[mail4ajo]

Ok, the image has now been resized to 500x333. My mother was just waking up from sleep and I tested the borrowed 70-300mm lens on her.

[Nitin]

[jkdas]

@ harmon; its 'chenda ' right?

@ nithin; framing & out of focus I guess

[Nitin]

Originally Posted by jkdas

@ harmon; its 'chenda ' right?

@ nithin; framing & out of focus I guess

It is the chenda,jk. As for my pics,I haven't been able to play around with them. The flower (with the cobwebs) is part of the aloe vera plant. I wasn't able to get it into focus,no matter what I tried.
Guess I need to remove that picture..

[mail4ajo]

Originally Posted by Nitin

It is the chenda,jk. As for my pics,I haven't been able to play around with them. The flower (with the cobwebs) is part of the aloe vera plant. I wasn't able to get it into focus,no matter what I tried.
Guess I need to remove that picture..

Try manual focusing the subject. I think this is is common when you have some many overlapping subjects.

[hondadude]

Originally Posted by Samurai

Is that some constellation? Great bear or something...

The one on the top is definitely Orion and the one on the bottom is probably Canis Major. I am not very sure 'bout that one.

[Nitin]

Originally Posted by mail4ajo

Try manual focusing the subject. I think this is is common when you have some many overlapping subjects.

If i remember right,I did try focussing the image manually,but no luck. Let me give it another try this evening.

[binz]

Originally Posted by Nitin

If i remember right,I did try focussing the image manually,but no luck. .

Umm,which cam do you use?

[Nitin]

Originally Posted by binz

Umm,which cam do you use?

I use a 6.3MP Canon SD630 powershot.

[harmon_bro]

Originally Posted by jkdas

@ harmon; its 'chenda ' right?

@ nithin; framing & out of focus I guess

Yes mate its the Chenda...

[bIte tHe bulLet]

sorry mods and the rest of you guys if i re-post this... i think i did something stupid while uploading the last time.

anyways, here are some pics that i quite like. have a look and hopefully you'll enjoy 'em as well..


http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6862/image5tp7.jpg
eagle at gir

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/5964/image4ld7.jpg
bisleri bottle at dholpur

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4103/image3ff1.jpg
sunrise from the air

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/659/image2ln1.jpg
tribal dude

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/1503/image1hs5.jpg
another tribal dude

cheers amigos

[bIte tHe bulLet]

and before anyone gets any ideas...these remain untouched by photoshop!
(primarily because i can't operate the damn thing!)

fyi - these are all shot on a canon eos 30d with different lens setups. i have no hangups about using digital vs film. i enjoy both equally and stand firmly in the camp that each of the formats have their own place and space in photography.

for amateurs like ourselves - filming nice looking images is where its at!!

[Nitin]

Nice pics,avinash!
Loved the pic of the sunrise. I had taken a similar pic way back in 1997,enroute to London. Managed to lose the pic though..

[Samurai]

Avinash, the shots are somewhat lacking in composition. All the ground shots have very busy background that is distracting. The aerial shot is soft, but has nice colors though. You have good equipment, but that will only address the technical part of the photograph.

[bIte tHe bulLet]

thanks nitin, funnily enough the sunrise shot(s) are all taken on the way to london as well!

many thanks for the critique as well samurai - appreciated. yeah the sunrise is soft, i was fiddling around with camera still on autofocus, half asleep while trying to get as many clean shots off, within the slim window of opportunity! finally switched to manual focus to pull off a couple of clean shots.

i enjoy this style of photography (especially faces and portraits) because i feel it potentially adds sometimes interesting layers to a photograph. i agree that it has a time and place though!!!

i'll upload a couple more done in the same vein in a bit.

cheers amigos.