[Venkatesh.C]

@Torqy great pic. I guess you had posted this long back in a smaller size albeit?
The silhoutted of the people is adding life at the same time is not distracting the viewer from the lovely beach.
@mansidea, its a lovely frame.

[Torqy]

Originally Posted by Venkatesh.C

@Torqy great pic. I guess you had posted this long back in a smaller size albeit?
The silhoutted of the people is adding life at the same time is not distracting the viewer from the lovely beach.
@mansidea, its a lovely frame.

Thanks Venkatesh.
Yes, i did post this long back....and it looked like the post got lost.

-- Torqy

[Torqy]

Originally Posted by BijuPaul

Hi friend,
Little bit of cropping for a better composition can do make your shot more appealing, I tried, hope you don’t mind,
Biju

A polarizer filter would've added more contrast between the bird and the water surface. But then i'm not sure whether he would've got the bird's reflection.

-- Torqy

[mansidea]

Thanks biju for that excellent framing. (I got some mind block towards portrait framing & its high time to change it)

Thanks venkatesh

@torqy: Shot at low light & image with polarizer was not very appealing without reflection.

[Samurai]

Same place, two different angles. I shot the first one from the 1st floor balcony and the second from a bedroom window. The tree in photo is about 1Km away.


Camera: Olympus E-500 with 50-200mm + 1.4x TC
Exposure: 25sec at F/8 and ISO100 (EV -0.7)



Camera: Olympus E-500 50-200mm
Exposure: 8sec at F/4.5 at ISO100

[Torqy]

Samurai,

The second picture is amazing.
What's the light source behind the tree?

-- Torqy

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by Torqy

The second picture is amazing.
What's the light source behind the tree?

-- Torqy

Thanks, it is the same street light from the first picture. Probably mercury vapour lamp.

[rjstyles69]

Monsieur the 2nd shot is simply awesome. Good one .

[gkrishn]

Increased the saturation little to make it look pretty...



No idea what this is...

[BijuPaul]

Originally Posted by gkrishn

No idea what this is...

It is the wild Rose, usually used as the base stump for Budding of rose plants.
Biju

[tsk1979]

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by rjstyles69

Monsieur the 2nd shot is simply awesome. Good one .

Thanks. Considering E-500 is pretty weak in lowlight performance, it ain't bad.

[tsk1979]

This was was shot at 1/40 at ISO 1600(Focal length 41mm, 62mm in 35mm)
Post processing done is
Exposure increase(original was shot raw) little sharpening and some level adjustment, thats it.

[Rudra Sen]

It's raining cats and dogs in Bangalore. This one looks like given up all hope. 6pm today.

[Venkatesh.C]

Amazing Exposure Rudraji.
The backligthing of the scene is just fantastic. Slow shutter speed and I guess you got lucky that the crow stay put enough for you to freeze it
The rule of the third and the silhoutted crow is also a fantastic idea. Wonderful overall. It is a real skill to pic up amazing shots out of mundane things. Thats where a photographer stands out from the crowd with a camera.
I bow to you rudraji