - wonderful pics. Time to get a ballhead too

... the setup becomes quite handy.

Bat

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@gen ok I will perform this comparision for you ...will do that tomorrow after I come back from my birding

[MENTION=221001]Pranav[/MENTION] 150-500 have optical stabilisation ...but it works properly if shutter speed is at least 1/250 and above...now monopod is giving 100% stabilisation and now I can get sharp pics even at 1/100 ...same thing will be for in-body stabilisation too...both in-body and on-lens stabilisation wont work togather...I am sure sony will give a choice to switch off one of them.(switch is there on lens to switch off stabilisation)

pranav I got better body for lot more reason then just picture quality or focus points

you can think again

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yes medico ...ball head is next purchase for sure ...will look in used section of jjmehta too

sujoyp said:
@gen ok I will perform this comparision for you ...will do that tomorrow after I come back from my birding
[MENTION=221001]Pranav[/MENTION] 150-500 have optical stabilisation ...but it works properly if shutter speed is at least 1/250 and above...now monopod is giving 100% stabilisation and now I can get sharp pics even at 1/100 ...same thing will be for in-body stabilisation too...both in-body and on-lens stabilisation wont work togather...I am sure sony will give a choice to switch off one of them.(switch is there on lens to switch off stabilisation)

pranav I got better body for lot more reason then just picture quality or focus points you can think again

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yes medico ...ball head is next purchase for sure ...will look in used section of jjmehta too

Like ? I always thought the better contrast (or in a way, IQ) was the reason. What am I missing ?

abhidev said:
I have few more pics... will post once I reach home... Flickr android app isn't giving me the bb code :/

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the Legendary MAYA BAY

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Maya Bay, Thailand by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

Fantastic... Love this pic. Detailed

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pranav0091 said:
I second this motion

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Hey Sujoy, thats definetly a marked improvement, even if you take contrast out of the equation. This series is definitely much sharper than before, no doubt the images earlier were being hurt because lack of stabilization..

I happened to think of this. Think of the SLT [MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] bought which has on body OS and therefore will put in stabilization with all lenses - Isnt that a huge bonus considering how we see Sujoys shots getting a steroid shot with the monopod ? I understand the optical -OS is ATM better than in-body Stabilization by a little amount, but in cases of specialized lenses like theses, its a question of stabilization vs none, and surely we know who's gonna come out on top...

Was thinking of an upgraded body for the future, from the Canon/Nikon stable, now not so sure anymore.

The Inbuilt stabilization feature will be put at it's test today.
This will be my first shoot-out so lower the expectations .

Also , I am planning to buy that 70-300mm Tamron lenses , which lacks stabilization . ( Getting a 300mm telephoto for 8400INR seems steal to me. ) I hope the in-built stabilization helps the lenses out.
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] , excellent pics bro. In fact the more I see such close-up pics of birdies , the more it lures me to buy a telephoto lens.

,The cats in my neighborhood are shy of me and don't allow me to get close enough.

thanks [MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION]

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Maya Bay, Thailand by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

[MENTION=221001]Pranav[/MENTION] the other reasons are-
1. view finder ...pentaprism viewfinder is really good
2. Better grip...when using long lenses its good to have better grip ..
3. bracketing
4. 14 bit RAW (but still donno what difference it makes)
5. Nikon's CLS ...will make use of that someday
6. focus point is certainly advantage

Thanks rishi ...
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] nice shot again

Soo I went to birding today with my monopod...and yes its not easy to handle...the bird wont give a fare chance to open the monopod and setup...I will need a monopod ball head to use it properly ...to shoot something on tree I had to sit on the ground to use monopod...shots are fine..I got no fuzzy shots due to low light

Owl team ( 3 owls) gave me much relief...I setup my monopod and shot calmly

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Those eyes by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Owl Lunch by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Hellowwww by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Yellow Bee-eater by sujoyp, on Flickr

Nice shots... Where is this place?

Sujoy, these shots look much better. But these birds were sitting calmly so motion anyhow was not a problem. What do you feel, is the monopod improving the clarity?

I also set out on Saturday with my tripod and got a couple of good shots. The one I liked best is this one

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Photograph The old and new by Amlan Mathur on 500px

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] its in Nagpur...Ambazari lake...a popular garden just 1 km from my home

@amlan we are not talking about that motion/moving object ...problem was slow shutter speed and on-hand vibration due to weight ...these issue are solved by monopod...pics are certainly better then before...now I can shoot even at lower shutter speeds

the palace looks good amlan...but how did you get the sky blue...I am sure the sky should have been overexposed

Sujoy, I like the first one.

Amlan, That's a fantastic shot :thumbs:

I was there at dusk, so started shooting as soon as the lights came on. It wasn't dark enough to give me a black sky.

I've seen vids of people like yuri acrus using a mono pod for moving objects (he even sells a spcialized design). Seems to be pretty fast

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] great bird shots....I have never seen any of those birds

[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION] nice bat shot....I thought they only sleep upside down but here its eating too

[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION] nice building

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Frog Staring

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Frog Leaving Not interested to show up on social media

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Little

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Sparrows

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Kingfisher. Right?

@amlan someday I will get a head for monopod only then maybe I can do subject tracking with that...right now I have to move whole monopod to shoot up or down which is not practical for moving subject or BIF
[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] 1st frog is awesome...yes last one is white throated kingfisher

Toading around, huh :wink:

. Some good shots.
The Kingfisher is the kingfisher, but the sparrows are actually mynah

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] thanks.... [MENTION=96386]CyberKID[/MENTION] haaha mistaken

sujoyp said:
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] its in Nagpur...Ambazari lake...a popular garden just 1 km from my home

Beautiful pictures sujoy !!

Aur bhi sundar bird couples dikhte hai ambazari me..Unke photos ??

sujoyp said:
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] its in Nagpur...Ambazari lake...a popular garden just 1 km from my home

nicee....I have not seen many birds other than crows and sparrows and parrots :lol:

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Serene, Ko Phi Phi by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

[MENTION=173432]ashs1[/MENTION] wo chidiya mera lens dekhkar apne partner ke saath furr ho jate hai

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] ...super shot...loved it

hey thanks [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] ... I was wondering if the boat should have been on the left side :unsure:

abhidev said:
hey thanks [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] ... I was wondering if the boat should have been on the left side

Thats fine, but not the slanted horizon :>

its fine abhidev ....we can not always follow the textbook style

Star trail (TEST):

*i.imgur.com/UeK4MPS.jpg

SX130 | f/3.4 | 9 x 1 min exposure | ISO 200

To get the arc shape, I was suggested to point towards Polaris (North Star). But unless I go to somewhere remote area, I don't think I can see stars around horizon level. I simply got to shoot straight up.

The result of boredom :>

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IMG_5770 by pranav0091, on Flickr

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IMG_5768 by pranav0091, on Flickr

Nothing to post about, but then I have nothing else to post

Edit:
You people are too kind, here's an apple for ya all

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IMG_5756 by pranav0091, on Flickr

pranav0091 said:
The result of boredom :>
IMG_5768

Simple and good :thumbs:

nac said:
Simple and good

Whoa, seriously?

haha that's an epic doorknob

^ You will know when others have done posting their comments.

G

nac said:
Simple and good

More like Simple and Boring.
Cool dof with the apple but doesn't do much for me.

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] try more...is it the max wide you can go??
[MENTION=221001]Pranav[/MENTION]...I like 2nd one...do some smoke,drop,product photography...I am now slowly stopping birding cause of summer ..now will do macro or home photography

^ Yes, that was shot @ wide end (28mm)

pranav0091 said:
Thats fine, but not the slanted horizon :>

Yeas I should have edited it a bit

sujoyp said:
its fine abhidev ....we can not always follow the textbook style

True that

Cricket

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I saw this pic at other forum...how did you shoot it...for this angle you will need to be on helicopter or top of light tower

nac said:
Star trail (TEST):

SX130 | f/3.4 | 9 x 1 min exposure | ISO 200

To get the arc shape, I was suggested to point towards Polaris (North Star). But unless I go to somewhere remote area, I don't think I can see stars around horizon level. I simply got to shoot straight up.

Nice try with compact camera.

90° clockwise rorate could look better to me,

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From the Top of Harbor front, Singapore by abhidevmumbai, on Flickr

sujoyp said:
I saw this pic at other forum...how did you shoot it...for this angle you will need to be on helicopter or top of light tower

Was on a floodlight tower!

a_medico said:
Was on a floodlight tower!

seriously ??

chitvan said:
Nice try with compact camera.
90° clockwise rorate could look better to me,

Thinking of doing star trail over a year. Hoping I would get an opportunity to go to a remote area to try this, but it's not happening. So I am testing now, soon will try that whole arc shape trail.

BTB, your link isn't working. wdphoto....

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Star Trail (Test 2)

*i.imgur.com/UL92DCR.jpg

SX130 | f/3.4 | 13 x 1min | ISO 200 | F - 28mm (35mm equiv)

Shot early morning. Hopefully, I will try longer version by coming new moon day.

Nac good try....I am also studying how to do it...will do on new moon day...hopefully get some result out there

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Single Light

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Cranes

Rishi. said:
seriously ??

No. Kidding. I was on a 50th floor of a building.

thats nice medico...you got the perfect shot

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] that's a very pretty shot. I'm assuming that you are using CHDK for taking these sequential shots and then joining in startrails. If not then use the amazing involtmeter script

Also, try it from the roof of a building, there you can aim for the horizon and less stuff will get in the way. Try taking these shots for over an hour, with the script you can just leave the camera and come back for it. That long a time will give you the curve that you want

I am planning splash/drop photography too ...on a better level

bought a medical dropper (the thing which is used for saline) ..here is the link for people interested
The Comprehensive Water Drop Photography Guide - DIY Photography

The arrangement seems very complex

You also have an option of Separating Funnel

no kaz arrangement is simple ...put the flash behind the transluscent background ....put camera on manual focus...aperture f10-14 shutter speed 1/250 at 1/16 or 1/32 power ....need macro lens or zoom lens to focus close ....most important thing the water drop should consistently fall on same place

here's something for the ones with point and shoot

The Photographer: How to capture a water droplet

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] that's why I thought of separating funnel because it will be sturdy, fixed and also water will drop for much longer....
BTW I don't have any external flash

bt I will try this after my exams end (exams on 29th, 2nd, 4th, 19th and 22nd)

hmm external flash+wireless trigger is needed here....but its fun...try with simpler setup

Piggyback ride

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cute chimp pic ...nice medico...did u shot this at zoo or jungle

nac said:
your link isn't working. wdphoto....

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Actually it was my water droplet photography link,photos from A570IS
*m.facebook.com/chiragchitvan/albums/116101508946/?refid=17
I am not sure if you are able to open this,
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later I registered own domain ccppix.com ,
but didn't get time to set up site,
It is just simple gallery with old photos from A570IS

chitvan said:
Actually it was my water droplet photography link,photos from A570IS
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I am not sure if you are able to open this,

Yeah, it's not for public viewing...

Harbor front, Singapore

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Some tried by 500D..
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^very perfect and professional pictures. Can you post some details on how to do it ???

Anyone participated in this ongoing competition?
TheBigShot

awesome shots chitvan...very nice

Last shot is the best [MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION]

kaz said:
Anyone participated in this ongoing competition?
TheBigShot

Nope, I am not

^ I am also not participating ....my pics are still not that good

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] I submitted 4 pics and I know I'm not going to win

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] you have some good bird shots, just frame a story with it and give it a try...Last date for submission of Birds and Wildlife Theme is tomorrow....

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sujoyp said:
I am planning splash/drop photography too ...on a better level bought a medical dropper (the thing which is used for saline) ..here is the link for people interested

but you are already a pro in drop photography !!!.

chitvan said:
Some tried by 500D..

Wow!! those are super.

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION]...ok will select the best one and put there

@gen my drop pics are not at all good...I want it to be lot better...I have the gears just lack of time

---------------------------------- [MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] the competition looks good...I will post the image today evening

Wow chitvan, those are soem amazing shots. very professionally lit and all

Here are a couple of pics I took a few days back
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Thanks a lot everybody for liking my pics,

Rishi. said:
^very perfect and professional pictures. Can you post some details on how to do it ???

Here I have some write up for droplet photography,

wdtutorial.0fees.net/index.HTML

You can see setup photo there at last,
For above photos I used external flash YN 560, used acrylic sheet for reflection, flash fired on acrylic sheet for better reflections

Here is the link Rishi
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chitvan said:
Here is the link Rishi
TUTORIAL ON WATER DROPLET PHOTOGRAPHY

THanks .
Although I don't have external flash but still will try it out.

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Checked the link. Man , those are some real pro pics. _/\_

Rishi. said:
THanks .
Although I don't have external flash but still will try it out.

Edit : ------------------
Checked the link. Man , those are some real pro pics. _/\_

Thanks bro,

You can try with inbuilt flash,(use thermcoal sheet for background).

All the pics in the link i captured from compact camera with inbuilt flash.

thanks for the link chitvan ...I tried yesterday...got ok kind of droplet pics but could not create any collision shot ...even when dropping continously...will try more this saturday sunday

[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION], that is a pretty good write up, will need to give it a shot this weekend. How are you triggering the external flash? optical slave?

Another thing, what stock/microstock sites are you uploading on? I've been trying that out for fun over the past year and am on Getty, iStock, DT, 123rf and a couple of other chindi sites.
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION], need some advise. I have a super old vivatar flash that can be fired via a button. Can't mount it on the cam, can't make it an optical slave. Suggest some ideas to use it

@amlan use RF triggers of wired flash triggers to flash it...wired are cheaper.

Amlan, I've seen people using external flash with basic point and shoot cameras. They trigger the external flash by using in-camera flash. When the flash light hits the external flash, it fires. Try this... The draw back is, your vivatar has to be in a place where your in-camera flash light can reach.

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] for that too you need to get the optical trigger receiver...it can be attached under the hotshoe of the flash.

No, no need of that... I don't know whether it differs from model to model or not. The videos I seen where photographer just used in-camera flash to trigger the external flash.
This is one among the few videos I seen the method used I was talking about.

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It's like in-camera flash light hits the sensor or something of external flash and it fires.

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And here... little more explanation on that...

Simple optical slave triggered flash:
This is when an external flash is triggered by the burst of light it sees from another flash, and this is what you can use with your point and shoot, but only under certain circumstances. Here's why:

*johnbagnell.blogspot.in/2009/09/using-off-camera-flash-with-point-and.html

I remember we have discussed this before. :blink:

I don't think the one has is equipped with sensor

Mine does not have this sensor. Will have to get a trigger that has a sensor or a wired one as sujoy said

Nac that flash may have a slave mode which can take optical trigger to flash....what I said optical trigger or wired trigger is simple one and can be used with any manual flash without any technology

sujoyp said:
thanks for the link chitvan ...I tried yesterday...got ok kind of droplet pics but could not create any collision shot ...even when dropping continously...will try more this saturday sunday

You are welcome bro,
Which kit you have bought for droplet photograpy?

Droplet collision photography is harder than normal droplet pics,
see collision doesn't occur at every falling drop and it doesn't give same shape everytime.
Keep trying...it takes time.. All the best

izzikio_rage said:
[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION], that is a pretty good write up, will need to give it a shot this weekend. How are you triggering the external flash? optical slave?

Another thing, what stock/microstock sites are you uploading on? I've been trying that out for fun over the past year and am on Getty, iStock, DT, 123rf and a couple of other chindi sites.
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION], need some advise. I have a super old vivatar flash that can be fired via a button. Can't mount it on the cam, can't make it an optical slave. Suggest some ideas to use it

I used wireless remote trigger,
I am on
Bigstockphoto
Dreamstime
Fotolia
Shutterstock
Nowadays nkt getting much time to upload on stock sites.

Read the droplet photography link. I did it using in camera flash at low ISO. It gives decent results but the flash reflection on droplets doesn't look good. I think sujoy should use faster shutter speed and burst mode to get the desired results?

The shape of collision will depend on the height from which droplet is falling. Try changing that

marvelousprashant said:
sujoy should use faster shutter speed and burst mode to get the desired results?

You bet. In less than two months, he has shot over 2k photographs. No, he is not a wedding photographer

[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION]
Droplet collision is really very difficult task,
But i think this is the best kit for droplet collision photography
www.cognisys-inc.com/HowTo/water_drops.php

It releases 2nd drop at the perfect time to make collision possible,because interval between two falling drops is the most important here.

One more thing...pro droplets photographers(like corrie) mix some powder(I think any "gum" but not sure) in water to change its viscosity.
You can search more about it on flickr.

Thanks [MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION] for all the tips ....I will try a lot coz I have 2.5 days holiday from tomorrow

I have read about increasing the viscocity but for drop collision its said that plain water is the best one.

[MENTION=132251]prashant[/MENTION] my flash can not go beyond 1/250 soo I have to work under that...and I am already shooting it at burst mode

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] making fun of me again

I am trying hard to learn this new toy

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Got my 300mm tamron Di LD lenses for Sony A58. The auto-focus is extremely noisy and tad slow.
I don't mind it as I prefer to use manual focus most of the time.

Time to starting my birding lessons now. [ And Moon photography of , course as I have a tripod too now. ]

Any suggestions about moon photography ??

^
Congrats for the purchase.

For start, focus @ infinity, use spot metering.

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] ...focus on the moon...spot metering...underexpose by -1 ...shoot on tripod....use timer to shoot

was trying out some macro adapters last week ... seems like a pretty good buy

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@amlan magnification is good but whats with the color of leaves and overexposed leaves ??? did you shoot when sun was right above?

nac said:
No, no need of that... I don't know whether it differs from model to model or not. The videos I seen where photographer just used in-camera flash to trigger the external flash.

It's like in-camera flash light hits the sensor or something of external flash and it fires.

And here... little more explanation on that...

John Bagnell: Using Off-Camera Flash with a Point and Shoot Camera

I remember we have discussed this before.

This was helpful I never knew this....

Link for some good articles on using external flash and flash triggers please.....

sujoyp said:
@amlan magnification is good but whats with the color of leaves and overexposed leaves ??? did you shoot when sun was right above?

Yup, shot it pretty late in the morning, so the sun is overexposing part of the leaf

Went to Zoo today , but was not able to reach there in time for appropriate shots.
I will be posting some of my first few clicks from my DSLR . ( Unfortunately I forgot to bring along my tripod and it was a big time mistake which I realized only after reaching the zoo. My hands are not steady at all , and on top of that the heavy Telephoto lenses :facepalm:

.)

PS : Created account on Flikr as well .

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[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] ...focus on the moon...spot metering...underexpose by -1 ...shoot on tripod....use timer to shoot

Okay.
Unfortunately moon isn't visible today in Delhi. I hope , tomorrow I get a shot at it.

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nac said:
^
Congrats for the purchase.

For start, focus @ infinity, use spot metering.

So for all remotely located objects , focus @infinity. Right ??

Rishi. said:
Unfortunately moon isn't visible today in Delhi. I hope , tomorrow I get a shot at it.
So for all remotely located objects , focus @infinity. Right ??

1. The best in the lot :thumbs:

But I don't see the point of using f/10. Shot @ ISO 6400 :shock:

!!!
2. Not that good. Cropped of their feet.

3. Not at all appealing
4. ditto
5. Second best.

6. Not a keeper
7. ditto
8. ditto
9. :blink:

My first bird Shot.
10. Not good.

Not just in Delhi, you won't get to see the moon for another two or three days. Today is new moon day, you can shoot a full moon in two weeks.

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] ...keep trying...I loved the shot of 3 parrots looking togather...superb moment ...if tiger could look at you then it will be called good shot

The light on the first shot is beautiful (there is some amount of rim lighting which separates the tiger from the background).

The 5th shot (parrots) is an amazingly timed moment, great stuff

When you do shoot the moon try to take a couple of pictures when the moon isn't full, you'll be able to capture more details on it's surface

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[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] - Nice garden pic. How do find a garden with no people !!! This is one big challenge for me, there is always some person somewhere in my such landscape shots.
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] - Nice pics. I like 1, 3 & the last one.

[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION] yeaa...its challenging but you need to have patience....the trick I use is if there are people around and you want a clear shot just stand there for sometime with your camera ready position or simply just request them to move aside

...well this doesn't work all the time if its crowded.

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[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] the 3 parrots shot is nice

I give up on two drop splash shot ...tried really hard....3days...lots of reading :reading:

..lots of setups...lightning n all ...but could not even get a single twin drop collision :duh2:

Just posting my usual drop shots

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and some birds

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I know last one is not very sharp but I caught him this way is nice itself...its a very quick birds

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] the 3rd and 4th drop shots are good

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Sujoy, I like all the water drops

, but not birds

Thank you for your feedback guys.
I don't know much about aperture control yet. Right now I am trying to focus on learning "Manual Focus".
I went there are dusk , so was in hurry as the park was about to get closed .

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] , the last pic is very good. Feels funny to me .

BTW , you have a 500mm lens , right ??

The Droplets shots are good , it could have been better in appeal if there were more droplets.
I will also try these droplets shots .

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izzikio_rage said:
The light on the first shot is beautiful (there is some amount of rim lighting which separates the tiger from the background).

The 5th shot (parrots) is an amazingly timed moment, great stuff

When you do shoot the moon try to take a couple of pictures when the moon isn't full, you'll be able to capture more details on it's surface

Thanks.
Last night , I was trying to capture Stars as there was no moon. Had a hard time getting anything in the Camera , except the pole star , and one or two more. I guess , the pollution in the city is to be blamed along with my in-experience.
Was using a tripod.

Thanks abhidev and rishi

Thanks nac... Maybe u are expecting too much from me... Yesterday I tried birding with my d3100 and could not take one good shot..it feels soo slow..and unresponsive now

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] - Great drop shots. They are as good as they can get, Not sure why last time you said they were not awesome.
The 2nd last bird (Pigeon ?) is super. Don't really like the 1st one & the last one is decent.

Rishi, I guess with an APSC sensor, you could get some stars.
Try deepskystacker. Follow the instruction. They pretty much explain everything... But it's a time consuming process. Only people who so much interest or little crazy :crazy:

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sujoyp said:
Thanks nac... Maybe u are expecting too much from me... Yesterday I tried birding with my d3100 and could not take one good shot..it feels soo slow..and unresponsive now

Yeah, even I have thought about that. When people finding them good, I get to think about that.

Once you're used with the different body, you're not backward compatible :rofl:

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I've not done this much before. The view isn't that great but here's an HDR attempt in Garden with 3 photos.

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@gen ..I know the drops are good...but I could shoot this drop even two years back ....I could not take them to next level...these are just same old drops

thats not pigeon ...its called fakta...looks similar to pigeon but in brown color...not in white black or blue color

your HDR is nice and clean...shoot something more attractive

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] backward compatibility is really difficult and now I can tell all the issues with D3100 ...but these issue may also be there in D5xxx range ...D7xxx range is much high above ...all those stupid talks regarding sensor and IQ which we had somedays back looks useless to me ....the AF, metering, shutter response, grip,viewfinder, advanced options of D7000 is much much better

tried a few drop shots.

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nice one abhidev

sharing a couple of shots i took a while back. Don't think I have shared them here

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last one is great prashant ...I didnt even get this one

@guys dont try night photography now days...save it for winter ...I think its too hot now...and sensor would get damaged due to heat of long exposure ...try some other cool ideas

Nice abhidev...loved it
[MENTION=132251]prashant[/MENTION] 1st one is great...2nd you have shared

Prashant. That landscape shot is awesome. Great example of a landscape photo done well.

sujoyp said:
last one is great prashant ...I didnt even get this one

@guys dont try night photography now days...save it for winter ...I think its too hot now...and sensor would get damaged due to heat of long exposure ...try some other cool ideas

Nice abhidev...loved it
[MENTION=132251]prashant[/MENTION] 1st one is great...2nd you have shared

Didn't knew that it could get damaged due to long exposure shot.
Btw how long are we talking about to cause damage. ? 30 secs ??

sujoyp said:
last one is great prashant ...I didnt even get this one

the green one was tap drops falling in a bucket from 2ft height. I took that shot first but since the heat inside bathroom was unbearable, i took the other photos in my room and used smaller height. hence the difference in splash pattern. My crude setup

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[MENTION=117627]marvelousprashant[/MENTION] the spider shot is great

Thanks ppl

Gen, That's nice. In-camera HDR? Software?

sujoyp said:
..all those stupid talks regarding sensor and IQ which we had somedays back looks useless to me ..

Now you have earned the immunity to sit back and laugh at our stupid talks about sensor and IQ

Night Photography: Is that for compact too or just ILCs?

Prashant, Low angle, green drop shot is so good :thumbs:

I guess I have seen the second set. May be in flickr. BTB, bought a tripod?

Abhi, This is much better than the selective the colouring.

Didn't buy. A friend got it free with nikon coolpix. He had no plans to use it so gave it to me

. It is a simplex 333

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] but without talking about megapixel, zoom, IQ, number of focus point how can one decide which DSLR to buy...I mean a newbie dont have experience ...I now understood why people used to tell others to get a D90 instead of D3xxx and D5xxx :ssshhh:

Nac its better to avoid long exposure in this summer time... I feel that in ILC or not the lens will be kept open to record data for long period of time which may heatup the sensor....It may cause hot pixel marks on sensor....
day before yesterday I was trying to capture star trails...and shot some 12 shots ...then I suddenly remember that summer is not right time to heat up the sensor more...and dropped the idea to take any more.

Two of the test clicks to see the angles for star trail.

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nac composition if 1st one is better..it looks better...take this shot while keeping the whole tree form the ground in picture...will look much better

prashant, that is an amazing setup for catching drops, very doable. Will give it shot sometime

sujoyp said:
I give up on two drop splash shot ...tried really hard....3days...lots of reading ..lots of setups...lightning n all ...but could not even get a single twin drop collision

Just posting my usual drop shots

and some birds

I know last one is not very sharp but I caught him this way is nice itself...its a very quick birds

Last bird shot is good,
Always take care of background for water droplet shots

marvelousprashant said:
tried a few drop shots.

Droplets
Third one is good prashant

landscape is nice....nice colors

nac said:
Two of the test clicks to see the angles for star trail.

Nice tries....try more once you get DSLR...

Capured during dang trip..

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^ That's excellent Chitvan. :doublethumb:

Just that I don't like the waste floating in the frame).

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Star Trail
Attempt # 1

I messed up a little. So I had to remove some of the exposures.

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I don't why the foreground subject (tree) isn't clear. It looks kinda blurred...

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And some of the stars are in front of the tree.

Because tree moves due to wind. Also too much noise which could have been removed

^ Any tips/tutorial/video how to remove the noise. Camera have processed and reduced some, I have reduced a little.

There was no wind, even if there was a little wind, not much of leaves. And I am sure trunks/branches won't move in that unnoticeable breeze.

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I guess, it's the processing made it look blurred :idea:

Note that I haven't used selective coloring...the leaves itself of that color or maybe they painted it that way

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[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION] that angle is not appealing
[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] now its looking good

great work
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] its looking great ...natural selective coloring

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] I use lightroom. It gets rid of noise pretty effectively

Abhi, That's me, right? :rofl:

I said that...

Prashant, So... I have to push it the extreme, I guess. I will try that to attempt # 2.

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]: trees and all will always have some movement over the period of an hour. For star trails its best to keep stable objects as the subject (rocks, buildings, some prop you put etc). I'm not sure why you are getting noise and purpleish color, I would suggest that you reduce the exposure time to about 15sec and use a lot more shots. there is also a long duration noise reduction thing that you should ensure is turned on, I hope you are using a chdk script to shoot these and not touching the cam in between
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION]; Wow that is unbelievable, guess photoshop is so prevalent that we tend to think that anything not natural has to be photoshopped

Amlan, We shouldn't turn it on when shooting startrail. Already, my cam takes about 7-8sec between shots. If I turn on, it will take even more time (equivalent to exposure duration).

