Excellent work pal! These are my favourites

Thank you all, I am glad you liked the pics. Here are some more pics which I took over the last weekend.

anybody got comments on this?!

The main thing about D-SLRs is that you would need to invest in the lenses and that would really be expensive in the long run; so if you are ready (mentally & financially..), then spulrge on the SLR bandwagon. Nothing quite like it, really!

@aryan: i like some and i dont like some.

@rocky: like the children pic.

@slayer: i see both almost in the same league.

JV pic.



anvancy.

My first HDR....quite enjoying this stuff, need to get me a tripod though

^ now thats the white one people talk bout all times!

Hi Aryan,

Good to see some shots from you after a long time... you've mostly been busy gaming i guess

In this post or yous, you haven't specifically asked for critique.. so I was wondering whether I should give you my views or not...

Anyways, here it is..





While the subject is interesting, and the composition okay, the whole image looks pretty blurry.. I couldn't find even a single point in sharp focus Also, the loose string hanging on the left is rather distracting.




This one is better.. lots of stuff to look at, but the same problem with focus... nothing's in sharp focus...




This could have been lot better had you shot it at a different time of the day when the sun would be behind your back... that would have given you a nice blue sky and well illuminated building. This would do better justice to the nice punchy colors of the mosque.



This one is better.. I would add more contrast and saturation, and though focus is better that the ones above, it would be even better. Also, I learnt from experience that when i'm planning a shot like the one above with shallow dof, I frame/compose such that there are no excessively dark objects in the background... coz with the shallow dof, these turn out as big blobs of darkness in the background.



This is my favorite from the series. Great composition and exposure




not much to look at..



same as above..



same as above.. plus choose a cleaner flower next time



same as above.. I've also learnt that good macro work needs bags of light... and using high ISO doesn't lend well to macro. On top of that, DOF is always at a premium and you regularly use f/11 - f/22... so the bottom line is...you really need a good flash (preferably off camera) to really bring up your macro work..





this ones is the best of the macros love the bright colors!


The motive is solely to point out the areas where you are going wrong and share with you the tricks that I've picked up the hard way

Thanks a lot Vicky for the pointers. I would really keep those in mind the next time I go out clicking. And please keep sharing the wealth of information that you have, really appreciate the true feedback sir.

Thanks.

Vicky :- Appreciate your feedback on Aryans work. On some of the feedback given by you, I was thinking on the same lines as you, but on the rest your feed back your vision was awesome and made a lot of sense. Thanks

@Vicky:See, I told you it would be of real help to everyone (including novices like me). Thank again.

Thx vicky from my side tooo. All the pointer are very helpfull.

I use a PnS camera. A sony DSC110. Will post some of my pics shortly, hope you will be able to give me some tips too and point out my mistake's.

Any tips on getting decent HDR's? critique on my above pic is welcomed....

PS: ghosting issues is coz of lack of tripod, i need to sort that out

You're welcome Aryan.. its my pleasure!

Thanks BP! Great to be of help!


You're welcome mate. Post your pics, and I'll try n give you my honest inputs


The most important thing about HDR is that it does not work well with all pics. HDR is normally used in scenes where there is too much lighting variation. Say a nice bright sky in the background and dark shadow areas in the foreground. If you expose for the sky, the foreground will turn out all black & dark, and if you expose for the foreground, then the sky will get all blown out and become fully white and lack all detail. Now, when you use HDR, you can get a photo with a nice blue sky as well as a nice bright foreground

In the photo you posted, I do not see the need or benefit of HDR

Awesome photos this thread is generating.

Just a few around munnar. Basic PP.
The pix taken from a moving car in sports mode



The above one was more hazy facing sunlight, reduced gama to make it look like this

macro


guess the light source in this one