The Official non-auto Image thread

mobike008 · 13th April 2010, 17:10

@Shaju, its hard to beileve that you are a new time photographer.

Almost every picture that you have been posting has vibrant colors and has a clean feel to it and your signature on the pictures is quite nice ( which font?).

Looks like your spending a lot of time shooting. Keep it up !!!

pawan_pullarwar · 13th April 2010, 17:34

@HW: Thanks for the comment.

Railway station in the arm of mountain

shajufx · 13th April 2010, 19:28

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Originally Posted by mobike008

@Shaju, its hard to beileve that you are a new time photographer........

Mobike, every word what you have typed, is the biggest compliment I have ever got till today ! I am humbled as a learner.

I think its the 'fire' within us that keep us learn things regardless of the field. Hope to give some quality photos in another 6 months on-field learning. I take out the cam only on weekends as work and hobby are two sides of the coin for me. Font used for signature is called 'monika'. It is not a windows default font but downloaded from some site.

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Originally Posted by pawan_pullarwar

Railway station in the arm of mountain

Nice one. The date imprint doesnt look good for a beauty shot though. It gives lot of inspiration to do some similar shots. I think Coonoor (near Ooty) has good potential.

No looking back !

shajufx · 13th April 2010, 19:52

Pawan, hope you dont mind what I did to your lovely shot. See how it looks different after getting through a PP !

Brickbats welcome from Germany !!

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yajaman99 · 13th April 2010, 20:59

@shaju - once again a wonderful shot and very nice PP work on Pawan shot.

HellwratH · 13th April 2010, 22:02

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Originally Posted by clevermax

@HW: Did you soften the face in the portrait? Looks a bit too blurred at some places. The background is a bit distracting as well...

Yep, skin smoothening has been done. Bllur? Umm, any particular place? Yeah, I agree about the background, but what I really like is the natural smile on Unni's face and the catch light and that's what makes this photo special for me, irrespective of all the imperfections

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Originally Posted by abhishek_bmw

@HW: Nice Red dragonfly.

Thank you abhishek.

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Originally Posted by shajufx

Some change from the birds, before someone starts yelling "stop stop stop" !!

This is Dr.Venkat from AP, we became friends very soon, he swapped his 80-400 lens with my 70-300, fortunately we then spent only an hour more around the lake, unfortunately not a single shot came in focus from that lens, I had to do everything manual as my D60 didnt want to cooperate with a 80-400.

Lessons learnt the hard way !!! You can check more about him at www.wildlifephotogallery.com
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Ah, Now I realize that D60 does not have a motor on the body and I guess that was the reason why it was unable to autofocus with the 80-400.

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Originally Posted by shajufx

No looking back !
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Indeed, no looking back. I love the sharpness here shaju. Good one. Is the blue due to PP?

"Pick me" and "Ballad"

shajufx · 13th April 2010, 22:29

Yajaman, thanks again. Comments are greatly appreciated (positive and negative) !
HW, 80-400 was an AF-S lens, it didnt even try to auto focus on my cam, still no clue why ! Reading some reviews on that lens, I find its known for its slow focus. Offcourse very bad for birding as we miss out every chance to shoot. I might have missed atleast 10 lovely shots due to that swapping !! About the blue on the above pic, original has some blue, its only slightly enhanced.

I find your last 2 pics darker than I expected. Is it the spot metering or the correction on PP playing the game here ? Here is the same what I got of the first one. See the colour difference. There is not much of a PP done on this. I think its the exposure setting making the difference. Mine was +0.3 exposure and spot metering. You might remember watching it on the plasma screen. Its very close to the original.
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RajaTaurus · 14th April 2010, 09:46

^^ Wooooooow. This could easliy win the NatGeo Pic of the year contest. Fanulous catch mate. Five Star Stuff. Have no words to explain.

X 1,000,000.

pawan_pullarwar · 14th April 2010, 13:18

@shajufx: Thanks a lot to make it more beautiful.
By the way, sorry if I am asking dumb question, I read this PP in many posts, but what does it stand for?

gd1418 · 14th April 2010, 13:36

PP = Post processing

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Originally Posted by pawan_pullarwar

@shajufx: Thanks a lot to make it more beautiful.
By the way, sorry if I am asking dumb question, I read this PP in many posts, but what does it stand for?

clevermax · 14th April 2010, 15:18

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Originally Posted by pawan_pullarwar

@HW: Thanks for the comment.
Railway station in the arm of mountain

Is it Werfen in Austria?