I am using a compact camera. Pushing ISO anything above base ISO will introduce noise + extended/continuous use & long exposure introduces thermal noise + my expertise in image editing introduces majority of the noise you see

. Deepskystacker have an option for that. Uploading dark frames along with the light frames helps to reduce noise. Even @ ISO 1600, I could get clean images.

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That purple colour may be because of my choice of white balance, I guess.

I'd taken this one with a canon sx120, CHDK. Switching on NR will give you dots instead of proper trails but it takes care of most of the noise. The only thing I did here was take the initial shot with a flash.

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Star Trail
Attempt # 2

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SX130 | f/3.4 | 1min x 111 exposures | ISO 200 | F 28mm eq.

izzikio_rage said:
I'd taken this one with a canon sx120, CHDK. Switching on NR will give you dots instead of proper trails but it takes care of most of the noise. The only thing I did here was take the initial shot with a flash.
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Very nice capture ...

nac said:
^ That's excellent Chitvan. Just that I don't like the waste floating in the frame).

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Attempt # 1

I messed up a little. So I had to remove some of the exposures.

SX130 | f/3.4 | 1min x 82 exposure |ISO 200 |F 28mm eq.

I don't why the foreground subject (tree) isn't clear. It looks kinda blurred...

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And some of the stars are in front of the tree.

Good try...

Pool table
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Perfect Pool table shot. How did you place the camera? monopod? handheld? some other technique?

very nice [MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION] ...super shot

a_medico said:
Perfect Pool table shot. How did you place the camera? monopod? handheld? some other technique?

Captured handheld with auto focus,
Captured 1st shot then set the exposure then took 4-5 shots,

actually I wanted to capture motion of balls but didn't have tripod

I went to our roof to shoot stars yesterday and got scolded by dad for acting like mad person to shoot at night ...Grrrr I told him that I was shooting stars which looks nice at night but in vein ...looks like I have to ride to some dark place to shoot stars

sujoyp said:
I went to our roof to shoot stars yesterday and got scolded by dad for acting like mad person to shoot at night ...Grrrr I told him that I was shooting stars which looks nice at night but in vein ...looks like I have to ride to some dark place to shoot stars

Some samples would be great.

samples of ?? I could not shoot anything...I started at 11:30 and got call of get back from there at 11:35 itself

Shot one from balcony and its looking ok but need more trials

sujoyp said:
sujoyp said:

I went to our roof to shoot stars yesterday and got scolded by dad for acting like mad person to shoot at night ...Grrrr I told him that I was shooting stars which looks nice at night but in vein ...looks like I have to ride to some dark place to shoot stars

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samples of ?? I could not shoot anything...I started at 11:30 and got call of get back from there at 11:35 itself

Give him your D3100 and ask him to shoot alongside.

chitvan that is very professionally shot.

sujoy, convince your parents that you are completely mad, atleast that's what my parents seem to think when I do these crazy photography escapades

but once you show them the end result they'll understand

^ He is gonna get married soon. It's very good time to convince his parents that he is mad. :rofl:

From recent Jaiselmer trip

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Awesome shot chitvan

...very beautiful

I am going today to someplace very dark...and will shoot stars from there

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This is the half harted shot I took at night ...I am not shooting star trails but starry sky ....

this is shot at ISO 1600 ,f4, 25sec exposure 5 shots stacked
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will definitely get something good soon

[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION]: really nice shots there

EOS 600D and Tamron 70-300 VC USD
Shot for over 2 months to get them to pose perfect.

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^ Impressive shots for a non-IS lens

pranav0091 said:
^ impressive shots for a non-is lens

vc = is

Good shot Inci ...loved those eagle shots

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My 1st attempt at star photography .

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Inci, amazing images, especially the second and last one. The second is perfect with the colors and the golden bokeh

A request to everyone, please hyperlink the images to the upload page (flickr/500px ...) so that we can see at what settings the image was taken

Inci, The last colourful shot is nice.
IQ of first two isn't that good. High ISO? Lens quality? Cropped too much? (or am I expecting too much :chinscratch:

)
The coconut tree background are not that appealing.
Sky background, subject is not properly exposed.

Kaz, Sometimes the software used strips the exif info. And sometimes exif don't record the correct info (so the reason I typed them for my star trail shots)

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Sujoy, That's a nice attempt. I don't see a place near Nagpur without any kind of lights. Bor National Sanctuary and Pench tiger reserve are two places where you can get less light.

Incinerator, the last bird shot is a stunner. Is the blur natural or processed?

All the shots are shot with AI servo and single point center focus. All of the are shot in RAW and Lightroomed slightly. The blur is natural.

You are right Nac,I should use Photoshop to blur the Eagles background and check.The lens though great but dosnt retain the sharpness after 250/200mm.

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] I am going to Tadoba on 4th and 5th may...all bookings done...will try some stars there too

Nac ,sky is non point in the eagle shot as it is infinite but the main focus is the eagle,look at the suns natural light (color contrast)on the eagles body bringing out the details.

Sujoy, You can stay there at night time?
Inci, Yeah,

its obvious that eagle is the subject. Since there are photographs of eagle with different background, I used "coconut tree" and "sky" to differentiate. I meant that eagle is not properly exposed where the photograph's background is "sky".

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Newbies tend to shoot subject which are too far, even when using full zoom subjects are too far. ~~They~~... :chinscratch:

we think that we can crop as we have more than enough megapixels at our disposal. We shoot, we see it in our computer screen, go close and look it at pixel level. There it is... subject is big enough for screen now. Crop and post it. But the images are not good. What did we miss? In fact, everything.
IQ is poor/ or atleast not good enough.
May be focus is not precise
No/less sharpness, colour depth blah blah...
This is what I did when I got my camera two years ago (may be I will still be doing if I am doing bird photography. I don't remember when was the last time I did birding). And Sujoy suggested to try it with subjects which are closer.
Sure photographer matters. But subject also matters to some extent.

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Inci, One tip. I am not a DSLR user or I have tried this before. Just that it stroke my mind. If you think, you're not getting enough sharpness at tele, you can stop down a little to get it, right?

DSLR users, will it work?

Nac ,I could have photoshopped lightroomed to make the subject brighter but then the setting suns natural light from the west side of the eagle would have lost its significance killing the interplay of light and shade! The whole point of that photo is the natural mellow sunlight of the setting sun bathing the eagle from one side only,west.
Over blurring of the sky would have made the picture look unnatural with a pale bluewhite nothing.

The coconut tree could have been blurred further to create the green infinite effect.

As a PnS user I can say that the lens is not sharp at full zoom. And focus is not 100% accurate. So full zoom images don't have iq as good as no zoom images. I see grain even at ISO 100 with full zoom on my sx240

nac said:
Sujoy, You can stay there at night time?
Inci, Yeah, its obvious that eagle is the subject. Since there are photographs of eagle with different background, I used "coconut tree" and "sky" to differentiate. I meant that eagle is not properly exposed where the photograph's background is "sky".
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Newbies tend to shoot subject which are too far, even when using full zoom subjects are too far. ~~They~~... we think that we can crop as we have more than enough megapixels at our disposal. We shoot, we see it in our computer screen, go close and look it at pixel level. There it is... subject is big enough for screen now. Crop and post it. But the images are not good. What did we miss? In fact, everything.
IQ is poor/ or atleast not good enough.
May be focus is not precise
No/less sharpness, colour depth blah blah...
This is what I did when I got my camera two years ago (may be I will still be doing if I am doing bird photography. I don't remember when was the last time I did birding). And Sujoy suggested to try it with subjects which are closer.
Sure photographer matters. But subject also matters to some extent.

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Inci, One tip. I am not a DSLR user or I have tried this before. Just that it stroke my mind. If you think, you're not getting enough sharpness at tele, you can stop down a little to get it, right?

DSLR users, will it work?

Yes works. But with the zoom lenses stretching it all out thin on the lighting front at ~~F6.3~~ F5.6 (maximum) you have very little room on the exposure (shutter time) side, particularly so in the medium light situations like Incinerator has here, and even more so with something as fast a bird in flight. I really think the shots he got are excellent, for what its worth considering the very tight limits with that lens. I'd put my two cents that those shots are grazing the telephoto limits of the lens he has got.

He couldnt possibly stop it down anymore in that last shot and get anything worth mentioning.

Eclipsed-India Gate:

Eclipsed -It took almost 3 years, and 3 attempts to realize this picture .Idea came up in May 2011 over a cup of coffee.Two attempts were made in 2012 ,but failed due to fog and clouds (No attempt was made in 2013 ) .3rd time in 2014 , I got the success in shooting what I wanted for so long

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Celestial Alignments

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Puri Beach

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Lord Shiv at Chandrabhaga beach

[MENTION=26205]Stuge[/MENTION] I liked the last one where india gate is well exposed and moon is behind ...others are also good

[MENTION=26205]Stuge[/MENTION] liked the one with the moon the most
[MENTION=52310]Tenida[/MENTION]: sorry but the date watermark doesn't look good

@inci lovely bird shots

Stuge said:
Eclipsed-India Gate:

Eclipsed -It took almost 3 years, and 3 attempts to realize this picture .Idea came up in May 2011 over a cup of coffee.Two attempts were made in 2012 ,but failed due to fog and clouds (No attempt was made in 2013 ) .3rd time in 2014 , I got the success in shooting what I wanted for so long

Very nice clicks..
#1
Very well captured and composed,
loved the way you placed sun, human and bird,(placing of sun nicely), I would love to see pics you captured in 2011,2012,

#2
Nice one again,nicely composed,

#3
Sun part is harsh here as you can't do anything there, but foreground captured well, nice details there and those two lines make the pic.

Thanks Prashant.

Excellent Composition Stuge.

Yesterday, I went to a town 35kms away from city. Still there was light pollution. But I could see more stars in the sky than my place. Still I couldn't see stars in horizon level. May be I could've if I stayed in the dark for 15-30 min, my eyes would have adjusted to see.

I was trying this in the terrace. This photograph is blend of two photographs. To exaggerate the moon, I down sampled the "near focus" image and blended it with "full size - infinity focus" moon image.

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This one shot when I returning back home. I have imagined many times, that we can put some big subjects along with moon/sun @ high focal length. Till now, all I could put in the frame was some leaves of a tree and that too won't be in focus as they were so close. This time, both the foreground subject and moon are in focus. But I couldn't set right exposure for both at the same time. If I set exposure for moon, the foreground will go dark + I was shooting handheld (even @ 1/3 of a sec, it was dark. I pushed exposure in PP). Since it's just a crescent, I thought this will come OK.

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CFL in 2nd shot is distracting

Yes. I remembered a suggestion given by a other forum member. "We see brightest first, then the sharpest".
But at the same time, there wouldn't have any details if there was no CFL. I have tried to PP out similar shot before, I couldn't do it. Finally, I painted black :ashamed:

to get rid of that bright spot.
I have seen Gen, have nicely worked (blown highlight) one of his earlier picture with his S110.

nac 1st one is nice composition...but 2nd one i donno what to see....big light , over exposed moon, lots of grains, top part of a temple ...what is the subject in 2nd one Nac

Thanks for the critiques. I reworked the picture. I have managed to get rid of that light

Grain: ISO 400 itself given lot of noise, on top of that I have pushed exposure in PP. So noise will be there. If I push too much, it will be soft. And also removed flares.

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hmm this one looks much better...but still the temple part is not too exciting ...moon is looking good

Tenida said:
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Puri Beach

sneaky selfie?

Nac, that is a beautiful click.

The Temple has to be subdued a bit more to make the moon more the subject. That white border around the photo is another no go .

few from me.

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Anorion said:
sneaky selfie?

He doesn't look like Tenida and he doesn't wear spec, I think.

Nikku nice shots...liked all of them

last one is the best

Nikku, Excellent IQ. I think I have seen the second one before...

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Thank you guys...

sujoyp said:
but still the temple part is not too exciting ...moon is looking good

The Incinerator said:
The Temple has to be subdued a bit more to make the moon more the subject. That white border around the photo is another no go .

May be shooting on full moon day and exaggerating size of the moon, would be better/good, I think.
Any tip on that Inci? Is the white more brighter than the subject? Should I use some other colour? I looked for changing opacity of the border, but there was no option to do that. Pushing close to black? like this...
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[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION] thanks [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] thanks. Yes you might have seen that in my Flickr but this one is bit extra processed.

One question guys, I m fed up fixing those overexposed skies which came while shooting in bright mid day sunlight, how to fix those?

And why the hell my pics are shown twice in Tapatalk?

^ Use GND (hard or soft)

yaah GND is the only solution

The white border has to go complete to make it look really dramatic. A mosque would have been perfect with the crescent the temple is of no importance here. Composition is a bit outta place.

nikku_hot123 said:
[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION] thanks [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] thanks. Yes you might have seen that in my Flickr but this one is bit extra processed.

One question guys, I m fed up fixing those overexposed skies which came while shooting in bright mid day sunlight, how to fix those?

And why the hell my pics are shown twice in Tapatalk?

If the camera decided to set an exposure level that meant that the skies are getting overexposed, then it means that it found sufficient other objects in the scene that would be underexposed if the skies were to be exposed just right. You have two choices

1) Shoot in RAW (not a fixit-all , just gives you more room working with the image in pp)
2) Go for Bracketing

some macro shots took an hr back

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@wow sujoy IQ is incredible. setup please.

thanks nikku ...its nikon D7000+nikon 55mm manual macro lens + Flash on the monopod

My start into photography with mobile cam. Please bear the IQ.

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^For a mobile phone , these pics are awesome.!!

megamind pics are good but please dont post pics larger then 640x480 size...it takes lots of bandwidth and opens very slowly ...if possible please resize the pics and edit your post

Rishi. said:
^For a mobile phone , these pics are awesome.!!

Thanks Rishi.

sujoyp said:
megamind pics are good but please dont post pics larger then 640x480 size...it takes lots of bandwidth and opens very slowly ...if possible please resize the pics and edit your post

Sorry, i'm on it.

[MENTION=102260]MegaMind[/MENTION] i edited your 1st pic. It looks better now imo

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My recent clicks at IndiaGate. Still busy in getting used to the exposure and DOF settings.
Trying to learan manual focus control.

Rsihi, Excellent :doublethumb:

You can clean up the spots in the second photograph under the lamp. (insects? or splashing sea water hitting the shore?)
Megamind, After seeing your photographs I checked your location

Good IQ, but couldn't handle bright sky. If your mobile have HDR option, try that. I like black and white treatment, I didn't notice selective colouring at first.

Suojy, Spider is a good one and that greeny is something new.

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Yeah, Prashant. I didn't think PP could bring down the blown highlight...

Great work there Rishi and MegaMind. Prashant super pp that one.

thanks megamind

btw y soo less selective coloring on the bike shot...just two small spot...which byke is it...and that helmate is awesome

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] 1st one is super...

sujoyp said:
thanks megamind btw y soo less selective coloring on the bike shot...just two small spot...which byke is it...and that helmate is awesome

Thanks. I'm yet to fiddle around in PS. Working on it.
Bike: CBR250R & Helmet: SOL metalman.

sujoyp said:
thanks megamind btw y soo less selective coloring on the bike shot...just two small spot...which byke is it...and that helmate is awesome
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] 1st one is super...

Helmet is from SOL and the Bike a Honda CBR ~~150~~ 250. Bloody expensive at 1.5 lakh+ on-road but probably worth it if you have the cash, and like travelling. BTW the helmet also comes in matte black, really looking talk-sense-or-dont-talk-to-me-at-all. Jealousy inducing stuff :>

nac said:
Megamind, After seeing your photographs I checked your location Good IQ, but couldn't handle bright sky. If your mobile have HDR option, try that.

I rarely use HDR. Will try with it on. Thanks.

pranav0091 said:
Helmet is from SOL and the Bike a Honda CBR ~~150~~ 250. Bloody expensive at 1.5 lakh+ on-road but probably worth it if you have the cash, and like travelling. BTW the helmet also comes in matte black, really looking talk-sense-or-dont-talk-to-me-at-all. Jealousy inducing stuff :>

OT: The 250R costs 2L+taxes(w/ABS), this particular helmet model doesn't come in matte finish but other models from SOL does..

Thanks guys.
[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] , the second pic is also taken at india gate just prior to sunset. And those dirt like particles are actually birds (out of focus ) flying in the sky.

G

[MENTION=102260]MegaMind[/MENTION] - Nice Pics. what camera is it on the PC screen ?

[MENTION=117627]marvelousprashant[/MENTION] - That contrast in PP is overdone IMO. I'd like something in between yours and the original.
btw, you are the best when it comes to landscape photos. Awesome shots on #9277 & on flickr account.

[MENTION=140405]Rishi.[/MENTION] India gate is looking great & its great you got it so sharp.

I got a late in the park & it was a little too dark. So I got these

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This would had been great if it was from a straight angle. But no tripod & 8 sec shot so...
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Only playing around with 15 sec exposure. It was much darker than it looks in the photo.
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Gen.Libeb said:
[MENTION=102260]MegaMind[/MENTION] - Nice Pics. what camera is it on the PC screen ?

I was checking a review on 600D at that time..

MegaMind said:
I rarely use HDR. Will try with it on. Thanks.

OT: The 250R costs 2L+taxes(w/ABS), this particular helmet model doesn't come in matte finish but other models from SOL does..

Whats the expense on road (I have long been in the market for a two wheeler, now still waiting for the Fazer refresh before deciding) ?

gen I liked only 2nd one due to some electrifying effect on that ball and your 8 sec exposure one...it looks good...but yes if it had a better composition it would look much better

Gen, You could have used smallest aperture for those two park night shots.

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Thanks sujoyp.
I wanted to get something like this in the 4th one.

nac said:
Gen, You could have used smallest aperture for those two park night shots.

That is one opportunity missed.

@gen why didnt you put the cam on the ground and try something

without a tripod 8 sec exposure is almost impossible

[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION] , the 3rd pic from top , looks good. Although, you can also try taking all those 4 different lights in a line , rather than the red light obstructing the yellow light. It will look sparkling!
PS : I feel a little more of exposure , and play with light effects , an excellent pic can be achieved. I love such architectures , they are awesome when it comes to composing a shot. ( that's my personal opinion.)

BTW , I was just wondering if those are stationary or they spin around ??

[MENTION=140405]Rishi.[/MENTION] India gate is looking great & its great you got it so sharp.

It was very difficult to capture this shot , because I shot this using a telephoto lens , which doesn't have IS , and I didn't carried my Tripod either.
I think , I have shot this using Twilight mode.

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Heads up - We didn't had a Photographer's group in TDF . Here's one now .
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sujoyp said:
some macro shots took an hr back

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] , these are some of the brilliant insect shots , I have seen recently . ( Including the ones on flickr. )
Excellent shots.

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] thanks ...once upon a time I was macro crazzy ...but could not find different types of insects regularly soo jumped to birding ... you should see Toofan AKA Vimal bhai's macro shots...they are awesome...he used to post here before.
*www.flickr.com/photos/vimaljoshi/

An evening at Eco Park, Kolkata
Taken by Sony Xperia Z
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^ I see your photographs, thinking... "it's good". I know what camera you own. Reading first line of your description (things running in my head (that's a good shot from 600D),
second line.... *thmg.photobucket.com/albums/v668/auciker/Smileys/th_jaw-drop.gif*forum.blu-ray.com/images/smilies/imported/jawdrop.gif*msn.mess.be/data/thumbnails/105/Jawdrop.png
That's a great shot :thumbs:

and an excellent IQ from a mobile camera.

good shot rhitwick

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] , what do you use for taking macro shots ???

I have a Tamron Di LD , lens which is not a real macro lens but is capable of giving magnification 1:2 of the actual size of subject. Macro begins in range of 180-300mm.
I have never tested it's macro capability , so not sure how the results would be. But I was just wondering , that do these "close-up filters" helps in composing more magnified macro shots ?
I mean , if my lens kit is capable of 1:2 , how much a +2 or +4 or +7 dioptre lens can give as end result ?? ( 62mm filter ).
They are in-expensive , ( a kit of 4 filters costs less than a 1,000.) SO I was just wondering if they are worth purchasing.

PS : I love Macro and Telephoto shots. ( Insects & Birds )

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] I have a 55mm Nikon micro lens which also give 1:2 but its very sharp...you can see the sharpness and details it give even after cropping a lot

but the important thing is use of flash ...you have to use an external flash with diffuser to get good light ....I take macro shots at f8 and it will be very dark to take shots directly...you have to use external flash cause pop up flash is not high enough to shoot beyond the lens ...and caste a shadow on the subject.

you can also shoot macro at day time when there is enough light ....and keep shutter speed high enough like 1/125 and f8

I too have those diaopters and they are difficult to use and reduce the quality...forget about it

sujoyp said:
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] I have a 55mm Nikon micro lens which also give 1:2 but its very sharp...you can see the sharpness and details it give even after cropping a lot but the important thing is use of flash ...you have to use an external flash with diffuser to get good light ....I take macro shots at f8 and it will be very dark to take shots directly...you have to use external flash cause pop up flash is not high enough to shoot beyond the lens ...and caste a shadow on the subject.

you can also shoot macro at day time when there is enough light ....and keep shutter speed high enough like 1/125 and f8

I too have those diaopters and they are difficult to use and reduce the quality...forget about it

Okay , but how about the CLose up Filters/Diopters ?? Any views on it ??

I tried to use them some days back and my pics started looking very low in contrast and sharpness ...I wont recommend it ...you can easily get great result directly ....dont waste money on diaopters instead get a cheap external flash...you can get one for even 2000

sujoyp said:
I tried to use them some days back and my pics started looking very low in contrast and sharpness ...I wont recommend it ...you can easily get great result directly ....dont waste money on diaopters instead get a cheap external flash...you can get one for even 2000

Okay. Good.
Then I will take out my cam for a walk in broad daylight for insect photography. Will see how it fairs.

I've used the +2 macro adapter a lot (It's the only one I have) it gives decent results. It will reduce the quality a bit and will at times give you some strange looking distortion, but it allows you to focus much nearer than a normal lens and will give you a beautiful bokeh if you are planning isolate your subject. Here are some shots from it mounted on a 35-70mm lens. BTW these are not cropped, this is what the cam was able to compose with the adapters on

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For macros, you can get Raynox dcr 150 or 250 filter. It comes with adapters, which fits most of the lenses. Cost is just around 4 to 5k, if you order it from US. I didnt find results inferior to any good macro lens. I use dcr250 with a 50mm lens but have used it on 100mm and even 400mm for extreme magnification. Recently, i thought i need a bit less magnification, so have ordered dcr150. Havent yet tried but i am sure it will give excellent results.

Raynox are good but spending 4-5k on an adapter is not such a nice idea for me...I bought my macro lens for 5k and it gives great results even after I crop to 10% of the original pic ...those posted in last page are huge crops ...almost just 20% of the whole pic...still looks sharp enough and I can see even the hair of the bee

also adapters decreses the working distance I think ....it will increase the difficulty in taking shots

@amlan I remember you have posted these before...they look good cause of composition...but just check online for macro shots and you would know which way to go

Nice clicks sujoy

One from pottery place shoot
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[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION] wah wah....awesome expressions and beautifully captured!

I want to know the story behind the angle.

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b/w have you sharpened it too much?

[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION] thats nice shot ....yup too sharp

Fabulous click chitvan

chitvan said:
One from pottery place shoot
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Give it an awesome tagline. This one deserves a good quote or tagline.

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good work prashant

I would have liked it more if the background was not this distracting...if you have a prime or a telephoto lens it would produce nice OOF image.

Excellent Prashant. :doublethumb:

Sujoy, He already bought a DSLR? I thought that was from his SX240...

I took this from my phone cam. I have the sx240. Will get the dslr ones exams are over

^

Super duper IQ from a mobile cam and DOF that's unxxxxxxxbelievable. GREAT :doublethumb:

Thanks nac and sujoy
DoF is artificial in the landscape shot. I could have added more lens blur but it wasn't looking natural. The other one has only minimal noise reduction and exposure correction

nice prashant...its a great shot ...no one can guess its taken with mobile...

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Shot these at my garden...sadly there were no other insect ...one spider ran away , he saw me comming

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Sujoy, Those are very nice, esp. the background of the second one. But still I am expecting little more...

more ....but I never got soo clean BG till now...this is the 1st time ...I will just get a macro lens which can shoot 1:1..only then the quality may increase ...now I can shoot only 1:2 soo I have to crop it to almost half

Excellent shots @ Sujoy.

thanks @inci

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This is one of the images taken when shooting for the challenge. Didn't think that this will suit the topic, so didn't post it.

And after inci and gen thought that the black and white border isn't good, I removed it. I wanted something there, so that I can stamp the exif info and at the same at the same time the border shouldn't be visible. Tried something, even I don't know whether this will work or not. I will only know when I post it... Will see what you guys say about the border (lets see whether you can see it first).

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[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] ditch the border altogether. it is distracting and makes images look kind of small
[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION] nice macros. like the 1st one more.

^ You see the border

I thought I made it invisible. I am almost at the edge of a cliff, ditching border altogether... :hissyfit:

I am using using tapatalk app to access tdf all the time thats why

Good one Nac.

nice one nac....just remove the borders...it will be cumbersome even at the time of printing pictures...creating photobooks

thanks prashant

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] I know you put borders to mention the settings used. It looks good but now that everyone is insisting to remove it, the only option is to upload on flickr where we can see all the exif datas

Thanks guys...

I am listening. It's now 5-0 in favour of no borders and frames.

My next one will have no border, I have worked on something. That will be my last attempt on stamping exif info. If that too distracts, then no more borders and I will manually type-in the exif.

Don't stamp. Picture is more important than exif. Ruining the image for exif doesn't make sense

The intention for leaving exif is because, I really want to get some constructive criticism of the photographs I share.

Many (probably most) of the photographs I share thinking that they are good (in my view, when I see it first). But later after getting some comments I realize that the photographs are not as good as before or really bad.

After my initial few months into photograph, I came across a post suggesting few things. "what to do to get some "real" comments and criticism"? Leaving exif on the post was one among the few. To my convenience, lately I am stamping them. If the borders really making the photograph look bad, I will sure work on it or remove it. Now I am working on it. I will give it a try one last time. Please, don't give up on me.

Comment on that whether the border like thing is ok or not (it's not actually a border). Before going bed, I will post two photographs with that new one.

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These are the two photographs.

1. Line house

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2. Avenue to nowhere

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nac said:
The intention for leaving exif is because, I really want to get some constructive criticism of the photographs I share.

Many (probably most) of the photographs I share thinking that they are good (in my view, when I see it first). But later after getting some comments I realize that the photographs are not as good as before or really bad.

After my initial few months into photograph, I came across a post suggesting few things. "what to do to get some "real" comments and criticism"? Leaving exif on the post was one among the few. To my convenience, lately I am stamping them. If the borders really making the photograph look bad, I will sure work on it or remove it. Now I am working on it. I will give it a try one last time. Please, don't give up on me. Comment on that whether the border like thing is ok or not (it's not actually a border). Before going bed, I will post two photographs with that new one.

