A religious place, shot at dusk time....a tribute to departed souls.(post no.163).

VISITING any river, lake or pond may benefit u with a picture......In rivers, there r number of boats, people swimming.......at the lakes there or boats, motor boats, cruise with lots of activities with gooses roaming around and in water......Pond will help u with trees or peoples shadows, making a good silhouette, besides, frogs, fishes etc giving u company in closeup photography.

The example is of faith in holy rivers where it is thought that the lamps carry their message to the departed souls of their near ones.....Thy boy let the lamp flow, while at sife ----a good example of pinkish red, stopping the eyes, going out of frame....they were taking bath with the rivers cold water.

The light was dull as sun had set and it was dusk time.........Nikon D40 demanded the exposure of 1/25, f4.5 and ISO 400...... I MADE IT SLIGHT LIGHT ON PP......THUS FULL DETAILS ARE VISIBLE which are required if u send it to some photo exhibition or a newspaper or magazine......
TITLE MAY BE ----- Paying tribute to the departed.

Action performance in a Tribal dance....(post no.162).

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THIS is an action photograph....Dance is also action performances----yea they are dancing here, the man in front, moving the ring with fireballs at each end of sticks.......Here pl first think of lighting, Can u catch more fire from the balls without using flash......It mean under this lighting situation u will have to come down to shutter speed of 1/30 with f5,6, ISO800......increasing ISO to 1600 will give u shutter speed of 1/60,,,,,,however, if picture gets some underexposed, then the noise has to come up. this is the risk....still, if ur camera is on tripod u can get good fireball with more of the firelines showing......and also the man with some blurred moving action.

I didn't have tripod, and handheld my pix with slow shutter speeds get shaky......Therefore, I thought of freezing the whole action thus using the oncamera flash......and got some fire shown on the balls, as the man  was moving the circles very fast, which was not possible without flash (may be whole seen blurred.without flash in low lighting and slow shutter speed)........The flash helps sometimes, let not the movement go.I am happy with their dresses and the contrast picture got........any query

a DISCUSSION ON MY POST-IN A FORUM--MY replies(post no.161)

Jasii....thnx for ur points......yes that I missed while composing.....thnk for getting me on line......THIS may be a good understanding too.

well Devi....the man is fast enough and on the settings of the camera and also to get shake-free picture(this is my weakness), fast movements are caught only once ..Even u put it on ''continuous'' shooting mode, all wii hv  different poses (also that is not possible handheld)..........yea to get fire balls more blurred, which was the intention too, I swear I cud not come down to ISO400 or below 1/160 shutter speed......The small blurs are my satisfaction.........(other shuttlers beside me trying to stop, rather than blur the movement on the fear of a shaky picture, thus sing 1/500, 1/1000 SS. I had to smile and showed my screen......they wondered; 1/160-shakefree.....THese are small instances which teach us a lot.

thnx Vyasji for kind appreciation.

thnx Mukund.....there was a programme of tribal dance in local community hall. IN THE LAST PHASE, these classical singers  sang bhajans and the dancers were well active.................SOMETIMES even in tribal dances, there are few calssically trained city girls.

thnks AD for ur kind liking.

thnx Das......Of course, when we are on stage with DJ crying out, even we cannot talk to our friends. I beg pardon for the half cut lady and that is an omission while having full attention on the dancer........

Reg full pose, pl remove misunderstanding, we are on the stage to cover as many facets of their beautiful performing body, from closeup of face to toe, then it is desirable to catch the facial movements. However if we go only for full pose, unnecessary bg is included and a small look of the body, as can be seen in the multi-artist dancers below, the physical appearance.

That I like with a 200 mm and a single danseuse performing classical dance in close the full body......This can be achieved in ''lavani'' too, much faster that other art forms, but with flash, may be direct or bounced.........my explanations are long, and I don't feel anybody bored. ''ART IS FOR ART'S SAKE'' for us.

ACTION BLUR in a dance performance

A beautiful pic from a Dance programme.....i.e. tribal dances....the man performs fireball circling......

Check the composition...there are two ladies behind supporting the picture and they do not allow ur eyes ri distract from the man in front.

Exposure:  1/160, f5, ISO800...................Why I used ISO800........? Whenever there is low light or drama/stage lights and u do not have a tripod.....hold camera tight to ur eyes above shutter speed of 1/100 and above and click the picture.......to get the best of one picture, click 3-4 frames holding patience.
And u come the winner...........SEE SLIGHT blur on the fire balls...that is the action blur, makes the picture worthy of publication.

SALT & SILVER--Early PHOTOGRAPHY--1840-1860 (post no.158)

The new exhibition dedicated to the earliest form of photography – salted paper prints that were taken between 1840 and 1860 — is set to open at London’s Tate Britain Museum. William Henry Fox Talbot unveiled this unique photography process in 1839. This beautiful collection of images, curated in association with the Wilson Centre for photography, charts the infancy of the art form. Join us as we look at a selection of the amazing historic images from the show.

2....HILL AND ADAMSON

Newhaven Fishermen (Alexander Rutherford, William Ramsay & John Liston), c. 1845

3...JEAN-BAPTISTE FRENET

Thought to be a Mother and Son, c. 1855

Photograph, salted paper print from a collodion negative transferred from glass to paper support 

4.....WILLIAM FOX TALBOT

The Photographer’s Daughter, Ela Theresa Talbot, 1843-44

Photograph, salted paper print from a paper negative.

