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Old 16th November 2007, 08:49   #1846
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Old 16th November 2007, 11:06   #1847
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Sand Flower


This is not a man made sculpture.
We got this in one piece from one of our construction sites in Saudi Arabia, while excavating at around 7 meter depth.
This is fine sand solidified due to prolonged presssure and heat, probably under the earth for hundreds of years and became such a wonderful flower bouquet.

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Old 16th November 2007, 11:22   #1848
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vivekiny2k, try that shot again with 1 stop down. It'll be magic!

Very nice picture.
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Old 16th November 2007, 19:40   #1849
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vivekiny2k, try that shot again with 1 stop down. It'll be magic!

Very nice picture.
thank rudra, thankfully the leaves are still there. will try it.

I shot it late in evening, so low light and window glass relfections were creating problems.

PS: it's not DOF issue, the leaves were shaking violently, only the trunk was stationary.

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Old 16th November 2007, 22:18   #1850
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Nice pic Vivekiny2k............
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Old 16th November 2007, 22:22   #1851
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PS: it's not DOF issue, the leaves were shaking violently, only the trunk was stationary.
I did not say anything about DOF.
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Old 18th November 2007, 04:56   #1852
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I did not say anything about DOF.
I guess I was convincing myself .
There were a couple shots which were giving a false impression of shallow DOF.
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Old 18th November 2007, 05:48   #1853
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Nice pic,vivek.Nothing to beat fall colors! I so miss the scenic drives in Ohio.
Was this pic taken recently?
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Nice pic,vivek.Nothing to beat fall colors! I so miss the scenic drives in Ohio.
Was this pic taken recently?
yes, last week. my photos really don't do justice to the scenery here.

I noticed your ohio background in school and college.
here are a couple more, from smokies and some from my office.

falll colors pictures from friends & fun photos on webshots

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Burning clouds over Ramamurthy Nagar...

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Old 19th November 2007, 17:37   #1856
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Wow Torqy, great capture!
I almost thought it was fire until i read the caption.

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Old 19th November 2007, 17:55   #1857
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Imp, that's a great set of photos. Where did you shoot it?
@Samurai - I shot them from my terrace

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@IMP - picture perfect dude. I would have liked to see the full pole in the second shot which is a brilliant exposure nevertheless. Did you PP to get the blues and yellows right? Or was it OTB?
@Venkatesh.C - Thanks, It is not OTB (here i am presuming OTB to be 'Out of The Box') played around slightly with the curves, but the OTB looks close to what I have posted. About the composition, i'll try next time, it would look good IMO too.

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@ IMP Great pic dude..I Love your composition..
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Yeah. You've literally pulled power lines from the sun.
Nice shot.

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Old 19th November 2007, 20:00   #1858
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Burning clouds over Ramamurthy Nagar...

Nature captured at its best

Cheers keep clicking!!
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Old 19th November 2007, 20:30   #1859
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Torqy,

Although your image has some amazing color effect, it can't be called as good composition. You have to include other elements to the image to make it more compelling. Look at the images the follow yours, their sky is less dramatic than yours, but they are much better compositions since they have included lot more elements to acheive a much better result. Don't ignore the background or foreground, they can always provide the contrast that can breath life into your image, the last image by guyonblackybx is a good example of that.

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Samuraiji,

Although i do agree with your concepts of composition, i do also think that there is more than just one universal aesthetic.

Torqy's photo is more like an "abstract painting", whereas most of the other pictures in this thread are like "landscape paintings" etc. .. ie my opinion.

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ps - Torqy, i loved the very first 2 pictures you posted in this thread (candid people in a feild / woman on beach.. or something like that). They had a certain "stock photo" quality (thats a compliment in this case )...almost like you would see them on corbis or gettyimages.
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