The Photography Thread

[abhidev]

some more sky shots

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[theserpent]

Nice pics
A bit OT.
Is canon sx150 good?Whats its cost in USA

 

[nac]

Edit - HDR effect
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Couple of bird shot
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[kjuvale]

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

 

[sujoyp]

@nac hdr is looking great

@kapil 1st one is superb...cross processesd one (2nd) have lack of punch

 

[abhidev]

@nac: hdr looks good....nice!!!


this one is Allepey,Kerala backwaters

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[nac]

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?

 

[trublu]

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02_06_12 by Gr@ssh0pper on Flickr

 

[abhidev]

Abhi,
Among your recent posts, this one is the best.

thanx

 

[sujoyp]

nice scenery abhidev

trublu its a great shot...whats the light setup ..

 

[trublu]

@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

 

[quan chi]

Nice pictures guys.

 

[kjuvale]

@Abhidev and trublu: nice shots!

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

 

[marvelousprashant]

@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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[sujoyp]

@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

 

[nac]

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.

 

[abhidev]

@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?

 

[kjuvale]

@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.

 

[sujoyp]

@kapil Its strange that those nice buildings were made for soo cruel purpose...saw both the videos

 

[marvelousprashant]

@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