Canon EOS 5D Mark iii.............




lena chahta hoon but paise Basic P&S kharidne ke bhi nahi hain.

The pics are taken from a CANON Powershot A590 IS, which i originally borrowed from my cousin for 14-15th March trip.

Few more random shot:

^^ Amazing shot bandhav. Really loved it

@MG- Thanks for the valuable Critique buddy . It really helps. Well one confession here- I overprocessed that flower shot in CS3. I looked at it again and the stock image looks better. Wil share it soon.

@Guys forgot to share, one more pic of mine got published in Better Photography Mag critique (this time with comments and no prize) ..

Check the current issue of BP.

Meanwhile find this one.
Shot at KRS, mysore.

Thanks SP, its really good on part of you seasoned guys that you try motivating people around with such words.

One more:

@speed pujar: true tranquillity. gives spiritual feel.

Guys few more from my side. Relax with some cool greenery in summer.





THe more greenish saturation is intentional to give more cooling effect.

@SP-Agreed.I feel we should post less(The best ones and some experimented ones) and spend more time scrutinizing other images.That way the thread will start serving its purpose and we will learn something new every other day.

@Bandhav-The pigeon one was very good and the pigeon at the right hand corner is making all the difference but in these kind of pictures keep the shutter in continuous mode so that it clicks a lot of images at one time.By clicking numerous shots you could have got the similar shot with the right most pigeon head in different position.Gives you a lot of option while selecting the final image.

A bit of editing on the tree one posted by you.


@shadowfax-The first one is good but I have cropped the image to give the water droplet a stronger appeal.

@Bandhav: One simple suggestion for the macros. Get closer! Show us the pollens from the top, while the petals blur in the distant background!

The 590IS must be having a 'super macro' mode too, I hope. My Powershot S3 IS has the 'super macro' mode. Once the camera is in super macro mode, everything else looks blurred, quite literally!

^^The 590IS doesn't have that great macro mode as compared to S3IS.

@Aryan

The A590IS doesn't have a super-macro mode.The macro mode of the cam is just about OK.

Some shots from A590IS clicked by me!!

@Shadowfax

Stunning shots,man..Which cam?

@SP
Again an awesome pic, as usual!!

@chicane: Thanks for that information. I do not have much idea about the A 590IS.

Dedicated to our(P220 owners) first love



Comments & critiques are most welcome.

These pictures look like they have blown red channel when I view them on my monitor :-( Try and re-process these images with an eye on the histogram.. Apply some blur to the background during post processing, the background on these photos are pretty distracting and are leading the viewer away from the main subject...

One trick with macro photography of this type is to move the camera around till you find some background which contrasts well with the subject and which is not very distracting to the viewer.. Mostly a few inches here and there makes a big difference.. Use the longest focal length on the camera, get as close as you can to the subject and use the lowest aperture which will keep most parts of the subject in focus.. Having some parts of the subject off focus is not a problem if you compose properly..

With any kind of photography where you need to direct attention to a subject, one must be very careful about what is there in the background.. Using a tripod to set up a shot definitely helps here..

The camera does not really matter.. Any camera capable of taking macro shots would have been sufficient for these pictures..

@shadowfax.. These shots also show that one does not need much in terms of subjects for a good macro shots as long as one can set up a good shot.. Are these blades of grass or leaves of some plant? Did you find the appropriate water droplets, or did you use a water spray for the droplets?

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@MG:




my take on your image.what ur image had was some portion of excessive light.so reduced that by highlight select function,some levels,contrast,curves and USM.after the highlight function the light according to me is now more soothing.

ofcourse everybody has his or her own different taste and opinions about PP and photography as a whole.

anvancy.

Sir in some other thread you said that your monitor's calibration is gone for a spin, is it the same monitor you are watching these on??

I find that in this version the bike is kinda lost in all the trees :-(

My take on this photo would have been a bike that is more distinct from the background and one where most of the focus is on the bike, with the trees being slightly blurred to direct attention back to the bike..

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