arnabdas

There might be a small mistake here. I am not in Silicon Valley. I live in Calcutta, West Bengal India and am currently working with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Salt Lake.

But I'm sure I'd continue to be a purist even if I were living in the Silicon Valley ;-)

You have spotted the right pattern that always turns out photographically pleasing. Good eye.

Appears there is some direct sunlight but

thankfully, no washed out highlights -- good.

Don't you think it would be good if the lines emerged from a corner and not one side? This applies to your other photographs too -- often the lines run parallel to one side, but they would look better if they ran in a diagonal, IMHO.

PS: In your response-comment to one of my butterfly photos you said something to the effect that if I'm a purist I'm in the minority. I agree. But I'm a purist because I chose to be so. And I believe if I can stay a purist, it will only help me improve and strive for perfection at the "time of action" (as opposed to "after the fact"). As for being in the minority -- if you can manage to stay a purist long enough, you will probably encourage lots of others around you to become purists too, and you'll cease to be in the minority before you know it! Just a thought ...

Happy shooting.

A brillinatly complex and textured photo. I'm sure the average rating will be average because some will rate it very high and some very low. If I were to rate it I'd rate it 6/7. Entirely a question of taste.

What makes this photo a great one is the "organized clutter". Imagine your favorite face and arms up there and the clutter will look unimportant.

Somehow this photo has a "post-modern Venus" feel. Not sure if I made sense with all this ...

I'd have liked the scene better without the foreground trees having their tops truncated. You see -- since I have seen so much of the tree I'd like to see the whole of it.

Perhaps you could have shot it from the opposite side of the house? Not sure if lighting conditions be favorable from that angle.

Superb ... an extremely original and pleasing flower shot.

I'm jealous of you for the equipment you have. Macro using MF has been a longtime dream, but financial realities never permit.

A nice portrait, I like especially the joyful expression and the eye contact with the viewer.

Lighting could be very slighly strong, but that's not a big issue --

This is neat! Did you use flash/2-nd curtain sync as well?

BTW you and I have something in common, I'm an IT consultant too ;-)

I really love the lighting on this one. Color balance is just perfect.

If I were to suggest any further improvements first thing I'd say is "get closer". While the rock in the foreground and the trees in the background give the photo/subject a sense of perspective, dimension and scale (I'm guessing that is what you wanted to achieve), the trees act as potential distractaction also, especially the branch poking into the scene at the top right corner.

As a second suggestion I'd say -- "get lower". Some dramatic shots of ground level plants and mushrooms can be taken by lowering your camera to ground level and (optionally) shooting with a wide-angle lens. In lieu of a tripod that can drop to ground level, a bean-bag is a very useful support.

Lying on the ground flat on your chest is a good way to get ants into your shirt -- not a pleasant experience but always worthwhile for a good shot!

With a little bit of background highlight/shadow control -- you'd have a killer here.

I like it very much. Well done.

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