Fair'ly native

On 25th April, there was this annual fair near my Native (Javali, Maharashtra). It was more like a family gathering. Quite good scope for photography.

All the pics clicked by me are touched up in Adobe's Lightroom 3.

Click on the pics to enlarge.

Here are the pics:

An old woman

f/5.6
1/100 sec
ISO 100

Bhai

f/4.6

1/800 sec

ISO 100

Crown of a Temple Gate

f/4.2

1/950 sec

ISO 100

Chaha Paani

f/5.6

1/180 sec

ISO 64

Coconuts

f/5.5

1/70 sec

ISO 64

Watermelon Slices

f/5.6

1/350 sec

ISO 100

Untitled

f/9

1/110 sec

ISO 64

Gulmohar

f/4

1/160 sec

ISO 100

"Get away!"

f/5.6

1/350 sec

ISO 64

Shankar-Parvati

f/5.6

1/280 sec

ISO 64

...off to where he came from

f/5.6

1/600 sec

ISO 100

Shy

f/5.6

1/350 sec

ISO 100

Untitled

f/5.6

1/480 sec

ISO 100

Lit Temple

f/11

8 sec

ISO 64

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Please give your comments and reviews guys.

Thanks a Lot!

A band which 'Transformers' introduced me to

I got acquainted with The Goo Goo Dolls in 2007, when the first 'Transformers' movie came out. The song was 'Before it's too late', which played in the background on the official movie website. That song is like just awesome!! It's still on my playlist :)

Then I went on to find more Goo Goo Dolls songs. Some awesome ones are Iris, Slide and Home.

Even the new release, 'All that you are', from 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon', is a good one.
Here it is:

THE GOO GOO DOLLS, one of my favorite rock bands!! :D

Enjoy the songs!!

A boring Rainy day

11th June was a usual boring day of Monsoon in Mumbai. Couldn't get my gear out 'cause of moderate rains, so was just sitting by the window, staring outside, and thinking about a hundred things. Just when I noticed the shiny wet surfaces of coconut leaves and nature-cleaned scooters! :P

Click on the images to enlarge them.

It didn't take much before I grabbed my cam and clicked these pics:

 f/5.6
1/80sec
ISO 400
504mm

Processed in Lightroom 3 to desaturate the green grass.

 f/5.6

1/80sec

ISO 400

300mm

 Processed in Lightroom 3 to desaturate the green grass and some other background elements.

 f/5.6

1/25sec

ISO 400

350mm

Processed in Lightroom 3 to desaturate the green grass.

 f/5.6

1/40sec

ISO 400

420mm

 f/5.6

1/80sec

ISO 400

300mm

 

Then I processed the images in Ligthroom 3 and Photoshop CS5 to make two simple framing compositions. :)

Reviews appreciated :)

Startup photographs ;)

Hey guys,
These are some of the pics I took. Will slowly upload new ones as I click 'em :)
Click on the photos to enlarge them ;)

 Spotted this one near my building, the place where most of my pics are taken! :P

f/5.6
1/180 sec
ISO 100
504mm

I sprayed water on this blade of grass for this effect (Cheating? YES!)

f/3.1
1/680 sec
ISO 100
28mm

 I snapped this one at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

f/5.6

1/250 sec

ISO 100

308mm

 I found this cute kitty near my one of my friend's home. It was identical to one of MY cats, CUTE!!

f/5.6

1/50 sec

ISO 800

308mm

 My first attempt at Light Painting. It was my Sis' B'day, she drew this one and I clicked :)

f/3.1

8 sec

ISO 64

28mm

 A ghost!!

f/3.1

8 sec

ISO 64

28mm

 I was hangin' around to get something for my College's Photography competition, after almost 3 hours of nonsense subjects, I spotted this one!!
It's a White Minivet :)

f/5.6

1/110 sec

ISO 200

504mm

 #2

f/5.6

1/40 sec

ISO 100

504mm

 #3 My Fav :)

f/5.6

1/35 sec

ISO 100

504mm

 He was super-cool!
An Indian Drongo

f/5.6

1/1200 sec

ISO 400

504mm

 The Indian Bride :)
Clicked at my first cousin's marriage.

f/5

1/40 sec

ISO 400

135mm

 Reminds me of 'How High the Moon' by Les Paul and Mary Ford :D

f/5.6

1/180 sec

ISO 100

504mm

 His name is Doggie :D LOL

f/5.6

1/100 sec

ISO 200

300mm

... And this one's Chucky

f/3.1

1/125sec

ISO 200

45mm

This is it for today guys.. GOOD NIGHT :)

Snapping Tool!

I got my FujiFilm FinePix S1800 in November 2010. I haven't had a camera before, and preferred to buy a bit of advanced one. As I can't afford a DSLR for now, I settled for this one.

For me, it provides ample manual setting. And the 18x zoom lens (28-504mm in 35mm format) provides a good scope for variety. And it does feel like a DSLR ;)
12.1 megapixels are enough for me at this stage, along with HD video recording. I use a small standard tripod with it, and flash bounce cards also.

I was always interested in photography. I used to use my dad's cellphone and set up some table lamps (I still use the same setup) to photograph stuff. And now it all has got much better with a REAL camera! Having thoroughly  studied photography basics and theory, I can do much more with this simple point-and-shoot. Things like attaching a magnifying glass on front of the lens to get a superb depth of field, like those of actual Macro lenses :D



I'll be posting many photographs from now, with of course, all the techniques and setting used for each photograph :)

Thank you guys!