It may be a good habit to focus on the exif and offer it to critique, but never lose sight of the greatest truth in photography - its the image that matters. Its only when someone notices something lacking in an image that they will realistically go dig into the exif and see what they could have done better. Of course there are people who study from others, but in that case the source neednt advertise the settings

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[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]
In 1st image it would be better if there was a person walking by (long exposure motion blur) or sitting (emotion) or smoking or a woman sewing sweater etc... The image looks incomplete although the scene has a lot of potential

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[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] 1st one is better...good composition..no need to put exif,,those who need it will check details inside the file
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] nice perspective

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] nice pics n that border too

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] is that glass on the beach? I'm on fone so not visible clearly

[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION]
Nice macros.... Loved the first one more.
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION]
Nice angle

Rishi. said:
Give it an awesome tagline. This one deserves a good quote or tagline.

Thanks all.
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This photo captured at pottery place, at sarkhej,I love to visit it,
I frequently visit it so these children know me well, they are always curious to see their photo I captured, even I show some old pics of them in mobile (Facebook) captured year back, I sharpen much here but actually I wanted to sharpen eyes only, I love to capture children from top+wide angle as it looks different and no need to care about background,
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This is special place for me, this place gave me some awesome pics and even I got my best pic here.

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] - Super macro !!! What is it in the first one .. A mosquito ?

nac said:
The intention for leaving exif is because, I really want to get some constructive criticism of the photographs I share.

Sometimes leaving exif may work against you while getting critique. I'd rather have my photos judged based on how good they look and not by settings.

Do you guys go for photo-walks ????
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I was planning to go to Rishikesh this weekend with my office friends but plan got canceled. Now i am wondering whether going alone there for the sake of photography will make sense or not.

Sometimes it seems photographers life can get lonely at times.

#2 of 3

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I don't know what was I think to use f/7.1 after all I am using a small sensor camera. I chose -2 EV to get decent shutter speed to shoot handheld. I should have shot wide open. Thinking that I can push exposure during PP, but the lead to below average IQ. And I was expecting to see sun, but it was hiding behind the clouds all evening (there would be nice colours under the sky). I really liked this photograph, though not happy with the quality of the image.

thanks chitvan

Gen its not a mosquito...donno what it is but we have plenty of them in garden and find them easily

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] If you are reffering street photography as photowalk then no I have never went...but I have went for birding with a bunch of photographers...and its fun, you always learn new things from others.
Dont go alone..its not a good idea...security point of view .
[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] this one is awesome ...I dont find anything bad here

thanks guys....
[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] those are the pebbles on the beach...sadly now I don't have the original with me as my hdd crashed

...probably I can get it from my friends

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This is my favourite among the three. Thanks to nice colours. It was bright daylight, I couldn't see the LCD clearly. Sun was straight above my head. It seemed good using -1 EV. But when looked @ computer screen, it seems underexposed. All the photographs are RAW, so I had little more room to tweak in PP. When I loaded RAW, I was little shocked to see that the picture was dull, dim than jpeg. Even I thought of better editing jpeg as the RAW seemed worse than jpeg. But I went on with RAW, trying to match jpeg's brightness, colour and all. I should say I am happy with the editing. But with jpeg, I didn't have to tweak this much, file size would be minimum of 6 times smaller and most importantly file would have written faster when shooting.

I tried both jpeg and RAW for this picture. I will post the comparison in PP thread.

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Nac this one looks nice...but there are bloches of white all over near the cloud ...why is that...and why dont you share picture through flickr...I could have seen a bigger image with exif there

^ I saw that. Blotches are there in the original too, and it increased slightly in PP and its more obvious coz of the quality of the jpeg I chose. I choose 65 quality, that's the usual I keep for every photograph. I find it easy with small size photographs. All the photographs since I bought camera, I am sharing down sampled version (including flickr). I will upload the original somewhere, if you want.

no no what I am saying is if you want to maintain 2 different flickr profile then you can do that but at least upload the pics from there soo we can see the pic in big size and exif details too...I am maintaining 4 flickr profiles right now

sujoyp said:
I am maintaining 4 flickr profiles right now

Just after your post I checked it. I didn't know imgur stripping the exif info. I was using imageshack before, after they made it paid only option, I moved to imgur. I think now I have to look for some other site. I tried flickr before, but copy/pasting the link is not as simple as others.

nac said:
Just after your post I checked it. I didn't know imgur stripping the exif info. I was using imageshack before, after they made it paid only option, I moved to imgur. I think now I have to look for some other site. I tried flickr before, but copy/pasting the link is not as simple as others.

Its simpler. Click on the share button (the one looking like a dock-out icon) and then take the third tab inside the small popup (the tab looking like a thumb-pin) - that gives you the entire code, including the IMG tags, dont have to type even that

yaah now flickr link is a small one..not like before...

and 4 profiles for different purposes

one for good shots one for portraits one for crap shots and all gear buy shots and last one for zoomin.com soo they pick my pics from there

sujoyp said:
last one for zoomin.com soo they pick my pics from there

What is this and how does it work? are they buying your images ?

no no I print from zoomin.com ...in that site you have option to pick your pictures from either flipkart or instagram album or flickr album or picasa web album...I prefer flickr...soo upload those pics in that profile which I will be printing

and one that i've been meaning to put up for some time now

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3756/13783010913_8f62a2fab6_c.jpgTreading on flowers by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Well composed Amlan

its nice amlan..good

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Went to a nearby lake and had lots of fun trekking...but didnt got many birds

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*farm4.staticflickr.com/3793/13816763103_b1b6993302_z.jpgBeautiful lake side by sujoyp, on Flickr

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And the New bird that I got is this one

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here is a pic of me too

just in case u see me somewhere...on TV newspaper

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Sujoy,
After seeing first two, third's IQ seems not good.
Beautiful lake side: I guess this could be a good spot for star trail esp. if it's little out of city.
Me: Hey! I know this guy. The guy from TDF. I have seen his shoulder level portrait before. I thought he was hitting gym, but in this photograph it seems like he is not...

Thanks nac ...its just not possible to even stay there after 6 PM ...its in very remote place and there is no one around...maybe if you are with a group of 5 on a car, then its possible.

he he he...yes I go to gym...but I have collected lots n lots of fats in all these years...it wont go down that easily

I want a 300mmf4 :pullhair:

150-500 maybe good for enthusiasts but it just dont match up ....300f4 +TC used cost 60-62k double of 150-500

sujoyp said:
Thanks nac ...its just not possible to even stay there after 6 PM ...its in very remote place and there is no one around...maybe if you are with a group of 5 on a car, then its possible.

he he he...yes I go to gym...but I have collected lots n lots of fats in all these years...it wont go down that easily

I want a 300mmf4 150-500 maybe good for enthusiasts but it just dont match up ....300f4 +TC used cost 60-62k double of 150-500

Hey, can you point out what range of focal length do you most use for birding in the Sigma (esp DSC_3444) ?

I cant find the EXIF info within flickr now

Regarding pics, very Nikon-y :- True to life, but definitely not punchy enough for a lot of people. ANd a slight lack of sharpness arising from the lens I guess (my 50mm f1.8 has the exact same issue, I have started noticing - focus locks but the pics are slightly out of focus.):>

I use more then 95% 500m and remaining from 400-500 ....I dont remember last I shot below 400mm ...also I can not lock the lens at 420mm as everyone says 400-420mm is the best...and its just natural to zoom in full to get the closest shot

yaah strange when I exported to TIFF and then jpeg exif details got lost ....will take care next time

Pranav these are converted from RAW so definitely its not issue with Nikon but a issue with me ....I may like less saturated true to life pics

there is no focus issue the previous owner had some superb shots by this...now days when I shoot I remember to put the focus box right on birds eye soo it should come in focus

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BTW guys you can see the contrast difference between 150-500 and tammy 17-50 ...all landscapes are shot with tammy except last one ...sigma surly have contrast issue

Guys what's the best way to add a small water mark , or rather a small text to all the images converted from raw images in a bulk. ( I don't want to manually add a text in each and every images.)

Also , the pics that I edit are in .ARW file ( raw image files for Sony.)
Now , in Adobe Photoshop CS6 , which would be the best file format to preserve all the details , without compromising to the image quality and details , and at the same time can be shared on flickr , too ??

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Tried a macro shot with my somewhat macro capable TP Lens , and a little bit of editing in Picasa and Adobe PS CS6.
Looks a bit over-saturated though and somewhat dark-issh.
PS : it's extremely difficult to shoot macros , without a tripod . There is so much of shake and blur at high focal length.

BTW , to the very right of the image (see full resolution image.) , I see a distortion of uniform length. This is present in each and every image that I shoot from from DSLR. Can someone explain whether there is a problem with the Lens/Sensor or it's just how the Raw images are.

MagiC_Magenta!
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[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] ...use TIFF image format to retain details...but it will be huge in size ...but can be opened anywhere and uploaded too ...

good macro shot ...practice handheld macro rishi...our tripod cant go where insects live ...flower its fine ....and it needs a tripod which have movable center column

and that distortion...hmm seems lens issue to me

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] what happened to your pics...y soo much grains...did u crop it too much

Rishi, I use fastStone Image viewer. I used it for adding border and stamping exif info. There are few more you can do with it, like watermarking photographs. Try that...

If it's a keeper, keep the RAW and save the edited ones in jpeg. I think TIFFs are too big (yes, TIFF preserve lot of details than jpeg). My SOOC jpegs file size range from 250KB to 3.x MB, RAW are 17.8MB (irrespective of lightings, camera settings...). Even if it's totally blown out picture, or fully dark, size remains 17.8MB. But the TIFF I get are too big (80MB - 190 MB) after editing. That's too much.

Try to shoot when there is plenty of light, and/or you can buy an external flash to avoid motion blur (camera shake).

Yes, that's how the RAW images are. All the RAW images have lens distortion. You have to apply lens correction. Adobe camera RAW (which comes with CS6) can do that.

Your picture is nice.

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sujoyp said:
BTW guys you can see the contrast difference between 150-500 and tammy 17-50 ...all landscapes are shot with tammy except last one ...sigma surly have contrast
issue

Actually, I thought that's how you want you photographs. (no offense). If it's because of the lens, push it in PP.

nac Actually after reading your statement I again tried to edit the pic and it came very nicely

soo it was my half hearted effort on editing

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nac said:
Rishi, I use fastStone Image viewer. I used it for adding border and stamping exif info. There are few more you can do with it, like watermarking photographs. Try that...

Try to shoot when there is plenty of light, and/or you can buy an external flash to avoid motion blur (camera shake).

Yes, that's how the RAW images are. All the RAW images have lens distortion. You have to apply lens correction. Adobe camera RAW (which comes with CS6) can do that.

Your picture is nice.

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Thanks.
I will try the Lens distortion correction , I have PS6 , it's just that it's not working with RAW images. I guess I will have to download the latest Camera RAW Plug-in , I think I have 7.1 currently , and my cam being pretty new requires 7.4 or above.
Will try after updating.

If it's a keeper, keep the RAW and save the edited ones in jpeg. I think TIFFs are too big (yes, TIFF preserve lot of details than jpeg). My SOOC jpegs file size range from 250KB to 3.x MB, RAW are 17.8MB (irrespective of lightings, camera settings...). Even if it's totally blown out picture, or fully dark, size remains 17.8MB. But the TIFF I get are too big (80MB - 190 MB) after editing. That's too much.

Gosh...!!!!!! 80-100MBs ???!!!! Even the RAW ones are not that huge. I never thought a pic could reach 100MBs in size.!! I will only keep those in TIFFs , which are keepers. Rest all , RAW.

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sujoyp said:
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] ...use TIFF image format to retain details...but it will be huge in size ...but can be opened anywhere and uploaded too ...

good macro shot ...practice handheld macro rishi...our tripod cant go where insects live ...flower its fine ....and it needs a tripod which have movable center column

Yeah , I am trying though the TP Lens+Body becomes quite heavy to keep steady.
I think my tripod has a movable center coulmn.

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] : I am pretty sure that your stock 18-55 is also capable of similar macros. (My canon one does)

pranav0091 said:
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] : I am pretty sure that your stock 18-55 is also capable of similar macros. (My canon one does)

Well ,these flowers are actually much smaller in reality.!! ( The image is not cropped either ) Not sure if , 18-55 will be able to magnify so much. I have taken these shots at a distance of ~1.25mtrs away from the subject at a focal length of 300mm.
I will try a macro shot with 18-55 though. But I am pretty sure , my both lenses are not much good when it comes to sharpness ,( without any editing ).
Next week I am planning to visit nearby showrooms for checking various lenses. I will see a demo of the lens quality and sharpness.

Few from me:
my first try of taking macro shot: a butterfly

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Sunset:

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Sunset, India by Kapil Juvale on 500px

That sunset pic is amazing. Great moment

good shot kapil but the shadow is too much.....nice landscape..those are your friends??

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] these are the pics I uploaded on instagram sometime back...and I don't have the originals with me...have downloaded it from instagram which are now of low quality

Rishi. said:
Well ,these flowers are actually much smaller in reality.!! ( The image is not cropped either ) Not sure if , 18-55 will be able to magnify so much. I have taken these shots at a distance of ~1.25mtrs away from the subject at a focal length of 300mm.
I will try a macro shot with 18-55 though. But I am pretty sure , my both lenses are not much good when it comes to sharpness ,( without any editing ).
Next week I am planning to visit nearby showrooms for checking various lenses. I will see a demo of the lens quality and sharpness.

The Canon 18-55 can do even water drops so I'd guess the Sony one too. The trick here is that these lenses should focus really close (~under 10cm away from the lens).

Are you pixel peeping ? Because, while I realise that the primes are definitely sharper, the difference isnt huge by any means and I consider myself to be pretty demanding. Can you share some examples of what you think are poor sharpness ?

You may want to check is its a lack of sharpness or just image out of focus (the beep sounded by the camera is no guarantee that you have good focus) You might want to go Live View mode and use magnify option to get precise focus under Manual focus, and then compare the sharpness.

^^ Kit lens is as good as L lens when it is stopped down to f/8 or so as far as sharpness is concern. - Quote from digitalrev.

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loved this one abhidev

Good pic [MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION].
I feel you can also compose a blacked-out version of this . I.E. completely shadow the monument , it'll also seem good.

thanks guys...I'll see if I can posts the original...Instagram has reduced the quality considerably X(

pranav0091 said:
The Canon 18-55 can do even water drops so I'd guess the Sony one too. The trick here is that these lenses should focus really close (~under 10cm away from the lens).

Are you pixel peeping ? Because, while I realise that the primes are definitely sharper, the difference isnt huge by any means and I consider myself to be pretty demanding. Can you share some examples of what you think are poor sharpness ?

You may want to check is its a lack of sharpness or just image out of focus (the beep sounded by the camera is no guarantee that you have good focus) You might want to go Live View mode and use magnify option to get precise focus under Manual focus, and then compare the sharpness.

Yeah , I do magnify the image close enough to see the individual pixels , but they are not that sharp. I will post some samples . You can check to see if the lenses are not that good or whether it's my in-experience in stabilizing and properly focusing the shot.
( I don't use auto-focus in most of the cases , could that be one reason ?? .)

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Rishi. said:
Yeah , I do magnify the image close enough to see the individual pixels , but they are not that sharp. I will post some samples . You can check to see if the lenses are not that good or whether it's my in-experience in stabilizing and properly focusing the shot.
( I don't use auto-focus in most of the cases , could that be one reason ?? .)

Could be. Does your EVF have indicators for pointing focus peaking ?

In any case, you have a better chance of getting a non-blurry macro shot with a 18-55 than a 70-300. Thats just physics at work. But yeah, bokeh generally looks better on the 70-300 I guess. Its a tradeoff.

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[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] : You really need to stretch that image to make the sides parallel IMO. The lack of parallel lines is a big downer.

[MENTION=105906]abhi[/MENTION] although composition is good but quality is not that good

[MENTION=133614]kapil[/MENTION]: well captured, sunset pic is awesome
[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION]: nice clicks, the pic with boat is nice.... Try same in cloudy season.

thanks [MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION] ....in rainy season the lake is full ...no place to even walk there around the lake

[MENTION=119687]pranav0091[/MENTION] stretch as in ?
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] yea....Instagram has optimized it...I have the original for these...will post over the weekend

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here's another one

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[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION]: I really like the Taj pic in #9471, There are so many pics with that composition, but your one is very good.

I'm back

These pics are taken from a fast moving train while travelling to Howrah. So things might not be that sharp.

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*farm4.staticflickr.com/3784/13866317734_4c57ea7d6f_z.jpgFlowers

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My first Panorama:
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[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] 2nd and 3rd one is really good

Kaz, Panorama shot from a fast moving train, that's great. I am impressed.

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] no no that is a different post....

This forum has a bad habit of merging posts.
and I have mentioned there too My College from my hostel

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] thanks

thanks [MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION]

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[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION]- That bridge shot is super.

I didn't want a natural look with this one, so here's an attempt at an overdone hdr style look.
I'll post the straight out of camera pic in the post processing thread so in case anyone interested can give it a go.

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gen its fine to do HDR but should always consider the halo around objects which ultimately make picture a bad one

nice compo abhidev

[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION] thanks Gen, your hdr looks good
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] You should have removed that dirty plate

[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION] Using 3 pics or more for HDR ?

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kaz said:
[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION] thanks Gen, your hdr looks good

Thanks.
I've posted the original pic in the post processing thread. Give it a try if you are interested.

Faun said:
[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION] Using 3 pics or more for HDR ?

No. For this one I had only one pic.

Gen.Libeb said:
No. For this one I had only one pic.

It's kind of difficult to get the dynamic range wide with a single shot. Get 3 shots or more for a good dynamic range.

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Faun said:
It's kind of difficult to get the dynamic range wide with a single shot. Get 3 shots or more for a good dynamic range.

Thanks. I did that on another shot (I posted in post processing thread a week before) where I had something stable to place the camera on.
This time I had nothing so well... .. This editing was intended to get a specific look.
Check out the post processing thread if you are interested in trying out.

[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION]
Where is post processing thread?

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION]
It's simple click
Nothing special,
You could try exact top angle...it could better in that way.

[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION] *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/cameras-c...mages-final-step-getting-awesome-click-8.html

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] yea...i know...i shall maybe try blurring the background

thanks guys

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a submission after a long time.

go easy on me guys..

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/13890549496_3bdf44b140_o.jpg_MG_0062 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

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do view the pano in original size..

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kjuvale said:
Few from me:

Sunset:

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Sunset, India by Kapil Juvale on 500px

this pic is amazing.

Rishi. said:
MagiC_Magenta!
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very nice colors [MENTION=140405]Rishi.[/MENTION] love the picture.

sujoyp said:
R] just in case u see me somewhere...on TV newspaper
*farm3.staticflickr.com/2869/13816737265_4a88ccb2ba_z.jpgMe by sujoyp, on Flickr[/SPOILER]

do go to the india-pak border with that lens. the pakis will think you're carrying a bazooka

[MENTION=145411]ANIRBAN[/MENTION] jeep pic is nice...if dogs werent there it will look better..but let dogs live there way

but panorama is not interesting

Elephant Head Point in Mahabaleshwar

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sujoyp said:
[MENTION=145411]ANIRBAN[/MENTION] jeep pic is nice...if dogs werent there it will look better..but let dogs live there way

but panorama is not interesting

true about the pano..

but the dogs make the scene more interesting, IMO.

[MENTION=148045]anirbandd[/MENTION] , give the jeep picture a bit of shadow. It'll look beautiful. Right now , it feels too much of light in the pic. Give it a touch of shadow and saturation on the yellowish scale.

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@lol , sujoy that Bazooka.

Rishi. said:
[MENTION=148045]anirbandd[/MENTION] , give the jeep picture a bit of shadow. It'll look beautiful. Right now , it feels too much of light in the pic. Give it a touch of shadow and saturation on the yellowish scale.

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@lol , sujoy that Bazooka.

where to give the shadow??

and @lol, sujoy or [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION], lol?? :lol:

[MENTION=148045]anirbandd[/MENTION] its same my name is sujoy and my forum name is sujoyp ... what difference it makes

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] he wrote: @lol, sujoy.

it should be [MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION] lol.

i added p to make sure you saw it.

I leave you people alone for a few days and you start discussing user names again

here's what I've been upto this weekend

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/13934954294_0cbe568937_c.jpgWatching nature paint by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

That is just beautiful amlan. Really good

Nice one amlan

thats beautiful amlan

Awesome amlan

Awesome Amlan... Well composed.. nice details

Wow , that's a good pic Amlan. :thumbsup:

Here's something I clicked this weekend , when I went to Old Delhi.

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3822/13953262133_5edf9c14bf_c.jpgRed-Fort by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

Posting here after a long time

Two shots of some dianthus blooms from my rooftop garden.

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IMG_20140420_165226 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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IMG_20140420_165736 by CyberK1D, on Flickr

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abhidev sunlight from behind the monkey have ruined your pic

here is another from the same shoot

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2904/13922413832_b78d2e201d_c.jpgthe photographer by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

[MENTION=96386]CyberKID[/MENTION] : Such strong watermarks across the photo really spoil the beauty of the photo. You can keep it at bottom right like amlan. Non interfering yet the creator's name is clearly visible.

srkmish said:
@CyberKID : Such strong watermarks across the photo really spoil the beauty of the photo. You can keep it at bottom right like amlan. Non interfering yet the creator's name is clearly visible.

Totally agree with you, srkmish. However, being a blogger, I've come to understand that one has to put up some deterrence, when you're posting on the internet, for everyone to see. Nothing against anyone on the forum, but the blogging circle is quite vast, and there are a lot of people with different mentalities, I hope you understand. It pains a lot to see someone else using your work without even acknowledging that, so, I usually end up doing this. Usually, I make it a bit lesser opaque, so that it doesn't spoil the beauty of the shot, apart from serving its purpose, but, this time, I forgot to do that, apologies

. Anyways changed the images with a lesser striking watermark.

It looks better now. How do you know who is stealing your work? Is it possible to do duplicate image search or something?

srkmish said:
It looks better now. How do you know who is stealing your work? Is it possible to do duplicate image search or something?

No one stole mine (atleast till now, I haven't come across that

), but instances occurs every now and then, on a blogging forum I'm a member of, so, I just keep it simple - don't upload unwatermarked images, and even when you're uploading watermarked ones, keep it low resolution, if it can work, like here on Flickr, or even in my blog posts, I keep it at 1600x1200 only, can save the bandwidth along with the intended purpose. Other than that, at my download gallery, I have 5mp images with minimal watermark to spoil the view. :mrgreen:

As far as image search is concerned, just do an image search with google, and you'll get all the similar images from all the sources.

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Exams over and now its time to edit and post lots of pics

So lets begin.

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Water Drop 1

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Water Drop 2

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Water Drop 3

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Nails

hehe

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Me

And I know the water shots are not good, wish I owned an external flash

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] that scenery is superb
[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] those splash shots are great start...just keep on working

I did a photoshoot of my friend at my home studio...did some editing...but editing is not that good...just good enough...I cant post the pics here
you can check the pics here ---> *www.flickr.com/photos/104951063@N07

thanks guys
[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] the second splash shot is good
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] good pics bro

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] thanks

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] thanks

This beach pic is looking great

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Sandhan Valley

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] nice beach shot

[MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION] : how did you shoot this? did you do a vertical panorama or crop a much larger image. It's an amazing shot

Anorion, I really like it. Mobile camera? Panaroma? :thumbs:

Abhi,
#9522 - Intentionally added noise?
#9519 - I really like this aerial view shot :doublethumb:

And I like the crop

Srkmish, I didn't find it impressive

Kaz, Nice work and IQ is good :thumbs:

Cyberkid, Is it the colours, or a different camera? IQ is better than usual.

Rsihi, Good IQ

Amlan, "Watching nature paint" Wonderful colours :thumbs:

Anirban, MG_0062 - Neat and clean

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Sujoy, They are good. :thumbs:

And the difference in IQ is pretty evident from D3100 to D7000. But that's not the case with T100 and D3100. May be they were shot with less sophisticated lighting and accessories.

Posting here after a long time
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izzikio_rage said:
[MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION] : how did you shoot this? did you do a vertical panorama or crop a much larger image. It's an amazing shot

nac said:
Anorion, I really like it. Mobile camera? Panaroma?

thanks. I thought it would be vertical, but it got slanted. Shot it with a 400D, vertical panorama, stitched together using autostitch

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] thanks...actually shots with T100 and D3100 are mostly in natural lightning with no umbrella or flash diffusion ....I wish I had one more umbrella+flash+stand+trigger setup ...I have lost lots of details in right side since I was using flash from slightly left ...If I get someone wanting to shoot portrait very frequently I will get that setup too

thats good work anorion but you need more practice

go there again please

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION]
Good shots.

Also, gain some muscles.

[MENTION=126473]theserpent[/MENTION]
like the beach car shot

thanks everyone

actually i have take n that pic from my Instagram acc...and it has lost quality...will post the original good quality pics this weekend

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Anorion,

Sorry, IQ made me to think it as a mobile camera. No offense.

Why ghosting in the last panorama?

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] its obvious that the person moved between 1st shot and next shot...soo the ghosting effect

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[MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION] - That vertical gap photo is awesome. [MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] - I like the water drop photos. I've never managed to get a single decent one yet.

[MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION] , the last panorama pic looks very attractive.

:thumbsup:

anorion your last panorama is awesome...just crop the rightmost part with ghosting effect ..it will look much better

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

thanks!

nac said:
Anorion, Sorry, IQ made me to think it as a mobile camera. No offense.

none taken, while posting, I only thought "this looks like it was taken on a mobile cam"

sujoyp said:
thats good work anorion but you need more practice go there again please

yes. its a good place for HDR, some regions have harsh sunlight some regions are in deep shadow.

going to try some more types of panoramas

@Anorian get rid of the ghost and the pic will be awesome!!!

Which softwares do you all use to edit your pics?

thanks [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] [MENTION=20614]Faun[/MENTION] [MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION]

[MENTION=20614]Faun[/MENTION] I will see what I can do for gaining muscles

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Some clicks from college campus

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Mermaid

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Aquarium

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Flower Horn

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Yoga Center

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Ginny Pigs

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Hound

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Emu

nac said:
Cyberkid, Is it the colours, or a different camera? IQ is better than usual.

It's from my cellphone. I think it's the colours, combined with the White balance.

superb shots [MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] ....which college is that??

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[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] thanks bro !!!! Its NIST

National Institute of Science and Technology

@ Berhampur, Orissa.

and you have an Shutur-Murg in your college ??? Wawww.....

[MENTION=140405]Rishi.[/MENTION] Yes, total four shuturmurgs....And many dogs, ducks too

Shuturmurgs . Lol. :sly:

Waterborne

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awesome medico ...where did you find it?

[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION] , awesome pic !!!!!!!
How did you managed to get so close ?

400mm + zoo

a_medico said:
400mm + zoo

zoom

..........

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7090/14014129932_ac46104869_z.jpgDSC_3769 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7082/14037329783_0bbae2fd50_z.jpgDSC_3767 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7192/14037328843_cbaa3af742_z.jpgDSC_3804 by sujoyp, on Flickr

[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION] awesome

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Sujoy, After your spider macro, 2nd one is your best, in my view.
I could see lot of details in the eyes of these macros than your portrait shots. Why? If it is becoz of these are so close to the subject, take a head shot @ f/1.8 or better (this is a request, don't mind if the tone is different when you read it

). Just want to see lot of eye details in your portrait work.

LOL nac maybe I am giving more effort on macros rather then portrait work ....these macros are shot around f8 and f11 but those portraits are shot at f4 or f5.6 ...I dont have more light to go below that ... and thse girls mostly want full body shots...I was even ready with my 50mm on other DSLR but they didnt want a half shot

50mm gives quit sharp shots at f2.8 and below

Did you see the eye details of white insect...its quit nice...I was surprised that insect didnt fly away ....