@pawan: redirecting you to a previous page in this thread - read on from that post to get an idea about PP.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shifti...ml#post1743482

pawan_pullarwar · 14th April 2010, 17:48

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Originally Posted by clevermax

Is it Werfen in Austria?

@pawan: redirecting you to a previous page in this thread - read on from that post to get an idea about PP.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/shifti...ml#post1743482

Thanks for the info, seems like lot of discussion had done already and I am late

Yes, its Werfen in Austria.

kpzen · 14th April 2010, 19:15

Cute fellas.. Raring to go..

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shajufx · 14th April 2010, 19:19

Looks like everyone is gone to wildlife adventure today ?

This shot made me laugh and think a lot. Look at the black guy admiring the ballerina girl with so much of awe and respect. Even birds prove that point "blacks always admire the whites" ! Lucky I am not in US, someone would have sued me !

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vivekiny2k · 14th April 2010, 19:45

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Originally Posted by shajufx

Looks like everyone is gone to wildlife adventure today ?

This shot made me laugh and think a lot. Look at the black guy admiring the ballerina girl with so much of awe and respect. Even birds prove that point "blacks always admire the whites" ! Lucky I am not in US, someone would have sued me !

to me it looks like a wedding pair

13th April 2010, 22:29	#8572
shajufx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: BLR & Singapore Posts: 1,806 Thanked: 831 Times View My Garage	Yajaman, thanks again. Comments are greatly appreciated (positive and negative) ! HW, 80-400 was an AF-S lens, it didnt even try to auto focus on my cam, still no clue why ! Reading some reviews on that lens, I find its known for its slow focus. Offcourse very bad for birding as we miss out every chance to shoot. I might have missed atleast 10 lovely shots due to that swapping !! About the blue on the above pic, original has some blue, its only slightly enhanced. I find your last 2 pics darker than I expected. Is it the spot metering or the correction on PP playing the game here ? Here is the same what I got of the first one. See the colour difference. There is not much of a PP done on this. I think its the exposure setting making the difference. Mine was +0.3 exposure and spot metering. You might remember watching it on the plasma screen. Its very close to the original. Last edited by shajufx : 13th April 2010 at 22:33.

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mobike008 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 11,702 Thanked: 14,827 Times View My Garage	@Shaju, its hard to beileve that you are a new time photographer. Almost every picture that you have been posting has vibrant colors and has a clean feel to it and your signature on the pictures is quite nice ( which font?). Looks like your spending a lot of time shooting. Keep it up !!!

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pawan_pullarwar BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pune - Now in Munich, Germany Posts: 778 Thanked: 129 Times	@HW: Thanks for the comment. Railway station in the arm of mountain

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shajufx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: BLR & Singapore Posts: 1,806 Thanked: 831 Times View My Garage	Pawan, hope you dont mind what I did to your lovely shot. See how it looks different after getting through a PP ! Brickbats welcome from Germany !!

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yajaman99 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: bangalore Posts: 512 Thanked: 801 Times	@shaju - once again a wonderful shot and very nice PP work on Pawan shot.

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RajaTaurus Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tenkasi, TN Posts: 1,119 Thanked: 473 Times View My Garage	^^ Wooooooow. This could easliy win the NatGeo Pic of the year contest. Fanulous catch mate. Five Star Stuff. Have no words to explain. X 1,000,000.

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pawan_pullarwar BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pune - Now in Munich, Germany Posts: 778 Thanked: 129 Times	@shajufx: Thanks a lot to make it more beautiful. By the way, sorry if I am asking dumb question, I read this PP in many posts, but what does it stand for?

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kpzen Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Faridabad Posts: 5,610 Thanked: 1,876 Times View My Garage	Cute fellas.. Raring to go..

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shajufx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: BLR & Singapore Posts: 1,806 Thanked: 831 Times View My Garage	Looks like everyone is gone to wildlife adventure today ? This shot made me laugh and think a lot. Look at the black guy admiring the ballerina girl with so much of awe and respect. Even birds prove that point "blacks always admire the whites" ! Lucky I am not in US, someone would have sued me !