The Photography Thread

[sujoyp]

@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..

 

[mastervk]

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...

 

[sujoyp]

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

 

[nac]

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.

*img580.imageshack.us/img580/7345/img3437z.jpg

*img600.imageshack.us/img600/2299/img3443a.jpg

Macro

*img827.imageshack.us/img827/2514/img3284n.jpg

 

[sujoyp]

@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

 

[rhitwick]

My first HDR tryouts....
Comments plz,

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/6740589489_9a3be7c753_b.jpg
IMG_3812_3_4_tonemapped_1 by rH1twick, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7002/6740586431_9b4ed6747f_b.jpg
IMG_3802_3_4_tonemapped by rH1twick, on Flickr

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6740584309_0185fa4b89_b.jpg
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

 

[prabhu.wali]

^^ 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

*fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/404927_330250717007779_100000685597634_1048512_421679296_n.jpg

*fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/406812_330257983673719_100000685597634_1048545_1090302878_n.jpg

*fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/404464_330258110340373_100000685597634_1048548_300160393_n.jpg

 

[jagg89]

@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...

 

[sujoyp]

@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

 

[prabhu.wali]

@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

 

[sujoyp]

@prabhu.wali I know that u purposefully included that sun

--------------------------------------------------------------------

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
*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-34FTYIJigcM/Txxm_O7H1jI/AAAAAAAAG_k/R_OvbLg9mDs/s800/DSC_1988.JPG

2.Peacock
*lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mwzFyuUtX5c/TxxnEYTZzpI/AAAAAAAAG_0/tcPTOaBzeVo/s800/DSC_1932111.jpg

3.Deer 1
*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wviMRtmhAXA/TxxnGkwXR-I/AAAAAAAAG_8/cUSpdrO9PYA/s640/DSC_19391.jpg

4. Deer 2
*lh4.googleusercontent.com/-y4G_bVZj98M/TxxnIEDnIuI/AAAAAAAAHAE/HxpNiEN35ZU/s640/DSC_194711.jpg

 

[Utkarsh2008]

@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.

 

[Anorion]

Really liked @prabhu.wali's post couple of pages back #4782
bird shots are good too sujoyp

 

[prabhu.wali]

Really liked @prabhu.wali's post couple of pages back #4782

glad u like it

@prabhu.wali I know that u purposefully included that sun

--------------------------------------------------------------------

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

 

[rhitwick]

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...
*fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/017/0/d/sun_ray_redwoods_1_by_wafreestock-d37gn0o.jpg

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

 

[prabhu.wali]

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

 

[sujoyp]

@rhitwick its a nice shot...

Thanks Anorion & Prabhu for liking the shots

 

[rhitwick]

@sujoy...I had not taken d sun-ray shot.

I want to take shot like that one

 

[sujoyp]

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

 

[nac]

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.