Yeah, I did see that. Lot of details in there...

some more insects with nice eye details

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7074/14053013823_8e12b62a8d_z.jpgmacro1 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7376/14029798582_a7840e5ee4_z.jpgDSC_3985 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/14053026893_f4c031f4ae_z.jpgDSC_3983 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2913/14029834821_0efe43fd9e_z.jpgDSC_3955 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/14033018055_80d81f6f36_z.jpgDSC_3945 by sujoyp, on Flickr

you guys may say pics are grainy but thats due to cropping ...I have 1:2 macro lens

and I cant get any lens for next 3 months :wah:

a_medico said:
Waterborne

Really great, dude!

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sujoyp said:
some more insects with nice eye details
you guys may say pics are grainy but thats due to cropping ...I have 1:2 macro lens and I cant get any lens for next 3 months

Really great macros, Sujoy :-D

thanks [MENTION=96386]CyberKID[/MENTION]

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] - Wow, Great details in those macros. Regular houseflies ?

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] - Cool looks nice. Was your camera wearing sunglasses ?

Sujoy, I am afraid these are not as impressive as the previous set.

Gen, "Camera wearing sunglasses" :lol:

nac I cant ask these insects to model for me

I am lucky to even shooting them from 10cm distance

what I understood in Macro is, we need certain things to get good macro shots -

1. Macro lens 1:1
2. an external flash
3. external flash triggers (wired, wireless)
4. a clamp to hold external flash from sideways
5. A bigger diffuser
If possible a tripod with moving center column

Nac just for fun do an excersise ...take a 1.5 KG some weight ...hold that weight with both your hands and move your hands front straight so that your hands and legs make a 90 degree angle...see for how much time you can handle it like that without a single bit of vibration ...now move your hands up down left right carrying weight without a tiny vibration...after an hour you will feel the pain of macro photographers

and hands are straight cause we focus looking at back screen

[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION] this was last year during the rainy seasons and that too it was taken from inside a running car...

[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION] : those are some really amazing macros, very detailed and great light. It's almost as if you got trained the insects to pose for you

.... I'm getting more and more tempted to get hold of a macro lens, or even get hold of those adapters that we discussed (I think the cheapness will make up for the slight loss in quality).
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] : That's an amazing fog shot ....

@amlan thanks....cheapest is the 300Rs reverse ring ...but I must tell you light is the biggest problem in macro even when shooting in summer afternoon

thanks [MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION]

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sujoyp said:
@amlan thanks....cheapest is the 300Rs reverse ring ...but I must tell you light is the biggest problem in macro even when shooting in summer afternoon

An external flash is so expensive , though.
I searched all Delhi for a Close up filter (62mm) , but was not able to find one. Don't know where will I find one , except online stores.
BTW , those reverse ring you guys are talking about , how dangerous they can be to our lenses ?

For filters online is pretty much the only option since physical stores will have only a limited set of the more popular filters.

Reversal ring needs you to manually control the lens, people tend to do that by physically manipulateing the aperture level, that might damage the lens. Other than that its pretty safe.

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] the cheapest external flash I heard cost 1800Rs...not too costly I suppose

Closeup filters reduces the quality of picture for sure...Extension tube and reverse ring dont reduce the IQ .

Reverse ring have one issue that backside of lens is open for dust and scratches...just be careful

Also for Extension tube and reverse ring you need manual aperture ring...soo old manual lenses are best for these not the newer ones ....I had made a combo of Rs.800 ET + 3.5k Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF lens for macro in the starting...but its very difficult to handle soo bought a manual Macro lens

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I can never manage to get the 2nd shot without some obstruction.

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@Gen : 1st one is too good

gen 2nd shot is cut from below ...I want full version

great shot [MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION]

guys any critics on my Ganesha pic???

@Gen, the first shot is beautiful. For the second if there are always people there then one option is to shoot it from a tripod at a low shutter speed. This will blur out all the moving traffic and people. You'll need to use your highest aperture f/22 and lowest ISO 100 or 80 for this.
[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION]: The pic looks pretty good, but light rays effect seems added on and unnatural.

yes I have added the light effects

Gen, First one is excellent, just that its too wide..

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Thanks to all.

sujoyp said:
gen 2nd shot is cut from below ...I want full version

There were people in the full pic & it did not look good so I had to crop it.

izzikio_rage said:
@Gen, the first shot is beautiful. For the second if there are always people there then one option is to shoot it from a tripod at a low shutter speed. This will blur out all the moving traffic and people. You'll need to use your highest aperture f/22 and lowest ISO 100 or 80 for this.

f/22 !!! Mine goes f/8 lowest.
Thanks for the suggestion but I don't think I am buying a tripod anytime soon.

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Tried a different location this time as [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] has pointed out that i shoot at same location

So I went in the middle of a jungle this time

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5586/14055222636_04d6c61c12_c.jpgSunset, Right Dyke Panorama by marvelprash, on Flickr

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1st shot is too good [MENTION=117627]marvelousprashant[/MENTION]

Prashant, That's a neat a clean shot. But I have seen many similar shots from you. Without even looking at who posted it, I could say those are from you (no offense). I mean you have unique taste of using tone/wb in your photographs (nature landscapes).

Gen.Libeb said:
Thanks to all.

There were people in the full pic & it did not look good so I had to crop it.

f/22 !!! Mine goes f/8 lowest.
Thanks for the suggestion but I don't think I am buying a tripod anytime soon.

You don't need a tripod, just put it on a wall and put some stone to tilt it up. That will work

Some smoking shots

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/14056671266_f05a72969d_z.jpgThe Jinie by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2905/14080257834_8d3b814469_z.jpgSmoking Horse by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7194/13893185230_283b3e1c37_z.jpgDead Lion by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/13893170818_2b3b2aeee9_z.jpgDragon Smoke by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2906/14095660603_99f25c7d18_z.jpgDSC_4037 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Excellent shots sujoy

thanks [MENTION=132251]prashant[/MENTION]

gr8 shots [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]

thanks [MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION]

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] those are great, what did you do for the lighting?

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] , can you post some details on clicking those pictures , except the fact that I need to smoke one or two.

That's excellent series Sujoy :doublethumb:

thanks [MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION] , [MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] , [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]

anorion I have used flash from sideways such that it does not fall on the black background ...you will need a external flash for this and a wired or wireless trigger
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] its very simple
1. Get a black background
2. set the agarbatti 4-5 inches away from BG
3. use light or flash in such a way that it does not fell in background and light the smoke
4. use f8 and shutterspeed 1/200

Take lots of shots..and then use PP to make these

Mr. GREEN

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Nice clicks sujoy
You can try white BG in PP

[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION] I have done that before

this time I was after some smoke figures...like I got a horse , lion, a genie

Ok... got it..

Here is the one captured.
View attachment 14326

nice one chitvan

Thanks

Good, bad, worst say whatever you have to say I wont mind.

Btw in my personal opinion both of them were bad.Therefore tried some post processing on them.Still they look bad.
These were shot using an almost 4-5 yrs old 2mp camera phone.

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@quanchi 1st one editing is also bad ...but 2nd one even if its blurred grainy blueish tint but its looking like a painting...and I like it as a artist

sujoyp said:
but 2nd one even if its blurred grainy blueish tint but its looking like a painting...and I like it as a artist

Lol yeah. I shot that tree from a moving bus in the evening.

critics pls

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no purples this time

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^

Picture quality is amazing.

Here goes my tadoba series 1

Early morning
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/14136098493_d780877912_z.jpgDSC_4164 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Taken at 5am

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7178/13929376639_5e0d8b705c_z.jpgDSC_4166 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Bamboo road
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Central road
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*farm6.staticflickr.com/5515/14112984622_fb89f68f40_z.jpgDSC_0149 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Jungle was beautiful
*farm3.staticflickr.com/2899/13929432638_9024750b08_z.jpgDSC_0143 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Sunset
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5563/14112975232_af5f149d51_z.jpgDSC_4134 by sujoyp, on Flickr

in 2nd part will post animals I got...didnt edit them yet

Looking forward to the animal shots

Nice series Sujoy

. I would like to ask something about IQ of the photographs in this series, I will hijack this post to PP thread and will ask it there...

Thanks [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]

good shots [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] especially the last one

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LOL abhidev ...good one...and thanks

First 2 shots are amazing sujoy

thanks prashant

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Tadoba Series 2

Male spotted deer
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/13936816148_2edf488470_z.jpgDSC_4102 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Sambhar
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Barking Deer
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5324/14120131291_db2554e6b1_z.jpgDSC_4185 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Wild Bull
It is almost 6 feet high and huge...Looks soo big and strong
*farm8.staticflickr.com/7384/14143490763_d1e55d18d6_z.jpgDSC_4204 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Spotted deer family
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Woodpeaker
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5195/13936774940_25f59df2a9_z.jpgDSC_4243 by sujoyp, on Flickr

The only tiger glimpse I got

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I have 2-3 more pics of tadoba to share...will do it tomorrow...If you dont like surprises check my flickr I have already uploded there

Awesome Tadoba snaps

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] - Great pics
My favourites are "Taken at 5am" & "Central road" from first one.
"Male spotted deer" & "Spotted deer family" from animals

sujoyp I liked the 4th and the last picture from your first post & the last one from your second post.

Another mobile photo

*s14.postimg.org/8lxrshti9/Photo_2075.jpg
free upload image

Nice clicks sujoy, seems like you spent your weekend well

Where is this place?

[strike]Were you not afraid from the Tiger ?? [/strike]I mean do they allow you get so close to a tiger running in wild ??

Thanks all

@amlan its tadoba national park also called TATR ...its famous for tiger sightings
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] I was sadly very far from tiger but people see tiger just next to there vehicle ...and get lots of great photographs...my bad luck ...and no tiger dont care about humans there

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Last tadoba series of a bird...I just loved it

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Sujoy, First one is good. Sharp and bright eyes...

Thanks nac...I got this one is an achievement in itself for me

4221 with 3 deers is best

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5034/13944876887_d97d384bff_c.jpgThe last sunset #hirakud by marvelprash, on Flickr

^ That's a good one, Prashant.

nice one prashant

Great shot, Prashant

superb shots [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] and [MENTION=117627]marvelousprashant[/MENTION]

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[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] thanks...if possible you get a new better camera...I see that you have lots of interest in photography and your composition has improved a lot...but picture quality is poor

areeee.....I have SX220 HS which is really good...the picture quality is poor beacause these are my Instagram pics that i exported which are sadly over optimized and are looking grainy :-x

but instagram is in android mobile or iphone right...soo do you post pics from mobile and shoot from sx220hs

I think instagram also allows you to upload from a pc. It's pretty much a photo sharing site like flickr ....

ooh is it...I thought its just a photo app for photo editing :chinscratch:

I had shot some pics from mobile and cam...tranferrred them to mobile and upload it through an app....later when I lost the data...I exported all the images from instagram and they are now low quality and grainy

thats sad to hear bro..coz I like the way you are composing nowdays but quality

Can someone help me understanding Bracketing ??

bracketing in general is taking multiple shots of same picture...there is exposure bracketing which have multiple shots of same picture with multiple exposures like +2, 0 and -2 ...this way it gets more details by removing shadow improving highlights and sky....HDR is nothing but putting multiple bracketed shots togather to create a high dynamic picture

^ So if I select bracketing , the chances are that the pics will be more sharper ??

pics can be a bit sharper but its more of creating HDR with bracketed shots

Usually an hdr will be less sharp than a normal shot. Sharpness usually is higher when you do something called focus stacking for macro shots. You bracket with different focus and then join them

izzikio_rage said:
Usually an hdr will be less sharp than a normal shot. Sharpness usually is higher when you do something called focus stacking for macro shots. You bracket with different focus and then join them

Actually focus stacking is used for more depth of field in macro shots.

Capture multiple shots with different focus point and merge then into one.
Its really tough task.

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Rhino

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Rishi. said:
^ So if I select bracketing , the chances are that the pics will be more sharper ??

bracketing is taking multiple photos in diff settings of the same composition and putting together the most necessary elements. can be exposure, as explained for HDR, or also as pointed out it can be focus bracketing, where you take photo of same subject in diff focus, and put them together to achieve deep focus. you can do this for every single setting in the camera, by taking diff ISO, white balance, aperture, shutter speed (adventurous to try

) of the same image.

Which software is used your focus stacking?

^download combineZP from here
this is an unedited focus stack example, have only one I have atm, and it wasnt taken too well can tweak settings (selection is terribly off because it is not exact same img shot on tripod) or at least crop to get better results

*i.imgur.com/KEyzgNk.jpg

it has a GUI, you can do a lot of powerful img manipulation with hugin and enblend and enfuse, but they all command line

chitvan said:
Actually focus stacking is used for more depth of field in macro shots.

Capture multiple shots with different focus point and merge then into one.
Its really tough task.

any idea on how to achieve that ?? Is this feature built into the Cam ?

Chitvan, I have tried focus stacking few times with my compact camera using CHDK. More like a test shot, just to know what's the difference between focus stacked image and deep DOF image using smaller AV. With CHDK, shooting was easy, but the my low config PC took some time to process it.

Cloth line/wire pops out and distracting.

a_medico said:
Rhino

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for a moment I confused it as an elephant....

, but good shot. Pretty sharp.

Rishi, Toofan have taken so many images using focus stacking. If he sees your post, he can sure throw some light on it. It was easy with CHDK, but without it I don't how tough/easy it will be using MF.

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Medico, I like it. Ever since that "Tennis" photograph, I don't remember any too contrasty images (which I didn't find it impressive). Pretty much all the photographs since "Tennis" are good in my view.

I just now was reading about Camera Hacks and in one of the mods. its read " If you touch the cables attached to the flash of the camera...it'll probably kill you from sudden shock...if it hits you well."
I know capacitors can be deadly , but is this really true or just a joke ??

nice details medico...but I would prefer whole rhino...nothing to see in this composition

I have never done focus stacking soo I have no idea regarding that...
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] if the flash power can burn the circuit of dslr then it can definitely give good shock...better handle carefully
[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION] nice shot...nice colors

sujoyp said:
thats sad to hear bro..coz I like the way you are composing nowdays but quality

these pics are like more than a year old...not sure if I still have the originals

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bokeh effect

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Rishi. said:
any idea on how to achieve that ?? Is this feature built into the Cam ?

No
It's not built-in feature.
We have to change focus for each photo manually to get that.
Then merge in combineZ.

nac said:
Chitvan, I have tried focus stacking few times with my compact camera using CHDK. More like a test shot, just to know what's the difference between focus stacked image and deep DOF image using smaller AV. With CHDK, shooting was easy, but the my low config PC took some time to process it.

Cloth line/wire pops out and distracting.

Yes there is a different between image captured at narrow aperture and made by focus stack..

In smaller AV you will get more dof in macro pic with less blur background because of smaller AV

While in focus stack you can have same blur in background with more dof.
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See these pics I captures 3 yr back with macro +10 filter(never buy it... Its useless)

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I got very narrow dof because of macro filter.
Captured some pics but not succeed to form perfect focus stack image.

I think it will be good to select subject with same colored background for focus stack otherwise in different color at every focus point bg change may give ghost effect in final image.

My first Moon photograph....was desperately waiting for clear skies and a holiday........ Finally managed to get a closer shot at it.

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The Lens is pathetic when maxed out...it becomes soft and loses clarity. The tripod setup helped a lot though. I guess the pollution in Delhi to has a lot of contribution to the dull image.

Ps : don't mind the spelling.. I was in a hurry.

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[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] - The Moon pic is cool.

I have posted the original RAW file in the post processing thread #311 in case anyone would like to give a go at editing.

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^now , I have a question about moon photography timings.....should I have taken the photo few hours earlier or few hours later ?? Since , I was not able to get hold of the side of moon filled with craters and mountains. I took the snap of flat side , I think..... WHich way does it revolves.. left to right or right to left ??

nac said:
Medico, I like it. Ever since that "Tennis" photograph, I don't remember any too contrasty images (which I didn't find it impressive). Pretty much all the photographs since "Tennis" are good in my view.

Was the tennis pic clicked by me? I dont remember clicking any tennis pic!

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] moon pic is too much bluish...make it bit yellowish as we see in the sky

and the right time to take moon shot is in evening when moon is big and rising...when it reaches top it becomes small

@gen thats awesome

Medico, No??? May be badminton or table tennis or some kind of racket sport, then.

^^ Must be badminton

Guys , how is the Minolta Lens System compared to Current line of Sony SAM lenses ??
Is it wise to spend money in buying used minolta lenses ,they're dirt cheap......can get a prime 50mm for like 3-4k.. ( since new ones are not available ) ??

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My Recent Click with a little bit of Post-Processing in PS6.
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sujoyp said:
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] moon pic is too much bluish...make it bit yellowish as we see in the sky
and the right time to take moon shot is in evening when moon is big and rising...when it reaches top it becomes small

@gen thats awesome

I though , it were kind of white...

Next time , I will try a touch of yellow.

[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] ...minolta lens compatibility is huge gain for sony...some fields like macro and landscape which dont need autofocus, these minolta lens will save lots of money there...like in Nikon we use old manual lenses which comes cheap...dont just buy any minolta lens...see the purpose of buy 1st.

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[MENTION=281597]swaggvc[/MENTION] pic is fine but its faaaaaarr from the subject...nearer would be great

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sujoyp said:
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] ...minolta lens compatibility is huge gain for sony...some fields like macro and landscape which dont need autofocus, these minolta lens will save lots of money there...like in Nikon we use old manual lenses which comes cheap...dont just buy any minolta lens...see the purpose of buy 1st.

Yeah , Macro photography is my primary purpose for buying my next lens.

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[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] That's a great one in #9664

tried focus stacking with combine ZP
the bg is sill blurred.
*i.imgur.com/DXpFodR.jpg

og images, posting every third img, there are 14 of these
*i.imgur.com/LvLmVmZ.jpg

*i.imgur.com/PMV1RHx.gif

Gen.Libeb said:
[MENTION=17225]Rishi[/MENTION] That's a great one in #9664

Thanks , the blurriness of background seemed nice and I was trying with different aperture values to learn aperture settings .

S

sujoyp said:
[MENTION=281597]swaggvc[/MENTION] pic is fine but its faaaaaarr from the subject...nearer would be great

I know the subject is very far, will keep in mind next time.

S

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Anorion,

Combinez processing is not good. Leaves ghosting effect...

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Swag, Is that a white pin stripe at the bottom your watermark

Just kidding...

BIF in the last picture is not making the photograph interesting. May be if you clone out them, it will be a decent landscape image.

Thanks for the concept anorion...I will try something on this

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Cuckoo

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Wreck

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Diagonal

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Flying Machine

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Knock Knock

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Spider

good work kaz ...I liked the diagonal, knock knock and spider

All edit pros here how do we do this?
*learnphotoediting.net/color-grading-painted-look.html

nac said:
Anorion, Combinez processing is not good. Leaves ghosting effect...

No no, it is very good, I purposely gave it little hard task. normally the plane of focus should sweep across the image in any direction and not shift deeper and deeper into the image - this is causing the ghosting. Try on normal macro shots of one object and you will get good results.

^ Oh! That was intentional.

I thought combinez couldn't handle it.
I have tried combinez (just out of curiosity), the result was fine.

sujoyp said:
good work kaz ...I liked the diagonal, knock knock and spider

ditto

thanks [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] and [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]

theserpent said:
All edit pros here how do we do this?
*learnphotoediting.net/color-grading-painted-look.html

Not upto the same level but i have tried thiis

theserpent said:
All edit pros here how do we do this?
*learnphotoediting.net/color-grading-painted-look.html

Pay them $24 and you will know how to do it

Kidding

Google it, you most likely find some tutorial on that topic. Even after knowing how to do, that not necessarily make us getting the photographs as good as them.

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abhidev this one is awesome...loved the composition

hey thanx [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]

Abhidev, that's a beautiful shot

hey thanx man [MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION]

Nice abhiev

hey thanx [MENTION=117627]marvelousprashant[/MENTION]

Nice one Abhidev
Well composed

hey thanx [MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION]

White tiger - Portrait

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awesome medico :shock:

good one @medico ....it seems the tiger is sleepy

wow, medico that is a great shot. Did you drug the tiger and then go right upto him to click the picture

Wow nice shot there medico!
Couldn't achieve what i needed but still...

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quan chi, for a moment I thought it was a bat signal ...

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BW Night Hand held 1/10th of a sec, few hours back....

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Pigeon

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Just Like That !!!

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Singing The Song !!!

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Staring !!!

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Odd One Out !!!

by the one and only Kausarr Ayub, on Flickr

waiting for your valuable comments

izzikio_rage said:
quan chi, for a moment I thought it was a bat signal ...

Lol I wanted to make it a bit cinematic but it ended up something like this. :wink:

Btw I take that as a compliment.

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] Your first shot is good!

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[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] - Don't really think much of the bird pics but the first moon pic is super.

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] & [MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION] - Nice.

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION]

First and second are nice.

@ Medico,

Super sharp, super contrast...

Kaz, Like the b/w night.

Abhi, That's a nice compo... :thumbs:

thanks [MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION] [MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION] [MENTION=20614]Faun[/MENTION] [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]

@quan.chi I know what you were trying to shoot

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] 1st and 2nd I liked

thank you everyone

Parasailing

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You don't have EXIF data available for any of you flickr uploads....Why do you eat them? :-x

I don't man...I don't know what Instagram does behind the scenes :/

Moon effect.

*i.imgur.com/P02nHjh.jpg

izzikio_rage said:
wow, medico that is a great shot. Did you drug the tiger and then go right upto him to click the picture

Hahaha...I shot almost 50-100 pics, most of them had to be deleted. This one is sharper and has better eyes as compared to the others.

Not sure I uploaded this one earlier. Anyway, reprocessed it again.

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Looks awesome...Great edit

[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION]... where and what is that?

medico you have shared this pic some times back here..awesome pic

After a long long time. Borrowed a 55-250 from a friend. Camera lying largely unused

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Anorion said:
[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION]... where and what is that?

Roof of Casa Mila in Barcelona. There are many pics shot on the roof, but I haven't come across a similar to this one. This one's special to me.

pranav0091 said:
After a long long time. Borrowed a 55-250 from a friend. Camera lying largely unused

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Very clear pic. I have a 70-300mm on APS-C , with InBody IS and tripod , but still the picture was way too blurred ( posted few pages back. )
This lens is very crisp . Mine's too soft.

Damn, I get scared by looking at the night sky.

rishi use a tripod or a stable place to keep the lens stable...use f7.1 or f8 to get good detail...and under expose a bit by -0.3 or -0.7 you will get this pic for sure

good shot [MENTION=221001]Pranav[/MENTION]

Even my cam is laying unused for last 10 days

...my mind is diverted towards my shifting to mumbai 15 days later ..not feeling like shooting

J

And please put the IS off while mounted on tripod

sujoyp said:
rishi use a tripod or a stable place to keep the lens stable...use f7.1 or f8 to get good detail...and under expose a bit by -0.3 or -0.7 you will get this pic for sure

good shot [MENTION=221001]Pranav[/MENTION]

Even my cam is laying unused for last 10 days ...my mind is diverted towards my shifting to mumbai 15 days later ..not feeling like shooting

I was full doing full manual for this pic, i think the compensation was over -3 since I had center weighted avg metering on (dont ask why :>)

No tripod, but used a concrete slab as support and didnt go any smaller than f5.6. The final image is a strongly-sharpened version of a bracketed shot.

Thanks

[MENTION=221001]Pranav[/MENTION] I use point metering coz moon is too bright and around is too dark...but your version is also good...but 5.6 is large...using f8 we can get more details

Well , I will give it a try again , with IS off , and those aperature nd exp comp. settings.

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rishi, that's a pretty cool shot, a little over processed in my opinion but looks very cool.
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: please go out and shoot, you'll miss the awesome places that nagpur has to offer when you get only the streets and buildings of mumbai to shoot.

@amlan I am really in no mood to shoot ....Shifting to mumbai is a big thing for me...I have some photography friends in Mumbai whome I can disturb for weekend photography around mumbai...we say na 'Where there is will , there is way '

...but I may stop wildlife and start shooting landscapes and street or fashion more

Rishi. said:
Well , I will give it a try again , with IS off , and those aperature nd exp comp. settings.

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BTW , here's my recent shot captured this weekend.

That has come out very nice. Crazy overprocessing, but this is definitely one of the few instances I'll wholeheartedly buy the excess

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hello guys! hows it going?

^^ nice concept

Portrait - The wounded lion

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axelzdly1, that was superb! I am relatively new to post processing and haven't seen anything like this before!

wow great details medico ...you shot these in zoo right?

thanks man! got some grip on Lightroom these days..

awesome shots everyone

[MENTION=143631]axelzdly1[/MENTION] give the 'FLY HIGH' text some speed effect...jut my 2 cents

sujoyp said:
wow great details medico ...you shot these in zoo right?

Yes..at the zoo

J

Though I am not a techie but the forum and it's members have already aided me in many technology related issues. Thanks a lot to you all and I post one close up of a damselfly.
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nice one [MENTION=277721]justgothere[/MENTION]

Anyone hungry ??

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thats yummy abhidev ...just you could have removed the plate next to it

yea....I assure you its super yummy...well it was just a random shot

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/14220870096_5449242f5a_o.jpgRagjad Sunrise. by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

^oh wow, right time to click shot in this season. you trekked up in darkness?

yep started at 3am.

very nice anirban

from my rooftop today

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sujoyp said:
very nice anirban

thanks sujoyda

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Another one:

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nice ..but why B&W ??

I think the b&w one is better.

Nice shot there.

Nice shot [MENTION=148045]anirbandd[/MENTION]

I think you did a good choice to keep this in grayscale.

sujoyp said:
nice ..but why B&W ??

yes.. i was expecting this question...

if you see my previous pic, its in color, and you'll also notice some fog in the valley region. now, it tthat pic, due to the subdued light, it gives a dreamy feel to the environment..
but in this shot, the light is much stronger, and the lighter fog works against the feel of the vast landscape, taking out a lot of details, and giving a bland feel to the pic. so i took out the colors, did some light PP and brought back the details.

and the B/W gives a lot more depth to the shot, dont you think?

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pranav0091 said:
Nice shot [MENTION=145411]ANIRBAN[/MENTION]d

if you must, its [MENTION=148045]anirbandd[/MENTION]

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pranav0091 said:
Nice shot [MENTION=148045]anirbandd[/MENTION]

thank you O

anirban ofcourse your shot is good

...but I like that colored one more..I kindof didnt like the plain white sky

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2921/14263260862_05f70914dd_h.jpg

The bridge

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5277/14095322409_d3fa31302c_o.jpg

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/13662511753_fbf29c339e_o.jpg

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great thread.
awesome pics guys. really.

i dont own a DSLR , just a 8MP Digital Camera (Nikon L21) :

caught a strange insect yesterday :
album here :

Strange Insect #1

[MENTION=113025]mastercool8695[/MENTION] no pics in your album

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sujoyp said:
[MENTION=113025]mastercool8695[/MENTION] no pics in your album

sorry.
actually, they are uploading.
see now.
5 pics uploaded.
uploading more.

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when i took the pics, was kinda excited. now, the pics are kind of creepy :lol:

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also have lots of pics of butterflies and pigeon's infants.
but all those are also absolutely raw. i mean no effects or editing at all.

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album fully updated.

