Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts

John Freeman is lensed to thrill !


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This is Askja, the volcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland. And in the center is a large lake that fills much of the smaller caldera resulting from the 1875 eruption. That's the
sky blue reflection over the water filled inside volcano crater.

It might be little bit deceiving to watch such a beautiful picture in smaller canvas. It's a wonderful wide-angle photo shot via Canon EOS 5D Mark II with 15 mm fisheye lens fired at iso100.

Time to checkout these amazing and spell-binding photos shot by John Freeman.
Every photo has a magic to whisper, a story to weave, an awe to caress.

My personal favorite shot is a very thought provoking photo with the perfect backdrop. Glance carefully to know what it is to feel it ! More I look at his photos, more admiration I feel for his fantastic work. Don't forget to navigate around the gallery. It's pure bliss to explore his album.

>> Check out John Freeman's shoot-out

Portal of the Sun


I'm a great fan of PatrickSmith's photography chronology. I love long exposure photo collections of him. They are quite dreamy. The above picture is the winner in the 2009 Nature's Best Ocean Views competition!

The dim last light of a fading sun sets through a portal on California's Central Coast. No HDR. This photo was just selected as one of the top 10 images for the 2009 showcase portfolio for the North American Nature Photographer's Association!
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>> Visit his gallery here

Bend it like fire !



I've always wondered the designs of fire flares and fire balls made by fire blowers. The way fireballs get clouded, moulded, moved, waved are awesome. They become so intricate designs yet they are not designed to be like that deliberately :) They are so natural, dangerously lovable !

Watch this amazing, lovely & breath taking 'slow motion' fire dancing with cool music in background at
>> Napalmdragon.com

Tao of War by Bruce Haley



War is an evil. so its tremors are.

There's no design to war when a bomb blasts. Death is the only measure of count. It's unbearable smell of gunpowder. Art has no place when patience is evopoated, eradicated. If you're a photographer- there's no perfect setting in war field. All you need is a high speed photography skill & rock solid heart to endure such painful scenes.

The recipient of the Robert Capa Gold Medal, one of the most prestigious photography awards - Bruce Haley has captured very touching war photos under the title -"Tao of War Photography".


They are so ruthless that one of the viewer opines -
Some of the pictures are very graphic. Is it important to show such images to the world or is it exploitation of anther's misery? Maybe both.

Enough of words, you should watch -Tao of War Photography.

My Toughest Shot


An eagle hunter in Xinjiang, China (courtesy of Philipp Engelhorn)

Outside magazine asked 16 photographers to share their hardest-won images and the wild, sometimes foolish, and invariably bold adventures behind them. From a nomadic Kutchi camp in Tajikistan to a frozen lake in Siberia, and everywhere in between, these pros show--and tell--how they got the job done.

They get the job done amazingly in
2009 Outside Exposure Special, My Toughest Shot

Vivian | Street photographer Queen


I acquired Vivian's negatives while at a furniture and antique auction. From what I know, the auction house acquired her belongings from her storage locker that was sold off due to delinquent payments. I didn't know what 'street photography' was when I purchased them.

It took me days to look through all of her work. It inspired me to pick up photography myself. Little by little, as I progressed as a photographer, I would revisit Vivian's negatives and I would "see" more in her work. I bought her same camera and took to the same streets soon to realize how difficult it was to make images of her caliber. I discovered the eye she had for photography through my own practice. Needless to say, I am attached to her work.

Some of her photos have pictures of children and often times it was near a beach. I later found out she was a nanny for a family on the North Side whose children these most likely were. Her obituary says she lived in Oak Park, a close Chicago suburb.

Out of the 30-40,000 negatives I have in the collection, about 10-15,000 negatives were still in rolls, undeveloped from the 1960's-1970's. I have been successfully developing these rolls. I still have about 600 rolls yet to develop. I must say, it's very exciting for me.

This was created in dedication to the photographer Vivian Maier, a street photographer from the 1950s - 1970s. Vivian's work was discovered at an auction Chicago where she lived for 50 years but was originally a native to France. Her discovered work includes over 40,000 mostly medium format negatives. Born February 1, 1926 and passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2009.

