Archive for 2012
IGI to IAD
Being the frequent flyer i am, i was still never bored in the long haul flight as i was in this one. Well what a photographer can do best to kill time? Shoot .. Harmlessly of course.
The flight with a stopover at london goes via afghanistan, erstwhile western USSR and europe. Afghanistan was just as barren as jhon luke picards shiny head. Russia on other hand was wintery white even in starting of summer and london was rainy as always.
The flight with a stopover at london goes via afghanistan, erstwhile western USSR and europe. Afghanistan was just as barren as jhon luke picards shiny head. Russia on other hand was wintery white even in starting of summer and london was rainy as always.
Heathrow Birds-eye view
London, Rainy as ever
Russia, Wintery White
Barren Afghanistan
London City, sun shining for some parts
Flowers
Flowers beautiful, graceful, colorful and.. well I am running short of adjectives, but you got the point. Couple of weeks ago I motivated myself and grabbed by camera bag for a visit to Lodhi gardens.
The day was perfect, full sun shining and no haze. The sun was very bright though, so bright that I found some of my photographs appearing overexposed. Had to shoot the rest on full manual.
As you may have noticed I am not very fond of post processing, even though I keep a full compliment of photo editing tool on my laptop but use them only for framing and signing and on few occassions brightness, contrast and some sharpening. Otherwise these pictures are always right of the cam. Just converted from RAW to JPEG.
The day was perfect, full sun shining and no haze. The sun was very bright though, so bright that I found some of my photographs appearing overexposed. Had to shoot the rest on full manual.
As you may have noticed I am not very fond of post processing, even though I keep a full compliment of photo editing tool on my laptop but use them only for framing and signing and on few occassions brightness, contrast and some sharpening. Otherwise these pictures are always right of the cam. Just converted from RAW to JPEG. 
In this post you will find few in macro mode and few in full. I used two lenses, 50 mm Nikon Prime and 90mm Tamron Macro. It is hard to distinguish theclarity between the two. they both seem to be working exactly as they are supposed to.
I did shoot a few which are pure macro, if you liked my earlier post nectar and appreciated the flower in it, then you will like my upcoming post too. I though keep it as a continuation from this post. But unlike this post that will have a better flavour of macro photography.
None the less, I hope you enjoy this post and relish these flowers which I tried to capture somewhat better than they appeared to the naked eye.
As always, open click on the pics and open them in larger size to appreciate the clarity.
Macro : Jumping Spider
Behold, today I present to you the Jumping spider. This half a centimeter being can be easily missed by your eyes, but is quite common on our walls.
Irrespective of its commonality it does make an excellent and a rather smart (i must add) object for macro photography.
It has 8 eyes and can see ahead and behind at the same time. With the same amount on legs it can rotate 360 degrees in less than the blink of an eye.
Needless of say it wasn't an easy object to frame, still I am quite happy with the results.
Macro : Bees
Bees make very good Macro objects, but its very tricky to shoot them, by the time you get a good shot they fly away. But when you do get a shot they look quite majestic.
Being bigger in size between insects, they dont require you to get very close. Plus they usually sit on flowers which add the natural elements and very great colors. Plus pollen on them makes for added detail and great test for the macro lens.
You will be surpised by my next macro object.. post coming soon.
Nectar
This silence was definitely the lull before the storm. I finally picked up my bag and filled my card with lots of pics. Majorly shot with the new 90mm Macro, these pics explore a different world.
Right before our eyes is an alternate world. The tiny word beams with life, be it moving or still.Today's post and the ones to follow with explore just that.
Right before our eyes is an alternate world. The tiny word beams with life, be it moving or still.Today's post and the ones to follow with explore just that.
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