5.....JEAN-BAPTISTE FRENET

Horse and Groom, c.1855

Photograph, salted paper print from a glass plate negative

6......JEAN-BAPTISTE FRENET

Madame Frénet et fillettes, c.1855

Photograph, salted paper print from a collodion negative transferred from glass to paper support 

7.....JAMES ROBERTSON AND FELICE BEATO

Pyramids at Gizeh, 1857

Photograph, salted paper print from a glass plate negative

8.....JOHN BEASLY GREENE

El Assasif, Porte de Granit Rose, No. 2, Thébes, 1854

Photograph, salted paper print from a waxed plate negative

9.....WILLIAM FOX TALBOT

Nelson's Column Under Construction, Trafalgar Square, 1844

Photograph, salted paper print from a paper negative

10.......EUGENE PIOT

Le Parthénon de l’Acropole d’Athens, 1852

Photograph, salted paper print from a paper negative

PERSPECTIVE effect in photographs or in general life(post no.156)

''The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer'', is the definition the word PERSPECTIVE holds......Can u measure the distance....but the effect of perspective is very much clear.....looks there is no end.

This is more clear when we view the long  two railway lines, stretching in the same way TO THE FARTHEST END...

However perspective may be of shorter distance as well, take example of two trees distanced from one another.....other example.....THE PERSPECTIVE FROM ONE MOUNTAIN TO ANOTHER.......so it is visual and a matter of calculation in ur mind......Just try and feel the effect of eye distance from the ear....!

The picture above adds the boundary of a river bridge....feel the distance to the farthest distance and also included the vehicle for the same purpose which is at short distance, but the viewer feels the distance.

Reflection....(post no.155).

I got this beautiful image from my archive.....finding out something, I put my hand on it.......The leaf is nicely lit by the sun from opposite (backlighting)......The reflection made it a charming image. However, many have liked the starburst effect, which becomes the second focal point and make the picture stronger.....This is an addition from photoshop....thus creativity never ends and refreshes the memory.

Perspective effect while shooting or in photoshop..(post no.154).

This is the game of angles....U use various angles to photograph an object differently---may be high,low,side angle......HERE I used low angle to show the dominance of the vintage car....this is a type of wide angle effect too with ur kit lens at 18mm......In this way the middle portion onwards looks receding back, providing full attention to the front. This can be achieved while shooting live the image or in photoshop.The grandeur of the vehicle remains enhanced.

Three musketeers.

three musketeers....haha.......just shot in a park.....my compact Canon worked here,

Portrait with side lighting....the most imp aspect to enhance features .(post no.152).. )

Come to portraiture and u will enjoy more....Since photography is the management of light and shade, it depends for the picture to be outstanding, how u handle to bring or getup the mood of the picture.

2.A very very simple bur powerful portrait.....it does not make any difference that u photograph more of children or adults....They should represent the variety of light and shade, which will make a portrait different from one another----changing and handling the lights carefully, giving emphasis on every part of the face subdueing or enhancing the features.

3.....THERE ARE WAYS U get the light artificially or from nature.....In case of above, it is simple light from window at left, which provides less contrasty and soft light.

4....U can move ur subject all sides where the light suits according to ur requirement, sitting him/her on a stool. Since there is low light in homes, a sturdy support to avoid camera shake is necessary.....U can use tripod or improvise from some goods/hard/stiff material/beanbag to support the camera steadily.

5. Background is as important as the subject which I did here in photoshop to liftup the face and I feel I was successful in that. There are very important whites behind the guy which help lifting up of the face surrounding with dark areas of the frame......Do it urself and let me know.

HAPPY VALENTINE

JUST LOVE YOUR VALENTINE AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.(FROM NIKON KIT LENS).

AGGRESSIVE -(the two pigeons-analysed)..(.post no.150).

                                    

AGGRESSIVE

The picture of two pigeons........one is silent while another seems aggressive or angry------may be just like husband and wife!!!!!........................the background is clouded sky therefore almost pure white. Thus the bg is in highkey against the lowkey subjects.
----The position of the angry one is dominating in the picture, which justifies his placement....he is at rule of thirds shot by 300mm telephoto lens.    it is not tight in frame so both look comfortable ....left one is also looking into the frame .
 ----Next to match the perch of the left on on stone, which is generally heavy in weight, so this well contradicts the higher pipe supporting the aggressive bird........see into his eyes-the expressions---they r also contradicting with the left who is rather silent.....(nay be giving reply by her/his gestures or slow voice.......the postprocessing done is slightly reducing the noise, as the image is cropped 3/4th and shot at ISO400....aperture f5.6.

-----Light - no flash but depending on natural light, which well suits the picture. ....Framing is natural and done in the viewfinder.......There is hardly any question of depth of field, which is short covering well the birds......the picture suits in rectangle frame and easily viewed from left to right as we are habitual in writing from left to right.

----The is slight tilt of the pipe, which being slightly diagonal adds strength in the picture......(imagine it in upright position).

----In cloudy sky, filter are unnecessary to be used except the UV filter, which cuts ultra-violet rays in the atmosphere and also work as lens protection.

----The aggressive bird by shaking badly its wings breakes the monotony in the picture, in comparision if both were silently sitting on their respective perch then u had less interest to view it as a creative picture.          
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Portrait-------2. with a piece of folk art on brass metal.(post no.153).

Again a portrait....the man has good features and a good smile too.....used my compact as there was no chance to carry a SLR in a marriage reception.

2. Why can't u find out such beauty  while moving in the market.....From a hotel window, 8'' in height, it gives the natural effect the artist wanted to convey being a folk art piece.

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