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two new Albums :

Titli Bai #1 - Imgur

Titli bai #2 - Imgur

@ mastercool8695 ...good try...keep working on it...you need more light ...

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I actually liked the strange insect

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sujoyp said:
@ mastercool8695 ...good try...keep working on it...you need more light ...

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I actually liked the strange insect

you mean light as light ? (like an extra constantly on lamp)
no flash, right .
cuz the insects sometimes fly away with the flash

and also, flash in any photo kind of decreases the quality of the photo. (This is one of the things what I've learnt)
also,
see this :
1. I click some macro shots from a particular angle. (3-4) (close ups of tiny things is called macro, right ?)
2. I try to click some more but the camera would blur, instead of focussing on the desired region. so, I put my hand very close to the lens, so the image blacks out, and then focus again.
3. now, the camera can focus quite good on the object. (even a restart works the same)
4. sometimes the problem still persists and I have to move a little away from the object.
does this occur with you guys too ?

yes its called minimum focus distance...your cam can focus from a minimum distance...if you go closer it will not focus, no matter how hard you try

yes light means light ...but its fine...I use flash light...it improves the quality ...but you need diffused light and not plain flash

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sujoyp said:
yes its called minimum focus distance...your cam can focus from a minimum distance...if you go closer it will not focus, no matter how hard you try

yes light means light ...but its fine...I use flash light...it improves the quality ...but you need diffused light and not plain flash

any good idea for diffused light ?
will Diffused LEDs work ?
i can make a LED lamp. it would be pretty cheap for a DIY .

macro pros usually use a ring flash and off camera flashes to get good lighting. For us poor souls however the best option is to shoot near a window when the sun is brightest. Or as you said use a lamp that lights the object from the side perhaps with some butter/tracing paper covering it to give some diffused light.

BTW Happy B"day [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]

amlan for cheap diffusion butter paper or some plastic cap on flash will be best

thanks for the wish @amlan

or you can use a make-shift softbox out of white sheets and illuminate with light from the outside..
google for DIY.

the results will blow your mind.

Flower:

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/CRW_4119_zpseaf1fc7d.jpg

Due to some problem with my computer, I couldn't do my usual PP.

Personally, I liked this picture. Most of the time, I do landscapes. Very very few are flower shots. Among them, this should be one of the good one.

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anirbandd said:
or you can use a make-shift softbox out of white sheets and illuminate with light from the outside..
google for DIY.

the results will blow your mind.

saw a similar tutorial but no boxes and external lighting. sheets of paper for the background of macros . works awesome.
myself did photograph a tiny teddybear but my sis formatted the card before i could copy the pics. and took lots of pics then, so no sign of recovery too. but thats very easy, just good quality paper and diffused light, and absolutely similar pics like the pics given in product pages and all.

very nice picture [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] ...even though flower is white but it retains a lot of details

Offtopic, what happened to like button? It was very useful in this thread
[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] nice pic, full res in pp thread please

Thank you guys... I still remember the comment. While flower is a challenging one to take photograph.

Prashant, Even url is changed. I guess they are upgrading/migrating to a new one...
Sure, I will share the original.

Great [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] and finally I can see the exif of your uploads... thanks

^ I always leave the exif intact?

nac said:
Flower:

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/CRW_4119_zpseaf1fc7d.jpg

Due to some problem with my computer, I couldn't do my usual PP.

Personally, I liked this picture. Most of the time, I do landscapes. Very very few are flower shots. Among them, this should be one of the good one.

why dont you fill the frame with it?? it'll look good. and more details will be visible.

crop it.

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mastercool8695 said:
saw a similar tutorial but no boxes and external lighting. sheets of paper for the background of macros . works awesome.
myself did photograph a tiny teddybear but my sis formatted the card before i could copy the pics. and took lots of pics then, so no sign of recovery too. but thats very easy, just good quality paper and diffused light, and absolutely similar pics like the pics given in product pages and all.

go jugaad!!

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anirbandd said:
why dont you fill the frame with it?? it'll look good. and more details will be visible.

crop it.

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go jugaad!!

i'll take that as a compliment cum encouragement. .
It was meant to be taken like that right.
just lettme get a new soldering iron, i left my old one in my hostel in hurry.

you dont nee soldering for a diffuser...just a piece of paper and tape will do

Humayun's Tomb , The Symmetrical Beauty.
C&C please.

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2913/14323474235_f508ae0400_c.jpgHumayun's Tomb , Delhi . by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

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sujoyp said:
you dont nee soldering for a diffuser...just a piece of paper and tape will do

i have to make the lamp also.
i'll be using LEDs, so i can go for Diffused LEDs if you say.

I dont think led need diffusion...led light is already soft light

great shot [MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION]

nice one [MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION]
Have you stitched multiple images or its just a single shot?

good shot [MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION] ....looks like a panorama..or at least 3 shots togather

sujoyp said:
good shot [MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION] ....looks like a panorama..or at least 3 shots togather

kaz said:
nice one [MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION]
Have you stitched multiple images or its just a single shot?

abhidev said:
great shot [MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION]

Thanks Guys .

Though , it's just a single shot , captured using Stock SAM Lens.
ISO : 100
FL : 18mm
1/640 Shutter Speed.
Aperture : F/4.5

BTW , I always find panorama very difficult to capture perfectly without causing any distortion or uneven shape.
Without tripod capturing a even panoramic image is hard for me.

Have shot nothing worth sharing these days

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2940/14141532208_98b2466fe7_z.jpg
Laddu
More on Flickr

Country road.

*i.imgur.com/UZwJDkF.jpg

where is the like button? :-?

I can't find it.

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Kaz, that laddu is mouth watering. :-D

CyberKID said:
where is the like button? I can't find it.

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Kaz, that laddu is mouth watering.

I can't find the logout menu as well

mastercool8695 said:
i'll take that as a ~~compliment cum~~ encouragement. .
It was meant to be taken like that right.

sometimes, its just an advice for encouragement.

no offence bro, but you can really improve that shot.

CyberKID said:
Kaz, that laddu is mouth watering.

Yeah, that's my favorite and has contributed a lot to my obesity

I tried 500px. It seems interesting. Getting more likes and faves there than flicker and Facebook .

Hrishi said:
I tried 500px. It seems interesting. Getting more likes and faves there than flicker and Facebook .

Yeah because they have separate categories and after a certain number of view pics are also shown in popular list.

kaz said:
Yeah because they have separate categories and after a certain number of view pics are also shown in popular list.

Yeah.I got like 500 view on a pic within few hours .

Wooow that's a lot, compared to flickr

kaz said:
Wooow that's a lot, compared to flickr

Here...macau birds by Hrishikesh Sharma | 500px

superb shot hrishi ...but I have seen it before

and yes 500px is lot more active then flicker ...more likes more comments...more exposure...its fun

sujoyp said:
superb shot hrishi ...but I have seen it before

and yes 500px is lot more active then flicker ...more likes more comments...more exposure...its fun

Yeah , totally agree. Its fun when you get more interaction for your art.

hey guys I am here after long time and i have made a website for the photographs clicked by me.

Do check it out and give your valuable comments on the website.
My Captures - Ritu Rajkumari Photography

thanks

criztle said:
hey guys I am here after long time and i have made a website for the photographs clicked by me.

Do check it out and give your valuable comments on the website.
My Captures - Ritu Rajkumari *Photography

thanks

Good clicks bro,.

Some are really impressive , considering that they are not taken from a DSLR .
What setup you use ?

[MENTION=89408]criztle[/MENTION] very beautiful landscapes...

500px has more numbers but it's slightly cold. In flickr people will talk to you answer your questions etc. On 500px its a like, fav, comment game. With the comments being same across multiple pics

in flicker too you can earn lots of comments and likes by adding pics to multiple groups ...more the groups more comments and likes

Yeah the reach of the general uploads is not that good as 500px. Only people who are following you are expected to like and comment, rarely sometimes you will see an unknown person liking or commenting..

Anirban, Yeah that will also be good.

Thank you.

Hrishi,
Tomb - Great exposure :doublethumb:

Macau birds - Have I seen this before???

Criztle, Great location... Good landscapes, good dynamic range (this was taken with HX9?)

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Flower # 2:

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/IMG_4180_zps1614dea6.jpg

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anirbandd said:
sometimes, its just an advice for encouragement.

no offence bro, but you can really improve that shot.

I didn't take any offence.

have to buy a new soldering iron first.

have lots of :idea:

s but Movies/ TV series dekhne se fursat mile tab toh

Got the first Bolt.

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2920/14347168112_d9c5fbbee7.jpgThe Bolt by NikhileshSharma, on Flickr

Great

awesome nikku

great on e@nikku

wow, that is a really good lightening shot...

Nice lightning bolt, Nikku :thumbs:

Flower # 3

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/CRW_4145_zpsd956fd17.jpg

Thanks guys

nice pic nac. Good DOF

very good nac...you should have removed the leave manually

Thank you guys...

All the photographs I have been sharing for the last 10-15 days, there is not much PPing as I have uninstalled most of the heavy software. I need to do a clean installation of OS, till then there won't be much PP in my photographs.

that means originally pics look much better nac

*i.imgur.com/LdiFlZk.jpg

Misti Mukh
*i.imgur.com/sm0ji0u.jpg

^ Sujoy,

Flower # 4

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/CRW_4092_zps2cb031ee.jpg

Nice work with qutub minar tenida
[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] I think flower looks better in color

nac said:
Nice lightning bolt, Nikku

Flower # 3

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/CRW_4145_zpsd956fd17.jpg

Which camera you have used to take this Pic ?? DOF is appreciable.

^ It was taken with Canon SX130

Thank you.

I am thinking to start a personal photography website wherein , I can upload photographs , I clicked.
Although , photography is a new hobby for me , but I have started to love it more and more , as it's pushing me more towards going out and that's something I really love.
Trying to get a good domain name , though.

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nac said:
^ It was taken with Canon SX130

Thank you.

Great!! So that is original blur by lens or is it done after PP.

I really love when someone takes these kind of shots of historical places. It brings out the intricate detail that is there on the monuments

izzikio_rage said:
I really love when someone takes these kind of shots of historical places. It brings out the intricate detail that is there on the monuments

Thanks. I am glad that you liked it.

Hrishi said:
Great!! So that is original blur by lens or is it done after PP.

Yes, SOOC blur.

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3891/14391364953_e146d59bcf_z.jpg
Rider 1

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2927/14184620610_0db8fb8b8b_z.jpg
Rider 2

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3904/14369710502_66c9b5225d_z.jpg
Lightening without tripod I can't get past 1sec exposure

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why are all the comments here getting deleted or snipped?

They did it themselves :-?

hey nobody is posting nowdays...comon guys

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] I liked your 1st jeep and last was also a good try

sujoyp said:
hey nobody is posting nowdays...comon guys

heat waves you know

I started my photography blog/site to maintain pics. I am working on it. I will post soon ....
PS yeah , blame the heat waves .

Was trying to do some street photography with a manual lens mounted on my sony NEX

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5071/14366732663_895a23b0f2_c.jpgWaiting with my army by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

And I've been attending quite a few weddings

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2897/14235732471_dfb5bb0698_c.jpgFireworks ... in more ways than one by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Amlan, Second one is good :thumbs:

First one, in my opinion it would be better if it is black and white.

amlan 2nd one is soo nice

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izzikio_rage said:
Was trying to do some street photography with a manual lens mounted on my sony NEX

Fireworks pic is great.

sujoyp said:
hey nobody is posting nowdays...comon guys

I did the dumbest thing. I thought my camera was in Raw + Jpeg mode, while transferring files to pc to save disk space I shift + deleted all .CR2 files. Later I saw the camera was in Raw only mode, lost pics of last one month. The only few ones that got copied were shot in Auto mode.

Gen.Libeb said:
save disk space I shift + deleted all .CR2 files. Later I saw the camera was in Raw only mode, lost pics of last one month. The only few ones that got copied were shot in Auto mode.

You can try to recover them. Unless you've written data to the card after you deleted the files you might still be able to get most of the files out. Do a google about recovering files from an SD card, there will be tons of methods available

whatttt

...really you did a dumb thing

Street photography!!

*i.imgur.com/8TdxgEs.jpg

good subject, catchy colours, contrast with background is perfect... but truck and window are disturbing and take up too much space

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*i.imgur.com/234PhnC.jpg

*i.imgur.com/wTpFBuX.jpg

*i.imgur.com/8szCjKU.jpg

*i.imgur.com/LnjKm0r.jpg

*i.imgur.com/A7WO5xS.jpg

*i.imgur.com/6izAAqI.jpg

at 4:30 donno why suddenly got bug, I just got up took my cam and went to take some urban exploration type photos. plan to do lots more of this.

wooow nice clicks [MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION]....Watchout for thieves and all at those places because you don't wanna lose your gears right?

good work anorion....something new after long time

Nice anorion, seems like a good place to do some creepy light painting. Just stay safe

BTW is a lens says it's a macro 1:4 what does that mean. As in a 200mm f/4.5 1:4 macro lens?

1:4 is easy to get amlan...I think even a 50mm lens can be 1:4 almost cause of close focussing distance...

*i.imgur.com/Wgjq513.jpg

wow...How you did that [MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION]?

nice trick anorion...is it a room having 3 doors stitched togather 3 times

Anorion said:
*i.imgur.com/Wgjq513.jpg

^ That's really nice Anorion

thanks guys!

kaz said:
wow...How you did that [MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION]?

-make panorama. 360 degree is better
-keep length and breadth of the canvas same
-turn panorama upside down, this is to orient the ground towards the inner circle in the final panorma
-keep some space from top of square, this is the radius of inner circle
-stretch panorama vertically. did double size here, you can stretch it as per your wishes. this decides how thin or fat the ring is.
-apply polar co-ordinates filter

sujoyp said:
nice trick anorion...is it a room having 3 doors stitched togather 3 times

lol no, didn't do that, its one large room.

izzikio_rage said:
Nice anorion, seems like a good place to do some creepy light painting. Just stay safe

yep, thanks light painting sounds like a good fit, any other techniques for such subjects. Going to try HDR also, all windows and doors are overexposed so far

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again I tried today. Locations covered were industrial area, empty warehouse, terrace of abandoned housing complex, and an out of comission factory

dragged friend along for "security"

*i.imgur.com/7RMWcUg.jpg
*i.imgur.com/mImE1W6.jpg
*i.imgur.com/MARwOom.jpg
*i.imgur.com/82SIQsB.jpg

I thought it was some weird looking building.

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@ Anorion - Nice pics on #9838, where are these ?

Guys how is it?

Captured using LG OPTIMUS L9

*i.imgur.com/vDjbH9L.jpg

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@ Tenida- Looks cool.

Few from yesterday, It was quite clear early on.

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3874/14424017501_78bb3d8dd2_b.jpg

Then there were more clouds.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/14427369085_c501a4733f_b.jpg

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5314/14426069532_0bc33d9fee_b.jpg

Raining halfway
*farm4.staticflickr.com/3881/14404242856_1cef70c378_b.jpg

Great shot Gen

oh wow breathtaking gen
@gen 9838 is a place called pawar nagar in thane

I just got my hands on a Sigma zoom K-II 70-210 f/4.5 lens. Gave it a shot this morning and it's been a mixed sort of shoot. Wide open it is a little soft, the long focal length means that shutter speed needs to be high or you need to be on a tripod to get sharp images. The images are a little washed out and there is chromatic fringing. However at times it decides to give out some really beautiful shots, and that makes it absolutely worth it.

Trying to shoot some fast moving critters, learning to use the push pull zoom and the focus ring

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3885/14445371943_be6f4ba3e1_c.jpgShould I take the leap? by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

My attempts at some low key pics

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5536/14231050150_72dc69ecf8_c.jpgWaiting for that call by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

@amlan squirrel is nice...but low key need a better subject

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@ sujoyp, [MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION] - Thanks.
[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION] - Nice .. Like both of them.

Gen those shots of the bay are beautiful ... great stuff

Another pic from my new lens. Still figuring out how to use this to the best effect

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3904/14251557740_a2bf4a7a99_c.jpgtaking a drink by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

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You all have shared excellent pictures! Thank you very much

Naive's query

Situation: I was trying to click pictures of my friends playing football. It was ~6.30 PM (low light) and the halogens were on.
I tried to click pictures of them but most (except 1 or 2) came out to be blurred (due to low shutter speed)

I used sports mode as well but the results were nothing great.

I was not able to capture a proper football shot (players in motion). Any tip on what to do in this kind of low light situation?

bro you have no choice...just keep shutter speed around 1/200 and above...for this you have to keep the ISO as high as possible

people use bigger aperture lenses and full frame for this type of shooting

Cyanide said:
You all have shared excellent pictures! Thank you very much

Naive's query

Situation: I was trying to click pictures of my friends playing football. It was ~6.30 PM (low light) and the halogens were on.
I tried to click pictures of them but most (except 1 or 2) came out to be blurred (due to low shutter speed) I used sports mode as well but the results were nothing great.

I was not able to capture a proper football shot (players in motion). Any tip on what to do in this kind of low light situation?

which cam? this is the kind of situation prosumers and bridge cams are good at

bridge camera with bump up the ISO to above ISO 3200 in that situation

Nice Photos everybody. was lot busy with work....
So taken a break & planed a trip & here are few from that.....

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3852/14308224019_ebb9ad48a6_k.jpgIMG_0246 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5233/14493605232_da20fc195d_k.jpgIMG_0123 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3903/14308341517_f0210920b5_k.jpgIMG_0334 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5505/14491414751_d76cb842c3_k.jpgIMG_0340 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3868/14308155190_af5d21578a_k.jpgIMG_0335 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14308173469_8c292f4ecc_k.jpgIMG_0364 by utkarsh kulkarni, on Flickr

some really good pictures Utkarsh.. especially the one of the flying bird. I guess you and Sujoy will need to instruct me on how to use the longer focal length lenses. Seems that anything over 150mm needs really high shutter speeds or a tripod to get a clear picture.

superb pics utkarsh ...loved 1st one

@amlan always remember the thumb rule

SS=2xfocal length ....to get blur free sharp shots

soo at 300mm you will need 1/600 ss ...and in early morning its quit difficult specially when lens sweet spot is f8

Guess I'll be the only person in the whole of India who'll be praying for the sun to shine brighter

Where is the like button? :-x

Nice shots Gen, Amlan, Anorion and Utkarsh

Astrout, First one is good and the BIF with reflection is also nice.

Amlan, Good photographs. Nice bokeh...
Gen, Wonderful scenes but IQ is not that good
Tenida, One of your best, IMO. :doublethumb:

[MENTION=24514]astroutkarsh[/MENTION] nice...Image Quality is super...Which lens?

[MENTION=24514]astroutkarsh[/MENTION] : amazing pics

in layman terms, what exactly is the difference between dslr & dslt ? any particular advantages of going for dslt ??

Thanks amlan,sujay, cyberKID, nac & Kaz...

@amlan, Sujay told thumb rule....but if you have something to make camera sturdy, you can change SS ....
[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] its Sigma 70-300 on Canon 600D....

yaah right ...if you have monopod or tripod then you can go down a lot ...I could shoot sharp shot @1/150 at 500mm

with monopod if subject is still

Great pics everyone!

Just tried to capture the Milky Way last night. Was quite difficult since the adapter-lens combo hardly allowed focus till infinity. Gotta try more tonight if the sky is clear. :razz:

NEX3N, Zeiss Planar 50mm, ISO 1600, Exp. 15sec

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5078/14345109570_fcd79700d7_b.jpgThe Milky Way by Raziel.The.Fallen, on Flickr

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION], that's a pretty amazing pics. Would love to know how you captured this. And how dark was the place you went to to capture this?

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] thats a great pic

oh wow

Nice shot.

some ordinary shots from me

just that I wanted to start my shoots again

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3914/14509130946_9d61aac14b_z.jpgDSC_4464s by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2937/14345636189_1f88073fb5_z.jpgDSC_4456s by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2905/14528859211_afe4139fbe_z.jpgDSC_4452s by sujoyp, on Flickr

I could not find a good composition for this bee hive...will think more

Thanks sujoyp, Anorion, nikku_hot123, izzikio_rage.

I captured this using my normal gear, NEX3N, Zeiss Planar 50, Tripod, ISO 1600, f1.8 ,+long exposure.
Milky Way and other Space stuffs always fascinate me. Last year I had no cam to capture it and I've been waiting for this time of the year to do it. Here I captured only a part of the Galaxy with the 50mm lens.

You need to set the exposure according to the '600 rule' to avoid star trails. (600 / focal length = exposure time) So for a 50mm lens the exposure time is 12. A fast wide angle lens would give a full capture of the Milky Way while allowing longer exposure times without trails. (drools at Zeiss Distagon 21

)

My home is quite far from the city so it's pretty dark here in the midnight, no light pollution issues. Yesterday I could see the arm of Milky Way with my bare eyes so tried to give it a go. (A mobile app like Sky Map is very helpful to locate the position of deep sky stuffs.)

thats great tips

thanks

Raziel said:
You need to set the exposure according to the '600 rule' to avoid star trails. (600 / focal length = exposure time) So for a 50mm lens the exposure time is 12. A fast wide angle lens would give a full capture of the Milky Way while allowing longer exposure times without trails. (drools at Zeiss Distagon 21 )

My home is quite far from the city so it's pretty dark here in the midnight, no light pollution issues. Yesterday I could see the arm of Milky Way with my bare eyes so tried to give it a go. (A mobile app like Sky Map is very helpful to locate the position of deep sky stuffs.)

ah so that explains it, because imagined that's pretty impossible to get with only long exposure and high ISO. that's a great tip though to take non star trail shots of night sky without having a sky tracking rig. never seen it even with bare eyes

donno how it looks from bare eyes ...but when I went to tadoba jungle safari...I tried some starry night shots and they didnt look like this...I mean there is bunch of a million stars but no formation like this picture have

Raziel, That's one of the best astro photograph posted in this forum :thumbs:

This is one of the very few times, I heard that milky way can be seen naked eyes. I wanna to see one... don't know when that's gonna happen.

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: It was faint, but still visible to the naked eyes from my location..looks like this *montrealinpictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bencanales.jpg?w=201 Just google Milky Way for pics.

It was around 2AM here and the sky was clear even though it was raining a lot the day. Also I have a Celestron SkyMaster 15x70 bino that makes me gaze in to the heart of it and wonder.."omg it's full of stars" :razz:

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Thanks nac

well, It's not that easy to see Milky Way with naked eyes, but yes when the conditions are right. You have to wait for the time of the year when it's visible..and look near the Constellation Sagittarius on a clear night, from a very dark location. (Use a sky map app to find the location.)

Yes, it's not that easy when there is lot of light pollution esp. when the milkway is just over the horizon...

And I don't dare to go to a place where the darksky is... There is a place about 50kms from my place and one is about 150kms, but both are reserve forest.

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]: I don't recommend you go many miles into the woods at night to see the galaxy, but I wouldn't stop myself from doing that either..it's just personal. It's kinda awe inspiring..ethereal, surreal feeling..A glimpse in to the universe, making me wonder..filling with lot of philosophical questions in my mind..kinda difficult to explain..lol

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: Nice pics, loved that bee hive

nac do all those things only when you have a car or a group of friends...just dont go alone ....some times back I was shooting stars in a dark place with a friend , a policeman stopped to say that he is concerned about our security and we better leave the place for good ...we agreed and packed away

thanks [MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] ...this I shot after a almost 2 months gap ...and I need to start all things again

[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION] nice pics. liked the last one.

Sounds good.... Really need to find some low light places

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] amazing one

But how can you look at the galaxy with your naked eyes? Which place is that? I think its possible at the poles....

Well if go you go to places far from cities and all where there is no light pollution then you are able to see a crazy no of stars. Seen some awesome stars during a couple of treks i went to Never seen a galaxy cluster though

Pollution sucks :-(

I don't see as many stars I used to see when I was small....

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[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] - That's awesome.
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] - Bees pic is nice, you still haven't given up on birds; yet have you ?

nope

...I have found soo many kabootar here in mumbai...and some eagels live around my place....but now I dont have the big lens ...soo will shoot kabootar in different position ...I am giving them food daily

I will shoot a better bee pic...I could not control the over exposed sky....maybe try a HDR on that

Maybe try it in the golden hour, or on an overcast day, or a macro of it

macro

amlan its a bee hive that is suspended on 5th floor ...golden hour is good idea

Things are installed,can do PP now

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/IMG_4216_zpsc3439713.jpg

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/IMG_3973_zps804af777.jpg

Nice [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]...Which place?

2nd one is nice nac....1st one composition is superb but editing is not good...need more contrast, sharpness, saturation

Nac, lets restart the PP thread now.... Sujoy did you finally buy a table :0

Thanks guys...
Yeah, Amlan. Now I can do the ones posted in the last few weeks (the ones I missed).

@amlan ...still no table

will try to PP anyways

A couple of shots from last week. I'm finally figuring out how to use topaz to reduce noise in images.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5546/14334602220_a90d21efdf_c.jpgCastles in the sky by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/14491568153_6a50107490_c.jpgLike smoke by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

that hdr was too good, dont think it was long exposure because of still clouds...
it follows all the rules of composition

amlan building is nice...but smoke needs a pattern

Thank you.... Was trying to see if i could get smoke with a black background and details using an on camera flash. Will attempt patterns next time

Amlan,
Castles in the sky - Like the composition.
Like smoke - Good IQ.

izzikio_rage: Nice click mate. The smoke looks really cool.

My first experiences with a borrowed DSLR (and a borrowed Moto G, and a borrowed CyberShot) :

*www.flickr.com/photos/80663120@N06/sets/72157645081790837/

aaruni said:
My first experiences with a borrowed DSLR (and a borrowed Moto G, and a borrowed CyberShot) :

*www.flickr.com/photos/80663120@N06/sets/72157645081790837/

Some are really good....Even with Moto G you have some good images....

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] : for a first time photographer, how would you suggest me to improve ?

[MENTION=134449]aaruni[/MENTION] .... good try for a first timer ...you have to improve on two basic things ....composition of flowers and basic editing

and keep shooting

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] : editing ?

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] : borrowed cameras, so no more shooting, till I get to borrow them again

See if you can get a point and shoot with manual controls for yourself....

[MENTION=134449]aaruni[/MENTION] yes start with basic editing like brightness contrast saturation ...use picasa for that ...then slowly start using lightroom and then go for photoshop like advance tools ...your pic like the scenery didnt have the saturation nor contrast ...soo start from basics

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Anorion said:
which cam? this is the kind of situation prosumers and bridge cams are good at

I've Canon 600D, lens - 55 250.

First attempt of clicking pics while I was in Europe few months back

*i.imgur.com/22RawjG.jpg

*i.imgur.com/ICGVHa7.jpg

*i.imgur.com/tGxQY3u.jpg

*i.imgur.com/l0E2xSS.jpg

*i.imgur.com/KIQN5va.jpg

awesome pics [MENTION=125148]Cyanide[/MENTION] especially the snale pic reminds me of Hitman-Absolution

[MENTION=125148]Cyanide[/MENTION] bottom two are great ...2nd one could have been great with some nice editing

lovely pics .... my favs would be the snake and the swan ... but all are really good.

If you are from around delhi , could borrow my dslr , or maybe you can hop along for any photowalks.

^ Wish I am from Delhi

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Cyanide, Second one could use some PP.
4th - Sky is little soft (I guess choice of aperture and focus).

