[ampere]

Yelahanka lake. This was taken a year back.
Today I search for the same greenery around this area, but its gone.

[Samurai]

This was the first photograph I was very proud of shooting. It was shot using a completely manual Minolta SLR with stock lens, while sitting in a bus travelling at 70kmph on Bellary road, coming back from Nandi Hills in early 1990.

I have no idea which lake, unless somebody can shed some light on it. Must be somewhere around the current airport.

[nilanjanray]

Simba, our younger dog. D90, 50mm f/1.8 lens


D90, 70-300mm


Somewhere near Phuket. D90, 18-105mm


Nilgiris, Emerald Lake. Taken with Galaxy S2 camera


Barasinghas of Kanha. Early morning, D90 + 70-300mm.


Shot near Kalhatti Ghats, Nilgiris. D90, 18-105mm. Missed my 70-300mm.


From a Manali cafe. Taken with Canon S5IS.


Hotel corridor. 50mm f/1.8


Shot from a rocking boat, handheld at 1/30 sec.


Fawn from Pench. 70-300mm. X-posted from another thread.


Orchid after a shower. D90, 18-105mm.


Andaman Sea sunset. D90, 18-105 mm.


Disneyland...a riot of colours. D90, 18-105mm.


@ an Orchid garden. D90, 18-105mm.

[Samurai]

Those are some beautiful shots Nilanjan...

[nilanjanray]

Thanks Samurai. I try and do what I can with my current kit and 'teach yourself from internet and experimentation' approach . Lots to learn...maybe someday I will invest time in learning about PP and take some classes.

Some fantastic photos here in this thread. Question for the pros and semi pros/advanced amateurs: with all the software, accessories such as CPL and techniques/SW for HDR, are folks nowadays less concerned about getting the time or light right? E.g. not having to wake up before sunset to get the perfect natural sky or light for some landscape photo?

[HellwratH]

Originally Posted by nilanjanray

Some fantastic photos here in this thread. Question for the pros and semi pros/advanced amateurs:

I am in no way I am one of them but let me try and answer the question with limited knowledge..

Originally Posted by nilanjanray

with all the software, accessories such as CPL and techniques/SW for HDR, are folks nowadays less concerned about getting the time or light right? E.g. not having to wake up before sunset to get the perfect natural sky or light for some landscape photo?

Most people think that it is the case, but from my experience nothing can substitute being at the right place at the right time with the right equipment. I used to depend on software a lot for stuff like WB and exposure, but over time I have realized that to be accurate color and exposure I need to do a lot more on the field than I do. To some extent software can "save" your photograph (again, I am not that good at photoshop, so others might have that skill), but it still doesn't come as close to what I had on my mind. Sometimes, you just know that you can't do without managing it all in the post processing like HDR or rather exposure blending, because the dynamic range of a camera is limited. And you should know how to detect a scene rather than trying to employ HDR for every photograph.

As far as the accessories go, they play a big role. In fact, they're not the easy way out . You'll have to build knowledge of knowing what accessory to use for which shot. For example, I used a CPL along with my 2 stop ND filter to cut light and look what happened:



I got the result I wanted but also got a vignette only on one side and the reason (am yet to confirm this) is that I shouldn't be using a CPL when I shoot with the light source directly in my frame. I tried to introduce vignette on the other side but failed (again, blame my PP skills).

So, as far as I know from my experience and having seen enough photographs on the internet, everything including your camera is an accessory/tool. Only you can make the photograph with the tools at hand . Don't go by what others say about accessories, HDR, photoshop, lightroom etc.

[alstonlobo]

Our little rascals

[nilanjanray]

Nicely pampered I see, like my dogs...seems they consider the bed as one of the allowed places :-)

[bluevolt]

Delhi Cityscapes!

[ampere]

An evening on the shores of river Kali. (Was taken by a Canon P&S)

[gd1418]

Funny or a coincidence? The first two canines - both have their left ear damaged in a similar way..

Originally Posted by alstonlobo

Our little rascals

[nilanjanray]

Originally Posted by gd1418

Funny or a coincidence? The first two canines - both have their left ear damaged in a similar way..

They like to fight?

I know a dog who has a similar ear - he got attacked by a wild boar.

A few pictures taken with the Nikkor 18-105mm lens. A compromise,but still a decent and light walkaround lens.

A magical morning in the Nilgiri forests.


Gaurs on a forest trail


Lights in an old British tea bungalow


Late afternoon in a city


A flower?


Elephant (came across it same night at 9 pm while offroading on a jungle trail)


This one was shot with Canon S5IS

[Durango Dude]

Originally Posted by nilanjanray

Simba, our younger dog. D90, 50mm f/1.8 lens
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D90, 70-300mm
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Somewhere near Phuket. D90, 18-105mm
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Nilgiris, Emerald Lake. Taken with Galaxy S2 camera
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Barasinghas of Kanha. Early morning, D90 + 70-300mm.
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Shot near Kalhatti Ghats, Nilgiris. D90, 18-105mm. Missed my 70-300mm.
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From a Manali cafe. Taken with Canon S5IS.
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Hotel corridor. 50mm f/1.8
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Shot from a rocking boat, handheld at 1/30 sec.
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Fawn from Pench. 70-300mm. X-posted from another thread.
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Orchid after a shower. D90, 18-105mm.
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Andaman Sea sunset. D90, 18-105 mm.
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Disneyland...a riot of colours. D90, 18-105mm.
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@ an Orchid garden. D90, 18-105mm.
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I can take a safe bet that hotel corridor belongs to Holly Wood hotel, Disneyland Hong Kong and that is HK Disneyland, lovely pics. Had been there last year.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by nilanjanray

Elephant (came across it same night at 9 pm while offroading on a jungle trail)

Did not understand this one Nilanjan.
Snaped at 9PM and streaks of sunlight?

PS: Nice snaps.

EDIT:
Though its a photo thread, I thought would here.

RIP Homai Vyarawalla. India's first woman photo journalist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homai_Vyarawalla

[motorpsycho]

Originally Posted by gd1418

Funny or a coincidence? The first two canines - both have their left ear damaged in a similar way..

Originally Posted by nilanjanray

They like to fight?

I know a dog who has a similar ear - he got attacked by a wild boar.

The Govt/NGO clip the ears of the dogs they have neutered/Spayed as mark.

MP