The Photography Thread

[Sounava]

@ 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).

 

[jagg89]

Great pics by everyone !!

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[Krow]

Very nice ant pic sujoy!

Jagg89: I like the bird pic

 

[Sounava]

jagg89 : Wow really nice and sharp picture with excellent quality of the bokeh. Please share which camera and lens you used

 

[sujoyp]

Thanks Krow

@jagg the bird pics are very sharp...nice details..good shot

 

[digibrush]

@jagg89, Great shot .

 

[jagg89]

Thanks All!
camera is Panasonic lumix FZ35, pic is cropped n edited in Photoshop n applied a vignette effect at last..

 

[Sounava]

^ Yup FZ35 is a wonderful camera. Nice job done and congrats for having such a nice camera

 

[Faun]

nice pic jagg

First good moon shot
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[rhitwick]

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.

 

[Faun]

^^how much a good portable tripod costs ?

 

[Sounava]

^ Around 3.5k to 4k. This one costs around 3.8k and is a really good tripod for the price ---> Vanguard – 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_medico]

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.

 

[Sounava]

^ I was actually not quite apprehensive about speaking about the price of ballhead tripods and so refrained from it

 

[sujoyp]

as soon as I get zoom lens my next target will be tripod...but not this costly offcourse...8.5k....

 

[digibrush]

Nice moon Faun .

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.

 

[axes2t2]

All great pics.

Will upload pics from my trip to Goa as soon as they upload.

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samsung Galaxy Ace.

 

[digibrush]

The pic of dog is a nice shot.
Just like : A Busy Dog in a Lazy Platform.
15 & 16 also nice shot.

 

[jagg89]

Sunset
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^Passing time standing at my room window

 

[sujoyp]

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