I've been thinking of going to the DPEG photowalks forever now, it's just that gurgaon is pretty far from delhi and I'm lazy

My latest stuff

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3881/14584880011_fbbe2e671c_c.jpgGolden summer evenings by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3911/14543507616_4e4e07b84e_c.jpgWalking between rainbows by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

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sujoyp said:
[MENTION=125148]Cyanide[/MENTION] bottom two are great ...2nd one could have been great with some nice editing

Thank you

I've not yet started editing pics. As you mentioned in earlier post, I'll try Picasa first.

nac said:
Cyanide, Second one could use some PP.
4th - Sky is little soft (I guess choice of aperture and focus).

Thank you nac, I'm learning photography from your thread

izzikio_rage said:
lovely pics .... my favs would be the snake and the swan ... but all are really good.

Thank you izzikio, you too have clicked awesome pics (Y)

Also, I've subscribed to your PP thread.

@everyone: keep sharing pics and your reviews, it helps beginners like me a lot.

few more pics (unedited)

Location : Kuekenhof, Holland
*i.imgur.com/o4W5WUM.jpg
*i.imgur.com/LL08mAB.jpg

Location : Paris (eiffel tower)
*i.imgur.com/SuG2sC1.jpg
I wanted to capture visible rays of light.

Shot with help of luggage bag's handle as tripod

*i.imgur.com/YjDgRGo.jpg
*i.imgur.com/bJwHzra.jpg

Awesome clicks [MENTION=125148]Cyanide[/MENTION]

nice clicks [MENTION=125148]Cyanide[/MENTION]

[MENTION=125148]Cyanide[/MENTION] ,Excellent wildlife pics. I just cant stop staring at the Turtle , Snake pic. A very professional picture I would say. Such an awesome level of clarity and realistic colors.
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[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION] , if you ever plan to come to DPEG Photo Walks , do let me know.
I had been to one of their photo walks held at Chandani Chowk ,but that was the only PW I ever attended. Never got time after that.

PS , I love more of wildlife , greenery , monument , kind of photography.
I am a little too shy for street photography.

[MENTION=125148]Cyanide[/MENTION] you make us jealous with those European beauties

good work

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[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION]- The 2nd one is awesome.
@ Cyanide - Like the nature pics in #9924. Too bad you cut off the top of the tower.

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hehe [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] thank you

[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION]: Actually I've clicked many pics of complete eiffel tower. But in most of them, the tower bars are looking blur. Comparatively, above 2 pics are a bit better. Nevertheless, I'll take care from next time, thank you very much for your feedback.

Check out this awesome video of some cool stuff you can do with stuff lying at home. Perhaps we can use this to revive the photo projects thread ?

izzikio_rage said:
Check out this awesome video of some cool stuff you can do with stuff lying at home. Perhaps we can use this to revive the photo projects thread ?

Awesome

That's a nice video. I am bookmarking it...

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5575/14584545351_00ab034f2d.jpgThe Dragon With Wings by NikhileshSharma, on Flickr

That is beautifully captured

good one nikku

Thanks guys.

My attempts this weekend

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3919/14644408372_1cf832e200_c.jpg
Almost there by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

[MENTION=119713]nikku_hot123[/MENTION] [MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION] :doublethumb:

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Men at Work

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3862/14459326198_e4d8e0df31_c.jpg
Plantation

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2932/14643589534_0a64922b47_c.jpg
Webbed

kaz second one is great

Thanks [MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION]

Nice photographs, Nikku and Kaz

Thanks [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]...

Good try kaz

Guys I got a chance to shoot a post wedding shoot of one of my office girl

she saw my flickr profile and got impressed...just the problem is I dont have much exp...I almost rejected her proposal then accepted after saw her excitement.

^ I think you should go for this. It's a great opportunity to venture into wedding photography. A great way to bring your hobby to the next level. All The Best.

sujoyp said:
Good try kaz

Guys I got a chance to shoot a post wedding shoot of one of my office girl she saw my flickr profile and got impressed...just the problem is I dont have much exp...I almost rejected her proposal then accepted after saw her excitement.

Thanks...And yes!!! you should go for that wedding shoot, you have all the gears...May be you will be getting paid offers soon

sujoyp said:
Good try kaz

Guys I got a chance to shoot a post wedding shoot of one of my office girl she saw my flickr profile and got impressed...just the problem is I dont have much exp...I almost rejected her proposal then accepted after saw her excitement.

Dada , Dont break her heart. plus its one of the biggest moments in her life. it would be fun to freeze.those moments.
You will do well.

To up your confidence, check some tutorials and do some test shoots.

thanks guys...Actually its a very special moment for her and I really dont wanna spoil that...but it seems she have lot of confidence in herself, she is really excited about this. I will do my best. The shoot is in August. A big test for me .

Nac I have something new to do now...and these mumbai girls definitely have some out of world ideas

*img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/15/ygeba8az.jpg
How's this one guys ?
Captured some shots after long time.

Looks nice, but the flower in more focus would look even better...

Yeah , I tried that but wind was blowing at terrific speed , plus the lack of a tripod for the heavy ts lens made focusing on the flowe difficult.

great shots everyone...i'll resume photography too

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DGT Click!

Hey, people.

Seeing the number of budding photographers on the forum, here's your shot at being featured in Digit's supplement, 'DGT'. Our Click section has a segment called 'Click'd' where we feature a new and talented photographer every month. If interested, respond to this thread or shoot an email to editor[at]digit[dot]in, and I'll be in touch!
(Click here to see how you would be featured in the magazine: Sample post)

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Please follow the following format when you send in your entry.

__________________________________________________ _____________________
Subject: DGT - Click'd - Featured Photographer

Attach:
1. Image you'd like to showcase
2. Your portrait
3. A short bio of you or whoever took the photograph
__________________________________________________ _____________________
Ensure: Photograph and portrait are both of at least 300 DPI.
__________________________________________________ _____________________

^seems nice. Will.definitely boost enthusiasm for new photographers.

Cool initiative.

Thats a pretty good idea... Will enter
[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION], go for that wedding shoot. It'll be an awesome chance to shoot a proper event. Plus do take another guy with you, the way you can be sure you don't miss anything.

yaah amlan...I am already planning

Clicke'd section will be great ...just that it came up when I am less active

sujoyp said:
yaah amlan...I am already planning

Clicke'd section will be great ...just that it came up when I am less active

You should share your best clicks...Not necessarily click now then share

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Guys,
If you want be be included in next month's issue, respond soon, we're going into print tonight!

Remember: send in your photographs and details to editor[at]digit[dot]in

Cheers!

I guess the best part will be the bio, it'll be fun to know more about you crazy people which whom I seem to waste most of my day.

Errr I have given a simple Bio...like an Intro...does he needs a proper, birth, hobbie, type bio

Yup, also where do you see yourself in 5 years and what are your strengths and weaknesses

blah then this month is gone...it will take some time to make that kind of BIO

Also you need to include your kundali, clearly highlighting all the grah nakshatra that are out of place. It is vital that digit only include photos that are vetted by the planets

A

Please suggest the best "Travel" tripod i can buy from Flipkart for under 15k. Flipkart only cos i have vouchers

Amlan,

Sujoy, I think a short one is good enough. They ain't gonna write an article about the photographer and they don't have space for that and there is word limit too... 30-40 words about you and 20-30 words about your photograph is suffice. Even if you send a big one, they will trim down.

kaz said:
Waiting for [MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] to share his latest flickr uploads

Hi Thanks for mentioning me kaz.
btw Nice pics there, liked the spider web.

Just posting a couple of pics:

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3843/14586518741_6c1ac8e578_c.jpg

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5567/14339978158_d87a875bdf_c.jpg

These are great [MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION]....

Those Bugatti and other car pics on your flickr are super :doublethumb:

The one of the cup is absolutely beautiful.

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION]: Thanks!

well, I like to shoot cars whenever I spot one, lol..I have a million pics but I don't know others might enjoy it so I don't usually post it anywhere. Glad u liked, might post a few later

[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION]: Thanks mate. That was a quick shot when I was about to have a cup of coffee, and the evening light was illuminating the trees behind, so did a quick snap with it.

[MENTION=122725]arian[/MENTION]: travel tripod for 15k? that's quite a lot of money and I'm not very sure what you mean by travel tripod. If it's something that you can carry around at all times then you might want to look at the Gorillapod DSLR. If it's a proper tripod then I guess the others here can help you out

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] that cup is beautiful

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: Thanks mate

gr8 shots [MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION]

[MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION]: Thank you

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A Lambo I spotted some time ago :razz:

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3926/14706254313_0bf342c888_b.jpgDMC AVENTADOR 2 - Wallpaper by Raziel.The.Fallen, on Flickr

You added those text right? Looks great indeed

Yep I added the text to make it like a wallpaper. +It's my favorite car

Thx!

woo that looks soo good [MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION]

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some portraits I tried to take

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3908/14693741801_7d3acf9ebe_z.jpgDSC_4534 by sujoypp, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3885/14716786123_ce762aaf7c_z.jpgDSC_4515 by sujoypp, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2938/14510231380_24f18c1fe8_z.jpgDSC_4496 by sujoypp, on Flickr

Photographs are sharp. I am expecting something more, something impressive.

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] Stunning captures! I really like the mood they convey. That's what i'm trying to improve, my clicks look they're dead & soulless

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] Nice clicks, is she the one that asked you for a post-wedding shoot?

What are your targets, gear for that day, if that's okay to share. add SPOILERS to your answers

[MENTION=119713]nikku_hot123[/MENTION] the Dragonfly looks vivid and sharp! nice capture :doublethumb:

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] [MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION] Nice clicks guys

Any update regarding the Click'd section? which one got selected?

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] I am still practicing ...I dont have much exp with portraits ....
[MENTION=143631]axelzdly1[/MENTION] thanks...yes she is the same girl

I dont really know anything right now...dont have light stand, nor umbrella in mumbai...I have just checked some pics related to that...but the girl have done much more research about poses and pics...will see when she comes back. Gear I have is 50mm 1.8 and 17-50 2.8 and 55-200 ....would love if someone can help me with a full frame

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: Nice shots there sujoyp. Agree with nac.
[MENTION=143631]axelzdly1[/MENTION]: Thanks, glad you liked

Posting a mobile snap taken a while ago.
*fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2012/351/c/2/c21178ccde362e0d9c3e8739fd562d54.jpg

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION]: that is spectacular ... where did you get this shot from? A plane?
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: looks awesome, very candid fun shots.... do something like this for the prewedding shot and they'll be more than happy. Perhaps go to some romantic location (marine drive/bandstand)

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] ....thats an awesome shot...donno how you shot that

@amlan thanks ...I will try my best...right now she went to get married...her plan is for august ...I know what couples want ....they want surprise shots which are sharp and blurred background ....most preferable a green BG ...surprise in the sense candid...poses are ok but shots at the right moment really impress everyone

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: [MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION]: Thanx guys, yes it was shot through the window of a plane. :razz:

Here's a clip I recorded..
[YOUTUBE]*www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gQr3-ZtM2c[/YOUTUBE]

Need some help with landscape shots... Like a riverside or river bank shot.

I tried few shots but didnt seem to please me.
Will post one or two of em.

Raziel said:
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: Nice shots there sujoyp. Agree with nac.
[MENTION=143631]axelzdly1[/MENTION]: Thanks, glad you liked

Posting a mobile snap taken a while ago.
*fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/o/2012/351/c/2/c21178ccde362e0d9c3e8739fd562d54.jpg

awesome!!!!!!!!!
I will like to have that in my wallpaper collection.

amazing shot [MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION]

Raziel, that's one helluva view. I find the video more impressive. :doublethumb:

Thanks guys

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]: It was a breathtaking view that I couldn't resist capturing.
The evening sun was setting over the horizon casting golden reflection on the sea, the slow moving of the clouds,...I could see shapes like huge space ships and giant whales floating by..like lost in some fantasy world for some time. You don't get to see that view everyday..I was clicking for hours, and people beside were strangely looking at me. lol

just another snap.
*fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/o/2012/353/a/9/a9bac3c55815aeb9c21938f69cb1927a.jpg

this one is awesome bro

^^Thanks!

We were sitting near the air cooler at the end of the summer and suddenly it started raining. The raindrops formed the bubbles in the water tank.

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2923/14532719229_611ac4e909_o.jpg

wow..Looks nice

nice medico

Awesome stuff both of you...

Nice pic [MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] and [MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION].

Raziel, just saw your previous pics. All are outstanding.

[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION]: Those bubbles looks great in BW...like shiny marbles. Good observation and nice sharp capture.

one memorable evening

*i.imgur.com/sPSVoU0.jpg

Nice [MENTION=154031]nomad47[/MENTION]

Thank you [MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION]

Nice capture. [MENTION=154031]nomad47[/MENTION]

Thank you [MENTION=119713]nikku_hot123[/MENTION]

My view-finder looks kinda smudgy and there are some tiny dust specks, that are quite distracting during shoot. I tried cleaning the front and back part of the viewfinder prism, and mirror using an ear-bud and a lens pen. That didn't work but made it worse

.
I sent it for Nikon-servicing from a dealer in my place, clearly explaining what to do, but returned in the same condition.
What to do nw? Should I go to Chennai and give them by hand?

axelzdly1 said:
My view-finder looks kinda smudgy and there are some tiny dust specks, that are quite distracting during shoot. I tried cleaning the front and back part of the viewfinder prism, and mirror using an ear-bud and a lens pen. That didn't work but made it worse .
I sent it for Nikon-servicing from a dealer in my place, clearly explaining what to do, but returned in the same condition.
What to do nw? Should I go to Chennai and give them by hand?

Get it cleaned at a place where the service center guys often handle DSLRs

you did a basic mistake....you should have read online how to remove dust from mirror and viewfinder ....dust from mirror can be removed by blower only...you should not touch it ....
now just give it to proper service center...or look in you tube.

Clicked a picture today...Not worth sharing here...
Though you can see it here (2nd one)

Got the Tamron 150-600 mm and a Tokina 11-24mm too. Bought a new 7D too. Will post pics soon.

Congrats Inci. As far as I remember you're the only one owning 7D in this forum

Mine is within warranty and the Translucent Mirror has lots of dust over it.
I thought to clean it up however , the a single permanent scratch on the mirror will ruin the picture forever as its a non movable mirror.
On top of it ...the mirror is damn weak. Its more or less like a plastic film.

I was wondering what to do.....
Will the Sony SC charge me for getting it cleaned up. ?
I could have cleaned it as per online instruction but this is not an average DSLR mirror. This one is very weak.

congrats inci...lot of shopping...are u on any foreign IT project by any chance

[MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION] ....you better clean from sony service center...its not taking risk ....its under warrenty ....it wont charge

Thanks NAC and Sujoy. Yes NAC the 7D is some months old now. The Tammy is sharp I'll post snaps but the Tokina though sharp but am iffy,I'll take some shots today and post for you and NAC and others to comment.
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] no bro I'm in to business , rajmistri and etc etc ha ha ha

Hrishi: get it cleaned, it will make a huge difference in your images, specially if you have smudges on your mirror from failed cleaning efforts.

Inci: that's awesome, waiting from some clicks

Sujoy: what happened to your wedding shoot? waiting for some cool pre weddings pics and all

@amlan that girl isnt back from her wedding...she will tell the date

..its post wedding

Thanks for suggestions. I will take it to nearest SC this weekend. Hope they help.

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The Vigil

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3882/14774055294_42845f90ba_o.jpg

cute shot medico

that's a really awesome shot medico

I need to buy one of those lenspens to clean my lenses and sensor. Would prefer one that has both a folding brush and a carbon type element to clean the lens without any liquid.

I had thought of getting this one. The Nisipen lens cleaner, but the reviews say that it scratches the lenses

Nisi Pro Lens Pen Lens Cleaner - Nisi: Flipkart.com

Suggest some others

I think this one is better amlan - Lenspen NLP-1 Lens Cleaner

Lenspen NLP-1 Lens Cleaner - Lenspen: Flipkart.com

The reviews look good, will order this. Waise, how did you choose, all of these appear the same in the description

I use this

i think its the original one...lenspen is a brand

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Hey, new to photography. Started 5 6 months back..

I dont have a DSLR or SLR. Just a basic PNS, through which i snap on its Manual mode.

I rarely use heavy post processing ( removal of background and stuff ) but i really liked this one.

^can't see, can you upload it somewhere else, and post here, like *imgur.com?

I

Means give the image URL?

after upload there is forum embed tag [ img]<url>[/ img] without the space

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Original

*i.imgur.com/61bdauy.jpg
Prcoessed

I named these Supernatural Series.

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*i.imgur.com/voQnPt5.jpg

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ishan99 said:
*i.imgur.com/SYelOXY.jpg

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*i.imgur.com/FrZurFd.jpg
Original

*i.imgur.com/61bdauy.jpg
Prcoessed

I named these Supernatural Series.

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*i.imgur.com/voQnPt5.jpg

Nice.. Which camera did you use?

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Thanks

A basic PNS camera used on Manual settings.
Sony HX9V

Nice shots Ishan ...

@Kalam_goheb please dont quote the pics...it gets difficult ...just directly comment

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] OK.

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*i.imgur.com/omr6cuJ.jpg
Another piece of art i created.
Hope you guys like it

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Nice.! Did you edit it.?

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Yes of course!
The original shot was of the rose just after rain. Then i snapped a picture of some fallen petals. Then took it to CS6, wored for an hour, and got this result

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Good job ☺

Very good shots ishan, the sky shot is really well captured.

you might want to upload these pictures to flickr/500px and then link here. That way we all can also see the setting that you used to shoot them.

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oops. I had uploaded them on Flickr too, but didnt know i can embed from there too.
for the sky the EXIF is as follows:

Brand: Sony
Camera: Sony Cyber-shot HX9V
Lens: sony lens g
Recording media: JPEG (digital)
Date Taken: 21 Jun 2014 - 5:34 PM
Focal Length: 28.6mm
Lens Max Aperture: f/3.3
Aperture: f/11.0
Shutter Speed: 1/1600sec
Exposure Comp: 0.0
ISO: 100
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Center-weighted average
Flash: Off, Did not fire
White Balance: Cloudy

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I am also a fan of Portraits and try to copy David Baileys style.
*i.imgur.com/4MvePfC.jpg

EXIF:
Brand: Sony
Recording media: JPEG (digital)
Date Taken: 22 Jun 2014 - 5:00 PM
Focal Length: 12.2mm
Lens Max Aperture: f/3.3
Aperture: f/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/125sec
Exposure Comp: 0.0
ISO: 100
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Center-weighted average
Flash: Off, Did not fire
White Balance: Cloudy

Ishan, Butterfly shot is nice.
I like your PP work on "supernatural" and the last one (black backdrop)
Nice portrait

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thanku nac

Happy Friendship day guys

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5560/14629434799_e3c8642ff1.jpgfriendship day by sujoyp, on Flickr

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Its quite dull out here. Why not organize \some challenges like Weekly Black and White Challenge, or Weekly Macro Challenge?
There could be one judge a the start, and after that the person who wins will judge the next weeks challenge.

ishan99 said:
Its quite dull out here. Why not organize \some challenges like Weekly Black and White Challenge, or Weekly Macro Challenge?
There could be one judge a the start, and after that the person who wins will judge the next weeks challenge.

How about this thread?
*www.digit.in/forum/cameras-camcorders/173677-learn-photography-me.html

Nice pictures btw! [MENTION=150899]ishan99[/MENTION] :doublethumb:

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Its not what i wanted. It should be regular. Those challenges.

Rules can be like this
1. The challenge is just for fun.
2. All images must be taken after the theme is announced.
3. The challenge runs from 9pm on the Sunday and runs until 9pm the following Sunday.
4. Only one upload per member.
5. Please feel free to comment on the entries once judging is complete.
6. The person who hosts is the judge for that week challenge and the judge’s decision is final.
7. The winner gets to create, run and judge the challenge for the following week.
8. Have fun

Happy friendship Sujoy and everyone... I didn't know that it's today.

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^ We can start a thread for photography challenge Ishan. But there are not many active photographers here. Those who are active may not find time everyday/week/month to take photographs.

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I think ill start it, lets give it a go. If it gets a hit, well and good else too bad.

*www.digit.in/forum/cameras-camcorders/186132-photography-challenges.html#post2145980

hey anybody got a chance to check digit magazine whose pic got selected

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yeah i checked. Sujoy Packrasy

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*i.imgur.com/PJ7Pwtz.jpg
Sky Waves

*i.imgur.com/qLjvM4z.jpg
Hazel Sky

Hope you guys dont get irritated with my continuous posts

^ No Sujoy. Should ask webwrite to post the soft copy of that page here when publishing.

Yup, that would be a good idea since my magazine still reaches home while i am in Gurgaon

I am not motivated much till I see someones pic of some degree of quality being published there...I am serching for the magazeine but not got it yet

The one got featured for the month May 2014 is a good one, Sujoy. You mean you're looking online?

no man...looking in mall and bookshops

The Owl by [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] has been featured

Wow! Congrats Sujoy :doublethumb:

kaz said:
The Owl by [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] has been featured

Hw about a snapshot of d page>?

Congratulations [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]!

awesome stuff sujoy ... and here you were getting worried about your bio not being good enough

Congrats [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION].
The Photographer of TDF!

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*i.imgur.com/6R2mA7g.jpg

*i.imgur.com/TWMkqx1.jpg

*i.imgur.com/ZFKtVGr.jpg

*i.imgur.com/tl9YV9g.jpg

Macros

thanks guys..comon its just the start right...send them your best pic...and we all will be happy enough to see them printed on digit's magazine

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[MENTION=6638]Ishan[/MENTION] your 2nd one is the best composition wise...1st one is all tilted ...3rd one you lost focus on the eye ...last one is also good

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[MENTION=150899]ishan99[/MENTION] - I just saw some of your posted photos on previous pages.... they are awesome.

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thanku

Congrats [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]

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*i.imgur.com/tSqLQYV.jpg
Rose Petals

thanks [MENTION=127841]nikku[/MENTION]
[MENTION=6638]Ishan[/MENTION] this one is much better then black one

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] really? My black one was termed as est i have shot till date, and this one had been termed as merely a great image.
Still thnku

actually I dont like much photoshopped images...the black one was clearly looking like two images added togather...but this one seems more natural and real

since a few of you were interested in organizing weekly challenges here are a couple of threads that we tried out recently

*www.digit.in/forum/cameras-camcorders/174801-photo-projects-practical-approch.html : For weekly photo projects, a short intro and examples of what the shot was to be, then everyone gave it shot. this was fun before we all got lazy and left it to die

*www.digit.in/forum/cameras-camcord...-images-final-step-getting-awesome-click.html for challenges/projects relating to post processing of images. Incase you just wanted to try your hand at editing a pic or getting feedback on the best way to do it. Again lazy people = dead thread

guys we always need fresh blood to take it ahead...I think I was here long enough to see all great photographers move ahead like Stuge, toofan and many more ....even now I am not getting enough time for it...but new guys can post pics and we can discuss it.. its never too late to revive old threads
And I am sure without discussing no body is going to learn new things here.

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ishan99 said:
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] really? My black one was termed as est i have shot till date, and this one had been termed as merely a great image.
Still thnku

I like the black one too better than this one.

Amlan, Not necessarily LAZY, may be we couldn't find spare time to pursue our hobby...

Well I'm sure we'll be busy at some points in time but time can always be taken out

Especially these two threads were awesome fun plus they I've learned a lot there, i guess we all have

But sadly, it's being taken out for some other reason than photography

Photo taken from my office window.
There's a glass between my mobile cam and the scenery.
Edited on mobile and added HDR effects on it (not the 3 photos combined HDR though)
*img.tapatalk.com/d/14/08/06/abymuhyg.jpg

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Amazing shot rhitwick! Interesting to see that HDR works so well in this type of shots. I may try it in some of mine.

Awesome shot rhitwick!

Here is one from my side. No Post processing done.

*s1.postimg.org/bbgfuko67/IMG_0929.jpg

^^Is it built in HDR? BTW nice shot and vivid colors.

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nikku_hot123 said:
^^Is it built in HDR? BTW nice shot and vivid colors.

That hardly looks like an HDR, if anything it looks oversaturated.

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*i.imgur.com/pjFqAF6.jpg

Really frustrated that my camera doesnt allow any more shallow DOF

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ishan99 said:
Really frustrated that my camera doesnt allow any more shallow DOF

Nice pic. What cam ?

Looks stunning [MENTION=150899]ishan99[/MENTION].! try decreasing the greens in the background, they look distracting.

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Sony DSC HX9V

Thanks guys

nikku_hot123 said:
^^Is it built in HDR? BTW nice shot and vivid colors.

Nope there is a vivid mode in the camera & I used it.

If it was a HDR the hut would have less shadows & more details.

[MENTION=150899]ishan99[/MENTION] , awesome composition. The transparency makes it look good.

sorry for last minute update, but today is a super-moon, so the moon is pretty close to earth
next is sept 2015

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Anorion said:
sorry for last minute update, but today is a super-moon, so the moon is pretty close to earth
next is sept 2015

i bought super zoom (HX400V) recently. wanted to try it on today's super moon. bloody rain spoiled it..

Did you shoot one?

[MENTION=150899]ishan99[/MENTION] thats a great shoot...nice details

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ishan99 said:
Sony DSC HX9V

Thanks guys

That's a nice camera. I liked the background defocus mode on it.

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Gen.Libeb said:
That's a nice camera. I liked the background defocus mode on it.

Seriously??? I hate it. I tprovides odd smudges at few points. Trust me, i tried it on that dragon fly pic. It came out nice, but then i noticed, it had no wings

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ishan99 said:
Seriously??? I hate it. I tprovides odd smudges at few points. Trust me, i tried it on that dragon fly pic. It came out nice, but then i noticed, it had no wings

It worked pretty good on people. you can't really defocus background shooting people any compact camera (at least those costing < 25000) .
I think it might be doing some kind of processing to get that effect, so sometimes it ends up looking fake.

Really stunning shot, ishan99.

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Gen.Libeb said:
It worked pretty good on people. you can't really defocus background shooting people any compact camera (at least those costing < 25000) .
I think it might be doing some kind of processing to get that effect, so sometimes it ends up looking fake.

I really agree. you just cant get shallow dof with a compact camera while shooting mostly portraiture. But i shot some portraits using this mode, and result was good, appreciated a lot, but the awkward smudges were the point of criticism.
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CyberKID said:
Really stunning shot, ishan99.

Thanks man

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*i.imgur.com/UGFNzv5.jpg
Defocus mode. Notice the smudges

*i.imgur.com/NSyMSor.jpg
Same

*i.imgur.com/lJGAMbn.jpg
Same

*i.imgur.com/0ikDJnC.jpg
White background.

Hey guys, beware!
I hope you all know about Content Plagiarism (copying/usage of your content without your permission). I have a blog, where I have been using most of my captures for about 1.5 years now. Just a few days back, I found out that some of my images are being used in various websites, without my knowledge, let alone, seeking my permission. While, we have been sharing our captures here on this thread, and at a lot of other places, I believe we never care to check out our images for wrongful application.
I do hope that each one of you would check out for your images being used elsewhere on the internet without your permission. While we have a lot of tools to check for text contents, including Google Search, Copyscape, etc, to name a few, good plagiarism checkers for images are hard to find, in terms usability. If you're planning to search for your content's illegal usage, you can use images.google.com, Reverse Image Search by Image Raider - Track Photo Usage. While Google images has a drag-and-drop UI where you can drag and drop the images and add some text to help it find better, imageraider works with image url's. Hoping that you guys will get some help with these tools.

