The Official non-auto Image thread

navin_bhp · 29th March 2007, 13:28

Took these pics early this morning ...hope you guys like it..

hkanitkar · 30th March 2007, 00:29

heres my contribution .. this 'Praying Mantis' was shot on my K790i.. further edited a little bit.

The Wolf · 30th March 2007, 01:08

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Originally Posted by Rudra Sen

Sunday lazy afternoon at 'Out of the blue'. That's Sam's drink. Phone camera picture so don't shout about the quality.

Ufffff!!! What a picture!!! Only Mr Rudra Sen can manage to get something like this one on a phone cam that too...huh!!! I mean just look at that angle!!! Absolutely beautiful!!! Hats off you to Rudra sir...

Anyways, which phone is this???

navin_bhp · 30th March 2007, 02:48

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Originally Posted by hkanitkar

heres my contribution .. this 'Praying Mantis' was shot on my K790i.. further edited a little bit.

Nice focus!(or is it sharpened in photoshop?) You must have crawled along with it to get this shot.

benbsb29 · 30th March 2007, 12:19

My snap for the day.
Consider this snap to be a favourite of mine.

navin_bhp · 30th March 2007, 15:18

@Ben :Its a nice shot but again you forgot to crop the pic. If that one guy who is standing in the middle was also sitting it would have been even better. You should be having a steady hand to take this shot.

Heres my shot of the day

and some beach shots

Rtech · 30th March 2007, 15:47

Love the one with the dog!

condor · 30th March 2007, 16:42

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If that one guy who is standing in the middle was also sitting it would have been even better.

Navin, IMO, that is subjective. I think, that part of the photo is good as it is.

navin_bhp · 31st March 2007, 04:58

Thanks Rishism & Rtech. And yes Summer has already started burning the planet and maybe thats why many of our BHPians have smoked their car headlights. See now they have also got SUNGLASSES.

Samurai · 31st March 2007, 11:32

My friends called me crazy when I tried this shot, they said I can never hope to get something useful by pointing that lens directly at the sun during noon. But I got this in one attempt.

Thanksgiving weekend (1993) somewhere at Washington D.C.

You know, when I think back to film days, it was lot tougher. One never knew how the shot came out until you came back from the trip and get the film developed. These days we have the luxury of shoot/review/reshoot/review until we get it right. When I look back at the old negatives, I see that I shot most shots only once and I mostly got it right. Can't say I have that much accuracy with the dSLR now. Are we getting sloppy or what!

navin_bhp · 31st March 2007, 14:39

Samurai Sir, I have never touched a SLR before but read a lot about it. There are people who still rely on SLR's and comeout with beautiful pics.
Your pic is beautiful. I too like taking pics keeping the Sun behind the subject. Hope you wont mind if I crop it and do some PS work.

hkanitkar · 31st March 2007, 15:10

@navin_bhp - thanks a lot. I havent sharpened the image in PS .. only some light and colour adjustments were done up.

have about 120 shots of same insect - thats when i got this near-perfect shot. and i never had to crawl, but keeping the phone on concrete has given its sides a few scratches

Samurai · 31st March 2007, 20:56

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Originally Posted by navin_bhp

Samurai Sir, I have never touched a SLR before but read a lot about it. There are people who still rely on SLR's and comeout with beautiful pics.

You mistook my comment entirely. I was not putting down SLRs, they are obviously superior to regular cameras. This photo was taken using film SLR in 1993 and now I use a digital SLR. I was comparing between film era vs digital era. We were very careful clickers during film era, because film costs money and we couldn't check our result instantly. Imagine visiting some distant place, taking 2 rolls of film shots, then come back and develop the film roll and find most of the snaps bad. So we were very careful while taking photos using film cameras. These days you can keep clicking and deleting until you get it right, there is no film cost and no risk of bad shot.

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Originally Posted by navin_bhp

Your pic is beautiful. I too like taking pics keeping the Sun behind the subject. Hope you wont mind if I crop it and do some PS work.

