tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46123135893249141162024-02-21T10:22:06.174+05:30PhotographyS S Cheemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648402715597232403noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612313589324914116.post-91780997089191921192018-07-01T15:57:00.002+05:302018-07-01T15:57:28.994+05:30Finding love in Macros...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoJydiQOc3l94Tw3D0JcJzFNhbuAG1WCSP-eNLFKfpMReMgeeaD2W_djtCGH7VPRpKgQ0ubyzev-1l3YgB00gMIpmgju909qR9eCrm4RpZaRcglKEp6NyhLNHqbL1gDyKccraMcMcWdw/s1600/_D850970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZoJydiQOc3l94Tw3D0JcJzFNhbuAG1WCSP-eNLFKfpMReMgeeaD2W_djtCGH7VPRpKgQ0ubyzev-1l3YgB00gMIpmgju909qR9eCrm4RpZaRcglKEp6NyhLNHqbL1gDyKccraMcMcWdw/s640/_D850970.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">I thought that macro was a bloody waste of time - take a camera - take it close to the flower, a bee, or some stupid insect that dumb enough to give you an opportunity and press the trigger. I thought that it is so bloody simple that inspite of carrying a macro lens in my kit with Canon for a decade I did not even try to click a single snap.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Lord Almighty - how wrong could I have been. Today I dusted the macro lens, put it on D850 and I was already an expert walking with head held high. A couple of hours later I am shattered, handheld? just forget it, with the depth of field as shallow as it is - took a couple of hundred snaps and not even one bee or butterfly was anywhere near what I dreamed of - so here is one with that bee missing - of a flower that decided to stay still for more than a second and not sway.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">...finding a new respect of people posting macros.</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Nikon D850, 105mm Macro, f/3.5, 1/500, ISO 100. No flash</span></div>
S S Cheemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648402715597232403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612313589324914116.post-51143426380940334892016-05-31T20:34:00.000+05:302016-05-31T20:34:10.637+05:30For the love of flowers....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
I am not really a photographer - intfact every time I do try to study photography I get perplexed by the numbers, calculations and all the things that are there involving photography. Instead sometimes when I look at a thing of beauty - I love to capture it - it is more of 'Make it mine' moment when I own that memory forever.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Today while I was staring out of the window and the rain drops were drumming the window glass - I stood admiring the beautiful Lilly flowers in the bowl and decided to capture them. I do not know whether I succeeded or not - after all I feel the beauty of the moment is for every one to decide for oneself - so here it is - whether it is good or not - is for you to decide for yourself alone. The bowl of flowers...</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNhxE3LGK_r-hJO3ycNMoW_nCpW6uHGwI0wekfOKBsjaYoQ7Uj-f4bvHgMJv4Q7Uo5FLojntyASYP4ra_7_XDenAwIMqdl5zvM2Bh0IO0FB_qkXu6Tqp0jufaSEYw4FnbM4mmw81A5dM/s1600/EmptyName+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNhxE3LGK_r-hJO3ycNMoW_nCpW6uHGwI0wekfOKBsjaYoQ7Uj-f4bvHgMJv4Q7Uo5FLojntyASYP4ra_7_XDenAwIMqdl5zvM2Bh0IO0FB_qkXu6Tqp0jufaSEYw4FnbM4mmw81A5dM/s640/EmptyName+9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
Before I do sign off - the data - this picture has been shot with Canon 7D mark ii (My birding camera), 24-105mm L lens. Since the light was bad (Clouds outside the window) and I wanted the picture tac sharp - I used ISO 100 and a 5 second picture. The focus was the difficult part as the lens was just hunting up and down - so I did the next best thing - made the aperture small so that the depth of field is large. The picture is at f18. For the long exposure the camera was triggered using a remote trigger.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
The small brown part on the right is the chair that I did move - but did not notice until I was copying the picture and converting from RAW. I am not too god at using the cloning / spot removal tools of Photoshop so it remains...</div>
</div>
S S Cheemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648402715597232403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4612313589324914116.post-57408561925618688262016-03-17T17:14:00.002+05:302016-03-17T17:14:51.642+05:30Photography time.... Charminar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I lug my camera everywhere - I really mean everywhere. Since my aim most of the time is Birdwatching and photography, my equipment includes a DSLR camera, 100-400L lens, Flash, extra batteries, charger and tons of other accessories. In my this kit I also have Canon 24-105L and Tokina wide angle lens 11-16mm. I always used to wonder - what will take me to jump into street photography ? </span></span></span><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">After all the equipment is all there but then used to think - probably I just do not have a knack.</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">One fateful day - I just got up and decided that I should jump into this - after all how tough can it all be? There was one hell of an effort required between the thought and the will to motivate myself enough to get going - but then one day - I said - what the bloody hell !!</span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwQthiDrwX4MWcSV9nBSfh3fFgm6MG7B9U6CPkONy-qtsrPynx3l8SOkmZTt9oHevb9WFjrn3q-UTO6bdVb9TJCKpnLy9SF9zldT8BR665ISsQtw_WYq6nTu1vmVAIkg89wx6lsWSbLc/s1600/BIRD1888-159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwQthiDrwX4MWcSV9nBSfh3fFgm6MG7B9U6CPkONy-qtsrPynx3l8SOkmZTt9oHevb9WFjrn3q-UTO6bdVb9TJCKpnLy9SF9zldT8BR665ISsQtw_WYq6nTu1vmVAIkg89wx6lsWSbLc/s640/BIRD1888-159.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of Charminar</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So after almost one year of inertia of rest - I decided and forced my butt off the bed and before my mind could orientate - I jumped into a cab and was on my way to Charminar. I roamed around this iconic building, spending almost 2 hours - seeing the transit from sunset to night. Though I had expected the place lighted up at night but it was not so although still the vibrance of the place was worth every while spent there - of course, not to mention the street food.</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will see how long and how much effort I can put in photography - when not Birdwatching...</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>
</div>
S S Cheemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08648402715597232403noreply@blogger.com0