Thanks cyberkid ...but for now my pics are free to use anywhere

I would be glad to see my pics on any website..Just that it will make me sad if somebody says that he have taken that pic
[MENTION=6638]Ishan[/MENTION] 1st and last is good...2nd and third are not foccused properly

sujoyp said:
Thanks cyberkid ...but for now my pics are free to use anywhere I would be glad to see my pics on any website..Just that it will make me sad if somebody says that he have taken that pic
@Ishan 1st and last is good...2nd and third are not foccused properly

Sujoy, the thing is, as a blogger, one has to follow the numerous policies, when it comes to using others' material, so, why not apply it to our content as well? The thing that bothers me here, is the commercial usage of the photographs, that too, without permission. At two instances I've seen my photographs being used commercially, without even asking for permission (in their commercial websites). Beyond that, they are using the photos on B2B sites like indiamart, tradeindia and alibaba as well.

See this for instance:
*i.imgur.com/wCGpsNC.png
Using my picture, edited it suitably to add that bottle, and with a watermark of their own. What does this suggest?

Cyberkid: that's actually pretty true, images being stolen is pretty easy and i'm pretty sure a lot of people do it too. One safeguard is that we share images through flickr/500px and turn off image downloading there. Even then it makes sense that we never upload our full resolution images without a watermark unless you are sure that you would want to give the image away (like many of us do when we share the raw for post processing, or the tiff file)

Other than that there are always ways to steal images and you can't police most of them, so I guess that is a risk that we take. I guess a stolen image is worth the ego boost that someone found our image worth using in all the images on the net

A couple of pics from my side too

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5557/14700318707_1604e87c54_c.jpgLife's a race by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5592/14737729370_29f310603d_c.jpgFinding joy in the simplest of things by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

Nice amlan...doggy is cute
[MENTION=96386]CyberKID[/MENTION] ...we can not do anything bro...you want to protect your pic...put a huge watermark across and then no body wants to see it nor use it ...even if you post a 800x600 pic on flickr too you are putting it online to share...people can download it freely ...
If you want to earn money out of a picture then its better to upload a 500x300 res picture online and if someone wants to use it they will pay you for full res.

I never tried my hands of panning , like the Bicycle shot taken by Amlan.
Can you give some suggestions on how to do it ? Is it that you have to keep the moving object focused pretty well , and rest all blurred ? That's it ?

Thanks everyone

Yup, you need to keep the moving object in the center of the frame while you pan the camera. I try to move the camera in a wide arc and then click while in the middle. The shutter speed needs to be a little on the slower side like 1/50 types. The rest is all practice and trial and error

Cyber, It's highly impossible to protect our photographs. Even getty couldn't do it and finally they have let their low resolution photographs to use for free (there may be some terms and conditions). The best way to protect photographs is not sharing online.

I guess many of the hobbyist (at least amateur hobbyist) don't mind this.

Amlan, Nice clicks. :thumbs:

I didn't notice it until Hrishi raised that it was "pan and click" shot.
Again, the same goes with the second photograph. I didn't notice the dog was playing with the water (it looks like that) until I read the title.

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[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION] - The bicycle pic is great, nice lighting. It'd had been even better if he was on the right side of the pic.

Here are some panning pics I tried quite some time before.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5535/10621853664_f4ac5410ee_b.jpg
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5347/8981402322_63aa9b4a3e_b.jpg

Hrishi said:
I never tried my hands of panning , like the Bicycle shot taken by Amlan.
Can you give some suggestions on how to do it ? Is it that you have to keep the moving object focused pretty well , and rest all blurred ? That's it ?

My camera has a setting called "Servo AF" . Enabled that (it keeps subject in focus) & pan the camera like shooting a panorama while pointing at the subject.

CyberKID said:
I do hope that each one of you would check out for your images being used elsewhere on the internet without your permission.

Personally I wouldn't care if someone uses my photo or makes money out if it, in fact I'd be happy to find my pics are good enough to be used for commercial purposes. But its easy for people to use someone's pic and remove the watermark (which only makes your pics ugly), I guess that's why I don't post people pics online, for the others I usually post 4000 * 2200 or whatever the max size is.

Nice clicks [MENTION=150899]ishan99[/MENTION] [MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION] and [MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION]

Here some from my recent wildlife shots, will share many more soon

BEAR
*farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/14751271309_b6a3b3485b_c.jpg
Play Time

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3851/14937574642_f32cb69f16_z.jpg
Good Bye

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5573/14751320848_0da66859ff_z.jpg
Welcome to the Jungle

Continuing pics from shantiniketan visit.(Will post more later)(No post processing).

*s30.postimg.org/92kofrcfl/IMG_0938.jpg

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[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] - The 2nd one is cool. The wall and the cage aren't looking nice in 1st & 3rd one.

[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION] great colours in that one

Gen.Libeb said:
[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] - The 2nd one is cool. The wall and the cage aren't looking nice in 1st & 3rd one.

In the third pic the bear is standing up over the bus we were in...

Anorion said:
[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION] great colours in that one

Yep thanks.

Cools shots guys..!

[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION]: Nice colours there btw are you a MK fan ? :razz:

Just sharing few pics..

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/14726856748_41497d83c3_b.jpg
*farm4.staticflickr.com/3924/14919542245_ed4d99cb11_b.jpg
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5584/14721377757_8717195a35_b.jpg
*farm4.staticflickr.com/3891/14871889923_845338bb70_b.jpg
*farm4.staticflickr.com/3900/14759200357_1544ae06e4_b.jpg

wow these are awesome...nice PP done

Raziel, Bokelicious :thumbs:

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] please if you can help me with that editing workflow

Love the colors on your bokeh, the best would be the heart pendent shot

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: Thank you.

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]: Thanks mate. Yep, I love bokeh :razz:

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION]: Thank you. Well, I shoot in RAW and use Photoshop to bring out the mood I want to convey with some of my pics..usually a gradient overlay/levels...can be different depending on the pic and what I feel at that time..that said, that 4th pic of diamond pendant has no PP at all other than the text.

[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION] : Thanks mate. That was a quick idea when I saw a pendant near a window, glad how it turned out. :razz:

Raziel said:
Cools shots guys..!
[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION]: Nice colours there btw are you a MK fan ?

Just sharing few pics..

Lovely photos 2nd & 4th.(Good depth.)
Yep used to be a MK fan but now I have lost patience to remember all those moves.

Anyways continuing my colourful series.

*s10.postimg.org/qqi8t5rw9/IMG_0884.jpg

kaz said:
Nice clicks @ishan99 @izzikio_rage and @Gen.Libeb

Here some from my recent wildlife shots, will share many more soon

Play Time

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3851/14937574642_f32cb69f16_z.jpg
Good Bye

That bear seems to be laughing at you.
Nice shots, Raziel. Has these been achieved after PP or it came out of the cam like that only (intentionally, ofcourse)?
Nice contrasting colours, quan chi

[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION]: Thanks! Cool shot there, love the contrasting colors.
Awesome, I'm an MK fan too, still playing MK9, and waiting for MKX

[MENTION=96386]CyberKID[/MENTION]: Thanks! :razz:

The shots are real. I only add some gradient color overlay to give a mood to it with PP, but no blurring or painting stuff like that on the image. The composition, depth of field, the painted strokes like effect and bokehs all are straight from cam with the cam+adapter+special lens I've used..also sometimes no PP like the blue pendant pic which has no edits other than the text. Every pic is art for me so I just tweak it the way I want it to be. :razz:

Raziel said:
@quan chi: Thanks! Cool shot there, love the contrasting colors.
Awesome, I'm an MK fan too, still playing MK9, and waiting for MKX

@CyberKID: Thanks! The shots are real. I only add some gradient color overlay to give a mood to it with PP, but no blurring or painting stuff like that on the image. The composition, depth of field, the painted strokes like effect and bokehs all are straight from cam with the cam+adapter+special lens I've used..also sometimes no PP like the blue pendant pic which has no edits other than the text. Every pic is art for me so I just tweak it the way I want it to be.

Photography has always been an art. The way it looks good to the one composing it, is the way to go. :wink:

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[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION], You have a unique style man, great works!

I'd like to know what lens you used for it, and also a full scaled version of that dragonfly

[MENTION=96386]CyberKID[/MENTION]: Yep, I believe that's true.

[MENTION=22610]hsr[/MENTION]: Thank you. I use the cheapest lenses around, like Helios and Pentacon, connected to NEX via an extensible M42 adapter. While optically imperfect, these old lenses are full of character. My shots are not often super sharp because of these imperfections, which is why I downsize it to smaller size for better quality. You can click the pic and go to my flickr page to see 1280x720 size. I have FHD size of the dragonfly pic but it's a bit blurry due to the above reason, can give if you're still interested. :razz:

Would love to know the exif data for the pics you posted Raziel

Awesome pics others

[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION]: Actually nothing special with the Exif, also there's no lens data from the manual lenses, the basic settings are more or less the same. I'll paste the settings of this fern I shot in the evening.

Camera: NEX-3N
Mode: Aperture Priority.
ISO: 200
Metering mode: Pattern
Flash Mode: No flash
Exposure Time: 1/400 sec

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3898/14937741066_8be7150cec_b.jpgEmerging.. by Raziel.The.Fallen, on Flickr

Sailing through the sands

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3896/14774752737_cfd86d6554_o.jpg

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[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] - Awesome pics all of them..
[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION] - that looks Nice
[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION] - great.. where is it ?

Nothing special, just a couple of photos of the day.
Both at ISO 2000 & 1/25 sec, so not sure what should have done.

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3902/14961668482_2aa4e70995_b.jpg
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5592/14958923171_e086996f92_b.jpg

Medico, Excellent photograph :thumbs:

[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION]: Wow what a pic man!..just Brilliant! where's it ?.. :razz:

[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION]: Nice shots man. 1st pic pretty low noise for a high ISO shot.

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I thought I'd share a couple of pics I took some time ago. It's almost Onam here and monsoon's just about over.
*31.media.tumblr.com/9fd83d5a989b62e53f2b89b30d6a2d9c/tumblr_mt685kjqkr1sxbwsyo1_1280.jpg
Auto exposure, 1/23 sec, f/2, ISO 800
*31.media.tumblr.com/f5fbd6f6154e38d2ee44bc6f51466222/tumblr_mt6898qlor1sxbwsyo1_1280.jpg
Auto exposure, 1/139 sec, f/2, ISO 100
Both are from a Lumia 920, using the Nokia Camera (the old pro camera).

hsr, Excellent bokeh from a mobile cam

Nice work there hsr, nice macro capability for L920. Keep shooting, like I said I also started with a lumia and I still enjoy it. My L800 has a bug which doesn't focus well on macro..the newer lumias must be working fine. I'm looking for an upgrade to L1020.

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] - Awesome pics....the colours!!! [MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION] [MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION] nice

Thanks everyone.
[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION] : Thats a lovely shot.
[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION] :The first shot is good but that bright light is spoiling the fun.

Anyways continuing my series.

This is Upasana Griha (shantiniketan). From wikipedia :

A prayer hall, made of several coloured Belgium glass with marble steps on all the four sides, by the poet's father in 1863. During evening service, candle is lit around the prayer hall, and it wears a magnificent look in flickering light.

Which reminds me guys if you are posting any pictures from any historical or heritage sites please add few words with them too. (At least I will read them.

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*s14.postimg.org/44y8tz2j5/IMG_0899.jpg

[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION]: wow beautiful architecture there. The description reminds me of the Crystal Palace of Madrid. *cache.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/217129-bigthumbnail.jpg

Just a quick snap from the backyard.. :razz:

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3868/14781779607_f8d06af1d6_b.jpg*-* by Raziel.The.Fallen, on Flickr

I hope you all Shutter Addicts know that today was The World PhotoGraphy Day.

Raziel said:
[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION]: wow beautiful architecture there. The description reminds me of the Crystal Palace of Madrid. *cache.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/217129-bigthumbnail.jpg

yes a bit similar.
This shot is better than the previous pic.
(this is just my personal opinion.

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Hrishi said:
I hope you all Shutter Addicts know that today was The World PhotoGraphy Day.

Thanks for bringing that to our attention.

Celebrating 175 Years of Photography - World Photo Day 2014, August 19

Quanchi, Picture is clean. Better than the previous two...

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No guys, I didn't know that yesterday was world photography day...

[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION]: Thanks quan chi. Yep, the other one was a bit cold in color..thanks for the comments.

anyway, I'll put this one here..

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A shot at the party

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5564/14815680949_3f0fdb815e_z.jpgGlass by sujoyp, on Flickr

this one was shot using 50mm

at that time no zoom lens was present
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[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION]: love your work!

are you making any series or such?

and you are applying the softness via PP or filter??

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: like the colour and lighting on the glass pic. although if you could take a wider shot with the complete glass and some more in the bg it would have been better imo.

sailing through the sands, and glass are awesome
glass is cropped? the size looks a bit off

Sujoy, "Glass" is good.
The second one is noisy and IQ is not that good. Is it because of too much crop or high iso?

anirban it was a party with guys sitting on both sides of table...wider shot was not possible there

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[MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION] glass is not cropped but its been straighned ..it had tilt before
[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] 2nd one is 60% of total image....it had to be shot at 1/2000 I think and ISO is also high...and also it seems my 50mm is gone now...too much fungus...I get no contrast at all...will buy a new one later..

[MENTION=148045]anirbandd[/MENTION]: Thanks! not making any series but just doing what I like..I love nature/abstract things.
Softness is no pp, it's the cheap lens I use making it soft but I like the way it render.

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: Nice shots, the glass could have been fully in comp, just my thought.
The sparrow pic look beautiful..! loved it.

Thanks guys...I will go to Pune next month again...will get a better bird pic...there are soo many beautiful birds togather

sujoyp said:
Thanks guys...I will go to Pune next month again...will get a better bird pic...there are soo many beautiful birds togather

You.

Come to Pune.

Ping me.

Capiche??

Against the sun

Shot this against the sun, much ahead of sunset.

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[MENTION=145411]ANIRBAN[/MENTION] whats capiche???

@medico...wonderful

^copy, understand.

Shot with a Xiaomi Mi3

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^^Hmmm nice.

sujoy p nice pics.

Btw continuing from the same set.

This one shot with a mobile cam (lumia 720).

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quan chi said:
Anyways continuing my series.

This is Upasana Griha (shantiniketan). From wikipedia :
Which reminds me guys if you are posting any pictures from any historical or heritage sites please add few words with them too. (At least I will read them.)

say this pic on wiki also....looks good

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3875/14795379430_4a9bc51970_c.jpgWalking through history by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

This is the Bhangarh fort in Rajasthan. Legend has it that the place was cursed and the entire city was relocated in one night to escape that curse. Even now entering or staying in the city before sunrise and after sunset is Prohibited. Was an amazing place, still debating whether to put up more pics from it as they are more like snapshots

Amlan, fantastic pic.

good one amlan...will the pic put a curse on us if we see it after sunset

^

Sujoy.
Amlan, Nice cick...

[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION]: i hope not, will start worrying when my pics start coming blurry like final destination

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] Nice timing for the bird one! the detail of the wings make it interesting.

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] amazing pics.as always. would love to see some captions in those pictures.

@a_medico looks hot ! is that halo the sun?

Nice capture izzikio! contrast looks good.

izzikio_rage said:
[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION]: i hope not, will start worrying when my pics start coming blurry like final destination

psst..keep it to yourself..vikram bhatt is watching..who knows this might hit the screens next year..

@amlan I thought someone with black robe and white mask will come to haunt me

BTW guys yesterday I tried Topaz plugin pack for photoshop and its really awesome...its soo easy to edit using that...donno why I never tried it before

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thanks [MENTION=143631]axelzdly1[/MENTION] ...my main motive was to capture flying birds playing togather with all those wings detail...but sadly due to distance and ISO 1600 its looking bit poor

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All Your Radiance..

a_medico, izzikio_rage: Great shot guys!! :razz:

axeldzly1: Thank you for the suggestion, I was thinking of this..but a lot of pics there to caption..

Just another pic from today..

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^^This is good too but It would be nice if you put a subject in focus too.

izzikio_rage good shot there.

Another colourful photo.

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how to capture screen

[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION] the angle of the shot is not correct...it looks tilt on one side ..try to study a bit regarding architecture photography

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION], just how are you shooting such dreamy shots? what lens and settings are these? and have you post processed these?

sujoyp said:
[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION] the angle of the shot is not correct...it looks tilt on one side ..try to study a bit regarding architecture photography

Yes you are right. I was trying but it got messed up.

[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION]: Thanks you. I'm more in to minimal/abstract nature stuffs and the dof is too shallow on this tiny grass thing..thanks for the opinion.
...agree with sujoyp..the angle look a bit weird with that tilt..but nice contrasting colors again.

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[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION]: I shoot with my NEX and the usual lenses

btw, Here's the actual pic without any PP.

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axelzdly1 said:
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@a_medico looks hot ! is that halo the sun?

Yes. it is that.

Raziel said:
[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION]: Thanks you. I'm more in to minimal/abstract nature stuffs and the dof is too shallow on this tiny grass thing..thanks for the opinion.
...agree with sujoyp..the angle look a bit weird with that tilt..but nice contrasting colors again.

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[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION]: I shoot with my NEX and the usual lenses btw, Here's the actual pic without any PP.

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I like the actual pic.

Thanks Faun. In fact I was confused which one to choose..I like actual too n that's y I posted both here :razz:

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A pic from today..

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[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] - You are awesome. You should sell your pics for Windows wallpapers or something like that.

Did you take off the attachment (actual pic without PP), I can't see it.

[MENTION=2935]a_medico[/MENTION] awesome that desert shot.
[MENTION=15209]quan chi[/MENTION] good one.
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] get a proper macro set up its about time.

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] Dreamy creamy good.

[MENTION=154968]Gen.Libeb[/MENTION]: Thank you..& thanks for the suggestion

I just do it for fun..& something's wrong with the attachment i think..here another link: *i.imgur.com/Hvmyuft.jpg
[MENTION=146621]The Incinerator[/MENTION]: Thank you!

Great work everyone..keep shooting!

awesome pics Raziel ... I'm not even sure what the circles are, i'm assuming they are some type of lens flare, but that adds to the abstract feel of the shots

@inci ...I shoot so rare now days that I am not getting anything soon

max i will get is a 35mm or 50mm lens

Well I do shoot now and then but it seems like I'm not really getting any wow photos .....

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Check out my snap guys. Just started with DSLR. Captured with 18-55mm kit lens.

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Please provide feedback.

izzikio_rage said:
Well I do shoot now and then but it seems like I'm not really getting any wow photos .....

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This shot is compositionally very very strong.

Good shot Amlan.

webgenius said:
Check out my snap guys. Just started with DSLR. Captured with 18-55mm kit lens.

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Please provide feedback.

Exactly the same thing i've done with my dSLR first. Good luck to your future works!

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Missed sending my entries to the Amazon's photgraphy contest 'India through my lens'. But when its results are out, Im glad I havent sent. They were way off the charts! mine would look puny over them. --Nominees--Winners
Why dont you guys critique my entries, so I could send some good ones next time?

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Axel, Colourful photographs

Few questions folks

1) I have started capturing in RAW+JPEG. Do you guys keep the raw file unedited? Or do you guys edit the raw file and store the edited one? Sometimes the raw file may require some cropping and tilt adjustments, so do you guys do all these and store the edited version after discarding the original one?

2) Need feedback about my snap posted in: Link
Since I'm new to photography, need input from you folks. How can I further improve the image? I cropped out the raw file, increased exposure by 1 since the original snap seemed to be under-exposed. What else can be done?

izzikio_rage said:
Well I do shoot now and then but it seems like I'm not really getting any wow photos .....

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3843/15011060636_c8db1f91d4_c.jpgrest and recharge by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

[MENTION=8593]izzikio_rage[/MENTION]: Beautiful capture mate..I think my most favorite from you. I love the composition, silhouette, color, mood and minimalism in this.

Just perfect 10/10 from me.

Nice colorful shots there axelzdly1 :razz:

I liked how that guy at the center aligns with the sun there in the last pic..great shot.

Webgenius, You started with Lord Ganesha, that's what people do before starting something new. May the Lord Ganesha bless your photography journey.

Generally, photographers focus on the leading eye when they take portrait, but you have focused on legs. (May be because, the idol was so small and you couldn't keep the focus point on the eye or may be that's intentional).
I guess you have tried to get shallow DOF, which resulted out of focus face, arms...
It's little over exposed.

Focusing is one of the basic, you can start learning from there.

I sometime shoot in RAW. If that's a keeper, I will keep both the edited and original RAW. If it's not a keeper, I will delete the RAW and don't even try PP-ing.

nac said:
Generally, photographers focus on the leading eye when they take portrait, but you have focused on legs. (May be because, the idol was so small and you couldn't keep the focus point on the eye or may be that's intentional).
I guess you have tried to get shallow DOF, which resulted out of focus face, arms...
It's little over exposed.

Focusing is one of the basic, you can start learning from there.

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]: Thanks a lot for the comment. Eager to learn a lot from you guys.

Yes, I tried shallow DOF. I've been learning a lot (trust me, really a lot!), and finally moved away from Auto Mode. To achieve shallow DOF, I opened up the aperture to max in 'A' mode, and took the shot. The idol is pretty small and was placed on the floor. So I had to literally lie down on the floor to take the shot (not a comfortable position to take the snap!). The bokeh came out, but not sure if it can be further improved!

How do I manually focus on the eye? I focussed toward the mid of the idol (stomach). Isn't that the right way? Am I doing anything wrong? Please comment guys, your comments mean a lot.

You camera would allow you to focus on a point (should be under your focus options), one of the ways to focus on the eye is keep the eye in the center of the frame (where the camera focuses when set to point focus) then lock the focus by half pressing the shutter button. Recompose the shot so that you position the eye wherever you want in the frame and shoot

Thanks a ton for all the praise on the bird pic ...

izzikio_rage said:
You camera would allow you to focus on a point (should be under your focus options), one of the ways to focus on the eye is keep the eye in the center of the frame (where the camera focuses when set to point focus) then lock the focus by half pressing the shutter button. Recompose the shot so that you position the eye wherever you want in the frame and shoot

Thanks a ton for all the praise on the bird pic ...

But if I keep the eye in the centre of the frame, then there would be some content on top of the head (which is not required). What is the ideal way to do it when you want to keep only the subject in the pic? Keeping eye in the centre of the frame is difficult since eye would come at the top end of the frame.

And when I crop the photo, the final dimesnion becomes odd. From original dimension of 6000x4000, it goes to 5210x3820 odd dimensions. Any way to keep the dimension intact?

^ You need to do two things.
1. Read your user manual
2. Understanding basics - You can learn it here...

izzikio_rage said:
You camera would allow you to focus on a point (should be under your focus options), one of the ways to focus on the eye is keep the eye in the center of the frame (where the camera focuses when set to point focus) then lock the focus by half pressing the shutter button. Recompose the shot so that you position the eye wherever you want in the frame and shoot

Don't skip the sentence(s) and get yourself confused. He said, you have an option to pick a focus point you wanted. Other way to focus on a desired point (rather than fiddling with focus points), use your center focus point and focus on the eye and "recompose" your shot. i.e., You keep the eye in the center, press the shutter half way and "hold" and now move your camera in a way you want to compose your shot (for eg, keep the stomach of ganesha in the center), now press the shutter all the way down to click.
Note: If you have any more queries, hi jack this post and continue in "Camera talk" thread or "Understanding camera settings" thread or You can create a new one...

too much discussion to comment anything

@amlan thats a very nice shot...you can keep it for some competition
[MENTION=18320]webgenius[/MENTION] try more..try to shoot like pro do, remember you have the tool now..now its upto you how you can shoot those beautiful shots.

Okay , so I am posting a pic after a long time of inactivity in this thread.
So this is a moment I captured at one of the Dancing auditoriums in Delhi . I just went in there are started capturing random some shots.
Apparently , this probably is the first attempt of mine to click anything similar to this.

On a side note this is a form of Dancing calling Bharat natyam . And this Dancer was performing "Arengaretram" , which is more or less like a solo performance of a dancer and means a lot to her.

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^Niice... Arangetram is debut, not just solo performance, usually the dancers are much younger

Nice click Hrishi.

BTW, it's "Arangetram"

thats a beautiful shot Hrishi

Nice clicks everyone!

Just another pic from yesterday. No PP other than the text.

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[MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION] she looks pretty

nice capture indeed

nac said:
Nice click Hrishi.

BTW, it's "Arangetram"

Anorion said:
^Niice... Arangetram is debut, not just solo performance, usually the dancers are much younger

yeah. I missed at the spelling.

But it was a solo performance by the dancer , for like 2-3 hours.

solo also but it is debut

Hrishi, bhabijee ko pranam dena.

anirbandd said:
Hrishi, bhabijee ko pranam dena.

lol...not here

oops.

[MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION] [MENTION=143631]axelzdly1[/MENTION] nice pics guys

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] [MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] [MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] Thanks for the feedback!
The last shot was during sunrise at Kanyakumari. There was some huge crowd at that time because it was an auspicious day, and I was lucky to be at the right place to align him to the position of the sun.

A few shots taken with my new 55-200 VR, Im loving it!

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Portrait of a cow. That cow was so photo-shy :razz:

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Nice clicks, axel.

axelzdly1 said:
Portrait of a cow. That cow was so photo-shy

But that's a perfect jaw line

@azelzdly1 ..its good that you are enjoying 55-200 ...many people donno that its soo good for portraits ...its sharp and give good bokeh

Fantastic shots there axelzdly1..good color and sharpness..1 and 3 my fav!

1 nature pic from me, probably my last pic here.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5591/15051252752_a10294fce9_b.jpgDew drops.. by Raziel.The.Fallen, on Flickr

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] haha..that's so pun-ny

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] Tack sharp images! I wasn't getting sharp images at first but then I found out that I was holding the whole dslr weight by its body like a pivot. 55-200 being heavier than the previous 18-55 , I was to balance its weight with the other hand equally to avoid distortions.

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] Thanks a lot!

Last pic? We were enjoying your works a lot these days. Dont leave us this early. :-(

[MENTION=143631]axelzdly1[/MENTION]: glad to know people enjoyed my pics even though I'm not any pro photographer.
Job calls...fun days are over for me now, but I'll shoot and share whenever I get time. Thanks everyone! Keep shooting guys

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Some pictures from my G2

axelzdly1 said:
Tack sharp images! I wasn't getting sharp images at first but then I found out that I was holding the whole dslr weight by its body like a pivot. 55-200 being heavier than the previous 18-55 , I was to balance its weight with the other hand equally to avoid distortions

How were you holding the camera wrong? tell me also, since I have a 70-200 that is giving images that are not as sharp I'd like

[MENTION=120687]Raziel[/MENTION] : A job does not mean that you will leave all the things you enjoy. A lot of us in this thread are holding full time jobs and we do get a chance to click, post and discuss. Will be looking forward to more such dreamy clicks from you

amlan you have 70-200 ..wow :shock:

izzikio_rage said:
How were you holding the camera wrong? tell me also, since I have a 70-200 that is giving images that are not as sharp I'd like

We hold the dslr by the battery grip with right hand and lens with the left-hand. Usually we stress the whole weight of the dslr by our right hand.Am I correct?
Instead do it in reverse. Try to hold the whole weight with your left-hand so that the body-portion of dslr feels light-weight. Don't forget to keep your left-hand steady. You're doing it correct, if your left hand feels more stressed than your right.

sujoyp said:
amlan you have 70-200 ..wow

I think I'd posted a pic of this some time back. Fully manual Sigma K-II Zoom 70-210 f/4.5 . Was having some issues with images have low contrast and sharpness

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you told 70-200

if you had told 70-210 I could understand its manual

I thought you got beercan or a newer 70-200 lens

Finally was able to get some time out of office and go for some pics-clicks.
Posting some clicks.
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5582/15093554341_d87a33828c_b.jpglonely bird!!! by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3850/14909820479_cf44b4f41a_b.jpgyeah..in there.!!! by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3919/15090811512_758b7a1cf6_b.jpgDucks by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5562/14909538517_66955b8aec_b.jpgStuck in Rust by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

C&C are welcome.

nice hrishi ...but work upon your PP ...PP can be better then this

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] , Thanks. But my laptop's display is so mediocre that most images get over-saturated while editing. The display is very poor. ( maintaining real life color balance it very difficult )
When I tried to view the same pics on my cell , to me they appear more saturated than what they should be. ( and that was on IPS display .)

