[Ricky_63]

A few flowers :-) I am a nature lover - hence !

[RajaTaurus]

This New Year we have this new visitor frequenting our garden.


Found through Google it is Shikra..
In Action.

Sitting on the fence.

[nilanjanray]

Originally Posted by Ricky_63

A few flowers !

Are all these lovely flower shots for a lady?

Originally Posted by RajaTaurus

This New Year we have this new visitor frequenting our garden.

Nice closeups of the small raptor.

A tigress looking up at monkeys after a failed ambush. Reprocessed. Looks oversharpened, click to see the actual image and then click again to see full size (posted a higher resolution image for tiger lovers).

[SS-Traveller]

A quick candid shot of a vagabond lighting up a chillum early in the morning on Sunday at the Inner Circle of Connaught Place, New Delhi.

[nilanjanray]

Originally Posted by SS-Traveller

A quick candid shot of a vagabond lighting up a chillum early in the morning on Sunday at the Inner Circle of Connaught Place, New Delhi.

The shot (composition/mood) is very nice, but there is some blur. Perhaps the light was too bad to get decent shutter speeds and freeze the chillum + light.
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I need to restart my Kumaon travelogue. Old photos from 2012 taken with the D90.

Beyond Pangot, on the road towards Kunjhakarak forest rest house


A shot from Chaukori a little after sunrise


Pangot - Kunjhakarak road. I was carrying a long telezoom (wanted to shoot raptors), so the depth of field is all awry. But the mood reminds me of that late afternoon.


Sitabani forest

[SS-Traveller]

Originally Posted by nilanjanray

The shot (composition/mood) is very nice, but there is some blur. Perhaps the light was too bad to get decent shutter speeds and freeze the chillum + light.

Yep, low light, dialling in a lot of zoom, and a spontaneous shot without prior preparation, on auto mode from a 9-year-old superzoom camera (the Sony H3) that I was carrying while out cycling. The fellow was actually positioned this far away:

Exif says f/4.4 / 1/40s / ISO400, so not surprised about the blur. Nothing I could do better, given the circumstances.

[Aniruthan]

A Silhouette click of my friend. A Moto X Click

[varunraizada]

Some awesome pics guys!

@Nilanjan - Special mention of those pics you posted. They are awesome.

First post from me.. Sharing some pics I took recently. All through my Canon EOS 70D. Exifs also shared for those interested in them

There were a lot of butterflies on one of my long drives. Stopped over only to capture some of these. I think they were worth it !!


f/5,
1/500,
ISO 640
Canon 70-200 f 2.8 L
200 mm


f/5
1/500
ISO 640
Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro
100mm

This pic was taken in my friend's garden after purchasing the flower from the market !!


f/2.8
1/640
ISO 400
Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro
100mm

The following 2 pics were taken indoor by using the flash light of my phone behind the petals of these flowers.


f/2.8
1/40
ISO 400
Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro
100mm


f/2.8
1/100
ISO 400
Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro
100mm

[nilanjanray]

Originally Posted by varunraizada

First post from me.. Sharing some pics I took recently. All through my Canon EOS 70D. Exifs also shared for those interested in them

There were a lot of butterflies on one of my long drives. Stopped over only to capture some of these. I think they were worth it !!

Lovely shots, I really like the last two ones. You and Ampere should get along very well

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PIF, B&W

[ampere]

Originally Posted by varunraizada

Some awesome pics guys!

Nice shots especially the the last one. 70D + 100mm is a potent combination. I use the 100mm L. Amazing for hand-helds. But I am still on 550D. Will be changing soon.

Originally Posted by nilanjanray

Lovely shots, I really like the last two ones. You and Ampere should get along very well

Beautiful shot Nilanjan. Here is one from this weekend. 550D+100mm L hand-held in natural light and pretty much straight out of the camera.
(except for re-sizing)

[varunraizada]

Thanks Nilanjan for the encouragement

Originally Posted by ampere

But I am still on 550D. Will be changing soon.

Any thoughts on which camera you are upgrading to ?

Your upgrade from a 550D should be to full frame - In my opinion, the 5D mk iii. Moving to an APS-C won't make any sense. 550D is an awesome one on its own.

The L lens is the holy grail of all 100mm's available. The pic is awesome.

So far I have somehow been managing all my macros handheld. Will be doing another project soon and will share the pics

[nilanjanray]

Frisky models, never still for more than 2 seconds. I would tell them to sit, but the moment I would kneel down, they would get up and try to lick my face or the lens.

Re the second shot: was holding a ball with one hand and the camera with the other. And trying to shush the fella, because he was barking like crazy, waiting for me to throw the ball.

D7100 + 50mm f/1.8 G. My 50mm 1.8D had conked off, was trying the new 50mm f/1.8G at f/1.8.

[nilanjanray]

Another one with the 50mm 1.8G taken over the weekend. Ball held in left hand, camera in right.



And a few from the Team BHP meet in Galibore.

It is difficult to get an in-focus shot when a bird is flying through branches. Cropped shot. Fish Owl.


Otters, cropped shot. Taken during the coracle ride.


Riverbank. Long exposure.


Playing with B&W.


During sunset. Shot with a telezoom.


Quiet flows the Cauvery. Shot in moonlight. We chatted till 1 am in front of the fire.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by nilanjanray

It is difficult to get an in-focus shot when a bird is flying through branches. Cropped shot. Fish Owl.

Nice one!

Played with post processing to get a fractal effect. This is a 1:1 of the petals of a marigold.

[nilanjanray]

Originally Posted by ampere

Nice one!

Played with post processing to get a fractal effect. This is a 1:1 of the petals of a marigold.

Attachment 1466811

Very nice, but I think the colour one would be more interesting :-)

Drinking leopard