The Photography Thread

[sujoyp]

@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

 

[marvelousprashant]

@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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[nac]

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.

 

[sujoyp]

@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

 

[theserpent]

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?

 

[marvelousprashant]

@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

*lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0eXX91eCLgQ/T8dvMQ_IU7I/AAAAAAAAA8A/xHV4DZIRWvE/s640/DSCN1203.jpg

 

[thetechfreak]

Two more pics -

*farm8.staticflickr.com/7230/7308592086_744245dbf4_h.jpg

*farm9.staticflickr.com/8006/7308590738_9b8125909d_h.jpg

 

[nac]

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.

 

[abhidev]

@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

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/day_sky_effects-1.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0530_effect.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0526_effect.jpg

 

[marvelousprashant]

@techfreak,
the First shot is amazing. Simple yet attractive

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

*lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2t1SQLY0mLs/T8ezUS0pDII/AAAAAAAAA8U/EezNbmR2wog/s800/DSCN1255.jpg

 

[nac]

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...

 

[marvelousprashant]

@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?

 

[nac]

^
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

 

[marvelousprashant]

@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

 

[nac]

^ Use flash manually or light the area with some other devices like table lamp, torch etc...

 

[abhidev]

@marvelousprashant....yea didn't know that direct sunlight would damage the sensor....will be careful from next time

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0524_effect.jpg

*i1225.photobucket.com/albums/ee397/abhidev/Kerala%20May%202012/IMG_0518_effect.jpg

 

[sujoyp]

@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

 

[abhidev]

@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...

 

[thetechfreak]

Thanks everyone

and for more please see my flickr page-

Flickr: Karan Raj Baruah's Photostream

 

[Tenida]

My Native Place

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*i.imgur.com/KgbLy.jpg
*i.imgur.com/oZPos.jpg
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