BTW , please give some inputs on PP for the above pics.
I like the first pic , would certainly want to improve on it.

[MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION] ...I love more of natural colors ...and from my prespective there is a huge pink tint on top 3 of your image...even the iron rust is looking pink. In 3rd one you have increased the contrast too much due to that its looking this way, and you lost some detail of the duck itself.
Last one is the correct color in all senses

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] , yeah...but that pink hue is not very noticeable in my laptop , but looks over_pp when viewed in phone. I think , I will have to make some arrangements while doing PP on my laptop screen.
BTW , here is the actual link to the original untouched copy of the first image. I don't have raw converter at this moment , so I directly imported the raw pic into picasa and saved into JPEG without any modification.
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[MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION] Try to calibrate your laptop monitor. Open the same image in both devices, put your phone beside your monitor and tweak you monitor until both of them match. OR

On Windows 7, go to Start > Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display > Calibrate Color. Then open that program which will walk you through how to get a ROUGH approximation of a calibrated screen.

It seems that the original itself has a purple hue. White balance issue in your camera??

Hrishi, Actually, I thought that the pink/purple tint was PP effect. But it seems like it was that way SOOC. I guess tweaking WB would fix it. BTW, if you're ok with sharing your original and have RAW, you can share RAW.

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/DSC03257_zps899477f8.jpg

^^ This one looks more close to original.

nac said:
Hrishi, Actually, I thought that the pink/purple tint was PP effect. But it seems like it was that way SOOC. I guess tweaking WB would fix it. BTW, if you're ok with sharing your original and have RAW, you can share RAW.

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Thats more I like it! Yea raw makes it even easier to edit WB. Nice work nac! and credits also to the OP! [MENTION=140405]Hrishi[/MENTION] why dont you check the WB mode in your camera.? the last pic is fine, so I think it was changed

Nice bird shots Hrishi... colors are a bit off but that is the downside of PPing on laptops. [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] 's PP is slightly warm for my taste. If you shoot RAW you can use DXO optics pro which will fix the color accuracy for you

Nice bird silhouette @amlan

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3864/14916376879_f435724dfb_z.jpgSunset, Right Dyke Hirakud by marvelprash, on Flickr

Can anyone tell this is from a compact? Wow!!! Prashant, I really like the IQ.

wow prashant...its from compact??...

sujoyp said:
wow prashant...its from compact??...

Yes
[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] thanks

Wow, prashant, your compact has a really good dynamic range

A click that I got recently, after seeing some vids on car photography

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^nice shot, only if something could be done about those reflections.... I think a full frontal (both headlights) + punchier shadows would make a great ad

Here is one from me... pushed up saturation a bit

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Sunset at Right Dyke by marvelprash, on Flickr

Very nice colors!!

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Chitvan, Couldn't see your attachments. Better upload in image hosting site and post the links here.

^problems? use imgur
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[MENTION=132251]prashant[/MENTION] , awesome click, love the colors in the pic, you got it at the very right time, when the blues of the sunset were visible and there was still enough light to get the shot.
[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION]: upload to flickr, that we can also see the settings you used ect. BTW it's been a long time, have you stopped clicking droplets of water?

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Wow, thats a cool click sujoy. Where is this place?

hey where is it

Nice HDRish look...

Shooting from straight opposite to the idols and keeping them in the center of the frame would be better, I think.

thanks guys
[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] look straight ...I am standing straight opposite to the idols...the water is bit off center constructed

I have taken one more 3 shot HDR there ...let me PP it first

izzikio_rage said:
[MENTION=132251]prashant[/MENTION] , awesome click, love the colors in the pic, you got it at the very right time, when the blues of the sunset were visible and there was still enough light to get the shot.
[MENTION=10032]chitvan[/MENTION]: upload to flickr, that we can also see the settings you used ect. BTW it's been a long time, have you stopped clicking droplets of water?

I m uploading from mobile, and Flickr app is worst on my mobile when to upload photos there, so i just attached photos, yup i stopped clicking water droplets as not getting time from work.. But will do more work for sure... Its my favourite subject all the time...

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I just posted photos here on jjmehta forum.. Cant able to upload here..

Photos from my Moto G

Yesterday i captured this pic while passing through a village with my Mighty OnePlus One.
*farm6.staticflickr.com/5563/15165541035_cdc85d689b_z.jpgClouds 2 by NikhileshSharma, on Flickr

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Awesome pic [MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION].

This HDR i took using 3 pic bracking

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/15168082902_5636477993_c.jpgShiv hdr by sujoyp, on Flickr

^^Nice [MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION] colors are popped up nicely.

thanks nikku..your pic is also very clean and green

This one looks great [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] specially the way sky is over

thanks kaz...

[MENTION=128954]sujoy[/MENTION] nice shot... especially 2nd one in which subject is more clear.

btw is that a real monkey above lion's head?

Sujoy, Nice...
Can you post one of the three (non hdr)?

It seems like the monkey is a statue not a live one...

thanks prashant & nac ...no monkey is not live..its concrete one

[MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION] which pic you want +1exp , -1exp or 0 exp

sujoyp said:
@nac which pic you want +1exp , -1exp or 0 exp

0 exp. If you have RAW, that's even better.

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/14989255668_cd230699a8_c.jpg
Feeding Time

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5563/15172831101_f6d8bfda71_c.jpg
Nemo

[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] Nemo looks good

that kite is awesome Kaz

Thanks [MENTION=84261]abhidev[/MENTION] and [MENTION=56202]Anorion[/MENTION]

The kite picture in not very clear because of the net of the cage...
Nemo one had lots of dirt on the aquarium glass, patch tool made it look somewhat better...

I liked the kite...it is looking good.
*copy.com/FR2D3Lg6L1ZB

Awesome HDRs sujoy.!
[MENTION=121890]kaz[/MENTION] Bird shot looks intense..why don't you brighten the orange for nemo., he looks quite dull.

Thanks [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] and [MENTION=143631]axelzdly1[/MENTION] ...I will try that

C

Untouched pics:-
*i.imgur.com/x4wfmI9.jpg
*i.imgur.com/9TOObYe.jpg

PP
*i.imgur.com/77RxFB6.jpg
*i.imgur.com/3aDn85z.jpg

cyanide ...cant see any pics bro

Awesome landscape [MENTION=125148]Cyanide[/MENTION]! Where is it exactly?

One of my friends is getting married and wants me to do a pre wedding shoot. Suggestions and tips desperately needed

great amlan...my friend seems to drop the plan...but you have the chance...its better to check youtube for tips and poses.

Lots of poses app available in play store. Might help on the spot

most important tip: shoot in RAW and upload all pics in PP thread

Wow, I didn't know that there were apps to suggest poses as well. Can you link a few here ?

I finally did the photoshoot, it was a whole lot of fun and got some great images. The only problem was that since it was night I had to use really high ISO values and then post process the shots. Also, since I did not use a zoom lens or even a high aperture lens. I was not able to get great bokeh shots.

hmm we will wait for pics here if incase you can share any

Well my friend won't let me share any of the pics till he has a chance to share them on facebook first

. Will share some of the non couple pics that I happened to take during that time

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3908/15226662276_e904923982_c.jpgShadow of awe by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

alright guys.. visited Rajgad fort for the second time. since its monsoon this time, the surroundings are totally transformed.

a biggish pano.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/15265571271_c3c4b530ba_o.jpgRajgad Monsoon Pano 2 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

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the original is freakish big, and very very detailed.

took 12 clicks and stitched

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*farm6.staticflickr.com/5558/15265571061_6f74911687_o.jpgRajgad Padmavati Pond by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

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the fog that you see in this pic is actually cloud.

we were IN the cloud itself. the breeze was blowing the cloud all around us and we got wet due to that.

[MENTION=145411]ANIRBAN[/MENTION] very good work...Pano and 2nd one is superb ...3rd one got slightly off due to declining angle...this should would be better with flat suerface

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@amlan what is exactly in that pic..can you tell...I think a guy is smoking with a painting in its background...is it that?

sujoyp said:
[MENTION=145411]ANIRBAN[/MENTION] very good work...Pano and 2nd one is superb ...3rd one got slightly off due to declining angle...this should would be better with flat suerface

Thanks a lot sujoyda.

I too thought that the declined angle looked off.. But in the end i left it as it was originally.

Its a guy standing in front of a wall painting. I liked the colors and light so tried out a silhouette

2nd shot is very nice anirban

@amlan. The picture in the picture is not very clear. Is it a crop?

The background was a hand painted mural, and its a little out of focus. The silhouette i was trying to keep sharp

marvelousprashant said:
2nd shot is very nice anirban

@amlan. The picture in the picture is not very clear. Is it a crop?

Thank you prashant

my cleaning experiment went bad..now my 50mm lens can not focus on anything...it seems lens alignment went bad...I tried many times but its not working..will try afterwards...and I even could not open the front element of 50mm..and there is lot of fungus there...soo its a real fail ...I will just get a new lens itself

(bought it 4 yr ago used and I paid just 2800 for that )

I will try to rectify the issue again later

50mm 1.8G is 8.5k on flipkart. Heard good things about it. Going to buy it myself next month

[MENTION=132251]prashant[/MENTION] I am bit confused between Tammy 90mm or a Nikon 35mm or a Tripod or a Digicabi so I am not sure what I will be getting

Even I am. Between 55-200 vr or 55-300 non vr.

I dont think I will need VR for birds and sports. For moon... I have tripod

anirbandd said:
alright guys.. visited Rajgad fort for the second time. since its monsoon this time, the surroundings are totally transformed.

a biggish pano.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/15265571271_c3c4b530ba_o.jpgRajgad Monsoon Pano 2 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

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the original is freakish big, and very very detailed.

took 12 clicks and stitched

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*farm4.staticflickr.com/3910/15082109588_02d9a7a204_o.jpgRajgad Monsoon by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

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*farm6.staticflickr.com/5558/15265571061_6f74911687_o.jpgRajgad Padmavati Pond by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

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the fog that you see in this pic is actually cloud.

we were IN the cloud itself. the breeze was blowing the cloud all around us and we got wet due to that.

Thats a big Panorama!

[MENTION=132251]prashant[/MENTION] 55-300 is a VR lens ...if u r talking about tamron/sigma 70-300 then they are good at that price...but u have to learn to use them...and tripod for birding is a real bad idea...I have tried..monopod is bit better

Sorry... I was talking about nikon 70-300 (vs 55-200vr) for birding and sports

nikon 70-300 non vr is not a AFS lens...its AF

*flic.kr/p/p3rWDx

Another image from Kingdom of dreams

*tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/09/21/3584fff300afbd8f1ef015cd242274e5.jpg

A random click , taken from Xperia Z1.
Not able to go outside these days so trying some skills on indoor object photography.
Was lazy enough not to take the bazooka out so shot using Z1.
Qualifies for gaming gear wallpaper ....eh ?

Yes it does.

On a side note you could have cleaned the mouse.

I thought to give it a slight vintage touch.

No you didn't.

You were too lazy to dust it.

Admit it.

anirbandd said:
No you didn't.

You were too lazy to dust it.

Admit it.

oh well....haha.

,

@izzikio... I m unable to view the image you posted

He posted smileys....lol

Good to know that people expect images so quickly from me.

Haven't really been getting a chance to click a lot of pictures these days. Here's my latest one

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/15123900289_a2ba621b13_c.jpgSee thyself by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

@amlan did you shoot this at the pune mall...forgot the name..but on 3rd floor

Pic came nice except that glowing bulb

I have nothing to shoot for many days. This fly came yesterday night

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15366313672_2687474522_c.jpgNight Visitor by sujoyp, on Flickr

Repost :stupid server error

Repost: stupid error I got, now its 5 posts

Repost: server error ...grrrrr

Repost: this time posted from facebook and all 5 came up..wow

What error, sujoy you just wanted to make sure we saw your pic

ha ha ha no amlan ...I posted 1st then it was server error, then twice thrice all server errors and then posted from facebook and then all posted showed up...soo edited all of them

Nice pic. which lens? I m surprised you got such good bright close up at iso 100

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[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] - Nice pic, you guy do a great job getting the right settings and not making the butterfly fly away.

[MENTION=132251]prashant[/MENTION] I used Nikon 55mm f2.8 macro and used external flash with diffuser...without that this bright pic wont be possible at night and ISO 100

@gen that fly was not ready to fly away...I left him there on my towwel

great pic

thanks [MENTION=107487]saswat23[/MENTION]

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] great one!

C

sujoyp said:
cyanide ...cant see any pics bro

Sorry for replying so late.

*www.flickr.com/photos/24999217@N02/15380426385/
*www.flickr.com/photos/24999217@N02/15380427905/
*www.flickr.com/photos/24999217@N02/15193704059/
*www.flickr.com/photos/24999217@N02/15193863038/

P.S: I downloaded the pics from imgur and reuploaded them on flickr.
I noticed pic size was very small compared to original one.
[MENTION=143631]axelzdly1[/MENTION]: I clicked these pics on the Mumbai Pune express highway.
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION]: awesome pic of the fly!

cyanide you need to copy bbcode and paste here...not the link

My recent clicks.....
*farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15386804022_9d60147ca0_c.jpgCrocodile-Dem 4 legs by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3904/15200517120_f2d92a090e_c.jpgLeopard_Attack_Stance by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2945/15200406409_4aaa1f241c_c.jpgLeopard by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2949/15364502006_05e6c7ef06_c.jpgBengal Tiger by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2944/15200982147_c6615abd6e_c.jpgBengal Tiger! by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15200461829_ec8e71d461_c.jpgCrazy Pelican-Welcome to My Land by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2948/15384000331_143b9f2ed6_c.jpgPelicans by sharma.hrishikesh, on Flickr

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And I know , I am bad at captions!

Awesome pics Hrishi, 1st one is too good...which lens you are using for these.

sujoyp said:
Awesome pics Hrishi, 1st one is too good...which lens you are using for these.

Thanks a lot.!!!

This time , I tried to keep the post processing on lower side considering the fact that my laptop's mediocre display doesn't presents colors so well , specially the contrast and color depth.

For the Lens , it's a cheap Tamron 70-300mm Di LD , With Macro capabilities .

lol@ crazy pelican
no white tiger photo ?

People hope you all are planning to capture and share the festivals over the next month.

I hope , I get a Prime lens by Diwali. I so much need a prime lens to capture those damn good diwali shots.

thats not true hrishi..its just a mindset...i think good flash is more needed

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2949/15407792341_7ec41f2b4e_c.jpg_MG_0019 by Anirban Das Deb, on Flickr

my latest one.

people with good monitors, can you please confirm if the colors are okay??

hi anirban..donno if monitor is good or not but yellow is too saturated and all details of flower is lost

^ It looks very good. The tone is a bit on the greener side but it works for this image

I agree with Hrishi, a good prime lens with f/1.8 types aperture means that you will not have to use a flash.

Anirban, looks good however some detail is getting lost

amlan I dont agree with that ...try that urself ...take a group photo at f1.8 inside home ...see if f1.8 will help or a good external flash

another example can be try to take a pic of your dog .it will need a shutter speed of 1/100 cause they dont stay still, f1.8 wont help , flash will freeze the moment

It looks great

^ operative word being "good external flash"

A good lens won't hurt though. It is not about the aperture only. Prime lens have better sharpness and 1.8 = lovely bokeh especially in diwali.

So flash n lens are complementary

Prashant this is not fare...we didnt had a long discussion for many days

yes 50mm 1.8 is great for bokeh and OOF BG for portrait ..and specially for artistic shots ...but I find it usable mostly from f5.6 if I am to shoot a pic of someone.

BTW I have a good news , today I again dared to repair my 50mm and it got fine

huh saved my 3-4k on new 50mm and fungus on back lens is cleaned but front lens still have fungus...but now its managable

with my new setup for humidity control I achived 65% now ...will get more silica and hope to achive 50% ...fungus growth have stopped now.

Of course a good lens can't make up for no light. So flash is necessary. Even an on cam flash will work well if you can bounce it off something

Sujoy, how did you repair the lens? Did you open it? Because one of my lenses also has a dust ring in it

amlan I wont advice you to open any complicated lens.. or any costly lens ...my 50mm was cheap 3000 lens ....btw if you want to open anyhow just check youtube video regarding that...you will find something.

lens cleaning may cost 1000 buy once lens is damaged inside due to us then it may be difficult to make it work again

The reason why I wanted a Prime lens because it helps achieve higher shutter speeds at lower ISOs and more stability. Clearer images obviously.
A lens will never be able to make it up for what a flash can do....but still a good prime lens+external flash is like a blessing.

Got the D3300

Couldn't find anything good to click close by

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2942/15419849345_71566201ba_c.jpgLittle Things by marvelprash, on Flickr

congrats prashant...whats the total deal...did you shot this with 18-55 and add artificial blur?

No blur added. Only WB correction in LR.
37K for cam + kit + 50mm prime (yet to be delivered)

SO you shot that with your undelivered D3300+50mm

Only 50mm is left for delivery. Shot with kit lens

Well i am planning to open my 70-210 lens whixh is 2000 bucks. Would love to get this professionally cleaned, but not sure where that can be done in jaipur/delhi

can some one suggest a good tripod

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can some one suggest a good tripod

technoboy ..you can get a carbon fiber tripod if you have a budget of 25k

...I mean whats your budget

Did my first paid-photography session (although I haven't received my payment yet) in Chennai last week and it was fun experience. As the banquet hall had poor in-door lighting, thought of renting a prime lens or an external flash to compensate, but missed that chance because of 'bundh' in the city. Done my best with the available gear.
Rented a 35mm prime afterwards and tried it out for a day.

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5608/15293249588_e538d8c2f8_z.jpg

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2945/15456803736_958d3cfcd8_z.jpg

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5614/15479911125_147691d488_z.jpg

great axelzdly ...soo you are becomming from hobbiest to a pro photographer (since you are paid now

)

3rd one is very good

sujoyp said:
technoboy ..you can get a carbon fiber tripod if you have a budget of 25k ...I mean whats your budget

Carbon fibre tripod I not that rich
A low cost around 2000

I just discovered that I got published in last month's digit ....

*i.imgur.com/LfokM5L.jpg

izzikio_rage said:
I just discovered that I got published in last month's digit ....

*i.imgur.com/LfokM5L.jpg

Congrats

marvelousprashant said:
Got the D3300 Couldn't find anything good to click close by

I actually like photos like these that have no great meaning or pretenses but are pretty all the same > would like to see more from everyone

Back here after ages. And here are some similar pointless shots from last week, all on the stock 18-55 IS [what a lovely, versatile lens] :-

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3955/15484996531_f977117f01_c.jpgIMG_6410_e by pranav0091, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3945/15301571257_92a8ec670e_c.jpgIMG_6406_e by pranav0091, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3951/15301558417_d83a8accbc_c.jpgIMG_6549_e by pranav0091, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3932/15301255159_6cb15798bf_c.jpgIMG_6377_e by pranav0091, on Flickr

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3931/15301510208_c9e46c190a_c.jpgIMG_6374_e by pranav0091, on Flickr

[MENTION=143631]axelzdly1[/MENTION] : How do you get someone to pay you ? I'd love to know

first 2 are nice [MENTION=221001]Pranav[/MENTION]

Congrats again @amlan

@amlan that's the texture of objects with sharpness makes look good

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] Yes. I think I am becoming one

and not sure if I will get another offer in the coming days

[MENTION=119687]pranav0091[/MENTION] You just got to show your best works to everyone and let the word go on. It comes back to you with a payment.

btw gorgeous sharp pics! I just love the way Canon reproduces colors, with nice contrast

I have a Facebook page to showcase my work and I hardly get 15 likes let alone payment.

I wish I was a girl

axelzdly1 said:
[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] Yes. I think I am becoming one and not sure if I will get another offer in the coming days
[MENTION=119687]pranav0091[/MENTION] You just got to show your best works to everyone and let the word go on. It comes back to you with a payment.
btw gorgeous sharp pics! I just love the way Canon reproduces colors, with nice contrast

Wish it were that easy.
Thats not how it looks straight out of the camera - the leaf was considerably underexposed, the hibiscus had ruined the color-balance of the pollen, and the others were not sharp. A little PP is almost always involved in anything I post

marvelousprashant said:
I have a Facebook page to showcase my work and I hardly get 15 likes let alone payment.

I wish I was a girl

Well being a girl will get you likes, but not payment. Personally, those are of little value to me - I'd rather have a hundred rupees than a hundred likes.

That was a sarcasm

LOL I get soo many likes for worst of my pics ...I feel strange sometimes

Trying out some high key b/w editing

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3941/15316750849_2765428050_z.jpgInnocence by marvelprash, on Flickr

good one prashant

some of my shots from butterfly park

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15328890237_968a76bd8f_z.jpgDSC_5534 by sujoyp, on Flickr *farm4.staticflickr.com/3955/15512325901_5cc423a20c_z.jpgDSC_5525 by sujoyp, on Flickr *farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15512300011_a49fa3ac5a_z.jpgDSC_5535 by sujoyp, on Flickr *farm3.staticflickr.com/2945/15328768860_755d2ae560_z.jpgDSC_5437 by sujoyp, on Flickr *farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15328963818_b74311e4c3_z.jpgDSC_5549 by sujoyp, on Flickr *farm4.staticflickr.com/3937/15512393611_85f1f176f2_z.jpgDSC_5394 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5603/15515613495_8589873383_z.jpgDSC_5359 by sujoyp, on Flickr

Really good shots, is this lens a macro lens?

@amlan its Nikon 55-200VR

shots taken in RAW

Really good quality. This lens is next on my list

I told you in afternoon, u will be happy to see the pics as u r getting this lens

I visited Nepal recently, some shots:

Onwards to Kathmandu:
*i.imgur.com/l9NcJC9.jpg

Local herbs in Bhaktapur:
*i.imgur.com/kWVHAiA.jpg

Baghchal, wonder how to play this:
*i.imgur.com/L91H78r.jpg

Looks like someone came down from tibet on this:
*i.imgur.com/SbFT1dF.jpg

Its impossible to ring this thing:
*i.imgur.com/4b4hOyA.jpg

Japyantra:
*i.imgur.com/7K5LctY.jpg

Way to Manakamna temple:
*i.imgur.com/5uPPvzj.jpg

Sunset at Fewa Lake
*i.imgur.com/WKax4NY.jpg

Ditto:
*i.imgur.com/31bbRfC.jpg

Davis Falls:
*i.imgur.com/hpT3CKE.jpg

Ditto:
*i.imgur.com/rBXuVse.jpg

Pokhra:
*i.imgur.com/x7firKA.jpg

Looks good, cost is not such:
*i.imgur.com/f8WjRIV.jpg

Rincon Giants took us on a 40km cycle trek, planing to do this on a ladakh trip:
*i.imgur.com/mnRNGmi.jpg

Annapurna overlooking Matsyapuchhari(Fish Tail):
*i.imgur.com/SpXr4en.jpg

Annapurna:
*i.imgur.com/gBBIMGm.jpg

Also one sip to give you cirrhosis:
*i.imgur.com/N6kL4VM.jpg

SOme nice pics tkin ....panorama is good and that bike

Nice pics [MENTION=52329]tkin[/MENTION], [MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] .
Where has the "Like" button gone ?

sujoyp said:
some of my shots from butterfly park

*farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15328890237_968a76bd8f_z.jpgDSC_5534 by sujoyp, on Flickr *farm4.staticflickr.com/3955/15512325901_5cc423a20c_z.jpgDSC_5525 by sujoyp, on Flickr *farm4.staticflickr.com/3928/15512300011_a49fa3ac5a_z.jpgDSC_5535 by sujoyp, on Flickr *farm3.staticflickr.com/2945/15328768860_755d2ae560_z.jpgDSC_5437 by sujoyp, on Flickr *farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15328963818_b74311e4c3_z.jpgDSC_5549 by sujoyp, on Flickr *farm4.staticflickr.com/3937/15512393611_85f1f176f2_z.jpgDSC_5394 by sujoyp, on Flickr

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5603/15515613495_8589873383_z.jpgDSC_5359 by sujoyp, on Flickr

[MENTION=39722]sujoyp[/MENTION] 1st and 3rd one looks noisy

No its not noise...maybe due to PP...I have shot all at less ISOs

Tkin... Awesome pics and narration... Seems you had an amazing trip

My few shots...

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3938/15341345369_bfd8f017ce_z.jpg

*farm4.staticflickr.com/3936/15527879642_b2c0eecc36_z.jpg

@rhitwik...it seems u have shot even with a slower shutter speed... I used 1/160 so got slight blurry wings..u got more blurry wings
2nd one is nice

sujoyp said:
@rhitwik...it seems u have shot even with a slower shutter speed... I used 1/160 so got slight blurry wings..u got more blurry wings
2nd one is nice

Its blurry wings as it was still fluttering those when I clicked

And, I took these in Point and Shoot.

Seems like I have been away from this thread for a long time.

Nice work guys... :thumbs:

I like Amlan's Silhouette, Anirban's Panorama and insect on a flower shots (colour seems fine to me

), Sujoy's butterfly shots, Pranav's pollen shot, Prashant's "Innocence".

Nice location tkin. I like the mountain shot.
Congrats on new purchase, Prashant
Congrats on the offer, Axel. Give us links please.

Congrats on getting your work published, Amlan :doublethumb:

I think we should get nac to publish a summary of this thread from time to time ....

Thank you

izzikio_rage said:
Tkin... Awesome pics and narration... Seems you had an amazing trip

Thanks, yeah the trip was great, great to travel once again.

Thanks [MENTION=125321]nac[/MENTION]...that was really a good summary

^^^

lol guys...

I

Hey quite a time since i last posted here. ( voes of high school )

*i.imgur.com/qH9EYzz.jpg

Any Comment/Critique will be gladly taken

good one ishan...but you need to do a 60-40 compo ...whole sky dosnt count in good compositions

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[MENTION=150899]ishan99[/MENTION] - Don't really like it, looks too unnatural & the right is too black.

These were taken few months back. Weather was so good, and it was raining.

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/IMG_4546_zpsc1f7a547.jpg

*i102.photobucket.com/albums/m108/tkphotos1/IMG_4550_zpse4e2404e.jpg

[MENTION=52329]tkin[/MENTION] the fewa lake pics reminds me of Far cry 4

nac said:
Congrats on the offer, Axel. Give us links please.

I'd love to! Please critique them for me

I cant share the complete album because, privacy issues. But yea, ill share a few best ones.

Nice flower pics nac ...

Finally got a diya pic that I'm happy with

*farm6.staticflickr.com/5610/15541043921_15dfa1208d_c.jpgLets light up the lamps by Amlan Mathur, on Flickr

nac the flower is good but the composition is not that good

Guys I'm stuck in a photographer's rut... Seem to be making loads of bad images or none at all... Please restart the projects thread or point me to a couple of ideas