Solitude...

One fine Saturday @ 732/28

Nikon D50, 1/1600, f/16, ISO 800 (explains the grains for effect!).

Moti Masjid

Moti Masjid, Feb 2006.
Nikon D50.

the seat of power...

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Red Fort, 4th Feb. 2006

Coaxed Kiran to go and shoot something :).

This sandstone citadel has seen so much happening- the rise and fall of so many empires, number of prime ministers addressing the nation, so many tourists admiring its beauty and its size. The monument has imbibed all and stands still, seeing another evening pass by.

miles to go before i sleep...

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A low res scan. Intentionally made grainy.

take off...

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8th January, 2006
Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur.

so many colors again...

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One more from Jaipur. Havn't clicked for long now. :( Am short of company I guess.. Hopefully this saturday :)

carvings...

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City Palace, Jaipur. November 2005.
One of my favorites pics till date. Beautiful interplay of light.

Nikon F75, 28-80mm, No tripod. No Flash. Center Weighted metering. Overexposed by one stop.

again getting in close...

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December 2005, My house's backyard.

Nikon F75, Nikkor 105mm Macro

on art...

"Some of us seem to be blessed with the ability to see things that many never notice, some of us also have the manual skill needed to use a brush, a pencil, a knife or chisel, and transfer the vision into concrete form, in stone, bronze, wood, or on paper or canvas, but it all begins with the gift of seeing things not often noticed, and the desire to record, and share.If you can make photographic images that transcend distance and time, and bring others to the where and when of that image, I believe you are on the way to artistry. The vision is more important than your instrument. Move slowly, try to see all, and miss little, and keep records to share with those who do not see, and your efforts will be an artform. Art is never more than vision shared."

Colors...

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January 2006, In my house's backyard.

another second frozen...

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7th January, 2006Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur.

Spot Billed Duck. When injured can remain underwater holding on to submerged vegetation with just their bills exposed.

Kiss me not...

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7th January, 2006
Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur.

Jal...

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"Surrounded by so much water, the mind itself becomes water, hindered by nothing, abandoned, happy." -Andrew Harvey in A Journey in Ladakh

December 2005.
An unnamed place, around 15km from my house in Shahpur, Himachal. Spent considerable time of my winter break just sitting and watching these waters pass by.

Shades of Light.

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Amer Fort, Jaipur, Nov, 2005
F75, 28-80mm

Reflections

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Hawa Mahal, Jaipur, Nov., 2005

F75, 28-80mm.

Both Jaipur and Hawa Mahal stand for the colorful part of life. Both bring memories of color - the color of Rajasthani people, Rajasthani culture, Rajasthani Architecture -associated with them. The pic has been intentionally desaturated and depicts the other side.

First Shot with Macro...

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Nikon D70, Nikon 105mm/f2.8D Macro
ISO 800 No Flash.

Place: My Office. Dec. 2k5

Macro Photography and Nikon Metering.

A nice article
http://www.photo.net/learn/macro/

Some excerpts:

- "In short, anyone in the market for a macro lens is already fairly sophisticated and quality conscious."

-"In my humble opinion, the best macro lenses are the latest autofocus mount models made by Nikon (my primary 35mm system is Canon EOS, by the way). Nikon makes 60mm, 105mm and 200mm focal lengths. Each lens will focus continuously from infinity to 1:1. You can shoot the moon and capture the bear claw without stopping to change lenses or screw in filters. How do these lenses work? Do they just have a much longer helical than the 50mm normal lens? Yes and no.
Yes a macro lens helical has much more travel than a normal lens helical. You can watch the front element move an inch or two. However, these helicals aren't just pushing a stack of glass back and forth like the 50mm's helical. Inside one of the elements is moving ("floating") so that the optical design changes to a more appropriate one for close-up photography. Thus you get sharp images at all focussed distances. "

-Rollei probably has the most intelligently designed macro system in the world. costs 3400$

- Taking pictures through a pinhole results in tremendous depth of field but very low sharpness due to diffraction. This is why lenses for your 35mm camera stop at f/22 and don't go to f/45 or f/64. View camera lenses provide these smaller apertures for two reasons: (1) the lenses are longer (f/64 on a 210mm lens is not all that small a hole); (2) the negative won't be enlarged very much.

- the modern Nikons, e.g., 6006, 8008, N90, show you the effective aperture in the viewfinder; the F4 does not; Canon EOS cameras do not. Another reason to go with the Nikon system if you are into macro photography

-g

I splurged...

Yuppyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!... Another weapon in my armor - Nikon f-2.8D 105mm Macro lens. I am floored. An absolute piece of art.

Let's shoot Macro... :-)

How beautiful is 1/1000 of a second!

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City Palace, Jaipur, Nov. 2k5

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Place: City Palace, Jaipur.
Nov 2005