vivek iyer

Awesome, Luigi!

This one stood out ( I enjoyed the others as well) then I go check what lens you used.. :)

Beautiful capture!

Philip: They are making raw cane sugar (jaggery) out of sugar cane juice!

Looks eerie. I have never seen even photo of a moth that has eyes like that. Totally unnatural or rare or weird.

Do you know what it is?

Without any doubt, it is a FANTASTIC capture!

Amazing expression!!

I fully agree with Sarah Pasha's comment.

It is a beautiful capture as is from a photography point of view. I don't know how professional editors view it though.

Thanks for sharing Michael Ging and I hope to see your work and presence here (pnet) for time to come.

Took a long while to see what you are saying here, Bjorn.

Very nice bell!

I have been there and your shot brings back some fond memories. Nice shot!

I would try color print film also. If you are a resident nearby, you know that you are a lucky person! Enjoy!

That might have slowed down our "progress" and might not have damaged the environment this severely.

Not all that bad, Manel!

" So it raises a question: Is the time and effort nature photographers worth it when you can make something better, easier to find in software? I really don't have the answer to that one but I know the arguments are strong and emotional on both sides of the fence..." Good question, Dave.

One solution to that would be to stop classifying a photo. If a building shot is modified and displayed- if it happens to be appealing- how does that differ from this butterfly shot?

Interesting- What diffraction can do to a photograph and would catch the attention of some people!

Does the 200mm Minolta lens actually stop down to f/64?!

I saw the picture and thought- Violinist!

You are talented and it shows!

Mike, Why shoot only female muscians?

Thanh Huynh, June 27, 2005; 02:21 P.M.

"I see fear! This child is not looking at the photographer. She is probably looking at the care taker. Majority of these children are mentally disabled. This picture tells me that she is eating a bowl of noodle that is hard to come by. She is afraid that it might be taking away from her any minute now. Having a half brother in a government drug rehab in Saigon, I can tell you that majority of these kids are extremely afraid of caretakers/guards."

Exactly what I thought was articulated by Thanh. Roland have you tried doing this (getting in to one such centers) in Germany, for example? How much money you have to pay to the guards/ people in charge of such places to let you in take photos of such vulnerable children?

Gutsy? Heck, No!

Sick!

Inspite of the long lens used, this Robin seems to be very much on the alert and ready to take off.

Very nice, Greg!

"..what I would call habitat shots..."

Excellent idea and thanks for the explanation! More power to you, Greg!

Absolutely a great capture and a fantastic post processing job!

Inspite of > 50% of the frame being dark and without any discernable image, it still remains eye catching.

The bottle tells two things:

1. Unlike Rembrandt times, Portra VC can record blue as the complimentary dye is there.

2. Shows the distortion from the Distagon lens used.

A shot taken without the bottle with the same set up or with the bottle and a standard lens like Planar 80mm would have avoided the distortion bit.

G.,

While I was busy setting up this shoot, Dough had done a great job with PS to demonstrate what seems to be the problem.

Still the question that remains (for me, atleast) is how get, say, a ridged backround and the subjects with no shadows, sharp and without blowing out highlights. I thought of a few possibilities. Will try it out later.

As I said, this was only intended as an exercise to portray a similar subject in a different lighting. Burnt cigars or yummy cinnamon sticks does not matter. Perhaps, I will try it with match sticks.

Vivek.

Doug illustrates a problem he sees, nicely. I took a slightly different approach (DISCLAIMER: No offence intended to the photographer, his/her friends and admirers. I am just trying to learn something from this example.).

I put some cinnamon sticks (approximately 1/3 the height, I think, of Carey's cinnamon sticks) together and tried some shots. Here is one example. Diffused light from a flash. Camera: D70. Lens: S-Planar 60/4. Hue and saturation were adjusted.

It is the lighting that disturbs me. The background board (small ridges, top left and elsewhere, except the center) is poorly lit so that where the "subjects"are "standing"looks unappealing. POW or not better lighting would ceratinly improve the impact of such "portraits".

I like the idea. Though better lighting techniques will present them much better.

Vivek.

I like the composition, sharpness and the presentation.

Only question (for the photographer) that lingers is: Any strong influence from Yu Yuntian's work of the same location?

Vivek.