lalit

Aah... lovely. I like the flash of blue in the sky. Something different!

This image is dedicated to my friend and Inspiration Keith Walklet. Some people change your outlook ... change your lives.

Ice Crystals formed in the mountain side of the Peer Panjal Range in Kashmir. At about 12000 feet. Taken with 7D and 24-70 lens.

Thanks for your comments and critiques.

At 15000 ft, on the high plateau in the mighty Himalayas somewhere,

one of the most attractive mountain of Shivling rises about 6500 feet

right in front of your eyes, right from where you are standing. In the

month of June the snowmelt is causing the water stream to get

extremely muddy. You still get an extremely interesting reflective

quality. On this morning I found the pool where the glacial stream had

also found low meadow and tried exploring some of it, away from the

main stream. Without much new water entering here, it was relatively

calm. After the wait, on early morning Mount Shivling finally displayed

its beauty for the first time in the day, pushing the clouds aside... the

reflection in the muddy glacial stream gave a chance to compose with

the foreground. Captured with the 5D and 16-35mm with Gitzo Tripod,

RRS ballhead.

Aah.. that s lovely. Both the colors and composition.

You are crazy buddy. I have no other words for your technique, creativity, imagination and painstaking efforts. +Lalit

Its a beautiful composition. The sky and the foreground look in kinds of light that its difficult to imagine in the natural circumstances.

Changing Seasons

Just when I started dreaming of a grand sunset with clearing skies and when the evening light had started illuminating the peaks of Swargrohini to bright golden colors, the clouds suddenly rushed into the valley. It was so fast that there was barely any time to change the location. Thanks heaven, I was properly dressed because the weather had instantly changed the seasons to a wintery one. Although intimidated by this sudden change, I persisted still, and kept shooting with the river rushing down while the cloud rolls in. In my opinion such storms are more indicative of the Himalayas and mountain regions alike. I was lucky enough to capture such terrific mood that was shared with me.

Pretty soon the clouds have totally engulfed the landscape in themselves and the 21000 ft peaks in front of us were completely invisible. You would barely see anything beyond a couple of feet. The constant roaring sound of the creek persisted still, although got a slightly pale as moved farther to find my group in the cloud.

At 1300- feet in Himalayas there is always one season that we can best predict everyday and thats is "Unpredictable". This image is just a small attempt to show it. Taken with 5D, 16-35mm and on Gitzo Mountaineer Tripod. Thanks for your comments.

One of the most amazing aspect of India is the diversity it holds.Every state with a different language, attire for people, food and aswell the architecture. One will really have to work very hard tocapture or document all these aspects in one lifetime.

This picture is taken in northwest corner of Rajasthan in the citycalled Jaiselmer. The city has various old Havelis, which are largehouses built in old times. The havelis display the intricate beauty ofthe art that is presented on every wall and also at every corner.

This image is taken when the Sun was going down and reflected lighthad filled up the yard which is now a fabulous walking path to explorethe area.

Captured with 50D. Slight feel light to bring up the details.Thanksfor your comments and critiques.

totally agree :-) 

Steve you are right. can't agree more about sharpening. It looks ok on web but does not perform in printing. Yes I understand the cropping and web posting could be the culprit. nevertheless Its an activity one would wait for lifetime to see let alone capture :-)

Its a nice shot. I believe you should watch the blue and green channel to ensure they are not clipped. I would try to gamma adjust the image or with the curves. secondly I would also avoid the small branch running diagonally across the right corner, if there is not such composition I would clean it.

Interesting observation and capture. I would also try a low angle instead going at the their eye level if its possible.

Lovely. Some kind of Barbett?

What a shot. I admire how you managed to get this image and fair sharpness. May be a little fast shutter speed could have helped to get it even sharper. you could also apply some selective sharpening over the eyes.

 

Good composition. The colors look a little too saturated though. Especially I find some possible clipping at the Red channel.

Baya weavers are some of nature's fantastic artists. In tropicalcountries like India these birds are found building these nests in themonths of August and September. When the nests are about half built orafter, female is invited to view the work of the master craftsman. Ifshe likes it they will continue building the rest of the nest togetherand have babies. but if she does not, then the male does not askanother female to see the same work again. He starts anew. One day thediligence pays off. These birds don't live solitary. In fact they arefound as a colony on the thorny trees like Babhul (botanical name:acacia arabica). So if you see a tree with many nests mean a lot ofdisappointed males :-)

This picture is captured in a bright but diffused lighting conditionon 50D with 100-400 mm lens with ISO 800 and shutter speed of 1/2500.

Taken from a far enough distance and all the care is taken to notdisturb the bird(s). Thank you for your comments.

Exciting sight :-)

Just go south about 20 miles from the lodge that is at the corner of the road that joins the main road through the park. It is about 25 miles south from the furnace creek visitor center. Check the map at http://www.nps.gov/deva/planyourvisit/upload/DEVAmap1a.pdf and look for Badwater Basin.

Foreground is nice and the colors though in the sky look bit unnatural. I would also ensure the sky is not so overexposed. Avoid seeing directly into the Sun.

Lovely landscape image. The light, the curves the position of the tree everything fantastic.

Wonderful creature. I would try to reduce the exposure and also recover some highlight areas. Especially if you have RAW it would be very much easy.

A beautiful capture. There might be some overexposed areas and with RAW you may be able to recover them.

The tones are certainly artistic. I would avoid to have so much out of focus region to start off though.

Sharp!! and What a catch :-)

 

A little soft but considering the number of wing flaps per second of the humming bird this is quite an image. I would reduce the brightness a little bit and add some contrast to it.