The Photography Thread

[toofan]

@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.

 

[chitvan]

@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?

 

[Cool G5]

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.

 

[toofan]

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.

 

[Cool G5]

@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.

 

[chicha]

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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[Stuge]

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 .

 

[toofan]

Stuge: Nice ones.
Chicha: lightning and fireworks are way better then others.

 

[Cool G5]

@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.

 

[chitvan]

@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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[chicha]

@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...

*images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAANfrWgetpNVtVEUy6SRtv_GGO8OqAufAwKfKo05OJDxqe4Lwk8_ej7B1_oI1t0jwvQdFJiEPDmSDvuwY3g44hSsAm1T1UMG_LQ-841nL6fwxXbKhiQ4sxnU3.jpg

@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...
*images.orkut.com/orkut/photos/OgAAAG0SUaz94ghuVDqUmxuuXVY2ZtqQ5DRwmnSw0_k040Sw_VQasb21VbERIaj374-irkSWiOSfmZv_CNDwOQxKcKoAm1T1UPqOdaC3xb2L_GDhJB35zhf4XVRe.jpg

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.

 

[chitvan]

@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

 

[chicha]

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?

 

[Cool G5]

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.

 

[INS-ANI]

A fish @ restraunt
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A self made night lamp at my friend's room.
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[Stuge]

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[toofan]

Stuge: excellent Images.
This is what you did, Night of 26th Jan?

 

[swordfish]

great pics stuge..

Check this sunset...

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[toofan]

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Penny!
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I had dreamed to take such a shot since I had posted a similar shot from D90.

Comments and Critics Welcome

 

[Cool G5]

Good shot toofan. I remember the shot taken with D90. This one has come out perfect.