So far what you read is the blog intro created by a great soul who's developing Vivian's photos and posting in blog. My greatest thanks to -'John Maloof', the man behind Vivian's photos. and the link is here :

>> vivianmaier.blogspot.com

Egg shot


Egg shot, originally uploaded by nebarnix | Shot using Pentax K10D DSLR.

High speed photography is not a kids play though it seems to be :) Smashing and shooting stuff and at the same time wasting lotta stuff for just micro second of shot, I am sure it's thrilling to see the results.

A flickr buddy Jasper Nance has shot breathtaking speed shots.


>> high speed shots

Colours of India



I was watching Ganesha visarjana in Mumbai yesterday in TV news. Inspite of swine flu threats, terror threats: people carry mammoth Ganesha idols in huge processions. All those nanne-munnas, uncles, aunties, deedhi's, dabba waalas, chai waalas dance heartfully forgetting the fact that they've to catch ever moving clock next day: What ticks them ? It's the vibrant soul which could never be silenced. They never seize to enjoy every moment of life.

India, my country is vibrant not just because of multitude of religions, languages, temples, rivers, places, social fabric, emotional structure. But because it's deeply colorful.

Here; weather changes every 50 kilometers, language pattern changes every 20 kilometers, taste of water changes every 100 kilometers & one thing which never change is the vibrant soul of India. No word can hold its enigma and charisma than one lovely photo.

David duChemin, the humanitarian soul, stuck his lens on the ever lapsing times of India and painted web canvass with lovely Indian colors in photos. I'm sure you'll love it, as I'm.

Catch the drift of Indian vein by clicking 'Colours of India' in
>> pixelated image

Bulb eating, Cuban Tree Frog, Florida


This is a Cuban tree frog on a tree in my backyard in southern Florida. How and why he ate this light is a mystery. It should be noted that at the time I was taking this photo, I thought this frog was dead, having cooked himself from the inside. I'm happy to say I was wrong. After a few shots he adjusted his position. So after I was finished shooting him, I pulled the light out of his mouth and he was fine. Actually, I might be crazy but I don't think he was very happy when I took his light away.

photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot by James Snyder at nationalgeographic. Check more interesting photo's submitted by users. I personally liked photo of Lazy Animal– The Sloth

Timelapsed downtown toronto.


“Timelapsed Downtown Toronto” by Sam Javanrouh

Fantastic photography from flickr. 6 photos shot in a 2 hour time period. Amazign time elapsed shot is vividly laid out here. You can download the wallpaper size version of it as well.

Aah! is the word here


Digital Art Photography is debated, sometimes marginalized & although it's highly creative, it's distinguished as an obscure medium of photography. I believe in one or the other occasion one has to retouch photographs for any reason. Since RAW image formats seeing lot of market in terms softwares released to edit & enhance them, this medium of art gains true prominence.

Here is a guy - Rarindra Prakarsa based in Jakarta, Indonesia who burrs this fine line between digital photography and digital art creating splendid images. Frequently his images are featured on the front pages of photo.net these days. Most of his pictures are beautified with nice color tone, spectacular coloring techniques and well balanced frame. Rants apart, view these wonderful compositions. Eye treat for anybody who is from the den of Photoshop & digital photography.

I'm sure, 'how did he do that ?' is your first expression while viewing his photo work :)

>> Link to his marvelous digital art photography

Neew snaps


Rain, water droplets, cuteness, innocence, a pinch of smile is what I captured this season :)

I wish that April rain lasts forever in Bangalore. Those water droplets, a cool breeze lingering in our balcony, those maasoom eyes of neighbourhood relieves half of my work centric apathys...

I felt sort of nostalgic when I posted these images in flickr !
It reminds me of rarity that I hardly enjoy the natural, placid ambience around me as I hooked deeply into fast-paced software churning days & dense demography traffic I live in...

I sigh. I hum Savage garden...
I've got to break away//

Cause I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
With the wind in my hair and the sand at my feet
Catch images link

Bhuvan-next door kiddo..


Photography hang on a perfect bright, sunny, shiny day.
Shot on Complete Flash free auto focus mode.
Aperture f/3.
7.0x Optical zoom.
Steady picturisation.
Cam: z740 Kodak.

Sinchana : Queen of never ending stories !



Shot on Complete flash free auto focus mode.
Aperture f/12.
2.1x enhanced optical zoom.
steady picturisation -nearly 2 sec.
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