I don't mind you cropping it, but I had left that sky intentionally. I could have cropped it and turned it into a narrow portrait like you did, but that would give a different sense.

This photo was taken in the middle of the crowded city of Wash.D.C. If I remember correctly I took lots of time to compose this shot to avoid every building in the vicinity. Those days we amateurs didn't have cropping ability, we couldn't recompose the shot later in photoshop, all composing was final once we click. I composed the shot this way to show that this majestic pillar stood alone. Cropping the empty sky around it will take away that feeling. Therefore, I didn't crop it even after getting it in digital format. Something like this: #5 Space Makes You Think: Composition: Photography Techniques: Learn: Digital Photography Review

navdeep · 31st March 2007, 21:34

Rudra Sen · 31st March 2007, 21:44

This is a nice one navdeep. Spend some money to get a good quality inkjet print. Atleast 20/24inches in size.

29th March 2007, 13:28	#781
navin_bhp BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 157 Thanked: 35 Times View My Garage	Yamaha R1 Took these pics early this morning ...hope you guys like it..

30th March 2007, 00:29	#782
hkanitkar BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: pune Posts: 668 Thanked: 110 Times View My Garage	heres my contribution .. this 'Praying Mantis' was shot on my K790i.. further edited a little bit. Last edited by hkanitkar : 30th March 2007 at 00:33.

30th March 2007, 12:19	#785
benbsb29 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brisbane Posts: 10,052 Thanked: 13,867 Times View My Garage	My snap for the day. Consider this snap to be a favourite of mine.

30th March 2007, 15:18	#786
navin_bhp BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 157 Thanked: 35 Times View My Garage	@Ben :Its a nice shot but again you forgot to crop the pic. If that one guy who is standing in the middle was also sitting it would have been even better. You should be having a steady hand to take this shot. Heres my shot of the day and some beach shots

30th March 2007, 15:47	#787
Rtech Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 5,770 Thanked: 368 Times View My Garage	Love the one with the dog!

31st March 2007, 04:58	#789
navin_bhp BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 157 Thanked: 35 Times View My Garage	Thanks Rishism & Rtech. And yes Summer has already started burning the planet and maybe thats why many of our BHPians have smoked their car headlights. See now they have also got SUNGLASSES.

31st March 2007, 11:32	#790
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 26,001 Thanked: 48,041 Times View My Garage	My friends called me crazy when I tried this shot, they said I can never hope to get something useful by pointing that lens directly at the sun during noon. But I got this in one attempt. Thanksgiving weekend (1993) somewhere at Washington D.C. You know, when I think back to film days, it was lot tougher. One never knew how the shot came out until you came back from the trip and get the film developed. These days we have the luxury of shoot/review/reshoot/review until we get it right. When I look back at the old negatives, I see that I shot most shots only once and I mostly got it right. Can't say I have that much accuracy with the dSLR now. Are we getting sloppy or what!

31st March 2007, 14:39	#791
navin_bhp BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 157 Thanked: 35 Times View My Garage	Samurai Sir, I have never touched a SLR before but read a lot about it. There are people who still rely on SLR's and comeout with beautiful pics. Your pic is beautiful. I too like taking pics keeping the Sun behind the subject. Hope you wont mind if I crop it and do some PS work.

31st March 2007, 15:10	#792
hkanitkar BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: pune Posts: 668 Thanked: 110 Times View My Garage	@navin_bhp - thanks a lot. I havent sharpened the image in PS .. only some light and colour adjustments were done up. have about 120 shots of same insect - thats when i got this near-perfect shot. and i never had to crawl, but keeping the phone on concrete has given its sides a few scratches

31st March 2007, 21:34	#794
navdeep BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pune Posts: 892 Thanked: 4 Times

31st March 2007, 21:44	#795
Rudra Sen Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 11,695 Thanked: 6,763 Times View My Garage	This is a nice one navdeep. Spend some money to get a good quality inkjet print. Atleast 20/24inches in size.